ders.. Total selected re sources.----- 11,917 1,057 14,643 10,534 13,050 This appropriation provides for expenses of occupying postal facilities, for supplies and certain types of contractual services required by the postal service, and for field service organizations operated by the Bureau of Facilities. 1. Building occupancy. This activity provides for rental of postal facilities; cost of communications, fuel, and utilities; one-time payments for improvements to leased buildings; installments on lease-purchase contracts; and the acquisition and resale of sites to lessors under the commercial leasing program. The recoveries from the resale of such land shown under Advances and reimbursements are applied to the purchase of additional sites for resale. Increased rental costs result from (a) the acquisition of additional postal space, (b) increased rental rates, and (c) replacement of inadequate or substandard space in Government buildings. LEASED AND RENTED BUILDINGS Total number of permanent positions.. Average postal field service level. PLANT AND EQUIPMENT For expenses necessary for modernization and acquisition of equipment and facilities for postal purposes, including not to exceed $2,000,000 for increases in prior year orders placed with other Government agencies in addition to current increases in prior year orders or contracts made as a result of changes in plans, [$89,000,0001 $124,000,000: Provided, That the funds herein appropriated shall be available for repair, alteration, and improvement of the mail equipment shops at Washington, District of Columbia, and for payment to the General Services Administration for the repair, alteration, preservation, renovation, improvement, and equipment of federally owned property used for postal purposes, including improved lighting, color, and ventilation for the specialized conditions in space occupied for postal purposes. (5 U.S.C. 22a; 31 U.S.C. 22a; 39 U.S.C. 1, 301, 309, 501, 503, 2001, 2003-2007, 2101, 2102–2116, 2202, 2233, 2507, 2509, 6003, 6009; Post Office Department Appropriation Act, 1965.) 95,432 63,552 4,509 108,119 110,190 69,765 5,089 124,523 2. Supplies and services. This activity provides for procurement of supplies and services, including postal supplies, stamps, and other accountable paper; the rental of equipment; certain types of contractual services; the warehousing and distribution of all postal supplies and equipment; the manufacture, storage, and repair of mailbags and other specialized mail equipment items; and the costs of field personnel engaged directly in these services. Object Classification (in thousands of dollars) Program by activities: 1. Federal buildings improvement.. 2. Major mechanization projects.. 3. Vehicle program.. 4. Other equipment.. Total program costs, funded.. Total obligations.................. 1 Selected resources as of June 30 are as follows: Unpaid undelivered orders, 1963. $200,587 thousand (1964 adjustments, $3.383 thousand): 1964. $238,351 thousand; 1965. $199,030 thousand; 1966, $211,430 thousand. CURRENT AUTHORIZATIONS OUT OF POSTAL vehicles for the carrier mechanization program. Of the FUND-Continued PLANT AND EQUIPMENT-continued Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars)-Continued larger vehicles, 3,602 will be for replacement and 1,782 will be for new service. Of the smaller vehicles, 3,218 are for extending the carrier mechanization program and 1,723 are for replacement. VEHICLE INVENTORY BASED ON ESTIMATED DELIVERIES 1. Federal buildings improvement. This activity provides for modernizing and extending Government-owned buildings to make them adequate and efficient for postal purposes. Air conditioning, heating plant improvements, and the purchase of additional land adjacent to Federal buildings are included in this activity. 2. Major mechanization projects.-This activity provides for the installation of major mail processing machinery and equipment in large postal facilities designed for such installations. It also provides for modification of existing installations to adapt them to changing concepts of mail handling. This mechanization consists of bulk transport conveyors, tray transport conveyors, parcel sorting machines, and sack sorting machines. Since 1957 such mechanization has been ordered for 54 facilities. By the end of 1965, 7 additional installations will be on order or in the process of completion, and 12 installations will be ordered in 1966. 3. Vehicle program. This activity provides for replacement of wornout vehicles, for additions to the fleet required by growth of the postal service, for vehicles to augment the carrier mechanization program, and for the purchase of garage equipment. The estimate provides for the purchase of 5,384 vehicles of -ton capacity and over for local transportation and special delivery, and 4,941 small 4. Other equipment. This activity provides for the purchase of all equipment required by the postal service. It includes equipment for maintenance of buildings, grounds, and other equipment; furniture and office equipment; mail and material handling equipment and for individual items of mechanized equipment which are not part of a major mechanization project. Object Classification (in thousands of dollars) Identification code 13-00-0217-0-3-505 22.0 Transportation of things.. 31.0 Equipment.. 32.0 Lands and structures. 99.0 Total obligations....... Proposed for separate transmittal: 1964 actual 1965 estimate estimate 1966 2,108 3,834 3,094 54,991 64,526 78,906 58,795 11,640 42,000 115,894 80,000 124,000 of the total reimbursements estimated to be received in 1966. 4. Foreign air transportation: Transportation of military mail (Department of Defense).-The Department of Defense pays for the overseas portion of the transportation of mail moving to and from military post offices in foreign countries. Because it is set up to do so, the Post Office Department makes the arrangements with and pays the bills of commercial air carriers who haul this mail overseas. The Department of Defense makes a reimbursement to the Transportation appropriation for the costs thus incurred by the Post Office Department. The trend in volume growth experienced during the past several years is expected to continue through 1966 although CAB Order E-21514 effective October 1, 1964, decreased the ton-mile rate for this type of service resulting in a decrease in the reimbursement in 1965 and 1966. 5. Building occupancy: Sale of sites and related costs to prospective lessors. This program provides for purchase of sites for construction of leased postal facilities and payments of architect-engineering fees for the design of such buildings. The sites are resold to successful bidders upon award of the agreement to lease, and the proceeds reimbursed to the Facilities appropriation. The amount estimated for 1966 results from the larger value of awards which will be made in 1966 as compared with 1965. Object Classification (in thousands of dollars) 5. Building occupancy: Communications, (e) Services performed for contrac tors.. (f) Other 3. Vehicle supplies and services. 4. Foreign air transportation: Transpor tation of military mail (Department of Defense). fuel and utilities, and rent. 625 700 216 240 494 520 48,090 41,967 40,453 6. Supplies and services.. 5155 515 387 367 7. Research, development, and engineer ing: Miscellaneous reimbursements. 1 8. Fines and penalties.... 1 Reimbursements from non-Federal sources consist of receipts from the sale of postal vehicles and other equipment (40 U.S.C. 481(c)); from damage to postal vehicles and other personal property (39 U.S.C. 2203(a)); the sale of scrap material from mail bag repair units and equipment shops (39 U.S.C. 2203(b)); rent paid by private concerns for space in buildings acquired under 39 U.S.C. 2102 and 2103; Payments made by contractors for services performed by postal personnel (39 U.S.C. 2203(c)(3)); and fines, penalties, and refunds resulting from nonperform ance or inadequate performance of carriers and contractors (39 U.S.C. 2203(c) (4)); from the sale and lease of real estate (39 U.S.C. 2113); and from the refund of annual leave payments (5 U.S.C. 61(b)). The reimbursements from foreign air transportation and sale of sites to prospective lessors amount to 92.6% Total number of permanent positions.. 99.0 Total obligations.. 56,431 57,059 60,743 Personnel Summary DEPARTMENT OF STATE ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS General and special funds: SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses of the Department of State, not otherwise provided for, including expenses authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 801-1158), and allowances as authorized by the Overseas Differentials and Allowances Act (5 U.S.C. 3031-3039); expenses of bi-national arbitrations arising under international air transport agreements; expenses necessary to meet the responsibilities and obligations of the United States in Germany (including those arising under the supreme authority assumed by the United States on June 5, 1945, and under contractual arrangements with the Federal Republic of Germany); purchase (not to exceed four) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a); dues for library membership in organizations which issue publications to members only, or to members at a price lower than to others; expenses authorized by section 2 of the Act of August 1, 1956, as amended (5 U.S.C. 170g); refund of fees erroneously charged and paid for passports; radio communications; payment in advance for subscriptions to commercial information, telephone and similar services abroad; care and transportation of prisoners and persons declared insane; expenses, as authorized by law (18 U.S.C. 3192), of bringing to the United States from foreign countries persons charged with crime; expenses necessary to provide maximum physical security in Government-owned and leased properties abroad; and procurement by contract or otherwise, of services, supplies, and facilities, as follows: (1) translating, (2) analysis and tabulation of technical information, and (3) preparation of special maps, globes, and geographic aids; [$164,000,000] $181,675,000, of which not less than $12,000,000 shall be used for payments in foreign currencies or credits owed to or owned by the Treasury of the United States: Provided, That passenger motor vehicles in possession of the Foreign Service abroad may be replaced in accordance with section 7 of the Act of August 1, 1956 (70 Stat. 891), and the cost, including the exchange allowance, of each such replacement shall not exceed $3,800 in the case of the chief of mission automobile at each diplomatic mission (except that five such vehicles may be purchased at not to exceed $7,800 each) and $1,500 in the case of all other such vehicles except station wagons. (Department of State Appropriation Act, 1965.) Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars) 1 Reimbursements from non-Federal sources are derived from payments for cablegrams and telephone service involved in procuring information for corporations, firms, and individuals (5 U.S. C. 169), from sales of personal property (40 U.S.C. 481(c)), from refunds of terminal leave payments (5 U.S.C. 61(b)), and from recoveries of jury service fees (5 U.S.C. 30p). The program described below is financed by this appro10,808 10,717 11,672 priation and by reimbursements from other agencies, which are provided with most of their administrative services overseas by the Department of State, and from non-Federal sources, as follows (in thousands of dollars): 71 72 Obligated balance, start of year.... Program by activities: 90 Direct program: 1. Executive direction and policy formulation... 91 13,628 2. Conduct of diplomatic and consular relations with foreign countries... 116,109 16,194 129,701 16,420 136,948 4. Domestic public information and liaison... 3. Conduct of diplomatic relations with international organizations.......... 5. Central program services.. 6. Administrative and staff activities.. |