GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

Bills and resolutions

Investments: improve governance and regulation of mutual funds under the securities laws (see S. 2059), S792 [10FE] (see H.R. 4505), H3780 [3JN]

Poverty: conduct audits, evaluations, and investigations of the Millennium Challenge Corp., establish the Millennium Challenge Advisory Council, and transfer the Millennium Challenge program to the Foreign Assistance Act (see H.R. 4558), H3963 [14JN]

Technology: provide for a technology assessment capability (see S. 2556), S7174 [22JN]

Descriptions

Mutual Fund Reform Act (S. 2059), S803-S807 [10FE]

Letters

Dept. of Commerce Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Program funding, S144-S146 [22JA]

GAO Human Capital Reform Act: Representative Thomas, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H583 [25FE]

———Representative Tom Davis, Committee on Government Reform (House), H583 [25FE]

Mutual Fund Reform Act: John C. Bogle, Vanguard Group, Inc., S794 [10FE]

———Niels Holch, Coalition of Mutual Fund Investors, S797 [10FE]

———several consumers' organizations, S795-S797 [10FE]

———William F. Galvin, Sec. of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, S794 [10FE]

Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, S5999 [20MY]

Tax Relief for Americans in Combat Act, S5475-S5477 [13MY]

Truth in Regulating Act program requiring GAO to evaluate economically significant agency rules: David M. Walker, GAO, H3154 [18MY]

Remarks in House

Budget: combat waste, fraud, and abuse, H2882 [12MY]

Dept. of Defense: require GAO report on contractor oversight, and information on the number of security contractors in Iraq, H3423 [20MY]

Federal employees: provide for new human capital flexibilities (H.R. 2751), H579-H583 [25FE]

Federal employes: eliminate Federal payments for college degrees from unaccredited institutions, H3698 [2JN]

Great Lakes: provide for environmental restoration (H.R. 2720), H2204 [21AP]

Iraq: U.N. Oil for Food Program, H2551 [5MY], H2785 [11MY]

NRC: address recommendations in GAO report to improve safety of Davis Besse Nuclear Power Station, H5090 [25JN]

Telecommunications: conduct GAO study of complaints to the FCC relative to broadcasting of obscene, indecent, and profane language, H1034 [11MR]

Truth in Regulating Act: implement program requiring GAO to evaluate economically significant agency rules, H3153 [18MY]

Remarks in Senate

Armed Forces: improve the Transition Assistance Program provided for members being discharged, released from active duty, or retiring, S7294-S7296 [23JN]

Budget: deficit, S231 [26JA]

Employment: report impact of the outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries on employment, S2774 [12MR]

Federal employees: provide bid protest rights on public-private competitive contracts awarded under OMB guidelines, S6789 [15JN]

———provide for new human capital flexibilities (H.R. 2751), S7499 [24JN]

———provide for new human capital flexibilities (S. 1522), S1676 [26FE]

Internet Tax Freedom Act: require a GAO study on the impact on State and local governments and on broadband deployment, S4658 [29AP]

Investments: improve governance and regulation of mutual funds under the securities laws (S. 2059), S793 [10FE], S5367 [12MY]

Medicare: advertising campaign designed to build public support for the new Medicare drug law, S5934 [20MY]

Technology: provide for a technology assessment capability (S. 2556), S7180-S7182 [22JN]

Weapons: report on deployment of a national missile defense system, S4734 [3MY]

Reports

Federal Laws in Which Marital Status Is a Factor in Determining Benefits, Rights, and Privileges, H3476-H3492 [20MY]

Medicare Trust Fund Reimbursement Act, S6089-S6093 [21MY]

Widespread Availability of Armor Piercing Ammunition in the Civilian Market, S1637 [26FE]

Statements

Medical Liability Crisis and Access to Care: AMA, S1482 [24FE]

Summaries

Mutual Fund Reform Act (S. 2059), S802 [10FE]

Texts of

H.R. 2751, GAO Human Capital Reform Act, H579, H580 [25FE]

S. 2059, Mutual Fund Reform Act, S797-S802 [10FE]

S. 2556, provide for a GAO technology assessment capability, S7182 [22JN]