ADDITIONS-Continued Increased pay costs due to Public Law 90-206, "Federal Salary Act of 1967," approved Dec. 16, 1967 Increases authorized by this act went into effect Oct. 8, 1967. In order to cover the full-year cost in the fiscal year 1969, an additional amount of $20,750 is requested. Payment to employees' life insurance fund: Increased from $3,800 to $6,600- This item is required to cover the cost of the Government's payment to employees' life insurance fund required by Public Law 598, 83d Congress. The increase of $2,800 is due to additional costs resulting from enactment of Public Law 90-206, which provides for additional amounts of insurance for all Federal employees and establishes a new minimum insurance coverage of $10,000 for those employees whose annual basic salary is $8,000 or less. Contribution to retirement fund: Increased from $59,705 to $63,555 This item is required to cover the cost of Government contribution to retirement fund required by Public Law 854, 84th Congress. The additional cost results from increase in basic pay rates. Maintenance, air-conditioning systems: Increased from $16,000 to $21,500 A nonrecurring increase of $5,500 under this allotment is requested for 1969 for replacement of two compressors in the Senate wing of the Capitol, which supply compressed air for the pneumatic control systems utilized on the air-conditioning systems; for replacement of four high-pressure tanks in operation in the Capitol, 2 on the House side and 2 on the Senate side; and for installation of a refrigerated air-drying system to lower the dewpoint of the compressed air to a point where moisture and oil vapors will be effectively eliminated from the compressed air lines. The two compressors proposed to be replaced have been in continuous use since 1936 and the two air tanks since 1938 and have now reached the point where their replacement is necessary to insure dependable and uninterrupted service. The regular annual amount of $16,000-the same as allowed for 1967-provides for filters, oil, grease, cleaning equipment, tools, paint, refrigerant, waste, antifreeze liquid, minor repairs and improvements, and heating and cooling coils to replace defective coils. Over one-third of the allotment is required, annually, for replacement of filters in the air-conditioning system. Annual equipment: Increased from $2,000 to $7,000---- For the past 8 years, an amount of $2,000 has been allowed, annually, for the purchase and replacement of office equipment and furnishings for the Office of the Architect of the Capitol. For 1969, an additional annual amount of $5,000 is requested to defray the cost of maintenance and service contracts required to keep the business machines and other equipment, now in use, in good operating condition. The principal item giving rise to this increase is an electronic data processing equipment acquired in 1967 to provide for handling, in a modern and expeditious manner, preparation of payrolls and related data and related accounting information. This, being specialized equipment, requires the services of specialists in the electronic equipment field for proper maintenance, repair, and adjustment of this equipment. The annual services, available under General Services Administration supply schedule, costs approximately $2.800. In addition, the annual servicing of 2 multilith machines costs approximately $1,000. The annual servicing of other equipment costs approximately $1,200. These are recurring costs that must hereafter be met annually. $20, 750 2,800 3, 850 5, 500 5,000 ADDITIONS-Continued Construction of rooms in light shaft, Senate Wing of Capitol: Nonrecurring item___ In 1965, under funds provided for such purpose by Congress, 8 rooms, 4 lavatories, and storage space were constructed in a small interior light and air shaft located in the House side of the central section of the Capitol, at a total cost of $178,839. 4,500 square feet of additional space were provided through this construction. Three rooms and 2 lavatories were assigned for use by the House and 5 small rooms, 2 lavatories, and storage space were assigned for use by the attending physician of the Congress. At the direction of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, we have included in our estimates a request for an allotment of $230,600 for 1969 to provide for construction of additional rooms and storage space in a small interior light and air shaft located in the Senate side of the central section of the Capitol, similar to the shaft on the House side. Construction work in the 2 shafts would be similar, with the exception that at the time such work was authorized on the House side, the basement of that shaft was unoccupied, except by a small elevator machine room, whereas in the case of the Senate side, the entire basement of that shaft is occupied by 2 rooms containing drawings, files, duplicating equipment, and space for the mail-messenger service of the Architect's Office; also, by a small elevator machine room. Under the program proposed, the elevator machine room and 2 rooms occupied by the Architect's Office on the basement floor will remain substantially unchanged. Under the amount of $230,600 requested for 1969, it is proposed to provide 4 interconnected rooms, 2 on the second floor and 2 on the third floor for assignment for use by the Senate; a storage and fan room on the attic floor; and an X-ray room, consultation room, and related facilities for the attending physician of Congress on the first and mezzanine floor levels. Under this program, 3,640 square feet of additional space would be acquired, of which 1,140 square feet would be for the attending physican. It is anticipated that, from the time funds become available, it will require 1 year to complete all work to be done, which includes the preparation of working drawings, specifications, obtaining bids, award of contract, and the actual construction work itself. Since bids for construction work on the House side were taken in February 1965, there has been an annual rise of approximately 5 percent in construction costs. An amount of 20 percent to cover such rise has been added to the 1965 cost of $178,839 of work on the House side, increasing that total to $214,600 for similar work on the Senate side. To that amount has been added $4,000 for major revisions to an existing air supply duct on the Senate side, which did not exist on the House side; $5,000 for more difficult handling of materials due to existing construction in the basement of the Senate shaft; and $7,000 for special construction required on the Senate side to provide an X-ray room-such room to be approximately 10 feet by 14 feet by 9 feet high, with 6-pound lead sheets between cavity walls, lead sandwiched in concrete for floor and ceiling, lead-lined door, special look-through window, and an operator's lead-lined booth-or a grand total for the Senate side of $230,000__. Total estimate for 1969_ $230,600 (+)301,600 2,010, 200 Mr. ANDREWS. What percentage of the employees paid on this roll have their compensation fixed under the wage board? Mr. HENLOCK. About 63 percent. Actually it is 115 out of 184. Mr. ANDREWS. Under this item of Capitol Buildings is most of this $2,010,200 for salaries and wages? Mr. HENLOCK. About 75 percent is. Practically every increase is a mandatory increase item. In fact, everything except the third item on page 21 and the two items on pages 22 and 23 are mandatory items required by law. Mr. ANDREWS. From this fund you pay what workers? Mr. HENLOCK. We pay everyone who works under our supervision in the Capitol Building proper. Mr. ANDREWS. How many do you have? Mr. HENLOCK. 184. Mr. ANDREWs. Is that both the Senate and House side? Mr. HENLOCK. Yes, sir. Mr. ANDREWS. So this item funds the salaries and wages of employees of the Architect's Office who are working in the Capitol Building? Mr. HENLOCK. That is correct, sir. NIGHT WORK AND SUNDAY DIFFERENTIAL PAY Mr. ANDREWS. For night work and Sunday differential pay you are asking for $5,000 additional. What about that? Mr. HENLOCK. The law requires that anyone who works a regular tour between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. be paid a 10 percent night differential. If they work 6 hours, and four of those hours fall within the eighthour work period they must be paid night differential for the full eight hours. If only three hours fall within the eight-hour period they are paid night differential for 3 of the 8 hours. Mr. ANDREWS. You are talking about in the Capitol Building? Mr. HENLOCK. In any of the buildings. Until we put in our electronic computer system last year, we did not have an accurate recording of expenses of this item; but to date, in the first 8 months of this fiscal year, we have spent $7,300; so actually this allotment is just being adjusted to an actual current running cost, and that will be true from now on with respect to our other buildings. Mr. ANDREWS. Your request for $2,010,200 is for salaries and wages and so on? Mr. HENLOCK. It includes salaries and wages and all other items necessary in connection with the Capitol Building. For instance, it includes $1,482,000 for personnel compensation; $110,000 for personnel benefits; and we have a nonrecurring construction item of $230,600 for the construction of rooms in an old light shaft in the Senate side of the Capitol. The other items total about $186,000 for all other expenses we have in connection with the building operation. INCREASED PAY COSTS Mr. ANDREWS. You are asking for $20,750 additional for increased pay costs due to Public Law 90-206. Mr. HENLOCK. Yes, sir. The base pay increase for 1968 was $15,500 and for next year it is $20,750. We were able to absorb the cost this year, but we are asking for the full cost for the full 12-months period for next year. Mr. ANDREWs. This is an annualization of that cost? Mr. HENLOCK. Yes, sir. Mr. ANDREWS. The increase of $20,750, is that a straight mathematical projection or does it include the increase for 9 months of the year? Mr. HENLOCK. It is an annualization. Mr. ANDREWS. How many employees are subject to that pay schedule? Mr. HENLOCK. Sixty-nine. CONSTRUCTION OF ROOMS IN LIGHT SHAFT, SENATE WING OF CAPITOL Mr. ANDREWS. On page 23 you are asking for $230,600 for the construction of rooms in the light shaft of the Senate Wing of the Capitol, which is a nonrecurring item. Tell us about that, Mr. Architect. As Í understand from the statement you have submitted, this work is at the direction of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. Mr. STEWART. That is right. In 1965, under funds provided for such purpose by Congress, eight rooms, four lavatories, and storage space were constructed in a small interior light and air shaft located in the House side of the central section of the Capitol, at a total cost of $178,839. Four thousand and five hundred square feet of additional space were provided through this construction. Three rooms and two lavatories were assigned for use by the House and five small rooms, two lavatories, and storage space were assigned for use by the attending physician of the Congress. At the direction of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, we have included in our estimates a request for an allotment of $230,600 for 1969 to provide for construction of additional rooms and storage space in a small interior light and air shaft located in the Senate side of the central section of the Capitol, similar to the shaft on the House side. Construction work in the two shafts would be similar, with the exception that at the time such work was authorized on the House side, the basement of that shaft was unoccupied, except by a small elevator machine room, whereas in the case of the Senate side, the entire basement of that shaft is occupied by two rooms containing drawings, files, duplicating equipment, and space for the mail-messenger service of the Architect's Office; also, by a small elevator machine room. Under the program proposed, the elevator machine room and two rooms occupied by the Architect's Office on the basement floor will remain substantially unchanged. Under the amount of $230,600 requested for 1969, it is proposed to provide four interconnected rooms-two on the second floor and two on the third floor for assignment for use by the Senate; a storage and fan room on the attic floor; and an X-ray room, consultation room, and related facilities for the attending physician of Congress on the first and mezzanine floor levels. Under this program, 3,640 square feet of additional space would be acquired, of which 1,140 square feet would be for the attending physician. It is anticipated that, from the time funds become available, it will require 1 year to complete all work to be done-which includes the preparation of working drawings, specifications, obtaining bids, award of contract, and the actual construction work itself. Since bids for construction work on the House side were taken in February 1965, there has been an annual rise of approximately 5 percent in construction costs. An amount of 20 percent to cover such rise has been added to the 1965 cost of $178,839 of work on the House side, increasing that total to $214,600 for similar work on the Senate side. To that amount has been added $4,000 for major revisions to an existing air supply duct on the Senate side, which did not exist on the House side; $5,000 for more difficult handling of materials due to existing construction in the basement of the Senate shaft; and $7,000 for special construction required on the Senate side to provide an X-ray room-such room to be approximately 10 feet by 14 feet by 9 feet high, with 6-pound lead sheets between cavity walls, lead sandwiched in concrete for floor and ceiling, lead-lined door, special lookthrough window, and an operator's lead-lined booth-or a grand total for the Senate side of $230,600. Mr. ANDREWS. Is this your main item of construction for the Capitol buildings for this year? Mr. STEWART. Yes, sir. Mr. ANDREWS. This is more or less a Senate project, is it not? Mr. ANDREWS. When the corresponding item for the shaft on the House side was proposed several years ago was there not some dispute about the matter? Didn't the Senate remove the item from the bill? Mr. STEWART. I do not recall. Mr. HENLOCK. As I recollect they did, but it was finally allowed. Mr. ANDREWS. Check it and put something in the record. (The information follows:) ACTION ON ROOMS IN SHAFT IN HOUSE SIDE OF CAPITOL Funds were included in the legislative branch appropriation bill, 1965, as passed by the House, for construction of additional working and office space in an old interior light and air shaft in the House side of the central section of the Capitol. Part of the space was for the physician of Congress. The item was deleted by the Senate Committee on Appropriations and the committee's action was sustained by the Senate when that body passed the bill. The item was restored in conference and included in the bill as finally approved. OLD SUBWAY TUNNEL, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING TO CAPITOL Mr. ANDREWS. What use was made of the space in the tunnel from the Old Senate Office Building to the Capitol? Has that been converted to offices? 92-655-68- -15 |