Unitice Statio TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1985 HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS NINETY-EIGHTH CONGRESS SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS EDWARD R. ROYBAL, California, Chairman JOSEPH P. ADDABBO, New York DANIEL K. AKAKA, Hawaii STENY H. HOYER, Maryland EDWARD P. BOLAND, Massachusetts CLARENCE D. LONG, Maryland 33-316 O CLARENCE E. MILLER, Ohio AUBREY A. GUNNELS and C. WILLIAM SMITH, Staff Assistants PART 3 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations WASHINGTON: 1984 KF27 A676. 1984 Pt. 3 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS JAMIE L. WHITTEN, Mississippi, Chairman EDWARD P. BOLAND, Massachusetts JOSEPH P. ADDABBO, New York BILL CHAPPELL, JR., Florida JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania JOSEPH D. EARLY, Massachusetts LINDY (MRS. HALE) BOGGS, Louisiana MARTIN OLAV SABO, Minnesota VIC FAZIO, California W. G. (BILL) HEFNER, North Carolina LES AUCOIN, Oregon DANIEL K. AKAKA, Hawaii WES WATKINS, Oklahoma WILLIAM H. GRAY III, Pennsylvania BERNARD J. DWYER, New Jersey WILLIAM R. RATCHFORD, Connecticut BILL BONER, Tennessee STENY H. HOYER, Maryland BOB CARR, Michigan ROBERT J. MRAZEK, New York SILVIO O. CONTE, Massachusetts J. KENNETH ROBINSON, Virginia KEITH F. MAINLAND, Clerk and Staff Director (II) TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1985 TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1984. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT WITNESSES ROGER B. PORTER, DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT RICHARD L. WILLIAMS, SENIOR STAFF MEMBER Mr. ROYBAL. The committee will come to order. The committee is in session to hear from the Office of Policy Development with regard to their 1985 budget. Mr. Porter, will you proceed in any manner that you may desire. Mr. PORTER. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the opportunity once again to present the budget request for the Office of Policy Development in the Executive Office of the President. ROLE OF THE OFFICE The Office of Policy Development is responsible for providing advice and assistance to the President on economic and domestic policy matters. The budget we are requesting for fiscal year 1985 is for the salaries and expenses necessary to meet these responsibilities. Our office has responsibility for policy development across a broad range of subjects, including economic affairs, health and human resources, energy, agriculture, natural resources, the environment, commerce and trade, legal policy, management and administration, drug abuse, and other domestic matters. We work closely with the National Security Council in areas where domestic policy includes international considerations, and they in turn work with us in a similar manner. We also disseminate a good deal of information on policy matters to various administration officials. We report directly to Mr. John A. Svahn, the Assistant to the President for Policy Development. The Office of Policy Development is organized primarily around the President's Cabinet Council structure. Members of our office serve as the executive secretary for each of the Cabinet Councils, and we provide the primary staff support for the councils. The Office of Policy Development also supports several other functions within the Executive Office of the President, including |