Jobs completed by the Senate Office of the Legislative Counsel, Seventy-seventh Congress through the Eighty-second Congress. Smith, George H. E., staff director, Senate Republican Policy Commit- tee: statement by Eva Adams before the Civil Service Committee Taft, Hon. Robert A., a United States Senator from the State of Ohio: Van Arkel, Gerhard, counsel, Senate District Committee, bills re- ported from Senate Committee on District of Columbia but failed to become law. Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses. Wilcox, Francis O., chief of staff, Senate Committee on Foreign Rela- Excerpt from legislative history report of Senate Foreign Rela- tions Committee during the Eighty-first Congress... -List of subcommittees of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee_ 71 495 Association of the Bar of the City of New York-Committee on the bill of rights, report on congressional investigations__. Galloway, George B., senior specialist in American Government, Legis- Safeguards of rights of parties under investigation by congres- sional committees as proposed by Members of Congress, attor- Statements by Members of Congress: Butler, Hon. Hugh, a United States Senator from the State of Ne- 572 Hendrickson, Hon. Robert C., a United States Senator from the State Miller, Hon. A. L., a Representative in Congress from the State of 603 Murray, Hon. Jaines E., a United States Senator from the State of 600 Statements by Members of Congress-Continued Page Wiley, Hon. Alexander, a United States Senator from the State of 601 American law section, Legislative Reference Service: Effect of Amend- ment of the Federal Tort Claims Act on the Number of Private Bills Introduced in Congress___ Kammerer, Gladys M., associate professor of political science, Uni- versity of Kentucky: The Record of Congress in Committee Mantel, Howard N., Brooklyn, N. Y.: An electrical voting machine Letter from Hon. Sam Rayburn, Speaker, House of Representa- 617 618 S. 2177 (79th Cong., 2d sess.) S. 11 (81st Cong., 1st sess.). S. 913 (82d Cong., 1st. sess.) S. 1117 (82d Cong., 1st sess.) S. 1290 (82d Cong., 1st sess.) Senate Resolution 41 (82d Cong., 1st sess.) Senate Resolution 105 (82d Cong., 1st sess.) Senate Resolution 148 (82d Cong., 1st sess.) H. R. 6180 (81st Cong., 1st sess.). H. R. 451 (82d Cong., 1st sess.) H. R. 492 (82d Cong., 1st sess.) H. R. 1379 (82d Cong., 1st sess.) H. R. 1402 (82d Cong., 1st sess. H. R. 2130 (82d Cong., 1st sess.) ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION OF CONGRESS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1951 UNITED STATES SENATE, COMMITTEE ON EXPENDITURES IN THE Washington, D. C. The committee met, pursuant to call, at 10 a. m. McClellan (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators McClellan (presiding), Hoey, O'Conor, Monroney, Underwood, Moody, Mundt, Schoeppel, and Dworshak.Also present: Senator Aiken, Walter L. Reynolds, chief clerk, and George B. Galloway, consultant. The CHAIRMAN. Let us be in order, gentlemen. The Chair wishes to make a brief statement at this point. In accordance with previous announcement, we are today beginning a series of public hearings before the full Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments on the operation of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946.1 We are holding these hearings pursuant to section 102 of the Legislative Reorganization Act, which directs this committee to "evaluate the effects of laws enacted to reorganize the legislative and executive branches of the Government." Originally it was planned to hold these hearings before the Subcommittee on Reorganization, under the chairmanship of Senator O'Conor, jointly with the House Subcommittee on Reorganization, under the chairmanship of Representative Holifield. It was ascertained, however, that the members of these subcommittees were so preoccupied with other duties that the hearings would have to be delayed. It was then decided that the full committee should proceed with these hearings. Similar hearings were held by this committee in February of 1948. At that time the Congress had had only 1 year of experience under the operation of the act. At those hearings much valuable testimony was received, and after due consideration a bill (S. 2575) proposing certain amendments of the act was unanimously reported by the committee. The bill was rereferred to the Committee on Rules and Administration, by request of that committee, where no action was taken, and it died at the expiration of that Congress. The Congress has now had more than 4 years of observation and experience with the workings of the 1946 act, and we now feel that it should again be reviewed and consideration given to amendments for its improvement. That is the purpose of these hearings. 1 See appendix, p. 540, for full text of the act, Public Law 601, 79th Cong. 1 We expect to hear testimony from several Senators and Representatives, from committee chairmen, members of the congressional staff, and from outside experts and others, who have studied the effectiveness of the act and who are interested in commenting upon it and making suggestions for changes in it. Several bills and resolutions are now pending that are designed to strengthen the organization and operation of Congress, and their authors have been invited to testify at these hearings. We have undertaken to organize these hearings around a set of major topics, corresponding with the chief objectives of the original act. A copy of the schedule of topics will be included in the record. at the conclusion of my statement. We hope to substantially follow this schedule, but witnesses will be at liberty to discuss as many topics as they may desire. I should like to call attention to one topic listed for hearing on June 11 on Strengthening Fiscal Controls. There is a bill pending before this committee, S. 913, having for its purpose that objective on which this committee has already held hearings. That bill, a copy of which I shall place in the record, would create a joint congressional committee on the budget. While the committee may decide to treat that bill separately from other proposed amendments to the Legislative Reorganization Act, the subject has nevertheless been included in the program of these hearings in order that Members of Congress and other witnesses may be permitted an opportunity to offer any further suggestions or to comment on the testimony previously submitted to the committee. It may be found advisable to include the provisions of that bill in any bill that may be reported by this committee as a result of these hearings. That determination can be made after these hearings have been concluded. I simply make reference to that bill because hearings have already been held on it, and I want all witnesses to feel free to express their views on S. 913, or to offer suggestions for revisions they think should be incorporated in any other bill that this committee may finally report. We anticipate that hearings will continue daily, except Saturday, through June 20, from 10 a. m. to 12 noon each day. If it is found desirable to make any change in this schedule, it will be announced by the chairman. At the conclusion of the hearings the committee will hold executive sessions to consider recommendations that have been made with the view of reporting a bill containing such proposed amendments and changes as in the committee's judgment have merit and are desirable. (The schedule of topics and text of bill S. 913 are as follows:) SCHEDULE OF TOPICS, 1951 JUNE 6 Committee structure and operation 1. A Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs 2. A Joint Committee on Organization of Congress 3. Use of special committees 4. Composition and role of Joint Economic Committee 5. Code of fair play for investigating committees Staffing of Congress SCHEDULE OF TOPICS, 1951-Continued JUNE 7 1. The Legislative Reference Service 2. Office of Legislative Counsel 3. The Office of Coordinator of Information 4. Staffing of the committees of Congress 5. Division of professional committee staffs between parties Workload on Congress JUNE 8 1. Delegation of private legislation 2. Home rule for Washington Oversight of administration 1. Role of Senate Subcommittee on Special Investigations Strengthening fiscal controls JUNE 11 1. Revision of the legislative budget 2. Consolidation of appropriation bills 4. Record votes on appropriation bills 5. Congressional Commission on Governmental Efficiency and Economy 6. Cost estimates in committee reports JUNE 12 Registration of lobbyists 1. Proposed amendments of the lobby law Compensation of Members of Congress 1. A Congressional Compensation Commission 2. Congressional salaries and expense allowances 3. Congressional compensation and retirement allowances 1. Broadcasting and televising congressional proceedings 2. Proposed improvements in congressional publications |