MESSRS. L. J. DICKINSON (CHAIRMAN) AGRICULTURAL APPROPRIATION BILL, 1930 HEARINGS CONDUCTED BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE, MESSRS. L. J. DICKINSON (CHAIRMAN), EDWARD H. WASON, JOHN W. SUMMERS, JAMES P. BUCHANAN, AND JOHN N. SANDLIN, OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, IN CHARGE OF THE AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATION BILL FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1930, ON THE DAYS FOLLOWING, NAMELY: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1928. STATEMENTS OF HON. RENICK W. DUNLAP, ACTING SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, AND W. A. JUMP, BUDGET OFFICER GENERAL STATEMENT Mr. DICKINSON. Mr. Secretary, we have before us the Budget estimates for appropriations for the Agricultural Department for the fiscal year 1930, and we will be glad to have you make any general statement before we take up the specific items. Mr. DUNLAP. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee: The total carried in the Budget for 1930 namely, $154,232,131 is augmented or increased by proposed reappropriation of balances, amounting to $784,800, making a total for 1930 of $155,016,931. Using the formal Budget figures, there is an apparent decrease below funds actually available for 1929 amounting to $491,662.88, but due to reappropriated balances, items omitted, such as the one for flood relief roads and bridges, and other reductions, there is an actual net increase in funds, exclusive of road appropriations, as follows: Welch Act adjustments.. Total net increase. $2, 342, 549. 00 1, 275, 355. 37 3, 617, 904. 37 The net increase of $1,275,355.37 in working funds is made up of increases which total $2,796,506.10 and of decreases which total $1,521,150.73. I would like also to call the attention of the committee to the fact that in these increases are included the following group required or especially authorized by law: The Purnell Act____ The Hawaii station act The Capper-Ketcham Act.. The air commerce act.. The Tennessee station act.. The Southern Great Plains field station act.. The McNary-McSweeney Forestry Research Act... Total $480, 000 15, 000 500, 000 166, 508 50,000 35, 000 124, 000 1,370, 580 I believe that is all I care to say at this time, Mr. Chairman. authorized by special legislation? 1 Mr. DUNLAP. No; there are other increases. Mr. JUMP. Out of the total increase of $2,796,506, $1,370,000, approximately, are shown on the list that the Assistant Secretary read, which are required or specially authorized by law. That would make roughly about one-half of the total increase. Mr. BUCHANAN. Subtracting the funds necessary because of the Welch Act adjustments, how much would the increase be then? Mr. JUMP. The net increase in working funds of $1,275,355 is over and above the Welch Act. The Assistant Secretary gave the Welch Act figures as a separate item. ANALYSIS OF ESTIMATES I have with me for the information of the committee a set of statements analyzing the estimates from several different angles. I think that I furnished a set to you, Mr. Chairman, and one to Mr. Buchanan yesterday, showing actual increases and decreases, as they will effect the work, without respect to technicalities, such as reappropriated balances, and so forth. Would you like to have that in the record? MI. DICKINSON. I think it will be a good thing to put in the record; yes. Mr. JUMP. Then we have other statements here which I think would be helpful to go into the record, because they show the exact basis on which we make up our comparison with the 1929 funds. We have a much more complicated situation this year than we have ever had, to my recollection, so far as the figures are concerned, due to the reappropriation last year by this committee of certain unexpended balances and to the proposed reappropriation in the Budget of unexpended balances for next year, and on top of this the Welch Act adjustments running all through the estimates. Reappropriated balances do not appear in the formal totals, so that it is necessary to make up special statements to show the effect on the working funds of these balances. Mr. DICKINSON. Put in all of that data at this point. Mr. JUMP. Yes, sir. (The matter referred to is as follows:) STATEMENT No. 1.-Reconciliation of figures in following statements with totals shown in the Budget and committee print 2 Decrease. Welch Act adjustments are included for 1930 in the Budget total and while not yet provided for 1929 are inserted in the foregoing statement in order to provide for proper comparison between 1929 and 1930. STATEMENT NO. 2.-Appropriations for 1929 and Budget allowances for 1930 ! Where figure differs from figure in 1929 act, detailed statement following explains adjustments. Exclusive of $5,000,000 provided by second deficiency act, 1928, for pink bollworm control, $2,342,549 to be provided for Welch Act adjustments in 1929 and $3,011.58 unexpended balance of continuing appropriation for Sully's Hill National Park game preserve. * Exclusive of $2,000,000 for Mount Vernon Memorial Highway to be continued available in 1930. Of this amount $12,980 is on account of salaries of men engaged on work reimbursable by the various bureaus and $10,000 is on account of salaries of men engaged on nonreimbursable work. |
