ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline
Volume 8, Number 49
May 26, 1999

In this issue:

Urgent Action Needed on GPO Appropriations Today

ACTION NEEDED:
H.R.1905, the Legislative Branch appropriations bill, is scheduled 
for House floor action tonight.  The House legislative 
appropriations subcommittee and full appropriations committee have 
voted on appropriations for the Government Printing Office at a 
lower level than that requested by the President's budget -- 
$107.7 million.  

This level of funding will restrict services and not allow any 
increased services, but a further decrease could have crippling 
effect.  Contact your representative (U.S. Capitol Switchboard 
phone number: 202-224-4121) and alert them to this detail.  Ask 
them to vote against any amendments which would lower GPO's FY2000 
budget. 

BACKGROUND: 
For the past two days a number of House members have offered 
amendments to the Agriculture Appropriations bill which would 
further cut funds to particular line items. Members of the 
Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee have explained that their 
bill is under the budget caps and within the 302b funding 
allocation of the Subcommittee, but to no avail.  It is expected 
that this tactic will continue on any appropriations bill that 
goes to the floor.

Further cuts in appropriations for the Government Printing Office 
would impact services to public and depository libraries.

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