bursable basis. Chairman Evins took umbrage with that decision of the Office of Management and Budget. As a result we were given instruction from the committee not to provide the service on a reimbursable basis.

The philosophy as to whether or not we should do things on a reimbursable basis is not always looked on with favor.

REIMBURSEMENTS

Mr. MYERS. One last observation. I notice in your highlight summary of the budget you have shown where you expect to make the estimates of the budget this year and also comparable amounts for 1972 and the change, and so forth, in each of your items. You do not anyplace show your revenues the same way; is that correct? Mr. GARDNER. In the reimbursable area, is this what you are getting at?

Mr. MYERS. Yes.

Mr. GARDNER. It's almost impossible for us to do that. We don't know what other agency in each case has provided in its budget that it's going to call on us for. We know a general trend.

Mr. MYERS. It's rather strange to me that you know how much you are going to spend but you don't know what you are going to charge.

SCHEDULE OF REIMBURSABLE ACCOUNTS

You have in 1972 two comparable amounts in each of those items. Could you for the record show what your reimbursements were for those same items?

Mr. GARDNER. We certainly can, and also what we estimate for this year. I will be glad to supply them.

(The information follows:)

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, REVOLVING FUNDS AND ADVANCES AND REIMBURSEMENTS

Advances and reimbursements, transportation and communications activities..

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Advances and reimbursements, property management and disposal activities..

1 Includes income from GSA appropriations and funds and those of other Government agencies. a Income received from benefiting Government agencies.

a Reimbursements are for services performed by GSA for other agencies under sec. 601 of the Economy Act. Some examples are: a special packaging service, required for export shipments, to agencies with overseas locations, provided by the Federal Supply Service; microfilming services, and reference services on IRS tax returns, currently performed on a reimbursable basis, by the National Archives and Records Service; and warehousing services for radiological, chemical, biological, engineering, and medical supplies, performed by the Property Management and Disposal Service.

Mr. BUTTS. It's a matter of bringing them out of each of the revolving fund accounts and putting them on one sheet.

Mr. MYERS. I read through this thing and see reimbursements, and so forth, and I don't know what it amounts to. I am just a country boy and I have to know what I am reading.

Mr. GARDNER. That is two of us.

DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY

Mr. EDWARDS. You mentioned something a while ago, Mr. Sanders, about the immigration people having authority to construct anything up to $100,000 without coming to you.

Mr. SAMPSON. That is a delegated authority basis.

Mr. EDWARDS. From you?

Mr. SAMPSON. From us.

Mr. EDWARDS. Is there anybody else in the Government who has a similar delegation?

Mr. SANDERS. Very little on a permanent basis. The reason for that, Mr. Edwards, is that the Public Buildings Act specifically defines a border station as a public building. So anyone who wants authority to construct a public building, as defined under the act, has to get authority from the administrator to do so.

There are other agencies that obtain funds and construct facilities that are so-called special purpose which is outside the Public Buildings Act. For example, facilities on Indian reservations which the Bureau of Indian Affairs constructs. They do not need a delegation because they are not covered by the Public Buildings Act.

Mr. EWDARDS. Would you put in the record any delegations that you have made, other than Immigration and what the limit is? Mr. SAMPSON. In perpetuity, those that we have given them? Mr. EDWARDS. Yes.

(The information follows:)

GSA has made no permanent delegations of authority to other agencies for construction of buildings as defined under the Public Buildings Act.

Further review of this matter reveals that the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury have statutory authority to construct border facilities not to exceed $100,000 for total project cost. The Congress has enacted a number of laws over the years concerning this, including Public Law 87-465, approved May 31, 1962, which increased the authorized maximum expenditure from $80,000 to $100,000. GSA supported this increased authority since it was consistent with provisions of Section 15 of the Public Buildings Act of 1959.

Mr. SAMPSON. We get requests periodically from agencies for delegations to construct their own buildings, most of which we turn down. Mr. STEED. Gentlemen, since we have a rollcall vote, I think we will adjourn until 10 in the morning, at which time we will go through the items one by one.

Mr. TRIMMER. Thank you, sir. (The justification follows:)

JUSTIFICATION OF THE BUDGET ESTIMATES

HIGHLIGHT SUMMARY

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

Estimates of Appropriations, 1973

INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT

The General Services Administration was established July 1, 1949, by section 101 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 379), which authorized the transfer to it of previously established agencies engaged in performing functions related to Federal property and records management. Amendments to that Act and Executive Orders have authorized further transfers and added new functions to the GSA mission.

GSA serves as the central agency for management, acquisition and disposal of Government real and personal property, construction of public buildings, procurement of common-use supplies and services, acquisition, custody, and disposal of strategic and critical materials, custody of the National Archives, and provision of archival, records, transportation, communications, and public utilities services, and the purchase, lease and maintenance of automatic data processing equipment by Federal agencies.

Program operations are grouped under 5 Services and are performed mainly through 10 Regional Offices under Central Office direction and supervision. Basic operations are provided for in 5 operating expense appropriations. Policy direction pertaining to all programs is provided for in an appropriation for the Office of the Administrator. Other major operations such as construction, improvement and repair of buildings, operation of a nationwide system of supply depots, and others are provided for in separate appropriations. In addition, substantial financing is provided by transfers and reimbursements from funds appropriated directly to other agencies of Government for services performed at their request. The reimbursable-type services are financed and accounted for under revolving funds such as the Buildings Management Fund, the General Supply Fund, the Federal Telecommunications Fund, the Automatic Data Processing Fund, and the Working Capital Fund (for centralized duplicating facilities).

Financial, budget, personnel, contract and internal audits and investigations, civil rights, contract compliance and equal employment opportunity functions, office services, management systems, and legal services for all program operations are provided and financed by deposits from funds provided for supported programs, into an Administrative Operations Fund.

Historically, GSA has shown a constant growth pattern due to natural expansion in activities and services to other agencies as the size of Government increased and more extensive use of GSA facilities and services by the agencies as they became aware of the quality of service, savings, and economies obtainable.