GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE Congressional Printing and Binding SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATION ESTIMATES The estimates for Congressional Printing and Binding are to provide funds with which to pay for the cost of printing and binding required for the use of Congress; and for printing, binding, and distribution of Government publications authorized by law to be distributed without charge to the recipient. The appropriation requested for Congressional Printing and Binding for fiscal year 2005 is $88,800,000. The requirements for the Congressional Printing and Binding Appropriation for fiscal year 2005 are described below by category. A. Congressional Record Program. The proceedings of the Senate and House of Representatives are printed in the Congressional Record. Approximately 6,595 copies are printed daily. About 4,138 copies are charged to the Congressional Printing and Binding Appropriation, including about 1,513 copies distributed without charge to recipients designated by Senators. The copies that are not charged to the Congressional Printing and Binding Appropriation are delivered and charged to Government departments on requisitions and to the Superintendent of Documents for sale to subscribers. On-line access to an electronic Congressional Record database was initiated in 1994. Access to this database is also made available to the public and depository libraries in accordance with the provisions of The Government Printing Office Electronic Information Access Enhancement Act of 1993. After the close of each session, the daily proceedings are consolidated, indexed, and about 429 sets are printed as the bound edition of the Record. About 113 of these sets are for Congressional use and charged to the Congressional Printing and Binding Appropriation. The remaining 316 sets are for public sale, charged to departments on requisition, or distributed to regional depository libraries. An estimated 28,000 pages will be required in fiscal year 2005 and the cost will be approximately $20,952,000. B. Miscellaneous publications. This item includes printed matter such as the Congressional Directory, Senate and House Journals, memorial addresses of Members, nominations, United States Code and supplements, serial sets, and publications not carrying a document or report number, such as laws, treaties, and similar publications. An estimated $5,846,000 will be required in fiscal year 2005 for approximately 32,000 pages. C. Miscellaneous printing and binding. This item includes letterheads, envelopes, blank paper, wall calendars, miscellaneous services, blank forms, inaugural printing, PKI (Public Key Infrastructure), Alternate Computing Facility, and binding for both Houses. The estimate for fiscal year 2005 is $18,660,000 for about 154 million units. D. Details to Congress. This item includes the cost for GPO employees detailed to Congress. The estimated cost for fiscal year 2005 is $2,909,000 for 65,000 hours. The GPO is reimbursed from House Committee funds for employees detailed to House Committees. E. Document envelopes and document franks. Document envelopes are furnished to Senators and Representatives for the mailing of speeches and documents. Franks are printed individually or in sheets with perforations and are furnished to Members for the mailing of documents. An estimated $906,000 will be needed in fiscal year 2005 for approximately 14.6 million envelopes at a cost of $873,800 and .4 million franks at a cost of $32,200. F. Business and committee calendars. This heading covers the printing of all House and Senate business and committee calendars, which list the actions on pending and completed legislation. An estimated $2,480,000 will be required in fiscal year 2005 for approximately 25,000 pages. G. Bills, resolutions, and amendments. This heading covers the printing of bills, resolutions, and amendments in all forms, including the prints as introduced, referred, reported, and finally passed.. The estimate for fiscal year 2005 is $7,518,000 for approximately 84,000 pages. H. Committee reports. This item covers printed reports of congressional committees on pending legislation which carry a congressional number. An estimated $2,681,000 will be needed for about 35,000 pages in fiscal year 2005. I. Documents. This heading includes all classes of Senate and House documents ordered printed by Congress which carry a Congressional number, such as annual reports, engineers' reports, special reports made by Government departments in response to resolutions, supplemental and deficiency estimates of appropriations, etc. The estimate for fiscal year 2005 is $2,520,000 for about 40,000 pages. J. Hearings. This item covers all hearings before Congressional committees. The estimate for fiscal year 2005 is $21,490,000 for approximately 302,000 pages. K. Committee prints. This item includes publications printed for the internal use of committees on pending legislation. The estimate for fiscal year 2005 is $2,838,000 for 47,000 pages. |