NOTE. Show money figures in even dollars. Drop cents.

Item No.

JUSTIFICATION OF EQUIPMENT

(To Accompany GPO Form 428)

Description. One 43" x 60" Single-Color Offset Press

COMPUTATION OF ESTIMATED COST OF REPLACEMENT

1. Estimated purchase price, new equipment (Give source in narrative below). 2. Cost of removing old equipment and installing new equipment.

3. Undepreciated book value, old equipment, at estimated time of removal. 4. Total of lines 1, 2, and 3.

5. Less: Estimated disposition value.

. 6.

$110,000
5,300
None

$115,300 12,000 $103,300

Estimated cost of replacement..

COMPUTATION OF ESTIMATED ANNUAL SAVINGS

NARRATIVE (Continue on blank sheet if necessary):

Line 1: Source of cost: Harris-Seybold Co. (manufacturer). This made.

$1,500

500

1,000 11,401

18-73787-9

Line 3:

Supplied by Cost Accounting Unit on GPO Form 1382. Equipment to be
replaced is Press No. 685, which was acquired in 1952 for $57,105.
Now fully depreciated.

(a)

Plus 7% median day and night differential

Plus 8% for Fed. Employee Contributions.

$7.40

Press No. 685 is in need of an overhaul costing an estimated
$21,000, which would extend the life of the press approximately
3 years. This cost would be eliminated by acquiring a new

press.

Annual savings - $21,000 divided by 3

$ 7,000

(b)

The present press usage for the previous 12 months on two shifts
amounted to 5,154 hours, of which 1,130 hours were make ready
time. Because of simplification of design of feeder, delivery,
and other components, it is estimated that makeready time will
be reduced 15 percent. Fifteen percent of 1,130 hours 170
hours at a manning cost of $8.60 per hour

(c) Average impressions per hour for the present press is 3,500
for 2,167 hours reported, or 7,584,500 impressions for the
12-month period. The new press is expected to average 5,200
iph, so the same number of impressions will require only
1,459 hours. This will save 708 hours @ $8.60 per hour

(d)

A new type of dampener system on the new press will eliminate
the labor and material required to make dampener changes on
the present press. Savings would be:

$ 1,462

6,089

6,180 $20.731

Line 10: This is the estimated annual repair cost in excess of the needed overhaul, the annual cost of which was included in Line 7.

Additional remarks:

This type of press is the only equipment which can be depended upon to
produce Al quality work on coated stock.

Adequate space is available for installation of the new equipment.

No change in manpower requirements will result from acquisition of this press.

ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

STATEMENT OF GEORGE M. WHITE, ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
ACCOMPANIED BY EMANUELE CRUPI, BUDGET OFFICER

1979 APPROPRIATION AND 1980 BUDGET REQUEST

Senator SASSER. Our next witness will be Mr. George White, the Architect of the Capitol. Mr. White will testify in support of a fiscal year 1980 budget amount of $73 million, and in support of 2,019 positions, an increase of $10 million and 24 positions over the 1979 appropriation.

You may proceed, Mr. White.

Mr. WHITE. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I have a prepared statement, which I will submit for the record, and with your permission, I will just briefly summarize that and be prepared to answer whatever questions you have.

Senator SASSER. We appreciate your summarizing.

Mr. WHITE. The total appropriation request for fiscal year 1980 is $72,990,000, which includes funding for 2,019 positions. This represents a net increase of $10,263,400 and 24 positions over the fiscal year 1979 total of $62,726,600 and 1,995 positions.

Stated differently, gross increases requested are $19,823,200, which have been reduced by nonrecurring fiscal year 1979 program deductions amounting to $9,559,800. The position request remains the same.

If the item "House Office Buildings" is excluded, the $19,823,200 increase for 1980 reduces to $13,999,200, of which $881,900 is for Senate Office Buildings and the Senate Garage, and the 24 additional positions remain unchanged.

Basically, the $19,823,200 increases fall into five categories. They are: $1,855,700, or 9.4 percent, for mandatory items; $416,200, or 2 percent, for 24 new positions requested; $1,458,500, or 7.4 percent, for annual recurring maintenance items; $5,079,300, or 25.6 percent, for cyclical maintenance and improvements; and $11,013,500, or 55.6 percent, for continuation of and initial programs for major projects.

That concludes the brief summary, Mr. Chairman. I will be pleased to respond to any questions you may have.

Senator SASSER. Thank you, Mr. White, for your summary pres

entation.

PREPARED STATEMENT

Without objection, your comprehensive statement will be entered in the record.

[The statement follows:]

(601)

STATEMENT OF GEORGE M. WHITE

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am pleased once again to appear

before your Committee, this time to present the appropriations request for fiscal year 1980 for my office and the Botanic Garden. If it is agreeable, I thought it would be appropriate to present a brief summary of the various requests, following which I would be pleased to discuss in detail any of the specific items that you wish to pursue.

The total appropriation request for fiscal year 1980 is $72,990,000, which includes funding for 2,019 positions. This represents a net increase of $10,263,400 and 24 positions over the fiscal year 1979 total of $62,726,600 and 1,995 positions. Stated differently, gross increases requested are $19,823,200 which, have been reduced by nonrecurring fiscal year 1979 program deductions amounting to $9,559,800; the position request remains the same. If the item "House Office Buildings" is

excluded, the $19,823,200 increase for 1980 reduces to $13,999,200 of which $881,900 is for Senate Office Buildings and Senate Garage, and the 24 additional positions remain unchanged.

The $19,823,200 increases fall into five categories. However, before proceeding it should be emphasized that there exists within two of these categories a requested amount of $3,034,000, of which $50,000 is contained in Cyclical Maintenance and Improvements and $2,984,000 in Continuation of/and Initial Programs for Major Projects, to restore funds withheld from obligation and expenditure pursuant to Section 311 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act,

1979.

These major projects, as you may recall, were justified, approved, and funded in fiscal year 1979; these funds are