February 25, 2008

The Honorable Robert C. Byrd

Chairman
Senate Committee on Appropriations
S-131 Capitol Building
Washington, D.C. 20510

Dear Mr. Chairman:

Section 610 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, Public Law 110-161,
requires Agencies funded under the Act to submit to the Committee on Appropriations a
report to establish the baseline for possible reprogramming and transfer authority for the
current fiscal year.

Enclosed is the Federal Election Commission’s (FEC’s) Fiscal Year 2008

estimated delineation by object class. The FEC received one appropriation of
$59,224,000 and has one account, Salaries and Expenses. The President’s budget request
was also for $59,224,000 for the FEC.

Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me or the FEC’s
Acting Director of Congressional Affairs, J. Duane Pugh, at (202) 694-1006.

Sincerely,

Ellen L. Weintraub
Vice Chair

Enclosure

cc: The Honorable Thad Cochran

 Federal Election Commission

FY 2008
Object Class Personnel Estimate
1110 Full Time Permanent $31,825,000
1130 Other than Permanent 750,000
1150 Premium Pay, Overtime 85,000
1152 Cash Awards 550,000
1181 Witnesses 1,500
1210 Personnel Benefits 8,911,000
Subtotal, Personnel $42,122,500

2101 Travel 370,000

2201 Transportation of Things 21,000
2311 Rent 4,726,125
2331 Equipment Rental 178,000
2332 Telephones 172,000
2335 Postage, Printing and Microfilm 375,000
2511 Training and Tuition 385,000
2512 Administrative Expenses 135,000
2513 Depositions an
and
d Transcript
Transcriptss 28,500
2514 IT Contracts 2,776,000
2521 Other Contracts 1,228,000
2523 Repair & Maintenance 160,000
2531 Federal Agency Services 1,025,000
2541 Facilities Maintenance 212,000
2572 Software and Hardware 1,742,000
2601 Supplies 165,000
2602 Publications 573,000
3101 Equipment Purchases 169,075
3102 Capitalized IT Equipment 2,550,000
3103 Non-Capitalized IT Equipment 110,800
Subtotal, Non Personnel $17,101,500

TOTAL $59,224,000