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The charges through December 31, 1972, for these publications for the fiscal year 1972 orders amounted to $304,687 for 1,466,147 copies. It has been estimated that $40,693 will be required for the remaining outstanding orders resulting in an estimated requirement of $345,380 for the fiscal year 1972. The estimate for the fiscal year 1973 was $280,000 for 1,700,000 copies. It is estimated that $350,000 will be needed for about 1,700,000 copies in the fiscal year 1974.

5. Franked envelopes and document franks.—Franked envelopes for mailing speeches and documents are furnished to Senators and Representatives, who are also furnished with franks for mailing documents, printed singly or in sheets with perforations at the option of the Member.

The expenditures for franked envelopes and document franks in the fiscal year 1972 amounted to $686,112 for 107,710,328 envelopes and 7,064,601 franks. It was estimated that $825,000 would be required in the fiscal year 1973 to print approximately 120 million envelopes and 5,500,000 franks. It is estimated that $990,000 will be needed in the fiscal year 1974 for approximately 110 million envelopes and 6 million franks.

6. House and Senate committee and business calendars.-This heading covers the printing of all House and Senate committee calendars which list the action of the various committees on pending and completed legislation. The House and Senate business calendars are also included in this item.

The expenditures for all House and Senate committee and business calendars for the fiscal year 1972 were $1,243,704 for 52,418 pages. The estimate for the cost of these calendars in the fiscal year 1973 was $1,500,000 for approximately 60.000 pages. It is estimated that $1,350,000 will be required in the fiscal year 1974 for approximately 55,000 pages.

7. 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 expenditures through December 31, 1972, for bills, resolutions, and amendments in the fiscal year 1972 amounted to $4,393,365 for 137,865 pages. Incompleted orders estimated at $37,870 will bring this item to $4,431,235 for the fiscal year 1972. The estimate submitted for the fiscal year 1973 was $4,650,000 for about 160,000 pages. The estimate for the fiscal year 1974 is $5,700,000 for approximately 150,000 pages.

8. Committee reports. This item covers printed reports of congressional committees on pending legislation which carry a congressional number.

The expenditures through December 31, 1972, for printing committee reports ordered in the fiscal year 1972 were $1,441,764 for 30,296 pages. It has been estimated that incompleted orders will amount to $30,500. This will bring the requirements for this item to $1,472,264 for the fiscal year 1972. It was estimated that $1,510,000 would be needed for approximately 29,000 pages in the fiscal year 1973. It is estimated that $1,900,000 will be needed for about 28,000 pages in the fiscal year 1974.

9. 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 expenditures through December 31, 1972, for House and Senate documents ordered in the fiscal year 1972 amounted to $839,169 for 20,719 pages. It has been estimated that $359,500 will be required for the remaining outstanding orders resulting in an estimated requirement of $1,198,669 for the fiscal year

1972. The estimate for the fiscal year 1973 was $1,260,000 for about 28,000 pages. The estimate for the fiscal year 1974 is $1,450,000 for about 25,000 pages.

10. Hearings.-This item covers all hearings before congressional committees. The expenditures for hearings in the fiscal year 1972 through December 31, 1972, were $10,700,159 for 378,186 pages. Outstanding orders have been estimated at $2,017,900, resulting in a total requirement of $12,718,059 for this class of work for the fiscal year 1972. The estimate for the fiscal year 1973 was $8,145,000 for approximately 280,000 pages. The estimate for the fiscal year 1974 is $10,640,000 for about 280,000 pages.

11. Federal Register, including the U.S. Government Organization Manual, the Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, and the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents.-The Archivist of the United States and the Public Printer are charged with the printing and distribution, in a serial publication titled "Federal Register," of documents authorized to be published under the act of July 26, 1935, and the act of June 11, 1946. Funds to cover the cost of printing this publication are provided for in the appropriation for congressional printing and binding. The National Archives and Records Service has been authorized (13 F.R. 5935; 1 CFR, pt. 31) to handle the U.S. Government Organization 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 cost of printing the U.S. Government Organization Manual, the Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, and the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents is charged to the cost of printing the Federal Register (sec. 6, 49 Stat. 501; 44 U.S.C. 1506).

The expenditures for the Federal Register for all work ordered in the fiscal year 1972 amounted to $3.061,623 for 27.916 pages. This included $157,823 for 1,736 pages of the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents. It has been estimated that it will require $75,000 to complete one volume of the Presidential Papers (Nixon, 1971) and $50,000 to complete the U.S. Government Organization Manual, bringing the total requirement to $3,186,623. It was estimated that $3,480,000 would be sufficient to cover the cost of approximately 28,000 pages of the Federal Register and .for printing the U.S. Government Organization Manual, the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, and the Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States in the fiscal year 1973. It is estimated that $4,100,000 will be required in the fiscal year 1974 for printing an estimated 30,000 pages of the Federal Register and for printing the U.S. Government Organization Manual, the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, and the Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States as supplemental editions of the Federal Register.

12. Supplements to Code of Federal Regulations.--The cost of printing the supplements to the Code of Federal Regulations amounted to $1,612,602 for 65,306 pages ordered in the fiscal year 1972. It was estimated that $1,440,000 would be sufficient for printing 60,000 pages of the supplements during the fiscal year 1973. It is estimated that $1,920,000 will be required to print 60,000 pages of the supplements during the fiscal year 1974.

AVERAGE COST PER UNIT OF PRINTING AND BINDING CHARGEABLE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL APPROPRIATION, AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1972

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$119.29 26.78

$112.67
32.26

$148.37

$145.66

1 $128.00

1 $140.00

$170.00

$209.00

32.89

36.90

47.94

42.26

37.00

47.00

38.45
.154
4.31

43.43

42.63

64. 15

74.99

58.00

80.00

.163

.18

.166

.208

.16

.21

4.83

5.05

5.54

5.88

6.50

8.45

5.34
14.99

5.40

5.28

6.43

6.51

7.50

8.00

10.00

13.90

17.53

17.03

22.47

21.82

25.00

25.00

12.89
24.98

15.05

15.18

21.25

26.11

31.87

29.00

38.00

31.61

30.33

41.11

43.15

47.59

52.00

68.00

30.37

24.63

28.69

47.83

39.33

40.50

45.00

58.00

21.28

20.80

22.47

22.90

24.60

28.29

29.00

38.00

66.68

69.64

75.17

86.04

99.44

111.21

110.00

119.00

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10.20

12.79

18.28

21.40

24.69

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11. Federal Register (not including U.S. Government Organization Manual,

Public Papers of the Presidents, and Weekly Compilation of Presidential
Documents).

12. Supplements to Code of Federal Regulations....

I Estimated.

Congressional printing and binding billings for work ordered in fiscal year as of

Fiscal year:

1954.

1955.

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1957.

1958.

1959

1960.

1961.

1962.

1963.

1964.

1965.

1966

1967

1968.

1969

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1971

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1973 (6 months)

10, 889, 446

With the inception of the revolving fund accounting system in fiscal year 1954, all billings for each fiscal year are based on the orders received during the respective fiscal year.

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1 Based on information developed annually for hearings before the Committee on Appropriations.

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1 Beginning with fiscal year 1963, totals include individual orders on open requisitions.

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