SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION BILL, 1959 HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE EIGHTY-SIXTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION SPECIAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEFICIENCIES ALBERT THOMAS, Texas, Chairman MICHAEL J. KIRWAN, Ohio JOHN J. ROONEY, New York EDWARD P. BOLAND, Massachusetts BEN F. JENSEN, Iowa CHARLES RAPER JONAS, North Carolina G. HOMER SKARIN, Staff Assistant to the Subcommittee Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations 37458 UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1959 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS CLARENCE CANNON, Missouri, Chairman GEORGE H. MAHON, Texas ALFRED E. SANTANGELO, New York JOHN TABER, New York CHARLES RAPER JONAS, North Carolina MELVIN R. LAIRD, Wisconsin ELFORD A. CEDERBERG, Michigan GLENARD P. LIPSCOMB, California JOHN J. RHODES, Arizona KENNETH SPRANKLE, Clerk and Staff Director II HARRY LIVINGSTON, DISBURSING CLERK, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE Mr. THOMAS. Gentlemen, will the committee please come to order? We will start to consider some of the deficiency items, which are contained in House Document No. 58. It is nice to have Mr. Livingston, the Disbursing Clerk of the House, with us. Tell us about the two items for the House. REPORTING HEARINGS Mr. LIVINGSTON. The first item, Mr. Chairman, is a supplemental request of $10,000 for reporting hearings for fiscal year 1958, caused by the heavy work of the committees of the House. The appropriation for the fiscal year 1958 was $120,000, of which $119,984.70 has been expended leaving a balance of $15.30. We have bills to be paid totaling $6,685.35. The balance or $3,314.65 will be used to pay any bills submitted later for payment. On this item we have no way of knowing the amount that will be needed for contract reporting of committee hearings. (1) The rates per folio for contract reporting service are established by the Committee on House Administration. We submit the following table showing the monthly expenditures for the fiscal year 1958, and the fiscal years 1957, 1956, and 1955: Mr. THOMAS. What is your next item? Mr. LIVINGSTON. We are requesting a supplemental appropriation of $183,640 for airmail and special delivery stamps, for the 1st session of the 86th Congress, as authorized by Public Law 85-778, approved August 27, 1958. This law increased the stamp allowance of Members and Delegates from $300 per fiscal year to $400 per session, and each standing committee from $180 per fiscal year to $240 per session, starting with the 1st session of the 86th Congress. Hereafter we will request the appropriation for the stamp allowance be appropriated on a session basis instead of a fiscal year basis. As all Members have not withdrawn their full amount for the current fiscal year, which is available for their use through June 30, 1959, we have been using the 1959 appropriation to issue stamps for the 1st session of the 86th Congress. The funds used for this purpose will be reimbursed from the supplemental appropriation to bring the 1959 appropriation into balance. Mr. THOMAS. Tell us about our mail. Is it increasing in volume? Mr. LIVINGSTON. Yes. This increase was authorized by the Congress last year. It also changes the stamp allowance from a fiscal to a session basis. Mr. THOMAS. In other words, you have an increase in the size of the stamp load? Mr. LIVINGSTON. Yes, sir. |