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Mr. ANDREWS. Proceed, Mr. Clerk.

Mr. ROBERTS. The Committee on Appropriations payroll, as of February 28, 1966, totaled 50 employees and $669,807 gross per annum or an average salary of $13,396 each.

As you know, of course, these are the so-called regular committee employees and do not include people employed under special and select investigating and study funds allocated from time to time by special resolutions of the House.

The gross salaries for the regular committee employees of the 20 standing committees, as of February 28, 1966, was $3,955,519 at an average annual salary of $15,759.

If agreeable, I will insert the usual tabulation summarizing the personnel for the 19 standing committees as of February 28, 1966. (The statement referred to is as follows:)

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Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. Chairman, I have a statement that brings it up to date as of May 1. There are 205 employees on 19 standing committees at a gross salary of $3,344,174 per annum or an average salary of $16,318. The Appropriations Committee payroll as of the 1st of the month totaled 51 employees and $672,085.68 per annum, or an average salary of $15,178 each. The gross salaries for the regular committee. employees of the 20 standing committees as of April 30, 1966, was $4,017,259.92, or an average annual salary of $15,692.42 each.

Mr. ANDREWS. So you say that your request for $4,100,000 in 1967 ought to be $4,200,000?

Mr. ROBERTS. Yes, sir.

Mr. ANDREWS. Proceed, Mr. Clerk.

Mr. ROBERTS. Since the Reorganization Act of 1946 became effective, the committee has provided funds for the maximum number of positions possible-230-plus the Appropriations Committee, at an ap

proximate average salary sufficient to provide adequate funds for additions to the staffs as the various committees may decide, or for changes in salaries. All salary rates are fixed by each committee.

There is, of course, no way of stating definitely at this time just how much money will be required for these positions except that it is believed that the appropriation should be based on the maximum number of positions with an overall gross salary which would give sufficient leeway for reasonable salary changes based on experience. The estimate was prepared with that in mind.

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Mr. ANDREWS. This item is just one of mathematics like so many of your items.

Mr. ROBERTS. It is just an estimate.

TOTAL NUMBER OF COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

Mr. ANDREWS. As you say, this covers only the regular committee rolls at February 28, which you have revised up through April 30, 1966. There were a total of 256 employees on this roll, on April 30.

Mr. GIBSON. April 30, a total of 256; 205 were the 19 other committees and 51 were Appropriations.

Mr. ANDREWS. How many were on the so-called special and select roll in addition?

Mr. ROBERTS. Total number of employees on special and select committees April 30, 1966, was 310.

Mr. ANDREWS. So there is a total of how many committee employees? Mr. MEGILL. Standing committees, including the Committee on Appropriations, and special and select committees total 566 as of April 30.

AMOUNTS REQUESTED

Mr. ANDREWS. The current request for appropriation here, according to your figures, is $4,100,000. You say you ought to have $4.200,000.

Mr. ROBERTS. I think that is right.

Mr. MEGILL. For standing committees only.

Mr. ANDREWS. That is for standing committees only.

Mr. MEGILL. Yes.

Mr. ANDREWS. And for the special and select group of committees, or employees, you had a figure of $4,650,000.

Have you revised that?

Mr. GIBSON. No.

Mr. ANDREWs. That is still firm?

Mr. GIBSON. Yes, sir.

Mr. MEGILL. You are talking about special and select?

Mr. ANDREWS. Is your request firm of $4,600,000?

We will get to that later, but I want to get all these committee figures in one place in the record.

Mr. MEGILL. $4,650,000 for special and select committees, and $4,925,000 for standing committees, or a grand total of $9,575,000 for all committee employees.

NUMBER OF SPECIAL AND SELECT COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

Mr. ANDREWS. How would the number of employees on the special and select roll compare with a year ago?

In other words, what is the total number this year as compared to last year?

Mr. ROBERTS. We have that here, I think.

Mr. GIBSON. I have this year; I do not have last year. We can supply that.

Mr. ANDREWS. Supply it for the record.

(The information follows:)

1965__.

Number of special and select committee employees

255

1966___

305

Mr. ANDREWS. Are there any questions on this item of committee employees?

Mr. Steed.

NEED FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR 1966

Mr. STEED. Mr. Roberts, did I understand you to say that you think this year's fund is going to run $35,316 short?

Mr. ROBERTS. Yes, sir.

Mr. STEED. That is based on the latest payroll you have?

Mr. ROBERTS. Yes, sir.

Mr. STEED. What will be the situation at the end of this fiscal year in regard to meeting that item?

Mr. ROBERTS. That is what we were just talking about?

Mr. STEED. Is this one of those items that carry over into the next fiscal year?

Mr. ROBERTS. Not unless you provide language to take care of it. Mr. MEGILL. It might be desirable to have language to permit us to transfer back from 1967 into 1966 to cover any indebtedness we will meet. This is a projected deficit on the basis of our payroll for April.

Mr. STEED. You are either going to have to have some of these committee chairmen curtail their employment or have supplemental language to transfer to meet this situation.

Mr. GIBSON. One of the three.

Mr. STEED. That is all, Mr. Chairman.

Mr. ANDREWS. Mr. Langen?

Mr. LANGEN. I have just one question relative to the matter if such language were to be added. Will that then also change the total requirement for fiscal 1967 on the basis of present projections?

Mr. GIBSON. It will still remain at $4,200,000, but we will just take $40.000 of it and transfer it back into 1966 fiscal year to pay the salaries of May and June. The appropriation will remain the same but we will transfer back to the other fiscal year.

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