COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS (House)

Appointment

Brooks, Representative (H. Res. 39), 983 [8JA]

Members (H. Res. 45), 1760 [21JA], 1828 [22JA]

Shays, Representative, 30886 [4NO]

Bills and resolutions

Appropriations: funds for investigations and studies (see H. Res. 87)

Communications from

Notices of determination: Representative Brooks, 28471 [20OC]

Hearings

Accuracy of IRS responses to taxpayer questions (testimony), D248 [8AP]

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome education prevention review (testimony), D154 [16MR]

Agricultural exports, D168 [18MR]

Agricultural Exports—Does Administration Effort Match Potential? (testimony from public witnesses), D59 [10FE]

———(testimony from Senator Baucus and public witnesses), D56 [5FE]

Air defense threat simulators: (testimony), D742 [21OC]

Amtrak/Conrail crash (testimony from James E. Burnett, J. Michael Walsh, John H. Riley, W.G. Claytor, Jr., and public witnesses), D28 [22JA]

Asbestos dangers: (testimony), D573 [3AU]

Authorizing appropriations for the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (H.R. 2539): (testimony), D443 [18JN]

Buy American Act amendments (H.R. 1750) (testimony), D194 [25MR], D229 [2AP]

Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act (S. 496) (testimony), D453 [23JN]

Computer Security Act (H.R. 145), D229 [2AP], D257 [9AP], D298 [29AP] (testimony), 160 [17MR]

———(testimony from Clarence J. Brown, Frederick Weingarten, Donald C. Latham, William E. Odom, and public witnesses, D95 [26FE]

Contract irregularities at the Social Security Administration: (testimony), D795 [5NO]

Defective pricing of defense contracts: (testimony), D644 [23SE]

Defense contractor's cost estimating systems (testimony), D248 [8AP]

Deficiencies in the Dept. of State management of personal property: (testimony), D415 [10JN]

Delays and mistakes in Social Security services: (testimony), D554 [28JY]

Delays and weaknesses in EPA program to ensure proper closure of hazardous waste sites, D891 [15DE]

Dept. of Commerce, U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service management problems (testimony from Allan I. Mendelowitz, Alexander Good, and Bruce Smart), D141 [11MR]

Dept. of Defense financial management of foreign military sales: (testimony), D402 [4JN]

Dept. of Defense management of radar warning receiver programs (testimony), D291 [28AP]

Dept. of Defense profit policy for noncompetitive contracts (testimony), D168 [18MR]

Dept. of Energy personnel security clearance program (testimony), D256 [9AP]

Dept. of HUD proposed regulations denying funds to religious groups for sheltering the homeless

———(testimony), D305 [30AP]

Dept. of State Silverware Replacement Program (testimony from Joan McCabe and Donald J. Bouchard), D141 [11MR]

Discounts for ZIP + 4 mail: (testimony), D742 [21OC]

Draft reports, D805 [10NO]

Drug and alcohol abuse in the rail and airline industries (testimony from public witnesses), D71 [19FE]

EPA Pesticide Indemnification and Disposal Program: (testimony), D501 [9JY]

Equal access to health care—patient dumping: (testimony), D538 [22JY]

Establish the VA as an executive department (H.R. 3471): (testimony), D757 [27OC]

Establishing child care centers in Federal buildings: (testimony), D384 [28MY]

FAA medical oversight of pilots, D149 [12MR]

FAA refusal to order drug testing for controllers involved in operational errors: (testimony), D459 [24JN]

FAA regulation of passenger screening at U.S. airports: (testimony), D443 [18JN], D747 [22OC]

Farmers Home Administration implementation of Food Security Act: (testimony), D787 [4NO]

FDA regulation of carcinogenic additives: (testimony), D459 [24JN]

FDA regulation of experimental drugs (testimony), D297 [29AP]

FDA regulation of suprol: (testimony), D374 [21MY], D899 [17DE]

Federal antidrug abuse policies: (testimony), D333 [8MY], D378 [27MY], D608 [10SE], D763 [28OC]

Federal labor-management dispute resolutions: (testimony), D795 [5NO]

Federal role in providing services to the mentally ill: (testimony), D361 [19MY]

Foreign travel by the Corps of Engineers: (testimony), D480 [30JN]

GAO evaluation of the administration's loan sale pilot program (testimony), D202 [26MR]

Computer Security Act (H.R. 145) (testimony from Milton Socolar and Don Fuqua), D86 [25FE]

Hazardous waste problems at Dept. of Defense facilities: (testimony), D795 [5NO]

Impact on workers of take-overs, leveraged buy-outs, and greenmail, D215 [31MR]

———(testimony), D424 [15JN]

Import meat inspection service: (testimony), D229 [2AP]

Infants at risk—is the Federal Government assuring prenatal care for poor pregnant women? (testimony), D669 [30SE]

Insider abuse and misconduct in financial institutions: (testimony), D830 [19NO]

International tax evasion: (testimony), D615 [15SE], D624 [16SE]

IRS failure to implement a document matching program for income paid to business taxpayers (testimony), D160 [17MR]

Issuance of subpoenas to demand the presence of John M. Poindexter and Kenneth E. DeGraffenreid, D86 [25FE]

Loan sales pilot program: (testimony), D311 [4MY]

Maintenance practices at Eastern Airlines, D757 [27OC], D819 [17NO]

Management of ready reserve force ships: (testimony), D819 [17NO]

Marijuana cultivation on public lands, D787 [4NO]

Meatpacking industry underreporting of occupational injuries, D635 [21SE]

Medicare health maintenance organizations: (testimony), D891 [15DE]

Medicare program quality assurance process: (testimony), D737 [20OC]

National Labor Relations Board oversight: (testimony), D532 [21JY]

Onsite day care center in the military: (testimony), D891 [15DE]

OSHA regulations to protect health care workers from acquired immune deficiency syndrome: (testimony), D545 [23JY]

Passenger security at major U.S. airports: (testimony), D899 [17DE]

PCB disposal: (testimony), D235 [6AP]

Processing equal employment opportunity complaints in the Federal sector: (testimony), D466 [25JN]

Proficiency standards for drug testing laboratories: (testimony), D415 [10JN], D421 [11JN]

Promotion opportunities for blind and handicapped workers: (testimony), D374 [21MY]

REA telephone bank (testimony), D279 [23AP]

REA telephone bank—have ratepayers been overcharged? (testimony), D545 [23JY]

Reform of the Federal budget process, D149 [12MR]

———(testimony), D229 [2AP], D305 [30AP]

Review civil rights enforcement by the Dept. of Education: (testimony), D279 [23AP]

Transporting toxic rocket fuels and other ultra-hazardous chemicals: (testimony), D716 [14OC]

U.S. agricultural exports, D80 [24FE]

———(testimony), D194 [25MR]

———(testimony from public witnesses), D65 [18FE]

U.S. agriculture exports (testimony), D361 [19MY], D367 [20MY]

Letters

Receipt of subpoena: Representative Brooks, 29195 [26OC]

Meetings

Approval of draft reports regarding the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act, USDA meat inspection system, and the National Drug Policy Board: (testimony), D421 [11JN]

Buy American Act (H.R. 1750), D240 [7AP]

Computer Security Act (H.R. 145), D240 [7AP]

Consideration of draft reports, D240 [7AP], D644 [23SE]

———Child Care in Federal Buildings, D587 [5AU]

———Citizen's Guide on Using the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act To Request Government Records, D429 [16JN]

———CPSC's Response to Hazards of Three-Wheel All-Terrain Vehicles, D615 [15SE]

———Dept. of HUD Regulating Emergency Shelter Grants Program for Religious Groups Sheltering the Homeless, D763 [28OC]

———Dept. of State's Management of Nonexpendable Personal Property—Longstanding Deficiencies Remain Uncorrected, D795 [5NO]

———Dept. of State's Silverware Replacement—Illegal Procurement Procedures, Weak Internal Controls and Sloppy Management, D415 [10JN], D429 [16JN]

———FDA's Regulation of the New Drug Merital, D429 [16JN]

———Gouging the Rural Rate Payer—Interest Rate Policies at the Rural Telephone Bank, D629 [17SE]

———Investigation of the Civil Rights Enforcement Activities of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, D769 [29OC]

———Landfills on Dept. of the Interior Lands Violate Federal Environmental Standards, D805 [10NO]

———Modernization of the Financial of the Services Industry, D615 [15SE]

———National Drug Policy Board—A Failure in the War on Drugs, D429 [16JN]

———NRC Regulation of Fuel Cycle Facilities—A Paper Tiger, D415 [10JN]

———OMB Guidelines for Sales of Existing Loans Will Not Produce the Best Results for the Government, D415 [10JN], D429 [16JN]

———Overhauling the Federal EEO Complaint Processing System—A New Look at a Persistent Problem, D763 [28OC]

———Promoting Safer Highway Routing of Ultra-Hazardous Cargoes—Dept. of Transportation Oversight, D795 [5NO]

———Soaring Subsidies for Banned Pesticides Stymie Safety Reviews, D795 [5NO]

———Surface Mining Law—A Promise Yet To Be Fulfilled, D415 [10JN]

———USDA's Import Meat Inspection System—Don't Be in Any Rush, D429 [16JN]

Consideration of pending business, D215 [31MR]

Draft reports, D663 [29SE]

Establish the VA as an executive department (H.R. 3471), D795 [5NO], D805 [10NO]

Federal Procurement Policy Act amendments (H.R. 3345), D663 [29SE]

Improving the safety of air traffic control at O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, IL, D229 [2AP]

Issuance of two subpoenas, D824 [18NO]

Organization, D52 [4FE]

Remarks in House

Meetings: during sessions, 8303 [8AP]

Reports: permission to file, 8636 [9AP], 26012 [1OC], 31586 [10NO], 33015 [20NO]

Reports

Federal Response to Criminal Misconduct and Insider Abuse in the Nation's Financial Institutions, 29296 [27OC]

Foreign Travel Expenditures, 22792 [6AU], 33055 [20NO]

Reports filed

Activities (H. Rept. 99-1026), 104 [6JA]

Aircraft Pilots (H. Rept. 100-54), 9081 [21AP]

Armed Forces Tactical Communication Systems (H. Rept. 100-48), 8665 [9AP]

Buy American Act Amendment (H.R. 1750) (H. Rept. 100-50), 8665 [9AP]

Child Care in Federal Buildings (H. Rept. 100-333), 26400 [5OC]

Citizen's Guide on Using the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act To Request Government Records (H. Rept. 100-199), 18680 [1JY]

CPSC Response to Hazards of Three-Wheel All-Terrain Vehicles (H. Rept. 100-335), 26400 [5OC]

Defense Contractor Cost Estimates (H. Rept. 100-330), 26061 [1OC]

Defense Contractor Profits (H. Rept. 100-328), 26061 [1OC]

Dept. of Agriculture Meat Inspection of Imports (H. Rept. 100-180), 10023 [27AP]

Dept. of State's Silverware Replacement Program (H. Rept. 100-179), 17102 [23JN]

Dept. of State's Management of Nonexpendable Personal Property (H. Rept. 100-434), 31963 [16NO]

Establish VA as Executive Department (H.R. 3471) (H. Rept. 100-435), 31963 [16NO]

Failure and Fraud in Civil Rights Enforcement by Dept. of Education (H. Rept. 100-334), 26400 [5OC]

FDA Continues To Permit the Illegal Marketing of Carcinogenic Additives (H. Rept. 100-361), 27174 [9OC]

Foreign Military Sales: (H. Rept. 100-329), 26061 [1OC]

Interest Rate Policies of the Rural Telephone Bank (H. Rept. 100-357), 26813 [7OC]

Investigation of Office of Civil Rights (H. Rept. 100-56), 9081 [21AP]

Investigation of Offices of Human Development Services (H. Rept. 100-57), 9081 [21AP]

Marijuana Cultivation on Public Lands and Federal Response (H. Rept. 100-454), 33062 [20NO]

Modernization of the Financial Services Industry (H. Rept. 100-324), 25748 [30SE]

National Drug Policy Board—A Failure in the War on Drugs (H. Rept. 100-184), 17436 [25JN]

NBS Computer Standards Program (H.R. 145) (H. Rept. 100-153), 15582 [11JN]

NRC Regulation of Fuel Cycle Facilities: (H. Rept. 100-167), 16774 [18JN]

OMB Guidelines for Sales of Existing Loans as Currently Written Will Not Produce the Best Results for the Government (H. Rept. 100-200), 18680 [1JY]

Radar Warning Receivers (H. Rept. 100-331), 26061 [1OC]

Safety at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport (H. Rept. 100-55), 9081 [21AP]

Study of Deficiencies in the VA Medical Quality Assurance Program (H. Rept. 100-74), 10836 [30AP]

Surface Mining Law—A Promise Yet To Be Fulfilled (H. Rept. 100-183), 17436 [25JN]

Truth in Negotiations Act Violations (H. Rept. 100-47), 8665 [9AP]

Resignations

Konnyu, Representative, 30886 [4NO]

Skaggs, Representative, 8080 [7AP]

Rules

Procedure, 2979 [5FE]

Texts of

H. Res. 39, appointment of members to committee, 983 [8JA]