Central blueprinting, photostating, duplicating, and distribution services are financed by a working capital fund pending reimbursements (40 U.Š.C. 293). The Joint Committee on Printing, U.S. Congress, authorized the establishment of four field printing plants in GSA regional offices on August 21, 1959 and October 28, 1959, in addition to the plant in Washington, D.C., to meet the needs of the GSA and other Federal agencies. Subsequently the committee authorized the establishment of a printing plant in Atlanta, Ga., on August 29, 1961, for servicing the Federal Aviation Agency's southeast regional offices and a second printing plant in Kansas City, Mo., on September 5, 1961, to provide services to 19 Federal agencies in the new Federal Office Building. These plants were activated in September 1961 and November 1961, respectively. In addition, eight duplicating plants are now in operation, and it is anticipated that GSA will establish approximately five new centralized duplicating plants each year for the next 5 years. Operating results. Surplus earnings are deposited into miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury. Through June 30, 1963, a total of $131 thousand has been deposited. Financial Condition (in thousands of dollars) $5,358 $5,767 $5,875 Average salary of ungraded positions.. $5,562 GENERAL PROVISIONS Continued to law (40 U.S.C. 129); (2) reimbursements for services performed in respect to bonds and other obligations under the jurisdiction of the General Services Administration, issued by public authorities, States, or other public bodies, and such services in respect to such bonds or obligations as the Administrator deems necessary and in the public interest may, upon the request and at the expense of the issuing agencies, be provided from the appropriate foregoing appropriation; and (3) appropriations or funds available to other agencies, and transferred to the General Services Administration, in connection with property transferred to the General Services Administration pursuant to the Act of July 2, 1948 (50 U.S.C. 451ff), and such appropriations or funds may be so transferred, with the approval of the Bureau of the Budget. Appropriations to the General Services Administration under the heading "Construction, Public Buildings Projects" made in this Act shall be available, subject to the provisions of the Public Buildings Act of 1959 for (1) acquisition of buildings and sites thereof by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, including prepayment of purchase contracts, (2) extension or conversion of Government-owned buildings, and (3) construction of new buildings, in addition to those set forth under that appropriation: Provided, That nothing herein shall authorize an expenditure of funds for acquisition, extension or conversion, or construction without the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives. Funds available to the General Services Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger motor vehicles. No part of any money appropriated by this or any other Act for any agency of the executive branch of the Government shall be used during the current fiscal year for the purchase within the continental limits of the United States of any typewriting machines except in accordance with regulations issued pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended. Not to exceed 2 per centum of any appropriation made available to the General Services Administration for the current fiscal year by this Act may be transferred to any other such appropriation, but no such appropriation shall be increased thereby more than 2 per centum: Provided, That such transfers shall apply only to operating expenses, and shall not exceed in the aggregate the amount of $2,000,000. Appropriations available to any department or agency during the current fiscal year for necessary expenses, including maintenance or operating expenses, shall also be available for (a) reimbursement to the General Services Administration for those expenses of renovation and alteration of buildings and facilities which constitute public improvements, performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 479) or other applicable law, and (b) transfer or reimbursement to applicable appropriations to said Administration for rents and related expenses, not otherwise provided for, of providing subject to Executive Order 11035, dated July 9, 1962, directly or indirectly, suitable general purpose space for any such department or agency, in the District of Columbia or elsewhere. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used for the payment of rental on lease agreements for the accommodation of Federal agencies in buildings and improvements which are to be erected by the lessor for such agencies at an estimated cost of construction in excess of $200,000 or for the payment of the salary of any person who executes such a lease agreement; Provided, That the foregoing proviso shall not be applicable to projects for which a prospectus for the lease construction of space has been submitted to and approved by the appropriate Committees of the Congress in the same manner as for public buildings construction projects pursuant to the Public Buildings Act of 1959. (Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1964.) HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR General and special funds: SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses of the Office of the Administrator, including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), at rates not to exceed $75 per diem for individuals; and purchase of two passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; [$15,525,000 $16,915,000: Provided, That [hereafter recessary expenses of inspections and of providing representatives at the site of projects being planned or undertaken by local public agencies pursuant to title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, projects financed through loans to educational institutions authorized by title IV of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended, projects and facilities financed by loans to public agencies pursuant to title II of the Housing Amendments of 1955, as amended, urban planning financed through grants to State and local government agencies pursuant to title VII of the Housing Act of 1954, as amended, and reserves of planned public works financed through advances to municipalities and other public agencies pursuant to title VII of the Housing Act of 1954, as amended, shall be compensated by such agencies or institutions by the payment of fixed fees which in the aggregate will cover the costs of rendering such services, and expenses for such purpose shall be considered nonadministrative; and for the purpose of providing such inspectiors, the Administrator may utilize any agency and such agency may accept reimbursement or payment for such services from such institutions, or the Administrator, and shall credit such amounts to the appropriations or funds against which such charges have been made; but such nonadministrative expenses] during the current fiscal year nonadministrative expenses, as defined by law (77 Stat. 437), shall not exceed [$3,250,000 $3,700,000. (Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1964.) Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars) 1964 1965 estimate estimate 29,034 30,957 29.034 30,957 Program by activities: 1. General agency supervision... 1,764 1,832 2,100 2. Directly administered programs. 1,152 1,221 1,638 3. Community facilities programs. 4,975 4. Urban renewal programs. 13,355 14,580 16,212 5. Urban transportation programs. 214 6. Services performed for other agencies. 3.729 1. General agency supervision.-The Administrator of the Agency is responsible for the general supervision and coordination of all Agency activities and is directly responsible for several programs administered by constituents of the Agency under delegation of authority by the Administrator. These include: urban renewal, urban planning assistance, and open-space land programs administered by the Urban Renewal Commissioner; and the programs of college housing loans, public facility loans, public works planning advances, housing for the elderly loans, and certain liquidating activities administered by the Community Facilities Commissioner. The Administrator serves as chairman of the board of directors of the Federal National Mortgage Association and as chairman of the National Voluntary Mortgage Credit Extension Committee. 2. Directly administered programs.-These consist of (a) a consolidated investigation and compliance staff serving the entire Agency, (b) staff assistance to the national and regional committees engaged in the program to stimulate the use of private funds for Federal Housing Administration insured and Veterans Administration guaranteed mortgage loans, (c) community disposition activities which are explained in detail under public enterprise funds, and (d) staff expenses in connection with urban studies and housing research and the low-income housing demonstration program provided in the Housing Act of 1961 (42 U.S.C. 1436). The research and demonstration programs are described on succeeding pages. 3. Community facilities programs.-This includes staff expenses for (a) college housing loans, (b) public facility loans, (c) public works planning advances, (d) housing for the elderly loans, and (e) liquidating activities described under public enterprise funds. Also included are staff expenses, financed from fees, for (f) financial audits and construction inspections of college housing and public facility projects. 4. Urban renewal programs.-This includes staff expenses for (a) urban planning assistance, (b) urban renewal activities, and (c) the open-space land program, all of which are described on succeeding pages. Also included are costs, financed from fees, of (d) site representation and inspection of urban renewal projects and financial audits of urban renewal and urban planning assistance projects. 5. Urban transportation programs.-This includes staff expenses for the program of demonstration grants and public facility loans in support of urban transportation authorized by the Housing Act of 1961, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1453 and 1492). These activities are described in connection with the urban renewal fund and public facility 16,915 loans set forth under public enterprise funds. 15,525 16,915 Includes capital outlay as follows: 1963, $230 thousand; 1964, $140 thousand; 1965, $230 thousand. Selected resources as of June 30 are as follows: Unpaid undelivered orders, 1962, $143 thousand (1963 adjustments. - $44 thousand): 1963. $200 thousand: 1964, $200 thousand; 1965, $200 thousand. All funds available to the Administrator for operating or staff expenses are consolidated in a single operating expense fund managed under this appropriation title as authorized by 12 U.S.C. 1701 (c) (3). Unobligated balance brought forward.. Unobligated balance carried forward.. New obligational authority (appropriation) 18,000 21,150 25,000 1 Selected resources as of June 30 are as follows: Undisbursed obligations, 1962. $16,237 thousand; 1963, $21,748 thousand; 1964, $24,898 thousand; 1965, $29.898 thousand. Planning grants are made to State and local governments and to official metropolitan area planning bodies for two-thirds of the estimated cost of urban planning, or three-fourths of such cost in those cities, municipalities, or counties located in redevelopment areas designated pursuant to the Area Redevelopment Act of 1961 (75 Stat. 47). The program is designed to assist such jurisdic tions in solving the planning problems resulting from the increasing concentration of population, to encourage them to establish and improve planning staffs, and to facilitate comprehensive planning for urban development on a continuing basis, including open-space land and urban transportation planning. Grants are increasingly being made to State, metropolitan, and regional planning agencies to meet the complex problems caused by greater urbanization. Although grants continue to be made to State planning agencies for the provision of planning assistance to communities under 50,000 population, such assistance no longer constitutes the bulk of the program as in prior years. Grants are authorized also to be made directly to cities, other municipalities, and counties in redevelopment areas regardless of community size. The budget program for 1965 assumes enactment of additional authorization for appropriation. URBAN STUDIES AND HOUSING RESEARCH For urban studies and housing research as authorized by the Housing Acts of 1948 and 1956, as amended, including administra tive expenses in connection therewith, [$387,400] $1,500,000. (Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1964.) Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars) -124 224 -224 224 -224 224 Program by activities: Payment to "Salaries and expenses" (costsobligations) (object class 25). 2,599 3,250 3,700 This program includes both statistical data collection and special studies of housing and urban development for use in the preparation and administration of complex Federal programs; for program management and use in the formulation and execution of community development programs at State and local government levels; and for market guidance to homebuilders and producers of building materials. The program for such studies and research is carried out primarily through contracts with other Federal agencies, educational institutions, and nonprofit private research organizations. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, MASS TRANSPORTATION [DEMONSTRATION GRANTS] DEMONSTRATIONS For necessary expenses in connection with [grants in connection with] mass transportation demonstration projects, as authorized by section 103(b) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, [including not to exceed $195,000 for administrative expenses, $5,000,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for administrative expenses in connection with grants to be made requiring payments in excess of the amount herein appropriated therefor] $200,000. (Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1964.) Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars) OPEN SPACE LAND GRANTS For expenses in connection with grants to aid in the acquisition of open-space land or interests therein, and with the provision of technical assistance to State and local public bodies (including the undertaking of studies and publication of information), [$15,000,000] $30,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed [$262,000] $400,000 may be used for administrative expenses and technical assistance, and no part of this appropriation shall be used for administrative expenses in connection with grants requiring payments in excess of the amount herein appropriated therefor. (Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1964; $12,294,000 of the above estimate will require legislative authorization.) Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars) U.S.C. 1492) -12,534 Program by activities: The budget request for 1965 is for $200 thousand for the administration of demonstration grant projects authorized by the Housing Act of 1961 (42 U.S.C. 1453). The program is designed to demonstrate new ideas and methods so as to find ways to meet the growing urban transportation problem. Sixteen projects have been approved as of June 30, 1963, and 12 additional project approvals are expected in the current year. Staff time will be utilized to review and evaluate demonstration projects in execution and final project reports. The budget anticipates extension of the mass transportation loan program authorized by the Housing Act of 1961 (42 U.S.C. 1492) which expired at the end of 1963. Also anticipated is the enactment of a more extensive program of urban transportation assistance which is described below. Total program costs, funded. Change in selected resources 1. Financing: Unobligated balance brought forward (contract authorization).... Recovery of prior year obligations. Unobligated balance carried forward (contract authorization). New obligational authority (appropriation). Capital outlay: 1. Open space land grants........ Operating costs: 2. Payment to "Salaries and expenses". |