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23. Efficiency of Interstate Commerce Commission Operations
Designed To Protect Consumers From Household Moving
Abuses in Interstate Commerce_
24. Efficiency and Effectiveness of Federal Regulation of Christ-
mas Clubs Savings Accounts__
25. Sale to the Government and to Consumers of "Old" Model
Appliances and Television Sets as "New".
26. Adequacy of Labeling Information on Prescription and
Certain Over-the-Counter Drugs.
27. Efficiency of the Administration of Penalties and Sanctions
Provisions in Consumer Protection Statutes.
35. Administration of Behavioral Drugs to Grammar School
Children.
36. Release of Data to Mailing List Firms..
37. Projects of Department of Transportation Involving Sur-
veillance Devices--
38. Assisting State and Local Purchasing Agents To Negotiate
Purchases of Surplus Personal Property Prior to Its Being
Advertised for Public Sale.
39. General Services Administration and Department of De-
fense-Disposal of Property by Exchange or Sale.
40. Agency for International Development-Excess Property
Program.
41. Returning Unneeded Overseas Property for Further Federal
Utilization and Donation Within the United States.
42. Providing Specialized or Technical Services and Essential
Facilities to State Agencies for Surplus Property--
Military Operations Subcommittee__
1. H.R. 474, To Establish a Commission on Government Pro-
curement_
2. Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1970, To Create an Office of
Telecommunications Policy, Effective April 20, 1970..
Government Activities Subcommittee.
1. H.R. 10791, To Amend the Budget and Accounting Office,
1921, To Direct the Comptroller General To Establish
Information and Data Processing Systems, and for Other
Purposes.
2. H.R. 16443, To Amend the Federal Property and Administra-
tive Services Act of 1949 in Order To Establish Federal
Policy Concerning the Selection of Firms and Individuals
To Perform Architectural, Engineering, and Related Serv-
ices for the Federal Government_
3. H.R. 17455, To Amend the Federal Property and Administra-
tive Services Act of 1949, as Amended, To Authorize the
Administrator of General Services To Enter Into Contracts
for Janitorial Services, Trash Removal, and Similar Services
in Federally Owned and Leased Properties for Periods Not
To Exceed 3 Years, and for Other Purposes..
4. H.R. 18275, To Amend the Federal Property and Administra-
tive Services Act of 1949, as Amended, To Provide for the
Disposal of Surplus Federal Property for Park and Recrea-
tional Uses, and for Other Purposes.
5. S. 406, To Amend the Federal Property and Administrative
Services Act of 1949 To Permit the Rotation of Certain
Property Whenever Its Remaining Storage or Shelf Life Is
Too Short To Justify Its Retention, and for Other Pur-
poses_
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6. S. 1366, To Release the Conditions in a Deed With Respect
to a Certain Portion of the Land Heretofore Conveyed by
the United States to the Salt Lake City Corp.
7. S. 2763, To Allow the Purchase of Additional Systems and
Equipment for Passenger Motor Vehicles Over and Above
the Statutory Limitation..
Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee..
1. H.J. Res. 757, To Authorize Appropriations for Expenses of
the Office of Intergovernmental Relations, and for Other
Purposes.
2. H.R. 7366, To Improve the Financial Management of Federal
Assistance Programs, To Facilitate the Consolidation of
Such Programs, To Provide Temporary Authority To Ex-
pedite the Processing of Project Applications Drawing Upon
More Than One Federal Assistance Program, To Strengthen
Further Congressional Review of Federal Grants-in-Aid
and To Extend and Amend the Law Relating to Intergov-
ernmental Cooperation, and H.R. 10954, To Amend Title 5,
United States Code, To Authorize Consolidation of Federal
Assistance Programs, and for Other Purposes-
Executive and Legislative Reorganization Subcommittee
1. S. 1058, To Extend the Period Within Which the President
May Transmit to the Congress Plans for Reorganization of
Agencies of the Executive Branch of the Government..
2. H.R. 337, To Increase the Maximum Rate of Per Diem Allow-
ance for Employees of the Government Traveling on
Official Business, and for Other Purposes.
3. H.R. 14517 (Originally H.R. 6654), To Provide Temporary
Authority To Expedite Procedures for Consideration and
Approval of Projects Drawing Upon More Than One
Federal Assistance Program, To Simplify Requirements for
the Operation of Those Projects, and for Other Purposes..
4. H.R. 15165, To Establish a Commission on Population
Growth and the American Future__
5. S. 740, To Establish the Cabinet Committee on Opportunities
for Spanish-Speaking People, and for Other Purposes-
6. H.R. 18214 (Originally H.R. 6037), To Establish an Office
of Consumer Affairs in the Executive Office of the Presi-
dent and a Consumer Protection Agency in Order To Secure
Within the Federal Government Effective Protection and
Representation of the Interests of Consumers, and for
Other Purposes
7. H.R. 4599, To Extend for 2 Years the Period for Which
Payments in Lieu of Taxes May Be Made With Respect
to Certain Real Property Transferred by the Reconstruc-
tion Finance Corporation and Its Subsidiaries to Other
Government Departments -
8. Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1969 (Interstate Commerce
Commission)
9. H. Res. 841, Disapproving Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1970
(Office of Telecommunications Policy).
10. H. Res. 960, Disapproving Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1970
(Office of Management and Budget; Domestic Council)
11. H. Res. 1209, Disapproving Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970
(Environmental Protection Agency).
12. H. Res. 1210, Disapproving Reorganization Plan No. 4 of
1970 (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
13. H.R. 14460 (Originally H.R. 13278), To Amend the Employ-
ment Act of 1946 To Bring To Bear an Informed Public
Opinion Upon Price and Wage Behavior Which Threatens
National Economic Stability.
14. H.R. 17112, To Create a Catalog of Federal Assistance
Programs
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Foreign Operations and Government Information Subcommittee
(foreign operations) -
1. H.R. 207 and H.R. 9022 (virtually identical bills), To
Provide for Certain Reorganizations in the Department of
State and the Department of Health, Education, and Wel-
fare, and for Other Purposes_
2. On May 28, 1969, four members of the subcommittee, in-
cluding Chairman John E. Moss, Ogden R. Reid, John
S. Monagan, and Frank Horton, and 11 other Members of
Congress introduced H.R. 11759, a bill establishing a pro-
gram of loan guarantees to encourage self-help community
development projects in Latin America. The amendment,
which was an outgrowth of the subcommittee's study of
the Alliance for Progress, was adopted in modified form by
the House Foreign Affairs Committee and made a part of
the U.S. foreign aid bill. It provides for a 3-year pilot pro-
gram of guarantees in five Latin American countries. The
amendment is now in the process of being implemented by
the new Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC).
3. On April 20, 1970, five members of the subcommittee, in-
cluding Chairman John E. Moss, Ogden R. Reid, John
S. Monagan, Frank Horton, and Torbert H. Macdonald,
and six other Members of Congress introduced H.R. 17117,
a bill designed to help the hundreds of thousands of Viet-
namese peasant farmers gain ownership of the land they
till and, thus, realize their greatest desire in life.
Foreign Operations and Government Information Subcommittee
(Government information).
1. H.R. 10401, To Amend the Provisions of Chapter 5 of Title 5,
U.S. Code, Relating to the Application of the Public
Information and Disclosure Provisions of Such Chapter...
2. H.R. 17990 (and Others), To Limit the Sale or Distribution
of Mailing Lists by Federal Agencies
Legal and Monetary Affairs Subcommittee...
Conservation and Natural Resources Subcommittee_.
Special Studies Subcommittee__
1. H.R. 13769, To Amend the Act Entitled "An Act To Author-
ize Any Executive Department or Independent Estab-
lishment of the Government, or Any Bureau or Office
Thereof, To Make Appropriate Accounting Adjustment
or Reimbursement Between the Respective Appropriations
Available to Such Departments and Establishments, or
Any Bureau or Office Thereof," Approved June 29, 1966,
So as To Include Within Its Coverage the Municipal
Government of the District of Columbia..
2. Other Legislative Matters...
III. OTHER CURRENT ACTIVITIES
A. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE REPORTS
Military Operations Subcommittee...
Government Activities Subcommittee.
Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee..
Executive and Legislative Reorganization Subcommittee.
Foreign Operations and Government Information Subcommittee.
Legal and Monetary Affairs Subcommittee____
Conservation and Natural Resources Subcommittee..
Special Studies Subcommittee....
B. OTHER REPORTS OR STATEMENTS
Government Activities Subcommittee..
1. Sale of the Major Portion of the New York Naval Shipyard,
Brooklyn, N. Y. Explanatory Statement Dated February
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2. Sale of the Quincy, Mass., Naval Shipyard to the General
3. Sale of an Extrusion Press and Support Equipment to the
Canton Drop Forging and Manufacturing Co., Canton,
Ohio
4. Proposed Exchange of the Barracks "K" Area in Arlington,
Va., and 215 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, N.Y., for the
Former Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C., and $3.5
million...
Special Studies Subcommittee__
1. Agency Reports on Disposals of Foreign Excess Property.
IV. COMMITTEE PRINTS
1. "Federal Real and Personal Property Inventory Report
(Civilian and Military) of the U.S. Government, Covering
Its Properties Located in the United States, in the Terri-
tories, and Overseas, as of June 30, 1968”.
2. "Compiled Statutes-Committee on Government Operations
(Revised Edition)”.
3. "Results From Recommendations Made During the 89th
Congress in Reports of the Committee on Government
Operations, House of Representatives".
5. "Activities of the House Committee on Government Oper-
ations, 91st Congress, First and Second Sessions, 1969-70"-
Military Operations Subcommittee..
4. "Interim Report of the Activities of the House Committee on
Government Operations, 91st Congress, First Session,
1969"
1. "Military Assistance to Commercial Film Projects”.
Government Activities Subcommittee..
Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee_
Executive and Legislative Reorganization Subcommittee_
1. "The Budget Process in the Federal Government," April
1969__
Foreign Operations and Government Information Subcommittee
(foreign operations)
1. "A Review of Alliance for Progress Goals" (a Report by the
Bureau for Latin America, Agency for International
Development) _ _
2. "Progress Report on Improving U.S. AID Operations in
Latin America Under the Alliance for Progress" (a Report
by the Bureau for Latin America, Agency for International
Development)
3. "Communist Strategy and Tactics of Employing Peasant
Dissatisfaction Over Conditions of Land Tenure for Revo-
lutionary Ends in Vietnam" (a Study by Dr. Paul S.
Taylor for the Foreign Operations and Government Infor-
mation Subcommittee) -
Foreign Operations and Government Information Subcommittee (Government information___
1. "Access by the Congress to Information From Regulatory
Boards and Commissions," July 1970..-
2. "Availability of Information From Federal Departments and
Agencies (Telephone Monitoring-Third Review)," Decem-
Legal and Monetary Affairs Subcommittee..
Conservation and Natural Resources Subcommittee_
1. "Qui Tam Actions and the 1899 Refuse Act: Citizen Lawsuits
Against Polluters of the Nation's Waterways," September
1970_.
Special Studies Subcommittee__
1. "Economic Report on Food Chain Selling Practices in the
District of Columbia and San Francisco"-A Report Pre-
pared by the Staff of the Federal Trade Commission for the
Special Studies Subcommittee of the Committee on Govern-
ment Operations, July 28, 1969__
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2. "Progress and Problems Relating to Improvement of Federal
Agency Accounting Systems as of December 31, 1968,"
B-115398, December 15, 1969.
3. "William L. Dawson's Programs To Help the Disadvan-
taged".
V. PRIOR ACTIVITIES OF CURRENT OR CONTINUING INTEREST
Military Operations Subcommittee__
1. Savings in Communications Service Charges Due to Satellite
Communications..
Government Activities Subcommittee.
1. Federal Internal Audit Systems.
2. ADP Management__
3. FAA Air Traffic Control Operations.
Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee.
1. CCC Grain Storage Activities.
2. Government-Financed Exports of Agricultural Commodities_
3. The Administration of Research Grants in the Public Health
4. FDA Procedures for the Selection of Laboratory Sites Foreign Operations and Government Information Subcommittee (foreign operations).
1. More Efficient Use of U.S.-Owned Foreign Currencies.
2. More Efficient and Effective Audit of U.S. Economic Aid
Programs
Foreign Operations and Government Information Subcommittee
(Government information).
1. Administration of Stars and Stripes..
2. Freedom of Information Act Regulations_
Legal and Monetary Affairs Subcommittee.
1. Federal Effort Against Organized Crime.
2. U.S. Coast Guard Ship Safety Standards.
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