Mr. ANDREWS. In other words, in the table on page 113 of last year's hearings you have not listed some of the things that you have already paid for on page 3 of your recent statement.

Mr. Roof. Yes; that is correct.

Mr. ANDREWS. So the estimated cost of the remodeling of the Cannon Building is a little more than it was last year when you gave us the figures?

Mr. Roof. It is about $200,000 more.

Mr. ANDREWS. What do you attribute that to?

Mr. RooF. Escalation, I believe, in the cost of the work that we have done, and demolition-doing our own demolition work. It is running a bit higher than we anticipated.

Mr. HENLOCK. And we had to put in a more extensive sewer system than originaly intended.

Mr. Roor. Sewer and water work has come up considerably.

Mr. ANDREWS. Is the Cannon work coming along well?

Mr. CAMPIOLI. Yes, sir.

Mr. ANDREWs. How about the time schedules under the contracts? When will it be furnished?

Mr. CAMPIOLI. The contractor is coming close to meeting the time schedule. The contractor will be entitled to some extension of time due to certain supplements which have been added, but at this point notwithstanding the supplements it appears the contractor may meet the original time schedule.

Mr. ANDREWS. What is that date?

Mr. CAMPIOLI. The phase 1 completion date, according to the contract, was June 27, 1967.

Mr. ANDREWS. Didn't you tell us recently when we had the supplemental hearings that you expected the first occupants to move in the 1st of July?

Mr. CAMPIOLI. No, sir; I believe we said there will be a period where the Congressmen will be filing for suites and then there will be a period that will have to be allowed for moving Congressmen to their new suites and that the occupancy in that portion of the building may take place around early September. We allowed 2 months for the filing and moving.

Mr. ANDREWS. Will those suites be ready for occupancy on the 1st of July?

Mr. CAMPIOLI. They are expected to be ready as far as the contractor's work is concerned.

Mr. ANDREWs. He is almost on the button then?

Mr. CAMPIOLI. Yes, sir; there will be carpeting that has to be installed and that work will be done from the fifth floor down. About the same time the carpeting is done, I believe the Congressmen will be filing for suites. For the purpose of filing, assigning and moving furniture, we have allowed 2 months so that around September 1, I would assume the first Congressmen would start moving in.

Mr. ANDREWS. Would those suites be allocated on a basis of seniority as suites have been in the past?

Mr. CAMPIOLI. I would presume so. I think Mr. Ridgell can probably answer that question.

Mr. RIDGELL. Yes, sir.

Mr. ANDREWS. I have had several Members in the new Rayburn Building ask what chance they had to get into the Cannon Building.

Many people think you have nicer suites in the Cannon Building than you have in the Rayburn Building. To take a hypothetical case, if a man is in the Rayburn Building and has enough seniority, he could, if he wanted to, get in the Cannon Building; is that right?

Mr. STEWART. Yes, sir.

Mr. CAMPIOLI. Mr. Chairman, I have here the plans of the typical suites of the Cannon and Rayburn Buildings for the committee's information.

Mr. ANDREWS. Have there been any important claims in connection with the Cannon contract?

Mr. CAMPIOLI. So far, we have no indication of any claims. We do have some supplements, though.

Mr. ANDREWS. Tell us something about the supplements. Have you changed the scope of the original work to any extent?

Mr. CAMPIOLI. The only item of scope change that I can think of has been the addition of the connections for the future sprinkler sys

tem.

Mr. ANDREWS. A year ago you noted two major claims pending, totaling $996,000 on the Rayburn Building, and I believe $296,000 in relation to the subway tunnel. What dispositions were made of those claims?

Mr. HENLOCK. The Board of Contract Appeals resolved the case in the favor of the Federal Government. In other words, their ruling resulted in the denial of the contractor's claim of $996,000 on the foundation contracts. The claims on the subway have not yet been resolved.

Mr. ANDREWS. Mr. Stewart, do you continue to receive criticism. about the Rayburn Building, or do you find Members greatly satisfied with the accommodations?

Mr. STEWART. Mr. Chairman, I have not had a complaint about the Rayburn Building for a good many months now. The ones, previous to that, were requests concerning minor housekeeping items Members would like to have changed.

Mr. ANDREWs. How many Members have asked that sinks be installed in their suites?

Mr. STEWART. A considerable number.

Mr. Roof. The Commission approved the installation of those sinks So we actually installed them in all Members' suites in the Rayburn Building.

Mr. REIFEL. In the Rayburn Building, in the reception room of each suite there is a round thing that looks like something out of a public address system that sticks up near the ceiling on the wall. I have asked the Members what it is and they say they haven't been able to find out. Just what is it?

Mr. RUBEL. Those are provisions made in the original construction for future public address systems. The system itself is not installed. Mr. REIFEL. One day you may sit in your office and hear the debate on the House floor; is that a possibility?

Mr. STEWART. It was considered by the members of the Commission and it was decided that we might as well prepare for it, that it might eventually come. The outlet is slightly decorative and is not objectionable.

Mr. REIFEL. It is a part of a public address system that might sometime be implemented.

Mr. ANDREWS. The next item for the powerplant operation is on page 90 of the bill and page 119 of the justifications. We will insert the blue sheets and ask you to take up first the item on page 121, the 5 new positions.

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Capitol Power Plant

1967 appropriation in annual act_. Wage-board pay supplemental_.

Total appropriations-1967–

Deductions:

"Pay above the stated annual rate" allotment eliminated for 1968 and funds for 1968 transferred to "Overtime Pay" allotment_ Stoker rehabilitation-1st year allotment under 3-year program for replacement of spreader stokers in three coal-fired steam generators

Protective Lighting and Visual Detection System to provide adequate security and protection for the Capitol Power Plant― Nonrecurring item allowed for 1967, not required for 1968‒‒‒‒‒‒

Wage-Rate Increases authorized by Public Law 763, 83rd Congress

Under the provisions of Public Law 763, 83rd Congress, 83 laborers and mechanics on the Capitol Power Plant 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 $12,733 is requested for 1968 to meet on a fullyear basis the cost of increased wage rates established for these wage-board positions as a result of a general survey of government and industrial employees' wages in the Washington Metropolitan area, conducted during the past year. The new rates went into effect December 4, 1966, in accordance with the provisions of Public Law 85-872, 85th Congress. The increase is necessary in order that the Capitol Power Plant Wage-Board employees may be compensated on a full-year basis in the fiscal year 1968 in accordance with present prevailing rates.

An increase of $8,391 is requested for 1968 to meet the cost of within-grade promotions and other changes falling due in that year, authorized by Public Law 763 under the Wage-Board 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-Increased pay costs due to Public Law 89-504, approved July 18, 1966 "Federal Salary and Fringe Benefits Act of 1966”

The increases authorized by this act cost, on an annual basis, $9,400. This total amount was absorbed through savings for the fiscal year 1967, leaving the amount of $9,400 necessary to cover a full-year cost in 1968. However, we propose to meet $6,400 of this cost through proposed lapse savings in 1968, thereby reducing the additional amount necessary to request for 1968 to $3.000.

Overtime and holiday pay allotment increased from $48,900 to $50.700

This increase results from transfer of the amount of $1,800 from the "Pay above the stated annual rate" allotment. Next year being leap year, there would normally be two excess basic workdays to be compensated. However, in the fiscal year 1968, the two excess days fall on a Saturday and Sunday. Most of the employees under the Architect are required to work 4 hours on Saturdays at time and one-half pay, and a skeleton maintenance force is required to work on Sundays, also at time and one-half pay. It is estimated that the amount normally provided under the "Pay above the stated annual rate" allotment, covering one full 8-hour day for all employees, will equal and offset the cost of work required on the excess Saturday and Sunday in 1968. Accordingly, the amount of $1,800 allowed under that allotment for 1967 has been deleted from that allotment for 1968 and transferred for 1968 to the "Overtime pay" allotment.

Five additional positions:

1 Electrican, Wage-Board Grade 12 @ $7,342 per annum

2. Maintenance mechanics, Wage-Board 11 @ $7,010 per annum each

2. Operating engineers, Wage-Board 10 @ $6,677 per anum each

The need for these additional employees is explained as follows: 1 electrician and 2 operating engineers are requested for 1968 to keep the refrigeration plant at the Capitol Power Plant on a 24-hour-a-day operating basis during the period each year, commencing in early April and ending in late November. For many years, it has been the practice to operate the refrigeration plant only during the 16-hour period, 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. daily. As the period 7:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. each day is required to extract from the system the residual heat which the system absorbs daily during the shutdown period, the Capitol, Senate and House Office Buildings, supplied by the Plant with chilled water for cooling, can be provided with comfortable working conditions only from 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., daily. During the period, 11:00 p.m. to 8:30 a.m., working conditions in the buildings are most uncomfortable.

Complaints of discomfort are being received from Members of Congress and their staffs who commence work in their offices earlier than 8:30 a.m.

In addition, working conditions in these buildings are most uncomfortable during the shutdown period for the 300 charwomen and the night laborers and mechanics who have to perform their duties during this period. In the case of the House Office Buildings, prior to occupancy of the Rayburn Building in 1965, the House charwomen worked only 3 hours a day, from 5 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. Since occupancy of the Rayburn Building, their workday has been extended to 6 hours, from 2:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. In the Senate Office Buildings, the charwomen also work 6 hours daily.

During the shutdown period, there is virtually no circulation of air in the buildings after the air-supply fans are shut down, since the widows in the air-conditioned buildings are permanently closed.

At present, a force of 6 mechanics is required and provided for operation of the refrigeration plant on a 16-hour-a-day basis. In order to keep the plant in operation on a 24-hour-a-day-basis, it will be necessary to add 3 additional mechanics to the maintenance force, and funds, in the amount of $20,696, for such purpose are requested for the fiscal year 1968.

2 maintenance mechanics are requested for 1968 to augment the existing force of 7 mechanics who are required to handle all mechanical maintenance work in the steamplant, the refrigeration plant, the coal-handling installation, the ash-handling plant the air-compressor facility, and the plumbing and heating systems. The present force consists of 1 foreman (WB-15). 1 assistant foreman (WB-13), 3 mechanics (WB-11), and 2 welders (WB-10 and WB-11).

$34, 716