LANGUAGE CHANGE The committee is requested to add the following language to the text shown in the committee print for 1961: "of which not to exceed $64,000 of the amount made available under this head for the fiscal year 1960 for improvements to the lighting system in the garage is hereby continued available until June 30, 1961." The 1960 appropriation includes an allotment of $70,000 for improving the lighting system in the garage. This work not only includes the installation of improved lighting but also the replacement of the present defective wiring systems. A contract, in the amount of $5,700, has been entered into with a lighting consultant for the design of a complete lighting system, with new branch circuit wiring capable of providing adequate illumination in the garage. This includes the preparation of plans, specifications, studies, and all other engineering work necessary to effect the proposed improvements. A contract for the installation of a new lighting and wiring system is expected to be awarded either in the latter part of June 1960 or the early part of July 1960, and the work is proposed to be carried forward during the adjournment of Congress this summer, at a time when it can be accomplished with the least inconvenience to the occupants of the garage. It is anticipated, as normally occurs, that change orders to the contract will be necessary to be issued in the course of the work to meet actual field conditions. It is therefore requested that the unobligated balance of the allotment for this work be continued available for the fiscal year 1961 to meet these conditions. Mr. NORRELL. Mr. Stewart, will you please discuss this item? Mr. STEWART. All right, sir. This request represents a net decrease of $37,300. The additions are $1,500 for wage rate increases; $500 for overtime pay and the holiday pay increased cost; $30,000, which is a nonrecurring painting item; $600 for the employees' health benefits fund; and $200 contribution to the retirement fund. LANGUAGE CHANGE REQUESTED I want to add to the committee print and to my justifications on page 96, Mr. Chairman, a suggested change in the language, as follows: Of which not to exceed $64,000 of the amount made available under this head for the fiscal year 1960 for improvements to the lighting system in the garage is hereby continued available until June 30, 1961. In other words, you have appropriated money to me and I will not be able to get it under contract due to some advanced work that was not finished in time, and I would like to have the language changed so that I can use it next year. PAINTING Mr. NORRELL. I note that you have an item for painting in the amount of $30,000. Last year you asked for $25,000. Why the change? Mr. STEWART. Both materials and labor have gone up. That is the primary reason. Mr. NORRELL. Why should that not wait until the year 1962 when you will have put in the lighting improvements? Mr. STEWART. Mr. Chairman, I could not conscientiously recommend much further postponement because the garage ceiling has been in bad condition for the last 6 or 7 years due to a series of leaks that have just been repaired. The ceiling itself has not had a coat of paint on it since 1932. When the improved lighting is installed, the condition will be even more noticeable and objectionable. ASSIGNMENT AND USE OF PARKING SPACES Mr. NORRELL. What happens when you open the garage in the New Senate Office Building? Mr. STEWART. They still reserve their 98 spaces in the legislative garage. They have 98 spaces assigned to them. Mr. NORRELL. Do you have a waiting list? Mr. STEWART. Yes, sir. Mr. NORRELL. How many Members? Mr. STEWART. We have a waiting list of 16 Members. Mr. NORRELL. Do Senate employees park in the garage? Mr. STEWART. The rules promulgated by the Vice President and Speaker, January 15, 1959, provide that "98 spaces shall be reserved for Senators and such spaces shall be assigned by the Architect of the Capitol as directed by the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration for the use of Senators and their employees." Mr. NORRELL. Now, one further question at that point and then I am going to pass the witness. Several secretaries have talked to me about their needs regarding parking space in the garage that we have built here. I think each Member of Congress is allowed parking space for two secretaries and as I understand it, they have the right to park in the garage on the House side, is that correct? Mr. STEWART. No, sir. Mr. Chairman, I can only speak about the garage on the House side the one that is in the courtyard that has just been recently constructed. Under rules promulgated by the House Office Building Commission, assignments in that garage are made totally and entirely to the individual Members of Congress themselves. What they do on the parking lots and on the streets comes under the jurisdiction of the House Sergeant at Arms. I have nothing at all to do with that, but these assignments were made through the House Office Building Commission, who have final control over the House Office Buildings. Spaces in the House garage are assigned only to Members of the House. Mr. NORRELL. What I am getting at is this: My secretaries say oftentimes they cannot find parking places. Now, why can vou not, Mr. Stewart, number the spaces 1, 2, 3, and so forth and give each secretary a number. Then he can park there and no one else can or should. Why cannot that be done? Mr. STEWART. If it is on the outside, it would come under the House Sergeant at Arms. I can only say that both in the legislative garage and the garage in the courtyard of the Old House Office Building, that the names or numbers of the Members to which spaces are assigned are right there on the place where they come in. Everyone has desig nated a space. Mr. NORRELL. That would not come under your jurisdiction? Mr. STEWART. No, sir; not the parking spaces on the outside usea by the secretaries. Mr. NORRELL. I will have to discuss this matter with the Sergeant at Arms. REGULATIONS AND ORDERS GOVERNING HOUSE GARAGE Mr. HORAN. Mr. Chairman, I think that the utilization of the old courtyard in the Old House Office Building for a garage has been a vast improvement and quite a service to Members of Congress. I realize, too, that we have to have regulations. It is my understanding that the Building Commission, headed by the Honorable Sam Rayburn, the very respected Speaker of the House, has issued such regulations. Do you have a copy, Mr. Stewart? Mr. STEWART. I have not only the rules and regulations that were adopted by them but I also have a copy of the directive on the car washing. Mr. HORAN. Would you insert that in the record at this point? (The matters referred to follow :). MR. J. GEORGE STEWART, Architect of the Capitol. M HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING COMMISSION, DEAR MR. STEWART: You are hereby authorized and directed to make the necessary arrangements for the conduct of a car-washing service in the garage in the Old House Office Building. For such purpose, you may utilize the services of individuals not employed by the U.S. Government or the services of employees of the U.S. Government on their own time outside of their official working hours. I The service shall be available to Members of the U.S. House of Representatives: and shall be available from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, Mondays through Saturdays. The price charged per car wash shall be $1.50. Such amount shall be paid directly to the individual performing the car-washing service and shall be retained by him as his compensation for such service. As existing law prohibits the use of the annual appropriations for the legislative branch of the Government for the maintenance or care of private vehicles, this service shall be conducted as a nongovernmental operation or function, and Members using such service must necessarily do so at their own risk and respon-sibility. SAM RAYBURN, Chairman, House Office Building Commission. CARL VINSON, Member, House Office Building Commission. Member, House Office Building Commission. HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING COMMISSION, RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING USE OF GARAGE IN THE OLD HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING The following rules and regulations are hereby adopted by the House Office Building Commission for the assignment of space and the operation of the garage in the Old House Office Building and supersede any rules and regulations heretofore issued. 1. Parking space shall be assigned only to Members of the House of Representatives who file applications in writing with the Superintendent of the House Office Buildings. 2. Assignments of space shall be made in the order of Members' seniority. When two or more requests are received from Members of equal seniority, preference shall be determined alphabetically. 3. Present assignments of space shall continue in effect. Members presently assigned space shall not be required to file new applications under these rules and regulations, so long as they continue to occupy their present spaces. 4. Any space assigned to a Member, when no longer required for his use, shall be assigned to another Member in accordance with these rules and regulations. 5. Reassignment of parking spaces, to be vacated as a result of election year changes, shall commence January 4, or the day after the newly elected Congress convenes, if such date is later than January 4. 6. Space assigned to Members shall be used for Members' automobiles or automobiles used by Members. 7. Parking space shall be selected by Members personally. 8. Keys are to be removed from automobiles, and automobiles are to be locked if clothing, cameras, or other articles are left in automobiles. 9. In accordance with the provisions of existing law, maintenance or care of private vehicles by employees of the garage or any other employees under the Superintendent of the House Office Buildings is prohibited. Such employees shall not drive automobiles to and from the garage for Members or others during their tour of duty. Mr. NORRELL. Are there any further questions on the item now under discussion? Mr. NORRELL. We will turn to the next item "House Office Buildings," and we will insert pages 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, and 109. (The pages referred to follow :) House Office Buildings 1960 appropriation in annual act.... Pay supplemental in Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1960- Total appropriations, 1960-----. Deductions: "Regular pay above 52-week base" reduced from $6,000 to $3,700 for 1961 due to 2 days instead of the usual 1 in excess of the 52-week base having been allowed for last year which was leap year... Miscellaneous equipment: Nonrecurring item for 3 sump pumps allowed for 1960, dropped for 1961--- Base for 1961-. Additions: Personal services: Wage rate increases authorized by Public Law 763, Under the provisions of Public Law 763, 83d An increase of $29,855 is requested for 1961 to meet on a full-year 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 Feb. 7, 1960, and funds were provided to cover these increases on a part-year basis for 1960. This increase is necessary in order that the House Office Buildings wage-board employees may be compensated on a full-year basis in the fiscal year 1961 in accordance with present prevailing rates. An increase of $39,250 is requested for 1961 to Within-grade promotions authorized by the Classi- Overtime and holiday pay increased by $12,326 to $2,300 $1, 451, 300 9, 000 1,460, 300 |