Appropriations for FY2000: Legislative Branch (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
Revised Jan. 11, 2000 |
| Report Number |
RL30212 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Paul Dwyer, Government and Finance Division |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
| Older Revisions |
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Summary:
On September 29, 1999, the President signed a $2.457 billion FY2000 legislative branch
appropriations bill into P.L. 106-57 (113 Stat. 408). This represented a reduction of 4.8%, or $124.1
million, from the FY1999 budget of $2.581 billion.
The House bill, H.R. 1905 , contained $1.862 billion, excluding funds for Senate
activities and Senate activities of the architect of the Capitol. This appropriation was a $54.8
million
decrease from that reported by the House Appropriations Committee. The reduction was contained
in an amendment agreed to by the House. The total legislative appropriation passed by the House
was a reduction of $190 million, or 9.3%, from the FY1999 funding level of $2.052 billion, also
excluding Senate items.
As reported to the House, H.R. 1905 contained $1.917 billion, excluding funds
for Senate items. This was a reduction of $135.2 million, or 6.6%, from the FY1999 level of
$2.052
billion, also excluding Senate items . The bill reduced FTE staff positions by 98, making
a cumulative
reduction of 4,412, or 16%, since 1994.
The Senate-passed bill, S. 1206 , contained $1.679 billion, excluding funds for
House internal activities and House activities of the architect of the Capitol. This was a
reduction
of $114 million, or 6.4%, from the FY1999 appropriation of $1.793 billion, also excluding funds
for
House items .
Subsequently, the FY2000 legislative budget was rescinded by 0.38% in P.L. 106-113 ,
Consolidated Appropriations Act, signed on November 29, 1999.
An FY1999 supplemental appropriation of $5.6 million was made available to the architect of
the Capitol in P.L. 106-31 , which was signed on May 21, 1999. The act contained $3.8 million for
the "necessary expenses of a House page dormitory" and $1.8 million for life safety renovations to
the O'Neill House Office Building.
Among issues under consideration were:
What additional staff and funds might be necessary to ensure that Congress's
computers are Year--2000 compliant?
What funds are needed for technology development, including electronic
document printing and development of a legislative information system?
What attention should be given to the support agencies' staff recruitment to
replace employees who are eligible for retirement in the immediate future?
How much should funding be increased for security enhancement for the
Capitol, other congressional buildings, and adjacent grounds? How much
should be appropriated for the Office of the Architect of the
Capitol's request to undertake capital improvements?
At an appropriation level of $2.457 billion for FY2000, the legislative budget comprises 0.15%
of the total federal budget.
