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GENERAL PROVISIONS GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

SEC. 1. The appropriate appropriation or fund available to the General Services Administration shall be credited with (1) cost of operation, protection, maintenance, upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part of rentals received from Government corporations pursuant to law (40 U.S.C. 129); and (2) appropriations or funds available to other agencies, and transferred to the General Services Administration, in connection with property transferred to the General Services Administration pursuant to the Act of July 2, 1948 (50 U.S.C. 451ff), and such appropriations or funds may be so transferred, with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget.

SEC. 2. Appropriations to the General Services Administration under the heading "Construction, Public Buildings Projects" shall be available, subject to the provisions of the Public Buildings Act of 1959 for (1) acquisition of buildings and sites thereof by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, including prepayment of purchase contracts, (2) extension or conversion of Government-owned buildings, and (3) construction of new buildings, in addition to those set forth under that appropriation: Provided, That nothing herein shall authorize an expenditure of funds for acquisition, extension or conversion, or construction without the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives.7

SEC. 37 2. Funds available to the General Services Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger motor vehicles.

SEC. 43. Not to exceed 2 per centum of any appropriation made available to the General Services Administration for the current fiscal year by this Act may be transferred to any other such appropriation, but no such appropriation shall be increased thereby more than 2 per centum: Provided, That such transfers shall apply only to operating expenses, and shall not exceed in the aggregate the amount of $2,000,000.

EXPLANATION OF CHANGE IN GSA'S GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 2 of GSA's General Provisions has been proposed for deletion in the President's Budget since no new appropriation is requested for "Construction, Public Buildings Projects" in 1974. Appropriations under this heading in prior fiscal years will continue to be obligated and expended for the purposes enumerated in section 2 under the authority of that section as contained in the Acts making the appropriations.

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Summary of Average Employment by services, by Regions and Central Office - 1973 and 1974

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OPERATING EXPENSES, PBS

Mr. STEED. We will take up the questions by items one at a time, the first of which is Operating Expenses, the Public Buildings Service.

The Operating Expenses, Public Buildings Service appropriation for 1973, was $437,500,000. The budget request for 1974 is $390,982,000 and with the transfer of $400,000 in House Document 93-99, making a net budget estimate for 1974 of $390,582,000, or a decrease below the 1973 budget of $46,918,000. In addition the budget proposes a transfer of $100,118,000 from the unobligated balance of the fiscal 1973 construction appropriation, making your total proposal for 1974, $490,700,000.

As I understand it, the proposed transfer of the $400,000 contained in the House Document 93-99 to the Office of Administrator is for carrying on the functions transferred, or proposed to be transferred, from OMB to GSA.

Mr. SAMPSON. That is right.

FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES OF OE-PBS

Mr. STEED. First, would you outline the functions and activities of personnel involved in the Operating Expenses item of the Public Buildings Service?

Mr. ROUSH. Mr. Chairman, this appropriation provides for the basic real property operations of the General Services Administration, including acquisition, operation, maintenance, protection, and utilization of general-purpose buildings and space, and for the overall direction of building design, construction, repair, and modernization.

TYPES OF EMPLOYMENT

Mr. STEED. How many people are involved in protection of these buildings, and how many in the maintenance operation? Can you give us each of those figures, and the total?

Mr. ROUSH. Mr. Chairman, we have the breakdown, by type of employee, and these are the approximate numbers.

We have about 7,937 custodial personnel; 375 elevator operators; 4,071 guards; 6,220 mechanics; about 1,900 in the program direction and building manager categories; and 543 other employees in small miscellaneous categories.

PBS FUNCTIONS

Mr. STEED. On page I-11 of the justification material, there are four old functions and two new functions, as I read it under that.

Would you read into the record the title of these functions and provide a brief explanation of what each one does? That's under the title Functions Performed by the Public Buildings Service.

Mr. ROUSH. Yes.

Real property activities of GSA administered by the Public Buildings Service can be summarized in two general categories: those financed by direct appropriations, and those financed by transfer of funds or reimbursements from other Government agencies.

Activities financed by direct appropriations to GSA are:

First, Operations and Management: Acquisition, operation, maintenance, protection, and utilization of general-purpose buildings and space; and overall administration of real property programs. The cost of these functions is financed from the appropriation "Operating Expenses, PBS."

Second, Repair and Alteration of Buildings: Maintaining, repairing, remodeling, improving, extending, and making other changes in Federal buildings under the jurisdiction of the GSA. These activities are financed from the appropriation "Repair and Improvement of Public Buildings."

Third, Construction: Acquisition of sites; preparation of drawings and specifications; construction of buildings; and management and inspection of construction. These operations are financed from the appropriations "Construction, Public Buildings Projects," and "Sites and Expenses, Public Buildings Projects."

Fourth, Miscellaneous Activities: Provision of furniture, furnishings and rental for expansion space for existing judgeships of the U.S. Courts, funded from the appropriation "Expenses, U.S. Court Facilities" and payment of principal, interest, and taxes on purchase contracts authorized under the Public Buildings Purchase Contract Act of 1954 and the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972, from the appropriation "Payments, Public Buildings Purchase Contracts." The second category of activities are those financed by transfers of funds or reimbursements from other Government agencies:

First, Construction, which includes the acquisition of sites; preparation of drawings and specifications; construction, repair, and alteration of general and special-purpose buildings, including construction management and inspection. The amount to be transferred for the foregoing purposes is estimated at $146.6 million in 1973.

Second, Operation, Management, and Special Alterations which include reimbursements from various Government agencies for the operation and protection of Government-owned space; rental, operation, and protection of leased space; job order work for providing special facilities and improvements, and special services such as security guarding. Reimbursements for the foregoing purposes are estimated at $233 million in 1973.

CONSTRUCTION FOR OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

Mr. STEED. Under item (1), category b., where you estimate that you will have $146.6 million transferred from other agencies in 1973, will this be appropriated moneys for construction by the GSA?

Mr. SAMPSON. Some of it is appropriated moneys. Some may come from trust funds.

Mr. STEED. Are these projects covered by the $146 million authorized and funded by other subcommittees other than GSA appropriations! Mr. SAMPSON. Yes, sir.

A good example is the detention centers we are constructing for the Justice Department. The funds are appropriated to them for the construction of these facilities, and then they transfer the funds to GSA for the design and construction of the projects.

Mr. STEED. How many projects which are currently under construction would come under this category?

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