Total selected re sources... 48,469 39,492 48,287 6,448 3,134 4,033 194,827 199,476 226,000 1 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 26.0 Supplies and materials.. 32.0 Lands and structures.. 99.0 Total obligations.. Personnel Summary Total number of permanent positions. Full-time equivalent of other positions_ Average number of all employees.. Average postal field service level.. Average postal field service salary--- 1,430 1,416 1,416 0 1,400 4.5 $6,486 PLANT AND EQUIPMENT For expenses necessary for modernization and acquisition of equipment and facilities for postal purposes, including not to exceed 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, [$89,000,000] $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 Ofice Department Appropriation Act, 1965.) Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars) 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_ Total program costs, funded. Total obligations. Financing: 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 program. 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, 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. tray transport conveyors, 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 purtransportation and special delivery, and 4,941 small chase of 5,384 vehicles of 1⁄2-ton capacity and over for local Proposed for separate transmittal: CONSTRUCTION, POSTAL FACILITIES 1966 actual estimate estimate 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 25 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. 98 294 771 240 250 700 700 4. Foreign air transportation: Transpor tation of military mail (Department of Defense) 5. Building occupancy: Communications, fuel and utilities, and rent 48,090 41,967 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 pay40,453 ments 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: Sale of sites and 56,431 57,059 60,743 23.0 Rent, communications, and utilities.. 24.0 Printing and reproduction.. 25.1 Other services_ 26.0 Supplies and materials. -50,070-43,814 -42,321 31.0 Equipment.... 32.0 Lands and structures_ 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 nonperformance 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)). Personnel Summary Total number of permanent positions. Average GS grade.. Average GS salary- The reimbursements from foreign air transportation Average postal field service salary. and sale of sites to prospective lessors amount to 92.6% 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 es 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) Identification code 14-05-0113-0-1-151 72 Obligated balance, start of year.... Program by activities: 90 Direct program: 1. Executive direction and policy formulation.. 91 2. Conduct of diplomatic and consular relations with foreign countries 3. Conduct of diplomatic relations with international organizations.. 4. Domestic public information and liaison.. 5. Central program services. 7,881 9,671 11,932 6. Administrative and staff activities.... 10,808 10,717 The program described below is financed by this appro11,672 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): 1. Executive direction and policy formulation.. 2. Conduct of diplomatic and consular United States Information Agency 16,176 3. Conduct of diplomatic relations with international organizations. relations with foreign countries---- Foreign assistance activities...... 18,144 18,743 19,118 Other accounts.. 56,816 Non-Federal sources.. 532 4. Domestic public information and liaison.... 5. Central program services- 98,914 2,933 2,905 2,929 |