Mr. CLAUSEN. I think that would save some time, Mr. Chairman. Mr. BURTON. Would the gentleman yield?

Mr. CLAUSEN. Yes.

Mr. BURTON. Mr. Commissioner, you are still confronted with the uncertainty that if you lose the bulk of that $9 million from these other programs, you are about $10 million short, aren't you?

Mr. JOHNSTON. Yes, sir, the only program in there of a substantial amount, $1 million or more for the Peace Corps activities, apparently is going to be continued, but most of the other programs at this point are in doubt.

Mr. BURTON. Well, if they are in doubt, then those figures, to the extent they are reduced, have to be reflected in an increase in the numbers you have given us. Am I correct?

Mr. JOHNSTON. That is correct, yes, sir.

Mr. BURTON. I think it would be unrealistic to expect an openended authorization beyond, if you will, the Nixon fiscal years. I think that that probably is the outer limit that you are talking about.

I think we could develop maximum, bipartisan support if we were talking about the fiscal year ending June 30, 1977. You get beyond that and then you open up a whole variety of possibly divisive considerations. So for purposes of your thinking, there isn't any prospect that I would consider going beyond the last fiscal year of the Nixon administration.

I am sure our committee is not going to be willing to put itself completely out of the business of reviewing your authorizations. Mr. CLAUSEN. Well, that follows, Mr. Chairman, the line of reasoning that I had personally developed. After all, you fellows are committed to and serve at the pleasure of this administration, and there may be new factors, new policies that the American people would decide upon, and that's one of the reasons I chose that time frame.

Now, moving along hurriedly-and I'm sorry I'm taking up so much time, Mr. Chairman-do you have any figures and sources on the tax revenues generated within the trust territory, and I am wondering if you do not, could you supply this information?

Mr. JOHNSTON. Yes, sir, we have it right here, and we'd be glad to supply it for the record.

Mr. CLAUSEN. Well, could you tell me what it is, then?

I would like to ask to have these figures into the record.

Mr. JOHNSTON. Our total estimated collections-well, the total collections for fiscal year 1972 from all sources were $3,733,000. The estimated for fiscal 1973 is about $4,615,000 and estimated collections. for fiscal 1974, slightly under $5 million.

Mr. CLAUSEN. All right; then what tax sources, and from what sources are funds raised by the district legislature?

Mr. JOHNSTON. Well, these are territorywide taxes, and the sources of these taxes are the territorywide income tax, import taxes mostly on luxury items, export taxes, a fuel excise tax, and other miscellaneous sources such as business licenses and the leasing of public land. The Congress of Micronesia gets the revenues from the leasing of public lands. The district legislatures have their own fundraising sources, but these are in much smaller amounts, running in the neighborhood, I believe-the maximum is around $200,000 for any one district, and they are not included in our budget. The district legislatures and the district administrations have their own budgets and raise their own local revenues, but when we're speaking of local revenues here in relation to the U.S. grant funds, these are the revenues that are raised on a territorywide basis.

Mr. CLAUSEN. Well, you may want to amplify that a little bit. As a minimum, would you supply the information that you are reading on that particular sheet for the record, and it will be included at this point in the record, Mr. Chairman.

Mr. JOHNSTON. We certainly will.
Mr. BURTON. So ordered.

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