THE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION BILL FOR 1951 HEARINGS BEFORE SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FIRST CONGRESS SECOND SESSION COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS CLARENCE CANNON, Missouri, Chairman JOHN H. KERR, North Carolina JAMIE L. WHITTEN, Mississippi J. VAUGHAN GARY, Virginia ANTONIO M. FERNANDEZ, New Mexico E. H. HEDRICK, West Virginia PRINCE H. PRESTON, JR., Georgia OTTO E. PASSMAN, Louisiana LOUIS C. RABAUT, Michigan DANIEL J. FLOOD, Pennsylvania CHRISTOPHER C. MCGRATH, New York SIDNEY R. YATES, Illinois FOSTER FURCOLO, Massachusetts JOHN TABER, New York RICHARD B. WIGGLESWORTH, Massachusetts CHARLES A. PLUMLEY, Vermont ALBERT J. ENGEL, Michigan KARL STEFAN, Nebraska FRANCIS CASE, South Dakota H. CARL ANDERSEN, Minnesota JOHN PHILLIPS, California ERRETT P. SCRIVNER, Kansas FREDERIC R. COUDERT, JR., New York EARL WILSON, Indiana EDWARD H. KRUSE, JR., Indiana GEORGE Y. HARVEY, Clerk THE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION BILL FOR 1951 SUBCOMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS CHRISTOPHER C. MCGRATH, New York, Chairman MICHAEL J. KIRWAN, Ohio GORDON CANFIELD, New Jersey GEORGE W. ANDREWS, Alabama ERRETT P. SCRIVNER, Kansas THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1950. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONTINGENT EXPENSES, 1950 WITNESS HARRY LIVINGSTON, Disbursing Clerk SELECT AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES Mr. MCGRATH. We have for consideration at this time the supplemental estimates for fiscal year 1950 as contained in House Document 640. We have with us Mr. Livingston. Have you a statement you would like to make, Mr. Livingston? Mr. LIVINGSTON. We have in this deficiency bill pending a requested additional $50,000 for special and select committees for 1950. For the fiscal year 1950 there was originally appropriated $600,000. Then we had in the first deficiency bill an extra $100,000. As of June 30, 1950, we had spent $685,607 of that money. Of course on these committees it is a hard thing to say what expenses they will or have incurred to be paid after the end of the fiscal year of 1950. We have approximately $15,000 left from the original $700,000. We are doubtful whether that will carry us through. Some of these bills come in as late as 6 or 7 months after the end of the fiscal year. It is a question whether the committees might be able to get by with $30,000 or $35,000. It is just a question. Mr. McGRATH. Do you think you can get along with $35,000 instead of $50,000? Mr. LIVINGSTON. I think possibly $30,000 might be enough. It is a guess. In fact, I think we should recommend that we cut that to $30,000. Mr. MCGRATH. Are there any questions on that item, gentlemen? Mr. CANFIELD. Mr. Chairman? Mr. MCGRATH. Mr. Canfield. Mr. CANFIELD. Mr. Livingston, for the purposes of the record, do you have a breakdown of the amounts expended? I ask that in the event that someone on the floor asks for the same. Mr. LIVINGSTON. There is our chart. Mr. McGRATH. If there is no objection that will be made a part of the record. (The document is as follows:) Investigating and select committees authorized by the 81st Cong. Agriculture Committee (Congressman Cooley, chairman), H. Res. 112, Mar. 16, 1949; H. Res. 210, June 23, 1949. Armed Services Committec (Congressman Vinson, chairman), H. Res. 234, June 8, 1949; H. Res. 242, June 15, 1949.. Banking and Currency Committee (Congressman Hays, chairman), H. Res. 351, Oct. 31, 1949; H. Res. 332, Oct. 19, 1949. District of Columbia Committee (Congressman McMillan, chairman), H. Res. 132, Apr. 1, 1949.. District of Columbia Committee (crime investigation) (Con- Education and Labor Committee (Congressman Barden, Economic Report, Joint Committee (Senator McMahon, Foreign Affairs Committee (Congressman Kee, chairman), Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee (Congressman Judiciary Committee (general) (Congressman Celler, chair- Labor Management Relations (Joint Committee) (Senator Lobbying Activities (Select) (Congressman Buchanan, chair- Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Panama Canal) (Congressman Hart, chairman), H. Res. 44, Feb. 28, 1949; H. Res. 122, Apr. 1, 1949. Merchant Marine and Fisheries (general) (Congressman Hart, chairman), H. Res. 215, May 31, 1949; H. Res. 233, June 23, 1949 8,061, 51 6, 938. 49 Moral Rearmament at Switzerland (special) (Congressman Un-American Activities Committee (Congressman Wood, Ways and Means Committee (Congressman Doughton, chairman), H. Res. 293, Aug. 17, 1949; H. Res. 333, Sept. 28, 1949.. Total. Special footnote: Effective July 1, 1949, by authority of the Legislative Appropriations Act, 1950, a specific appropriation of $150,000 for investigating purposes was given to the Appropriations Committee; said appropriation is available for disbursement on fiscal-year basis and paid out of the appropriation: "Salaries, officers and employees." Amount disbursed to June 30, 1950, $79,293.89. Balance available, July 1, 1950, $70,706.11. |