Increase due to absorbing costs previously incurred by House contingent fund. These costs are for office supplies procured through House stationery. - $43,000 2. Rents, Communications, and Utilities This increase is requested to cover the increased hourly rate of earning, programmed administrative changes (fourhour rule) in the payment of overtime, and to fully fund the actual cost of overtime expenses. The Capitol Police have been underfunded for overtime cost for the past several years. Increase is due to the cost associated with protective details. This item has been underfunded for the past several years and has required reprogramming of funds in order to cover the cost of providing this service to members of Congress. b. New Positions (5) -- $194,000 Increase is due to new post requirement for 1994. This object class was reduced by $100,000 due to the reduction in size and number of vehicles in the fleet. **Includes overtime currently estimated at approximately $1,000,000 and employee benefits at approximately $6,885,000. U.S. CAPITOL POLICE DEFINITIONS OF OBJECT CLASSIFICATIONS TO ACCOMPANY SCHEDULE A 11 PERSONNEL COMPENSATION: Funding for estimated personnel costs, which includes costs associated with longevity increases, overtime and other administrative costs. 12 PERSONNEL BENEFITS: Funding associated with benefit costs for FERS, CSRS, Health & Life Insurance. 21 TRANSPORTATION OF PERSONS: This object class includes airfare, car rental, mileage, tolls, per diem, and other expenses incidental to official travel by employees of the Department. These travel expenses are related to protective details, transporting employees to and from: the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) for recruit and other specialized training, as well as other developmental training that is not held at FLETC or in the D.C. area. It also includes costs associated with other travel related to official business such as investigations, ceremonial functions, competitions, etc. 22 TRANSPORTATION OF THINGS: This object class includes freight costs incurred when parts, uniforms, or materials must be sent to another location (e.g., our liaison office at FLETC), when equipment is shipped to a repair facility, when items of evidence must be sent to another site for analysis or investigation, shipment of household goods for officers assigned to FLETC, etc. Funds contained in this object class cover any transportation costs except regular mail services (contained in Rents, Communications, and Utilities) and travel and per diem costs (contained in Transportation of |