I. To provide for payment of annuities to widows and depend-
ent children of Comptrollers General (July 13, 1959)__
J. To permit the use of statistical sampling procedures in the
examination of vouchers (August 30, 1964) -
K. To make further provision for the retirement of the Comp-
troller General (July 26, 1966) -
L. To amend the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921, to require
the advice and consent of the Senate for future appoint-
ments to the offices of Director and Deputy Director of
the Office of Management and Budget, and for other pur-
poses (March 2, 1974)__
M. To extend the authority of agency heads to draw checks in
favor of financial organizations to other classes of recur-
ring payments (August 7, 1972)_
N. To remove certain limitations on the granting of relief of
owners of lost or stolen bearer securities of the United
States (May 27, 1971)___
O. To authorize any executive department or independent
establishment of the Government, or any bureau or office
thereof, to make appropriate accounting adjustment or
reimbursement between the respective appropriations
available to such departments and establishments, or
any bureau or office thereof (June 29, 1966)..
P. To authorize checks to be drawn in favor of financial or-
ganization for the credit of a person's account, under
certain conditions (August 28, 1965).
Q. General Accounting Office Act of 1974 (January 2, 1975)__
III. Commissions, Committees, etc..
A. Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the
Government (July 7, 1947) (Hoover Commission).
B. To extend for 60 days the time within which the Commis-
sion on Organization of the Executive Branch of the
Government may make a report of its findings and recom-
mendations, and for other purposes (December 31, 1948)
(Hoover Commission)
C. Relating to the extension and the final liquidation of the
Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of
the Government (May 23, 1955) (Hoover Commission) -
D. For the establishment of a Commission on Governmental
Operations (July 10, 1953)
E. To provide for the continuation in office of certain mem-
bers of the Commission on Governmental Operations
(January 20, 1955)...
F. To establish a Commission on Population Growth and the
American Future (March 16, 1970).............
G. To establish a Commission on Government Procurement
(November 26, 1969).
H. To amend the Act of November 26, 1969, to provide for an
extension of the date on which the Commission on Govern-
ment Procurement shall submit its final report (July 9,
1971).
I. To establish the Cabinet Committee on Opportunities for
Spanish-speaking People (December 30, 1969).
J. To amend the Act of December 30, 1969, establishing the
Cabinet Committee on Opportunities for Spanish-speaking
People, to authorize appropriations for two additional
years (August 16, 1971).
K. To authorize appropriations for expenses of the Office of
Intergovernmental Relations (December 30, 1969) ---
L. To authorize the establishment of a system governing the
creation and operation of advisory committees in the
Executive Branch of the Federal Government (October 6,
1972)_
M. To establish a Commission on Federal Paperwork (De-
cember 27, 1974).
IV. Department of Housing and Urban Development Act (September 9, 1965)__
V. Department of Transportation Act (October 15, 1966).
VI. Energy Organization Statutes -
A. Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (May 7, 1974).
B. Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (October 11, 1974) _
VII. Employment Act of 1946 and amendments....
A. Employment Act of 1946 (February 20, 1946).
B. To amend the Employment Act of 1946, as amended, with
respect to the Joint Committee on the Economic Report
(October 6, 1949).
C. To amend the Employment Act of 1946, as amended, with
respect to the name of the Joint Economic Committee
(June 18, 1956) .......
D. To amend the Employment Act of 1946, as amended, fixing
the representation of the majority and minority member-
ship of the Joint Committee on the Economic Report
(January 25, 1967)__.
E. Extending the filing date of the 1974 Joint Economic
Committee report (March 16, 1974).
VIII. Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 and
selected amendments, and related statutes_
A. Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949-
see appendix E for text..
B. To authorize direct assistance to the Inaugural Committee
(October 22, 1968)..
C. To provide for the economic and efficient purchase, lease,
maintenance, operation, and utilization of automatic
data processing equipment by Federal departments and
agencies (October 30, 1965).
D. To extend for two years the period for which payments in
lieu of taxes may be made with respect to certain real
property transferred by the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation and its subsidiaries to other Government
departments (October 17, 1970)__
E. To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Serv-
ices Act of 1949 to permit the rotation of certain property
whenever its remaining storage or shelf life is too short to
justify its retention (September 26, 1970) -
F. To donate certain surplus railway equipment to the Hawaii
Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society,
Incorporated (December 26, 1974) -
G. To amend section 3(f) of the Federal Property and Admin-
istrative Services Act of 1949, with respect to American
Samoa, Guam, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific
Islands (January 2, 1975)....
H. To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services
Act of 1949, to provide for the disposal of certain excess
and surplus Federal property to the Secretary of the
Interior for the benefit of any group, band, or tribe of
Indians (January 2, 1975)-
IX. Federal Procurement and related statutes.
A. Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (August 30,
1974).
B. To provide for the use of simplified procedures in the
procurement of property and services by the Government
where the amount involved does not exceed $10,000
(July 25, 1974)_
C. To allow the purchase of additional systems and equipment
for passenger motor vehicles over and above the statutory
price limitation (September 26, 1970).
X. Federal Reports and Records_
A. An Act to discontinue certain reports now required by law
to be made to Congress (May 29, 1928) _ _
B. The Federal Reports Act of 1942 (December 24, 1942) -
C. To discontinue certain reports now required by law (August
30, 1954).
D. To repeal certain provisions of law requiring the submission
of certain reports to Congress, and for other purposes
(June 29, 1960) -
E. To discontinue or modify certain reporting requirements of
law (November 8, 1965).
F. Amending Federal Reports Act provisions of title 44, U.S.
Code GAO and information for independent regulatory
agencies (sec. 409 of Trans-Alaska Pipeline Act, Novem-
ber 16, 1973).
G. To discontinue or modify certain reporting requirements of
law (January 2, 1975)-
H. To amend title 44, United States Code, to redesignate the
National Historical Publications Commission as the
National Historical Publications and Records Commis-
sion (December 22, 1974).
XI. Intergovernmental Relations Statutes.
A. An act to establish an Advisory Commission on Intergovern-
mental Relations (September 24, 1959).
B. An act to amend the act establishing the Advisory Com-
mission on Intergovernmental Relations (November 2,
1966) __
C. The Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968 (October
16, 1968).
D. An Act to authorize the execution of agreements between
agencies of the United States and other agencies and
instrumentalities for mutual aid in fire protection, and for
other purposes (May 27, 1955) .
E. Joint Funding Simplification Act of 1974 (December 5, 1974) –
XII. Presidential Transition Statutes..
A. To promote the orderly transfer of the executive power in
connection with the expiration of the term of office of a
President and the inauguration of a new President
(March 7, 1964)_
XIII. Public Information Availability and Privacy Statutes-
A. To amend R.S. 161, with respect to the authority of Federal
officers and agencies to withhold information and limit
the availability of records (August 12, 1958).
B. To amend section 3 of the Administrative Procedure Act,
chapter 324 of the Act of June 11, 1946 (60 Stat. 238) to
clarify and protect the right of the public to information,
and for other purposes (Freedom of Information Act)
(Public Law 89-487; July 4, 1966)..
C. To amend section 552 of title 5, United States Code, to
codify the provisions of Public Law 89-487 (Freedom of
Information Act) (June 5, 1967).
D. To amend section 552 of title 5, United States Code, known
as the Freedom of Information Act (November 21, 1974)_
E. Privacy Act of 1974 (December 31, 1974).
XIV. Reorganization Acts and amendments..
A. Reorganization Act of 1939 (Government agencies) (April 3,
1939)_
B. Reorganization Act of 1945 (December 20, 1945)
C. Reorganization Act of 1949 (June 20, 1949)__
D. To amend the Reorganization Act of 1949 so that such Act
will apply to reorganization plans transmitted to the
Congress at any time before April 1, 1955 (February 11,
1953) -
E. To further amend the Reorganization Act of 1949, as
amended, so that such Act will apply to reorganization
plans transmitted to the Congress at any time before
June 1, 1957 (March 25, 1955)-
F. To further amend the Reorganization Act of 1949, as
amended, so that such Act will apply to reorganization
plans transmitted to the Congress at any time before
June 1, 1959 (September 4, 1957)-
G. To further amend the Reorganization Act of 1949, as
amended, so that such Act will apply to reorganization
plans transmitted to the Congress at any time before
June 1, 1963 (April 7, 1961). –
H. To further amend the Reorganization Act of 1949, as
amended, so that such Act will apply to reorganization
plans transmitted to the Congress at any time before
June 1, 1965 (July 2, 1964) -
I. To further amend the Reorganization Act of 1949, as
amended, so that such Act will apply to reorganization
plans transmitted to the Congress at any time before
December 31, 1968 (June 18, 1965).
J. To amend chapter 9 of title 5, United States Code, so that
it will apply to reorganization plans transmitted to the
Congress at any time before April 1, 1971 (March 27,
1969)-
K. To extend the period within which the President may
transmit to Congress plans for the reorganization of
agencies of the executive branch of the Government
(December 10, 1971).
L. To amend Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1973, and
for other purposes (March 16, 1974).
XV. Travel Expense Act of 1949 and amendments.
A. Travel Expense Act of 1949 (June 9, 1949)_
B. To amend section 3 of the Travel Expense Act of 1949
(April 26, 1950)___
C. To amend section 3 of the Travel Expense Act of 1949, as
amended, to provide increased maximum per diem allow-
ance for subsistence and travel expenses, and for other pur-
poses (July 28, 1955)..
D. To increase the maximum rates of per diem allowance for
employees of the Government traveling on official busi-
ness, and for other purposes (August 14, 1961) -
E. To increase the maximum rate of per diem allowance for
employees of the Government traveling on official
business, and for other purposes (November 10, 1969) _ _
XVI. Wagner-O'Day Act and Amendments.
A. Wagner-O'Day Act-Procurement of Commodities Pro-
duced by Blind and Handicapped Individuals (June 23,
1971).
B. Wagner-O'Day Authorization for 1975 (July 25, 1974).
C. To increase Wagner-O'Day Authorization for 1974 (July
30, 1973).
A. The Antideficiency Act (3 U.S.C. 655)—text of the section as it appears in 31 U.S.C.A. 655, as of January 1, 1974...
B. Government Corporation Control Act, as amended-text of pages A-49
through A-61 of "Legislation Relating to Functions and Jurisdiction
of the General Accounting Office" (January 1973) - -
C. Transfer of Surplus Real Property to Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development-text of 40 U.S.C. 484b (section 414 of Public Law
91-152, as amended by section 919 of Public Law 91–609) _.
D. Section 11 of Public Law 93-423 (Economic Development Act amend-
ments). Transfer of Federal excess personal property by Federal
cochairmen of regional commissions (Ŝeptember 27, 1974) –
E. Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended-
text of pages 1-0-1 through 1-F-5 of "Basic Laws and Authority of
the General Services Administration" (revised July 1, 1972).
F. Federal Records Act of 1950 (September 5, 1950).
G. Legislative Reorganization Act:
1. Excerpts from the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946----
2. Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 (P.L. 91-510) (October
26, 1970)
3. To amend section 136 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of
1946 to correct an omission in existing law with respect to the
entitlement of the committees of the House of Representatives
to the use of certain currencies..
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