Mr. SMITH. Regardless of the equipment, these errors-

Mr. BOYLE. These are people errors. But when you set type, and you hit keys, there is nobody so perfect that he is not going to make occasional mistakes. That is why we have proofreaders. If everybody was perfect, we would save a lot of money by not reading proof. Proofreaders are not perfect. They miss errors. A book, a commercial book that you would buy as a college text is proofread seven or eight times in the process of editing and production. We cannot afford to nor do we have the time to proofread any more than one time.

Mr. SMITH. So we have to have our staff proofread it two or three times and send it back.

Mr. BOYLE. When we send work out to Federal agencies, they have to proofread it. They proofread it again. I can't sit here and say we are going to send out work 100 percent error-free at the same cost.

Mr. SMITH. On the Small Business Committee, I have a staff person who takes care of the liaison with GPO. I thought maybe she didn't know what she was doing, but I found out it wasn't her, because I looked at what she had sent to GPO, and there wasn't anything wrong with it. It was what came back.

SETTING PRIORITIES

Mr. BOYLE. I don't doubt your word at all. I know we have errors. As far as the schedules, we work on a set of priorities that Mr. Sonntag, with his Congressional Information Section, determines based upon talking to the staff people or all the committees, and some committees not only demand, but require, faster turnaround time than some other committees. Some committees don't require that they have a report sooner than three, four, or five days. Others want it overnight. So we schedule on the basis of hopefully working out priorities with the committee staff people, and the chairmen and the leadership and hope that the priority we work. out is acceptable. When we make a promise that we are going to deliver that report-then we meet our promise.

Mr. SMITH. Well, that is all. Anyway, it is not a matter of needing different equipment?

Mr. BOYLE. No, sir; we have all of the equipment that we need to do the job.

Mr. SMITH. That is all.

Mr. BENJAMIN. Thank you, Mr. Smith.

PRINTING AND Binding

Mr. BENJAMIN. We will turn to Printing and Binding. This appropriation provides funds for the Federal Register and other government publications authorized by law to be distributed free of charge to the recipient. The budget request is $15,722,000, plus a deficiency appropriation of $3,819,000.

We will insert the budget schedule and justifications materialIII-1 to III-5-in the record at this point. [The information follows:]

• Includes $357 for payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

PRINTING AND BINDING

For authorized printing, binding, and distribution of the Federal Register (including the Code of Federal Regulations) as authorized by law (44 U.S.C. 1509, 1510); and printing and binding of Government publications authorized by law to be distributed without charge to the recipient, [$11,476,000] $19,541,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available for printing and binding part 2 of the annual report of the Secretary of Agriculture (known as the Yearbook of Agriculture): Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years. (Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1979.)

Printing and binding estimated requirements for fiscal year 1980

H. U.S. Government Manual, Public Papers of the Presidents, and
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents..

Subtotal...-

For the payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years...

Total..

$12, 591, 000 470, 000 1, 584, 000

11, 000

366, 000

41, 000

37, 000

622, 000

15, 722, 000

3,819, 000 $19, 541, 000

SUMMARY AND JUSTIFICATION OF APPROPRIATION ESTIMATES FOR PRINTING AND BINDING, FISCAL YEAR 1980

This estimate is to provide funds for printing, binding, and distribution of the Federal Register (including the Code of Federal Regulations) as authorized by law (44 U.S.C. 1509, 1510); and printing and binding of Government publications authorized by law to be distributed without charge to the recipient.

The total amount requested for printing and binding for fiscal year 1980 is $15,722,000 compared to $11,476,000 appropriated last year. A. Congressional Record program.-Title 44 U.S.C. provides for certain copies to be distributed without charge to correspondents, exmembers, agencies, judges, and recipients designated by Members of Congress. An estimated 17,000 copies will be required in fiscal year 1980 and the cost will be approximately $12.6 million.

B. Miscellaneous publications.-This item includes printed matter such as the Congressional Directory, Senate and House Journals, memorial addresses of Members, nominations, United States Code and supplements, and publications not carrying a document or report number, such as laws, treaties, and similar publications. An estimated $470,000 will be required in fiscal year 1980 for copies distributed by law to recipients other than Congress.

C. Publications for International Exchange and the Library of Congress.-As provided by law (44 U.S.C. 1718 and 1719), certain publications are provided for official use in international exchange and for the Library of Congress. An estimated $1.6 million will be needed for about 2.4 million copies in fiscal year 1980.

D. House and Senate business calendars.-This heading covers the printing of all House and Senate business calendars which list the actions on pending and completed legislation. An estimated $11,000 will be required in fiscal year 1980 for 35 sets distributed by law to recipients other than Congress.

E. Bills, resolutions, and amendments.-This heading covers the printing of bills, resolutions, and amendments in all forms, including the prints as introduced, referred, reported, and as finally passed. The estimate for fiscal year 1980 is $366,000 for 250 sets distributed by law to recipients other than Congress.

F. Committee reports.-This item covers printed reports of congressional committees on pending legislation which carry a congressional number. An estimated $41,000 will be needed in fiscal year 1980 for 135 sets distributed by law to recipients other than Congress. G. Documents.-This heading includes all classes of Senate and House documents ordered printed by Congress which carry a congressional number, such as annual reports, engineers' reports, special reports made by Government departments in response to resolutions, supplemental and deficiency estimates of appropriations, etc. The

estimate for fiscal year 1980 is $37,000 for 135 sets distributed by law to recipients other than Congress.

H. U.S. Government Manual, the Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, and the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents.-The National Archives and Records Service has been authorized (13 F.R. 5935; 1 CFR, pt. 31) to handle the U.S. Government Manual as a special edition of the Federal Register. On November 6, 1957, the National Archives and Records Service was authorized (22 F.R. 8895; 1 CFR, pt. 32) to begin printing as a special edition of the Federal Register, the Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States starting with the calendar year 1957 and specified calendar years prior to 1957 as authorized by the Administrative Committee of the Federal Register. The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, which began publication on August 2, 1965, is published pursuant to the authority contained in the Federal Register Act (49 Stat. 500, as amended; 44 U.S.C. ch. 15), under regulations prescribed by the Administrative Committee of the Federal Register, approved by the President (1 CFR, pt. 32). The total estimated requirements for these three publications, based on page estimates furnished by the Office of the Federal Register, is $622,000, which consists of U.S. Government Manual ($121,000) for 920 pages of approximately 8,500 copies, Public Papers of the Presidents ($120,000) for 2,600 pages of approximately 1,500 copies of two books, and Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents ($381,000) for 2,200 pages of approximately 5,600 copies.

The Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations printing and binding costs previously included in the Printing and Binding Appropriation are now paid by the publishing agencies in compliance with P.L. 95-94.