COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

Mr. Chairman, the fiscal year 1981 estimate for salaries of professional and clerical employees of the House Standing Committees, including the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on the Budget, is $27,000,000.

As all of you know, 20 of the standing committees are authorized 600 professional and clerical employees. In addition, the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on the Budget are excluded from the "18-12" rule, and may employ such staff as they require. The Committee on Appropriations had 119 staff members as of December 31 and the Committee on the Budget had 86.

The committee employees paid from this appropriation are augmented by investigative staff paid from "Special and Select Committees," funds appropriated as a part of the Contingent Fund. I shall discuss that request in more detail when we reach that portion of the hearing.

House Rules provide that up to two professional staff members on each standing committee may be paid at a rate equal to Executive Level IV ($52,750). The maximum salary for other committee employees is $50,112.50.

As of December 31, 1979, there were 539 employees on the rolls of the 20 standing committees with annualized gross salary rates totaling $19,875,883 or an average annual salary rate of $36,875 per employee.

The Committee on Appropriations' payroll during the same time period included 119 employees with annualized gross salary rates totaling $4,110,043 or an average annual salary rate of $34,538. The Committee on the Budget had 86 employees with combined gross salary rates of $2,899,011 per annum or an average annual employee salary rate of $33,709.

To provide a picture of the total number of personnel paid from standing and investigative committee funds, I would like to insert in the hearing record the following schedule. This tabulation shows that as of December 31, 1979, 2,027 employees were paid per annum gross salary rates of $57,842,855 for an average annual salary rate of $28,536 per employee.

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

Mr. COLLEY. The next committee is Committee on Appropriations, page 28.

For salaries and expenses, studies and examination of executive agencies and temporary personal services for the Committee on House Appropriations, including reimbursement to agencies for services performed, $2,856,000. This is $94,000 less than the fiscal year 1980 appropriations enacted to date.

The Committee has advised our budget staff that the reduction is a result from an analysis of the actual fiscal year 1979 expenditures and subsequent adjustment to provide a more realistic estimate based on latest cost information. The fiscal year 1981 estimate assumes the workload and staffing levels will be essentially the same as the prior fiscal year.

Funds for the Appropriations Committee's regular staff are included in the appropriations for Committee Employees.

These funds are requested by the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations.

I ask that that page be placed in the record. This is their investigative funds.

[The information follows:]

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

(Studies and Investigations)

For salaries and expenses, studies and examinations of Executive Agencies and temporary personal services for the Committee on House Appropriations, including reimbursement to agencies for services performed, $2,856,000. This is $94,000 less than the fiscal year 1980 appropriations enacted to date. The Committee has advised our budget staff that the reduction is a result from an analysis of the actual fiscal year 1979 expenditures and subsequent adjustment to provide a more realistic estimate based on latest cost information. The fiscal year 1981 estimate assumes the workload and staffing levels will be essentially the same as the prior fiscal year. Funds for the Appropriations Committee's regular staff are included in the appropriations for Committee employees.

These funds are requested by the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations. APPROPRIATIONS, ACTUAL EXPENDITURES, UNEXPENDED BALANCES

Mr. COLLEY. Committee on the Budget, $245,000, a decrease of $32,000 below what was appropriated in 1980. This is the investigative and additional expense funds for the Committee on the Budget Studies.

[The information follows:]

COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET (STUDIES)

For salaries, expenses, and studies of the Committee on the Budget, and temporary personal services for such committee, including reimbursement to agencies for services performed, $245,000. This is a decrease of $32,000 below the amount appropriated for 1980.

Funds for the Budget Committee's regular staff are included in the appropriation for Committee employees.

OFFICE OF THE LAW REVISION COUNSEL

Mr. COLLEY. We come now to the Office of the Law Revision Counsel.

For the Office of the Law Revision Counsel, $510,000. I would ask that the paragraph pertaining to the Law Revision Counsel be included in the record.

[The information follows:]

OFFICE OF THE LAW REVISION COUNSEL

For the Office of the Law Revision Counsel, $510,000. The amount_requested included $489,000 for personnel and $21,000 for nonpersonnel items. The increase of $45,000 over the fiscal year 1980 appropriation is $28,000 for the October 1979 increased pay costs, $16,000 for meritorious promotions and $1,000 for increased costs for current level of service. These funds were requested by the Law Revision Counsel, Mr. Edward F. Willett, Jr. Mr. Willett has submitted the following statement for the Subcommittee's consideration and is here to respond to any questions you may have.

STATEMENT OF LAW REVISION COUNSEL

Mr. COLLEY. Mr. Edward F. Willett, Jr., the Law Revision Counsel, is here and he has submitted a statement for the Subcommittee.

Mr. BENJAMIN. We will accept your statement for the record and if you have anything to add to that, we will accept that at this time.

Mr. WILLETT. I believe that is all I have at this time, Mr. Chair

man.

[The inform:

STATEMENT OF

EDWARD F. WILLETT, JR.

LAW REVISION COUNSEL OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

TO THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS

OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

FEBRUARY 5, 1980

MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE, IT IS A PLEASURE TO APPEAR BEFORE YOU TODAY.

I AM REQUESTING $510,000 FOR FISCAL YEAR 1981, AN INCREASE OF $45,000 FROM FY '80. THE INCREASE IS COMPRISED OF THE

THIS REQUEST IS BASED ON A TOTAL OF FOURTEEN EMPLOYEES, AN INCREASE OF ONE CLERICAL POSITION OVER LAST YEAR. THIS

POSITION IS NECESSARY DUE TO INCREASED WORKLOAD, AND THE COSTS THEREOF WILL BE ABSORBED.

DURING THE LAST YEAR, EDITORIAL WORK WAS COMPLETED FOR SUPPLEMENT II (1978) TO THE 1976 EDITION OF THE UNITED STATES CODE. SUPPLEMENT II, WHICH COMPRISES THREE VOLUMES AND APPROXIMATELY 5,600 PAGES, HAS NOW BEEN PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.