SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON H. R. 7117 MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations 55-41744 4.S. Congress. Senate HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON H. R. 7117 MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 64628 Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1955 R.V.S.26 Ag 55 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS, 1956 MONDAY, JUNE 27, 1955 UNITED STATES SENATE, ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, D. C. The subcommittee met at 4 p.m., pursuant to notice in room F-39, the Capitol, Hon. Earle C. Clements (chairman of the subcommittee), presiding. Present: Senators Clements, Hayden, Bridges, and Saltonstall. ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL STATEMENT OF J. GEORGE STEWART, ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL, GENERAL STATEMENT Senator CLEMENTS. We meet here this afternoon to hear the Architect and others associated with him on the legislative appropriation before the Legislative Subcommittee. Mr. Stewart, without further statement from me, you may go right ahead and state the case for the Architect. Mr. STEWART. There are five appropriation items which I would like to discuss with your committee: ADDITIONAL ELEVATORS, SENATE WING OF CAPITOL The first is under "Capitol buildings.' When I appeared before the House Appropriations Committee, I presented in my prepared justifications, which you now have before you, pages 18 to 42, a total appropriation request for "Capitol buildings" in the amount of $875,100. Since that time, the Senate has passed, on June 20, 1955, Senate 1993, authorizing the installation of two additional elevators in the Senate wing of the Capitol, to be located adjacent to and east of the existing elevators at the main east front entrance to the Senate wing. Although the bill has not yet been passed by the House, if your committee wishes to make provision for the two new elevators in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1956, then it is necessary to request that the total estimate of $875,100 for "Capitol buildings," 1 1956 |
