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LEGISLATIVE-ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

Comparative summary of appropriations and appropriation estimates

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Mr. STEWART. I also ask to insert the blue or control sheets of each appropriation as we come to the different appropriations. Mr. ANDREWS. Without objection they will be so inserted.

OVERALL BUDGET DECREASE

Mr. ANDREWS. The figures you mention, and the tables you have inserted, as I understand it, include certain items for the Senate that we in the House do not report on; is that correct?

Mr. STEWART. That is correct.

Mr. ANDREWS. But aside from that fact, you still show a substantial reduction from last year of about $12 million?

Mr. STEWART. Yes, sir.

Mr. ANDREWSs. And as I understand, of the increases-just the increases, of about $1,652,000-roughly $1,189,000 of that is not recurring-that is, it would not recur the following year-is that correct?

Mr. STEWART. That is right.

NEW POSITIONS

Mr. ANDREWS. You ask for 17 new positions. We will get to the details in the regular order, but to what total are you adding 17? How many people do you have now, or this year?

Mr. HENLOCK. We have a grand total, in our organization, of 1,548 regular positions. Of this total, 1,515 are carried in the legislative branch appropriation bill.

Mr. ANDREWS. We have two items of construction that come under the Architect's budget but affect the Library of Congress. We will now take up those items.

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Mr. ANDREWS. The first item is on page 116 of the justifications and page 96 of the bill, "Library buildings and grounds, structural and mechanical care," where the request for next year is for $1,538,000. The 1966 appropriation for this item was $879,000 plus wage-board pay supplement in House Document 405 of $13,000, for a total appropriation for 1966 was $892,000.

Mr. STEWART. That is right. We are asking for a net increase of $646,000.

Mr. ANDREWS. Your request is for $1,538,000?

Mr. STEWART. That is right.

Mr. ANDREWs. That is a rather considerable increase over last year, $646,000 net?

Mr. STEWART. That is right.

JUSTIFICATION MATERIAL

Mr. ANDREWS. We will insert pages 116 to 126 in the record. (The pages follow:)

Library buildings and grounds: Structural and mechanical care

Wage-board pay supplemental in H. Doc. 405.

1966 appropriation in annual act..

Total appropriations, 1966....

Deductions:

Care of grounds: Improving landscaping in the northwest courtyard, main building: Non-
recurring item allowed for 1966, not required for 1967.

Repairs to marble floor tile, main building, 10th year allotment of repair program..
Clean and restore ceiling and wall decorations, main building: 3d year allotment of improve-
ment program.

Installation of floor tile: Main building, new floor tile in new locker room, toilet, and work
spaces in west cellar; annex, replacement of tile in Serial Record and Manuscript Division
offices, 3d floor...

Improved lighting, office areas, both buildings: 2d year allotment to improve the lighting in various office and work spaces, both buildings..

Replacement of book conveyor between the main building and the Capitol: Nonrecurring item allowed for 1966, not required for 1967-.

Repairs and replacements, sidewalks surrounding main building: Replacement of approximately 3,500 square yards of deteriorated concrete sidewalks..

Materials cleaning and handling equipment: Replacement of a forklift truck, a transporter, and a power sweeper: Nonrecurring item allowed for 1966, not required for 1967. Replacement of paper baler: Nonrecurring item allowed for 1966, not required for 1967.

Total...

Base for 1967.---------

Additions:

Wage-rate increases authorized by Public Law 763, 83d Cong

Under the provisions of Public Law 763, 83d Cong., 62 laborers and mechanics on the Library buildings and grounds roll are compensated on a wage-board, prevailing-rate basis. Public Law 763 provides that the compensation of such employees shall be fixed and adjusted from time to time as nearly as is consistent with the public interest in accordance with prevailing rates.

An increase of $7,400 is requested for 1967 to meet on a full-year basis the cost of increased wage rates established as a result of a general survey of Government and industrial employees in the Washington metropolitan area, conducted during the past year. The new rates went into effect Dec. 5, 1965, in accordance with the provisions of Public Law 85-872, 85th Cong. This increase is necessary in order that the Library buildings and grounds wage-board employees may be compensated on a full-year basis in the fiscal year 1967 in accordance with present prevailing rates.

An increase of $5,447 is requested for 1967 to meet the cost of within-grade promotions and other changes falling due in that year, authorized by Public Law 763 under the wageboard system, for employees compensated under that act.

Within-grade promotions authorized by the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, for employees compensated under that act...

Overtime and holiday pay allotment increased from $101,500 to $105,000.

$879,000

13,000

892,000

1,200 20,000

10,000

6,000

35,000

65,000

35,000

11,000

10,000

193,200

698,800

12, 847

353

3,500

This increase is adjusted on the basis of actual current costs and results from increases in basic pay rates.

Contribution to retirement fund increased from $28,700 to $30,100.......

This increase results from increase in basic pay rates and is required to cover the cost of Government contribution to retirement fund authorized by Public Law 854, 84th Cong. Maintenance and repairs, air-conditioning and refrigeration systems, increased from $11,000 to $15,600

This increase is requested to cover anticipated costs for the maintenance and upkeep of additional equipment now installed and being installed under phase III of the heating, cooling, and ventilating system for the Main Library Building, authorized by Congress in 1962. This additional equipment, which will soon be completely installed, will provide service for the office areas in the south perimeter of the building, east front, part of the west front, and decks 37 and 38. Phase III is the final phase of the air-conditioning program.

Supplies and materials, increased from $25,000 to $35,000.

This increase is needed to assure a more adequate stock of a variety of engineering, electrical, plumbing, carpentry, sheet metal, and other supplies and materials required for the maintenance and care of the 2 Library buildings. Continuing space adjustments, advancing age of the buildings, increased personnel and rise in costs, have resulted in the need for more supplies and materials at increased costs. Expenditures for this purpose exceeded $33,000 in 1964, about $35,000 in 1965, and at the present rate will be at least $35,000 in 1966.

Annual care of grounds..

This increase is a nonrecurring item for 1967 and is requested for the purpose of obtaining a new generator set to operate grass trimmers and other electric power tools on the grounds where electric outlets are not now available.

Repairs to marble floor tile, main building, 11th year allotment..

It is requested that this item be reduced from the $31,000 requested in the 1967 budget to $10,000. The larger amount was requested to provide funds for repairs to the marble floors in the east and west entrance lobbies, ground floor, main building. Due to traffic and occupancy conditions, it has been determined advisable to defer the work in the west lobby to a future date. The amount now requested ($10,000) will permit necessary repairs in the east lobby, where the work can be done without undue traffic interference and will probably be the last request for this type of work for several years, perhaps at least until a 3d Library building is available and certain spaces in the main building can be freed for a resumption of the program. Because of the highly specialized nature of the work, the skilled service required, and the shortage of qualified artisans, it is requested that the work be authorized to be done without regard to sec. 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, as has been authorized in previous appropriations for this purpose.

1,400

4,600

10,000

500

31,000

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