S. HRG. 106-33 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000 HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402 ISBN 0-16-058458-2 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1999 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 10:03 a.m., in room SD-116, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Robert F. Bennett (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Bennett and Feinstein. U.S. CAPITOL POLICE BOARD STATEMENTS OF: HON. JAMES W. ZIGLAR, SERGEANT AT ARMS, U.S. SENATE, CHAIR- HON. WILSON LIVINGOOD, SERGEANT AT ARMS, U.S. HOUSE OF HON. ALAN M. HANTMAN, ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL, MEMBER, GARY L. ABRECHT, CHIEF, U.S. CAPITOL POLICE OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. ROBERT F. BENNETT Senator BENNETT. The subcommittee will come to order. We want to welcome our new ranking member, Senator Feinstein from California. She has come back onto the Appropriations Committee and we are delighted to have her assigned to this subcommittee and have her serving as the ranking member. We also have another new member of the subcommittee, Senator Durbin, and look forward to working with him as well. One of the nice things about Senator Feinstein, along with all the other nice things she automatically brings to any assignment, is the fact that she is a member of the Rules Committee. There is an overlap in the Rules Committee area of jurisdiction and our area of responsibility. So we will have a coordination here between the Rules Committee function and this subcommittee's function that will be very welcome and I think very useful. Now, I cannot let the opening opportunity pass without talking about my current obsession, which is Y2K. As we noticed, yesterday was Y2K Day in the Senate and we passed two pieces of legislation on the floor of the Senate with respect to Y2K. I think we are making fairly good progress in a variety of areas. I will not revisit all of that, except to share with you the comment of my chief of staff for the Y2K committee. When we first got (1) |