REQUEST FOR NEW POSITION

Q. Senator Bible. Under "Rehabilitation of Drug Abusers," you are requesting a new position indicated as "Special Assistant Drug Abuse," at a level of GS-18, with a deputy at the level of GS-17. Would you please explain this?

A. Mr. Coleman. Included in the supplemental budget request are four positions and $80,000 which will be transferred from the National Institute of Mental Health to the Office of the Secretary, to support the activities of my Office. The two positions that you refer to are mine and my assistant. My official title is Special Assistant to the Secretary for Drug Abuse Prevention. The Office that I am establishing will carry out the following assigned functions and responsibilities: serve as principal contact point in the Department for the Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention in the Executive Office of the President; receive, refer, and follow-up on all major requests for information in the Department; coordinate all intra-Department staff work on major drug abuse issues, such as implementation plans and budget requests; lead and coordinate negotiations of all major policy issues with the Special Action Office; monitor the implementation of drug abuse legislation within the Department; and monitor the progress made toward achieving defined program objectives within the Department. The total level of staffing for this Office is yet to be determined; however, these four positions would serve as the nucleus.

STATUS OF BILL

Senator BIBLE. I have no further questions of you or any of those with you, so those who are here that are testifying on this particular item of $60 million are excused, as far as I am concerned, unless the chairman has some questions.

Senator MAGNUSON. Well, I have no questions. Senator Cotton has been here and I appreciate your taking care of this for me this morning, except that it is a little bit ironic. We had $91 million, an increase over the budget request of 14 to 15 million in the regular bill and that bill was vetoed. Is this going to be vetoed?

Mr. COLEMAN. I cannot anticipate

Mr. MILLER. Mr. Chairman, I think if you net it out, you had $5 million in the vetoed bill over the President's budget.

Senator MAGNUSON. But we added some

Mr. MILLER. About $29 million was added by the committee and we are asking for $60 million.

Senator MAGNUSON. I think this should be done but there is more than a little confusion between what is sent up in the supplemental and what we put in the regular bill, which was vetoed. There are a lot of items in the same position.

Senaor BIBLE. I agree with you and I tried to get an answer to the question you asked. I did not get a very good answer. I was querying along the same point but I did not get a real straight up and down

answer.

Mr. MILLER. Well, at the risk of prolonging a dialogue, I would rather not prolong, we vetoed a bill that had $1.8 billion over the President's budget.

Senator MAGNUSON. But I am talking about the item

Mr. MILLER. If we do it on an item by item basis.

Senator MAGNUSON. They are sending back up things they have been vetoing, so it gets a little bit- -we wonder where we are. It is not the total amount. I understand that.

Senator COTTON. That is because the President does not have the item veto and I do not think I want him to have it.

Senator BIBLE. I think the various points of view are very clear. Senator MAGNUSON. In the long run maybe we will come out and get the things we all want. I do not know. I have not taken it item by item in the supplemental. Now we are bringing up a new HEW bill today in the Senate, and will recommend that vetoed bill.

Senator BIBLE. Which, incidentally, was an excellent bill. No doubt about it. I think the dialogue has developed the point of view. We are completed with this item.

We will go on to the next item. I will turn it back to the chairman de jure.

SOCIAL AND REHABILITATION SERVICE

WORK INCENTIVES

Appropriation Estimate

For carrying out a work incentive program, as authorized by part C of Title IV of the Social Security Act, including registration of individuals for such program, and for related child care and other supportive services, as authorized by [part A of title IV]section 402(a) (19) (G) of the Act, including transfer to the Secretary of Labor, as authorized by section 431 of the Act, [$259,136,000.] and $150,000 for transfer to the appropriation for "Departmental management", $455,133,000, which shall be the maximum amount available for transfer to the Secretary of Labor and to which the States may become entitled pursuant to section 403(d) of such Act, for these purposes for the current fiscal year.

Explanation of Language Changes

1. "Including registration of individuals for such program" has been added to conform to P.L. 92-223 which requires every adult and child 16 years of age or older, unless specifically exempted by the law, must register for WIN as a condition of eligibility for AFDC.

2. The phrase"and other supportive" has been added to conform to the requirements of the new legislation which expands the services provided from the former child care services only to those social services necessary to permit AFTIC recipients to accent training or employment.

3. "part A of title has been deleted and replaced by "section 402 (a) (19) (G)" to provide a more specific and definitive legislative reference.

4. The deletion of"$259,136,000" and inclusion of the "anguage "and $150,000 for transfer to the appropriation for 'Departmental management', $455,133,000, which shall be the maximum amount available for transfer to the Secretary of Labor and to which the States may become entitled pursuant section 403 (d) of such Act, for these nurposes for the current fiscal rear," modifies the language to allow for a transfer to Departmental Manage ent to provide departmental level support and program direction for the WI' program, to state the new appropriation request to fund the FY-1973 amended program for implementing P.L. 92-223, and to establish a maximum of funds available for the FY-1973 program.