ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline
Volume 10, Number 79
November 1, 2001

In this issue: 
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH CONFERENCE REPORT CLEARS HOUSE

On November 1, the House considered H. Report 107-259, the FY2002 
Legislative Branch conference report and approved its passage by a 
vote of 374 – 52.  The Legislative Branch Appropriations bill 
(H.R. 2647) includes funding for each House of Congress, the 
Architect of the Capitol, the Library of Congress, the Government 
Printing Office and the General Accounting Office. 

The conference report in many cases chose the higher House numbers 
instead of lower Senate numbers.  For example, in the Government 
Printing Office account, the Office of the Superintendent of 
Documents received $29,639,000 million, instead of the $28,728,000 
suggested by the Senate.   The Library of Congress would receive 
$452 million, with $81 million included for the Congressional 
Research Service.

Today, the Senate considered the Labor HHS Education 
Appropriations bill S. 1536.  

Despite dislocation of Congressional staff and Senators and 
Representatives, conferees have met on various bills for the last 
two weeks.  The current continuing resolution to keep government 
open, H. J. Res. 70, extends through November 16, and Senator 
Stevens (R-AK) said he hoped the appropriations bills would all be 
completed before the Thanksgiving recess.

 

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