LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Young, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking Minority Member of the Full Committee, are authorized to sit as Members of all Subcommittees. EDWARD E. LOMBARD, Staff Assistant PART 2 FISCAL YEAR 2001 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION SUBCOMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina, Chairman ZACH WAMP, Tennessee JERRY LEWIS, California KAY GRANGER, Texas JOHN E. PETERSON, Pennsylvania ED PASTOR, Arizona NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Young, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office ISBN 0-16-060344-7 62-823 00-1 RALPH REGULA, Ohio C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida, Chairman JERRY LEWIS, California JOHN EDWARD PORTER, Illinois HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky JOE SKEEN, New Mexico FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia RON PACKARD, California SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama JAMES T. WALSH, New York CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina ERNEST J. ISTOOK, JR., Oklahoma JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan JAY DICKEY, Arkansas JACK KINGSTON, Georgia RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, JR., Washington RANDY "DUKE” CUNNINGHAM, California TODD TIAHRT, Kansas ZACH WAMP, Tennessee TOM LATHAM, Iowa ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri JOHN E. SUNUNU, New Hampshire KAY GRANGER, Texas JOHN E. PETERSON, Pennsylvania VIRGIL H. GOODE, JR., Virginia DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin JULIAN C. DIXON, California ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio NANCY PELOSI, California PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana NITĄ M. LOWEY, New York JOSE E. SERRANO, New York CARRIE P. MEEK, Florida DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina MICHAEL P. FORBES, New York CHET EDWARDS, Texas ROBERT E. “BUD" CRAMER, JR., Alabama LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California JESSE L. JACKSON, JR., Illinois JAMES W. DYER, Clerk and Staff Director (II) LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2001 THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2000. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WITNESSES HON. JEFF TRANDAHL, CLERK OF THE HOUSE HON. WILSON S. LIVINGOOD, SERGEANT AT ARMS HON. JAY EAGEN, CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER BOB FREY, ACTING INSPECTOR GENERAL DR. JOHN F. EISOLD, ATTENDING PHYSICIAN Mr. TAYLOR. The meeting will come to order. Today we begin the hearings on the budget submissions of the various legislative branch agencies in explaining their requests for fiscal year 2001 appropriations. Each member has been given a copy of the printed budget justifications. Also the staff has prepared the customary subcommittee print, which contains the budget and historical data on the legislative budget. The total appropriations request that will be considered is $2.1 billion. In addition, there are $41 million in offsetting receipts and other collections and $1.1 billion in other revenues that we collected by the legislative agencies. By tradition, the House does not consider the budgets of the other body. The Senate will submit and consider their own. The fiscal year 2001 budget for the Senate totals some $624.7 million. The committee will hear the justifications from each agency in turn. At the conclusion of that process, the committee will mark up the 2001 bill. I am joined today by Congressman Hoyer, Mr. Pastor, the ranking member of the subcommittee, will be with us in just a few minutes. I yield to you, Mr. Hoyer, if you have any statement. Mr. HOYER. I have no opening statement, Mr. Chairman. Thank you very much. Mr. TAYLOR. When the ranking member gets here, perhaps if he wishes he will make some statements. We will now take up the budget request for the House of Representatives and several joint items. The Chief Administrative Officer, assisted by the Office of Finance, will come forward and each will submit the budget. That material is then included in the President's budget. The House budget request totals $800.7 million, and that includes funds for the operations of member offices, commit |