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B-278121 1 (1997-11-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptageu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G AO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Office of the General Counsel B-278121 November 7, 1997 John D. Webster Director, Financial Services Library of Congress Dear Mr. Webster: This responds to your request of September 22 for our opinion regarding the 1998 Salaries and Expenses Appropriation for the Library of Congress (Library). You question, given the language of the applicable conference report, the amount of the Library's Salaries and Expenses Appropriation that must be used for the acquisition of library materials. The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1998 appropriates money to the Library of Congress, under the heading Library of Congress, Salaries and Expenses, as follows: For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not otherwise provided for... $227,016,000 ... Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, $9,619,000 is to remain available until expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, newspapers, and all other materials ...... Other than the $9,619,000 earmark and two other earmarks not relevant here, this appropriation is available only for fiscal year 1998. Because the Library had sought only $8,845,000 of the $227,016,000 total for the acquisition of materials, to accommodate a $9,619,000 earmark, the Library must reduce its spending on other programs and activities by $774,000 (representing the amount by which the Congress increased the Library's request for funding for acquisition of materials) and use $774,000 of its fiscal year money to cover the difference. Instead of reading the $9,619,000 earmark for acquisition of materials as both the minimum and maximum amount available for this purpose, you have suggested an alternative. After reviewing the conference committee report (H.R. Rep. No. 105-254), you believe that the conferees intended to authorize the Library to fund up to $9,619,000 for materials, but not to require that level of spending. In other 12551024

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