FY 1991, 1989-1990, n.d.

The material in Series 4 documents the efforts of Johnson and other Indian Health Service staff to justify the budget requests submitted to the congressional appropriations committee. Budget information for specific I.H.S. health programs or facilities can be found in Series 2, 3, and 6. Series 4 includes the following six sub-series: Budget Info, Justification of Appropriation Estimates for Committee, Budget Briefing Books, Appropriations Bills and Congressional Reports, Congressional Hearing Transcripts, and Reports. Folders in the first five sub-series are arranged chronologically by fiscal year; folders in the sixth sub-series are arranged chronologically by date.

The Budget Info sub-series consists of memoranda, reports, statements, and notes chronicling the planning, presentation, and analysis of federal appropriation requests by fiscal year. The Justification of Appropriation Estimates for Committee subseries contains bound reports produced by the I.H.S. from 1967-2002 for the appropriations committee. There are significant gaps in the run of reports produced during Johnson's tenure as I.H.S. Director in the 1970s, but the run from his consulting years is almost complete. The Budget Briefing Books in the third sub-series are binders of reports and statements prepared by the various I.H.S. programs for Johnson to memorize and refer to during his testimonies before the appropriations committees. Many of these binders include copies of his opening statements. The next two sub-series contain published bills, reports, and hearing transcripts focused on federal appropriations. The Reports and Plans sub-series has fiscal reports and management plans that were too bulky to include with the Budget Info sub-series.