STATEMENT OF JAY EAGEN CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to the Subcommittee on Legislative Appropriations of the House Committee on Appropriations on the Fiscal Year 2004 (FY 2004) Budget estimates for the U.S. House of Representatives and certain "Joint Items." Mr. TRANDAHL. I think we will just go forward and submit our statements for the record, and then basically be prepared to summarize for you or answer any questions. [The statements submitted for the record follow.] STATEMENT OF JAY EAGEN CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to the Subcommittee on Legislative Appropriations of the House Committee on Appropriations on the Fiscal Year 2004 (FY 2004) Budget estimates for the U.S. House of Representatives and certain "Joint Items." OPENING STATEMENT Chairman Kingston and Members of the Subcommittee, it is a pleasure to be appearing before this Subcommittee to testify on the Fiscal Year 2004 budget request for the House of Representatives and certain joint items. As established at the beginning of the 104th Congress, the CAO is the chief budget official of the U.S. House of Representatives and is responsible for the presentation of the House budget before your Subcommittee. Later in this hearing I will further outline the Fiscal Year 2004 budget request for the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer. I am joined here today with Jeff Trandahl and Bill Livingood. We stand ready to assist the Subcommittee in any way as you work to compile the Fiscal Year 2004 Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill. FISCAL YEAR 2004 The Fiscal Year 2004 estimates are detailed in your Subcommittee Print. This statement and the Subcommittee Print may be used jointly to obtain a complete picture of the budget request. At the beginning of each budget item herein, you will find a reference to a related page on the Subcommittee Print where further detail is provided. The Fiscal Year 2004 request for the House of Representatives totals $1,039,638,000. This amount is based on statutory entitlements, full funding of authorizations, actual spending history and consultation with the administrative offices. This testimony follows the same format of the legislative branch appropriation bill. I will go through each individual line item in the bill and mention the request. I invite any questions you may have, and if I am unable to respond today I will certainly provide the answer for the record in an expeditious manner. I submit for the record a chart which itemizes the Fiscal Year 2002 enacted, appropriated funds for Fiscal Year 2003 and requested funds for Fiscal Year 2004. |