[House Report 106-1039]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                                 Union Calendar No. 601
106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                    106-1039
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                      COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS


                       HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              R E P O R T

                                   of

                          COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES

                       ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS

                            January 6, 1999

                                through

                           December 15, 2000

                   Pursuant to Clause 1(d) of Rule XI




January 2, 2001.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed
                               __________

                    U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
89-006                     WASHINGTON : 2001

                      COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                        House of Representatives

                            (106th Congress)

                  C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida, Chairman

RALPH REGULA, Ohio                  DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin        
JERRY LEWIS, California             JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania    
JOHN EDWARD PORTER, Illinois        NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington     
HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky             MARTIN OLAV SABO, Minnesota     
JOE SKEEN, New Mexico               JULIAN C. DIXON, California     
FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia             STENY H. HOYER, Maryland        
TOM DeLAY, Texas                    ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia 
JIM KOLBE, Arizona                  MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio              
RON PACKARD, California             NANCY PELOSI, California        
SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama             PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana     
JAMES T. WALSH, New York            NITA M. LOWEY, New York         
CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina   JOSE E. SERRANO, New York       
DAVID L. HOBSON, Ohio               ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut    
ERNEST J. ISTOOK, Jr., Oklahoma     JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia        
HENRY BONILLA, Texas                JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts    
JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan           ED PASTOR, Arizona              
DAN MILLER, Florida                 CARRIE P. MEEK, Florida         
JAY DICKEY, Arkansas                DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina  
JACK KINGSTON, Georgia              MICHAEL P. FORBES, New York \3\ 
RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey CHET EDWARDS, Texas             
ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi        ROBERT E. ``BUD'' CRAMER, Jr.,  
GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, Jr.,             Alabama                     
    Washington                      JAMES E. CLYBURN, South Carolina 
RANDY ``DUKE'' CUNNINGHAM,             \4\                          
    California                      MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York     
TODD TIAHRT, Kansas                 LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California
ZACH WAMP, Tennessee                SAM FARR, California             
TOM LATHAM, Iowa                    JESSE L. JACKSON, Jr., Illinois  
ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky           CAROLYN C. KILPATRICK, Michigan  
ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama         ALLEN BOYD, Florida              
JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri
JOHN E. SUNUNU, New Hampshire
KAY GRANGER, Texas
JOHN E. PETERSON, Pennsylvania
ROY BLUNT, Missouri \1\

VIRGIL H. GOODE, Jr., Virginia \2\  

                James W. Dyer, Clerk and Staff Director

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 Majority and Minority Members elected January 6, 1999.
\1\ Elected to the Committee to fill the opening created by the 
vacation of Mr. Forbes, July 19, 1999. Resigned from the Committee, 
February 1, 2000.
\2\ Elected to the Committee to file the resignation of Mr. Blunt, 
February 1, 2000.
\3\ Automatic vacation of Committee Membership, July 19, 1999. Elected 
to Committee to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Mr. 
Clyburn, August 5, 1999.
\4\ Resigned from the Committee, August 5, 1999.


                         LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

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                                                    January 2, 2001
Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
The Speaker,
U.S. House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker:  I am pleased to transmit herewith a 
report on the activities of the Committee on Appropriations 
during the 106th Congress, pursuant to Clause 1(d) of Rule XI 
of the Rules of the House of Representatives.
    With best regards,
            Sincerely,
                                          C. W. Bill Young,
                                                          Chairman.


                                                 Union Calendar No. 601
106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                    106-1039

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  REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS DURING THE 
                             106TH CONGRESS

                                _______
                                

January 2, 2001.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed

                                _______
                                

 Mr. Young of Florida, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted 
                             the following

                              R E P O R T

    The Committee on Appropriations is the principal arm 
through which the House of Representatives exercises its 
constitutional responsibility to provide funds for the 
operations of the various activities of the Federal Government. 
Clause 1(b) of Rule X of the House provides that the Committee 
shall have jurisdiction over the ``Appropriation of the revenue 
for the support of the Government.'' This responsibility has 
basically been vested in the Committee since 1865.
    The Committee has been established by the House with a 
membership of 61 during the 106th Congress. With relatively few 
exceptions, the responsibilities of the Committee are carried 
out through its 13 Subcommittees which in turn report to the 
full Committee. The Subcommittees are organized essentially on 
a functional basis with recognition of the existing structure 
of the Departments and agencies within the Executive Branch. 
(The jurisdictional assignments of Subcommittees during the 
106th Congress are displayed in Appendix C.)


      

                   SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS ACTIONS

    The 106th Congress held the line on unnecessary spending 
while preserving and even increasing spending for important 
national priorities. Some of these priorities included: Medical 
research at the National Institutes of Health (increased 15 
percent in fiscal year 2000; increased over 14 percent in 
fiscal year 2001); National defense (increased $17.3 billion 
from fiscal year 1999 to fiscal year 2000 and $18.2 billion 
from fiscal year 2000 to fiscal year 2001); Improved education 
(provided $35.7 billion for Education, $990 million above the 
President's request, for fiscal year 2000; and provided $44.5 
billion for Education, $2 billion more than the President's 
request, for fiscal year 2001); Veterans health care (increased 
$1.7 billion from fiscal year 1999 to fiscal year 2000 and $1.3 
billion from fiscal year 2000 to fiscal year 2001); Drug 
interdiction (increased the Drug Enforcement Agency $70 million 
from fiscal year 1999 to fiscal year 2000 and $85 million from 
fiscal year 2000 to fiscal year 2001; and funded the $1.3 
billion Plan Colombia initiative to stop the flow of illegal 
drugs at the source); The Child survival and disease programs 
fund (increased $65 million from fiscal year 1999 to fiscal 
year 2000 and $248 million from fiscal year 2000 to fiscal year 
2001), and Land conservation (provided $500 million over the 
President's fiscal year 2001 request for historic legislation 
to preserve, maintain and protect sensitive environmental 
habitats).
    Essential emergency funds were also approved. In fiscal 
year 2000, $9.3 billion was approved to compensate farmers for 
disaster losses, provide market loss payments, and subsidize 
crop insurance premiums. Similar agricultural emergency 
requirements resulted in $3.5 billion in fiscal year 2001 
appropriations. Emergency appropriations for national security 
and military readiness totaled $10.8 billion in fiscal year 
2000, including a $2 billion supplemental appropriation to 
replenish operation and maintenance accounts depleted by the 
Kosovo mission. Fiscal year 2001 appropriations of $720 million 
were provided for emergency relief highways to cover the cost 
of highway repairs resulting from past natural disasters.
    An important emphasis was again placed on channeling 
funding into block grant proposals, which send money directly 
to state and local governments, rather than programs that build 
new bureaucracies in Washington, D.C. The President's proposed 
termination of the Education Block Grant (Title VI) was 
rejected, and the program was funded in fiscal year 2001 at 
$385 million ($19 million above fiscal year 2000). The Local 
Law Enforcement Block Grant, which was also proposed for 
elimination, was funded at $523 million in both fiscal year 
2000 and fiscal year 2001.
    The Committee placed a high priority on its oversight 
responsibilities, during the 106th Congress. The 13 
Subcommittees conducted 429 days of hearings, receiving 
testimony from 4,916 witnesses. In the process, 169 volumes of 
hearings were generated, comprising 188,907 printed pages. 
Appendix E describes these oversight activities in more detail. 
The Committee also initiated or completed 56 reports from its 
Surveys and Investigations Staff and had underway or completed 
an additional 143 reports from the General Accounting Office 
during the 106th Congress.
    The following is a tabular display of the appropriations 
actions of the Committee during the 106th Congress indicating 
the various bill numbers, dates, report numbers, amounts, and 
public law numbers:

                                                                         HISTORY OF FISCAL YEAR 2000 APPROPRIATIONS ACTS
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                                                                   House                                    Senate                                   Conference                    Public Law
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       Bill Number -------- Subcommittee           House Report No.                        Senate Report No. --                                                                 Public Law No. --
                                                    -------- Date     Vote Total --------      ------ Date      Vote Total --------    House Report No.    Vote Total --------     ------ Date
                                                       Reported           Date Passed            Reported           Date Passed      -------- Date Filed    Date Passed House       Approved
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          H.R. 1906 / S. 1233                               106-157              246-183           106-80 \1\        viva voce \1\              106-354               240-175            106-78
 Agriculture                                                 May 21               June 8              June 17               Aug. 4             Sept. 30                Oct. 1           Oct. 22
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          H.R. 2670 / S. 1217                               106-283              217-210           106-76 \1\        viva voce \1\              106-398               215-213            Vetoed
 Commerce-Justice-State                                      Aug. 2               Aug. 5              June 14              July 22              Oct. 19               Oct. 20   Oct. 25  ( \2\ )
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          H.R. 2561 / S. 1122                               106-244               379-45           106-53 \1\             93-4 \1\              106-371                372-55            106-79
 Defense                                                    July 20              July 22               May 25               June 8               Oct. 8               Oct. 13           Oct. 25
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          H.R. 2587 / S. 1283                               106-249               333-92           106-88 \1\        viva voce \1\              106-299               208-206            Vetoed
 District of Columbia  # 1                                  July 22              July 29              June 24               July 1               Aug. 5               Sept. 9          Sept. 28
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          H.R. 3064                              ...................             211-205   ...................           viva voce              106-419               218-211            Vetoed
 District of Columbia  # 2                       ...................             Oct. 14   ...................             Oct. 15              Oct. 27               Oct. 28            Nov. 3
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          H.R. 3194                              ...................             216-210   ...................           viva voce              106-479               296-135           106-113
 District of Columbia  # 3                       ...................              Nov. 3   ...................              Nov. 3              Nov. 18               Nov. 18           Nov. 29
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          H.R. 2605 / S. 1186                               106-253                420-8           106-58 \1\             97-2 \1\              106-336                327-87            106-60
 Energy and Water Development                               July 23              July 27               June 2              June 16             Sept. 27              Sept. 27          Sept. 29
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          H.R. 2606 / S. 1234                               106-254               385-35           106-81 \1\             97-2 \1\              106-339               214-211            Vetoed
 Foreign Operations                                         July 23               Aug. 3              June 17              June 30             Sept. 27                Oct. 5   Oct. 18  ( \2\ )
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          H.R. 2466 / S. 1292                               106-222               377-47           106-99 \1\            89-10 \1\              106-406               225-200   ................
 Interior                                                    July 2              July 15              June 28             Sept. 23              Oct. 20               Oct. 21           ( \2\ )
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          H.R. 3037 / S. 1650                               106-370          211-205 \3\          106-166 \1\            73-25 \1\   ...................  ....................  ................
 Labor-HHS-Education                                         Oct. 7              Oct. 14             Sept. 28               Oct. 7              ( \3\ )               ( \3\ )           ( \2\ )
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          H.R. 1905 / S. 1206                               106-156              214-197           106-75 \1\                 95-4              106-290                367-49            106-57
 Legislative                                                 May 21              June 10              June 10              June 16               Aug. 4                Aug. 5          Sept. 29
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          H.R. 2465 / S. 1205                               106-221                418-4           106-74 \1\             97-2 \1\              106-266                 412-8            106-52
 Military Construction                                       July 2              July 13              June 10              June 16              July 27               July 29           Aug. 17
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          H.R. 2084 / S. 1143                               106-180                429-3           106-55 \1\                 95-0              106-355                304-91            106-69
 Transportation                                              June 9              June 23               May 27             Sept. 16             Sept. 30                Oct. 1            Oct. 9
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          H.R. 2490 / S. 1282                               106-231              210-209           106-87 \1\        viva voce \1\              106-319               292-126            106-58
 Treasury-Postal Service                                    July 13              July 15              June 24               July 1             Sept. 14              Sept. 15          Sept. 29
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          H.R. 2684 / S. 1596                               106-286              235-187          106-161 \1\            viva voce              106-379                406-18            106-74
 VA-HUD-Independent Agencies                                 Aug. 3              Sept. 9             Sept. 16             Sept. 24              Oct. 13               Oct. 14           Oct. 20
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\1\ Reference information related to Senate bill.
\2\ Included as part of H.R. 3194 / H. Rept. 106-479, An Act Making Consolidated Appropriations for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2000, approved November 29, 1999,
      Public Law 106-113 (Initially District of Columbia # 3).
\3\ Included as Division B of Conference Report 106-419 to accompany H.R. 3064 (District of Columbia # 2).


                                                                   2000 APPROPRIATIONS
                                                                  [Dollars in millions]
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                                                               President's Request                   2000 Bills                  Bills vs. President's
                                                          -------------------------------------------------------------------           Request
                  Fiscal Year 2000 Bills                                                                                     ---------------------------
                                                           Discretionary    Mandatory   Discretionary \1\, \2\    Mandatory   Discretionary   Mandatory
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Agriculture (P.L. 106-78) \3\............................       $23,895       $47,965              $23,198          $46,571          -$697       -$1,394
Commerce-Justice-State (P.L. 106-113)....................        38,726           552               37,685              552         -1,041             0
Defense (P.L. 106-79) \4\................................       263,057           209              265,920              209          2,863             0
District of Columbia (P.L. 106-113)......................           394             0                  435                0             41             0
Energy and Water (P.L. 106-60)...........................        21,583             0               21,197                0           -386             0
Foreign Operations (P.L. 106-113)........................        14,876            44               15,557               44            681             0
Interior (P.L. 106-113)..................................        15,138            57               14,845               57           -293             0
Labor, HHS, Education (P.L. 106-113).....................        91,593       227,075               84,866          229,069         -6,727         1,993
Legislative (P.L. 106-57)................................         2,622            94                2,448               94           -174             0
Military Construction (P.L. 106-52) \5\..................         5,438             0                8,342                0          2,904             0
Transportation (P.L. 106-69) \6\.........................        13,919           721               13,595              730           -324             9
Treasury, Postal Service (P.L. 106-58)...................        13,926        14,534               13,679           14,534           -247             0
VA-HUD (P.L. 106-74).....................................        72,055        21,258               71,571           21,307           -484            48
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2000 (P.L. 106-113).....             0             0                  273                0            273             0
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      Total, Regular Bills...............................       577,221       312,510              573,611          313,167         -3,610           657
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Fiscal Year 1999 Supplementals and Rescissions
Emergency Supplemental Act (P.L. 106-31):
    Emergency Appropriations.............................         7,548             0               12,782                0          5,234             0
    Regular Appropriations...............................            73             0                  198                0            125             0
    Rescissions and offsets..............................           -41             0               -1,769           -1,250         -1,728        -1,250
Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee and Emergency Oil
  and Gas Guaranteed Loan Act (P.L. 106-51):
    Regular Appropriations...............................             0             0                  270                0            270             0
    Rescissions and offsets..............................             0             0                 -270                0           -270             0
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\1\ Includes emergency appropriations totaling $31.3 billion for fiscal year 2000.
\2\ Amounts include appropriations and offsets (including a 0.38 across-the-board cut) included in section 1000(a)(5) [H.R. 3425] of the Consolidated
  Appropriations Act, 2000  (P.L. 106-113).
\3\ FY 2000 Agriculture bill includes $9.4 billion in emergency spending. The President's request is adjusted to include $9.4 billion in contingent
  emergency appropriations, which were  provided in P.L. 106-78 and P.L. 106-113 and were requested by the President on October 29, 1999 and December 6,
  1999.
\4\ FY 2000 Defense bill includes a $2.6 billion offset for the acceleration of FCC spectrum receipts.
\5\ President's request does not include $3,061 million in advance appropriations for future fiscal years.
\6\ Transportation includes $1.2 billion in transit budget authority counted as obligation limitations for the purpose of 302 allocation enforcement.

                     Fiscal Year 1999 Supplementals


                      1st Session--106th Congress


H.R. 1141--Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the 
        fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other 
        purposes. Approved May 21, 1999 (P.L. 106-31).
H.R. 1664--Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee and Emergency Oil and 
        Gas Guaranteed Loan Act of 1999. Approved August 17, 
        1999 (P.L. 106-51).

                Fiscal Year 2000 Continuing Resolutions


                      1st Session--106th Congress

H.J. Res. 68--Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 
        2000. Provided funding for various government 
        activities for the period October 1 thru October 21, 
        1999. Approved September 30, 1999 (P.L. 106-62).
H.J. Res. 71--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2000. Provided funding for various 
        government activities for the period October 21 thru 
        October 29, 1999. Approved October 21, 1999 (P.L. 106-
        75).
H.J. Res. 73--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2000. Provided funding for various 
        government activities for the period October 29 thru 
        November 5, 1999. Approved October 29, 1999 (P.L. 106-
        85).
H.J. Res. 75--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2000. Provided funding for various 
        government activities for the period November 5 thru 
        November 10, 1999. Approved November 5, 1999 (P.L. 106-
        88).
H.J. Res. 78--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2000. Provided funding for various 
        government activities for the period November 10 thru 
        November 17, 1999. Approved November 10, 1999 (P.L. 
        106-94).
H.J. Res. 80--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2000. Provided funding for various 
        government activities for the period November 17 thru 
        November 18, 1999. Approved November 18, 1999 (P.L. 
        106-105).
H.J. Res. 83--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2000. Provided funding for various 
        government activities for the period November 18 thru 
        December 2, 1999. Approved November 19, 1999 (P.L. 106-
        106).

             Fiscal Year 2000--Miscellaneous Appropriations


                         Appendix E--H.R. 3425

H.R. 3425--Introduced on November 17, 1999, enacted by 
        reference in section 1000(a)(5) of Division B of Public 
        Law 106-113, and printed in Appendix E of the slip 
        copy.

                                                                         HISTORY OF FISCAL YEAR 2001 APPROPRIATIONS ACTS
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                                                                   House                                    Senate                                   Conference                    Public Law
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       Bill Number -------- Subcommittee           House Report No.                        Senate Report No. --                                                                 Public Law No. --
                                                    -------- Date     Vote Total --------      ------ Date      Vote Total --------    House Report No.    Vote Total --------     ------ Date
                                                       Reported           Date Passed            Reported           Date Passed      -------- Date Filed    Date Passed House       Approved
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          H.R. 4461 / S. 2536                               106-619               339-82              106-288                79-13              106-948                340-75           106-387
 Agriculture                                                 May 16              July 11               May 10              July 20               Oct. 6               Oct. 11           Oct. 28
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          H.R. 4690                                         106-680              214-195              106-404   ...................            106-1005               206-198           106-553
 Commerce-Justice-State                                     June 19              June 26              July 21   ...................             Oct. 26               Oct. 26   Dec. 21  ( \1\ )
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          H.R. 4576 / S. 2593                               106-644               367-58              106-298                 95-3              106-754                367-58           106-259
 Defense                                                     June 1               June 7               May 18              June 13              July 17               July 19            Aug. 9
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          H.R. 4942 / S. 3041                               106-786              217-207              106-409            viva voce             106-1005               206-198   ................
 District of Columbia  #1                                   July 25             Sept. 14             Sept. 13             Sept. 27              Oct. 26               Oct. 26           ( \2\ )
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          H.R. 5633                              ...................           viva voce   ...................           viva voce   ...................  ....................          106-522
 District of Columbia  #2                        ...................             Nov. 14   ...................             Nov. 14   ...................  ....................          Nov. 22
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          H.R. 4733                                         106-693               407-19              106-395                 93-1              106-907               301-118            Vetoed
 Energy and Water Development                               June 23              June 28              July 18              Sept. 7             Sept. 27              Sept. 28   Oct. 7  ( \3\ )
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          H.R. 4811 / S. 2522                               106-720              239-185              106-291            viva voce              106-997               307-101           106-429
 Foreign Operations                                         July 10              July 13                May 9              July 18              Oct. 24               Oct. 25            Nov. 6
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          H.R. 4578                                         106-646              204-172              106-312                 97-2              106-914                348-69           106-291
 Interior                                                    June 1              June 16              June 22              July 18             Sept. 29                Oct. 3           Oct. 11
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          H.R. 4577 / S. 2553                               106-645              217-214              106-293                52-43             106-1033                292-60           106-554
 Labor-HHS-Education                                         June 1              June 14               May 12              June 30              Dec. 15               Dec. 15           Dec. 21
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          H.R. 4516 / S. 2603                               106-635               373-50              106-304            viva voce              106-796               212-209            Vetoed
 Legislative                                                 May 23              June 22               May 23              July 17              July 27              Sept. 14   Oct. 30  ( \4\ )
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          H.R. 4425 / S. 2521                               106-614               386-22              106-290                 96-4     106-710  ( \5\ )               306-110           106-246
 Military Construction                                       May 11               May 16                May 9               May 18              June 29               June 29           July 13
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          H.R. 4475 / S. 2720                               106-622               395-13              106-309                 99-0              106-940                344-50           106-346
 Transportation                                              May 17               May 19              June 13              June 15               Oct. 5                Oct. 6           Oct. 23
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          H.R. 4871 / S. 2900                               106-756              216-202              106-500   ...................             106-796               212-209            Vetoed
Treasury-Postal Service                                     July 18              July 20              July 20   ...................             July 27              Sept. 14   Oct. 30  ( \4\ )
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          H.R. 4635                                         106-674              256-169              106-410                 87-8              106-988                386-24           106-377
 VA-HUD-Independent Agencies                                June 12              June 21             Sept. 13              Oct. 12              Oct. 18               Oct. 19           Oct. 27
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\1\ Included by reference as H.R. 5548 in Conference Report 106-1005, H.R. 4942, District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2001 (See footnote 2).
\2\ Included by reference as H.R. 5547 in Conference Report 106-1005. The provisions of H.R. 5547 were repealed by H.R. 5666, Division A, section 406 (P.L. 106-554).
\3\ Included in Conference Report H. Rept. 106-988 (H.R. 4635), which contains by reference appropriations for VA/HUD (H.R. 5482) and Energy/Water (H.R. 5483);
approved October 27, 2000, Public Law 106-377.
\4\ Included in Conference Report 106-1033, H.R. 4577, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001,
Public Law 106-554.
\5\ Fiscal year 2000 Supplemental Appropriations included as Division B, Military Construction Conference Report.


                                                                   2001 APPROPRIATIONS
                                                                  [Dollars in millions]
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                                                                    President's Request                 2001 Bills               Bills vs. President's
                                                               --------------------------------------------------------------           Request
                    Fiscal Year 2001 Bills                                                                                   ---------------------------
                                                                Discretionary    Mandatory   Discretionary \1\    Mandatory   Discretionary   Mandatory
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Agriculture (P.L. 106-387)....................................       $15,458       $61,753            $18,685       $59,771         $3,227       -$1,982
Commerce-Justice-State (P.L. 106-553).........................        37,642           608             37,524           578           -118           -30
Defense (P.L. 106-259)........................................       284,285           216            287,590           216          3,305             0
District of Columbia (P.L. 106-522)...........................           445             0                446             0              1             0
Energy and Water (P.L. 106-377)...............................        22,698             0             23,598             0            900             0
Foreign Operations (P.L. 106-429).............................        15,132            44             14,901            44           -231             0
Interior (P.L. 106-291).......................................        16,428            58             18,883            57          2,455            -1
Labor, HHS, Education (P.L. 106-554)..........................       106,128       242,261            108,921       242,281          2,793            20
Legislative (P.L. 106-554)....................................         2,726            97              2,578            97           -148             0
Military Construction (P.L. 106-246)..........................         8,034             0              8,834             0            800             0
Transportation (P.L. 106-346) \2\.............................        15,375           778             18,076           778          2,701             0
Treasury, Postal Service (P.L. 106-554).......................        16,529        14,680             15,630        14,680           -899             0
VA-HUD (P.L. 106-377).........................................        82,978        24,582             82,556        24,582           -422             0
Emergency Supplemental Act, 2000 (P.L. 106-246) \3\...........        -3,940             0             -3,902             0             38             0
Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2001 (P.L. 106-554) \4\.....             0             0                 15             0             15             0
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      Total, Regular Bills....................................       619,918       345,077            634,335       343,084         14,417        -1,993
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Fiscal Year 2000 Supplementals and Rescissions
Emergency Supplemental Act and Cerro Grande Fire Supplemental
 (P.L. 106-246):
    Emergency Appropriations..................................         4,962             0             11,233             0          6,270             0
    Regular Appropriations....................................           737            35              4,323            35          3,585             0
    Rescissions and offsets...................................          -666             0               -418             0            249             0

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\1\ Includes emergency appropriations totaling $8,744 million for fiscal year 2001.

\2\ Transportation includes $1.254 billion in transit budget authority counted as obligation limitations for the purpose of 302 allocation enforcement.

\3\ The President's request includes offsets that were originally requested as changes to mandatory spending, but were included in the supplemental and
  agreed to by the President as changes to discretionary spending.

\4\ Includes a 0.22 percent across-the-board cut (totaling $1,026 million) included in H.R. 5666, Division A, Chapter 14, section 1403.

                     Fiscal Year 2000 Supplementals


                       2d Session--106th Congress


H.R. 3908--Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the 
        fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other 
        purposes. (Tabled in Senate.)
H.R. 4425--Making Appropriations for Military Construction, 
        Family Housing, and Base Realignment and Closure for 
        the Department of Defense for the Fiscal Year Ending 
        September 30, 2001, and for Other Purposes; 
        Supplemental spending was also included in the Military 
        Construction Conference Report (106-710) as Division B 
        for Plan Colombia, Kosovo, Defense Needs, Military 
        Health Programs, Home Energy Assistance, and Disaster 
        Relief. Approved July 13, 2000 (P.L. 106-246).

                Fiscal Year 2001 Continuing Resolutions


                       2d Session--106th Congress

H.J. Res. 109--Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 
        2001. Provided funding for various government 
        activities for the period October 1 thru October 6, 
        2000. Approved September 29, 2000 (P.L. 106-275).
H.J. Res. 110--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2001. Provided funding for various 
        government activities for the period October 6 thru 
        October 14, 2000. Approved October 6, 2000 (P.L. 106-
        282).
H.J. Res. 111--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2001. Provided funding for various 
        government activities for the period October 14 thru 
        October 20, 2000. Approved
        October 13, 2000 (P.L. 106-306).
H.J. Res. 114--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2001. Provided funding for various 
        government activities for the period October 20 thru 
        October 25, 2000. Approved
        October 20, 2000 (P.L. 106-344).
H.J. Res. 115--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2001. Provided funding for various 
        government activities for the period October 25 thru 
        October 26, 2000. Approved
        October 26, 2000 (P.L. 106-358).
H.J. Res. 116--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2001. Provided funding for various 
        government activities for the period October 26 thru 
        October 27, 2000. Approved
        October 26, 2000 (P.L. 106-359).
H.J. Res. 117--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2001. Provided funding for various 
        government activities for the period October 27 thru 
        October 28, 2000. Approved
        October 27, 2000 (P.L. 106-381).
H.J. Res. 118--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2001. Provided funding for various 
        government activities for the period October 28 thru 
        October 29, 2000. Approved
        October 28, 2000 (P.L. 106-388).
H.J. Res. 119--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2001. Provided funding for various 
        government activities for the period October 29 thru 
        October 30, 2000. Approved
        October 29, 2000 (P.L. 106-389).
H.J. Res. 120--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2001. Provided funding for various 
        government activities for the period October 30 thru 
        October 31, 2000. Approved
        October 30, 2000 (P.L. 106-401).
H.J. Res. 121--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2001. Provided funding for various 
        government activities for the period October 31 thru 
        November 1, 2000. Approved October 31, 2000 (P.L. 106-
        403).
H.J. Res. 122--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2001. Provided funding for various 
        government activities for the period November 1 thru 
        November 2, 2000. Approved November 1, 2000 (P.L. 106-
        416).
H.J. Res. 123--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2001. Provided funding for various 
        government activities for the period November 2 thru 
        November 3, 2000. Approved November 2, 2000 (P.L. 106-
        426).
H.J. Res. 124--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2001. Provided funding for various 
        government activities for the period November 3 thru 
        November 4, 2000. Approved November 4, 2000 (P.L. 106-
        427).
H.J. Res. 84--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2001. Provided funding for various 
        government activities for the period November 4 thru 
        November 14, 2000. Approved November 4, 2000 (P.L. 106-
        428).
H.J. Res. 125--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2001. Provided funding for various 
        government activities for the period November 14 thru 
        December 5, 2000. Approved November 15, 2000 (P.L. 106-
        520).
H.J. Res. 126--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2001. Provided funding for various 
        government activities for the period December 5 thru 
        December 7, 2000. Approved December 5, 2000 (P.L. 106-
        537).
H.J. Res. 127--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2001. Provided funding for various 
        government activities for the period December 7 thru 
        December 8, 2000. Approved December 7, 2000 (P.L. 106-
        539).
H.J. Res. 128--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2001. Provided funding for various 
        government activities for the period December 8 thru 
        December 11, 2000. Approved December 8, 2000 (P.L. 106-
        540).
H.J. Res. 129--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2001. Provided funding for various 
        government activities for the period December 11 thru 
        December 15, 2000. Approved December 11, 2000 (P.L. 
        106-542).
H.J. Res. 133--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2001. Provided funding for various 
        government activities for the period December 15 thru 
        December 21, 2000. Approved December 15, 2000 (P.L. 
        106-543).

        Fiscal Year 2001 Miscellaneous Appropriations--H.R. 5666


                       2d Session--106th Congress


H.R. 5666--Introduced on December 15, 2000, enacted by 
        reference in section 1(a)(4) of Public Law 106-554, and 
        printed in Appendix D of the slip copy.

                             OVERSIGHT PLAN

    Pursuant to clause 2(d)(1) of Rule X the Committee 
submitted the following Oversight Plan on February 12, 1999.
    ``For the 106th Congress the Committee intends to proceed 
in the following manner:
    1. Budget Overview Hearings. Immediately upon receipt of 
the President's budget the Committee will conduct its annual 
budget overview hearings on the recommendations of the 
President. These hearings will take testimony from the 
Secretary of the Treasury, the Chairman of the President's 
Council of Economic Advisers, and the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget.
    2. Subcommittee Hearings. The Appropriations Committee has 
a long tradition of in-depth analysis of the President's 
pending budget as well as the effective use of previously 
appropriated resources. For example, during the 105th Congress 
the Committee on Appropriations held 315 days of hearings, took 
testimony from 5,928 witnesses, and published 172 volumes of 
hearings totaling 184,608 pages. This level of oversight and 
investigation will continue during this Congress.
    3. Investigations. In addition to formal oversight, the 
Committee utilizes various investigative agencies to conduct 
in-depth analysis of specific problem areas. These 
investigations are conducted by the Committee's own Surveys and 
Investigations Staff, the General Accounting Office, the 
Congressional Research Service, and the Office of Technology 
Assessment. In the previous Congress, the Committee received 72 
Surveys and Investigations studies and 274 investigative 
reports from the GAO.
    4. Appropriations Bills. The ultimate exercise of oversight 
is the `power of the purse' which the Committee takes as its 
highest responsibility. This allocation of scarce Federal 
dollars demands strict compliance with all budgetary concepts 
and strictures. The Committee intends to follow the 
requirements of the Congressional Budget and Control Act with 
regard to the subdivision of budget authority and outlays to 
the 13 subcommittees. Appropriations bills will be developed in 
accordance with the results of all the oversight activities in 
paragraphs 1, 2, and 3, above and brought to the floor for 
consideration within all relevant budgetary constraints.''

                           Oversight Actions

    For the 106th Congress, the Committee accomplished its 
oversight plan. As stated earlier, the Committee conducted 
extensive hearings. In the matter following this section, the 
details of investigations conducted by and for the Committee 
are provided. As a result of these hearings and investigations, 
the Committee was able to produce appropriations bills that 
were within all relevant budgetary constraints for the 106th 
Congress.
               INVESTIGATIONS CONDUCTED BY THE COMMITTEE


                            (106th Congress)

    In addition to and in support of the regular hearing 
process, the Committee conducted numerous studies of Federal 
projects and activities designed to assist in reaching 
decisions on specific funding levels covering a wide range of 
subjects. These studies were conducted by the Committee's 
Surveys and Investigations Staff, which has been in continuous 
existence since 1943.
    The Committee has, over a number of years, delegated the 
authority to originate requests for investigations to its 
Subcommittees, with the concurrence of the Chairman and Ranking 
Minority Member of the Full Committee required to implement 
such requests.
    When an investigation is ordered, expert investigators are 
assembled to conduct it and render a report thereon for the use 
of the Committee. The Committee delegates to this Staff the 
responsibility for selection of individual investigators, the 
criteria being competence and objectivity.
    During the 106th Congress, the Surveys and Investigations 
Staff was tasked to conduct 42 investigations of operations and 
programs of various departments and agencies of the Federal 
Government and, in addition, completed and reported to the 
Committee on 14 investigations that had been directed during 
previous Congresses. Some of these efforts were of long 
duration, resulted in the preparation of multiple investigative 
products, and involved a sizable number of investigators. 
Examples of this type of investigation include an examination 
of the Department of Defense Real Property and Facilities; 
Management Practices of the Department of Defense's Information 
Technology Program; Department of Defense Military Housing 
Privatization Initiative; and the United States Customs Service 
Air and Marine Interdiction Programs.
    Other investigations of shorter duration and with fewer 
investigators assigned, provided a quick response to the 
Committee. An example of such an inquiry was the one dealing 
with the Marine Corps Reserve Units Relocation from Westover 
Air Rescue Base to Fort Devens. This effort was highly focused 
and the period from the receipt of the request to its 
completion was approximately 13 weeks.
    Most investigations undertaken by the Surveys and 
Investigations Staff fell somewhere in between the above 
extremes in terms of duration and the number of investigators 
committed. Notable examples of investigations conducted during 
the 106th Congress include:
        --LPD-17 Class of Amphibious Ships
        --U.S. Army Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles
        --U.S. Air Force F-22 Program
        --Department of Defense Aviation Spares
        --Conduct and Funding of Corps of Engineers Study on 
        Proposed Navigation Improvements in the Upper 
        Mississippi River Basin
    During the 106th Congress, a total of 109 professionals, 
variously consisting of a small number of permanent staff, 
personnel on loan from 8 agencies of the Federal Government, as 
well as contractors were utilized to conduct these 
investigations and prepare the reports. A summary of the 
investigations requested by the various Subcommittees and 
completed or started during the 106th Congress follows. Sixteen 
investigations dealt with classified intelligence matters and 
consequently are not otherwise identified below.
 Studies Completed or Started By the Surveys and Investigations Staff 
              Committee on Appropriations, 106th Congress
                             full committee
--Committee's Local Area Network and Appropriations Decision Support 
        System (ADSS)
--Survey of Law Enforcement and Law Enforcement Related Training 
        Facilities of the Federal Government
                      commerce, justice and state
--Intelligence Matter VII (97)
                                defense
--LPD-17 Class of Amphibious Assault Ships
--Readiness of Department of Defense Forces
--DOD Funding of the Civil Air Patrol Corporation
--FY 2000 Army Other Procurement Budget Request
--FY 2000 Navy Other Procurement Budget Request
--FY 2000 Air Force Other Procurement Budget Request
--Management Practices of the Department of Defense's Information 
        Technology Program
--Department of Defense Headquarters and Administrative Activities and 
        Expenses
--Department of Defense Real Property and Facilities
--Crusader Program of the U.S. Army
--Chemical Weapons Demilitarization Program of the Department of 
        Defense
--Security Program Subactivities in the Operations and Maintenance 
        Accounts of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps
--FY 2000 Defense Environmental Restoration Accounts and the Overseas 
        Humanitarian, Disaster and Civic Aid Program
--U.S. Army Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles Program
--U.S. Air Force F-22 Program
--U.S. Navy's Acquisition Strategy for DD-21
--U.S. Navy's Ship Self-Defense Program
--Intelligence Matter I (98)
--U.S. Army's Main Battle Tank Upgrade Programs
--Intelligence Matter I (99)
--Intelligence Matter II (99)
--Intelligence Matter III (99)
--Intelligence Matter IV (99)
--Intelligence Matter V (99)
--Intelligence Matter VI (99)
--Defense Health Program of the Department of Defense
--FY 2001 Budget Request for Department of Defense Information 
        Technology Program
--FY 2001 Army Other Procurement Budget Request
--FY 2001 Navy Other Procurement Budget Request
--FY 2001 Air Force Other Procurement Budget Request
--Department of Defense Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund
--Working Capital Fund of the Department of the Navy
--Budget Activities of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service
--Department of Defense Aviation Spares
--Intelligence Matter I (00)
--Intelligence Matter II (00)
--Intelligence Matter III (00)
--Intelligence Matter IV (00)
--Intelligence Matter V (00)
--Intelligence Matter VI (00)
--Intelligence Matter VII (00)
--Intelligence Matter VIII (00)
                      energy and water development
--Department of Energy Implementation of Section 501, Public Law 105-62 
        ``Energy and Water Appropriations Act of 1998'' in Connection 
        With Its Accelerator Production of Tritium (APT) Program
--Conduct and Funding of Corps of Engineers Study on Proposed 
        Navigation Improvements in the Upper Mississippi River Basin
                         military construction
--U.S. Navy Family Housing in Naples, Italy
--DOD Military Housing Privatization Initiative
--Overseas Military Construction Costs
--Arvin Cadet Physical Development Center, U.S. Military Academy
--General and Flag Officer Living Quarters of the Military Services
--Leasing and Alternative Uses of Non-Excess Military Property
--Marine Corps Reserve Units Relocation from Westover Air Rescue Base 
        to Fort Devens
                             transportation
--Acquisition and Deployment of Explosives Detection Systems
                                treasury
--United States Customs Service Air and Marine Interdiction Programs

    With respect to the above listing, it should be noted that 
since that studies originate with the Subcommittees, any 
information developed during the course of an investigation is 
reported to the Subcommittee which requested such study or 
examination as well as the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member 
of the Full Committee. This information may be released for 
publication only when the Subcommittee so determines as 
provided by Section 8 of the Committee's rules.

                      SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE GAO

    In addition to the information made available to the 
Committee through its Surveys and Investigation Staff, the 
Committee also utilizes the resources of the General Accounting 
Office. The Committee receives a copy of every GAO report 
addressed to the Congress. In recent years the scope of the GAO 
auditing and review capability has been enlarged to include 
management surveys. For over 20 years the GAO has extracted 
from those reports and compiled in separate volumes a list of 
so-called ``significant audit findings'' for special use by the 
Committee staff in the annual appropriations hearings. These 
findings relate to matters which are felt to require corrective 
action by the Committee's efforts, through legislation, or 
through administrative efforts. This compilation is designed to 
identify problem areas in an individual agency which might have 
applicability to other organizations.
    Additionally, the Committee frequently calls upon GAO to 
make special studies and investigations.
    A listing of some reports and staff studies by the 
Committee which were underway during the 106th Congress 
follows:

      FORMAL REPORTS ISSUED FOR HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE AND
           SUBCOMMITTEES--JANUARY 1, 1999 TO DECEMBER 12, 2000
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          Title                                Date
------------------------------------------------------------------------
DOD Competitive Sourcing: Results of A-76 Studies Over        12/07/2000
 the Past 5 Years (GAO-01-20)...........................

Defense Acquisitions: Need to Confirm Requirements for        12/05/2000
 $4.1 Billion Antiarmor Missile System (GAO-01-74)......

Defense Inventory: Implementation Plans to Enhance            11/15/2000
 Control Over Shipped Items Can Be Improved (GAO-01-30).

Mass Transit: Review of the South Boston Piers                11/09/2000
 Transitway Finance Plan (GAO-01-174R)..................

Tax Systems Modernization: Results of Review of               11/08/2000
 IRS'August 2000 Interim Spending Plan (GAO-01-91)......

Review of Certain Aspects of the District of Columbia's       11/03/2000
 Fiscal Year 1999 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
 (CAFR)(GAO-01-173R)....................................

Immigration Benefits: Fourth Report Required by the           10/20/2000
 Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 (GAO-
 01-118R)...............................................

Military Activities: Display of Equipment at the Former       10/18/2000
 Philadelphia Naval Base in July 2000 (GAO-01-77R)......

Financial Audit: Independent and Special Counsel              09/29/2000
 Expenditures for the Six Months Ended March 31, 2000
 (AIMD-00-310)..........................................

Foreign Assistance: U.S. Food Aid Program to Russia Had       09/29/2000
 Weak Internal Controls (NSIAD/AIMD-00-329).............

Anti-Deficiency Act Violation Involving the District of       09/29/2000
 Columbia Health And Hospitals Public Benefit
 Corporation............................................

Defense Transportation: Final Evaluation Plan Is Needed       09/27/2000
 to Assess Alternatives to the Current Personal Property
 Program (NSIAD-00-217R)................................

District of Columbia: Adolescent AIDS Prevention Program      09/20/2000
 (HEHS-00-194R).........................................

Mass Transit: Project Management Oversight Benefits and       09/15/2000
 Future Funding Requirements (RCED-00-221)..............

District of Columbia: Funding for Certain Union Employee      09/13/2000
 Pay Bonuses (AIMD-00-309R).............................

Environmental Research: STAR Grants Focus on Agency           09/11/2000
 Priorities, but Management Enhancements Are Possible
 (RCED-00-170)..........................................

Export-Import Bank: The U.S. Export-Import Bank's             09/01/2000
 Financing of Dual-Use Exports (NSIAD-00-231R)..........

Defense Acquisitions: Status of Strategic C4 System           08/25/2000
 Modernization and Plans to Integrate Additional Mission
 Capabilities (NSIAD-00-212R)...........................

Depot Maintenance: Action Needed to Avoid Exceeding           08/24/2000
 Ceiling on Contract Workloads (NSIAD-00-193)...........

[Operation Safe Home]...................................      08/09/2000

DC Courts: Fiscal Year 2001 Budget Request and Financial      07/31/2000
 Information (AIMD-00-172R).............................

Hazardous Materials Training: DOT and Private Sector          07/31/2000
 Initiatives Generally Complement Each Other (RCED-00-
 190)...................................................

Anti-Drug Media Campaign: ONDCP Met Most Mandates, but        07/31/2000
 Evaluations of Impact Are Inconclusive (GGD/HEHS-00-
 153)...................................................

[Federal Payments to District of Columbia Water and           07/25/2000
 Sewer Authority].......................................

Battlefield Automation: Army Needs to Update Fielding         07/25/2000
 Plan for First Digitized Corps (NSIAD-00-167)..........

Commercial Motor Vehicles: Effectiveness of Actions           07/17/2000
 Being Taken to Improve Motor Carrier Safety Is Unknown
 (RCED-00-189)..........................................

Food Safety: Improvements Needed in Overseeing the            07/11/2000
 Safety of Dietary Supplements and ``Functional Foods''
 (RCED-00-156)..........................................

Department of Commerce: Relationship with the Internet        07/07/2000
 Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (OGC-00-33R)

Military Base Closures: Unexpended Funds Raise Questions      07/07/2000
 About Fiscal Year 2001 Funding Needs (NSIAD-00-170)....

Hydropower Relicensing: Federal Costs Are Not Being           06/30/2000
 Recovered (RCED-00-107)................................

District of Columbia: Interest Earned on Federal Funds        06/30/2000
 During Fiscal Years 1995 Through 1999 (AIMD-00-173R)...

District of Columbia Government: Management Reform            06/30/2000
 Projects Not Effectively Monitored (T-AIMD-00-237).....

Fishery Management: American Fisheries Act Produces           06/29/2000
 Benefits (RCED-00-176).................................

Missile Defense: Cost Increases Call for Analysis of How      06/29/2000
 Many New Patriot Missiles to Buy (NSIAD-00-153)........

PricewaterhouseCoopers' Review of the Office of National      06/26/2000
 Drug Control Policy (GGD-00-170R)......................

Defense Logistics: Actions Needed to Enhance Success of       06/23/2000
 Reengineering Initiatives (NSIAD-00-89)................

Foster Care: HHS Should Ensure That Juvenile Justice          06/09/2000
 Placements Are Reviewed (HEHS-00-42)...................

Civil Air Patrol: Proposed Agreements With the Air Force      06/05/2000
 Are Intended to Address Identified Problems (NSIAD-00-
 136)...................................................

Defense Acquisitions: F/A-18E/F Aircraft Does Not Meet        05/26/2000
 All Criteria for Multiyear Procurement (NSIAD-00-158)..

Tax Systems Modernization: Results of Review of IRS'          05/24/2000
 March 7, 2000, Expenditure Plan (AIMD-00-175)..........

[HUD Gun Buyback Initiative]............................      05/19/2000

United States Capitol Police: 1999 Financial Audit            05/15/2000
 Highlights Need to Address Internal Control Weaknesses
 (AIMD-00-153)..........................................

Defense Acquisitions: Antiarmor Weapons Master Plan Does      05/08/2000
 Not Identify Potential Excesses or Support Planned
 Procurements (NSIAD-00-67).............................

Chemical Weapons Disposal: Improvements Needed in             05/08/2000
 Program Accountability and Financial Management (NSIAD-
 00-80).................................................

District of Columbia: Management Issues Concerning Two        05/02/2000
 District Leases (GGD-00-87)............................

Defense Acquisitions: Need to Revise Acquisition              04/26/2000
 Strategy to Reduce Risk for Joint Air-to-Surface
 Standoff Missile (NSIAD-00-75).........................

Nuclear Safety: Concerns With the Continuing Operation        04/25/2000
 of Soviet-Designed Nuclear Power Reactors (RCED-00-97).

Defense Logistics: Air Force Report on Contractor             04/20/2000
 Support Is Narrowly Focused(NSIAD-00-115)..............

District of Columbia Government: Performance Report's         04/14/2000
 Adherence to Statutory Requirements (GGD-00-107).......

Immigration Benefits: Third Report Required by the            04/14/2000
 Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 (GGD-
 00-122R)...............................................

D.C. Courts: Implementation of Personnel Policies             04/12/2000
 Requires Further Attention From the Courts' Leadership
 (GGD-00-75BR)..........................................

Financial Impact of Issuing the New $1 Coin (GGD-00-          04/07/2000
 111R)..................................................

Medicare Home Health Care: Prospective Payment System         04/07/2000
 Will Need Refinement as Data Become Available (HEHS-00-
 9).....................................................

World Bank: Management Controls Stronger, but Challenges      04/06/2000
 in Fighting Corruption Remain (NSIAD-00-73)............

Military Dependents: Services Provide Limited                 04/05/2000
 Confidentiality in Family Abuse Cases (NSIAD-00-127)...

South Florida Ecosystem Restoration: A Land Acquisition       04/05/2000
 Plan Would Help Identify Lands That Need to Be Acquired
 (RCED-00-84)...........................................

South Florida Ecosystem Restoration: A Land Acquisition       04/05/2000
 Plan Is Needed to Supplement the Strategic Plan Being
 Developed (T-RCED-00-137)..............................

Mass Transit: Review of the Bay Area Rapid Transit            03/31/2000
 District's Airport Extension Finance Plan (RCED-00-95R)

Financial Audit: Independent Counsel Expenditures for         03/31/2000
 the Six Months Ended September 30, 1999(AIMD-00-120)...

Mass Transit: Review of the Tren Urbano Finance Plan          03/31/2000
 (RCED-00-94R)..........................................

Medicare Fraud and Abuse: DOJ Has Made Progress in            03/31/2000
 Implementing False Claims Act Guidance (HEHS-00-73)....

Military Housing: Continued Concerns in Implementing the      03/30/2000
 Privatization Initiative (NSIAD-00-71).................

HUD Reform Act: Information on the Department's Response      03/27/2000
 to the Act's Requirements (RCED-00-91).................

Cooperative Threat Reduction: DOD's 1997-98 Reports on        03/15/2000
 Accounting for Assistance Were Late and Incomplete
 (NSIAD-00-40)..........................................

Intercity Passenger Rail: Increasing Amtrak's                 03/15/2000
 Accountability for Its Taxpayer Relief Act Funds (T-
 RCED-00-116)...........................................

F-22 Aircraft: Development Cost Goal Achievable If Major      03/14/2000
 Problems Are Avoided (NSIAD-00-68).....................

Status of Open Recommendations: Improving Operations of       03/09/2000
 Federal Departments and Agencies (OCG-00-4)............

Foreign Assistance: Donation of U.S. Planting Seed to         03/09/2000
 Russia in 1999 Had Weaknesses (NSIAD-00-91)............

Mass Transit: Challenges in Evaluating, Overseeing, and       03/08/2000
 Funding Major Transit Projects (T-RCED-00-104).........

Military Personnel: Systematic Analyses Needed to             03/07/2000
 Monitor Retention in Key Careers and Occupations (NSIAD-
 00-60).................................................

Federal Land Management: Land Acquisition Issues Related      03/02/2000
 to Baca Ranch Appraisal (RCED-00-76)...................

Chemical Safety Board: Recent Organizational Changes and      03/02/2000
 Status of Operations (T-RCED-00-101)...................

Commercial Motor Vehicles: Significant Actions Remain to      03/02/2000
 Improve Truck Safety (T-RCED-00-102)...................

Coast Guard Workforce Mix: Phased-In Conversion of Some       03/01/2000
 Support Officer Positions Would Produce Savings (RCED-
 00-60).................................................

Defense Budget: Analysis of Real Property Maintenance         02/29/2000
 and Base Operations Fund Movements (NSIAD-00-87).......

Disaster Assistance: Issues Related to the Development        02/25/2000
 of FEMA's Insurance Requirements (GGD/OGC-00-62).......

Land Management Systems: Status of BLM's Actions to           02/24/2000
 Improve Information Technology Management (AIMD-00-67).

Defense Inventory: Plan to Improve Management of Shipped      02/22/2000
 Inventory Should Be Strengthened (NSIAD-00-39).........

Forest Service: Status of Efforts to Improve                  02/16/2000
 Accountability (T-RCED/AIMD-00-93).....................

Fish and Wildlife Service: Agency Needs to Inform             02/15/2000
 Congress of Future Costs Associated With Land
 Acquisitions (T-RCED-00-89)............................

Fish and Wildlife Service: Agency Needs to Inform             02/15/2000
 Congress of Future Costs Associated With Land
 Acquisitions (RCED-00-52)..............................

Northern Mariana Islands: Garment and Tourist Industries      02/14/2000
 Play a Dominant Role in the Commonwealth's Economy
 (RCED/GGD-00-79).......................................

Defense Budget: DOD Should Further Improve Visibility         02/09/2000
 and Accountability Of O&M Fund Movements (NSIAD-00-18).

Executive Office of the President: Analysis of EOP's          02/04/2000
 1999 Information Technology Architecture Update and
 Capital Investment Plan Report (AIMD-00-63R)...........

Fiscal Year 2001 Budget Request: U.S. General Accounting      02/01/2000
 Office (T-OCG-00-1)....................................

Postal Issues: The Department of State's Implementation       01/31/2000
 of Its International Postal Responsibilities (GGD-00-
 40)....................................................

Defense Inventory: Opportunities Exist to Expand the Use      01/26/2000
 of Defense Logistics Agency Best Practices (NSIAD-00-
 30)....................................................

Multifamily Housing: HUD's Restructuring Office's             01/20/2000
 Actions to Implement the Mark-to-Market Program (RCED-
 00-21).................................................

Defense Budget: Army National Guard Operation and             01/11/2000
 Maintenance Budget (NSIAD-00-59R)......................

District of Columbia: The District Has Not Adequately         12/17/1999
 Planned for and Managed Its New Personnel and Payroll
 System (AIMD-00-19)....................................

Battlefield Automation: Army's Restructured Land Warrior      12/15/1999
 Program Needs More Oversight (NSIAD-00-28).............

Meat and Poultry: Improved Oversight and Training Will        12/08/1999
 Strengthen New Food Safety System (RCED-00-16).........

Food Assistance: Efforts to Control Fraud and Abuse in        11/24/1999
 the Child and Adult Care Food Program Should be
 Strengthened (RCED-00-12)..............................

Defense Inventory: Improved Management Framework Needed       11/18/1999
 to Guide Air Force Best Practice Initiatives (NSIAD-00-
 2).....................................................

Consumer Product Safety Commission: Additional Steps          11/17/1999
 Needed to Assess Fire Hazards of Upholstered Furniture
 (HEHS-00-3)............................................

Defense Computers: U.S. Transportation Command's              11/15/1999
 Management of Y2K Operational Testing (AIMD-00-21).....

Defense Computers: U.S. Space Command's Management of         11/15/1999
 Its Year 2000 Operational Testing (AIMD-00-30).........

DC Courts: Improvements Needed in Accounting for Escrow       10/29/1999
 and Other Funds (AIMD/OGC-00-6)........................

Defense Inventory: Improved Management Framework Needed       10/21/1999
 to Guide Navy Best Practice Initiatives (NSIAD-00-1)...

Immigration Benefits: Second Report Required by the           10/19/1999
 Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 (GGD-
 00-25R)................................................

Defense Computers: DOD Y2K Functional End-to-End Testing      10/18/1999
 Progress and Test Event Management (AIMD-00-12)........

Forest Service: A Framework for Improving Accountability      10/13/1999
 (RCED/AIMD-00-2).......................................

Contract Management: DOD Begins New Effort to Improve         10/13/1999
 Reporting of Contract Service Costs (NSIAD-00-29)......

International Monetary Fund: Observations on the IMF's        09/30/1999
 Financial Operations (NSIAD/AIMD-99-252)...............

Financial Audit: Independent Counsel Expenditures for         09/30/1999
 Six Months Ended March 31, 1999 (AIMD-99-292)..........

Fiscal Year 2000 Budget: DOD's Procurement and RDT&E          09/23/1999
 Programs (NSIAD-99-233R)...............................

Military Operations: Some Funds for Fiscal Year 1999          09/21/1999
 Contingency Operations Will Be Available for Future
 Needs (NSIAD-99-244BR).................................

Environmental Information: EPA Is Taking Steps to             09/17/1999
 Improve Information Management, but Challenges Remain
 (RCED-99-261)..........................................

D.C. Courts: Planning and Budgeting Difficulties During       09/16/1999
 Fiscal Year 1998 (AIMD/OGC-99-226).....................

Defense Inventory: Improved Management Framework Needed       09/14/1999
 to Guide Army Best Practice Initiatives (NSIAD-99-217).

Defense Acquisitions: Challenges Associated With              09/09/1999
 Implementing the Joint Tactical Radio System (NSIAD-99-
 179)...................................................

HUD's Fiscal Year 2000 Budget Request: Additional             09/03/1999
 Analysis and Justification Needed for Some Programs
 (RCED-99-251)..........................................

U.S. Export-Import Bank's Financing of Dual-Use Exports       09/01/1999
 (NSIAD-99-241R)........................................

Defense Acquisitions: Reduced Operational Effectiveness       08/31/1999
 of Joint Standoff Weapon (NSIAD-99-137)................

D.C. Courts: Staffing Level Determination Could Be More       08/27/1999
 Rigorous (GGD-99-162)..................................

Mass Transit: Status of New Starts Transit Projects With      08/19/1999
 Full Funding Grant Agreements (RCED-99-240)............

District of Columbia: Authority Needs to Improve Its          08/18/1999
 Procurement Practices (GGD-99-134).....................

Air Pollution: EPA's Actions to Resolve Concerns with         08/12/1999
 the Fine Particulate Monitoring Program (RCED-99-215)..

Battlefield Automation: Opportunities to Improve the          08/11/1999
 Army's Information Protection Effort (NSIAD-99-166)....

Medicare Fraud and Abuse: DOJ's Implementation of False       08/06/1999
 Claims Act Guidance in National Initiatives Varies
 (HEHS-99-170)..........................................

Multifamily Housing: HUD Missed Opportunities to Reduce       07/30/1999
 Costs on Its Uninsured Section 8 Portfolio (RCED-99-
 217)...................................................

Department of Energy: Office of Environmental                 07/30/1999
 Management's and Defense Programs' Fiscal Year 2000
 Budget Request (RCED-99-230R)..........................

Battlefield Automation: Performance Uncertainties Are         07/27/1999
 Likely When Army Fields Its First Digitized Division
 (NSIAD-99-150).........................................

Military Base Closures: Potential to Offset Fiscal Year       07/23/1999
 2000 Budget Request (NSIAD-99-149).....................

Defense Acquisitions: Reduced Threat Not Reflected in         07/22/1999
 Antiarmor Weapon Acquisitions (NSIAD-99-105)...........

DOD Competitive Sourcing: Lessons Learned System Could        07/21/1999
 Enhance A-76 Study Process (NSIAD-99-152)..............

Environmental Protection: Factors Contributing to             07/14/1999
 Lengthy Award Times for EPA Grants (RCED-99-204).......

Missile Defense: THAAD Restructure Addresses Problems         06/30/1999
 But Limits Early Capability (NSIAD-99-142).............

Fishery Management: Market Impacts of the American            06/30/1999
 (Fisheries Act on the Production of Pollock Fillets
 (RCED-99-196)..........................................

Defense Computers: Management Controls Are Critical to        06/30/1999
 Effective Year 2000 Testing (AIMD-99-172)..............

Truck Safety: Motor Carriers Office Hampered by Limited       06/29/1999
 Information on Causes of Crashes and Other Data
 Problems (RCED-99-182).................................

Defense Transportation: Plan Needed for Evaluating the        06/23/1999
 Navy Personal Property Pilot (NSIAD-99-138)............

Defense Transportation: The Army's Hunter Pilot Project       06/23/1999
 Inconclusive but Provides Lessons Learned (NSIAD-99-
 129)...................................................

International Monetary Fund: Approach Used to Establish       06/22/1999
 and Monitor Conditions for Financial Assistance (GGD/
 NSIAD-99-168...........................................

International Monetary Fund: Trade Policies of IMF            06/22/1999
 Borrowers (NSIAD/GGD-99-174)...........................

Environmental Protection: Collaborative EPA-State Effort      06/21/1999
 Needed to Improve New Performance Partnership System
 (RCED-99-171)..........................................

District of Columbia: New Financial Management System         06/18/1999
 (AIMD-99-217R).........................................

U.S. Department of Agriculture: Analysis of Budgets,          06/17/1999
 Fiscal Years 1999-2000 (RCED-99-201R)..................

Defense Acquisitions: Progress of the F/A-18E/F               06/15/1999
 Engineering and Manufacturing Development Program
 (NSIAD-99-127).........................................

Tax Systems Modernization: Results of Review of IRS'          06/15/1999
 Initial Expenditure Plan (AIMD/GGD-99-206).............

Defense Modernization Account: Operations and Benefits        06/11/1999
 (NSIAD-99-134).........................................

Defense Acquisitions: Achieving B-2A Bomber Operational       06/10/1999
 Requirements (NSIAD-99-97).............................

Consumer Product Safety Commission: Consumer Education        06/09/1999
 Efforts for Revised Children's Sleepwear Safety
 Standard (HEHS-99-123).................................

District of Columbia Courts: Chronology of Events
 Associated with DC Courts Financial-Related Issues for
 Fiscal Year 1998 (AIMD-99-204R) 06/07/1999.............

Davis-Bacon Act: Labor's Actions Have Potential to            05/28/1999
 Improve Wage Determinations (HEHS-99-97)...............

Airport Improvement Program: Analysis of Discretionary        05/18/1999
 Spending for Fiscal Years 1996-98 (RCED-99-160R).......

District of Columbia Courts: Financial Related Issues         05/18/1999
 for Fiscal Year 1998 (T-AIMD/OGC-99-176)...............

Satellite Control Systems: Opportunity for DOD to             05/17/1999
 Implement Space Policy and Integrate Capabilities)
 (NSIAD-99-81)..........................................

World Bank: Status of Grievance Process Reform (NSIAD-99-
 96) 05/13/1999.........................................

Superfund: EPA Can Improve Its Monitoring of Superfund        05/11/1999
 Expenditures (RCED-99-139).............................

Results Act: Observations on the Department of                05/07/1999
 Transportation's Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Plan
 (RCED-99-153)..........................................

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network: Legal          05/03/1999
 Liability and Data Confidentiality (OGC-99-47R)........

Defense Health Program: Reporting of Funding Adjustments      04/29/1999
 Would Assist Congressional Oversight (HEHS-99-79)......

South Florida Ecosystem Restoration: An Overall               04/22/1999
 Strategic Plan and a Decision-Making Process Are Needed
 to Keep the Effort on Track (RCED-99-121)..............

South Florida Ecosystem Restoration: An Overall Plan and      04/22/1999
 a Decision-Making Process Are Needed to Keep the Effort
 on Track (T-RCED-99-157)...............................

Fresh Produce: Potential Consequences of Country-of-          04/21/1999
 Origin Labeling (RCED-99-112)..........................

Immigration Benefits: Applications for Adjustment of          04/21/1999
 Status Under the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness
 Act of 1998 (GGD-99-92R)...............................

Environmental Protection: Status of EPA's Efforts to          04/13/1999
 Create a Central Information Office (T-RCED-99-147)....

District of Columbia: Private Use of Official Vehicles        04/09/1999
 (GGD-99-50)............................................

Consumer Product Safety Commission: Injury Data               04/01/1999
 Insufficient to Assess the Effect of the Changes to the
 Children's Sleepwear Safety Standard (HEHS-99-64)......

DOE Management: Opportunities for Saving Millions in          04/01/1999
 Contractor Travel Costs (RCED-99-107)..................

Financial Audit: Independent Counsel Expenditures for         03/31/1999
 the Six Months Ended September 30, 1998 (AIMD-99-105)..

District of Columbia Public Schools: Audit Confirms           03/31/1999
 Reasonableness of Enrollment Count, but Report's
 Presentation Is Unclear (HEHS-99-66R)..................

Quadrennial Defense Review: Status of Efforts to              03/31/1999
 Implement Personnel Reductions in the Army Materiel
 Command (NSIAD-99-123).................................

Military Operations: DOD's Disaster Relief Assistance in      03/29/1999
 Response to Hurricane Mitch (NSIAD-99-122R)............

Outsourcing and Privatization: Private-Sector Assistance      03/26/1999
 for Federal Agency Studies (GGD-99-52R)................

INS Budget: Overhiring and Decline in Revenues Have           03/24/1999
 Created Fiscal Stress (T-GGD/AIMD-99-129)..............

Contract Management: DOD Is Examining Opportunities to        03/17/1999
 Further Use Recovery Auditing (NSIAD-99-78)............

National Park Service: Concerns About the of Its              03/17/1999
 Employee Housing Policy (T-RCED-99-119)................

Coast Guard: Strategies for Procuring New Ships,              03/16/1999
 Aircraft, and Other Assets (T-RCED-99-116).............

Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure: Status of          03/16/1999
 Labor's Efforts to Develop Electronic Reporting and a
 Publicly Accessible Database (HEHS-99-63R).............

F-22 Aircraft: Issues in Achieving Engineering and            03/15/1999
 Manufacturing Development Goals (NSIAD-99-55)..........

General Services Administration: Comparison of Space          03/12/1999
 Acquisition Alternatives--Leasing to Lease-Purchase and
 Leasing to Construction (GGD-99-49R)...................

Budget Issues: Trust Funds in the Budget (T-AIMD/RCED-99-     03/09/1999
 110)...................................................

Land Management Systems: Major Software Development Does      03/04/1999
 Not Meet BLM's Business Needs (T-AIMD-99-102)..........

Recreation Fees: Demonstration Has Increased Revenues,        03/03/1999
 but Impact on Park Service Backlog Is Uncertain (T-RCED-
 99-101)................................................

Truck Safety: Motor Carriers Office's Activities to           02/23/1999
 Reduce Fatalities Are Likely to Have Little Short-term
 Effect (T-RCED-99-89)..................................

U.S. Atlantic Command: Challenging Role in the Evolution      02/17/1999
 of Joint Military Capabilities (NSIAD-99-39)...........

Department of Energy: Actions Necessary to Improve DOE's      02/12/1999
 (Training Program (RCED-99-56).........................

[Decision on Whether the Airport and Airway Trust Fund        02/12/1999
 Was Created Solely To Finance Aviation Infrastructure].

Department of Energy: Status of Carryover Balances in         02/11/1999
 the Energy Conservation Program (T-RCED-99-82).........

Customs Service Modernization: Ineffective Software           02/11/1999
 Development Processes Increase Customs System
 Development Risks (AIMD-99-35).........................

Forest Service: Barriers to and Opportunities for             02/10/1999
 Generating Revenue (T-RCED-99-81)......................

Status of Open Recommendations: Improving Operations of       02/10/1999
 Federal Departments and Agencies (OP-99-1).............

Fiscal Year 2000: Budget Request for the U.S. General         02/03/1999
 Accounting Office (T-OCG-99-22)........................

Medicare Fraud and Abuse: Early Status of DOJ's               02/01/1999
 Compliance With False Claims Act Guidance (HEHS-99-42R)

Defense Computers: DOD's Plan for Execution of Simulated      01/29/1999
 Year 2000 Exercises (AIMD-99-52R)......................

National Park Service: Flood Recovery Efforts at              01/27/1999
 Yosemite National Park, California (RCED-99-50R).......

Davis-Bacon Act: Labor Now Verifies Wage Data, but            01/11/1999
 Verification Process Needs Improvement (HEHS-99-21)....
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  ACTIVE ASSIGNMENTS IN PROCESS FOR HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE AND
                  SUBCOMMITTEES AS OF DECEMBER 12, 2000
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                                  Title
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IMPLEMENTATION OF ANTHRAX VACCINE IMMUNIZATION PROGRAM (AVIP) (ARM)

DOD'S GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM MODERNIZATION (ASM)

DOD ACQUISITION EFFORTS FOR THE SPACE-BASED INFRARED SYSTEM (ASM)

DOD'S REPORT ON CONTRACTED ADVISORY AND ASSISTANCE SERVICES (ASM)

DOD'S UPDATE TO THE ANTIARMOR MUNITION MASTER PLAN (ASM)

DOD ACQUISITION OF THE SPACE-BASED INFRARED SYSTEM-HIGH (SBIRS-HIGH)
 (ASM)

SCHOOL DISCIPLINE: THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION (EWIS)

INTERNAL CONTROLS ESTABLISHED OVER THE PAYMENT OF CLAIMS OF CERRO GRANDE
 FIRE IN LOS ALAMOS NEW MEXICO (FMA)

RSPA'S PIPELINE SAFETY USER FEE RESERVE FUND ANALYSIS (FMA)

FINANCIAL AUDIT: INDEPENDENT AND SPECIAL COUNSEL EXPENDITURES FOR THE
 SIX MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2000 (FMA)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY BILLING & PAYMENT REVIEW--
 FOLLOW-UP (FMA)

REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN MUSIC PROJECT PROPOSAL (FMA)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT AND LIAISON (FMA)

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE'S FISCAL YEAR 2000 EXPENDITURES FROM ITS
 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS ACCOUNT (FMA)

REVIEW OF THE DISTRICT'S IMPLEMENTATION OF A NEW FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
 SYSTEM, STATUS REPORT #6 PHASE II (FMA)

HRA: 19 FISCAL YEAR 2000 SPARE PARTS FUNDING FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
 DEFENSE RECENTLY ADDED BY CONGRESS (FMA)

HRA: 19 REVIEW OF DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS' CARRYOVER BALANCES
 (FMA)

DOD NON-AVAILABILITY OF HEALTH CARE STATEMENTS (HC)

DOD SPECIAL LOCALITY-BASED REIMBURSEMENT RATES (HC)

CHEMOTHERAPY DRUG AND ADMINISTRATION PAYMENTS AND COSTS UNDER MEDICARE
 RESOURCE-BASED PRACTICE EXPENSE (HC)

MEDICARE GEOGRAPHIC RECLASSIFICATION AND RURAL HOSPITAL PAYMENT POLICIES
 (HC)

COST AND PRIVACY IMPLICATIONS OF THE OUTCOME AND ASSESSMENT INFORMATION
 SET (OASIS) DATA COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS (HC)

EFFECT OF THE PHASE OUT OF REASONABLE COST PAYMENT FOR FEDERALLY
 QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS (FQHC) AND RURAL HEALTH CLINICS (RHC) (HC)

SERVICES EXEMPT FROM THE SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES (SNF) PROSPECTIVE
 PAYMENT SYSTEM (PPS) UNDER CONSOLIDATED BILLING (HC)

DOJ COMPLIANCE WITH FALSE CLAIMS ACT GUIDANCE (HC)

MEDICARE+CHOICE EDUCATION PROGRAM (HC)

OVERVIEW AND STATUS OF VA'S VETERANS EQUITABLE RESOURCE ALLOCATION
 (VERA) SYSTEM (HC)

COSTS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF VA'S HEPATITIS C INITIATIVE (HC)

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE'S THIRD EXPENDITURE PLAN (IT)

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT'S INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
 IMPROVEMENTS (IT)

HRA: 23 REVIEW OF THE IRS' INTEGRATED FINANCIAL SYSTEM (IFS) (IT)

HRA: 23 REVIEW OF IRS SECURITY AND TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE RELEASE
 (STIR) PRIOR TO SYSTEM DESIGN PHASE (IT)

HRA: 23 REVIEW OF THE IRS' CUSTOMER ACCOUNT DATA ENGINE (IT)

CONSISTENCY OF INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND PRACTICES WITH U.S. POLICIES
 AND LAWS (IAT)

U.S. RECONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE IN THE AFTERMATH OF HURRICANES MITCH AND
 GEORGES AND A COLOMBIAN EARTHQUAKE--#2 (IAT)

DOD'S PERSONAL PROPERTY PROGRAM DATA COLLECTION AND VERIFICATION EFFORTS
 (DCM)

DOD'S FISCAL YEAR 2001 MILITARY PERSONNEL BUDGET REQUEST (DCM)

CONDUCT OF OPERATION ALLIED FORCE COMPARED TO STRATEGY AND DOCTRINE
 (DCM)

ASSESSMENT OF THE MISSION EFFECTIVENESS OF THE OPERATION ALLIED FORCE
 AIR CAMPAIGN (DCM)

SPARE PARTS FUNDING RECENTLY ADDED BY CONGRESS (DCM)

NAVY SPARE PARTS QUALITY (DCM)

LOGISTICAL SUPPORT FOR THE ARMY'S APACHE (AH-64) HELICOPTER PROGRAM
 (DCM)

COST TO MAINTAIN HISTORIC PROPERTIES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DCM)

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY MANAGEMENT OF ITS NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE
 STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM (NRE)

LAND RENTS FOR HYDROPOWER PROJECTS ON FEDERAL LANDS (NRE)

HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT RELICENSING AND REMOVAL (NRE)

EFFORTS TO MAKE THE SAN FRANCISCO PRESIDIO SELF-SUFFICIENT (NRE)

NATIONAL YOUTH ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN (PI)

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD'S OVERSIGHT OF RAILROAD MERGERS (PI)

STATUS OF HUD'S IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MARK-TO-MARKET PROGRAM (PI)

THE COST OF FEDERAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND THE BENEFITS
 DELIVERED (PI)

MANAGEMENT OF OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY ANTI-DRUG MEDIA
 CAMPAIGN CONTRACTS (PI)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS PROGRAM AND CONSTRUCTION
 CONTRACTS (PI)

REVIEW OF TREASURY'S OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT (OE) (TAJ)

REPORT ON HAITIANS WHO APPLY TO ADJUST THEIR STATUS UNDER THE HAITIAN
 REFUGEE IMMIGRATION FAIRNESS ACT (HRIFA) OF 1998 (TAJ)

REVIEW OF THE D.C. CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AS MANDATED BY P.L. 106-113
 (TAJ)
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                               Appendix A


             BACKGROUND OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

    On March 2, 1865, the House of Representatives separated 
the appropriating and banking and currency duties from the 
Committee on Ways and Means, which was first established in 
1789, and assigned them to two new committees--the Committee on 
Appropriations and the Committee on Banking and Currency.
    Until 1865, all ``general'' appropriations bills had been 
controlled in the House by the Committee on Ways and Means--
also in charge of revenue measures and some other classes of 
substantive legislation.

                      Membership of the Committee

    The new Committee on Appropriations--six Republicans and 
three Democrats--was appointed on December 11, 1865, in the 1st 
session of the 39th Congress, and first reported the general 
appropriations bills for the fiscal year 1867. By 1920, the 
number of members had grown to 21. It was changed that year to 
35 and gradually increased to 50 by 1951, and now numbers 61 
members with 34 Republicans and 27 Democrats.

                           Committee Chairmen

    Twenty-nine men, including the present incumbent, the 
Honorable C. W. Bill Young of Florida, have served as chairman 
of the Committee on Appropriations. The Honorable Clarence 
Cannon of Missouri, served as chairman nearly 19 years, 
although his term as chairman was of broken continuity. The 
Honorable George Mahon of Texas, served as chairman 
continuously longer than any other person, from May 18, 1964 to 
January 3, 1979. Several chairmen went on to higher or other 
important offices. One, James Garfield of Ohio, became 
President. Three, Samuel Randall of Pennsylvania, Joseph Cannon 
of Illinois, and Joseph Byrns of Tennessee, became Speaker of 
the House. Three later served in the U.S. Senate. One became 
Governor of his State. The list of distinctions is long. 
Interesting biographical sketches of 21 of the men are 
contained in House Document No. 299 of the 77th Congress.

                       The Growth of Expenditures

    In the early years of the Congress, a single general 
appropriation bill from the Ways and Means Committee met the 
needs of the country. The first bill, in 1789, appropriated 
$639,000 and covered 13 lines of the printed statutes. Five 
years later, in 1794, the Army was supplied in a separate bill, 
then the Navy in 1799. This trend continued until in 1865, 
there were 10 bills passed over to the new Committee on 
Appropriations, not including deficiency bills. For fiscal year 
1999, appropriations within the 13 subcommittees have provided 
a total of $840.7 billion.
    Until recent years, large sustained spending increases of 
the Federal Government usually occurred only in connection with 
wars. For several years prior to the Civil War, Federal 
expenditures averaged $60,000,000 annually. By the peak of the 
war, in fiscal year 1865, expenditures amounted to 
$1,297,555,224. The year following the war--fiscal year 1866--
spending was reduced to $520,809,417.
    In the first year for which the new Committee on 
Appropriations reported the general bills, fiscal year 1867, 
total expenditures of the Government were $357,542,675. In the 
ensuing 100 years the lowest expenditure level was 
$236,964,327--in fiscal year 1878. The Spanish-American War 
period marked the high point for the remainder of the century; 
in fiscal year 1899 expenditures reached $605,072,179, but by 
1902 had dropped back to $485,234,249. With the onset of World 
War I expenditures again crossed the billion-dollar mark in 
fiscal year 1917, reached a war peak of $18,514,879,955 in 
fiscal year 1919, and receded by fiscal year 1927 to 
$2,974,029,674, the lowest subsequent level.
    By 1940, spending in appropriations bills had climbed to 
$14.6 billion as a result mainly of various New Deal 
legislation--when we began meeting local problems with national 
programs. Since 1934, our national wealth has increased 41 
times.
    By 1943, the fiscal high point of World War II--some $143.8 
billion was being spent. After World War II spending declined 
to the $30 billion range and then increased to $91.1 billion in 
1951 in connection with the Korean War.
    After the Korean War, Federal spending in appropriations 
bills decreased to $47.6 billion in 1954. This is the last 
period in the Federal budget in which spending has decreased. 
Every year after 1954 spending has steadily increased in order 
to help meet the needs facing the country.

                           The Budget Process

    By the early 1970's new forces were at work calling for 
changes in the way in which Congress handled the budget and 
appropriations process.
    One of the most compelling of these forces, although it was 
largely a temporary problem, was due to the ``impoundment'' of 
funds in fiscal year 1974 by the President. This was, in 
effect, a line item veto of funds for programs that were 
initiated or increased by the Congress. Many Members of 
Congress and certain special interest groups were outraged and 
extremely frustrated by the impoundments. Numerous court suits 
on various impoundments had been filed and were in the process 
of being heard.
    A more serious reason for budget reform was due to the 
widely held belief that the budget was out of control. Deficits 
were mounting; so-called ``uncontrollable'' spending was 
climbing; and ``back door'' spending, i.e. spending provided 
other than through the Appropriations Committee, was 
increasing. It was also becoming clear that there was little, 
if any coordination between raising and spending revenues.
    Additionally, there was a feeling among some Members of 
Congress that there needed to be other or additional ways to 
change the priorities of Federal spending. Because of these and 
other concerns, formal work was begun on improving the 
congressional budget process through the establishment of the 
Joint Study Committee on Budget Control.
    The work of this Committee, the House Rules Committee, the 
Senate Committee on Government Operations, and the Senate Rules 
Committee eventually resulted in the adoption of the 
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.

                               Appendix B


 PROVISIONS OF THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APPLICABLE TO 
       THE JURISDICTION OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS


                                 Rule X


                       organization of committees

             Committees and Their Legislative Jurisdictions

    1. There shall be in the House the following standing 
committees, each of which shall have the jurisdiction and 
related functions assigned by this clause and clauses 2, 3, and 
4. All bills, resolutions, and other matters relating to 
subjects within the jurisdiction of the standing committees 
listed in this clause shall be referred to those committees, in 
accordance with clause 2 of rule XII, as
follows:

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

    (b) Committee on Appropriations
            (1) Appropriation of the revenue for the support of 
        the Government.
            (2) Rescissions of appropriations contained in 
        appropriation Acts.
            (3) Transfers of unexpended balances.
            (4) Bills and joint resolutions reported by other 
        committees that provide new entitlement authority as 
        defined in section 3(9) of the Congressional Budget Act 
        of 1974 and referred to the committee under clause 
        4(a)(2).

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *


                   General Oversight Responsibilities

    2. (a) The various standing committees shall have general 
oversight responsibilities as provided in paragraph (b) in 
order to assist the House in--
            (1) its analysis, appraisal, and evaluation of--
                    (A) the application, administration, 
                execution, and effectiveness of Federal laws; 
                and
                    (B) conditions and circumstances which may 
                indicate the necessity or desirability of 
                enacting new or additional legislation; and
            (2) its formulation, consideration, and enactment 
        of changes in Federal laws, and of such additional 
        legislation, as may be necessary or appropriate.
    (b)(1) In order to determine whether laws and programs 
addressing subjects within the jurisdiction of a committee are 
being implemented and carried out in accordance with the intent 
of Congress and whether they should be continued, curtailed, or 
eliminated, each standing committee (other than the Committee 
on Appropriations) shall review and study on a continuing 
basis--

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *


                      Special Oversight Functions

    3. (a) The Committee on Appropriations shall conduct such 
studies and examinations of the organization and operation of 
executive departments and other executive agencies (including 
an agency the majority of the stock of which is owned by the 
United States) as it considers necessary to assist it in the 
determination of matters within its jurisdiction.

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *


                   Additional Functions of Committees

    4. (a)(1)(A) The Committee on Appropriations shall, within 
30 days after the transmittal of the Budget to the Congress 
each year, hold hearings on the Budget as a whole with 
particular reference to--
            (i) the basic recommendations and budgetary 
        policies of the President in the presentation of the 
        Budget; and
            (ii) the fiscal, financial, and economic 
        assumptions used as bases in arriving at total 
        estimated expenditures and receipts.
    (B) In holding hearings pursuant to subdivision (A), the 
committee shall receive testimony from the Secretary of the 
Treasury, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 
the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, and such 
other persons as the committee may desire.
    (C) A hearing under subdivision (A), or any part thereof, 
shall be held in open session, except when the committee, in 
open session and with a quorum present, determines by record 
vote that the testimony to be taken at that hearing on that day 
may be related to a matter of national security. The committee 
may by the same procedure close one subsequent day of hearing. 
A transcript of all such hearings shall be printed and a copy 
thereof furnished to each Member, Delegate, and the Resident 
Commissioner.
    (D) A hearing under subdivision (A), or any part thereof, 
may be held before a joint meeting of the committee and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate in accordance with 
such procedures as the two committees jointly may determine.
    (2) Pursuant to section 401(b)(2) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, when a committee reports a bill or joint 
resolution that provides new entitlement authority as defined 
in section 3(9) of that Act, and enactment of the bill or joint 
resolution, as reported, would cause a breach of the 
committee's pertinent allocation of new budget authority under 
section 302(a) of that Act, the bill or joint resolution may be 
referred to the Committee on Appropriations with instructions 
to report it with recommendations (which may include an 
amendment limiting the total amount of new entitlement 
authority provided in the bill or joint resolution). If the 
Committee on Appropriations fails to report a bill or joint 
resolution so referred within 15 calendar days (not counting 
any day on which the house is not in session), the committee 
automatically shall be discharged from consideration of the 
bill or joint resolution, and the bill or joint resolution 
shall be placed on the appropriate calendar.
    (3) In addition, the Committee on Appropriations shall 
study on a continuing basis those provisions of law that (on 
the first day of the first fiscal year for which the 
congressional budget process is effective) provide spending 
authority of permanent budget authority, and shall report to 
the House from time to time its recommendations for terminating 
or modifying such provisions.
    (4) In the manner provided by section 302 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Committee on 
Appropriations (after consulting with the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate) shall subdivide any allocations 
made to it in the joint explanatory statement accompanying the 
conference report on such concurrent resolution, and promptly 
report the subdivisions to the House as soon as practicable 
after a concurrent resolution on the budget for a fiscal year 
is agreed to.
                               Appendix C


                SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP AND JURISDICTION

NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Young of Florida, as Chairman of 
  the Full Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking Minority Member of 
  the Full Committee, are authorized to sit as Members of all 
  Subcommittees.

     SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
                  ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES

                    JOE SKEEN, New Mexico, Chairman

MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio                   JAMES T. WALSH, New York
ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut         JAY DICKEY, Arkansas
MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York         JACK KINGSTON, Georgia
SAM FARR, California                 GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, Jr., 
ALLEN BOYD, Florida                  Washington
                                     HENRY BONILLA, Texas
                                     TOM LATHAM, Iowa
                                     JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri

                              JURISDICTION

  Department of Agriculture (Except Forest Service).
  Farm Credit Administration.
  Farm Credit System Financial Assistance Corporation.
  Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
  Food and Drug Administration (HHS).

 SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE 
                    JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGENCIES

 HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky, Chairman

JOSE E. SERRANO, New York            JIM KOLBE, Arizona
JULIAN C. DIXON,\1\ California       CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina
ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia      RALPH REGULA, Ohio
LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California    TOM LATHAM, Iowa
                                     DAN MILLER, Florida
                                     ZACH WAMP, Tennessee

----------
\1\ Ranking Democratic Member (leave of absence).

                              JURISDICTION

  Department of Commerce.
  Department of Justice.
  Department of State (Except International Narcotics Control; 
    International Organizations and Programs (voluntary 
    contributions); Migration and Refugee Assistance; 
    Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 
    Programs; Peacekeeping Operations (voluntary contributions); 
    U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund).
  Department of Transportation: Maritime Administration.
  The Judiciary.
  Related Agencies:
    Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
    Census Monitoring Board.
    Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad.
    Commission on Civil Rights.
    Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe.
    Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
    Federal Communications Commission.
    Federal Maritime Commission.
    Federal Trade Commission.
    International Trade Commission.
    Japan-United States Friendship Commission.
    Legal Services Corporation.
    Marine Mammal Commission.
    Office of the United States Trade Representative.
    Securities and Exchange Commission.
    Small Business Administration.
    State Justice Institute.
    United States Information Agency / Broadcasting Board of 
      Governors.

                        SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEFENSE

 JERRY LEWIS, California, Chairman

JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania         C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida
NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington          JOE SKEEN, New Mexico
MARTIN OLAV SABO, Minnesota          DAVID L. HOBSON, Ohio
JULIAN C. DIXON, California          HENRY BONILLA, Texas
PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana          GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, Jr., 
JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia             Washington
                                     ERNEST J. ISTOOK, Jr., Oklahoma
                                     RANDY ``DUKE'' CUNNINGHAM, 
                                     California
                                     JAY DICKEY, Arkansas
                                     RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New 
                                     Jersey

                              JURISDICTION

  Department of Defense--Military:
    Departments of Army, Navy (including Marine Corps), Air 
      Force, Office of Secretary of Defense, and Defense Agencies 
      (Except Military Construction).
    Central Intelligence Agency.
    Intelligence Community Staff.

                SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 ERNEST J. ISTOOK, Jr., Oklahoma, 
             Chairman

JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia             RANDY ``DUKE'' CUNNINGHAM, 
JULIAN C. DIXON, California          California
ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia      TODD TIAHRT, Kansas
                                     ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama
                                     JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri
                                     JOHN E. SUNUNU, New Hampshire

                              JURISDICTION

  District of Columbia.

              SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT

 RON PACKARD, California, Chairman

PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana          HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky
CHET EDWARDS, Texas                  JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan
ED PASTOR, Arizona                   RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New 
MICHAEL P. FORBES, New York \1\      Jersey
JAMES E. CLYBURN, South Carolina \2\ SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama
                                     TOM LATHAM, Iowa
                                     ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi

----------
\1\ Automatic vacation of Committee Membership, July 19, 1999. Elected 
to Committee to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Mr. 
Clyburn, August 5, 1999.
\2\ Resigned from the Committee, August 5, 1999.

                              JURISDICTION

  Department of Energy (Except the Economic Regulatory 
    Administration; Energy Information Administration; Office of 
    Hearings and Appeals; Strategic Petroleum Reserve; Naval 
    Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves; Fossil Energy Research and 
    Development; Clean Coal Technology; Energy Conservation; 
    Alternative Fuels Production and Related Matters).
  Department of Defense--Civil: Department of the Army: Corps of 
    Engineers--Civil.
  Department of the Interior: Bureau of Reclamation; Central Utah 
    Project.
  Related Agencies:
    Appalachian Regional Commission.
    Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.
    Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
    Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
    Tennessee Valley Authority.

   SUBCOMMITTEE ON FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED 
                                PROGRAMS

 SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama, Chairman

NANCY PELOSI, California             JOHN EDWARD PORTER, Illinois
NITA M. LOWEY, New York              FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia
JESSE L. JACKSON, Jr., Illinois      RON PACKARD, California
CAROLYN C. KILPATRICK, Michigan      JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan
MARTIN OLAV SABO, Minnesota          MICHAEL P. FORBES, New York \1\
                                     JACK KINGSTON, Georgia
                                     JERRY LEWIS, California
                                     ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi

----------
\1\ Automatic vacation of Committee Membership, July 19, 1999.

                              JURISDICTION

  Agency for International Development.
  African Development Foundation.
  African Development Fund and Bank.
  Asian Development Fund and Bank.
  Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States.
  Assistance for the New Independent States of the Former Soviet 
    Union.
  Bank for Economic Cooperation and Development in the Middle 
    East and North Africa.
  Child Survival and Disease Programs Fund.
  Department of State:
    International Narcotics Control.
    International Organizations and Programs (voluntary 
      contributions).
    Migration and Refugee Assistance.
    Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 
      Programs.
    Peacekeeping Operations (voluntary contributions).
    U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund.
  Export-Import Bank.
  European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
  Foreign Military Financing Program.
  Global Environment Facility.
  Guarantee Reserve Fund.
  Inter-American Development Fund and Bank.
  Inter-American Foundation.
  International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World 
    Bank).
  International Development Association.
  International Finance Corporation.
  International Fund for Agricultural Development.
  International Fund for Ireland.
  International Military Education and Training.
  International Monetary Fund Programs.
  Military Assistance Program.
  Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency.
  North American Development Bank.
  Overseas Private Investment Corporation.
  Peace Corps.
  Special Defense Acquisition Fund.
  Trade and Development Agency.

  SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES

   RALPH REGULA, Ohio, Chairman

NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington            JIM KOLBE, Arizona
JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania           JOE SKEEN, New Mexico
JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia               CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina
ROBERT E. ``BUD'' CRAMER, Jr., Alabama GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, Jr., 
MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York           Washington
                                       ZACH WAMP, Tennessee
                                       JACK KINGSTON, Georgia
                                       JOHN E. PETERSON, Pennsylvania

                              JURISDICTION

  Department of the Interior (Except Bureau of Reclamation).
  Department of Energy: Economic Regulatory Administration; 
    Energy Information Administration; Office of Hearings and 
    Appeals; Strategic Petroleum Reserve; Naval Petroleum and Oil 
    Shale Reserves; Fossil Energy Research and Development; Clean 
    Coal Technology; Energy Conservation; Alternative Fuels 
    Production and Related Matters; Alaska Gas Pipeline 
    Authorities.
  Other Agencies:
    Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
    Commission of Fine Arts.
    Energy Security Reserve (Treasury).
    Forest Service (USDA).
    Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission.
    Holocaust Memorial Council.
    Indian Health Services and Facilities (HHS).
    Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and 
      Arts Development.
    John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
    National Capital Planning Commission.
    National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities (Except 
      Office of Library Services).
    National Gallery of Art.
    Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission.
    Smithsonian Institution.
    Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

 SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 
                    EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES

  JOHN EDWARD PORTER, Illinois, 
             Chairman

DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin             C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida
STENY H. HOYER, Maryland             HENRY BONILLA, Texas
NANCY PELOSI, California             ERNEST J. ISTOOK, Jr., Oklahoma
NITA M. LOWEY, New York              DAN MILLER, Florida
ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut         JAY DICKEY, Arkansas
JESSE L. JACKSON, Jr., Illinois      ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi
                                     ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky
                                     RANDY ``DUKE'' CUNNINGHAM, 
                                     California

                              JURISDICTION

  Department of Education.
  Department of Health and Human Services (Except Food and Drug 
    Administration; Indian Health Services and Facilities).
  Department of Labor.
  Related Agencies:
    Armed Forces Retirement Home.
    Corporation for National and Community Service (VISTA and 
      seniors programs only).
    Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
    Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.
    Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission.
    Institute of Museum and Library Services (Except Office of 
      Museum Services).
    Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.
    National Commission on Libraries and Information Science.
    National Council on Disability.
    National Education Goals Panel.
    National Labor Relations Board.
    National Mediation Board.
    Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
    Railroad Retirement Board.
    Social Security Administration.
    United States Institute of Peace.

                   SUBCOMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina, 
             Chairman

ED PASTOR, Arizona                   ZACH WAMP, Tennessee
JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania         JERRY LEWIS, California
STENY H. HOYER, Maryland             KAY GRANGER, Texas
                                     JOHN E. PETERSON, Pennsylvania

                              JURISDICTION

  House of Representatives.
  Joint Items.
  Architect of the Capitol (Except Senate Items).
  Botanic Garden.
  Congressional Budget Office.
  General Accounting Office.
  Government Printing Office.
  John C. Stennis Center.
  Library of Congress, including:
    Congressional Research Service.
    Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel.
    Copyright Office.
    National Film Preservation Board.
  United States Capitol Preservation Commission.

                 SUBCOMMITTEE ON MILITARY CONSTRUCTION

                    DAVID L. HOBSON, Ohio, Chairman

JOHN EDWARD PORTER, Illinois               JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts
TODD TIAHRT, Kansas                        CHET EDWARDS, Texas         
JAMES T. WALSH, New York                   SAM FARR, California        
DAN MILLER, Florida                        ALLEN BOYD, Florida         
ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama                NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington 
KAY GRANGER, Texas

VIRGIL H. GOODE, Jr., Virginia \1\

----------
\1\ Elected to the Committee to fill the resignation of Mr. Blunt, 
February 1, 2000.

                              JURISDICTION

  Military Construction, Army, Navy (including Marine Corps), Air 
    Force, and Defense Agencies, and Reserve Forces.
  Military Family Housing.
  DOD Base Closure Account.
  DOD Family Housing Improvement Fund.
  DOD Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund.
  Homeowners Assistance Fund.
  NATO Security Investment Program.

 SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES

 FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia, Chairman

MARTIN OLAV SABO, Minnesota          TOM DeLAY, Texas
JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts         RALPH REGULA, Ohio
ED PASTOR, Arizona                   HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky
CAROLYN C. KILPATRICK, Michigan      RON PACKARD, California
JOSE E. SERRANO, New York            SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama
MICHAEL P. FORBES, New York \1\      TODD TIAHRT, Kansas
JAMES E. CLYBURN, South Carolina \2\ ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama
                                     KAY GRANGER, Texas

----------
\1\ Automatic vacation of Committee Membership, July 19, 1999. Elected 
to Committee to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Mr. 
Clyburn, August 5, 1999.
\2\ Resigned from the Committee, August 5, 1999.

                              JURISDICTION

  Department of Transportation (Except Maritime Administration).
  Related Agencies:
    Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board.
    National Transportation Safety Board.
    Panama Canal Commission.
    Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.

    SUBCOMMITTEE ON TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT

   JIM KOLBE, Arizona, Chairman

FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia               STENY H. HOYER, Maryland         
MICHAEL P. FORBES, New York \1\       CARRIE P. MEEK, Florida         
ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky             DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina   
JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri              LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California
JOHN E. SUNUNU, New Hampshire
JOHN E. PETERSON, Pennsylvania

VIRGIL H. GOODE, Jr., Virginia \2\
----------
\1\ Automatic vacation of Committee Membership, July 19, 1999.
\2\ Elected to the Committee to fill the resignation of Mr. Blunt, 
February 1, 2000.

                              JURISDICTION

  Treasury Department (Except Community Development Financial 
    Institutions).
  United States Postal Service.
  Executive Office of the President:
    Compensation of the President.
    Council of Economic Advisers.
    Executive Residence at the White House.
    Federal Drug Control Programs.
        High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program.
        Special Forfeiture Fund.
    National Critical Materials Council.
    National Security Council.
    Office of Administration.
    Office of Management and Budget.
    Office of National Drug Control Policy.
    Office of Policy Development.
    Official Residence of the Vice President.
    Special Assistance to the President.
     Unanticipated Needs.
    White House Office.
  Independent Agencies:
    Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely 
      Disabled.
    Federal Election Commission.
    Federal Labor Relations Authority.
    General Services Administration (Except Consumer Information 
      Center).
    Merit Systems Protection Board.
    Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National 
      Environmental Policy Foundation.
    Office of Special Counsel.
    National Archives and Records Administration.
    National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
    Office of Government Ethics.
    Office of Personnel Management and Related Trust Funds.
    United States Tax Court.
  General Provisions, Governmentwide.

  SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND 
              URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                   JAMES T. WALSH, New York, Chairman

TOM DeLAY, Texas                ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia       
DAVID L. HOBSON, Ohio           MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio                    
JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan       CARRIE P. MEEK, Florida               
RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New    DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina        
Jersey                          ROBERT E. ``BUD'' CRAMER, Jr., Alabama
ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky    
JOHN E. SUNUNU, New Hampshire

VIRGIL H. GOODE, Jr., Virginia \1\

----------
\1\ Elected to the Committee to fill the resignation of Mr. Blunt, 
February 1, 2000.

                              JURISDICTION

  Department of Veterans Affairs.
  Department of Housing and Urban Development.
  Independent Agencies:
    American Battle Monuments Commission.
    Cemeterial Expenses, Army (DOD).
    Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board.
    Community Development Financial Institutions (Treasury).
    Consumer Information Center (GSA).
    Consumer Product Safety Commission.
    Corporation for National and Community Service.
    Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental 
      Quality.
    Court of Veterans Appeals.
    Environmental Protection Agency.
    Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Office of Inspector 
      General.
    Federal Emergency Management Agency.
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
    National Credit Union Administration.
    National Science Foundation.
    Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation.
    Office of Science and Technology Policy.
    Selective Service System.
                               Appendix D


                      Committee on Appropriations


                            COMMITTEE RULES


          (Adopted for the 106th Congress on February 2, 1999)

    RESOLVED, That the rules and practices of the Committee on 
Appropriations, House of Representatives, in the One Hundred 
Fifth Congress, except as otherwise provided hereinafter, shall 
be and are hereby adopted as the rules and practices of the 
Committee on Appropriations in the One Hundred Sixth Congress.

    The foregoing resolution adopts the following rules:

Sec. 1: Power to Sit and Act

    For the purpose of carrying out any of its functions and 
duties under Rules X and XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives, the Committee or any of its subcommittees is 
authorized:
            (a) To sit and act at such times and places within 
        the United States whether the House is in session, has 
        recessed, or has adjourned, and to hold such hearings; 
        and
            (b) To require, by subpoena or otherwise, the 
        attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the 
        production of such books, reports, correspondence, 
        memorandums, papers, and documents as it deems 
        necessary. The Chairman, or any Member designated by 
        the Chairman, may administer oaths to any witness.
            (c) A subpoena may be authorized and issued by the 
        Committee or its subcommittees under subsection 1 (b) 
        in the conduct of any investigation or activity or 
        series of investigations or activities, only when 
        authorized by a majority of the Members of the 
        Committee voting, a majority being present. The power 
        to authorize and issue subpoenas under subsection 1 (b) 
        may be delegated to the Chairman pursuant to such rules 
        and under such limitations as the Committee may 
        prescribe. Authorized subpoenas shall be signed by the 
        Chairman or by any Member designated by the Committee.
            (d) Compliance with any subpoena issued by the 
        Committee or its subcommittees may be enforced only as 
        authorized or directed by the House.

Sec. 2: Subcommittees

    (a) The Majority Caucus of the Committee shall establish 
the number of subcommittees and shall determine the 
jurisdiction of each subcommittee.
    (b) Each subcommittee is authorized to meet, hold hearings, 
receive evidence, and report to the Committee all matters 
referred to it.
    (c) All legislation and other matters referred to the 
Committee shall be referred to the subcommittee of appropriate 
jurisdiction within two weeks unless, by majority vote of the 
Majority Members of the full Committee, consideration is to be 
by the full Committee.
    (d) The Majority Caucus of the Committee shall determine an 
appropriate ratio of Majority to Minority Members for each 
subcommittee. The Chairman is authorized to negotiate that 
ratio with the Minority; Provided, however, That party 
representation in each subcommittee, including ex-officio 
members, shall be no less favorable to the Majority than the 
ratio for the full Committee.
    (e) The Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the full 
Committee are authorized to sit as a member of all 
subcommittees and to participate, including voting, in all its 
work.

Sec. 3: Staffing

    (a) Committee Staff--The Chairman is authorized to appoint 
the staff of the Committee, and make adjustments in the job 
titles and compensation thereof subject to the maximum rates 
and conditions established in Clause 9 (c) of Rule X of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives. In addition, he is 
authorized, in his discretion, to arrange for their specialized 
training. The Chairman is also authorized to employ additional 
personnel as necessary.
    (b) Assistants to Members--Each of the top twenty-one 
senior majority and minority Members of the full Committee may 
select and designate one staff member who shall serve at the 
pleasure of that Member. Such staff members shall be 
compensated at a rate, determined by the Member, not to exceed 
75 per centum of the maximum established in Clause 9 (c) of 
Rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives; Provided, 
That Members designating staff members under this subsection 
must specifically certify by letter to the Chairman that the 
employees are needed and will be utilized for Committee work.

Sec. 4: Committee Meetings

    (a) Regular Meeting Day--The regular meeting day of the 
Committee shall be the first Wednesday of each month while the 
House is in session, unless the Committee has met within the 
past 30 days or the Chairman considers a specific meeting 
unnecessary in the light of the requirements of the Committee 
business schedule.
    (b) Additional and Special Meetings:
            (1) The Chairman may call and convene, as he 
        considers necessary, additional meetings of the 
        Committee for the consideration of any bill or 
        resolution pending before the Committee or for the 
        conduct of other Committee business. The Committee 
        shall meet for such purpose pursuant to that call of 
        the Chairman.
            (2) If at least three Committee Members desire that 
        a special meeting of the Committee be called by the 
        Chairman, those Members may file in the Committee 
        Offices a written request to the Chairman for that 
        special meeting. Such request shall specify the measure 
        or matter to be considered. Upon the filing of the 
        request, the Committee Clerk shall notify the Chairman.
            (3) If within three calendar days after the filing 
        of the request, the Chairman does not call the 
        requested special meeting to be held within seven 
        calendar days after the filing of the request, a 
        majority of the Committee Members may file in the 
        Committee Offices their written notice that a special 
        meeting will be held, specifying the date and hour of 
        such meeting, and the measure or matter to be 
        considered. The Committee shall meet on that date and 
        hour.
            (4) Immediately upon the filing of the notice, the 
        Committee Clerk shall notify all Committee Members that 
        such special meeting will be held and inform them of 
        its date and hour and the measure or matter to be 
        considered. Only the measure or matter specified in 
        that notice may be considered at the special meeting.
    (c) Vice Chairman To Preside in Absence of Chairman--A 
member of the majority party on the Committee or subcommittee 
thereof designated by the Chairman of the full Committee shall 
be vice chairman of the Committee or subcommittee, as the case 
may be, and shall preside at any meeting during the temporary 
absence of the chairman. If the chairman and vice chairman of 
the Committee or subcommittee are not present at any meeting of 
the Committee or subcommittee, the ranking member of the 
majority party who is present shall preside at that meeting.
    (d) Business Meetings:
            (1) Each meeting for the transaction of business, 
        including the markup of legislation, of the Committee 
        and its subcommittees shall be open to the public 
        except when the Committee or its subcommittees, in open 
        session and with a majority present, determines by roll 
        call vote that all or part of the remainder of the 
        meeting on that day shall be closed.
            (2) No person other than Committee Members and such 
        congressional staff and departmental representatives as 
        they may authorize shall be present at any business or 
        markup session which has been closed.
    (e) Committee Records:
            (1) The Committee shall keep a complete record of 
        all Committee action, including a record of the votes 
        on any question on which a roll call is demanded. The 
        result of each roll call vote shall be available for 
        inspection by the public during regular business hours 
        in the Committee Offices. The information made 
        available for public inspection shall include a 
        description of the amendment, motion, or other 
        proposition, and the name of each Member voting for and 
        each Member voting against, and the names of those 
        Members present but not voting.
            (2) All hearings, records, data, charts, and files 
        of the Committee shall be kept separate and distinct 
        from the congressional office records of the Chairman 
        of the Committee. Such records shall be the property of 
        the House, and all Members of the House shall have 
        access thereto.
            (3) The records of the Committee at the National 
        Archives and Records Administration shall be made 
        available in accordance with Rule VII of the Rules of 
        the House, except that the Committee authorizes use of 
        any record to which Clause 3 (b)(4) of Rule VII of the 
        Rules of the House would otherwise apply after such 
        record has been in existence for 20 years. The Chairman 
        shall notify the Ranking Minority Member of any 
        decision, pursuant to Clause 3 (b)(3) or Clause 4 (b) 
        of Rule VII of the Rules of the House, to withhold a 
        record otherwise available, and the matter shall be 
        presented to the Committee for a determination upon the 
        written request of any Member of the Committee.

Sec. 5: Committee and Subcommittee Hearings

    (a) Overall Budget Hearings--Overall budget hearings by the 
Committee, including the hearing required by Section 242 (c) of 
the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 and Clause 4 (a)(1) 
of Rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives shall be 
conducted in open session except when the Committee in open 
session and with a majority present, determines by roll call 
vote that the testimony to be taken at that hearing on that day 
may be related to a matter of national security; except that 
the Committee may by the same procedure close one subsequent 
day of hearing. A transcript of all such hearings shall be 
printed and a copy furnished to each Member, Delegate, and the 
Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.
    (b) Other Hearings:
            (1) All other hearings conducted by the Committee 
        or its subcommittees shall be open to the public except 
        when the Committee or subcommittee in open session and 
        with a majority present determines by roll call vote 
        that all or part of the remainder of that hearing on 
        that day shall be closed to the public because 
        disclosure of testimony, evidence, or other matters to 
        be considered would endanger the national security or 
        would violate any law or Rule of the House of 
        Representatives. Notwithstanding the requirements of 
        the preceding sentence, a majority of those present at 
        a hearing conducted by the Committee or any of its 
        subcommittees, there being in attendance the number 
        required under Section 5 (c) of these Rules to be 
        present for the purpose of taking testimony, (1) may 
        vote to close the hearing for the sole purpose of 
        discussing whether testimony or evidence to be received 
        would endanger the national security or violate Clause 
        2 (k)(5) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
        Representatives or (2) may vote to close the hearing, 
        as provided in Clause 2 (k)(5) of such Rule. No Member 
        of the House of Representatives may be excluded from 
        nonparticipatory attendance at any hearing of the 
        Committee or its subcommittees unless the House of 
        Representatives shall by majority vote authorize the 
        Committee or any of its subcommittees, for purposes of 
        a particular series of hearings on a particular article 
        of legislation or on a particular subject of 
        investigation, to close its hearings to Members by the 
        same procedures designated in this subsection for 
        closing hearings to the public; Provided, however, That 
        the Committee or its subcommittees may by the same 
        procedure vote to close five subsequent days of 
        hearings.
            (2) Subcommittee chairmen shall coordinate the 
        development of schedules for meetings or hearings after 
        consultation with the Chairman and other subcommittee 
        chairmen with a view toward avoiding simultaneous 
        scheduling of Committee and subcommittee meetings or 
        hearings.
            (3) Each witness who is to appear before the 
        Committee or any of its subcommittees as the case may 
        be, insofar as is practicable, shall file in advance of 
        such appearance, a written statement of the proposed 
        testimony and shall limit the oral presentation at such 
        appearance to a brief summary, except that this 
        provision shall not apply to any witness appearing 
        before the Committee in the overall budget hearings.
            (4) Each witness appearing in a nongovernmental 
        capacity before the Committee, or any of its 
        subcommittees as the case may be, shall to the greatest 
        extent practicable, submit a written statement 
        including a curriculum vitae and a disclosure of the 
        amount and source (by agency and program) of any 
        Federal grant (or subgrant thereof) or contract (or 
        subcontract thereof) received during the current fiscal 
        year or either of the two previous fiscal years by the 
        witness or by an entity represented by the witness.
    (c) Quorum for Taking Testimony--The number of Members of 
the Committee which shall constitute a quorum for taking 
testimony and receiving evidence in any hearing of the 
Committee shall be two.
    (d) Calling and Interrogation of Witnesses:
            (1) The Minority Members of the Committee or its 
        subcommittees shall be entitled, upon request to the 
        Chairman or subcommittee chairman, by a majority of 
        them before completion of any hearing, to call 
        witnesses selected by the Minority to testify with 
        respect to the matter under consideration during at 
        least one day of hearings thereon.
            (2) The Committee and its subcommittees shall 
        observe the five-minute rule during the interrogation 
        of witnesses until such time as each Member of the 
        Committee or subcommittee who so desires has had an 
        opportunity to question the witness.
    (e) Broadcasting and Photographing of Committee Meetings 
and Hearings--Whenever a hearing or meeting conducted by the 
full Committee or any of its subcommittees is open to the 
public, those proceedings shall be open to coverage by 
television, radio, and still photography, as provided in Clause 
(4)(f) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives. 
Neither the full Committee Chairman or Subcommittee Chairman 
shall limit the number of television or still cameras to fewer 
than two representatives from each medium.
    (f) Subcommittee Meetings--No subcommittee shall sit while 
the House is reading an appropriation measure for amendment 
under the five-minute rule or while the Committee is in 
session.
    (g) Public Notice of Committee Hearings--The Chairman of 
the Committee shall make public announcement of the date, 
place, and subject matter of any Committee or subcommittee 
hearing at least one week before the commencement of the 
hearing. If the Chairman of the Committee or subcommittee, with 
the concurrence of the ranking minority member of the Committee 
or respective subcommittee, determines there is good cause to 
begin the hearing sooner, or if the Committee or subcommittee 
so determines by majority vote, a quorum being present for the 
transaction of business, the Chairman or subcommittee chairman 
shall make the announcement at the earliest possible date. Any 
announcement made under this subparagraph shall be promptly 
published in the Daily Digest and promptly entered into the 
Committee scheduling service of the House Information Systems.

Sec. 6: Procedures for Reporting Bills and Resolutions

    (a) Prompt Reporting Requirement:
            (1) It shall be the duty of the Chairman to report, 
        or cause to be reported promptly to the House any bill 
        or resolution approved by the Committee and to take or 
        cause to be taken necessary steps to bring the matter 
        to a vote.
            (2) In any event, a report on a bill or resolution 
        which the Committee has approved shall be filed within 
        seven calendar days (exclusive of days in which the 
        House is not in session) after the day on which there 
        has been filed with the Committee Clerk a written 
        request, signed by a majority of Committee Members, for 
        the reporting of such bill or resolution. Upon the 
        filing of any such request, the Committee Clerk shall 
        notify the Chairman immediately of the filing of the 
        request. This subsection does not apply to the 
        reporting of a regular appropriation bill or to the 
        reporting of a resolution of inquiry addressed to the 
        head of an executive department.
    (b) Presence of Committee Majority--No measure or 
recommendation shall be reported from the Committee unless a 
majority of the Committee was actually present.
    (c) Roll Call Votes--With respect to each roll call vote on 
a motion to report any measure or matter of a public character, 
and on any amendment offered to the measure of matter, the 
total number of votes cast for and against, and the names of 
those Members voting for and against, shall be included in the 
Committee report on the measure or matter.
    (d) Compliance With Congressional Budget Act--A Committee 
report on a bill or resolution which has been approved by the 
Committee shall include the statement required by Section 
308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, separately set 
out and clearly identified, if the bill or resolution provides 
new budget authority.
    (e) Constitutional Authority Statement--Each report of the 
committee on a bill or joint resolution of a public character 
shall include a statement citing the specific powers granted to 
the Congress in the Constitution to enact the law proposed by 
the bill or joint resolution.
    (f) Changes in Existing Law--Each Committee report on a 
general appropriation bill shall contain a concise statement 
describing fully the effect of any provision of the bill which 
directly or indirectly changes the application of existing law.
    (g) Rescissions and Transfers--Each bill or resolution 
reported by the Committee shall include separate headings for 
rescissions and transfers of unexpended balances with all 
proposed rescissions and transfers listed therein. The report 
of the Committee accompanying such a bill or resolution shall 
include a separate section with respect to such rescissions or 
transfers.
    (h) Listing of Unauthorized Appropriations--Each Committee 
report on a general appropriations bill shall contain a list of 
all appropriations contained in the bill for any expenditure 
not previously authorized by law (except for classified 
intelligence or national security programs, projects, or 
activities).
    (i) Supplemental or Minority Views:
            (1) If, at the time the Committee approves any 
        measure or matter, any Committee Member gives notice of 
        intention to file supplemental, minority, or additional 
        views, the Member shall be entitled to not less than 
        two additional calendar days after the day of such 
        notice (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal 
        holidays) in which to file such views in writing and 
        signed by the Member, with the Clerk of the Committee. 
        All such views so filed shall be included in and shall 
        be a part of the report filed by the Committee with 
        respect to that measure or matter.
            (2) The Committee report on that measure or matter 
        shall be printed in a single volume which--
                    (i) shall include all supplemental, 
                minority, or additional views which have been 
                submitted by the time of the filing of the 
                report, and
                    (ii) shall have on its cover a recital that 
                any such supplemental, minority, or additional 
                views are included as part of the report.
            (3) Subsection (i)(1) of this section, above, does 
        not
        preclude--
                    (i) the immediate filing or printing of a 
                Committee report unless timely request for the 
                opportunity to file supplemental, minority, or 
                additional views has been made as provided by 
                such subsection; or
                    (ii) the filing by the Committee of a 
                supplemental report on a measure or matter 
                which may be required for correction of any 
                technical error in a previous report made by 
                the Committee on that measure or matter.
            (4) If, at the time a subcommittee approves any 
        measure or matter for recommendation to the full 
        Committee, any Member of that subcommittee who gives 
        notice of intention to offer supplemental, minority, or 
        additional views shall be entitled, insofar as is 
        practicable and in accordance with the printing 
        requirements as determined by the subcommittee, to 
        include such views in the Committee Print with respect 
        to that measure or matter.
    (j) Availability of Reports--A copy of each bill, 
resolution, or report shall be made available to each Member of 
the Committee at least three calendar days (excluding 
Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) in advance of the date 
on which the Committee is to consider each bill, resolution, or 
report; Provided, That this subsection may be waived by 
agreement between the Chairman and the Ranking Minority Member 
of the full Committee.

Sec. 7: Voting

    (a) No vote by any Member of the Committee or any of its 
subcommittees with respect to any measure or matter may be cast 
by proxy.
    (b) The vote on any question before the Committee shall be 
taken by the yeas and nays on the demand of one-fifth of the 
Members present.

Sec. 8: Studies and Examinations

    The following procedure shall be applicable with respect to 
the conduct of studies and examinations of the organization and 
operation of Executive Agencies under authority contained in 
Section 202 (b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 
and in Clause (3)(a) of Rule X, of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives:
            (a) The Chairman is authorized to appoint such 
        staff and, in his discretion, arrange for the 
        procurement of temporary services of consultants, as 
        from time to time may be required.
            (b) Studies and examinations will be initiated upon 
        the written request of a subcommittee which shall be 
        reasonably specific and definite in character, and 
        shall be initiated only by a majority vote of the 
        subcommittee, with the chairman of the subcommittee and 
        the ranking minority member thereof participating as 
        part of such majority vote. When so initiated such 
        request shall be filed with the Clerk of the Committee 
        for submission to the Chairman and the Ranking Minority 
        Member and their approval shall be required to make the 
        same effective. Notwithstanding any action taken on 
        such request by the chairman and ranking minority 
        member of the subcommittee, a request may be approved 
        by a majority of the Committee.
            (c) Any request approved as provided under 
        subsection (b) shall be immediately turned over to the 
        staff appointed for action.
            (d) Any information obtained by such staff shall be 
        reported to the chairman of the subcommittee requesting 
        such study and examination and to the Chairman and 
        Ranking Minority Member, shall be made available to the 
        members of the subcommittee concerned, and shall not be 
        released for publication until the subcommittee so 
        determines.
            (e) Any hearings or investigations which may be 
        desired, aside from the regular hearings on 
        appropriation items, when approved by the Committee, 
        shall be conducted by the subcommittee having 
        jurisdiction over the matter.

Sec. 9: Official Travel

    (a) The chairman of a subcommittee shall approve requests 
for travel by subcommittee members and staff for official 
business within the jurisdiction of that subcommittee. The 
ranking minority member of a subcommittee shall concur in such 
travel requests by minority members of that subcommittee and 
the Ranking Minority Member shall concur in such travel 
requests for Minority Members of the Committee. Requests in 
writing covering the purpose, itinerary, and dates of proposed 
travel shall be submitted for final approval to the Chairman. 
Specific approval shall be required for each and every trip.
    (b) The Chairman is authorized during the recess of the 
Congress to approve travel authorizations for Committee Members 
and staff, including travel outside the United States.
    (c) As soon as practicable, the Chairman shall direct the 
head of each Government agency concerned not to honor requests 
of subcommittees, individual Members, or staff for travel, the 
direct or indirect expenses of which are to be defrayed from an 
executive appropriation, except upon request from the Chairman.
    (d) In accordance with Clause 8 of Rule X of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives and Section 502 (b) of the Mutual 
Security Act of 1954, as amended, local currencies owned by the 
United States shall be available to Committee Members and staff 
engaged in carrying out their official duties outside the 
United States, its territories, or possessions. No Committee 
Member or staff member shall receive or expend local currencies 
for subsistence in any country at a rate in excess of the 
maximum per diem rate set forth in applicable Federal law.
    (e) Travel Reports:
            (1) Members or staff shall make a report to the 
        Chairman on their travel, covering the purpose, 
        results, itinerary, expenses, and other pertinent 
        comments.
            (2) With respect to travel outside the United 
        States or its territories or possessions, the report 
        shall include: (1) an itemized list showing the dates 
        each country was visited, the amount of per diem 
        furnished, the cost of transportation furnished, and 
        any funds expended for any other official purpose; and 
        (2) a summary in these categories of the total foreign 
        currencies and/or appropriated funds expended. All such 
        individual reports on foreign travel shall be filed 
        with the Chairman no later than sixty days following 
        completion of the travel for use in complying with 
        reporting requirements in applicable Federal law, and 
        shall be open for public inspection.
            (3) Each Member or employee performing such travel 
        shall be solely responsible for supporting the amounts 
        reported by the Member or employee.
            (4) No report or statement as to any trip shall be 
        publicized making any recommendations in behalf of the 
        Committee without the authorization of a majority of 
        the Committee.
    (f) Members and staff of the Committee performing 
authorized travel on official business pertaining to the 
jurisdiction of the Committee shall be governed by applicable 
laws or regulations of the House and of the Committee on House 
Oversight pertaining to such travel, and as promulgated from 
time to time by the Chairman.
                               Appendix E


      The following was prepared by the staff of the Committee on 
Appropriations in early 2000 as part of an effort to identify in detail 
the Committee's extensive oversight activities. For each subcommittee, 
activities undertaken in 1999 are described. In some cases, activities 
undertaken in previous years, or planned for 2000, are described. This 
    information is included in this activities report for the 106th 
    Congress to provide examples of the oversight activities of the 
                               Committee.


         House Committee on Appropriations Oversight Activities


                        Agriculture Subcommittee

 The subcommittee's primary oversight activities were 
centered on the conduct of twelve hearings. The purpose of each 
hearing was the examination of appropriations requests 
supported by prior year accomplishments, current year 
activities, and plans for work to be financed in the budget 
year. Hearings were held on the following dates and programs:






 February 10, 1999                   Secretary of Agriculture
 February 11, 1999                   Inspector General
 February 23, 1999                   Food and Drug Administration
 February 24, 1999                   Natural Resources and Environment
 March 2, 1999                       Research, Education, and Economics
 March 3, 1999                       Marketing and Regulatory Programs
 March 4, 1999                       Commodity Futures Trading Commission
 March 9, 1999                       Food Safety and Inspection Service
 March 10, 1999                      Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services
 March 16, 1999                      Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services
 March 17, 1999                      Rural Development
 March 18, 1999                      Departmental Administration, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief
                                              Information Officer



 In addition to this series of hearings, the 
subcommittee initiated numerous meetings and briefings with 
agency, departmental, and administration officials for the 
purpose of developing further information on specific issues. 
Such activity was a daily occurrence throughout the year.
 Staff examination of field activities provided 
valuable insight into the ongoing operation and management of 
programs within the subcommittee's jurisdiction.
 A continuing focus of the subcommittee's oversight 
activities is the effort to ensure that resources are applied 
to the purposes for which they are appropriated. This is 
particularly important in the upcoming presidential election 
year, and efforts will be redoubled to eliminate fraud, waste, 
and abuse, and to see that funds are not diverted for political 
purposes.

Agricultural Credit and Disaster Assistance

 A continuing difficulty for the subcommittee and for 
Congress is the failure of the Administration to provide formal 
budget requests related to the financing of agricultural credit 
programs and to federal requirements for relief from economic 
and natural disasters. Lacking detailed justification material 
for these programs, the subcommittee devoted much of its 
attention and effort to overseeing the proper level of 
resources to meet these needs. This task resulted in 
supplemental emergency appropriations totaling $6.617 billion 
for fiscal year 1999, and $8.699 billion for FY 2000.

Bill and Report Restrictions

 As a direct result of the subcommittee's oversight 
findings, the FY 2000 bill and/or report included more than 
fifty specific provisions which place limitations on the use of 
funds in the bill. The following are representative examples:

         Language which limits certain procurements.
         Language which limits the assignment of 
        certain personnel.
         Language which allows agencies to recoup 
        expenses incurred from providing training to non-agency 
        personnel.
         Language which prohibits the use of funds for 
        certain studies and evaluations.
         Language which limits the accumulation of 
        growth capital in working capital fund.
         Language which provides for cooperative 
        agreements and which limits the amount of overhead that 
        can be charged on cooperative agreements.
         Language which limits the amount available 
        for advisory committees.
         Language which defines and restrict the 
        repropramming of funds.

Oversight Activities Planned for 2000

 In conducting its analysis of the FY 2001 budget 
request, the subcommittee will hold a series of hearings to 
identify areas of actual or potential misuse of funds, to 
identify areas of waste, and to determine the funding needs of 
all programs within the subcommittee's jurisdiction.
 In particular, efforts in the coming year will be 
concentrated on crop insurance reform and on anticipated 
legislative proposals from the Administration to revise Freedom 
to Farm.

                  Commerce-Justice-State Subcommittee

Department of Justice:

 Department of Justice-wide oversight: The FY 2000 
bill ordered the Department of Justice to conduct comprehensive 
``bottom-up'' budget reviews of all major DOJ agencies (FBI, 
INS, and US Marshals Service) to ensure efficient and effective 
use of increased resources provided over the last four years. 
The result of these reviews will be used in the upcoming 
hearing process to ensure agencies are prioritizing resource 
requirements, eliminating lower-priority programs, and 
allocating resources in accordance with congressional 
direction.
 INS: Continuing investigation of mismanagement of the 
Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) ($3.8 billion 
provided in FY 1999 and $4.3 billion provided in FY 2000). Held 
hearing on INS budget and management problems. In FY 2000, 
required heavy reporting requirements (25 new reports and 
numerous ongoing reports) of both the Department of Justice and 
the INS for myriad of INS problems. Introduced authorizing 
legislation to restructure the immigration system, creating an 
immigration enforcement agency and an immigration service 
agency (status: legislation to be scheduled for full Judiciary 
Committee markup this spring).
 DEA: Using both hearings and Committee reporting 
requirements, uncovered serious financial management problems, 
including the DEA unauthorized shift of $330 million among 
various programs without congressional notification, resulting 
in DEA's failure to fully implement congressional initiatives. 
After Committee-ordered comprehensive review, DEA's financial 
management and budget offices were reorganized, and FY 2000 
bill included explicit allocations and instructions for various 
DEA programs, with numerous new reporting requirements to 
measure DEA compliance. Oversight this year will continue to 
focus on DEA's compliance with congressional direction, DEA's 
ability to use efficiently and effectively the significant 
increased resources provided over the last four years.
 Office of Justice Programs: Continuing oversight of 
the improvement of the Justice grant-making agency, Office of 
Justice Programs (OJP) to reduce duplication and overlap of 
OJP's numerous programs. ($2.9 billion provided in FY 1999 and 
$2.8 billion provided in FY 2000). In FY 2000, OJP has been 
directed to submit a report on the implementation of a 
restructuring which would provide grant applicants (state and 
local governments as well as private organizations) one office 
to assist them in the grant process.

Department of Commerce:

 Census 2000: Continuing oversight of both the 
operational plans and budget requirements for the 2000 Census. 
Oversight of the 2000 Census resulted in the Committee 
uncovering the unauthorized shift of funding among various 
Census 2000 programs without congressional notification or 
approval. As a result, the FY 2000 bill included statutory 
restrictions to protect against any future shifting of 
resources. Oversight this year will focus heavily on the Census 
Bureau's use of resources provided in FY 2000 to ensure funds 
are spent in accordance with congressional direction.
 Departmental Management: Scrutiny of Department's 
Working Capital Fund, which was increasingly being used to fund 
Departmental initiatives off-budget. Department now required to 
submit financial plan, and has backed off plans to increase the 
size of the off-budget account.
 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: The 
Subcommittee's oversight of NOAA's budget and insistence on a 
revised budget structure has begun to bear fruit, with NOAA now 
contracting with the National Academy of Public Administration 
for recommendations, and the agency itself beginning the 
planning process to revise its budget.

Department of State:

 Continuing oversight of embassy security program 
($1.4 million provided in FY 1999 and $568 million in FY 2000 
for security upgrades and capital construction projects). Held 
subcommittee's first-ever hearing focusing exclusively on 
embassy security in FY 1999. Focus of oversight will expand 
this year to include US overseas presence in general. 
Subcommittee intends to hold hearings on recommendations of the 
Overseas Presence Advisory Panel which proposed major changes 
in interagency coordination, and overseas property management.
 Oversight of reorganization/consolidation of foreign 
affairs agencies enacted in 1998. In FY 1999, this included 
oversight of the organizational and accounts restructuring to 
ensure accountability for resources. In FY 2000, the focus will 
be on achieving administrative efficiencies, oversight of $220 
million in balances that the Department is proposing to 
reprogram to support the various costs of consolidation, and 
oversight of the establishment of an independent agency for 
international broadcasting.

Related Agencies:

Legal Services Corporation (LSC):
 Continuing oversight of LSC's efforts to ensure that 
its grantees are following the 1996 reforms of LSC and of the 
Corporation and the Corporation's Inspector General's 
evaluation and submission to Congress of the grantees' case 
service data (number of clients served by LSC grantees). ($300 
million provided in FY 1999; $305 million provided in FY 2000). 
In FY 2000, LSC is required to submit several reports to the 
Committee as to the steps LSC plans to take or has taken to 
improve information provided from grantees to LSC and 
subsequently provided to Congress.

                          Defense Subcommittee

During its review of the FY 2000 budget, the Defense 
Subcommittee held a total of 17 hearings during the period of 
February 1999 to March 1999. In addition, numerous briefings on 
specific topics were held throughout the year.
As a result of its reviews, the Subcommittee:
         identified over $3 billion in savings due to 
        program duplication, excessive funding of certain 
        programs, low priority of programs, or unaffordable 
        programs;
         focused attention on certain assumptions 
        which the Department of Defense had made with respect 
        to the production of the F-22;
         challenged the requirement for multi-year 
        procurement of certain weapons systems;
         highlighted the lack of sound financial 
        management practices of the Department of Defense, 
        forcing changes in the way the Pentagon accounts for 
        reprogramming and transferring funds; and,
         identified and then funded critical 
        shortfalls in less glamorous mission essential areas 
        such as tactical radios, military pay, enhancements to 
        the EA-6B electronic warfare aircraft, ammunition, 
        communication and electronics infrastructure equipment, 
        and tracked vehicle modification kits.
For its review of the FY 2001 budget, the Defense Subcommittee 
intends to hold hearing with Department of Defense officials 
and each of the Military branches to discuss:

         execution of FY 2000 funds;
         adequacy of FY 2001 funding requests;
         ongoing military operations;
         procurement of weapons systems;
         readiness of the troops; and,
         information security.

In addition, the Subcommittee anticipates continuation of our 
efforts to identify Department of Defense waste, program 
duplication, unneeded programs, low-priority programs, and 
other items which can be eliminated so that funds can be 
redirected to higher-priority programs.

                   District of Columbia Subcommittee

 Public Safety/Corrections hearing--received testimony 
that 30,000 DC residents are under some form of criminal 
justice supervision (parole, probation, pretrial) committing on 
average 10 crimes per individual and averaging 5 arrests. 70 
percent of those arrested tested positive for drugs with fewer 
than 10 percent receiving drug treatment. Committee added $25 
million to provide more drug treatment slots and additional 
supervision officers in effort to reduce crime.
 Public School hearing--received testimony that 
charter schools having difficulty getting access to excess DC 
school buildings. Committee inserted general provision that 
requires Mayor, City Council, and control board to implement a 
process to dispose of excess public school real property within 
90 days of enactment of bill. Also, Committee inserted a 
general provision that makes the charter school legislation 
approved in FY 1996 permanent; otherwise it would have expired 
next year.
 Environmental cleanup--received reports that the 
Anacostia River is severely polluted with extremely high fecal 
content. Committee earmarked $5 million, in previously 
appropriated Federal funds for DC, for cleanup through Army 
Corps of Engineers.
 Committee inserted general provision authorizing Army 
Corps of Engineers to upgrade and make improvements to 
Southwest Waterfront (outdoor fish market). Land is Federally 
owned.

               Energy and Water Development Subcommittee

 Budget Hearings
  The Subcommittee held hearings on the FY 2000 Budget Request 
in which Administration officials justified their budget 
requests.
 GAO Reviews
  At the request of the Subcommittee, GAO prepared a report on 
contractor travel at the Department of Energy. As a result of 
this report, funding for DOE contractor travel was reduced by 
$50 million. The report was also used by NBC in a story on the 
misuse of government funds.
  GAO is currently reviewing the U.S. and international 
efforts to improve the safety of Soviet-designed civil nuclear 
power reactors in response to a request by the Subcommittee. 
The results of this review will be available for use during 
this year's budget hearings.
  GAO is currently reviewing the Department of Energy's 
Stockpile Stewardship Program at the request of the 
Subcommittee. This review should be completed by June 2000.
 S&I Reviews
  The Committee's Surveys and Investigations Staff reviewed 
the Department of Energy's use of funds for the Accelerator 
Production of Tritium Program; reviewed DOE's process for 
ensuring that prime contractors comply with the anti-lobbying 
provisions contained in the Energy and Water Development 
Appropriations Act; and identified the excess spending for DOE 
contractors assigned to the Washington area.
 National Research Council
  At the request of the Subcommittee, the National Research 
Council reviewed the Department of Energy's Project Management 
practices. The final report was issued in September 1999 and 
has resulted in major changes in the Department's project 
management system.
 Bill and Report Restrictions
  The bill and/or report includes the following restrictions 
on agencies within the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee:
  Specifically prohibits the Department of Energy from 
awarding management and operating contracts to firms unless the 
Department competes the contract. (The Department typically had 
awarded these contracts non-competitively.)
  Requires the Department to adhere to the Federal 
Acquisitions Regulations in awarding contracts. (The Department 
routinely waived these requirements.)
  Eliminates the Department's ability to provide enhanced 
separation/retirement benefits to workers and limits such 
benefits to $24,500,000 without augmentation. (In the past, the 
Department taxed other programs to add funding to the amount 
appropriated.)
  Prohibited the Department from issuing Requests for 
Proposals (RFP's) for programs for which no funds had yet to be 
provided. (The Department routinely whipped up interest in new 
programs by issuing RFP's before Congress determined whether to 
fund a new program.)
  Limited the amount of non-peer-reviewed Laboratory Directed 
Research and Development (LDRD) funding to 4% of research 
funding rather than 6%. Also, eliminated the redirection of 
environmental clean-up funding for LDRD funding.
  Limited total contractor travel expenditures to $150 million 
(from $200 million in the prior year) and required Federal 
contractors to follow Federal employee rules for travel 
procurement.
  Required National Laboratories to submit financial plans 
each year for approval by the Secretary of Energy.
  Required the Department of Energy to submit a report of all 
independent national centers established at the National 
Laboratories and prohibiting the Department from establishing 
new national centers unless specifically requested and approved 
in the budget.
  Prohibited the Department of Energy from competing with the 
private sector businesses that sell energy efficiency services.
  Required the Department of Energy to provide a report on its 
plans to compete against private sector businesses that lease 
or sell fiber optic cable transmission and related services.
  Prohibits the use of any funds in the bill from being used 
for lobbying purposes.
  Requires that Agencies purchase American-made products 
whenever possible.
  Prohibits any funding for ``backdoor'' implementation of the 
Kyoto Protocol.

                    Foreign Operations Subcommittee

 A precedent-setting deposit of $120 million into the 
general fund of the Treasury resulted from an agreement between 
the Committee and the Executive branch that at least half of 
all proceeds from the liquidation of grant-funded enterprise 
funds in Eastern Europe would be returned to the Treasury.
 Ongoing Committee oversight of the Hurricane Mitch 
supplemental for Central America is being undertaken through 
frequent GAO and Committee site visits and by an expanded AID 
inspector general office operating from El Salvador that was 
funded for this purpose.
 Misuse of development assistance funds to pay for 
travel, drinks, and entertainment of foreign diplomats was 
halted.
 Proposals for humanitarian and transition assistance 
to priority areas such as Nigeria, Sierra Leone, the Balkans, 
and Indonesia were reviewed with the Executive branch and 
extensively modified as a result of Committee site visits and 
recommendations.
 The Committee worked with the National Academy for 
Public Administration to improve the performance of Agency for 
International Development grants to non-governmental 
organizations in Eastern Europe, and stopped a proposed to 
establish a $50 million ``legacy trust'' for such NGOs that 
would have operated without Congressional approval or 
oversight.

                         Interior Subcommittee

Calendar Year 1995:

 Outside ``think tank'' views on program reductions 
(1/11/95)
     4 agencies and 50 programs eliminated in fiscal 
year 1996
 Oversight with Secretary of the Interior (1/18/95)
     Eliminated Bureau of Mines, National Biological 
Survey in 1996 & rescinded $150 million in 1995
 Oversight with Secretary of Energy (1/19/95)
     Eliminated Office of Emergency Preparedness and 
dozens of marketing programs in 1996 and rescinded $300 million 
in 1995 and 1996
 Oversight with Chief of the Forest Service, USDA (1/
19/95)
     Rescinded $32 million in 1995
 National Endowments for the Arts and the Humanities 
(1/24 & 2/16/95)
     Rescinded $10 million in 1995; cut budget 40% in 
1996
 National Park Service administration (2/9/95)
     Corrected chronic bookkeeping problem identified 
by the IG (NPS books had not been balanced in over 7 years)
 Fish and Wildlife Service law enforcement (8/3/95)
     Elevated law enforcement function within the 
agency

Calendar Year 1996:

 Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management 
(Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Mgmt project) (5/7/96)
     Identified major cost overruns and problems with 
program implementation; Committee has focused this effort to 
ensure that local concerns and economic impacts are addressed.

Calendar Year 1997:

 National Park Service construction management; review 
of major cost overruns ($1million toilet) (10/29/97)
     Implementation of National Academy of Public 
Administration (NAPA) recommendations--eliminated central 
control by the Denver Service Center; mandated reliance on 
local A&E firms; significant staffing reductions.

Calendar Year 1998:

 Department of Energy, industry & States on National 
Energy Strategy ($20 billion spent in Interior bill for 
research since DOE establishment in 1997; what has been 
achieved) (1/28/98)
     Established MOUs with States for cooperative 
research efforts; changed program focus to coordinate better 
with industry and States; eliminated ``pet'' programs in the 
bureaucracy that were not yielding results.
 Backlog maintenance by land management agencies ($15 
billion backlog claimed but no reliable backup data) National 
Park Service, Fish & Wildlife Service, Forest Service, Bureau 
of Land Management (2/4/98)
     Two problems addressed--first establishing 
consistent data systems and second prioritizing and reducing 
critical backlog requirements (e.g. visitor safety, aging 
infrastructure deficiencies). Committee has adopted the ``take 
care of what you have'' approach over starting new programs and 
acquiring new land.
 Backlog maintenance by cultural agencies ($1 billion 
claimed; variable data reliability) Smithsonian, National 
Gallery of Art, JFK Center, Holocaust Memorial Museum (2/5/98)
     Addressed data problems (e.g. National Gallery 
and JFK now have 10-year prioritized plans similar to the 
Smithsonian) and increased appropriations to address the most 
critical projects.
 Forest Service financial management (3/26/98)
     NAPA has identified for the Committee a host of 
serious accounting problems and the Committee has been having 
quarterly meetings to ensure that financially sound systems are 
implemented and organizational changes are made
Calendar Year 1999:

 Forest Service revenue generating programs (Is 
government getting fair value for activities such as skiing and 
hydropower on FS lands?) (2/10/99)
     Pilot program implemented to allow use of 
increased fees by managers in the field for services to the 
public. Another pilot program will provide for the use of fees 
from the sale of botanical products to manage the program for 
environmental restoration.
 Oversight of carryover balances of funds by the 
Energy Conservation program in DOE (2/11/99)
     GAO identified a chronic problem in obligating 
``no-year'' funds and in expending funds once obligated. The 
problem with obligation of funds has been virtually eliminated. 
The NAPA is currently reviewing for the Committee contracting 
and financial management practices within the agency.
 Recreational fee demonstration program (pilot program 
permitting the retention and use of fees by the collecting 
parks, forests, wildlife refuges) (3/3/99)
     The Committee initiated this program in 1996 to 
address backlog maintenance; to date, $400 million has been 
collected and used to address critical backlog needs.
 Bureau of Land Management/Automated Land and Mineral 
Records System (over $300 million spent over 10 years and 
system doesn't work) (3/4/99)
     The Committee terminated system development and 
rescinded remaining funds for that purpose.
 Everglades/South Florida Ecosystem Restoration ($1 
billion spent since 1993; total cost estimate of $10 billion 
over 20 years) (4/22/99)
     GAO identified major cost overruns; lack of 
strategic plan. Committee in 2000 bill requires strategic plan 
and improved cost estimates.

Planned for Calendar Year 2000:

02/15/00    LLand acquisition practices of the Fish and 
Wildlife Service
02/16/00    LForest Service financial accountability/NAPA 
report
03/08/00    LBureau of Indian Affairs organization/NAPA report
03/28/00    LForest Service research programs
03/30/00    LFinancial management and contracting by Energy 
Conservation/NAPA report
04/05/00    LEverglades land acquisition

                    Labor-HHS-Education Subcommittee

 For the FY 2000 bill, held 49 separate hearings 
covering 26 days.
 In preparation for hearings, the Subcommittee began 
requiring operating plans to tell the Congress exactly how 
appropriations were to be spent-including both timing and 
purpose.

fy 2000 activities

 Heard from all agencies under its jurisdiction, as 
well as from the public and members of Congress.
 Initial hearing and follow-up with the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention resulted in tighter financial 
controls and more accurate reporting of spending, particularly 
as it related to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
 Health Care Financing Administration hearing focused 
on the real savings resulting from fraud and abuse activities 
funded outside of appropriations. Specific requirements were 
reviewed to assure reports on actual funds returned to the 
Government.
 NIH hearings focused (in part) on the ability of the 
agency to absorb the large increases. Commitments were made to 
assure there would be no rush at year-end to obligate funds 
(confirmed in operating plans and year end reports).
 Oversight was provided on the implementation of the 
NIH management plan, resulting from a management study demanded 
by the Subcommittee.
 All agencies received comments and feedback on their 
GPRA plans and specific performance measures were suggested for 
inclusion in fiscal year 2001.
 The education department was queried on the 
duplication between new programs proposed in the budget and 
existing programs.
 Management hearing to assure Y2K readiness.

fy 2001 anticipated activities

 The Subcommittee plans a hearing schedule similar to 
last year.
 Department of Education hearings will focus on:
        The Department's failure to achieve a clean audited 
        statement and the state of financial management in the 
        Department.
        The implementation of new activities such as class 
        size.
        Duplication between current programs and new proposals 
        in the FY 2001 budget.
        The failure of local schools to retain new teachers--
        almost 40% leave within 5 years!
        Progress of the Office of Student Financial Assistance 
        in upgrading the technology and services to provide 
        student financial aid.
 Department of Labor hearings will focus on:
        OSHA's work at home standards that were recently 
        rescinded.
        Progress in OSHA reform.
        Implementation of ``welfare to work'' and the success 
        in placing ``hard to place'' employees.
 Department of Health and Human Services' hearings 
will focus on:
        Continuing to monitor the expansion of NIH funding and 
        the ability of the agency to absorb the funding 
        increases.
        The relationship of the multiplicity of childhood 
        immunization programs and child care programs.
        Implementation of large Head Start funding increases 
        and quality control of grantees.
        CDC infrastructure needs.
 Independent Agencies hearings will focus on:
        SSA's performance goals and the degree to which they 
        represent ``world class'' standards.
        The policies of the NLRB under the new Chairman's 
        leadership.

                    Legislative Branch Subcommittee

 Close oversight (with Speaker's office and others) 
over Visitor Center developments, including review of current 
plan and proposals for further design and development work as 
well as facilitating an interim decision-making process over 
matters for which the Architect lacks appropriate authority;
 Careful oversight over Capitol Police security 
enhancement actions, including personnel buildup and technology 
upgrades;
 Close review and participation in Library of 
Congress international agreements regarding digital library 
activities. This included meetings with several international 
officials (including King of Spain, Vatican librarian, Russian 
archive and government officials) in efforts to monitor Library 
of Congress arrangements and progress;
 Close review of several Architect of the Capitol 
projects, including the Botanic Garden renovation, the House 
page dorm relocation, and the recycling program. These reviews 
designed to stress importance of meeting schedules, cost 
limitations and project objectives;
 Committee has taken leadership role in having 
legislative agencies coordinate development of legislative 
branch-wide financial management system (otherwise lack of 
acknowledged authority would result in foundering objectives);
 Have attempted to bring agency head salary levels up 
to date (normally an authorizing committee function);
 Coordinated GAO briefings on status of Legislative 
Branch Y2K preparations for the oversight and appropriations 
committees;
 Have assisted House leadership offices on several 
administrative matters not strictly within Appropriations 
Committee jurisdiction; and
 Operations and limited legislative oversight over 
General Accounting Office, Government Printing Office, 
Architect of the Capitol, and the Attending Physician due to 
traditionally disinterested oversight from the authorizing 
committees (who frequently prefer that Appropriations handle 
these matters). These activities have included legislative 
provisions that facilitate agency operations such as early-
outs, jurisdictional adjustments, etc.

                   Military Construction Subcommittee

FAMILY HOUSING PRIVATIZATION

Oversight Activity: Reviewing family housing privatization 
proposals submitted by the Department of Defense and the 
overall direction of the Military Housing Privatization 
Initiative (MHPI).
Positive Results: The MHPI statutory authorities were granted 
for a five-year test period, and Congressional intent was for 
the Department to test the authorities as a supplement to 
traditional family housing construction where economically 
feasible. The services had been proceeding to use the 
authorities as a replacement to the traditional family housing 
program. The Committee was successful in establishing an 
agreement with the services to scale the program back and agree 
that the use of a ``pilot project'' approach for each of the 
services would be the best method to warrant success for the 
program.
Oversight this Year: Continue to review family housing 
privatization proposals submitted by the military services and 
ensure they are complying with the original intent of the 
legislation.

GENERAL AND FLAG OFFICER QUARTERS

Oversight Activity: Reviewing the circumstances surrounding the 
Department's use of regular operation and maintenance funds in 
recent years as a supplement to family housing funds on general 
and flag officer housing. These actions were inappropriate and 
ignored Congressional intent to control expenditures for high 
cost quarters. Additionally, there appeared to be violations of 
appropriation laws.
Positive Results: In order to control the inordinate 
expenditures associated with maintaining general and flag 
officer quarters, the Committee established new reporting and 
notification requirements to encourage the Department to 
control expenditures on these homes. Additionally, the 
Committee statutorily prohibited the mixing of family housing 
and operation and maintenance funding on all family housing 
units, including general and flag officer quarters.
Oversight this year: Using the newly established reporting and 
notification requirements, the Committee will ensure that the 
Department is controlling expenditures associated with 
maintaining general and flag officer quarters.

HISTORIC PRESERVATION

Oversight Activity: Reviewing the Department of Defense's high 
cost of historic property management.
Positive Results: The Committee and Department agreed that 
innovative funding and operating methods should be pursued to 
reduce costs and improve care of historic properties.
Oversight this year: Working with the Department and 
authorization committee's to develop new statutory authorities 
to address this issue.

                      Transportation Subcommittee

Airport security:

 On March 10, 1999, the Transportation Subcommittee 
held a classified hearing on the status of airport security in 
the United States. Several gaps were revealed in airline and 
FAA security activities, both in access control and explosive 
detection. As a result, the Committee:
        Directed FAA to accelerate its rulemaking regarding 
        baggage screeners to result in a final rule no later 
        than March 31, 2000. FAA issued its proposed rule on 
        December 15, 1999 and is on track to meet the 
        accelerated schedule.
        Directed FAA to require airlines to utilize new, high 
        tech explosive detection systems more fully than they 
        have to date, and requested the Inspector General to 
        monitor the airlines' progress.
        Proposed a 17.9 percent increase in FAA funding for 
        the civil aviation security program, which will allow 
        hiring of additional hazardous materials inspectors and 
        security personnel.

Motor carrier safety:

 Transportation Subcommittee held another hearing on 
the ineffectiveness of the motor carrier safety program and the 
rising number of fatalities caused by trucks. As a result, the 
Committee:
        Exposed that senior departmental motor carrier 
        officials had become too close with the industry that 
        they were charged to regulate and had engaged in a 
        strategy devised to solicit the trucking industry to 
        defeat congressional legislation. Several DOT officials 
        were disciplined and another resigned.
        Was instrumental in creating a new motor carrier safety 
        administration to reduce highway fatalities.
 The Transportation Subcommittee plans a follow-up 
hearing on actions taken by the department in creating the new 
safety administration.

Code share safety:

 The Transportation Subcommittee plans to focus on 
code share and airline alliances and safety implications.

                  Treasury-Postal Service Subcommittee

Oversight Activities Accomplished in 1999

 Held two oversight hearings to review implementation 
of the ONDCP National Anti-Drug Youth Media Campaign. The March 
hearing focused on compliance with statutory requirements and 
methodological weakness in the pilot phase of the project. The 
subcommittee made it clear that future funding is going to be 
dependent on measurable impacts on youth drug use. The October 
hearing addressed the use of media (TV) programming content as 
a way to satisfy the legal requirement for recipients of media 
campaign ad money to match such ad purchases. The hearing 
provided the subcommittee more information about the role media 
programming plays in the campaign and allayed 1st Amendment 
concerns.
 The subcommittee worked with GAO as it studied the 
implementation of the National Anti-Drug Youth Media Campaign 
and its evaluation methodology. This report should be released 
to the subcommittee this spring. These efforts will continue in 
2000.
 The subcommittee held a hearing in March on Customs 
integrity issues. This hearing was informative, covering 
details on new policies and actions underway to prevent and 
address both corruption and management weakness that might make 
Customs vulnerable to corruption.
 Subcommittee staff traveled with the US Secret 
Service in August to observe overseas financial fraud and 
counterfeiting activities.
 Chairman Kolbe and subcommittee staff traveled with 
US Customs Service to Miami in December to observe drug 
interdiction and port security operations. Onsite inspections 
included international passenger processing, seaport cargo 
inspections, and marine interdiction.
 Received the final audit and management review of 
the Federal Election Commission (FEC) issued by Pricewaterhouse 
Coopers (PwC) at the request of the Committee. Based on PwC 
recommendations, included three legislative reforms to 
streamline FEC operations. The Committee will continue to 
implement these recommendations and oversee implementation of 
management reforms within the FEC.
 Began a review of First Lady travel in conjunction 
with her anticipated campaign for US Senate. Subcommittee 
jurisdiction includes both Secret Service and White House 
operations specific to First Lady Travel.
 Continued oversight of the White House information 
technology systems upgrade (Capital Investment Plan). Initiated 
a GAO review of the systems architecture.

Oversight Activities Planned for 2000

In general, the Subcommittee will continue its oversight of the 
ONDCP media campaign, Customs seaport operations, FEC reform 
and White House operations. Additional oversight is planned, as 
follows:
 After three years of planning a revised information 
technology system, IRS is now prepared to move into the 
implementation and deployment phases. As IRS begins to obligate 
funds (as much as $500 million in previously appropriated funds 
may be obligated in FY 2000), advance approval from the 
Committee is required. This oversight will continue in order to 
prevent another ``Tax Systems Modernization'' disaster.
 Continue to oversee IRS restructuring. Subcommittee 
staff will travel to Atlanta in January to observe 
communication and customer service operations of the Internal 
Revenue Service.
 Subcommittee members and staff will travel to the 
West Coast in April with the Customs Service to observe port 
security activities; a hearing on seaport security is 
tentatively planned for April.

                VA-HUD-Independent Agencies Subcommittee

Department of Veterans Affairs

 Directed research and reporting on VA revenue 
collections from private insurance companies as revenue 
collections consistently fall short from expectations and 
recent authorizing legislation relies on this revenue to fund 
new programs.
 Directed reporting on many patient safety issues in 
hospitals, research programs, and nursing homes.
 imited the travel funds for the VA Secretary due to 
IG reports of impropriety.

Department of Housing and Urban Development

 Required HUD to reconcile the Annual Contributions 
Account. As a result, the subcommittee has found approximately 
$15,000,000,000 of excess section 8 budget authority since 
1997.
 Required HUD to analyze all unobligated balances and 
obligated but not expended balances. As a result, the 
subcommittee rescinded $74,000,000 in budget authority in 
fiscal year 2000.
 Over the strong objections of Secretary Cuomo, 
provided $27 million over three fiscal years (1998, 1999, and 
2000) to the HUD Inspector General to investigate suspected 
fraud in housing programs. Working jointly with the DOJ, DEA, 
and the FBI, the HUG IG announced in December 1999, six months 
after the program became operational, that one HUD employee 
pleaded guilty to fraud and conspiracy. Based on the employee's 
testimony, 39 mortgage loan brokers, real estate professionals, 
escrow agents and others, were accused of obtaining more than 
$110 million worth of fraudulent FHA-insured loans.

Federal Emergency Management Agency

 Required FEMA to revise its rule-making procedures 
regarding insurance for public buildings by requiring strict 
adherence to OMB guidelines.
 On-going review of FEMA programs of public 
assistance to ensure cost-effective solutions are pursued.

Consumer Product Safety Commission

 Prevented CPSC from initiating a rule on furniture 
upholstery flammability until questions of cost and benefit 
have been answered. This review is on-going.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

 Conducted various field site visits and received 
numerous briefings to review how programs with substantial cost 
are being carried out.
 Reviews of the International Space Station program 
have been conducted in both hearings and staff briefings to 
ensure that tax dollars are being used to get the most benefit 
from limited resources.
 The Committee will have two days of hearings this 
year to delve into specific programs which have encountered 
problem to determine the extent to which future budget 
resources be made available.

Environmental Protection Agency

 Prohibits the Agency from implementing the Kyoto 
Protocol without Senate ratification.
 Monitors the integrity of scientific data and 
information, especially when used to promulgate rules and 
regulations, and rulemaking activities for compliance with 
authorizing laws. Examples of such areas addressed in FY 2000 
legislation:

         Nitrogen Oxides
         Radium in drinking water
         Actions in response to the Global Change 
        Research Act of 1990
         Aquifer recharging
         Plant pesticides
         Animal feeding operations
         Stormwater regulations

 Directed an independent analysis of costs associated 
with the Superfund program so that more resources will go 
towards actual clean up and not litigation and administrative 
costs.

                                  
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