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Interim Report Activities House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight i [COMMITTEE PRINT] 105TH CONGRESS "!PRINT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 105–D INTERIM REPORT OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM AND OVERSIGHT ONE HUNDRED FIFTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION 1997 MARCH 1998 Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 46–663 CC WASHINGTON : 1998 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2250 Mail: Stop SSOP, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate 11-MAY-2000 11:05 Aug 20, 2002 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5012 Sfmt 5012 C:\TMP\46663.TXT HGOVREF1 PsN: HGOVREF1 COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM AND OVERSIGHT DAN BURTON, Indiana, Chairman BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, New York HENRY A. WAXMAN, California J. DENNIS HASTERT, Illinois TOM LANTOS, California CONSTANCE A. MORELLA, Maryland ROBERT E. WISE, JR., West Virginia CHRISTOPHER SHAYS, Connecticut MAJOR R. OWENS, New York STEVEN SCHIFF, New Mexico EDOLPHUS TOWNS, New York CHRISTOPHER COX, California PAUL E. KANJORSKI, Pennsylvania ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Florida GARY A. CONDIT, California JOHN M. MCHUGH, New York CAROLYN B. MALONEY, New York STEPHEN HORN, California THOMAS M. BARRETT, Wisconsin JOHN L. MICA, Florida ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, Washington, THOMAS M. DAVIS, Virginia DC DAVID M. MCINTOSH, Indiana CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania MARK E. SOUDER, Indiana TIM HOLDEN, Pennsylvania 3 JOE SCARBOROUGH, Florida ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland JOHN B. SHADEGG, Arizona DENNIS J. KUCINICH, Ohio STEVEN C. LATOURETTE, Ohio ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH, Illinois MARSHALL ‘‘MARK’’ SANFORD, South DANNY K. DAVIS, Illinois Carolina JOHN F. TIERNEY, Massachusetts JOHN E. SUNUNU, New Hampshire JIM TURNER, Texas PETE SESSIONS, Texas THOMAS H. ALLEN, Maine MICHAEL PAPPAS, New Jersey HAROLD E. FORD, JR., Tennessee 2 VINCE SNOWBARGER, Kansas ——— BOB BARR, Georgia BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont ROB PORTMAN, Ohio 1 (Independent) DAN MILLER, Florida 4 KEVIN BINGER, Staff Director DANIEL R. MOLL, Deputy Staff Director WILLIAM MOSCHELLA, Deputy Counsel and Parliamentarian JUDITH MCCOY, Chief Clerk PHIL SCHILIRO, Minority Staff Director 1 Elected to committee on April 9, 1997, resigned from committee on November 13, 1997. 2 Elected to committee on April 17, 1997. 3 Resigned from committee on April 17, 1997. 4 Elected to committee on November 13, 1997. (II) VerDate 11-MAY-2000 11:05 Aug 20, 2002 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 C:\TMP\46663.TXT HGOVREF1 PsN: HGOVREF1 PREFACE This report outlines the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight’s activities for the first session of the 105th Congress. A separate and final report covering activities during both sessions will be published at the conclusion of the 105th Congress in accord- ance with House Rule XI, 1(d). As the primary investigative body of the U.S. House of Rep- resentatives, my committee’s jurisdiction encompasses the respon- sibility of ferreting out waste, fraud and abuse to make government smaller and smarter. In addition, the full committee investigation into illegal campaign fundraising showed and continues to show the American people the infiltration of foreign funds to American political candidates during the 1996 election cycle. DAN BURTON, Chairman (III) (iii) VerDate 11-MAY-2000 11:05 Aug 20, 2002 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6601 Sfmt 6601 C:\TMP\46663.TXT HGOVREF1 PsN: HGOVREF1 VerDate 11-MAY-2000 11:05 Aug 20, 2002 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6601 Sfmt 6601 C:\TMP\46663.TXT HGOVREF1 PsN: HGOVREF1 C O N T E N T S Page Part One. General statement of organization and activities ............................... 1 I. Jurisdiction, authority, powers, duties ........................................................ 1 II. Historical background ................................................................................... 9 III. Organization ................................................................................................... 15 A. Subcommittees ..................................................................................... 15 B. Rules of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight ..... 16 IV. Activities, 1st Session, 105th Congress ........................................................ 25 A. Investigative reports ............................................................................ 25 B. Legislation ............................................................................................ 26 C. Reorganization plans ........................................................................... 31 D. Committee Prints ................................................................................ 31 E. Committee Action on Reports of the Comptroller General .............. 31 Part Two. Report of committee activities .............................................................. 33 I. MATTERS OF INTEREST, FULL COMMITTEE A. General ................................................................................................. 33 1. Oversight plans of the committees of the U.S. House of Representatives ........................................................................... 33 2. Investigations ............................................................................. 37 a. Oversight of Implementation of the Government Per- formance and Results Act of 1993 .................................. 37 b. The Campaign Fundraising Investigation ....................... 39 II. INVESTIGATIONS A. INVESTIGATIONS RESULTING IN FORMAL REPORTS Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology, Hon. Stephen Horn, Chairman ........................................................................... 51 1. ‘‘A Citizen’s Guide on Using the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act of 1974 to Request Government Records,’’ House Report No. 105–37, March 20, 1997, First Report by the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight ................................................ 51 Subcommittee on Human Resources, Hon. Christopher Shays, Chairman ........ 52 1. ‘‘Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses: VA, DOD Continue to Resist Strong Evidence Linking Toxic Causes to Chronic Health Effects,’’ House Report No. 105–388, November 7, 1997, Second Report by the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Together with Additional Views .................................................................................... 52 B. OTHER INVESTIGATIONS Full Committee ........................................................................................................ 56 1. Review of the Federal Government’s Aquisition Strategy Regarding the Federal Telecommunications System of 2001 Program ............... 56 2. Elimination of Section 1555 of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 [FASA] (Public Law 103–355) ........................................... 58 Subcommittee on the Civil Service ......................................................................... 58 1. Impact of the President’s FY 1998 Budget on Federal Employees ...... 58 2. Federal Hiring from the Welfare Rolls .................................................. 61 3. Assisting the District of Columbia with it’s Pension Liabilities .......... 65 4. Review of Federal Employees Group Life Insurance [FEGLI] Pro- gram ........................................................................................................ 68 5. Erroneous Enrollments in the Federal Retirement System ................. 70 (V) VerDate 11-MAY-2000 11:05 Aug 20, 2002 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 C:\TMP\46663.TXT HGOVREF1 PsN: HGOVREF1 VI Page Subcommittee on the Civil Service—Continued 6. Employment Discrimination in the Federal Workplace ....................... 74 7. Employment Discrimination in the Pursuit of Diversity ...................... 78 8. Oversight of Contracting Out Practices ................................................. 81 9. Review of Premiums Under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program [FEHBP] ................................................................................. 85 10. Suspension of Affirmative Action at the IRS ....................................... 85 11. The Merits of Holding a CSRS to FERS Open Season ....................... 87 Subcommittee on the District of Columbia ............................................................ 89 1. Blue Plains Wastewater Treatment Plant ............................................. 89 2. Public Law 104–8, District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority (D.C. Control Board) ........... 90 Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology ...... 92 1. GAO High-Risk Series ............................................................................. 92 2. Year 2000 Computer Date Problem ....................................................... 93 3. Implementation of the Government Performance and Results Act ..... 97 4. Internal Revenue Service Management ................................................. 102 5. Debt Collection ......................................................................................... 103 6. Federal Measures of Race and Ethnicity ............................................... 104 7. The Post FTS–2000 Telecommunications Contract .............................. 107 8. White House Management Issues .......................................................... 107 9. Executive Branch Information Dissemination ...................................... 108 10. The Medicare
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