Page D. Congressional Committee System-Continued 463 Number of House and Senate Committees and Subcommittees, 103d Congress 473 U.S. House of Representatives, Number of Committees and Their Subcommittees, 1945-1992.. 474 U.S. Senate, Number of Committees and Their Subcommittees, 1945-1992 476 478 U.S. House of Representatives, Committee Assignments, 1945–1992. Number of Committee and Subcommittee Assignments, U.S. House of Number of Committee and Subcommittee Assignments, U.S. Senate, 102d Impact of Waivers on Senate Full Committee Sizes, 103d Congress. Impact of Waivers on the Number of Assignments Per Senator, 103d 480 482 484 485 486 488 Impact of Waivers on House Standing Committee Sizes, 103d Congress...... Impact of Waivers on the Number of Assignments Per Representative, 103d Congress..... 489 490 Selected Indicators of House Committee Activity, By Committee, 102d 491 Selected Indicators of Senate Committee Activity, By Committee, 102d 494 Multiple Referrals and Committee Jurisdictional Overlaps 496 Table 1. Multiple Referral of Measures by Senate Committee Pair- 498 Table 2. Senate Committee Jurisdictional Overlaps, by Subject. 499 Table 3. Single and Multiple Referral of Measures to House Commit- 504 Table 4. Major House Committee Jurisdictional Overlaps, by Subject.. Committee Jurisdiction over Executive Departments Committee Reorganization: Some Options, a paper prepared by CRS at the request of the Joint Committee on Congress. 608 Members with Proposals to Reform the Committee System, 102d and 103d 876 Options for Reform of the Committee System 878 879 Post Hearing Questions on Committee Structure: Questions for Committee Leaders Testifying on the Committee System ...... 884 886 Response of Senator John Glenn, Chairman, Senate Committee on 889 Response of Senator Dale Bumpers, Chairman, Senate Committee on 892 Response of Senator J. Bennett Johnston, Chairman, Senate Commit- 897 Response of Senator Strom Thurmond, Ranking Member, Senate 901 Response of Senator Ernest Hollings, Chairman, Senate Committee 904 Response of Senator Dennis DeConcini, Chairman, Senate Committee 907 Response of Senator Daniel Inouye, Chairman, Senate Select Com- 910 Response of Senator Claiborne Pell, Chairman, Senate Committee on 914 Statement of Senator Arlen Specter.... 917 Response of Representative G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery, Chairman, 923 Response of Representative William Natcher, Chairman, House Com- 926 Response of Representative Benjamin A. Gilman, Ranking Member, 940 D. Congressional Committee System-Continued Response of Representative William D. Ford, Chairman, House Com- Page 949 Response of Representative Ronald V. Dellums, Chairman, House 952 Response of Representative Jack Fields, Ranking Member, House 957 Response of Representative George Miller, Chairman, House Commit- 959 Response of Representative John D. Dingell, Chairman, House Com- 962 Response of Representative John LaFalce, Chairman, House Commit- 970 Response of Representative William L. Clay, Chairman, House Com- 973 Response of Norman Y. Mineta, Chairman, House Committee on 976 Statement of Representative H. Martin Lancaster.. 982 Statement of Roger H. Davidson, Professor, University of Maryland Background and Issues on Reform of House Procedure and Scheduling. 1015 1024 1033 Table: Motions to Suspend the Rules, 98th-102th Congresses 1037 Table: Bills and Joint Resolutions Passed by the House of Representa- 1038 The Evolution of House Minority Parliamentary Rights..... 1041 CRS Memorandum: Senate's "Three weeks on; One week off" Schedule 1050 1052 Table 1. Frequency of Cloture Action, 66th-102d Congresses... 1062 1063 Table 3. Disposition of Cloture Motions, 66th-102d Congresses 1064 1065 Table 5. Disposition of Attempts to Invoke Cloture on Items of Busi- 1066 Table 6. Frequency of Dispositions of Attempts to Invoke Cloture on 1067 Table 7. Number of Items of Business on which Cloture Motions with 1068 Table 8. Frequency of Items of Business on which Cloture Motions 1069 1070 The Senate Motion to Proceed to Consider 1071 Table 1. Motions to Proceed not Debatable or Not Offered by the 1079 Table 2. Proportion of Items of Business Involving Cloture Action on 1080 1081 Table 4. Selected Forms of Opposition to Motions to Proceed on 1082 Table 5. Time Consumed by Consideration of Motions to Proceed, Per 1083 1084 1085 Table 8. Effectiveness of Motions to Proceed to Consider Measures, Page E. Congressional Floor Procedure, Deliberation, and Scheduling-Continued 1087 1090 Senate and House Votes, 98th Congress, Number of Votes, by Day of 1091 Senate and House Votes, 102d Congress, Percent Distribution, by Day of 1092 House Votes, 98th and 102d Congresses, Number of Votes, by Day of 1093 House Votes, 98th and 102d Congresses, Percent Distribution, by Day of 1094 House Votes, 98th Congress, Number of Votes, by Day of Week 1095 1096 1097 1098 1099 Senate Votes, 98th and 102d Congresses, Percent Distribution, by Day of 1100 Senate Votes, 98th Congress, Number of Votes, by Day of Week 1101 1102 1103 1104 Senate Rule XXII: Commentary by Lloyd Cutler, Senator Howard Baker, 1105 Memorandum: Measures Proposing Changes in Floor Procedure, Agenda- CRS Report: "Congress' Exemption From Selected Major Legislation: A 1210 CRS Memorandum: Fair Employment Practices Complaint Processes for 1246 House and Senate Offices of Fair Employment Practices... 1259 CRS Memorandum: Summaries of Bills Introduced to Apply Various 1274 CRS Report: "Sexual Harassment Policy: Rules Applicable to Congressional Offices" 1277 CRS Report: "Family and Medical Leave Act: Provisions Applicable to 1281 CRS Report: "The Application of the Freedom of Information Act to 1286 Congressional Staff Survey-Sections on House Office of Fair Employment Practices (OFEP) and Office of Senate Fair Employment Practices (OSFEP). Summary of Staffing and Support Agency Hearings, June 10, 1993 1358 1379 CRS Report: Legislative Branch Employment: Selected Years (1945-1993).. 1387 1388 Graph 2. House of Representatives Employment, By Type... 1389 1390 Table 1. Legislative Branch Employment: Selected Years (1945-1993).. 1391 Page G. Congressional Staff-Continued CRS Report: Legislative Branch Budget Authority, Permanents Excluded: FY's 1945, 1950, 1955, 1960, 1965, and 1970-1993E (in current dollars in thousands). Table. Legislative Branch Budget Authority 1396 1397 Background on Committee Staff and Funding. 1400 Table 1. House Committee Inquiry Funding Authorizations.. 1408 1412 Table 3. Senate Committee Recurring Funding Authorizations 1416 1420 Congressional Informal Groups: Caucuses and Legislative Service Organizations...... 1423 Attachment 1-Caucuses of the 102d Congress. 1431 Attachment 2-Current Regulations Governing Legislative Service 1439 CRS Report on "Minority Staffing: A Chronological History". 1443 CRS Memorandum: The Growth of Interest Groups and Its Implications for Congress... 1459 CRS Memorandum: U.S. Congress Official Mail Costs: FY 1972 to FY 1993 (Est.). 1466 Table 1. Official Mail Costs, Fiscal Years 1972 to 1993 (Est.) 1467 1469 Table 3. House of Representatives, Cost and Volume of Outgoing 1471 Table 4. Senate, Cost and Volume of Outgoing Official Mail, Fiscal Graph 1. Legislative Support Agency Employment: Selected Years, 1491 Table 1. Staffing of Legislative Support Agencies: Selected Years, 1492 Table 2. Congressional Support Agencies Budget Authority, FY 1945- 1497 Summary of Options for Reform of Congressional staffing 1501 1503 Matrix of Administration of the Hill and Support Agencies.. 1530 H. Interbranch Relations Summary of Legislative-Executive hearing, June 22, 1993. 1546 1566 Summary of Legislative-Judicial hearing, June 29, 1993. 1573 1578 Matrix for Legislative-Judicial Relations I. Miscellaneous Options for Bicameral Relations. Options for Improving the Conduct of Oversight.. Options for Information Technology Usage in Congress. Some "Lessons" of Past Reorganization Efforts.... 1587 1589 1597 1618 1624 1627 Public Reaction to the Efforts of the Joint Committee.. 1638 1654 Text of H. Con. Res. 192, 102d Congress, authorizing the Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress 1664 Rules of the Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress. 1671 |