Medical supplies, equipment, expenses, and allowances. Education of congressional pages and pages of the Supreme Court. See footnotes at end of table, p. 28. Expenses.. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF POSITIONS FOR 1983 AND 1984 AND ESTIMATES FOR 1985-Continued Salaries and expenses. 40 40 40 STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS Salaries, Office of the Architect of the Capitol. 127 134 142 +15 +8 Total, Architect of the Capitol (except Library buildings and grounds). 1,293 1,300 1,310 +17 +10 Copyright Office, salaries and expenses Books for the blind and physically handicapped, salaries and expenses Collection and distribution of library materials (special foreign currency program). Total, Library of Congress (except Congressional Research Service) 3,962 3,944 3,966 +4 +22 Printing and binding. Office of Superintendent of Documents, salaries and expenses.. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF POSITIONS FOR 1983 AND 1984 AND ESTIMATES FOR 1985-Continued (Excludes Senate items and items under Architect of the Capitol for the Senate] 6 +185 6 +314 628,873 629,221 6 +248 6 +348 "Office of the Parliamentarian" and "Compilation of precedents of the House of Representatives" were consolidated under "Office of the Parliamentarian" effective in fiscal year 1983. 2 "Office of the Law Revision Counsel" is merged into "Salaries, Officers and Employees" effective in fiscal year 1983. "Office of the Legislative Counsel" is merged into "Salaries, Officers and Employees" effective in fiscal year 1983. The "House Democratic Steering Committee" and the "House Democratic Caucus' were consolidated under the "House Democratic Steering Committee and Caucus' effective in fiscal year 1983. "Technical assistant, Office of Attending Physician", L.B.J. interns and Former Speakers' staffs and "Miscellaneous Items" were consolidated under "Other authorized employees" effective in fiscal year 1983. This is the first year positions, funded through the GPO Revolving Fund, have been included in this schedule. I am pleased to submit herewith the appropriations request of the Joint Economic Committee for fiscal year 1985. The Committee is requesting the amount of $2,569,000 which represents an increase of 2.3 percent over fiscal year 1984. The Committee believes that the funds requested will provide the flexibility necessary to accomplish the goals envisioned during the period under consideration. For the eight straight year, the Committee is not requesting an increase in staff. During the 99th Congress, the Committee's chairmanship will pass from the Senate to the House of Representatives. Eventhough there will be a change in leadership, with careful administration and creative use of staff, the Committee feels that addtional staff allocations will not be necessary. The Joint Economic Committee, along with the President's Council of Economic Advisers, was established by the Employment Act of 1946. The Committee is the economic arm of Congress, advising on a broad spectrum of economic issues which are currently facing the Nation. The Committee must, as its statuatory responsibility, issue an annual report to Congress in response to the Economic Report of the President. The Joint Economic Committee works within a unique framework of equal party representation on the Committee. The Republican Chairman and the Democratic Vice Chairman have met this challenge, as have the Republican and Democratic Members in general. Our subcommittees are organized to reflect this bipartisan effort, with three chaired by Democrats and three chaired by Republicans. In 1983, the Committee has held hearings on industrial policy and agriculture which were chaired by both Democrats and Republicans. During this year, the Committee has released numerous reports and studies, and has held 82 days of hearings, including many field hearings. We have heard |