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Interim Report Activities House Committee On i [COMMITTEE PRINT] 107TH CONGRESS "! 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES INTERIM REPORT OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION 2001 MARCH 2002 Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Reform Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.gpo.gov/congress/house http://www.house.gov/reform U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 76–505 PDF WASHINGTON : 2002 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 09:43 Apr 01, 2002 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5012 Sfmt 5012 C:\RESULTS\76505.TXT HGOVREF1 PsN: HGOVREF1 COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM DAN BURTON, Indiana, Chairman BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, New York HENRY A. WAXMAN, California CONSTANCE A. MORELLA, Maryland TOM LANTOS, California CHRISTOPHER SHAYS, Connecticut MAJOR R. OWENS, New York ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Florida EDOLPHUS TOWNS, New York JOHN M. MCHUGH, New York PAUL E. KANJORSKI, Pennsylvania STEPHEN HORN, California PATSY T. MINK, Hawaii JOHN L. MICA, Florida CAROLYN B. MALONEY, New York THOMAS M. DAVIS, Virginia ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, Washington, MARK E. SOUDER, Indiana DC STEVEN C. LATOURETTE, Ohio ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland BOB BARR, Georgia DENNIS J. KUCINICH, Ohio DAN MILLER, Florida ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH, Illinois DOUG OSE, California DANNY K. DAVIS, Illinois RON LEWIS, Kentucky JOHN F. TIERNEY, Massachusetts JO ANN DAVIS, Virginia JIM TURNER, Texas TODD RUSSELL PLATTS, Pennsylvania THOMAS H. ALLEN, Maine DAVE WELDON, Florida JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY, Illinois CHRIS CANNON, Utah WM. LACY CLAY, Missouri ADAM H. PUTNAM, Florida DIANE E. WATSON, California C.L. ‘‘BUTCH’’ OTTER, Idaho STEPHEN F. LYNCH, Massachusetts EDWARD L. SCHROCK, Virginia ——— JOHN J. DUNCAN, Tennessee BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont ——— ——— (Independent) KEVIN BINGER, Staff Director DANIEL R. MOLL, Deputy Staff Director JAMES C. WILSON, Chief Counsel ROBERT A. BRIGGS, Chief Clerk PHIL SCHILIRO, Minority Staff Director (II) VerDate 11-MAY-2000 09:43 Apr 01, 2002 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 C:\RESULTS\76505.TXT HGOVREF1 PsN: HGOVREF1 PREFACE This report outlines the Committee on Government Reform’s ac- tivities for the first session of the 107th Congress. A separate and final report covering activities during both sessions will be pub- lished at the conclusion of the 107th Congress in accordance with House Rule XI, 1(d). DAN BURTON, Chairman (III) VerDate 11-MAY-2000 09:43 Apr 01, 2002 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6601 Sfmt 6601 C:\RESULTS\76505.TXT HGOVREF1 PsN: HGOVREF1 VerDate 11-MAY-2000 09:43 Apr 01, 2002 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6601 Sfmt 6601 C:\RESULTS\76505.TXT HGOVREF1 PsN: HGOVREF1 C O N T E N T S Page Part One. Committee Organization ........................................................................ 1 I. Historical Overview ....................................................................................... 1 II. Jurisdiction ..................................................................................................... 3 III. Rules of the Committee on Government Reform ........................................ 6 IV. Subcommittees ............................................................................................... 12 Part Two. Committee Activities ............................................................................. 15 I. Legislation ...................................................................................................... 15 A. Legislation Enacted into Law ............................................................. 15 B. Legislation Approved by the House ................................................... 25 C. Legislation Reported by the Committee or Subcommittee ............... 34 II. Oversight Activities ....................................................................................... 37 A. Committee Reports .............................................................................. 37 B. Oversight Hearings .............................................................................. 37 Full Committee ............................................................................... 37 Subcommittees ................................................................................ 52 Part Three. Publications ......................................................................................... 103 I. Committee Prints ........................................................................................... 103 II. Printed Hearings ........................................................................................... 104 VIEWSOFTHERANKING MINORITY MEMBER Views of Hon. Henry A. Waxman ........................................................................... 107 (V) VerDate 11-MAY-2000 09:43 Apr 01, 2002 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 C:\RESULTS\76505.TXT HGOVREF1 PsN: HGOVREF1 VerDate 11-MAY-2000 09:43 Apr 01, 2002 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 C:\RESULTS\76505.TXT HGOVREF1 PsN: HGOVREF1 INTERIM REPORT OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT RE- FORM, 107TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION, 2001 PART ONE. COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION I. Historical Overview The Committee on Government Reform serves as the House of Representative’s chief investigative and oversight body, reviewing allegations of waste, fraud and abuse across the Federal Govern- ment. The committee’s unique oversight jurisdiction makes it one of the most influential committees in the House of Representatives. Congressman Dan Burton (R–IN) currently serves as the chair- man of the committee. The ranking minority member is Congress- man Henry Waxman (D–CA). The Committee on Government Reform first appeared in 1927 as the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments. It was created by consolidating the 11 Committees on Expenditures previously responsible for overseeing how taxpayer moneys were spent at each executive branch department. Under the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, the committee was renamed the Committee on Government Operations. The name change was intended to communicate the primary function of the committee—to study ‘‘the operations of Government activities at all levels with a view to determining their economy and efficiency.’’ The Government Operations Committee’s oversight jurisdiction over all Federal agencies and departments was unprecedented in the legislative branch. On January 4, 1995, Republicans assumed control of the House of Representatives for the first time in over 40 years. Republicans immediately implemented several internal reforms, including an initiative to reduce the number of standing committees in the House and cut committee staffs by one-third. The Committee on Government Reform exemplified the changes that took place in the House. Both the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service and the Committee on the District of Columbia were consolidated into the newly named Government Reform and Oversight Committee. The name change highlighted the Republican view that the Federal Government needed reform to ensure accountability. This consoli- dation of three committees into one resulted in millions of dollars in savings and a nearly 50 percent reduction in staff. During the 104th Congress, under the leadership of Chairman Bill Clinger (R–PA), the Committee produced three major pieces of the ‘‘Contract With America’’ that became law: 1) legislation to stop Congress from imposing mandates on State and local governments without funding; 2) line-item veto legislation granting the Presi- dent authority to strike individual items from tax and spending (1) VerDate 11-MAY-2000 09:43 Apr 01, 2002 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 C:\RESULTS\76505.TXT HGOVREF1 PsN: HGOVREF1 2 bills; and 3) an act to reduce the paperwork burden the Federal Government imposes on State and local governments, individuals, and private businesses. The committee also won passage of legisla- tion to create a financial control board to help bring the District of Columbia out of its financial crisis. In addition to his legislative accomplishments, Chairman Clinger led the committee’s investigation of the improper firings of White House Travel Office workers and the White House’s controversial handling of FBI files. In 1997, following Chairman Clinger’s retirement, Congressman Burton assumed the chairmanship. He became the first Republican member from the Hoosier State to chair a full committee of the House since 1931. Previously, Congressman Burton had been a senior member of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. At the onset of the 105th Congress, Chairman Burton guided a committee investigation into illegal foreign contributions that flowed into Presidential campaigns, the Justice Department’s flawed handling of these allegations, and a series of controversial Presidential pardons. Under Chairman Burton’s leadership, the committee has also en- acted a number of important pieces of legislation governing such diverse areas as Federal employee benefits, the District of Colum- bia and Federal financial management. Prominent examples in- clude: 1) The Erroneous Payments Recovery Act, which requires Federal agencies to use advanced private-sector auditing proce- dures to detect and recover mistaken payments; 2) the District of Columbia Family Court Act, creating a new Family Court in the wake of shocking revelations
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