Order Code RL31312
Report for Congress
Received through the CRS Web
Appropriations for FY2003:
Legislative Branch
Updated July 12, 2002
Paul E. Dwyer
Specialist in American National Government
Government and Finance Division
Congressional Research Service ˜ The Library of Congress

---

Appropriations are one part of a complex federal budget process that includes budget
resolutions, appropriations (regular, supplemental, and continuing) bills, rescissions, and
budget reconciliation bills. The process begins with the President’s budget request and is
bounded by the rules of the House and Senate, the Congressional Budget and Impoundment
Control Act of 1974 (as amended), the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, and current
program authorizations.
This report is a guide to one of the 13 regular appropriations bills that Congress considers
each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House and Senate
Appropriations Subcommittees on Legislative Branch Appropriations. It summarizes the
current legislative status of the bill, its scope, major issues, funding levels, and related
legislative activity. The report lists the key CRS staff relevant to the issues covered and
related CRS products.
This report is updated as soon as possible after major legislative developments, especially
following legislative action in the committees and on the floor of the House and Senate.
NOTE: A Web version of this document with active links is
available to congressional staff at:
[http://www.crs.gov/products/appropriations/apppage.sht
ml].

---

Appropriations for FY2003: Legislative Branch
Summary
On July 11, 2002, the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations marked
up their versions of the FY2003 legislative branch appropriations bill. The House
bill (no number yet) contains $2.7 billion (excluding Senate items) for the legislative
branch; the Senate bill (S. 2720. S.Rept. 107-209) contains $2.4 billion (excluding
House items). The House may consider its bill the week of July 15.
On February 4, 2002, President Bush submitted the FY2003 U.S. Budget, which
contained a request prepared by legislative branch entities of $3.48 billion for
activities funded in the annual legislative branch appropriations bill. Subsequently,
the request was revised by the legislative branch to $3.41 billion, an increase of 5.7%
over the FY2002 appropriation of $3.23 billion. FY2002 appropriations contain
regular annual funds in the FY2002 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, P.L. 107-
68, and emergency response funds ($256.1 million) transferred pursuant to P.L. 107-
117, the FY2002 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Recovery from and
Response to Terrorist Attacks (in Division B, chapter 9).
The most significant increases in the FY2003 legislative branch budget are for
activities funded in the Joint Items account (33.1%, to $228.9 million, from $172.1
million), and in the Architect of the Capitol account in Title I (10.9%%, to $363.4
million, from $327.6 million). Joint items activities include joint committees, the
U.S. Capitol Police, the Capitol Guide and Special Services Office, and the Office
of Attending Physician. The primary increases in the Joint Items account are for
activities of the U.S. Capitol Police (35.3%, to $212.6 million, from $157.2 million).
If enacted, the Capitol Police salaries account would increase by 63.2%, to $184.5
million, from $113.0 million.
The primary budget increases for activities of the Architect of the Capitol are
24.5% for general administrative expenses (to $64.0 million, from $51.4 million;
173.1% for maintenance, care, and operations of the Capitol Power Plant for new
chillers (to $143.6 million, from $52.6 million); 28.3% for maintenance and care of
the Capitol grounds (to $7.7 million, from $6.0 million); and 30.8% for maintenance,
care, and operations of the Senate office buildings (to $55.1 million, from $42.1
million).
Both houses recently acted on legislation containing FY2002 supplemental
legislative branch appropriations, with the House approving $25.2 million on May
24, 2002, and the Senate proposing $11.1 million on May 22.
This report will be updated to reflect congressional action.

---

Key Policy Staff
CRS
Area of Expertise
Name
Division
Tel.
Appropriations Process
James Saturno
GOV/FIN
7-2381
Appropriations Process
Sandy Streeter
GOV/FIN
7-8653
Committee Funds
Paul Rundquist
GOV/FIN
7-6939
Legislative Operations
Paul Dwyer
GOV/FIN
7-8668
Lorraine Tong
GOV/FIN
7-5846
Mildred Amer
GOV/FIN
7-8304
Bill Heniff
GOV/FIN
7-8646
Division abbreviations: GOV/FIN = Government and Finance

---

Contents
Most Recent Developments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Brief Summary of FY2002 Legislative Branch Appropriations
Legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
FY2002 Regular Annual Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
First FY2002 Legislative Branch Supplemental Appropriation . . . . . . 4
Second FY2002 Legislative Branch Supplemental Appropriation
(H.R. 4775; S. 2551) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Third FY2002 Legislative Branch Supplemental Appropriation . . . . . . 6
Status of FY2003 Appropriations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Actions on the FY2003 Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill . . . . . . . . . 7
Recent Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Submission of FY2003 Budget Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Hearings on FY2003 Budget Requests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Brief Summaries of Elements in FY2003 Requests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Capitol Complex Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Capitol Police Salaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Capitol Police General Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Capitol Visitors’ Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
House and Senate Committee Funding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
House Committee Funding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Senate Committee Funding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Architect of the Capitol Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Architect of the Capitol Funding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Botanic Garden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Support Agency Funding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Congressional Budget Office Budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
General Accounting Office Budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Library of Congress Budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Government Printing Office (GPO) Budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
For Additional Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
CRS Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Selected World Wide Web Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
List of Figures
Figure 1. Title I and Title II of the FY2002 Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act (Including P.L. 107-68 and Emergency Response
Funds Pursuant to P.L. 107-117) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Figure 2. Legislative Branch Appropriations, FY1995-FY2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Figure 3. Legislative Branch Appropriations, FY1995-FY2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

---

Figure 4. Appropriations for GAO, FY1995-FY2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Figure 5. Appropriations for GAO, FY1995-FY2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Figure 6. Appropriations for LOC, Excluding CRS, FY1995-FY2002 . . . . . . . 22
Figure 7. Appropriations for LOC, Excluding CRS, FY1995-FY2002 . . . . . . . 22
Figure 8. Appropriations for CRS, FY1995-FY2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Figure 9. Appropriations for CRS, FY1995-FY2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Figure 10. Appropriations for GPO, FY1995-FY2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Figure 11. Appropriations for GPO, FY1995-FY2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
List of Tables
Table 1. Legislative Branch Appropriations, FY1995 to FY2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Table 2. Status of Legislative Branch Appropriations, FY2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Table 3: Legislative Branch - FY2003 Budget Requests Compared with
FY2002 Budget Authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Table 4. Joint Items - FY2003 Budget Requests Compared with FY2002
Budget Authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Table 5. Architect of the Capitol - FY2003 Budget Requests Compared with
FY2002 Budget Authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Table 6. Senate - FY2003 Budget Requests Compared with FY2002
Budget Authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Table 7. House of Representatives - FY2003 Budget Requests
Compared with FY2002 Budget Authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Table 8. Legislative Branch Budget Authority Contained in
Appropriations Acts, FY1995-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Table 9. Legislative Branch Budget Authority Contained in
Appropriations Acts, FY1995-FY2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

---

Appropriations for FY2003:
Legislative Branch
Most Recent Developments
On July 11, 2002, the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations marked
up their versions of the FY2003 legislative branch appropriations bill. The House
bill (no number yet) contains $2.7 billion (excluding Senate items) for the legislative
branch; the Senate bill, S. 2720. S.Rept. 107-209) contains $2.4 billion (excluding
House items). The House may consider its bill the week of July 15.
Earlier, in May, both houses acted on legislation containing FY2002
supplemental legislative branch appropriations, with the House approving $25.2
million on May 24, 2002, and the Senate proposing $11.1 million on May 22.
On February 4, 2002, President Bush submitted the FY2003 U.S. Budget, which
contained a request prepared by legislative branch entities of $3.48 billion for
activities funded in the annual legislative branch appropriations bill. The request was
subsequently revised by the legislative branch to $3.41 billion, an increase of 5.7%
over the FY2002 appropriation of $3.23 billion. The FY2002 appropriation total
contains regular annual funds in the FY2002 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,
P.L. 107-68, and emergency response funds ($256.1 million) transferred pursuant to
P.L. 107-117, the FY2002 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Recovery
from and Response to Terrorist Attacks (in Division B, chapter 9).
Introduction
Effective in FY1978, the legislative branch appropriations bill was divided into
two titles. Title I, Congressional Operations, contains budget authorities for activities
directly serving Congress. Included in this title are the budgets of the House, the
Senate, Joint Items (joint House and Senate activities), the Office of Compliance, the
Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) (except the
Library of Congress (LOC) buildings and grounds), the Congressional Research
Service (CRS) within the Library of Congress, and congressional printing and
binding activities of the Government Printing Office (GPO).
Title II, Related Agencies, contains budgets for activities not directly supporting
Congress. Included in this title are the budgets of the Botanic Garden, the Library of
Congress (except the Congressional Research Service), the Library buildings and
grounds maintained by the Architect of the Capitol, the Government Printing Office
(except congressional printing and binding costs), and the General Accounting Office

---

CRS-2
(GAO). Periodically since FY1978, the legislative bill has contained additional titles
for such purposes as capital improvements and special one-time functions.
As Figure 1 illustrates, in FY2002, Title I budget authority was 69.9% of the
total appropriation of $3.23 billion, including regular annual funds in P.L. 107-68 and
emergency response funds pursuant to P.L. 107-117. Title II budget authority was
30.1% of the total appropriation. In addition, there was legislative budget authority
that was not included in the annual legislative branch appropriations act. It included
permanent budget authority for both federal funds and trust funds, and other budget
authority.1
Figure 1. Title I and Title II of the FY2002
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act
(Including P.L. 107-68 and Emergency
Response Funds Pursuant to P.L. 107-117)
Permanent federal funds are available as the result of previously enacted
legislation and do not require annual action.2
Permanent trust funds are monies held in accounts credited with collections
from specific sources earmarked by law for a defined purpose. Trust funds do not
1 Other budget authorities are those of some non-legislative entities within the legislative
branch budget as presented in the U.S. Budget that are actually funded in other
appropriations bills.
2 FY2003 estimated legislative branch permanent federal fund authority is $338 million,
comprised of House and Senate Member pay ($105 million); House and Senate use of
foreign currencies ($7 million); and Library of Congress payments to copyright owners
($226 million). Source is the FY2003 U.S. Budget (with figures rounded to the nearest
million).

---

CRS-3
appear in the annual legislative bill since they are not budget authority. They are
included in the U.S. Budget either as budget receipts or offsetting collections.3
The Budget also contains non-legislative entities within the legislative branch
budget. They are funded in other appropriation bills, but are placed in the legislative
section by the Office of Management and Budget for bookkeeping purposes.4
Figure 2. Legislative Branch
Figure 3. Legislative Branch
Appropriations, FY1995-
Appropriations, FY1995-
FY2002
FY2002
3 FY2003 estimated permanent trust fund authority is $38 million, comprised of Library of
Congress gift and trust fund accounts ($22 million); U.S. Capitol Preservation Commission
trust funds ($2 million); Architect of the Capitol, U.S. Botanic Garden, gifts and donations
($2 million); John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development trust
funds ($2 million), and the Russian Leadership Development trust funds ($12 million).
After deducting $2 million in offsetting receipts from the public, the total trust funds are $38
million. Source is the FY2003 U.S. Budget (which contains figures rounded to the nearest
million).
4 The FY2003 U.S. Budget contains $54 million in federal funds for non-legislative entities,
with one exception, under two headings: (1) “U.S. Tax Court” ($38 million), and (2) “other
legislative branch agencies - legislative branch boards and commissions” ($16 million),
which includes the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom ($3 million); a
subcategory titled “other legislative branch boards and commissions” ($3 million); and
payment to the Russian Leadership Development Center trust fund ($10 million). The one
exception is the payment to the Russian Leadership Development Center, which was
contained in the FY2002 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act (P.L. 107-68).
For a more accurate picture of the legislative branch budget, as contained in the annual
legislative branch appropriations bill, the total FY2003 legislative branch appropriation
figure in the FY2003 U.S. Budget must be adjusted. This is accomplished by subtracting
non-legislative funds and permanent federal and trust funds. Non-legislative funds are those
for entities that are funded in other appropriations bills, but for bookkeeping purposes are
counted as legislative branch funds by the Office of Management and Budget. The FY2003
U.S. Budget contains an FY2003 total legislative budget authority request of $3.9 billion.
After subtracting non-legislative entities ($54 million), permanent federal funds ($338
million), and permanent trust funds ($38 million), the total is $3.48 billion (rounded).

---

CRS-4
Table 1. Legislative Branch Appropriations, FY1995 to FY2002
(budget authority in billions of current dollars)a
FY1995
FY1996
FY1997
FY1998
FY1999
FY2000
FY2001
FY2002
2.378
2.184
2.203
2.288
2.581b
2.486c
2.730d
3.227e
a. These figures represent current dollars, exclude permanent budget authorities, and contain supplementals and
rescissions. Permanent budget authorities are not included in the annual legislative branch appropriations
bill but, rather, are automatically funded annually.
b. Includes budget authority contained in the FY1999 regular annual legislative branch appropriations act (P.L.
105-275), the FY1999 emergency supplemental appropriation (P.L. 105-277), and the FY1999
supplemental appropriation (P.L. 106-31).
c. Includes budget authority contained in the FY2000 regular annual legislative branch appropriations act (P.L.
106-57); a supplemental and a 0.38% rescission in P.L. 106-113; and supplementals in P.L. 106-246 and
P.L. 106-554.
d. This figure contains: (1) FY2001 regular annual appropriations contained in H.R. 5657, legislative branch
appropriations bill; (2) FY2001 supplemental appropriations of $118 million and a 0.22% across-the-
board rescission contained in H.R. 5666, miscellaneous appropriations bill; and (3) FY2001 supplemental
appropriations of $79.5 million contained in H.R. 2216 (P.L. 107-20). H.R. 5657 and H.R. 5666 were
incorporated by reference in P.L. 106-554, FY2001 Consolidated Appropriations Act. The first
FY2001legislative branch appropriations bill, H.R. 4516, was vetoed Oct. 30, 2000. The second
legislative branch appropriations bill, H.R. 5657, was introduced Dec. 14 and incorporated in P.L 106-
554. in P.L. 106-554. This figure does not reflect any terrorism supplementals funds released pursuant
to P.L. 107-38.
e. This figure contains appropriations in the regular annual FY2002 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act
(P.L. 107-68; 115 Stat. 560; Nov. 15, 2001), and transfers to the Legislative Branch Emergency Response
Fund pursuant to P.L.107-117.
Brief Summary of FY2002 Legislative Branch Appropriations
Legislation
FY2002 Regular Annual Act. Conferees on the FY2002 legislative branch
appropriations bill agreed to $2.97 billion for operations of the legislative branch in
FY2002, an increase of 8.9% over the F2001 level of $2.73 billion. President Bush
signed the bill, H.R. 2647, into P.L. 107-68 on November 12, 2001.
First FY2002 Legislative Branch Supplemental Appropriation. The
terrorists attacks of September 11, 2001, prompted moves toward an even more
stringent security environment on Capitol Hill. On September 18, President Bush
signed a $40 billion FY2001 terrorist supplemental appropriations bill (H.R. 2888)
into law as P.L. 107-38. Pursuant to P.L. 107-38, the President has released $376.9
million in terrorist emergency funds for increased security at the Capitol.
The President requested the release of an additional allocation for legislative
branch security of $265.1 million, which unlike the other allocations for security,
required congressional approval. Congress approved the funds, as requested, as part
of the FY2002 Department of Defense appropriations bill, which was signed into law
as P.L. 107-117 on January 10, 2002.
Second FY2002 Legislative Branch Supplemental Appropriation
(H.R. 4775; S. 2551). Both houses recently acted on legislation containing
FY2002 supplemental legislative branch appropriations.

---

CRS-5
House Version, H.R. 4775. On May 24, 2002, the House passed a second
FY2002 supplemental appropriations bill, H.R. 4775, containing $25.2 million for
the legislative branch in Chapter 9 (H. Rept. 107-480). Funds contained in H.R.
4775 include:
! $1.6 million for the House of Representatives account “Salaries and expenses”
in subaccount “Standing committees, special and select” to remain available
through December 31, 2002;
! $7.5 million for the Library of Congress account “Copyright Office, salaries
and expenses” to meet a shortfall in copyright registration receipts due to
delays in the receiving mail subsequent to the discovery of anthrax; the
appropriation was contained in a request transmitted by the President to
Congress on March 21, 2002; and
! $16.1 million for the Capitol Police Board account in subaccount “General
expenses” for computer equipment, training, communications, uniforms,
weapons, and including $12.5 million for reimbursement to the Environmental
Protection Agency, Hazardous Substance Superfund, for expenses of anthrax
investigation and cleanup. However, availability of the $16.1 million
appropriation is contingent upon the amount being included in an official
budget request transmitted by the President to Congress. Further, the budget
request must be designated by the President as an emergency requirement, as
defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
Congress so designated the $16.1 million in H.R. 4775.
Among administrative provisions in H.R. 4775 are those to:
! establish a new account in the Treasury for the Architect of the Capitol titled,
“Capitol police buildings,” for maintenance, care, and operation of buildings
of the Capitol Police;
! authorize the Architect of the Capitol to acquire real property for use by the
Capitol Police, subject to approval of the House Office Building Commission
and the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration; such property is be
considered part of the Capitol grounds and subject to regulations governing
use of the grounds;
! authorize federal, state, and local government political leaders to participate
in an exchange program with Russia to study Russian politics, business and
other operations;
! direct the Librarian of Congress and the Director of the Congressional
Research Service (CRS) to ensure that all CRS materials, including materials
provided through electronic means, be provided to Members and
congressional employees as currently provided at all other locations where
Members and employees carry out official duties; and
! authorize the Architect of the Capitol to acquire buildings and facilities for
use as computer backup facilities for legislative branch offices, subject to

---

CRS-6
approval of the House Office Building Commission or the Senate Committee
on Rules and Administration, or both if a joint facility; such property is be
considered part of the Capitol grounds and subject to regulations governing
use of the grounds.

Senate Version, S. 2551. On May 22, the Senate version of the FY2002
supplemental appropriations bill, S. 2551, was introduced and placed on the Senate
Legislative Calendar. Legislative branch funds contained in Chapter 9 of S. 2551
total $11.1 million as follows:
! $3.6 million for the Capitol Police Board subaccount “General expenses” for
security equipment and installation, supplies, materials and contract services,
to be disbursed by the Board or their designee; and
! $7.5 million for the Library of Congress account “Copyright Office, salaries
and expenses.”
Among general provisions in S. 2551 are those to:
! increase a Senator’s Official Personnel and Office Expense Account by up to
$20,000 to meet expenses directly related to the September 11 terrorist
attacks, or to displacement due to anthrax detection, subject to certification by
the Senator in a written request to the Secretary of the Senate no later than
September 30, 2002;
! grant the Capitol Police Board sole discretion in determining if employee
bonuses will assist the Capitol Police in recruitment;
! authorize the Capitol Police to pay tuition allowances for payment or
reimbursement of education expenses; and
! authorize the Architect of the Capitol to acquire buildings and facilities for use
as computer backup facilities for legislative branch offices, subject to approval
of the House Office Building Committee or the Senate Committee on Rules
and Administration or both if a joint facility; such property is be considered
part of the Capitol grounds and subject to regulations governing use of the
grounds.
Third FY2002 Legislative Branch Supplemental Appropriation. On
May 21, 2002, the President transmitted an additional FY2002 supplemental request
of $7.9 million for the Government Printing Office. The request contains $5.9
million for the congressional printing and binding account to “support
unanticipated...funding requirements based on current workload.”5 The request
5 Request to Congress from the President for approval of additional supplemental
appropriations, FY2002, contained in a letter and attachment to the Speaker of the House,
May 21, 2002.

---

CRS-7
contains $2 million for payment to the Government Printing Office revolving fund
for remediation of asbestos in the agency’s buildings.
Status of FY2003 Appropriations
Table 2. Status of Legislative Branch Appropriations, FY2003
Conference
Committee
Report
Markup
Approval
House
House
Senate
Senate
Conference
Public
House
Senate Report Passage Report Passage
Report
House
Senate
Law
S. 2720
7/11/02 7/11/02
S. Rept.
107-209
Actions on the FY2003 Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill
Recent Action. On July 11, 2002, the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations marked up their versions of the FY2003 legislative branch
appropriations bill. The House bill (no number yet) contains $2.7 billion (excluding
Senate items); the Senate bill, S. 2720. S. Rept. 107-209) contains $2.4 billion
(excluding House items). The House may consider its bill the week of July 15.
Among provisions in the House bill are those to:
! consolidate the Capitol Police payrolls, replacing the current method by which
House police are paid from the House payroll, and Senate police from the
Senate payroll;
! make the Capitol Police chief an ex-officio member of the Capitol Police
Board. Currently, the Board is comprised of the House and Senate Sergeants
at Arms and the Architect of the Capitol;
! provide an annual pay adjustment of 4.1% to House employees;
! increase the pay of Capitol Police by 9.1%, including a 4.1% annual
adjustment, and an additional 5% pay raise; and
! fund the House at $960 million, Capitol Police at $219 million, CRS at $86
million, CBO at $32.4 million, Library of Congress at $422 million, GAO at
$457 million, and GPO at $120 million.
Among provisions in the Senate bill are those to:
! also increase the pay of Capitol Police by 9.1%;

---

CRS-8
! merge the Library of Congress police with the Capitol police over 3 years;
! create the position of Deputy Architect of the Capitol as the chief operating
officer for the Capitol complex; and
! fund the Senate at $675 million (primarily for a new security system, mail
handling, and a new Office of Emergency Preparedness); Architect of the
Capitol at $396 million (including renovations of the Capitol Power Plant).
Submission of FY2003 Budget Request. On February 4, 2002, the
President submitted the FY2003 U.S. Budget, which contained a request prepared by
legislative branch entities of $3.48 billion for activities funded in the annual
legislative branch appropriations bill.
Subsequently, the FY2003 request was revised by the legislative branch to
$3.41 billion, a 5.7% increase over the FY2002 budget authority of $3.23 billion.
FY2002 appropriations contain regular annual funds in the FY2002 Legislative
Branch Appropriations Act, P.L. 107-68, and emergency response funds ($256.1
million) transferred pursuant to P.L. 107-117, the FY2002 Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks (in Division B,
chapter 9).
The following five tables show percentage changes for legislative entities in
appropriations requested for FY2003 and enacted for FY2002. Enacted FY2002
appropriations are those contained in the regular annual FY2002 Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act (P.L. 107-68), and those transferred from the emergency response
fund, pursuant to P.L. 107-117, the FY2002 Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks (in Division B,
chapter 9).
Table 3 contains percentage changes in the budgets of legislative branch entities
as arranged in regular annual legislative branch appropriations acts. The proposed
FY2003 budget, if enacted, would increase overall funding for legislative branch
activities by 5.7%.
Tables 4 and 5 contain changes for two accounts within the legislative branch
budget which reflect notable increases in two accounts for Joint Items activities
(33.0%) and Architect of the Capitol activities (10.9%). Joint items activities include
funding for joint committees, the U.S. Capitol Police, the Capitol Guide and Special
Services Office, and the Office of Attending Physician.
Tables 6 and 7 contain percentage increases in enacted FY2002 and requested
FY2003 appropriations for the Senate and House of Representatives, 9.7% and 3.2%,
respectively.
Among the more significant increases in the FY2003 legislative branch budget
are those for activities funded in the Joint Items account (33.0%, to $228.9 million,
from $172.1 million), and in the Architect of the Capitol account (10.9%%, to $363.4
million, from $327.6 million).

---

CRS-9
Joint items activities include joint committees, the U.S. Capitol Police, the
Capitol Guide and Special Services Office, and the Office of Attending Physician.
The primary increases in the Joint Items account are for activities of the U.S. Capitol
Police (35.3%, to $212.6 million, from $157.2 million). If enacted, the Capitol
Police salaries account would increase by 63.2%, to $184.5 million, from $113.0
million.
The primary budget increases for activities of the Architect of the Capitol are:
! 24.5% for general administrative expenses (to $64.0 million, from $51.4
million;
! 173.1% for maintenance, care, and operations of the Capitol Power Plant (to
$143.6 million, from $52.6 million);
! 28.3% for maintenance and care of the Capitol grounds (to $7.7 million, from
$6.0 million); and
! 30.8% for maintenance, care, and operations of the Senate office buildings (to
$55.1 million, from $42.1 million).
The budget for Capitol buildings would decrease by 61.5% (to $46.8 million,
from $121.5 million).

---

CRS-10
Table 3: Legislative Branch - FY2003 Budget Requests
Compared with FY2002 Budget Authorities
(in thousands of current dollars)
FY2002
FY2003
Percent
Entity
Enacted
Requested
Change
Title I: Congressional Operations
Senate
$641,385
$703,321
9.7%
House of Representatives
919,907
949,642
3.2%
Joint Items
172,104
228,942
33.1%
Office of Compliance
2,059
2,224
8.0%
Congressional Budget Office
30,780
32,390
5.2%
Architect of the Capitol, excluding
Library Buildings and Grounds,
Congressional Cemetery, and Capitol
Visitors’ Center
327,593
363,407c
10.9%
Congressional Research Service,
Library of Congress
81,454
87,646
7.6%
Congressional Printing and Binding,
Government Printing Office
81,000
90,143
11.3%
U.S. Capitol Historical Society
1,000
-
-100.0%
Subtotal, Title I
2,257,282
2,457,715
8.9%
Title II: Other Legislative Agencies
Botanic Garden
5,646
5,361
-5.1%
Library of Congress, except
Congressional Research Service
400,209
423,900
5.9%
Architect of the Capitol, Library
Buildings and Grounds
21,753
26,880
23.6%
Architect of the Capitol,
Congressional Cemetery
1,250
0
-100.0%
Architect of the Capitol, Capitol
Visitor’s Center
70,000
0
-100.0%
Government Printing Office, except
Congressional Printing and Binding
33,639
32,302
-4.0%
General Accounting Office
429,444
454,802
5.9%
Center for Russian Leadership
Development
8,000
10,000
25.0%
Subtotal, Title II
969,941
953,245
-1.7%
Grand Total
3,227,223
3,410,960
5.7%
Sources: FY2002 funds are those in the FY2002 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act (P.L. 107-68; 115 Stat.
560; Nov. 15, 2001), and transfers to the Legislative Branch Emergency Response Fund, pursuant to P.L.107-
117. FY2003 budget requests are from the House Committee on Appropriations.

---

CRS-11
Table 4. Joint Items - FY2003 Budget Requests Compared with
FY2002 Budget Authorities
(in thousands of dollars)
FY2002
FY2003
Percent
Accounts
Enacted
Requested
Change
Joint Economic Committee
$3,424
$3,813
11.4%
Joint Committee on Taxation
6,733
7,323
8.8%
Office of Attending Physician
1,865
1,947
4.4%
Capitol Police Board, Capitol Police
(subtotal)
157,190
212,626
35.3%
Salaries
113,044
184,526
63.2%
General Expenses (subtotal)
44,146
28,100
-36.4%
General Expenses
13,146
28,100
113.8%
General Expenses by transfer from
the legislative branch emergency
response fund pursuant to P.L.
107-117
31,000
0
-100.0%
Capitol Guide Service and Special
Services Office (subtotal)
2,862
3,203
11.9%
Capitol Guide Service and Special
Services Office
2,512
3,203
27.5%
By transfer from the legislative
branch emergency response fund
pursuant to P.L. 107-117
350
0
-100.0%
Statements of Appropriations
30
30
0%
Total, Joint Items
172,104
228,942
33.0%
Sources: FY2002 funds are those in the FY2002 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act (P.L. 107-68; 115 Stat.
560; November 15, 2001), and transfers to the Legislative Branch Emergency Response Fund, pursuant to
P.L.107-117). FY2003 budget requests are from the House Committee on Appropriations.

---

CRS-12
Table 5. Architect of the Capitol - FY2003 Budget Requests
Compared with FY2002 Budget Authorities
(in thousands of current dollars)
FY2002
FY2003
Percent
Accounts
Enacted
Requested
Change
Title I - Capitol Buildings and Grounds
General Administration, Salaries and
Expenses
$51,371
$63,951
24.5%
Capitol Buildings (subtotal)
121,498
46,789
-61.5%
Capitol Buildings
15,194
46,789
207.9%
Capitol Buildings by transfer from the

legislative branch emergency response

fund pursuant to P.L. 107-117
106,304
0
-100.0%
Capitol Grounds
6,009
7,711
28.3%
Senate Office Buildings
42,126
55,103
30.8%
House Office Buildings
54,006
46,250
-14.4%
Capitol Power Plant
52,583
143,603
173.1%
Total Title 1
327,593
363,407
10.9%
Title II - Library of Congress Buildings and Grounds and Other
Library Buildings and Grounds,
Structural and Mechanical Care
21,753
26,880
23.6%
Capitol Visitors Center
70,000
--
-100.0%
Congressional Cemetery
1,250
--
-100.0%
Total Title II
93,003
26,880
-71.1%
Total, Architect of the Capitol
420,596
390,287
-7.2%
Sources: FY2002 funds are those in the FY2002 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act (P.L. 107-68; 115 Stat.
560; Nov. 15, 2001), and transfers to the Legislative Branch Emergency Response Fund, pursuant to P.L.107-
117). FY2003 budget requests are from the House Committee on Appropriations.

---

CRS-13
Table 6. Senate - FY2003 Budget Requests Compared with
FY2002 Budget Authorities
(in thousands of current dollars)
FY2003
Percent
Accountsa
Enacted
FY2002
Request
Change
Payments to Widows and Heirs of Deceased
Members of Congress
0
0
0%
Expense Allowances/
Representational Allowances for the Majority and
Minority Leaders
$92
$92
0%
Salaries, Officers, and Employees
104,039
124,144
19.4%
Office of Legislative Counsel
4,306
4,862
13.0%
Office of Legal Counsel
1,109
1,221
10.1%
Expense Allowances for Secretary of Senate,
et al.
12
12
0%
Contingent Expenses (subtotal)
497,327
572,990
15.3%
Inquiries and Investigations
107,264
111,398
3.9%
Senate Intl. Narcotics Control Caucus
520
520
0%
Secretary of the Senateb
8,571
7,077
-17.4%
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeperc
95,904
117,133
22.1%
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, Emergency
Supplemental
34,500
0
-100.0%
Miscellaneous Items
14,274
18,514
29.7%
Senators’ Official Personnel and Office
Expense Account
270,494
318,048
17.6%
Official Mail Costs
300
300
0%
Total, Senate
641,385
703,321
9.7%
Sources: FY2002 funds are those in the FY2002 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act (P.L. 107-68; 115 Stat.
560; Nov. 15, 2001), and transfers to the Legislative Branch Emergency Response Fund, pursuant to P.L.107-
117). FY2003 budget requests are from the House Committee on Appropriations.
a. There are seven Senate appropriations headings; they are indicated in bold print.
b. Office operations of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate are also funded under “Salaries, Officers, and
Employees.”
c. Activities of the Office of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper are also funded under “Salaries, Officers, and
Employees.”

---

CRS-14
Table 7. House of Representatives - FY2003 Budget Requests
Compared with FY2002 Budget Authorities
(in thousands of current dollars)
FY2003
Percent
Accountsa
Enacted
FY2002
Request
Change
Payments to Widows and Heirs of Deceased Members
of Congress
$145
—
-100.0%
Salaries and Expenses, Total
919,762
949,642
3.3%
House Leadership Offices
15,910
16,530
3.9%
Members’ Representational
Allowancesb
479,472 483,536
0.9%
Committee Employees (subtotal) c
127,516 132,941
4.3%
Standing Committees, Special
and Select, except
Appropriations
104,514)
108,741
4.0%
Appropriations Committee
23,002
24,200
5.2%
Salaries, Officers, and Employees (subtotal)
143,478
140,263
-2.2%
Office of the Clerk
15,408
17,530
13.8%
Office of the Sergeant at Arms
4,139
4,732
14.3%
Office of the Chief Administrative Officer
67,495
99,863
48.0%
Office of the Chief Administrative Officer by
transfer from the Legislative Branch
Emergency Response Fund (P.L. 107-117)
41,712
0
-100.0%
Office of Inspector General
3,756
3,947
5.1%
Office for Emergency Planning,
Preparedness and Operations
--
2,603
100.0%
Office of General Counsel
894
894
0%
Office of the Chaplain
144
149
3.5%
Office of the Parliamentarian (subtotal)
1,344
1,464
8.9%
Office of the Parliamentarian
1,168
1,279
9.5%
Compilation of House Precedents
176
185
5.1%
Office of the Law Revision Counsel
2,107
2,168
2.9%
Office of the Legislative Counsel
5,456
5,852
7.3%
Corrections Calendar Office
883
915
3.6%
Other Authorized Employees
140
146
4.3%
Allowances and Expenses (subtotal)
157,436
176,372
12.0%
Supplies, Materials,
Administrative Costs and
Federal Tort Claims
3,379
3,384
0.2%
Official Mail for committees,
leadership, administrative and
legislative offices
410
410
0%
Government Contributions
152,957
171,888
12.4%
Miscellaneous Items
690
690
0%
Undistributed Reduction
-4,050
0
-
House of Representatives, Total
919,907
949,642
3.2%

---

CRS-15
Sources: FY2002 funds are those in the FY2002 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act (P.L. 107-68; 115 Stat.
560; Nov. 15, 2001), and transfers to the Legislative Branch Emergency Response Fund, pursuant to P.L.107-
117). FY2003 budget requests are from the House Committee on Appropriations.
a. The appropriations bill contains two House accounts: (1) payments to widows and heirs of deceased Members
of Congress and (2) salaries and expenses.
b. This appropriation heading was new in the FY1996 bill. The heading represents a consolidation of (1) the
former heading Members’ clerk hire; (2) the former heading official mail costs; and (3) the former
subheading official expenses of Members, under the heading allowances and expenses.
c. This appropriation heading was new in the FY1996 bill. The heading represents a consolidation of (1) the
former heading committee employees; (2) the former heading standing committees, special and select; (3)
the former heading Committee on Budget (studies); and (4) the former heading Committee on
Appropriations (studies and investigations).
Hearings on FY2003 Budget Requests. The House Subcommittee on
Legislative, Committee on Appropriations, held hearings on April 25, 2002, on
FY2003 requests of the House of Representatives, Library of Congress, including
Congressional Research Service, Government Printing Office, and General
Accounting Office. Hearings continued on April 25 on requests of the Architect of
the Capitol and the Congressional Budget Office.
The Senate Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, Committee on Appropriations,
held hearings on March 13 on FY2003 requests of the Library of Congress, including
Congressional Research Service; on April 17 on requests of the Secretary of the
Senate and Architect of the Senate; on May 1 on requests of the Senate Sergeant at
Arms and Capitol Police; and on May 8 on budgets of the Government Printing
Office, Congressional Budget Office, and General Accounting Office.
Brief Summaries of Elements in FY2003 Requests
Capitol Complex Security
Funding for the Capitol Police Board. The FY2003 request for the
Capitol Police Board is $212.6 million, an increase of 35.3% over the FY2002
appropriation of $157.2 million.6 The increase is due in large part to expenses related
to additional police and civilian staff to the U.S. Capitol Police, a pay raise for sworn
officers, additional training programs for officers and civilian support personnel, and
on-going security enhancements pursuant to the terrorist attacks of September 11.
Funds for the Capitol Police Board are contained under two headings, “Capitol Police
salaries,” and “Capitol Police, general expenses.”
Capitol Police Salaries. The FY2003 request for Capitol Police salaries is
$184.5 million,7 an increase of 63.3% over the FY2002 funding level of $113.0
million. The Police requested authorization for 1,810 FTEs in FY2003, representing
6 The FY2002 appropriation of $157.2 million contains $126.2 million appropriated in the
FY2002 annual Legislative Branch Appropriations Act (P.L. 107-69), and $31 million
transferred from the legislative branch emergency response fund, pursuant to P.L. 107-117.
7 This figure does not contain $7,779,000 requested by the Bush Administration to fund
additional retirement and health benefits costs to the Capitol Police.

---

CRS-16
an increase of 60 FTEs over the FY2002 authorized level of 1,750.8 During FY2003,
the Capitol Police also anticipate the need to replace approximately 100 officers who
leave normally leave the force each year through attrition.9
According to the Capitol Police, the increased FTE level would allow for:
! two officers at each post - one for security equipment and one to observe;
! staff for the new Office of Emergency Management;
! staff for a chemical/biological strike team;
! additional sworn and civilian personnel for uniformed services, intelligence,
and dignitary protection; and
! administrative support for increased USCP personnel.10
An authorized FTE level of 1,981 is to be expected in FY2004, according to the
Capitol Police. This level was recommended by Congress pursuant to a reassessment
of operations of the Capitol Police following the September 11, 2002, terrorist
attacks.11 Prior to September 11, the recommended level was 1,694. That number
was based on a 1998 study of Capitol security, and a subsequent review of the study
in 2000. This was determined at the time to be number necessary to place two
officers at each access point in the Capitol and House and Senate office buildings,
a key priority of the police force.
Conferees on the FY2002 legislative branch appropriations bill (P.L. 107-68)
allowed for 79 new police positions, the number suggested by the Capitol Police as
the maximum that could be recruited and trained during the fiscal year. The
additional FTEs were to bring total Capitol Police personnel to 1,481 in FY2002, as
proposed by both the House and Senate.
8 For FY2003 the Capitol Police requested an additional 240 FTEs, for a total FY2003
authorized FTE level of 1,810. However, subsequent to submission of the Capitol Police
request, Congress authorized an additional 269 FTEs for FY2002, for a total FY2002
authorized FTE level of 1,750. To achieve the Capitol Police requested FTE level of 1,810
in FY2003, 60 additional FTEs would need to be authorized. See U.S. Congress,
Conference Committees, 2001, Making Appropriations for the Department of Defense for
the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2002, and for Other Purposes, conference report to
accompany H.R. 3338, H.Rept. 107-350, 107th Cong., 1st sess. (Washington: GPO, 2001),
p. 439.
9 Budget submission of the U.S. Capitol Police, U.S. Congress, House Committee on
Appropriations, Subcommittee on Legislative, Legislative Branch Appropriations Act for
2003, Justification of the Budget Estimates, part 1, hearings, 107th Cong., 2nd sess., Feb. 2002
(Washington: GPO, 2002), p. 244.
10 Ibid., pp. 244-245.
11 U.S. Congress, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Department of Defense
Appropriation Bill, 2002 and Supplemental Appropriations, 2002, report to accompany H.R.
3338, 107th Cong., 1st sess., S. Rept. 107-109 (Washington: GPO, 2001), p. 196.

---

CRS-17
Subsequently, Congress authorized an additional 269 FTEs for FY2002, for a
total FY2002 authorized FTE level of 1,750.12
Capitol Police General Expenses. The Police requested $28.1 million for
general expenses, a decrease of 36.4% from FY2002's level of $44.2 million. The
FY2002 appropriation contains a emergency response fund supplemental of $31
million. Without the $31 million supplemental, the general expenses account, if
enacted, would increase by 113.8% ($14.9 million) to $28.1 million, from $13.2
million.
Among primary expenses covered in the requested increase in funding are:
! additional training programs for police and civilian support personnel;
! implementation of a response strike force for chemical, biological, or
radiological incident;
! increases in protective service travel;
! a new mobile command center;
! expansion of the information technology infrastructure;
! staff recruitment, including incentives and promotional testing;
! additional requirements for weapons, ammunition and range facilities; and
! additional cell phones, workstations and other communications equipment.13
Capitol Visitors’ Center. Although the FY2003 request does not contain
funds for the Capitol visitors’ center, the center will play an important role in Capitol
security. Conferees on the FY2002 legislative branch appropriations bill agreed to
add $70 million for the Capitol visitors’ center, reflecting a heightened interest by
some Members of Congress in making the necessary appropriations available so that
construction on the center could begin in early calendar year 2002. During mark up
of the FY2002 bill by the Senate Appropriations Committee, committee members
agreed to an amendment containing $1 million for the “planning, engineering, design,
and construction” of the center the purpose of which is “to provide greater security
for all persons working in or visiting the United States Capitol and to enhance the
educational experience of those who have come to learn about the Capitol building
and Congress.” The funds were to remain available until expended. The mark up of
the House Subcommittee on Legislative did not contain funds for the center.
Subsequent to congressional approval of $70 million for the center in November
2001, the President released additional funds for construction of the center in the
FY2001 emergency terrorism funds contained (P.L. 107-38.) The construction funds
12 U.S. Congress, Conference Committees, 2001, Making Appropriations for the Department
of Defense for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2002, and for Other Purposes,
conference report to accompany H.R. 3338, H.Rept. 107-350, 107th Cong., 1st sess.
(Washington: GPO, 2001), p. 439.
13 Budget submission of the U.S. Capitol Police, U.S. Congress, House Committee on
Appropriations, Subcommittee on Legislative, Legislative Branch Appropriations Act for
2003, Justification of the Budget Estimates, part 1, hearings, 107th Cong., 2nd sess., Feb. 2002
(Washington: GPO, 2002), p. 245.

---

CRS-18
were contained in $211.1 million released to the Architect of the Capitol. The
amount of funds available for construction was not provided in the release.14
Congressional leadership broke ground for the center on June 20, 2000.
Construction began in early 2002 and is expected to be completed in 2005.15
House and Senate Committee Funding
House Committee Funding. The FY2003 request for House committee
funds is $132.9 million, an increase of 4.3% over the FY2003 appropriation of
$127.5 million.
Funding for House committees is contained in the appropriation heading
“committee employees” that comprises two subheadings. The first subheading
contains funds for personnel and non-personnel expenses of House committees,
except the Appropriations Committee, as authorized by the House in a committee
expense resolution. The request for this subheading is $108.7 million, an increase
of $4.2 million (4.0%) over the FY2002 appropriation of $104.5 million.
The second subheading contained funds for the personnel and non-personnel
expenses of the Committee on Appropriations. The FY2003 request is $24.2 million,
an increase of $1.2 million (5.2%) over the FY2002 appropriation of $23.0 million.
Senate Committee Funding. The FY2003 request for Senate committee
activities is $118.7 million, an increase of $1.5 million (1.3 %) over the FY2002
appropriation of $117.2 million.
Appropriations for Senate committees are contained in two Senate accounts.
The first account is the Senate “Committee on Appropriations,” with a FY2003
request of $11.3 million, an increase of $1.4 million over FY2002's appropriation of
$9.9 million.
The second account is “Inquiries and Investigations,” which contains funds for
all other Senate committees, with a FY2003 request of $107.4 million. This
represents an increase of $119,999 (1.1 %) over the FY2002 appropriation of $107.3
million.

Architect of the Capitol Operations
Architect of the Capitol Funding. Operations of the Architect of the
Capitol are funded in Titles I and II of the legislative branch appropriations bill. Title
I contains funds for general administration, salaries and expenses; Capitol buildings;
Capitol grounds; Senate office buildings; House office buildings; and Capitol power
14 Office of Management and Budget, President Bush Announces $699 Million in
Emergency Funds Assistance for Defense, Northern Virginia, Secret Service and Congress,
news release 2001-62, Dec. 3, 2001.
15 Spokesperson for the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, Apr. 9, 2002.

---

CRS-19
plant. Title II contains funds for structural and mechanical care of buildings and
grounds of the Library of Congress (LOC). From time to time, other projects of the
Architect are funded in Title II, as was the case in FY2002.
The FY2003 request for activities in Titles I and II is $390.3 million, a decrease
of $30.3 million (-7.2%) from FY2002. Funding for FY2002 is $420.6 million,
which includes $106.3 million in FY2002 emergency response funds transferred
pursuant to P.L. 107-117, the FY2002 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for
Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks (in Division B, chapter 9).
The request contains $5.2 million for general administration, salaries and
expenses; $921,000 for Capitol buildings; $558,000 for Capitol grounds; $3.7 million
for House office buildings; $4.0 million for Senate office buildings; $933,000 for
Capitol power plant; and $1.4 million for care of Library buildings and grounds. The
FY2003 request does not include $12.6 million requested by President Bush to
transfer full costs of retirement and health benefits to the agency.
Funds requested for Title I are $363.4 million, an increase of $35.8 million
(10.9%) over FY2002. Funding for FY2002 is $363.4 million, an increase of $35.8
million (10.9%) over FY2002. Funding for FY2002 is $327,593, which includes
$106.3 million in FY2002 emergency response funds transferred pursuant to P.L.
107-117, the FY2002 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Recovery from
and Response to Terrorist Attacks (in Division B, chapter 9).
Funds requested for Title II are $26.9 million, a decrease of $66.1 million (-
71.1%) from FY2002. Funding for FY2002 is $93.0 million, which includes $21.8
million for care of LOC buildings and grounds, but also one-time funding of $70.0
million for the Capitol visitors’ center and $1.3 million for congressional cemetery.
The FY2003 request contains funds only for care of LOC buildings and grounds.
Among the Architect’s requests are funding for:
! 43 currently unfunded FTEs ($3.2 million), and a total FTE level of 1,958;and
! 115 projects that were contained in the Architect’s “capital budget,” which
primarily funds maintenance projects. Seven projects account for $67 million,
or 65%, of the request. These include funds for repair of the Capitol dome
($42.5 million); purchase of property for an off-site delivery and screening
center for the Capitol police ($6.8 million); constructing a new Library of
Congress audio visual conservation center in Culpepper Virginia ($5 million);
renovations to the Rayburn office building cafeteria ($3.5 million); designing
and purchasing land for a vehicle maintenance facility for the Capitol police
($3.3 million); modernizing House building elevators ($3 million); and
preparing construction drawings for a garage adjacent to Capitol police
headquarters ($3 million).
Botanic Garden. Congress requested $5.4 million for the Botanic Garden,
a decrease of $285,000 (-5.1%) over the FY2002 appropriation of $5.7 million.

---

CRS-20
Support Agency Funding
Congressional Budget Office Budget. The FY2003 request for the
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is $32.4 million, an increase of $1.6 million
(5.3%) over FY2002 appropriation of $30.8 million. According to the director of
CBO in recent testimony, the agency’s budget “continues to be driven by the need to
be competitive in a specialists labor market, with nearly all of the increase going to
mandatory increases in personnel costs.”16
The request contains authorization for four additional FTE positions, which, if
approved, would increase the FTE level to 236. These additional positions would
permit CBO to expand its visiting scholars’ program.
The FY2003 request does not include $1.4 million requested by President Bush
to transfer full costs of retirement and health benefits to the agency.
The agency requested changes in its legislative authority in order to offer
advanced staff training through study and work experiences in both government and
private sectors, in subject areas in which the agency has difficulty in recruiting.
General Accounting Office Budget. For FY2003, the General Accounting
Office (GAO) requested $454.8 million, an increase of $25.4 million (5.9%) over
FY2002. Funding for FY2002 is $429.4 million, which includes $7.6 million in
FY2002 emergency response funds transferred pursuant to P.L. 107-117, the FY2002
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Recovery from and Response to
Terrorist Attacks (in Division B, chapter 9).
FY2003's request does not include $21.3 million requested by President Bush
to transfer full costs of retirement and health benefits to the agency.
The agency’s request would allow it to maintain its authorized FTE level of
3,269. According to GAO, 80% of its FY2003 budget request is for pay and related
benefits, with emphasis on staff training, recruiting, and retention, including a new
student loan repayment program and mass transit subsidies.17
16 Written testimony of the director, Dan Crippen, Congressional Budget Office, U.S.
Congress, House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Legislative, Legislative
Branch Appropriations for FY2003, submitted for hearings held on Apr. 25, 2002.
17 Written testimony of the Comptroller General, David Walker, General Accounting Office,
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Legislative,
Legislative Branch Appropriations for FY2003, submitted for hearings held on Apr. 24,
2002.

---

CRS-21
Figure 4. Appropriations for
Figure 5. Appropriations for
GAO, FY1995-FY2002
GAO, FY1995-FY2002
Library of Congress Budget. The budget of the Library of Congress (LOC)
is included in both Title I and Title II of the legislative branch appropriations bill.
Title I contains funds for the Congressional Research Service (CRS); Title II contains
funds for all other activities of the LOC.
The FY2003 budget request for LOC activities in both titles is $511.6 million,
an increase of $29.9 million (6.2%) over the FY2002 appropriation of $481.7
million. The FY2002 funding level contains $29.6 million in FY2002 emergency
response funds transferred pursuant to P.L. 107-117, the FY2002 Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks
(in Division B, chapter 9).
Of the total $511.6 million request, $423.9 million is for operations of the
Library, excluding CRS, and $87.7 million is for CRS.
The FY2003 request does not include $24.6 million requested by President Bush
to transfer full costs of retirement and health benefits to the agency, $4.8 million for
CRS and $19.7 million for the Library, excluding CRS.
Library of Congress, Except CRS (in Title II). The FY2003 Library of
Congress request is $423.9 million, as increase of $23.7 million (5.9%) over the
FY2002 level of $400.2 million, which contains $29.6 million in FY2002 emergency
response funds transferred pursuant to P.L. 107-117, the FY2002 Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks
(in Division B, chapter 9). The figures do not contain authorities to spend receipts
for the Copyright Office, including $27.9 million in FY2002 and $29.7 million in
FY2003.
Included among major elements of the Library’s request are mandatory increases
in pay and related expenses and price-level increases ($21.6 million); an increase for
the Library’s digital futures initiatives ($16.5 million); an increase in collections
access, preservation, and security ($8.7 million); and an increase in infrastructure
support ($5.3 million). The Library requested 169 additional FTE positions, as

---

CRS-22
follows: 35 for digital futures, 118 for collections access, preservation and security,
4 for infrastructure support and 12 for CRS. If approved, the authorized FTE level
would be 4,358.18
The Librarian of Congress also requested an additional $7.5 million in FY2002
funds for the Copyright Office to meet the shortfall in copyright registration receipts
due to delays in the receiving mail.
Figure 7. Appropriations for
Figure 6. Appropriations for
LOC, Excluding CRS,
LOC, Excluding CRS,
FY1995-FY2002
FY1995-FY2002
Congressional Research Service (in Title I). The FY2003 Title I request
for the Congressional Research Service is $87.7 million, an increase of $6.2 million
(7.6%) over the FY2002 funding level of $81.5 million. Much of the request is for
salaries and related personnel costs, and increases in the costs of goods and services
due to inflation.
Figure 8. Appropriations for
Figure 9. Appropriations for
CRS, FY1995-FY2002
CRS, FY1995-FY2002
18 Written testimony of the Librarian of Congress, James Billington, U.S. Congress, Senate
Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, Legislative Branch
Appropriations for FY2003, submitted for hearings held on Mar. 13, 2002.

---

CRS-23
Government Printing Office (GPO) Budget. GPO is funded in Title I for
congressional printing and binding, and in Title II for the Office of Superintendent
of Documents. Title II also contains funding from time to time for the GPO revolving
fund, as it did in the FY2002 request, with a request of $6 million for payment to the
GPO revolving fund.
The agency’s FY2003 request in both titles is $122.5 million, an increase of
$7.8 million (6.8%) over FY2002. Funding for FY2002 is $114.6 million, which
includes $4.0 million in FY2002 emergency response funds transferred pursuant to
P.L. 107-117, the FY2002 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Recovery
from and Response to Terrorist Attacks (in Division B, chapter 9).
The FY2003 request does not include $6.9 million requested by President Bush
to transfer full costs of retirement and health benefits to the agency, $5.1 million for
congressional printing and binding in Title I and $1.8 million for the Office of
Superintendent of Documents in Title II.
The FY2003 request for Title I, congressional printing and binding, is $90.1
million, an increase of 9.1 million (11.3%) over the FY2002 budget of $81.0 million.
The Title II requested appropriation for Office of Superintendent of Documents, is
$32.3 million, a decrease of $1.3 million (-4.0%) from FY2002's budget of $33.6
million.
Figure 10. Appropriations for
Figure 11. Appropriations for
GPO, FY1995-FY2002
GPO, FY1995-FY2002

---

CRS-24
Table 8. Legislative Branch Budget Authority Contained in
Appropriations Acts, FY1995-2002
(Does not include permanent budget authority; in thousands of current dollars)
FY1995
F Y1996b
FY1997
FY1998
FY1999c
FY2000j
FY2001k
FY2002
Title I: Congressional Operationsa
Senate
460,581
426,919 441,208 461,055
474,891d
487,370
522,023
641,385
House of Representatives
728,736
670,561 684,098 709,008
740,481e
757,993
830,449
919,907
Joint Items
85,489
81,839
88,581
86,711
204,916f
100,854
121,860
172,104
Office of Compliance
0
2,500
2,609
2,479
2,086
1,992
1,851
2,059
Office of Technology
Assessment
21,320
6,115 - -
-
-
-
-
Congressional Budget Office
23,001
24,288 24,532 24,797
25,671
26,121
28,430
30,780
Architect of the Capitol, except
Library Buildings and Grounds
157,190
142,970 140,674
192,156
289,746g
213,474
194,813
327,593
Congressional Research
Service, Library of Congress
60,084
60,084 62,641 64,603
67,124
70,973
73,430
81,454
Congressional Printing and

Binding, Government Printing
Office
84,724
83,770 81,669 81,669
74,465
73,297
81,205
81,000
U.S. Capitol Historical Society
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,000
Total, Title I
1,621,125
1,499,046
1,526,012
1,622,478
1,879,380
1,732,211
1,854,061
2,257,282
Title II: Other Agenciesa
Botanic Garden
3,230
3,053
36,402 3,016
3,052
3,438
3,321
5,646
Library of Congress, except
CRS
262,866
264,616 269,117 282,309
296,516
323,380
438,297
400,209
Architect, Library Buildings
and Grounds
12,483
12,428
9,753
11,573
13,672h
19,857
15,935
21,753
Architect, Capitol Visitors
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Center
70,000
Architect, Cong. Cemetery
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,250
Government Printing Office,
except Congressional Printing
and Binding
31,607
30,307
29,077
29,077
29,264
29,872
33,893
33,639
General Accounting Office
446,743
374,406
332,520
339,499
359,268i
377,561
384,020
429,444
Center for Russian Leadership
-
-
-
-
-
-
Development
-
8,000
Total, Title II
756,929
684,810
676,869 665,474
701,771
754,108
875,466
969,941
Grand Total
2,378,054
2,183,856
2,202,881
2,287,952
2,581,152
2,486,319
2,729,527
3,227,223
Sources: Budget authorities for FY1995-FY2001 are from the House Appropriations Committee. FY1995
budget authorities reflect rescissions and a supplemental contained in P.L. 104-19, 109 Stat. 219-221, July 27,
1995, FY1995 Supplemental and Rescissions Act (H.R. 1944). FY1996 budget authorities reflect rescissions
contained in P.L. 104-208, 110 Stat. 3009-510-511, Sept. 30, 1996, FY1997 Omnibus Consolidated
Appropriations Act (H.R. 3610). FY1998 budget authorities represent supplementals contained in P.L. 105-174,
May 1, 1998, and an $11 million transfer to the Government Printing Office (GPO) from the GPO revolving
fund. FY1999 budget authorities contain emergency supplemental appropriations in P.L. 105-277, and
supplemental appropriations in P.L. 106-31. FY2000 budget authorities contain a supplemental and a 0.38%
rescission in P.L. 106-113. Totals reflect rounding. FY1999 budget authority contains $223.7 million in
emergency supplemental appropriations (P.L. 105-277), and $3.8 million for expenses of a House page
dormitory and $1.8 million for expenses of life safety renovations to the O’Neill House Office Building (P.L.

---

CRS-25
106-31). The FY1999 appropriation also contains a rescission of $3.5 million, and a supplemental for the same
amount in P.L. 106-31.
The legislative branch appropriations acts do not contain permanent federal funds or permanent trust
funds. Permanent federal funds were: FY1995, $343,000; FY1996, $302,000; FY1997, $325,000; FY1998,
$333,000; FY1999, $358,000; and FY2000, $279,000. Permanent trust funds were: FY1995, $16,000; FY1996,
$31,000; FY1997, $29,000; FY1998, $29,999; FY1999, $47,000; and FY2000, $51,000. Sources are the U.S.
Budget and the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
The formula for conversion to constant dollars is as follows: 2001 Consumer Price Index (CPI) number
divided by each year’s CPI number multiplied by that year’s budget authority. Source for 1995-2000 index
figures is the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Source for 2001 estimate is the Congressional Budget Office.
a. Prior to FY1978, the legislative branch appropriations act contained numerous titles. Effective in FY1978,
Congress restructured the legislative bill so that it would “more adequately reflect actual costs of operating
the U.S. Congress than has been true in the past years” (H.Rept. 95-450, FY1978 Legislative
Appropriations). As a result, the act was divided into two titles. Title I, Congressional Operations, was
established to contain appropriations for the actual operation of Congress. Title II, Related Agencies, was
established to contain the budgets for activities not considered as providing direct support to Congress.
Periodically, the act has contained additional titles for such purposes as capital improvements and special
one-time functions.
b. FY1996 figures contain rescissions in the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, FY1997 (P.L. 104-208,
Sept. 28, 1996). Provisions applicable to legislative branch budget authority in P.L. 104-208 appear in
Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 142, Sept. 28, 1996, pp. H11778-H11779.
c. Includes budget authority contained in the FY1999 regular annual Legislative Branch Appropriations Act (P.L.
105-275), $223.7 million in FY1999 emergency supplemental appropriations in P.L. 105-277, and $5.6
million in FY1999 supplemental appropriations in P.L. 106-31.
d. Includes $5.5 million in emergency supplementals under the sergeant at arms for completion of Year-2000
computer conversion (P.L. 105-277).
e. Includes $6.373 million in emergency supplementals under the chief administrative officer for completion of
Year–2000 computer conversion (P.L. 105-277), and includes a rescission of $3.5 million from the House
heading “salaries, officers, and employees” and a supplemental appropriation of $3.5 million for the chief
administrative officer for replacement of the House payroll system (P.L. 106-31).
f. Includes $106,782,000 for emergency security enhancements funded under the Capitol Police Board’s general
expenses account (P.L. 105-277). The total Joint Items figure also includes $2 million for the Trade
Deficit Review Commission.
g. This figure includes $100 million for design and construction of a Capitol visitors’ center, funded under the
Architect of the Capitol’s Capitol buildings account, in “salaries and expenses” (P.L. 105-277), and
includes $3.8 million for expenses of a House page dormitory and $1.8 million for expenses for life safety
renovations to the O’Neill House Office Building (P.L. 106-31).
h. Includes $1 million for the Congressional Cemetery.
i. Includes $5 million in emergency supplemental appropriations under the salaries and expenses account of the
General Accounting Office for completion of the Year-2000 computer conversion (P.L. 105-277).
j. Includes regular annual appropriations (P.L. 106-57) and a 0.38% rescission and supplemental in P.L. 106-113.
k. This column contains: (1) FY2001 regular annual appropriations contained in H.R. 5657, legislative branch
appropriations bill; FY2001 supplemental appropriations of $118 million and a 0.22% across-the-board
rescission contained in H.R. 5666, miscellaneous appropriations bill; and (3) FY2001 supplemental
appropriations of $79.5 million contained in H.R. 2216 (P.L. 107-20). H.R. 5657 and H.R. 5666 were
incorporated by reference in P.L. 106-554, FY2001 Consolidated Appropriations Act. The first FY2001
legislative branch appropriations bill, H.R. 4516, was vetoed Oct. 30, 2000.

---

CRS-26
Table 9. Legislative Branch Budget Authority Contained in
Appropriations Acts, FY1995-FY2002
(Does not include permanent budget authority; in thousands of constant 2002 (est.) dollars)
FY1995
FY1996b
FY1997
FY1998
FY1999c
FY2000j
FY2001k
FY2002
Title I: Congressional Operationsa
Senate
549,473
494,372
499,448
514,076
518,106
514,176
535,596
641,385
House of
869,382
776,510
774,399
790,544
807,865
799,683
852,041
Representatives
919,907
Joint Items
101,988
94,770
100,274
96,683
223,563
106,401
125,029
172,104
Office of Compliance
-
2,895
2,953
2,764
2,276
2,102
1,900
2,059
Office of Technology
25,435
7,081
-
-
-
-
-
Assessment
-
Congressional Budget
Office
27,440
28,126
27,770
27,649
28,007
27,558
29,170
30,780
Arch. of the Capitol,
except Library
Buildings and Grounds
187,528
165,559
159,243
214,254
316,113
225,215
199,879
327,593
Congressional Research
Service, Library of
Congress
71,680
69,577
70,910
72,033
73,233
74,877
75,340
81,454
Congressional Printing
and Binding,
Government Printing
Office
81,000
101,076
97,006
92,449
91,061
81,242
77,329
83,317
U.S. Capitol Historical
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Society
1,000
Total, Title I
1,934,002
1,735,896
1,727,446
1,809,064
2,050,405
1,827,341
1,902,272
2,257,282
Title II: Other Agencies a
Botanic Garden
3,853
3,535
41,207
3,363
3,330
3,627
3,408
5,646
Library of Congress,
313,599
306,425
304,640
314,775
323,499
341,166
449,693
except CRS
400,209
Architect, Library
Buildings/Grounds
14,892
14,392
11,040
12,904
14,917
20,950
16,350
21,753
Architect, Capitol
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Visitors Center
70,000
Architect, Cong.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cemetery
1,250
Government Printing
Office, except
Congressional Printing
and Binding
37,707
35,096
32,915
32,421
31,927
31,515
34,775
33,639
General Accounting
Office
532,964
433,562
376,413
378,542
391,962
398,327
394,005
429,444
Center for Russian
Leadership
-
-
-
-
-
-
Development
8,000
Total, Title II
903,016
793,010
766,216
742,005
765,635
795,585
898,231
969,941
Grand Total
2,837,018
2,528,906
2,493,662
2,551,069
2,816,040
2,622,926
2,800,503
3,227,223
See notes at end of Table 8.

---

CRS-27
For Additional Reading
CRS Reports
CRS Report RL31012. Legislative Branch Appropriations for FY2002, by Paul Dwyer.
CRS Report RL30212. Legislative Branch Appropriations for FY2001, by Paul Dwyer.
CRS Report 98-212. Legislative Branch Appropriations for FY2000, by Paul Dwyer.
Selected World Wide Web Sites
These sites contain information on the FY2000 legislative branch appropriations request and
legislation, and the appropriations process.
House Committee on Appropriations
[http://www.house.gov/appropriations]
Senate Committee on Appropriations
[http://www.senate.gov/~appropriations/]
CRS Appropriations Products Guide
[http://www.crs.gov/products/appropriations/apppage.shtml]
Congressional Budget Office
[http://www.cbo.gov]
General Accounting Office
[http://www.gao.gov]
Office of Management & Budget
[http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/]

---