HEARINGS BEFORE SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS SECOND SESSION 73-690 O Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1972 GEORGE H. MAHON, Texas, Chairman JAMIE L. WHITTEN, Mississippi EDWARD P. BOLAND, Massachusetts ROBERT N. GIAIMO, Connecticut EDWARD J. PATTEN, New Jersey DAVID PRYOR, Arkansas FRANK E. EVANS, Colorado DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin EDWARD R. ROYBAL, California WILLIAM D. HATHAWAY, Maine NICK GALIFIANAKIS, North Carolina LOUIS STOKES, Ohio J. EDWARD ROUSH, Indiana K. GUNN MCKAY, Utah TOM BEVILL, Alabama WILLIAM GERALD BOLING GEORGE E. EVANS FRANK T. BOW, Ohio CHARLES R. JONAS, North Carolina SILVIO O. CONTE, Massachusetts J. KENNETH ROBINSON, Virginia PAUL M. WILSON, Clerk and Staff Director NOTE. This Surveys and Investigations supervisory staff is supplemented by selected personnel borrowed on a reimbursable basis for varying lengths of time from various agencies to staff up specific studies and investigations. This current average annual fulltime personnel equivalent is approximately 42. GERARD J. CHOUINARD JANET LOU DAMERON BEATRICE T. DEW PAUL V. FARMER DANIEL V. GUN SHOWS ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT GEMMA M. HICKEY LAWRENCE C. MILLER FRANCIS W. SADY MARY ALICE SAUER DALE M. SHULAW AUSTIN G. SMITH RANDOLPH THOMAS GENERAL BOOKBINDING CO. QUALITY CONTROL MARK SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION BILL, 1972 SUBCOMMITTEE ON HUD-SPACE-SCIENCE-VETERANS JOE L. EVINS, Tennessee ROBERT N. GIAIMO, Connecticut DAVID PRYOR, Arkansas J. EDWARD ROUSH, Indiana CHARLES R. JONAS, North Carolina G. Homer Skarin, Hunter L. Spillan, and Paul Thomson, Staff Assistants TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1972. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT WITNESSES HON. GEORGE ROMNEY, SECRETARY SAMUEL C. JACKSON, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT CLIFFORD W. GRAVES, ACTING DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT GRANTS JACK WOOLLEY, ASSISTANT TO THE SECRETARY FOR CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS NATHANIEL J. EISEMAN, DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET OFFICER COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING GRANTS Mr. BOLAND. The committee will come to order. This morning we will take up the supplementary request of the Department of Housing and Urban Development for Community Planning and Management with respect to Comprehensive Planning Grants. As your justification indicates, this is a request for a supplemental appropriation of $40,645,000. This supplementary request, combined with the $59,355,000 that was appropriated in the bill for 1972 would equal the $100 million which was requested in your original 1972 budget. PROGRAM SIMPLIFICATION You will recall that in last year's hearings on this particular item, the committee was concerned about simplifying the program procedures. You indicate in your justification that you are simplifying the procedures. I recall an agency that participates in this program came in last year with a stack of forms that was incomprehensible, it must have (1) |