REQUEST FOR 2008-Continued

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REQUEST FOR 2005-Continued

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REQUEST FOR 2005-Continued

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FISCAL YEAR 2005 BUDGET JUSTIFICATION

For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, $1,066.3 million. This is an increase of $57.9 million or 5.7% over the amount provided in fiscal year 2004 after accounting for the rescission.

Mandatory Pay and Related Changes: ($46.3 million)

Personnel increases for all accounts are attributed to one or more of the following

categories:

• FY'04 Base Adjustment

Annualization of the FY'04 Cost of Living Adjustment

Prorated FY'05 Cost of Living Adjustment

• FY'05 Overtime costs

FY'05 Temporary positions

• FY'05 Longevity increases
FY'05 Meritorious increases

• FY'05 Transit benefits

Price Level Changes: ($4.2 million)

Any House account that took into consideration Price Level increases applied a 2.4% inflation factor to the fiscal year 2004 base for non-personnel items.

Program Type Changes: ($7.4 million)

Program Type changes vary for the non-personnel components within all accounts. For fiscal year 2005 the House has begun including justification narrative for non-recurring items within individual programs. If an office has any non-recurring items within a program, on Schedule C, then there will be an asterisk (*) placed to the right of the program name. This asterisk (*) indicates that narrative will be provided for the non-recurring piece of the individual program.

The following programs have significant changes (either increases or decreases of at least $1 million) in fiscal year 2005 as explained in the attached schedules and the associated narratives: