III. Organization A. SUBCOMMITTEES In order to perform its functions and to carry out its duties as fully and as effectively as possible, the committee, under the leadership of its chairman, the Honorable William L. Dawson, of Illinois, at the beginning of the 89th Congress, established eight regular subcommittees, which cover the entire field of executive expenditures and operations. The names and chairmen of these subcommittees are as follows: Executive and Legislative Reorganization Subcommittee, Hon. William L. Dawson, chairman. Military Operations Subcommittee, Hon. Chet Holifield, chair man. Government Activities Subcommittee, Hon. Jack Brooks, chair man. Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee, Hon. L. H. Fountain, Natural Resources and Power Subcommittee, Hon. Robert E. Foreign Operations and Government Information Subcommittee, Legal and Monetary Affairs Subcommittee, Hon. Dante B. Fas- Research and Technical Programs Subcommittee, Hon. Henry S. In addition, two special subcommittees were organized to handle special subjects: 16 Special Subcommittee on Donable Property, Hon. John S. Special Subcommittee on Invasion of Privacy, Hon. Cornelius B. RULES OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS Rule 1. The regular meetings of the committee shall be held on the third Wednesday of each month at 10 a.m. Rule 2. A member may vote by proxy on any matter before the committee. Such proxy shall be in writing, dated and signed by the member granting the proxy, and identifying the member to whom the proxy is given. No proxies shall be used to establish a quorum. Rule 3. The chairman shall have authority to establish subcommittees and to assign to them such functions as he may deem advisable. The chairman shall have the authority to refer bills, resolutions, and 18 With respect to the Special Subcommittee on Death Valley National Monument of the 88th Cong., see p. 84, infra. other matters to appropriate subcommittees for consideration or investigation, and to recall such bills, resolutions, and other matters from the subcommittees to which they have been referred. Rule 4. The chairman and the ranking minority member of the committee shall be ex officio members of all subcommittees. Rule 5. Any member of the full committee may sit with any subcommittee, but may not vote on any matter before the subcommittee, unless he is a member of such subcommittee. Rule 6. No person shall be present at an executive session of the committee other than the members of the committee, its staff, and such. other persons whose presence the chairman deems necessary or advisable. Rule 7. A rollcall of the members may be had upon the request of any member. Rule 8. All questions put to witnesses before the committee shall be relevant to the subject matter before the committee for consideration and the chairman shall rule on the relevance of any questions put to the witness. Rule 9. Committee members may question witnesses only when recognized by the chairman for that purpose. The chairman, when he deems it advisable, may limit the time of such questions to 5 minutes. Rule 10. A stenographic record of all testimony shall be kept of public hearings and shall be made available on such conditions as the chairman may prescribe. Rule 11. Every committee report shall have the approval of a majority of the committee. Those committee members not concurring in the majority report may file a minority report or express dissenting views and any member may file an additional or supplementary report. Rule 12. The staff of the committee shall be subject to the direction of the chairman and shall perform such duties as he may assign. Rule 13. The Rules of the House, together with the rules specified herein, shall govern the procedure of the committee. Rule 14. The chairman shall have the authority to hire and discharge employees of the professional and clerical staff of the full committee and subcommittees subject to appropriate approval. Rule 15. The number of members to constitute a quorum for taking testimony and receiving evidence shall not be less than two. Rule 16. So far as applicable these rules shall be the rules of subcommittees, but each subcommittee may make additional rules not inconsistent herewith. IV. Activities 1. In the 89th Congress, the committee approved and submitted to the House of Representatives 46 investigative reports. In addition, the committee issued 14 committee prints. 2. In the 89th Congress, 367 bills and resolutions were referred to the committee and were studied. Of these, the committee reported 24 and 19 were enacted into law. The 24 bills reported actually represent committee consideration of 79 other bills which were identical or related to the measures reported. In addition, 10 reorganization plans were referred to the committee. After study and hearings, the plans were approved by the committee and permitted by the House and Senate to become effective. 3. Pursuant to its duty of studying reports of the Comptroller General, the committee received officially and studied 431 such reports during the 89th Congress. These reports and certain other executive communications were referred to the committee under clause 2 of rule XXIV of the House of Representatives. The significant actions taken by the committee with respect to these and a considerable number of other matters are discussed in detail below. A. INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS During the 89th Congress, the Committee on Government Operations approved and submitted to the Congress 46 reports of an investigative nature. For convenience, the published reports are listed here in the order of their approval by the committee and with the names of the originating subcommittees. A more detailed discussion of the material will be found in Part Two, below. The investigative reports are: First Report (House Report No. 117): "Government Weather Programs (Military and Civilian Operations and Research)" (Military Operations Subcommittee, Congressman Chet Holifield, chairman). Second Report (House Report No. 178): "Satellite Communications (Military-Civil Roles and Relationships)" (Military Operations Subcommittee, Congressman Chet Holifield, chairman). Third Report (House Report No. 179): "Submissions of Agency Accounting Systems for GAO Approval" (Executive and Legislative Reorganization Subcommittee, Congressman William L. Dawson, chairman). Fourth Report (House Report No. 180): "Certain Procurement Matters" (Executive and Legislative Reorganization Subcommittee, Congressman William L. Dawson, chairman). Fifth Report (House Report No. 193): "Death Valley National Monument (Furnace Creek Area-Water Rights and Related Matters)" (Special Subcommittee on Death Valley National Monument, Congressman John E. Moss, chairman).17 17 See p. 84, infra. Sixth Report (House Report No. 194): "Coin Shortage (Part 1-Preceding Treasury's Crash Coin Production Program)" Legal and Monetary Affairs Subcommittee, Congressman Dante B. Fascell, chairman). Seventh Report (House Report No. 195): "Coin Shortage (Part 2-Treasury's Crash Program-Silver and Its Relation to Coin Production)" (Legal and Monetary Affairs Subcommittee, Congressman Dante B. Fascell, chairman). Eighth Report (House Report No. 196): "Operations of Billie Sol Estes" (Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee, Congressman L. H. Fountain, chairman). Ninth Report (House Report No. 197): "Satellite Information From the National Aeronautics and Space Administration" (Foreign Operations and Government Information Subcommittee, Congressman John E. Moss, chairman). Tenth Report (House Report No. 198): "Use of Polygraphs as 'Lie Detectors' by the Federal Government" (Foreign Operations and Government Information Subcommittee, Congressman John E. Moss, chairman). Eleventh Report (House Report No. 199): "U.S.-Owned Foreign Currencies" (Foreign Operations and Government Information Subcommittee, Congressman John E. Moss, chairman). Twelfth Report (House Report No. 204): "Disposal of Municipal Sewage (Water Pollution Control and Abatement)" (Natural Resources and Power Subcommittee, Congressman Robert E. Jones, chairman). Thirteenth Report (House Report No. 445): "Government Operations in Space (Analysis of Civil-Military Roles and Relationships)" (Military Operations Subcommittee, Congressman Chet Holifield, chairman). Fourteenth Report (House Report No. 544): "Proposed Closing of Public Health Service Hospitals" (Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee, Congressman L. H. Fountain, chairman). Fifteenth Report (House Report No. 555): "Disposal of Sewage and Industrial Wastes by Federal Installations (Water Pollution Control and Abatement)" (Natural Resources and Power Subcommittee, Congressman Robert E. Jones, chairman). Sixteenth Report (House Report No. 701): "Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1965 (Locomotive Inspection)" (Executive and Legislative Reorganization Subcommittee, Hon. William L. Dawson, chairman. Seventeenth Report (House Report No. 702): "The Gold Situation" (Legal and Monetary Affairs Subcommittee, Congressman Dante B. Fascell, chairman). Eighteenth Report (House Report No. 1158): "Conflicts Between the Federal Research Programs and the Nation's Goals for Higher Education" (Research and Technical Programs Subcommittee, Congressman Henry S. Reuss, chairman). Nineteenth Report (House Report No. 1159): "Procurement of a Cyrogenic Cooling System for Fighter Aircraft" (Military Operations Subcommittee, Congressman Chet Holifield, chairman). Twentieth Report (House Report No. 1165): "Review of Market Promotion Activity of Foreign Agricultural Service" (Ex ecutive and Legislative Reorganization Subcommittee, Congressman William L. Dawson, chairman). Twenty-First Report (House Report No. 1330): "Views of the Governors on Tax Incentives and Effluent Charges (Water Pollution Control and Abatement)" (Natural Resources and Power Subcommittee, Congressman Robert E. Jones, chairman). Twenty-Second Report (House Report No. 1335): "Federal Reserve System-Check Clearance Float" (Legal and Monetary Affairs Subcommittee, Congressman Dante B. Fascell, chairman). Twenty-Third Report (House Report No. 1340): "Missile and Space Ground Support Operations" (Military Operations Subcommittee, Congressman Chet Holifield, chairman). Twenty-Fourth Report (House Report No. 1344): "Defense Contract Audits" (Military Operations Subcommittee, Congressman Chet Holifield, chairman). Twenty-Fifth Report (House Report No. 1452): "Interstate Commerce Commission Operations (Railroad Safety)" (Government Activities Subcommittee, Congressman Jack Brooks, chairman). Tyenty-Sixth Report (House Report No. 1453) : "Plugging the Dollar Drain: Cutting Federal Expenditures for Research and Related Activities Abroad" (Research and Technical Programs Subcommittee, Congressman Henry S. Reuss, chairman). Twenty-Seventh Report (House Report No. 1457): "Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations: The First Five Years" (Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee, Congressman L. H. Fountain, chairman). Twenty-Eighth Report (House Report No. 1466): "The Use of Excess Property by the U.S. Foreign Aid Programs in Latin America" (Special Subcommittee on Donable Property, Congressman John S. Monagan, chairman). Twenty-Ninth Report (House Report No. 1468): "The Coin Situation" (Legal and Monetary Affairs Subcommittee, Congressman Dante B. Fascell, chairman). Thirtieth Report (House Report No. 1643): "Unshackling Local Government-A Survey of Proposals by the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations" (Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee, Congressman L. H. Fountain, chairman). Thirty-First Report (House Report No. 1644): "1965 Survey on Disposal of Sewage and Industrial Wastes by Federal Installations (Water Pollution Control and Abatement)" (Natural Resources and Power Subcommittee, Congressman Robert E. Jones, chairman). Thirty-Second Report (House Report No. 1648): "Separating Storm and Sanitary Sewers in Urban Renewal (Water Pollution Control and Abatement)" (Natural Resources and Power Subcommittee, Congressman Robert E. Jones, chairman). Thirty-Third Report (House Report No. 1663): "Coast Guard Examination of Foreign Passenger Vessels" (Legal and Monetary Affairs Subcommittee, Congressman Dante B. Fascell, chairman). Thirty-Fourth Report (House Report No. 1664): "Federal Research and Development Programs: The Decisionmaking Proc |