FEDERAL REGISTER

(Including Public Papers of the Presidents, U.S. Government Manual, and Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents)

Administrative Committee.-Establishment and composition; powers and duties (sec. 1506, title 44, United States Code).

The Administrative Committee of the Federal Register shall consist of the Archivist of the United States or Acting Archivist, who shall be Chairman, an officer of the Department of Justice designated by the Attorney General, and the Public Printer or Acting Public Printer. The Director of the Federal Register shall act as secretary of the Committee. The authority of the Administrator of General Services, under section 754 of title 40, to regroup, transfer, and distribute functions within the General Services Administration, does not extend to the Committee or its functions. The Committee shall prescribe, with the approval of the President, regulations for carrying out this chapter. The regulations shall provide, among other things: The manner and form in which the Federal Register shall be printed, reprinted, compiled, indexed, bound, and distributed; the number of copies of the Federal Register, which shall be printed, reprinted, and compiled; the number which shall be distributed without charge to Members of Congress, officers and employees of the United States, or Federal agencies, for official use, and the number which shall be available for distribution to the public; and the prices to be charged for individual copies of, and subscriptions to, the Federal Register and reprints and bound volumes of it.

Public Papers of the Presidents

Authority and Distribution.—The following sections of part 32, title 1, chapter 1, of the Code of Federal Regulations pertains to the Public Papers of the Presidents.

Section 32.1 Publication required

There shall be published forthwith at the end of each calendar year, beginning with the year 1957, a special edition of the Federal Register designated "Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States." Each volume shall cover one calendar year and shall be identified further by the name of the President and the year covered.

Section 32.2 Coverage of prior years

After conferring with the National Historical Publications Commission with respect to the need therefor, the Administrative Committee may from time to time authorize the publication of similar volumes covering specified calendar years prior to 1957.

Section 32.15 Members of Congress

Each Member of Congress, during his term of office, shall be entitled to one copy of each annual volume published during such term: Provided, that authorization for furnishing such copies shall be submitted in writing to the Director and signed by the authorizing Member.

Section 32.16 The Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of the United States shall be entitled to 12 copies of the annual volumes.

Section 32.17 Executive agencies

The head of each department and the head of each independent agency in the executive branch of the Government shall be entitled to one copy of each annual volume upon application therefor in writing to the Director.

The printing of the Public Papers of the Presidents is initiated by requisition from the National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration. The program consists of the printing of the Public Papers of the Presidents of prior administrations beginning with the Hoover administration and continuing currently through future administrations. The Truman papers for 1945 through 1952, the Eisenhower papers for 1953 through 1960, the Kennedy papers for 1961 through 1963, the Johnson papers for 1963 through 1969, and the Nixon papers for 1969 through 1971 have been completed (32 volumes in all).

U.S. Government Manual

The U.S. Government Manual is published annually by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, as a special edition of the Federal Register pursuant to part 31 of the regulations of the Administrative Committee, approved on March 20, 1959 (24 F. R. 2353; 1 CFR, pt. 31).

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents

The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents is published every Monday by the Office of the Federal Register and contains statements, messages, and other Presidential materials released by the White House during the preceding week. Authority to publish this compilation is included in the Federal Register Act (49 Stat. 500, as amended; 44 U.S.C., ch. 15), under regulations prescribed by the Administrative Committee of the Federal Register, approved by the President (1 CFR, pt. 32).

Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations

Page unit estimates (number of pages), are furnished by the General Services Administration, National Archives and Records Service, Federal Register Division. The estimated number of page units required becomes the basis for preparation of estimated costs of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations. 1973 AND 1974 WALL CALENDARS ORDERED FROM GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

Large House calendars, size 121⁄4 x 18, covers 2 years 1973 and 1974, are printed with numerals in two colors mounted on board, lined with blue paper, and have an illustration showing panoramic view of Capitol.

Large Senate calendars, size 9116 x 15, are printed with single-color numerals, mounted on board, lined with blue paper, and have an illustration showing Senate wing of Capitol. Small Senate calendars, size 94 x 10, consist of the calendar portion only, stitched to board.

FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1974.

CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

Mr. CASEY. We will take up now the 1975 budget request for "congressional printing and binding" which totals $88,136,000, an increase of $24,136,000 over 1974. We have already inserted the budget schedule and the summary of appropriation estimates for congressional printing and binding, fiscal year 1975 which appears on pages 9 through 18 in the justifications.

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD COMPLAINTS

Last year we discussed the prevalence of printing errors in the Congressional Record. We have had several complaints from our colleagues. We are continually advised of errors, along with delays in the delivery of material. Have you taken any steps to remedy this?

Mr. McCORMICK. As far as errors are concerned, we always follow up on the errors to keep close track of the error rate. The number of words we generate each year is fantastic. Our error rate is significantly less than anything we can find in the private sector. We team our proofreaders. Although there will always be some errors, I think that in general we have a pretty good handle on it. I don't see anything that we can do further.

Mr. Boyle, is there anything you would like to add?

Mr. BOYLE. The Congressional Record is really the same type of production as a newspaper. It is put out pretty fast. There is one reading. The corrections are made by the printers and we go to press. If we make a serious error that is brought to our attention, the person who made it is admonished and put on warning. If that particular printer is making too many errors disciplinary action is initiated.

CORRECTION OF PERMANENT RECORD

Mr. CASEY. Are these errors corrected in the permanent Record? Mr. BOYLE. It's corrected in the permanent Record, yes.

Mr. CASEY. If some Member finds that there is an error in his statement in the Congressional Record and he calls it to your attention in the permanent Record, there is nothing you can do to all the daily copies that went out, but the error can be corrected in the permanent Record?

Mr. MCCORMICK. As long as it is documented that it's an error.

Mr. BOYLE. There are two ways we do that. Before the permanent Record goes to press it's completely read over again to catch all of the known typographical errors. In addition, when a Member gets up on the floor and asks for a correction of the Record, that automatically is corrected so it gets printed correctly in the Bound Record.

COST PER PAGE OF CONGRESSIONAL RECORD

Mr. CASEY. What does it cost per page now for the Congressional Record? What was it for 1973 and what is it running for 1974?

Mr. MCCORMICK. The traditional method of reporting that, Mr. Chairman, as you recall, is to take the total cost of the Record program, which includes the cost of the daily Record, the printing of the biweekly index, and the cost of the Bound Record and divide it by the number of daily pages. It is my understanding that was to give a reasonable indication to Members that their remarks would cost approximately this amount per page. That was the intent of it. It is not really a good measure of relative costs from year to year. We ought to take a look at the daily Record by itself and the Bound Record.

But on a comparable basis the 1973 actual-which still includes some estimates because the Bound has not been produced-is $225. We are estimating a comparable figure of $234 for 1974 and $278 for 1975.

Mr. CASEY. Now if someone looked at that figure and said that it costs that much per page, it would be for how many copies?

Mr. MCCORMICK. We produce approximately 50,000 copies. For example, the daily Record costs a little less than 4 mills per page.

Mr. CASEY. That is what that one page in the one Record costs? Mr. MCCORMICK. That is right. For the Bound, the cost is 1.3 mills per page.

Mr. CASEY. And it's continuing to go up. What is your estimate for 1975?

Mr. MCCORMICK. On the basis that we have been talking about, the total package cost, if you will, is $278.

Mr. CASEY. What is causing it to go up?

FACTORS IN INCREASED COSTS OF RECORD

Mr. MCCORMICK. The biggest factor in the increase from 1974 to 1975 is the labor costs. There are three factors. Labor is one. We anticipate labor in the production of all of our congressional printing

will aggregate about a $4.5 million increase. Paper prices will cause an increase of about $3.1 million. Of course, volume increase will cost about $2.5 million. That is the increase for total congressional printing.

PRINTING VOLUME-COMMERCIAL VS. IN-HOUSE WORK

Mr. CASEY. Last year we had a table on "Central Office and Commercial Procurement of Printing and Binding" which appeared on page 1113 of the hearings. Could you update that table for us, please? Mr. McCORMICK. Yes, sir.

[The information follows:]

CENTRAL OFFICE AND COMMERCIAL PROCUREMENT OF PRINTING AND BINDING

DECREASE IN NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES

Mr. CASEY. How many employees do you have now on the payroll? Mr. McCORMICK. 8,237 as of December 31, 1973. That is a decrease of 290 from December 31, 1972.

Mr. CASEY. What caused that decrease?

Mr. McCORMICK. Most of the decreases come in our materials handling area, where we have effected some efficiencies and we get along with fewer people.

Mr. CASEY. You mentioned earlier you are getting an automated mail opening system. That should save time and make more efficient use of employees.

Mr. McCORMICK. That is right. We don't anticipate any reductions in the number of employees as a result of that equipment, but we will be able to move the mail to the action point much more rapidly.

UNIT COSTS FOR CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING

Mr. CASEY. I have a sheet before me entitled "Estimated costs per unit of printing and binding chargeable to the congressional appropriation." What do you refer to as a unit? For instance, I see franked envelopes, $8.70.

Mr. MCCORMICK. That is per thousand envelopes. We use whatever is a logical unit for a particular category. In the case of the Congressional Record, it's the daily page. For the Bound Record, it's the number of pages in the Bound Record.

Mr. CASEY. I would like to have this table inserted in the record, but I wish you would define what the units are.

Mr. MCCORMICK. Yes, sir; we certainly will. On the left side we will indicate what they are.

Mr. CASEY. Put the unit item there so we better understand what the costs are.

[The table referred to follows:]