Agencies for Collecting and Utilizing Accident and Injury Data). (Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee, Congressman L. H. Fountain, chairman.)

Twentieth Report (H. Rept. 916): "Unauthorized Bureau of Land Management Subpena Regulations." (Conservation and Natural Resources Subcommittee, Congressman Henry S. Reuss, chairman.)

Twenty-First Report (H. Rept. 917): "Our Waters and Wetlands: How the Corps of Engineers Can Help Prevent Their Destruction and Pollution." (Conservation and Natural Resources Subcommittee, Congressman Henry S. Reuss, chairman.)

Twenty-Second Report (H. Rept. 931): "The British Drug Safety System." (Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee, Congressman L. H. Fountain, chairman.)

Twenty-Third Report (H. Rept. 1004): "Phosphates in Detergents and the Eutrophication of America's Waters." (Conservation and Natural Resources Subcommittee, Congressman Henry S. Reuss, chairman.)

Twenty-Fourth Report (H. Rept. 1082): "The Environmental Decade (Action Proposals for the 1970's)." Conservation and Natural Resources Subcommittee, Congressman Henry S. Reuss, chairman.)

Twenty-Fifth Report (H. Rept. 1083): "The Potomac Edison Company's High Voltage Transmission Line and Its Esthetic Impact on the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Monument." (Conservation and Natural Resources Subcommittee, Congressman Henry S. Reuss, chairman.)

Twenty-Sixth Report (H. Rept. 1228): "A Review of the Inequitable Monetary Rate of Exchange in Vietnam." (Foreign Operations and Government Information Subcommittee, Congressman John E. Moss, chairman.)

Twenty-Seventh Report (H. Rept. 1229): "U.S. Economic Assistance to Transportation in Latin America." (Foreign Operations and Government Information Subcommittee, Congressman John E. Moss, chairman.)

Twenty-Eighth Report (H. Rept. 1260): "Foreign Postal Debts Owed to the United States." (Foreign Operations and Government Information Subcommittee, Congressman John E. Moss, chairman.)

Twenty-Ninth Report (H. Rept. 1308): "Problems Confronting the Federal Aviation Administration in the Development of an Air Traffic Control System for the 1970's." (Government Activities Subcommittee, Congressman Jack Brooks, chairman.)

Thirtieth Report (H. Rept. 1429): "Unmet Training Needs of the Federal Investigator and the Consolidated Federal Law Enforcement Training Center." (Legal and Monetary Affairs Subcommittee, Congressman Dante B. Fascell, chairman.)

Thirty-First Report (H. Rept. 1433): "Protecting America's Estuaries: The San Francisco Bay and Delta." (Conservation and Natural Resources Subcommittee, Congressman Henry S. Reuss, chairman.)

Thirty-Second Report (H. Rept. 1581): "Environmental Pollution: Discharge of Raw Human Wastes From Railroad Trains."

(Conservation and Natural Resources Subcommittee, Congressman Henry S. Reuss, chairman.)

Thirty-Third Report (H. Rept. 1582): "A Review of Steel Purchased for the Commercial Barge Construction Program in Vietnam." (Foreign Operations and Government Information Subcommittee, Congressman John E. Moss, chairman.)

Thirty-Fourth Report (H. Rept. 1583): "Commercial (Commodity) Import Program for Vietnam (Followup Investigation). (Foreign Operations and Government Information Subcommittee, Congressman John E. Moss, chairman.)

Thirty-Fifth Report (H. Rept. 1584): "Civilian Medical Program for Vietnam (Followup Investigation)." (Foreign Operations and Government Information Subcommittee, Congressman John E. Moss, chairman.)

Thirty-Sixth Report (H. Rept. 1585): "Regulation of Cyclamate Sweeteners." (Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee, Congressman L. H. Fountain, chairman.)

Thirty-Seventh Report (H. Rept. 1586): "Military Supply Systems: Lessons From the Vietnam Experience." (Military Operations Subcommittee, Congressman Chet Holifield, chairman.) Thirty-Eighth Report (H. Rept. 1595): "The Port Situation in Vietnam (Followup Investigation)." (Foreign Operations and Government Information Subcommittee, Congressman John E. Moss, chairman.)

Thirty-Ninth Report (H. Rept. 1715): "Regulation of Prescription Drug Advertising." (Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee, Congressman L. H. Fountain, chairman.)

Fortieth Report (H. Rept. 1717): "The Establishment of a National Industrial Wastes Inventory." (Conservation and Natural Resources Subcommittee, Congressman Henry S. Reuss, chairman.)

Forty-First Report (H. Rept. 1718): "Military Supply Systems: Cataloging, Standardization, and Provisioning of Spare Parts." (Military Operations Subcommittee, Congressman Chet Holifield, chairman.)

Forty-Second Report (H. Rept. 1719): "Policy Changes in Weapon System Procurement." (Military Operations Subcommittee, Congressman Chet Holifield, chairman.)

Forty-Third Report (H. Rept. 1731): "The Role and Effectiveness of Federal Advisory Committees." (Special Studies Subcommittee, Congressman John S. Monagan, chairman.)

Forty-Fourth (H. Rept. 1761): "Protecting America's Estuaries: The Potomac." (Conservation and Natural Resources Subcommittee, Congressman Henry S. Reuss, chairman.)

Forty-Fifth (H. Rept. 1767): "The Rural Electrification Administration and the Hoosier Power System in Southern Indiana." (Conservation and Natural Resources Subcommittee, Congressman Henry S. Reuss, chairman.)

B. COMMITTEE PRINTS

Sixteen committee prints, prepared by the full committee or subcommittee staffs were issued as follows:

"A Review of Alliance for Progress Goals (A Report by

the Bureau for Latin America, Agency for International Development)."

"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 Territories, and Overseas, as of June 30, 1968."

"The Budget Process in the Federal Government."

"Compiled Statutes-Committee on Government Operations (Revised Edition)."

"Economic Report on Food Chain Selling Practices in the District of Columbia and San Francisco."

"Results From Recommendations Made During the 89th Congress in Reports to the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives."

"Military Assistance to Commercial Film Projects."

"Progress and Problems Relating to Improvement of Federal Agency Accounting Systems as of December 31, 1968, B-115398." "Progress Report on Improving U.S. AID Operations in Latin America Under the Alliance for Progress (By the Bureau for Latin America, Agency for International Development)."

"Interim Report of the Activities of the House Committee on Government Operations, 91st Congress, 1st Session, 1969."

"Access by the Congress to Information From Regulatory Boards and Commissions."

"Communist Strategy and Tactics of Employing Peasant Dissatisfaction Over Conditions of Land Tenure for Revolutionary Ends in Vietnam."

"Qui Tam Actions and the 1899 Refuse Act: Citizen Lawsuits Against Polluters of the Nation's Waterways."

"William L. Dawson's Programs to Help the Disadvantaged." "Availability of Information From Federal Departments and Agencies (Telephone Monitoring-Third Review)."

"Activities of the House Committee on Government Operations, 91st Congress, First and Second Sessions, 1969-70."

C. LEGISLATION

The legislative jurisdiction of the Committee on Government Operations covers a wide range of important governmental operations. The committee receives all budget and accounting measures other than appropriations; all reorganization plans; all bills providing for the establishment of new departments in the executive branch; and most other reorganization legislation. It also receives legislation dealing with the General Services Administration, including the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act and special bills authorizing the Administrator of General Services to make specific transfers of property, and legislation dealing with the General Accounting Office, with the Bureau of the Budget, with the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, with the Administrative Expenses Act, with the Travel Expense Act, and with the Employment Act of 1946. Certain bills dealing with the availability of government information are also referred to the committee. The committee is required

to review the application, administration, and execution of the laws whose subject matter is within its jurisdiction, a duty originally derived from section 136 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and now prescribed in revised form by Rule XI, 28, of the House.1

During the 91st Congress, the committee studied 430 bills and resolutions referred to it and reported 21 to the House, of which 10 were enacted into law. The reported measures are discussed more fully in part two below. However, they are listed here for convenience in the order of approval by the committee and with the name of the subcommittees which initially considered them:

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 (Executive and Legislative Reorganization Subcommittee, H. Rept. 91-80, Public Law 91-5).

H.R. 337, to increase the maximum rate of per diem allowance for employees of the Government traveling on official business, and for other purposes (Executive and Legislative Reorganization Subcommittee, H. Rept. 91-111, Public Law 91-114).

H.R. 10791, to amend the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921, to direct the Comptroller General to establish information and data processing systems, and for other purposes (Government Activities Subcommittee, H. Rept. 91-258).

H.R. 474, to establish a Commission on Government Procurement (Military Operations Subcommittee, H. Rept. 91-468, Public Law 91-129).

H.J. Res. 757, to authorize appropriations for expenses of the Office of Intergovernmental Relations, and for other purposes (Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee, H. Rept. 91-648, Public Law 91-186). H.R. 14517, 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 (Executive and Legislative Reorganization Subcommittee, H. Rept. 91-659).

S. 740, to establish the Cabinet Committee on Opportunities for Spanish-Speaking People, and for other purposes (Executive and Legislative Reorganization Subcommittee, H. Rept. 91-699, Public Law 91-181).

H.R. 15165, to establish a Commission on Population Growth and the American Future (Executive and Legislative Reorganization Subcommittee, H. Rept. 91-738, Public Law 91-213.

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 Reconstruction Finance Corporation and its subsidiaries to other Government departments (Executive and Legislative Reorganization Subcommittee, H. Rept. 91-926, Public Law 91466).

H. Res. 841, to disapprove Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1970 (Executive and Legislative Reorganization Subcommittee, H. Rept. 91930).

H. Res. 960, to disapprove Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1970 (Executive and Legislative Reorganization Subcommittee, H. Rept. 911066).

17 This provision is set out on p. 2, supra.

H.R. 18275, to amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, to provide for the disposal of surplus Federal property for park and recreational uses, and for other purposes (Government Activities Subcommittee, H. Rept. 91-1313).

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 purposes (Government Activities Subcommittee, H. Rept. 91-1357, Public Law 91-426).

S. 2763, to allow the purchase of additional systems and equipment for passenger motor vehicles over and above the statutory price limitation (Government Activities Subcommittee, H. Rept. 91-1358, Public Law 91-423).

H.R. 17455, to amend the Federal Property and Administrative 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 (Government Activities Subcommittee, H. Rept. 91-1359).

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. (Government Activities Subcommittee, H. Rept. 91-1360).

H.R. 18214, to establish an Office of Consumer Affairs in the Executive Office of the President 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 (Executive and Legislative Reorganization Subcommittee, H. Rept. 91-1361).

H.R. 13769, to amend the act entitled "An act to authorize any executive department or independent establishment 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 (Special Studies Subcommittee, H. Rept. 91-1432).

H.R. 16443, to amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 in order to establish Federal policy concerning the selection of firms and individuals to perform architectural, engineering, and related services for the Federal Government (Government Activities Subcommittee, H. Rept. 91-1445).

H. Res. 1209, to disapprove Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970 (Executive and Legislative Reorganization Subcommittee, H. Rept. 91-1464).

H. Res. 1210, to disapprove Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970 (Executive and Legislative Reorganization Subcommittee, H. Rept. 91-1465).

D. REORGANIZATION PLANS

Five reorganization plans were transmitted to the 91st Congress by the President. Since neither the House nor the Senate adopted resolutions disapproving these plans, they became effective. More detail on each plan is found in part two below.