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Mr. MONTOYA, from the Committee on Appropriations,
submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H.R. 13763]

The Committee on Appropriations, to which was referred the bill (H.R. 13763) making appropriations for the legislative branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and for other purposes, reports the same to the Senate with various amendments and presents herewith information relative to the changes made.

Amount of bill as passed House__.

Amount of increase by Senate committee..

$284, 524, 057

59, 536, 760

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GENERAL STATEMENT

This appropriation bill provides the funding to support the operations and functions of the legislative branch of Government. Included in this bill are approprition recommendations for fiscal year 1970 for the Senate, the House of Representatives, the Architect of the Capitol, Botanic Garden, Library of Congress, Government Printing Office, and the General Accounting Office.

The committee recommends a total appropriation of $344, 060, 817 in the bill, which is $59,536,760 above the House allowance, $28,092,132 under the estimates, and $32,318,318 above the appropriations for fiscal year 1969.

As has been the custom, the bill as passed by the House did not contain items pertaining to the Senate, the Senate Office Buildings, and the Senate garage. Likewise, the Senate committee did not consider those items pertaining exclusively to the House of Representative, although they are included in the bill as reported to the Senate. Of the total recommendations to the Senate, $104,770,985 represents House items not considered by the Senate committee and $59,631,260 represents recommendations for the Senate, including the Senate Office Buildings and garage, items not included in the Housepassed bill. In summary, then, exclusive of these Senate items, the bill is $94,500 under the House bill.

As with all other appropriation bills for fiscal year 1970, the personnel compensation increases effective July 1, 1969, are not included in the amounts recommended. The additional funds necessary to meet these costs will be considered with similar requests from all other agencies in the supplemental appropriation bill next year. Therefore, although the rates of compensation for the Senate positions herein are stated at the July 1 rates, the appropriations are funded at the pre-July rates.

In addition, personnel appropriations throughout the bill are less than the full-year requirement in view of the delayed enactment of the bill for fiscal year 1970.

A comparative table showing, by line item, the appropriations for fiscal year 1969, the budget estimates for fiscal year 1970, the House allowances, and the amounts recommended by the Senate committee is printed at the conclusion of this report.

Listed below are the activities funded in this bill which, by the nature of their operations, result in reimbursements to the U.S. Treasury. These revenue-producing activities are explained in more detail under the appropriation heads hereafter.

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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ADJUSTMENTS IN SENATORIAL ALLOWANCES

In compliance with the directive of the committee, during its consideration of the legislative branch appropriation bill for fiscal year 1969, the Legislative Branch Subcommittee, the Committee on Rules and Administration, and the Select Committee on Standards and Conduct for the past year have conducted a study of the allowances provided for the operation of senatorial offices, with the purpose of determining deficiencies and inequities which have developed as a natural consequence of the increasing volume of work and services. required of these offices. It was felt that by consulting each Senator concerning his overall views and his individual needs that a composite picture of the real problem areas and insufficiencies would evolve.

The special committee completed its survey and submitted recommendations affecting certain of these allowances, which it believed would result in practical and equitable adjustments commensurate with the present-day requirements and obligations of the office of U.S. Senator. As modified in the full committee, the recommendations are submitted for the approval of the Senate.

While these recommendations are detailed in this section of the report, actual funding will be provided under the appropriate appropriation head hereafter.

ADDITIONAL CLERK HIRE

It is recommended that the clerk-hire allowance for each Senator be increased by $23,652. It is also recommended that language be inincluded in the bill, authorizing each Senator to employ one additional employee, in the category of top-paid personnel, but at a gross salary of not to exceed $23,652. Under this provision, the funds could be used for several new employees at lower rates, or for one new employee at the level of not to exceed $23,652. The present structure is as follows:

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It is recommended that the number of round trips to home States for Senators be increased from 6 to 12 trips per annum.

EMPLOYEES' MILEAGE

It is recommended that eight home State trips in offices of Senators from States with less than 10 million population, and 10 trips in offices of Senators from States with 10 million population or more, be allowed. Presently, the allowance calls for four trips and six trips, respectively. In addition, it is proposed that the reimbursement limitation be computed at the distance between the residence city of the Senator or any city in the State where he maintains an official State office, whichever is the farthest from Washington, D.C., with

the existing law requiring the round trip mileage to be computed by the nearest usual route from Washington, D.C., and the residence city of the Senator involved. The new authorization also permits the payment of mileage to Senators' employees traveling from the State to Washington, D.C., and return.

OFFICE EXPENSES IN HOME STATE

The existing law authorizes $300 each quarter for office expenses incurred in the home State. The committee recommends an increase to $400 each quarter, for a yearly allowance of $1,600, and proposes modifying language to permit newspaper, magazine, and periodical subscriptions, including the purchase of news clipping services. Therefore, language has been included in the bill under "Administrative provisions," amending, insofar as the Senate is concerned, the provisions of section 43 of the Revised Statutes (2 U.S.C. 41), which provide that no Member or delegate shall be entitled to an allowance for newspapers.

ADDITIONAL LONG-DISTANCE TELEPHONE SERVICE

It is recommended that a wide area telephone service (WATS) line be authorized for each Senator's office, if so desired by him and provided such Senator surrenders 50 percent of his existing long-distance allowance presently computed in calls and minutes. In this connection, it is the recommendation of the committee that no change in the telegram allowance be made until after the installation of the WATS service, when it might be appropriate for the Committee on Rules and Administration to reevaluate the telegram allowances. Detailed information concerning the WATS system may be found commencing on page 428 of the Senate hearings.

STATIONERY

It is recommended that the stationery allowance for each Senator be increased from $3,000 to $3,600 per annum, an increase of $600 per annum. Many Senators had urged that continuous letterheads for robotyping machinery, manifold sets of carbon and tissue, and other carbon paper be provided through the paper allotment rather than as a charge against the stationery account. As there is no authority in existing law to accomplish this, the committee has approved the additional $600 per year for the purchase of any such authorized stationery supplies through this account. Any unused funds, as required by present law, would revert to the Treasury at the end of the fiscal

year.

PAPER ALLOTMENT

The committee has been advised that the Joint Committee on Printing will review this matter in detail.

MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT

At the present time, for certain mechanical equipment, a Senator must surrender part of his clerk hire allowance. Many Senators recommended in the study that mechanical equipment be furnished

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