NS FOR Y 5, 1980. is morning 81 budgets urisdiction S. Committee Smith of nois, Bob don Rudd on Appro 6,476,100 a total FY 1981 ver the ease of pending ⚫ssional ent inrations ase is rative such Copy nting nting LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1981 HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-SIXTH CONGRESS COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS JAMIE L. WHITTEN, Mississippi, Chairman EDWARD P. BOLAND, Massachusetts JOHN M. SLACK, West Virginia ROBERT N. GIAIMO, Connecticut LOUIS STOKES, Ohio GUNN MCKAY, Utah TOM BEVILL, Alabama BILL D. BURLISON, Missouri JOSEPH D. EARLY, Massachusetts CHARLES WILSON, Texas LINDY (MRS. HALE) BOGGS, Louisiana ADAM BENJAMIN, JR., Indiana NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington MATTHEW F. McHUGH, New York BO GINN, Georgia WILLIAM LEHMAN, Florida JACK HIGHTOWER, Texas JOHN W. JENRETTE, JR., South Carolina MARTIN OLAV SABO, Minnesota JULIAN C. DIXON, California BENNETT M. STEWART, Illinois VIC FAZIO, California SILVIO O. CONTE, Massachusetts J. KENNETH ROBINSON, Virginia CLAIR W. BURGENER, California GEORGE M. O'BRIEN, Illinois CARL D. PURSELL, Michigan KEITH F. MAINLAND, Clerk and Staff Director (II) LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1981 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1980. Mr. BENJAMIN. The Committee will come to order. This morning we are going to commence hearings on the fiscal year 1981 budgets for the various Legislative Branch agencies under the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Legislative Branch appropriations. I would like to welcome the other members of the subcommittee who are returning: John Slack of West Virginia, Neal Smith of Iowa, Bob Giaimo of Connecticut, Sidney Yates of Illinois, Bob Michel of Illinois, Silvio Conte of Massachusetts, and Eldon Rudd of Arizona. Mr. Whitten, the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations will be dropping by from time to time. The budget that we are going to consider totals $1,056,476,100 and excludes Senate items that total $227,018,000, for a total budget of $1,283,494,100. Including the Senate items, the FY 1981 budget is an increase of $125,508,700 (11 percent) over the $1,157,985,400 already enacted for FY 1980; and an increase of $70,403,600 (6 percent) over FY 1980 appropriations plus pending supplementals. Only a portion of this budget is for Congressional Operations, $816,293,100. This is a $53,299,700, or 7 percent increase over the $762,993,400 enacted for Congressional Operations in FY 1980. If supplementals are included, the increase is $14,388,600, or under 2 percent. The balance of the funds support statutory and administrative responsibilities for the Executive Branch and the public of such agencies as the Library of Congress, Architect of the Capitol, Copyright Royalty Tribunal, Botanic Garden, Government Printing Office, the General Accounting Office and the Cost-Accounting Standards Board. (1) (1) |