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[Billion Dollar Congress). PAD-77-38; B-39772. March 24, 1977. 4
pp. + 4 enclosures (15 pp.).
Report to Sen. Walter D. Huddleston, Chairman, Senate Committee
on Appropriations: Legislative Subccamittee; by Elmer B. Staats,
Comptrcller General.
Issue Area: Facilities and Material Management (700).
Contact: Program Analysis Div.
Budge . Function: General Govr.ument: Other General Government
(806).
organization Concerned: Government Printing Office; Library of
Congress.
Congressional Relevan'e: Senate Committee on Appropriations:
Legislative Subccomittee.
Authority: P.L. 94-553. 44 U.S.C. 1509. 44 U.S.C. 309( -c).,44
U.S.C. 1,08. 2 U.S.C. 150. 17 U.S.C. 708(c). 17 U
410(b).
The activities of the Library of Congress and the
Government Printing Office, which are of a public service and
general governmental function unrelated to the Ccngress as an
instj .i.- n, are inclhded in Congress' budget, which is
misleadiLg to tne public. Findings/Conclusions: The GPO prints
and binds the Federal Register and the Code of Federal
Regulations at the fiscal year 1978 cost of $17 million, as well
as sells Government publications to the general public, ior
which receipts do not offset the encire coat. The Library of
congress distributes bibliographic data to other libraries and
the general public, at an unreimbursed cost of scme $3 million
for fiscal year 1978, and records copyright and supplies
copyright information to the public ($6 million). If financing
of all four of these public service activities were changed to
shift the costs to the executive programs and receipts were
offset against costs now being absorbeS by Congress, Congresst
1978 budget would be red.ced by $55.7 willicn. Even so, some
$300 million public servize or general Government costs would
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