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REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 3 OF 1979
(Consolidate Trade Functions of the U.S. Government)

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HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-SIXTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

OCTOBER 16 AND 18, 1979

Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Operations

COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

JACK BROOKS, Texas, Chairman

WILLIAM M. JONES, General Counsel

JOHN E. MOORE, Staff Administrator
ELMER W. HENDERSON, Senior Counsel
JOHN M. DUNCAN, Minority Staff Director

LEGISLATION AND NATIONAL SECURITY SUBCOMMITTEE JACK BROOKS, Texas, Chairman

EUGENE F. PETERS, Staff Director
(II)

CONTENTS

Hearings held on-

October 16.

October 18_

The President's Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1979 and H. Res. 428_

Statement of-

Askew, Ambassador Reuben O'D., Special Trade Representative;

accompanied by William B. Kelly, Associate Special Trade Repre-

sentative; Robert Cassidy, General Counsel; and Richard Heim-

lich, Assistant Special Trade Representative

Brooks, Hon. Jack, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Texas, and chairman, Legislation and National Security Subcom-

mittee: Opening statement..

Kreps, Juanita M., Secretary, Department of Commerce; accompanied
by Homer Moyer, Jr., counsel..

McIntyre, James T., Jr., Director, Office of Management and Budget;

accompanied by Harrison Wellford, Executive Associate Director

for Reorganization and Management; and Eric Hirschhorn, Deputy

Associate Director for International Affairs and Trade Organization

McNeill, Robert L., executive vice chairman, Emergency Committee

for American Trade...

Shelp, Ronald K., chairman, International Service Industry Com-

mittee, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; accompanied by Gordon J.

Cloney, executive secretary.

Vanik, Hon. Charles A., a Representative in Congress from the State
of Ohio..

Verrill, Charles, counsel, Patton, Boggs & Blow, Washington, D.C.,

representing Roger R. Regelbrugge, president, Korf Industries,

Inc -

Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by-

Askew, Ambassador Reuben O'D., Special Trade Representative:
Prepared statement__

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158-168

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147-155

Submissions to Chairman Brooks' questions....
Submissions to Congressman Horton's questions.......
Upgraded sectoral analysis program for trade and commerce and
organizational charts..

140-145

Brooks, Hon. Jack, a Representative in Congress from the State of
Texas, and chairman, Legislation and National Security Subcom-
mittee: October 15, 1979, letter from John Krimsky, Jr., Pan Am,
re trade in services..

221-222

Horton, Hon. Frank, a Representative in Congress from the State
of New York; October 8, 1979, letter from Harold C. Passer, as-
sistant treasurer, Eastman Kodak, re views on the proposed reor-
ganization of the various governmental functions and activities
relating to international trade..

Kreps, Juanita M., Secretary, Department of Commerce:

Attrition question_ -

178-179

Countries in which positions are located_

Organizational chart_

Prepared statement _ _

Proposed trade reorganization plan_

Submissions to Congressman Horton's questions..

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88

112

125-134

95-110

115-123

192-194

Long, Hon. Gillis W., a Representative in Congress from the State
of Louisiana: Prepared statement.___

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Letters, statements, etc.-Continued

McIntyre, James T., Jr., Director, Office of Management and Budget:
Prepared statement.

Request for number of personnel and amount of money to oper-
ate STR..

Submissions to Congressman Horton's questions..
Regelbrugge, Roger R., president, Korf Industries, Inc.: Prepared
statement....

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43

46-69

227-236

Shelp, Ronald K., chairman, International Service Industry Committee, U.S. Chamber of Commerce:

Letter to President Carter supporting the reorganizational plan. 211-212
List of committee members.

203-209

Prepared statement__

215-220

Vanik, Hon. Charles A., a Representative in Congress from the State of Ohio: Prepared statement

181-190

APPENDIX

Additional statements submitted for the record___.

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REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 3 OF 1979

(Consolidate Trade Functions of the U.S. Government)

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1979

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

LEGISLATION AND NATIONAL SECURITY SUBCOMMITTEE

OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS,

Washington, D.C.

The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 9:38 a.m., in room 2154, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Jack Brooks (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding.

Present: Representatives Jack Brooks, Dante B. Fascell, Elliott H. Levitas, Frank Horton, and Arlan Stangeland.

Also present: Representative Paul N. McCloskey, Jr.

Staff present: Eugene F. Peters, staff director; Cynthia Meadow, professional staff member; Wilson Abney, professional staff member; Don Stephens, professional staff member; Elmer W. Henderson, senior counsel; Linda Shelton, clerical supervisor; E. Jean Grace, clerk; John M. Duncan, minority staff director; and James L. George, minority professional staff, Committee on Government Operations.

OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN BROOKS

Mr. BROOKS. The subcommittee will come to order. This morning the subcommittee will consider Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1979 and House Resolution 428, a resolution of disapproval which I introduced in accordance with requirements of the Reorganization Act of 1977. This does not indicate my personal disapproval of the reorganization plan; rather, it is an action required to insure that the Congress will have a full opportunity to vote on any reorganization plan affecting the executive branch.

Without objection, the reorganization plan and House resolution will be included in the record at this point.

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