91ST CONGRESS 1st Session } SENATE { REPORT No. 91-473 AUTHORIZING THE PRINTING OF ADDITIONAL COPIES OF "ENACTMENT OF A LAW" (S. DOC. 35, 90TH CONG.) OCTOBER 15, 1969.-Ordered to be printed Mr. JORDAN of North Carolina, from the Committee on Rules and Administration, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. Res. 262] The Committee on Rules and Administration, to which was referred the resolution (S. Res. 262) authorizing the printing of additional copies of Senate Document 35, 90th Congress, entitled "Enactment of a Law", having considered the same, reports favorably thereon. with amendments and recommends that the resolution as amended be agreed to. Senate Resolution 262 would authorize the printing for the use of the Senate of 20,600 additional copies of Senate Document 35, 90th Congress, entitled "Enactment of a Law". The additional copies of the document would be allotted 200 to each Member of the Senate. The Committee on Rules and Administration is reporting Senate resolution favorably with minor pro forma amendments. The printing cost is approximately $1,200. о 91ST CONGRESS 1st Session SENATE { REPORT No. 91-474 AUTHORIZING ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES BY THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS FOR A STUDY OF EXECUTIVE REORGANIZATION OCTOBER 15, 1969.-Ordered to be printed Mr. JORDAN of North Carolina, from the Committee on Rules and Administration, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. Res. 263] The Committee on Rules and Administration, to which was referred the resolution (S. Res. 263) authorizing additional expenditures by the Committee on Government Operations for a study of executive reorganization, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with amendments and recommends that the resolution as amended be agreed to. Senate Resolution 263 as referred would increase by $12,000, from $115,000 to $127,000, the limitation on expenditures by the Committee on Government Operations for the study of executive reorganization it is currently engaged in pursuant to Senate Resolution 25 of the present Congress. Senate Resolution 25 as agreed to by the Senate on February 17, 1969, authorized the Committee on Government Operations, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, to expend not to exceed $115,000 from February 1, 1969, through January 31, 1970, to make a full and complete study for the purpose of evaluating the effects of laws enacted to reorganize the executive branch of the Government, and to consider reorganizations proposed therein. The Committee on Rules and Administration is reporting Senate Resolution 263 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. This action is taken by the committee upon the advice of the Parliamentarian of the Senate, who has recommended that this new format be employed for a resolution to increase the limitation of expenditures by a Senate committee for an inquiry or investigation authorized by a prior Senate resolution. The committee has also amended the title of Senate Resolution 263 to conform to the amended text. Letters in support of Senate Resolution 263 addressed to Senator B. Everett Jordan, chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration, by Senator John L. McClellan, chairman, and Senator Karl E. Mundt, ranking minority member, of the Committee on Government Operations, and Senator Abraham Ribicoff, chairman of its Subcommittee on Executive Reorganization, are as follows: U.S. SENATE, COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, Hon. B. EVERETT JORDAN, Chairman, Committee on Rules and Administration, DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: As you know, the Committee on Government Operations has approved unanimously a request by the Subcommittee on Executive Reorganization for an additional $12,000. In carrying out its responsibilities, the subcommittee has provided an important service for the Committee on Government Operations and the Senate. At my request, it has begun an extensive evaluation of the General Accounting Office to determine whether the GAO can fully meet its responsibilities to the Congress. The subcommittee's staff study of Federal health spending, which is spread across 23 departments and agencies, is the first serious attempt. to tackle the problem of interagency coordination in a major domestic program area. In addition to their own work, both the chairman, Senator Ribicoff, and the subcommittee staff have been generous with their time in matters that affect the Committee on Government Operations and other subcommittees. I understand that Senator Ribicoff will appear before your committee and justify the request for an additional $12,000. Meanwhile, I wanted you to know of my personal approval of the request. With kindest personal regards, I am, Sincerely yours, JOHN L. MCCLELLAN, Chairman. U.S. SENATE, Hon. B. EVERETT JORDAN, Washington, D.C., September 23, 1969. Chairman, Committee on Rules and Administration, DEAR EVERETT: The Subcommittee on Executive Reorganization of the Government Operations Committee is requesting an increase of $12,000 in their operating funds. The chairman of this subcommittee, Senator Ribicoff, made a most convincing argument in favor of this increase to the full committee and I would like to endorse his request and request your favorable consideration of it. The reasons given for requesting this increase were to permit salary adjustments in line with recent pay increases approved by the Congress and to enable the committee to handle some additional work being S. Rept. 91-474 given it. The subcommittee has absorbed the last two pay raises without requesting any additional funds and it stands to reason that their ability to absorb another must be questioned. We have assigned the subcommittee staff some rather important work related to the whole subject of Federal health services, the operation of the General Accounting Office, and economic reconversion, among other things, and their ability to handle these effectively seems to depend on receiving some further financial resources. For the reasons outlined above, I hope your committee on Rules and Administration will favorably act on this request. Cordially yours, KARL E. MUNDT, U.S. Senator. U.S. SENATE, COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, Hon. B. EVERETT JORDAN, Washington, D.C., September 23, 1969. Chairman, Committee on Rules and Administration, DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: I submit herewith Senate Resolution 263, a bill to authorize a supplemental appropriation of $12,000 for the Subcommittee on Executive Reorganization. The Committee on Government Operations approved Senate Resolution 263 unanimously on September 23, 1969. Senate Resolution 263 would bring the subcommittee's current budget to $127,000. The subcommittee expects to realize a redirection or saving of some $84 million in Federal health funds as a result of its activities during 1969. This would be accomplished by removing from the Small Business Administration and the Economic Development Administration their health activities. These activities now total $34 million. However, these agencies should keep this money and use it in areas more closely related to their basic missions. In addition, we hope to achieve savings of at least $50 million for the Veterans' Administration. We have asked the General Accounting Office to determine the exact extent to which private insurance companies could reimburse the VA for all or part of the care the VA provides to patients who have private insurance. These are two recommendations from a study the subcommittee staff has been conducting for the past year and a half. In accordance with our jurisdiction, we have been investigating inter-agency conflict and coordination among the 23 Federal departments and agencies responsible for spending $18.3 billion in Federal health money for fiscal 1970. We are also concerned with individual instances in which Federal money could be saved or put to a more efficient use. Our health efforts have focused primarily on the six departments and agencies involved in hospital construction. This is only one of the seven major categories in which Federal health dollars are spent. An interim report on health will be published later this year. S. Rept. 91-474 |