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CONFIRMATION OF THE DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY

DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT
AND BUDGET

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BILLS TO PROVIDE THAT APPOINTMENTS TO THE OFFICES
OF DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF
MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET SHALL BE SUBJECT TO CON-
FIRMATION BY THE SENATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

92-416

MARCH 5 AND 9, 1973

Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Operations

U.S. GOVERNMENT. PRINTING OFFICE

COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

JACK BROOKS, Texas

CHET HOLIFIELD, California, Chairman

L. H. FOUNTAIN, North Carolina

ROBERT E. JONES, Alabama

JOHN E. MOSS, California
DANTE B. FASCELL, Florida
HENRY S. REUSS, Wisconsin

TORBERT H. MACDONALD, Massachusetts
WILLIAM S. MOORHEAD, Pennsylvania
WM. J. RANDALL, Missouri

BENJAMIN S. ROSENTHAL, New York
JIM WRIGHT, Texas

FERNAND J. ST GERMAIN, Rhode Island
JOHN C. CULVER, Iowa

FLOYD V. HICKS, Washington
DON FUQUA, Florida

JOHN CONYERS, JR., Michigan

BILL ALEXANDER, Arkansas
BELLA S. ABZUG, New York

HAROLD D. DONOHUE, Massachusetts
JAMES V. STANTON, Ohio
LEO J. RYAN, California

FRANK HORTON, New York
JOHN N. ERLENBORN, Illinois
JOHN W. WYDLER, New York
CLARENCE J. BROWN, Ohio
GUY VANDER JAGT, Michigan
GILBERT GUDE, Maryland

PAUL N. MCCLOSKEY, JR., California
JOHN H. BUCHANAN, JR., Alabama
SAM STEIGER, Arizona
GARRY BROWN, Michigan
CHARLES THONE, Nebraska
RICHARD W. MALLARY, Vermont
STANFORD E. PARRIS, Virginia
RALPH S. REGULA, Ohio

ANDREW J. HINSHAW, California
ALAN STEELMAN, Texas

JOEL PRITCHARD, Washington
ROBERT P. HANRAHAN, Illinois

HERBERT ROBACK, Staff Director
ELMER W. HENDERSON, General Counsel
MILES Q. ROMNEY, Counsel-Administrator
J. P. CARLSON, Minority Counsel

WILLIAM H. COPENHAVER, Minority Professional Staff

LEGISLATION AND MILITARY OPERATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE
CHET HOLIFIELD, California, Chairman

BENJAMIN S. ROSENTHAL, New York
JIM WRIGHT, Texas

FERNAND J. ST GERMAIN, Rhode Island
DON FUQUA, Florida

WILLIAM S. MOORHEAD, Pennsylvania
ROBERT E. JONES, Alabama

FRANK HORTON, New York
JOHN N. ERLENBORN, Illinois
JOHN W. WYDLER, New York
CLARENCE J. BROWN, Ohio
RICHARD W. MALLARY, Vermont

HERBERT ROBACK, Staff Director

DOUGLAS G. DAHLIN, Counsel for Military Operations
PAUL RIDGELY, Investigator

CATHERINE KOEBERLEIN, Research Analyst
MARY ETTA HAGA, Clerk

SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVE STAFF

WARREN BUHLER, Minority Staff Member

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Ash, Hon. Roy L., Director, Office of Management and Budget; accom-
panied by Dwight Ink, Assistant Director; and Jim Bradley, General
Counsel

Brooks, Hon. Jack, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Texas

Cohen, Wilbur J., dean, School of Education, University of Michigan__
Dixon, Robert G., Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal
Counsel; accompanied by Herman Marcuse_-

Jones, Roger W., former Deputy Director of OMB, and former Chair-
man of the Civil Service Commission___.

Mansfield, Harvey C., Ruggles professor of public law and government,
Columbia University-

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65, 163

140

136

Price, Don K., dean, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard Uni-
versity

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Ash, Hon. Roy L., Director, Office of Management and Budget: Letter,
dated March 13, 1973, to Chairman Holifield re Representative
Brooks' substitute bill concerning the Director and Deputy Director
of OMB____

Brooks, Hon. Jack, a Representative in Congress from the State of
Texas: A bill to provide for the appointment by the President, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate, of a Director, Office
of Management and Budget, and for other purposes..

Dingell, Hon. John D., a Representative in Congress from the State of

Michigan, statement_-_.

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Evans, Hon. Frank E., a Representative in Congress from the State of
Colorado, statement..

Holifield, Hon. Chet, a Representative in Congress from the State of
California, and chairman, Legislation and Military Operations Sub-
committee: Letter, dated March 5, 1973, from William M. Capron,
associate dean, Harvard University, John Fitzgerald Kennedy School
of Government, re S. 518 and H.R. 3932__

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162-163

Melcher, Hon. John, a Representative in Congress from the State of
Montana, statement_.

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Pickle, Hon. J. J., a Representative in Congress from the State of
Texas, statement___

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Rhodes, Hon. John J., a Representative in Congress from the State of
Arizona Study on fiscal matters_-_.

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CONFIRMATION OF THE DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1973

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

LEGISLATION AND MILITARY OPERATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE

OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS,

Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:10 a.m., in room 2154, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Chet Holifield (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding.

Present: Representatives Chet Holifield. Benjamin S. Rosenthal, Jack Brooks, Jim Wright, Fernand J. St Germain, Don Fuqua, William S. Moorhead, Frank Horton, John N. Erlenborn, John W. Wydler, Clarence J. Brown, and Richard W. Mallary.

Also present: Herbert Roback, staff director; Elmer W. Henderson, general counsel; Miles Q. Romney, counsel-administrator; Douglas Dahlin, counsel for military operations; Paul Ridgely, investigator; James Lanigan, consultant; and Warren Buhler, minority professional staff, Committee on Government Operations.

Chairman HOLIFIELD. The committee will come to order.

The hearing today is concerned with bills which would require Senate confirmation of the Director and Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget. The Committee on Government Operations, by rule of the House, has jurisdiction, among other things, over budget and accounting matters other than appropriations--and that is why various bills on confirmation of these officers have been referred to our committee.

The Senate already has taken action on this matter. On February 5, 1973, the Senate passed S. 518, Senator Ervin's bill-cosponsored by 27 other Senators-with a floor amendment by Senator Byrd of West Virginia. The bill now is before our committee, in conjunction with a number of House bills including H.R. 3932, introduced by Mr. Brooks, the ranking member of our committee, and cosponsored by 20 other members of the committee, including the chairman.

Evidently, there is strong sentiment in the Congress for legislative action on this subject. This attitude bespeaks a deep concern for strengthening the Congress as an institution to maintain the proper balance of power in Government. The President, by impounding actions, by zero budgeting, and by far-reaching reorganizations of the executive branch not specifically authorized by the Congress, has precipitated what many believe is a constitutional crisis in this country. I am not an alarmist and I do not believe that the Congress is so fragile an institution that it will be crushed by the recent assertions

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