For the first session of the 89th Congress, 1965, $4,677,250. The second session, 1966, of the 89th, authorized $4,472,000. In 1967 the first session of 90th Congress, $4,948,000, and in the second sesion of the 90th Congress 1968, it is $4,565,400, including the three that have been authorized since March 1. NUMBER OF "SPECIAL AND SELECT” EMPLOYEES Mr. ANDREWS. How many employees are carried at some recent date on the special and select committee rolls and how does that compare with say a year earlier? Mr. JENNINGS. As of March 31, there were 308 employees. That compares to 268 in 1967, the same date, compares to 305 in 1966, and 255 in 1965. Mr. ANDREWs. What was the latest? Mr. JENNINGS. 308. Mr. ANDREWS. It has gone from 255 in 1965, to 308 in 1968? Mr. JENNINGS. That is correct. Mr. ANDREWS. Any questions, Mr. Langen, special and select committees? Mr. LANGEN. I do not believe so. COORDINATOR OF INFORMATION Mr. ANDREWs. Next is the coordinator of information. Mr. ANDREWS. We appropriated to liquidate this office, $35,000. How much was actually used? Mr. JENNINGS. Out of the $35,000, we have $1,479.22. Mr. ANDREWS. Will that revert to the Treasury? Mr. JENNINGS. Yes. Mr. ANDREWS. Any questions, Mr. Langen? Mr. LANGEN. No questions. Mr. JENNINGS. There will be a $35,000 savings there this year. (Off the record.) Mr. ANDREWS. Proceed, Mr. Clark. TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE SERVICES Mr. JENNINGS. For the fiscal year 1969, we estimate $4,032.**. This is the same as appropriated for 1968. Through February 29, 1968, we have expended $1,259,872, leaving a balance of $2,772,128. However, the bills we have paid are mostly only through December and therefore we will have to disburse for 6 more months through June 30, plus any pickup bills that may be rendered for service later. Mr. ANDREWS. I wish you would insert in the record at this point the Clerk's note on page 46 and the special note with reference to House Resolution 161 of May 11, 1967. (The note follows:) CLERK'S NOTE.-Under terms of House Resolution 901, agreed to June 29, 1966, which was made permanent law by Public Law 89-697, the allowance provisions for official long-distance telephone, telegraph, radiograms, and cablegrams, was basically set at 70,000 “units" per session, with provision for carryover of unused units up to not to exceed 140,000 units at the end of the session. Moreover, should a Member exhaust the allowance before the end of a session, unpaid bills for telephone and telegraph service may, according to application of the law, be brought forward to the next succeeding session or term and charged to units available under the new session or term. (For telephone, one word equals four units; others, one word equals one unit, except that when night telegram service is used, the "unit charge" is one-half unit per word. The five leaders (Speaker, and majority and minority Leaders and majority and minority whips) have unlimited official allowances for this purpose. SPECIAL NOTE.-House Resolution 161, of May 11, 1967 (but effective January 3, 1967), provides for reimbursement for official telephone services outside the District of Columbia of not to exceed $300 per quarter (not to exceed $1,200 a year). But this is currently paid from "Miscellaneous items," not from "Telegraph and telephone.” UNEXPENDED BALANCE Mr. ANDREWS. Here again you show no increase requested, but you have an unexpended balance in excess of half a million dollars in each of the last 2 years. What is the outlook for this year? Why should we continue to appropriate that amount? Mr. JENNINGS. This is what we have been discussing in many of these things. We really do not know how much is going to come in. Mr. ANDREWS. Out of the appropriation in 1966, you had a balance available or unexpended of $507,781.48, and in 1967 you had $555,909.82. Mr. JENNINGS. You realize that they can carry these over from one session of Congress to the other. Mr. ANDREWS. But not from one Congress to the next? Mr. JENNINGS. Yes. Mr. ANDREWS. They can? Mr. LIVINGSTON. Not to exceed 140,000 units. This is what is so conusing about trying to appropriate for this type of thing. Mr. JENNINGS. It indicates we have more and more people that are sing more and more telephone units, and since they are interchangeble now between the telephone and telegraph and since they are arried over from session to session and Congress to Congress, we eally do not know but we do know that we have 25 members that have xceeded their unit allowance for 1967 that had this not been the law hey would have had to be cut off and had to pay for their 1967 llowances. Mr. ANDREWS. The way the law operates, if I understand it, is hat a member is entitled to so many units. Mr. JENNINGS. Yes. Mr. ANDREWS. If he does not use all of his units in the first session of he 90th Congress, for example, the balance carriers over to the second ssion of the 90th Congress? Mr. JENNINGS. Yes, sir. Mr. ANDREWS. If at the end of the 90th Congress he has units ava able, those unused units carry over into the 91st Congress? Mr. JENNINGS. Right, not to exceed 140,000 units. Mr. ANDREWS. If a man leaves the 90th Congress for reasons w will not discuss and he has a balance remaining, it dies with Es term of service; is that right? Mr. JENNINGS. Yes, sir; that is right. But by the same token, shoul he have any remaining balance to be collected, then we attempt: collect that balance because it cannot be carried over because he does not have any allowance to charge it to. (Off the record.) Mr. ANDREWS. Proceed, please. STATIONERY REVOLVING FUND Mr. JENNINGS. For stationery, an allowance for each Representative and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, for the first ses sion of the 91st Congress, $1,308,000, to remain available until ex pended. This is the same as appropriated for 1968. Mr. ANDREW. Is the stationery room doing more business ever year, and how much? Mr. JENNINGS. It is going considerably more business. They are d ing well over $100,000 of business a month over there. EARNINGS OF STATIONERY ROOM Mr. ANDREWS. Are they making any profit? Mr. JENNINGS. It is operated on a revolving fund. As a matter t fact, if it were not for the discount we are able to take advantage of and to cover up for the breakage we would actually have a loss. Mr. ANDREWS. You are having no loss? Mr. JENNINGS. Here again, we found it necessary to ask for sor administrative procedures to be followed over there because we on have the moneys that are appropirated to the individual members that we might operate from and there are so many members that more than their allowance that we had to ask them to replenish ther account when it was overdrawn. Mr. ANDREWS. Recite the profit or loss in the last 3 or 4 years, i cluding the current year. You can put that in the record if you do a have the figure now. (The information follows:) Mr. ANDREWS. How many employees work in the stationery rom Mr. JENNINGS. They are all included under the personnel of > Clerk's Office. If you refer back to page 11 of the committee p′′you have 25 employees. Mr. ANDREWS. Do you have an unexpended balance in this account? Mr. JENNINGS. No, sir, except the colloquy we have carried on here that would remain available. Mr. ANDREWS. Any questions about the stationery fund? Mr. LANGEN. No questions. Mr. ANDREWS. Proceed. POSTAGE STAMPS Mr. JENNINGS. For airmail and special delivery postage stamp allowances for the first session of the 91st Congress for the official use of each Member and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, each standing committee of the House, the Speaker, the majority and minority leaders, the majority and minority whips, and officers of the House, as authorized by law, $320,390; compared with $228,550 appropriated for 1968, or an increase of $91,840. This is the amount authorized by House Resolution 1003. Mr. JENNINGS. Yes, sir. Mr. ANDREWS. What does the resolution provide? Mr. JENNINGS. A copy is supplied for the record here. (The information follows:) H. Res. 1003 129,602.50 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S., DECEMBER 14, 1967 Resolved, That effective January 3, 1968, (a) in addition to postage stamps authorized to be furnished under any other provision of law, until otherwise provided by law, the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall procure and furnish United States airmail and special delivery postage stamps (1) to each Representative and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico serving as such on and after the date of adoption of this resolution, in an amount not exceeding $200 and (2) to each standing committee of the House of Representatives, upon request of the chairman thereof, in an amount not exceeding $120. (b) In addition to postage stamps authorized under any other provision of law, unless otherwise provided by law, the Speaker, the majority and minority leaders, and the majority and minority whips of the House of Representatives shall each be allowed United States airmail and special delivery postage stamps in an amount not exceeding $180, and the following officers of the House of Representatives shall each be allowed such stamps in the amounts herein specified as follows: The Clerk of the House, $320; the Sergeant at Arms, $240; the Doorkeeper, $200 and the Postmaster. $160. (c) There shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the House of Representatives such sums as may be necessary to carry out this resolution. Attest: Clerk. Mr. ANDREWS. What it did, if I remember correctly, is increase the amount of postage stamps allocated to each member. Mr. JENNINGS. That was the special delivery and air mail stamps. Mr. ANDREWS. You do not seem to suggest the resolution be made permanent law; is that correct? Mr. JENNINGS. I think we have already asked for that. Mr. ANDREWS. The resolution I believe was effective with the beginning of the present session. Are the first session costs being charged to the contingent fund? Mr. JENNINGS. Yes, sir. Mr. ANDREWS. Looking at the schedule at the bottom of page 48 of the print, was each item listed there affected by House Resolution 1003? Apparently each item was, but you do not seem to refer to it except on the last three items. The first four items were increased also. Mr. JENNINGS. Yes. The resolution said the officers and the Members. Mr. ANDREWS. I wish you would insert in the record at this point the Clerk's note at the bottom of page 48. (The note follows:) CLERK'S NOTE.—Beginning with first session, 86th Congress, stamp allowance was changed from fiscal year to session basis, resulting in appropriation in fiscal 1959 of the 1959 fiscal allowance (available in 2d sess., 85th Cong.), and the allowance for the first session, 86th Congress fiscal year 1964 (in Foreign Aid Act) appropriation includes amount for added $100 for each of the two sessions of 88th Congress, as authorized by House Resolution 532, 88th. House Resolution 1003, agreed to December 14, 1967 (and effective Jan. 3, 1968), carried additional allowances for Members, the leaders, and the fou officers who previously have had stamp allowances. Mr. ANDREWS. Any questions? Mr. LANGEN. No questions. Mr. ANDREWS. Proceed. REVISION OF THE LAWS Mr. JENNINGS. For the preparation and editing of the laws, as authorized by the act approved May 29, 1928 (1 U.S.C. 59), we estimate for the fiscal year 1969, $29,260; compared with $28,000 appropriated for 1968, or an increase of $1,260. We are requesting this increase to carry out the provisions of the Pay Act of 1967. Mr. ANDREWS. How many people are involved in this work? Mr. LIVINGSTON. In this appropriation, Mr. Zinn, the counsel, is the only one involved. Mr. ANDREWs. Proceed. SPEAKER'S AUTOMOBILE Mr. JENNINGS. For the purchase, exchange, driving, maintenance, repair, and operation of an automobile for the Speaker, $13,585, compared with $13,000 appropriated for 1968, or an increase of $585. |