Congress appropriated $2.649 billion for legislative branch operationsin FY2001, a 6.6% increase overthe FY2000 appropriation of $2.486 billion. The FY2001 funding level includes the appropriation in theregular annual legislative branch appropriations bill; a supplemental appropriation of $118 million in amiscellaneous appropriations bill; and a rescission of 0.22%. Regular FY2001 Appropriations . The first regular FY2001 legislative branch appropriations bill( H.R. 4516 ) approved by Congress was vetoed by President Clinton in late October 2000. Seven weeks later, on December 14, a new legislative branch appropriations bill ( H.R. 5657 ),which contained the funding levels as approved in the original bill, was introduced and incorporated byreference in the FY2001 Consolidated Appropriations Act ( H.R. 4577 ). The latter act wassigned into law ( P.L. 106-554 ) on December 21, 2000. During initial consideration of the regular legislative branch bill, the House Appropriations Committee,in compliance with budget allocation restrictions, established funding for FY2001 at 5.5% less than the levelappropriated for FY2000. When the Senate took up the bill it approved an overall 3.7 % increase. TheHouse later restored most of the funds cut at the committee level when it adopted a manager's amendmentcontaining an additional $95.7 million in funding during floor consideration of the House bill. Thecompromise bill approved by the conference committee provided for a 2.1% over FY2000. Additional Regular Appropriations and Rescission . A second bill ( H.R. 5666 ), whichcontained an additional $118 million in regular FY2001 legislative branch appropriations funds, and a 0.22%across-the-broad cut in FY2001 appropriations, was also incorporated by reference into P.L. 106-554 . From October 1, the beginning of FY2001, to December 21, 2000, the legislative branch was fundedat its FY2000 level in continuing resolutions. Effective in FY1978, the legislative branch appropriations bill has beendivided into two titles. TitleI, Congressional Operations, contains budget authorities for activities directly serving Congress. Includedin this title are the budgets of the House, the Senate, Joint Items (joint House and Senate activities), theOffice of Compliance, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) (exceptthe Library of Congress (LOC) buildings and grounds), the Congressional Research Service (CRS) withinthe 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. Includedin this title are the budgets of the Botanic Garden, the Library of Congress (except the CongressionalResearch Service), the Library buildings and grounds maintained by the Architect of the Capitol, theGovernment Printing Office (except congressional printing and binding costs), and the General AccountingOffice (GAO). Periodically since FY1978, the legislative bill has contained additional titles for suchpurposes as capital improvements and special one-time functions. In FY2000, Title I budget authority was 69.7% of the total appropriation of $2.486 billion, includinga rescission and supplementals. (1) Title II budgetauthority was 30.3% of the total appropriation. In addition,there is legislative budget authority that is not included in the annual legislative branch appropriations actor supplemental appropriations acts. It includes permanent budget authority for both federal funds and trustfunds, and other budget authority. (2) Permanent federal funds are available as the result of previously enacted legislation and do not requireannual action. (3) Permanent trust funds are monies held in accounts credited with collections from specific sourcesearmarked by law for a defined purpose. Trust funds do not appear in the annual legislative bill since theyare not budget authority. They are included in the U.S. Budget either as budget receipts or offsettingcollections. (4) The Budget also contains some non-legislative entities within the legislative branch budget. They arefunded in other appropriation bills, but are placed in the legislative section by the Office of Management andBudget for bookkeeping purposes. (5) Table 1. Status of LegislativeBranch Appropriations, FY2001(H.R. 4516) (S. 2603) (H.R. 5657 Which Was Incorporated by Reference inP.L. 106-554) 1 The subcommittee vote to report the measure was 6-3. The full House Appropriations Committee markup was May 9,2000. Thecommittee voted 31-23 to report the measure to the House. 2 The Senate version was marked up by the full SenateAppropriations Committee on May 18, 2000. The committee voted 28-0 toreport the measure ( S. 2603 ) to the Senate. 3 Passage was by unanimous consent. On May 25, 2000, bya vote of 98-2, the Senate agreed to the motion to advance S. 2603 to the third reading, and subsequently the bill was engrossed and returned to the Senate calendar. The Senatepassed H.R. 4516 , after incorporating the text of S. 2603 , as amended. 4 Conference report appeared in the CongressionalRecord on July 27, p. H7095-7126. 5 On July 27, the House agreed to H. Res. 565, the rule waivingpoints of order against the conference report to accompany H.R. 4516 (214-210). 6 Earlier, on Sept. 20, 2000, the Senate failed to approve theconference report (28-69). 7 The first FY2001 bill, H.R. 4516 , was vetoed Oct. 30,2000. The second bill, H.R. 5657 , introduced Dec.14, was incorporated by reference in H.R. 4577 , FY2001 consolidated appropriations bill, signed by thePresident onDec. 21 ( P.L. 106-554 ). Submission of FY2001 BudgetEstimates. On February 7, 2000, President Clinton released the FY2001budget request of $2.688 billion for legislative activities funded in the legislative branchappropriations bill. (6) The revised budget estimatefor the legislative branch was $2.716billion, (7) and was an increase of $258.3 million, or10.5%, over the FY2000 appropriationof $2.458 billion, before supplementals. Actions on the House FY2001 Legislative Funding Bill(H.R. 4516). On June 22, the House passed its version of theFY2001 legislative funding bill, H.R. 4516 , which contained $1.914 billion(excluding Senate items). The FY2001 funding level was a decrease of $9.8 million, or0.5%, from the FY2000 appropriation of $1.924 billion. (8) During floor consideration theHouse adopted a managers' amendment adding $95.7 million to the bill as it was reportedby the House Appropriations Committee. As reported earlier on May 23, H.R. 4516 contained a 5.5% reduction of$105.6 million, to $1.818 billion in FY2001 (excluding Senate items) from $1.924 billionin FY2000 ( H.Rept. 106-635 ). (9) The overall reduction was the result of compliance by theSubcommittee on Legislativeand the House Appropriations Committee with the FY2001 House budget allocations madeby the concurrent budget resolution passed by the House on March 23, 2000. (10) Thereduction was based on maintaining the FY2000 budget authority, less $94 million. As reported, the bill contained reductions that included -1.2% for the House ofRepresentatives, -11.7% for the Capitol Police (including the pending FY2000supplemental), -8.8% for the Office of Compliance, -17.9% for the Architect of the Capitol(including the pending FY2000 supplemental and excluding Senate items), -6.7% for theCongressional Research Service, -25.3% for the Government Printing Office, -6.9% for theGeneral Accounting Office, and -3.9% for the Congressional Budget Office. The House Appropriations Committee estimated that 1,720 full time equivalentpositions (FTEs) would be eliminated in the legislative branch. Some agencies, however,would have had limited authority to make their budget reductions in some non-personalareas. Based on agency estimates, according to members expressing additional views, thebill possibly meant reductions of 438 from the Capitol Police, 707 from the GAO, 114 fromCRS, 31 from CBO, 156 from the AOC, 62 minimum from GPO, and 319 from the Houseof Representatives. Earlier, on May 4, the House Appropriations Committee chairman released fundingallocations (referred to as 302(b) allocations) of $2.355 billion in budget authority for thelegislative branch in FY2001. The House allocation was $45 million less than the Senateallocation of $2.5 billion. On May 8, the House Appropriations Committee voted to reportits version of the overall FY2001 legislative budget, agreeing without change to the billreported by its Subcommittee on Legislative on May 3. On June 20, in order for the manager's amendment of an additional $95.7 million tobe adopted, the House Appropriations Committee reallocated an additional $113 million tothe Subcommittee on Legislative from the Subcommittee on Transportation. Hearings were held by the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative onJanuary 27 and February 1 and 2, 2000. Actions on the Senate FY2001 Legislative Funding Bill(S. 2603).