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]