because we would have no other basis upon which to do it at the moment. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD PRINTING Senator MONRONEY. What is the cost of printing the Congressional Record annually? Mr. HARRISON. Some $104 a page, including everything. Senator MONRONEY. I am talking about your annual. Mr. HARRISON. $3,120,000 is our estimate for 1966. Senator MONRONEY. $3,120,000? Mr. HARRISON. Yes, sir. Senator MONRONEY. That includes all of the operation with the share of the plant overhead? Mr. HARRISON. That is everything, that is the cost; yes, sir. Senator MONRONEY. I am trying to get whether your costs are incremental costs or whether your costs to the Congress are printing on the basis of a fair share of the management, overhead, and depre ciation. Mr. HARRISON. Every job we do includes a portion of our total operation, building maintenance, administration; everything. Senator MONRONEY. That is $3,120,000. STATIONERY ACCOUNTS Now, you do have a figure that would be available for the printing that is done in behalf of Senators and of the committees as to stationery accounts, do you not? Mr. CRAGG. I believe that is maintained by the stationery rooms. Senator MONRONEY. As far as you know this is lumped into the $16,500,000? Mr. HARRISON. No, I think the stationery room handles your stationery account, Mr. Chairman. Senator MONRONEY. In other words, our account is with the stationery room; well then, you must bill certain amounts to the stationery Mr. CRAGG. The cost of printing stationery comes out of the congressional appropriation and except on committee stationery, the stationery room furnishes paper and envelopes and charges it to the Member's account. Senator MONRONEY. That would not be listed in the $161⁄2 million. That would be an outside sale as though it were to a department? Mr. CRAGG. Yes. On other than committee stationery we are either furnished the stock by the stationery room or we bill them for it. FRANKED ENVELOPES AND DOCUMENTS Mr. HARRISON. The $355,000 which is our estimate for franked envelopes and document franks for 1966 covers only document and speech envelopes. All other envelopes are included in miscellaneous printing and binding. Senator MONRONEY. That would be in regular congressional printing bills? Mr. HARRISON. Yes, sir. HEARING COSTS Hearings we estimate for 1966 would be $3,800,000. Senator MONRONEY. This is what I was trying to get. That is a rough, horseback estimate. Mr. HARRISON. It is based on experience over many years. Senator MONRONEY. $3 million what? Mr. HARRISON. $3,800,000. Senator MONRONEY. For the hearings; that is House and Senate? Mr. HARRISON. Yes, sir. Senator MONRONEY. That is $6.9-we will say $7 million roughly for the Congressional Record and for the congressional hearings. Mr. HARRISON. That is right. MISCELLANEOUS CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING Senator MONRONEY. Now the other congressional printing, that would be Mr. HARRISON. We have miscellaneous publications which show $212 million. Senator MONRONEY. For what? Mr. HARRISON. Miscellaneous publications. Senator MONRONEY. $22 million for miscellaneous publications? Mr. HARRISON. That includes printed matter such as the Congressional Directory, Senate and House Journals, memorial addresses, nominations. SENATE AND HOUSE JOURNALS Senator MONRONEY. Senate and House Journals. We have been having a good deal of discussion during the reorganization about that. How many copies of that do you publish? Mr. HARRISON. I will have to give you that, Senator. Senator MONRONEY. Can you get a figure of how many copies you publish? The only time I have seen the Journal used is during a filibuster. I have been here 20 years, and I have never seen a copy of the Journal nor have I read one. I do not think I am being-I wonder if it might be sort of a useless appendage. Maybe dozens of men are slaving setting this junk in type, never to be read by anybody and be filed away and pay storage costs on it. Mr. HARRISON. We will be glad to give you that and the cost. (The information requested follows:) UNITED STATES CODE AND SUPPLEMENTS Senator MONRONEY. What other costs? Mr. HARRISON. Nominations, United States Code and supplements, publications not carrying a document or report number. Senator MONRONEY. All of that type of printing is charged to Congress. Mr. HARRISON. That is right. Senator MONRONEY. How much is that printing of the Code? Senator MONRONEY. Yes, sir. Mr. HARRISON. It is included under miscellaneous publications. Could we furnish that for the record? We could give you the estimated cost. Senator MONRONEY. Let us let that come in later. (The information requested follows:) Only six volumes have been completed at this time. We have estimated a total of $585,000 for 15 volumes. ACQUISITION OF BUILDING SITE Senator MONRONEY. I would like, in order to accommodate some of the members who must be elsewhere, to discuss the proposal for the new Printing Office, and I think we will devote the next-I think $49,640,000 represents the funds for the acquisition of site and construction of the building. Did you have a statement to make on that? Senator MONRONEY. How long is your statement? Mr. HARRISON. Very short. Senator MONRONEY. All right. Mr. HARRISON. I am pleased to present an up-to-date report on the status of the Government Printing Office's relocation program. On September 23, 1963, the Joint Committee on Printing authorized the Public Printer to present his proposal for relocating the Office to the appropriate committees of the Congress. In 1964, the Public Works Committees of the House and Senate authorized the construction of such a facility. In March of 1964, I appeared before the Legislative Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and presented a request for an appropriation of $47,287,000 for construction of a new building to house the Government Printing Office. In May of 1964, I appeared before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate in support of this request for funds. The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, Public Law 88-454, authorized $2.5 million of the requested $47,287,000 for necessary expenses in connection with site selection and general plans and designs of buildings for the Government Printing Office. PREDESIGN STUDY On October 7, 1964, Charles T. Main, Inc., of Boston, a firm specializing in industrial and graphic arts engineering and design, was engaged by General Services Administration. Its task was the investigation and determination of the suitability of seven sites for the Government Printing Office structure, and the design of an optimum-flow production facility in terms of general or gross areas. Charles T. Main., Inc., presented its findings in the form of a predesign study. This engineering study narrowed the number of appropriate sites from seven to three. One of the three acceptable sites was the National Training School for Boys and two sites were at Bolling-Anacostia. ACCEPTANCE OF STUDY BY GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, AND NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION The Government Printing Office and General Services Administration analyzed this report and reviewed its findings with respect to the final three sites. The report was accepted and approved by both agencies. Since the National Capital Planning Commission is charged with the responsibility for overall urban development in the Nation's Capital, it was necessary to submit the study to them and request their consideration and approval. To this end, I appeared, together with Public Buildings Commissioner William Schmidt of the General Services Administration and representatives of Charles T. Main, Inc., before the Federal Planning and Projects Committee of the National Capital Planning Commission on March 3, 1965, and presented site recommendations for relocation of the Government Printing Office. The following day, the proposal was made to the full National Capital Planning Commission. The Commission deferred its decision until April 8, 1965. On April 8, 1965, the National Capital Planning Commission unanimously approved a site for the Government Printing Office within the proposed modified Bolling-Anacostia urban renewal area. APPROVAL OF BOLLING-ANACOSTIA SITE In accordance with the provision of the Legislative Appropriations Act of 1965, I presented my recommendations for the BollingAnacostia site to the Joint Committee on Printing on April 28, 1965. OPPOSITION TO RELEASE OF SITE TO GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE They approved the Bolling-Anacostia site for our structure on that same date. Subsequent developments have revealed opposition to releasing this site for the Government Printing Office's use by the House Armed Services Committee and its Subcommittee on Real Estate, the House Subcommittee on Transportation and Aeronautics, and the Department of Defense itself. HOUSE REMOVAL OF CONSTRUCTION MONEY FOR PROJECT On April 29, I appeared before the Legislative Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee in support of the construction money for the project. This subcommittee, taking note of our inability to obtain a definite site commitment from the military, removed funds for the project from the House legislative appropriations bill for 1966. Its report stated: The committee has omitted the construction funds without prejudice to future reconsideration. There are too many uncertainties. The preferred site selection has been approved by the National Capital Planning Commission and the Joint Committee on Printing, but the Department of Defense, which now has custody, has not released it and indicates the specific site chosen will not be released. Clear title is an elementary prerequisite when buying or building. APPROVAL OF NATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOL FOR BOYS SITE On June 10, 1965, I returned to the National Capital Planning Commission and asked that its previous action approving the BollingAnacostia site, be vacated and that it reconsider approving a building site for the Government Printing Office at the National Training School for Boys location-this reconsideration to be based on the refusal of the Department of Defense to declare the approved building site at Bolling-Anacostia excess to its needs. The National Capital Planning Commission thereupon adopted a resolution approving the easterly portion of the National Training School location for construction of the new Government Printing Office. The Bureau of Prisons, by letter dated June 11, 1965, to the Administrator, General Services Administration, has made a Declaration of Intent to excess a portion of the National Training School site property to General Services Administration to be used as the site for the Government Printing Office. (The following letter was subsequently supplied:) NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION, Re New Government Printing Office. Mr. JAMES L. HARRISON, Public Printer, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., June 14, 1965. DEAR MR. HARRISON: The National Capital Planning Commission, at its meeting on June 10, 1965, rescinded the designation, within the proposed modified Anacostia-Bolling urban renewal area as shown on NCPC Plan File No. 84.22 (64.00)-24124, of a site for the new Government Printing Office, and approved the location of the new Government Printing Office on the eastern portion of the National Training School for Boys tract without specific commitment at this time as to the acreage to be used for this project. If you have any further questions concerning the actions of the Commission, please feel free to call either Mr. Donald F. Bozarth, Acting Chief of the Federal Planning Division, or myself. Sincerely yours, W. C. DUTTON, Jr., Director. REDUCTION OF CONSTRUCTION FUND REQUEST Mr. HARRISON. Our request for funds with which to construct a new building, as contained in the current revised budget, has been reduced by $2,977,000, bringing the figure from $49,640,000 to $46,663,000, since cost factors such as demolition, special foundations, and structural conditions, as well as a large sum of money needed for sewer relocation at the Bolling-Anacostia site, are no longer required. Based on General Services' prospectus, our original request for funds was $47,287,000. The Congress appropriated $2.5 million of this sum in the 1965 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act for site selection and general plans and designs of buildings. |