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COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE

OREN HARRIS, Arkansas, Chairman

JOHN BELL WILLIAMS, Mississippi
PETER F. MACK, JR., Illinois
KENNETH A. ROBERTS, Alabama
MORGAN M. MOULDER, Missouri
HARLEY O. STAGGERS, West Virginia
WALTER ROGERS, Texas

SAMUEL N. FRIEDEL, Maryland
JOHN J. FLYNT, JR., Georgia

TORBERT H. MACDONALD, Massachusetts
GEORGE M. RHODES, Pennsylvania

JOHN JARMAN, Oklahoma

LEO W. O'BRIEN, New York

JOHN E. MOSS, California

JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan

JOE M. KILGORE, Texas

PAUL G. ROGERS, Florida

ROBERT W. HEMPHILL, South Carolina
DAN ROSTENKOWSKI, Illinois
LAWRENCE BROCK, Nebraska
JAMES C. HEALEY, New York

JOHN B. BENNETT, Michigan
WILLIAM L. SPRINGER, Illinois
PAUL F. SCHENCK, Ohio
STEVEN B. DEROUNIAN, New York
J. ARTHUR YOUNGER, California
WILLIAM H. AVERY, Kansas
HAROLD R. COLLIER, Illinois
MILTON W. GLENN, New Jersey
SAMUEL L. DEVINE, Ohio
ANCHER NELSEN, Minnesota
HASTINGS KEITH, Massachusetts
WILLARD S. CURTIN, Pennsylvania

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CONTENTS

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Subcommittee questionnaire dated June 3, 1960--

I. Civil Aeronautics Board response_.

A. Brief history of the Board and a listing of the organic acts

and amendments__.

B. Summary of the Board's statutory authority---

C. As of December 31, 1949, or as close thereto as the records

easily permit, list the following----

1. Statutes administered:

1959___

2. Number of bureaus or subdivisions, and of hearing

3. Annual appropriation for 1949_

4. Number of personnel_--

5. Turnover of Board members and employees, 1949 to

1959, inclusive____.

6. Number of members and employees during each of

́said 10 years who have taken positions in the indus-

try regulated by or subject to Board jurisdiction__

7. Workload in terms of personnel and dollar break-

8. Size of regulated industry in terms of magnitude of

number of companies, volume of business, or size

9. Number of cases, matters, or proceedings disposed of

during the year ending December 31, 1949--

10. Number of matters then outstanding and undisposed

of in the safety field_

11. List of types of matters where largest backlog oc-

curred, as of the end of calendar year 1959.

12. List of legislative recommendations made to Con-

gress in 1949 by the Board__

List of legislative recommendations made to Con-

gress in 1959 by the Board____

13. List significant actions taken by the Bureau of the

Budget or the Appropriations Committee or other

committees of either House with reference to leg-

islative or other proposals affecting the Board----

14. List statutes or Executive orders affecting Board

adopted or promulgated during calendar year-

15. List complaints and recommendations concerning ad-

ministrative procedure received from the industry

regulated by the Board or subject to its jurisdic-

tion during the year 1949_.

16. List rules and regulations or procedure or practice

outstanding during the year 1959_.

17. List actions taken during the year 1949 by the Board

to regulate or discipline persons practicing or ap-

pearing before it__

18. List number of times and duration, with names of

committees or subcommittees of either House, be-

fore whom the Board, or any of its members or

staff, had to appear and testify during the year

I. Civil Aeronautics Board response-Continued

C. As of December 31, 1949, or as close thereto as the records

easily permit, list the following-Continued

19. List number of industry conventions or meetings at-

tended during the year 1949 by members of the Page

Board or by its staff.

20. List members of Board or staff who during 1949 (1)

retired, resigned, involuntarily terminated their

services; (2) accepted positions in regulated

21. State statutory or regulatory provisions pertaining

to the right of a former Board member or em-

ployee to appear before the Board either at public

hearings or otherwise.

D. As of the calendar year 1949, list the important regulatory

process problems being experienced by the Board, sum-

marize such matters as unreasonable delays, excessive

length of records, and expense. Also indicate the time re-

quired for disposal of the average type of case in the

various categories of cases handled by the Board and the

approximate average length of records in such cases_

Response of Office of Carrier Accounts and Statistics___

Response of the Bureau of Enforcement-.

Bureau of Air Operations__.

Bureau of Hearing Examiners_.

E. List internal reforms accomplished or attempted by the Board

during the calendar year 1949 to improve board efficiency--

F. Please supply the same information for the calendar year 1959

called for in subdivisions C, D, and E, above, except as

to items 5 and 6 under subdivision C___.

II. Federal Communications Commission response_

A. Brief history of the Commission and a listing of the organic

acts and amendments_

B. Summary of the Commission's statutory authority---

C. As of December 31, 1949, or as close thereto as the records

easily permit, list the following:

1. Statutes administered_.

2. Number of bureaus or subdivisions, and of hearing

3. Annual appropriation for 1949 and 1959_.

4. Number of personnel...

5. Turnover of Commission members and employees, 1949
to 1959, inclusive___

6. Number of members and employees during each of

said 10 years who have taken positions in the indus-

try regulated by or subject to Commission jurisdic-
tion----

7. Workload in terms of personnel and dollar break-

8. Size of regulated industry in terms of magnitude of

number of companies, volume of business, or size

9. Number of cases, matters, or proceedings disposed of

during the year ending December 31, 1949--.

10. Number of matters then outstanding and undisposed_

11. Lists of types of matters where largest backlogs oc-

curred as of end of calendar year 1949___.

12. List of legislative recommendations made to Congress

in 1949 and 1959 by the Commission, and action

taken thereon__.

13. List significant actions taken by the Bureau of the

Budget or the Appropriations Committee or other

committees of either House with reference to legis-

lative or other proposals affecting the Commission_

14. List statutes or Executive orders affecting Commis-

sion adopted or promulgated during calendar years

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