LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FIFTH CONGRESS SUBCOMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE JAMES T. WALSH, New York, Chairman C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida ZACH WAMP, Tennessee TOM LATHAM, Iowa JOSÉ E. SERRANO, New York VIC FAZIO, California NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Livingston, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking Minority Member of the Full Committee, are authorized to sit as Members of all Subcommittees. EDWARD E. LOMBARD, Staff Assistant PART 2 FISCAL YEAR 1999 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FIFTH CONGRESS SUBCOMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE JAMES T. WALSH, New York, Chairman C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida ZACH WAMP, Tennessee TOM LATHAM, lowa JOSÉ E. SERRANO, New York VIC FAZIO, California STENY H. HOYER, Maryland NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Livingston, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking EDWARD E. LOMBARD, Staff Assistant PART 2 FISCAL YEAR 1999 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations 46-679 0 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1998 For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402 ISBN 0-16-056348-8 KF 27 HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky JOE SKEEN, New Mexico ERNEST J. ISTOOK, JR., Oklahoma HENRY BONILLA, Texas JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan DAN MILLER, Florida JAY DICKEY, Arkansas JACK KINGSTON, Georgia MIKE PARKER, Mississippi W. G. (BILL) HEFNER, North Carolina ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia DAVID E. SKAGGS, Colorado RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey CARRIE P. MEEK, Florida ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi MICHAEL P. FORBES, New York GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, JR., Washington MARK W. NEUMANN, Wisconsin RANDY "DUKE" CUNNINGHAM, California TODD TIAHRT, Kansas ZACH WAMP, Tennessee TOM LATHAM, Iowa ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama ED PASTOR, Arizona DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina CHET EDWARDS, Texas ROBERT E. CRAMER, JR., Alabama JAMES W. DYER, Clerk and Staff Director LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1998. Mr. WALSH. We will now commence our hearings on the 1999 budget for various legislative branch agencies under the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Legislative Appropriations. Before we begin, I would like to welcome the Members of the subcommittee. We have the same membership as we had in the first session of the 105th Congress with one exception. The Members are, in addition to myself, for the Majority: Bill Young of Florida; Duke Cunningham of California, who has been designated Vice Chairman; Zach Wamp of Tennessee; and Tom Latham of Iowa. And Tom is here with us this morning. Thank you, Tom, for coming. For the Minority: Congressman José Serrano of New York is the Ranking Minority Member. Welcome back. Good to see you. Vic Fazio of California. And also the change is Steny Hoyer of Maryland will be replacing Marcy Kaptur of Ohio. We will miss Marcy, and we welcome Steny. We have the Chairman of the full Committee on Appropriations, Bob Livingston of Louisiana; and Dave Obey, Ranking Minority Member of the full committee from Wisconsin. They are also Members of the subcommittee. The subcommittee jurisdiction-I will insert in the record at this point the current jurisdiction of the subcommittee, which has been established under the rules of the Committee on Appropriations. [The information follows:] |