Annual appropriations to the Library of Congress

These are described in the estimates and the justification of the estimates. Annual appropriations to the Architect of the Capitol

The two items under this category are appropriated to the Architect of the Capitol in accordance with 2 U.S.C. 141. However, the requests for funds and actions on the use of such funds are normally initiated by the Library.

Gift and trust funds

Funds from non-Federal sources are available to the Library in accordance with 2 U.S.C. 154-162 and 31 U.S.C. 725s. Further details on the use made of such funds may be found on pages 919-920 of the appendix to the Budget of the United States, fiscal year 1964. While contributions to the gift and trust funds enable the Library to augment its services, the administration of these funds are of the programs and projects financed thereby is a charge to the annual appropriations.

Reimbursements for services performed

These are generally for details of personnel and, with minor exceptions, for work done by the Legislative Reference Service staff. Reimbursement is in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 686.

The bulk of the work performed under reimbursable arrangements is for committees of Congress or for congressional commissions. In all instances, work is undertaken at the specific request of the reimbursing agency. In the case of work for committees of Congress, no charge is added for administration of these reimbursable details.

Working fund advances and allocations

During 1963 about 90 percent of the funds received will be from agencies in the National Defense Establishment, and the remaining 10 percent will for the most part be defense related projects. Projects financed by working funds and allocations require extensive use of the Library's collections or depend upon specialized library skills generally available only at the Library of Congress. These are the basic reasons for operation by the Library rather than by the parent agency.

However, these projects and programs are not of the type which come within the scope of the Library's normal operations and they would not be included in the functions for which a direct appropriation would be requested. They are appropriately operated under working fund arrangements in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 686.

In the case of working fund projects, the Library, by imposing a surcharge, generally 10 percent over and above direct cost, has compensated for the administrative and other burdens of the projects. This surcharge has amounted to between $460,000 and $500,000 per annum and has provided for the employment of 85 to 95 persons.

Submitted in accordance with instructions in Report No. 407, 86th Congress, 1st session, legislative branch appropriation bill, 1960:

"Administrative provisions.-The committee has gone along with the request of the Library to drop the limitation on the amount that can be used for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the business of the Library. In so doing, the committee would like the Librarian to report in the justifications each year as to the amounts expended with brief outline of the specifics."

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Expenses of attendance at meetings, fiscal year 1963—Continued

Mr. STEED. You may proceed with your statement.

GENERAL STATEMENT OF THE LIBRARIAN

Dr. MUMFORD. Mr. Chairman and other members of the committee, thank you for this opportunity to explain the Library's estimates for

1964.

The appropriation requests for fiscal year 1964 total $21,252,400. Apart from the foreign currency program, which I shall discuss separately, the total is $20,274,400, an increase of $957,120 over the corresponding total for fiscal year 1963. However, when nonrecurring items and other decreases are taken into account to arrive at a base for 1964, the increases over 1963 amount to $2,112,242. Among the nonrecurring items and other decreases, the main item is $1,100,000 for renovation of the Naval Weapons Plant. Since this amount will be obligated in 1963, no funds will be required for the purpose in 1964. I wish to point out that, in keeping with our commitment in 1961, we are eliminating four more elevator positions because of further automation of our annex elevators.

Of the increases over the base for 1964, 41 percent is required solely to maintain the present staff, because of such mandatory items as pay raises and within-grade salary advancement.

The remaining requests are for improving services and to meet urgent workload requirements and they have been included in the estimates only after very careful selection of priority needs. First, under our main appropriation head, "Salaries and expenses, Library of Congress," for fiscal year 1964 we are concentrating heavily on cataloging operations. The largest single request is for 57 new positions in the Descriptive and Subject Cataloging Divisions at a cost of $406,404.

For decades the Library had accumulated arrearages which were inherited by the present Library administration. One of my first objectives was to reduce these arrearages, and largely through more stringent acquisition policies, progress was made toward this goal. However, unprecedented advances in man's knowledge, new sources of publication (particularly in newly developing countries), and the lessons learned from World War II regarding the significance of