This is in response to the request from your Subcommittee staff for justification of the Joint Committee The following is the Joint Committee's budget estimate for FY 88, as submitted to the Clerk of the House on September 30, 1986: The Joint Committee's fiscal 1988 budget request is $300,000.00 of this increase is for personnel and $3,000.00 The $300,000.00 increase in personnel costs is DAVID BROCKWAY CHIEF OF STAFF RANDALL O WEISS DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF Congress of the United States JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION Washington, D.C. 20515 The $3,000.00 increase in non-personnel funding reflects increases of $500.00 for travel expenses, $500.00 for telecommunication expenses, and $2,000.00 for miscellaneous expenses. The attached table shows a comparison of the budget estimates for non-personnel costs for FY 87 and FY 88. The Joint Committee also requests a supplemental FY 1987 appropriation of $77,000.00 to finance the January 1, 1987 cost of living increase in federal salaries. At this time we do not foresee additional program needs for the four fiscal years following FY 1988. If you or your staff have any questions concerning the Joint Committee's budget estimates, please do not hesitate to contact me. Item TRAVEL COMPARISON OF ESTIMATED FISCAL 1988 NON-PERSONNEL COSTS MISCELLANEOUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPUTERS PUBLICATIONS CONSULTANT EQUIPMENT TOTALS NOTE.-Number of positions under this account include those active as of November 30, 1986, unless otherwise provided by the obligating office No growth is projected for FY '87 and FY '88 unless known new positions are effective for one of those fiscal years (FY '87 and FY 88 columns). Average salaries were computed by dividing the total personnel dollar amount by the number of positions. |