{ "id": "RL32312", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "number": "RL32312", "active": false, "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "versions": [ { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 104853, "date": "2004-12-13", "retrieved": "2016-04-07T20:03:03.102189", "title": "Appropriations for FY2005: Legislative Branch", "summary": "Congress agreed to a 1.2% increase in its budget authority for FY2005, appropriating $3.57\nmillion,\nsubject to a 0.80% rescission. Although legislative branch agencies requested an overall 12.5%\nincrease, the chairmen and some members of the House and Senate Subcommittees on Legislative\nBranch indicated early in budget discussions the probability of a fairly flat FY2005 budget. \nSubsequently, during markup the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations approved a\nfreeze on FY2005 legislative branch budget authority. The House bill ( H.R. 4755 )\ncontained a -0.1% change from FY2004, excluding Senate items; the Senate's version of\n H.R. 4755 , amended to contain the language of S. 2666 , contained a\n+0.33% change, excluding House items. Both bills fell below the 1.3% increase agreed to earlier\nthis year by the House and Senate for discretionary agencies and programs under jurisdictions of the\nHouse and Senate Subcommittees on Legislative Branch. Among elements under consideration\nduring discussions on the FY2005 budget were\n impact of a flat budget funded at the FY2004 level with additional\nappropriations to pay for mandatory expenses (annual salary increases and related increased\npersonnel costs), and for costs of goods and services increased due to\ninflation; \n impact of a budget funded at the FY2004 level with no additional funds for\nmandatory expenses and inflationary increases; \n impact of a tight budget on funding to equip and startup the Capitol Visitors'\nCenter (CVC) (the House bill did not contain funds, while the Senate bill contained $7.6 million;\nconferees authorized a transfer up to $10.6 million to the CVC; \n impact of funding restrictions on implementation of additional security\nenhancements within and around the Capitol complex, including funding for the Capitol\nPolice; \n elimination of the Joint Economic Committee (proposed but postponed in\nHouse Subcommittee markup; not considered in full committee markup); \n authorization for the Government Accountability Office (GAO), formerly\nnamed the General Accounting Office, to study statutory jurisdictions of the joint economic and\ntaxation committees to determine possible overlap (included in the House bill, but specifically not\nsupported in the Senate bill); \n elimination of the Capitol Hill mounted police force (adopted during House\nSubcommittee markup, but supported in Senate report language); and \n extension of dental and vision benefits to Members and House employees\n(proposed for employees but postponed during House Subcommittee markup); considered and agreed\nto in full committee markup (applicable to both employees and Members).", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "active": false, "formats": [ { "format": "HTML", "encoding": "utf-8", "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/RL32312", "sha1": "7cb643588f5e755dffc46b508cf66e840af39223", "filename": "files/20041213_RL32312_7cb643588f5e755dffc46b508cf66e840af39223.html", "images": null }, { "format": "PDF", "encoding": null, "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/RL32312", "sha1": "c1881a5dbc853c03dacc0cce7f82efa9d6fd7d16", "filename": "files/20041213_RL32312_c1881a5dbc853c03dacc0cce7f82efa9d6fd7d16.pdf", "images": null } ], "topics": [] } ], "topics": [ "Appropriations", "Economic Policy" ] }