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"Senate Committee on Government Operations Subcommittee
on Reorganization"
Date: June 18, 1956
Report No.: Staff Memorandum No. 84-211SR
Report by: Eli E. Nobleman
Content: Describes and analyzes Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1956, a
plan designed to separate the Federal savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
from the Federal Home Loan Bank Board and to establish the Loan Insurance
Corporation as a separate and independent agency in the Federal Government.
Discusses reasons both for and against the Plan's approval.
- "Senate Committee on Government Operations" (attached is a
memo to the members of the Committee on Government Operations briefly
explaining S. 4076 and its history and asking each Senator to fill out
a portion designating either approval or disapproval of it as well as
approval or disapproval of another bill, S. J. Res. 182 (see below))
Date: June 25, 1956
Report No.: Staff Memorandum No. 84-2-31
Report by: Walter L. Reynolds
Content: Explains the provisions of S. 4076, a bill which provided for
the appointment of the chief legal officers of certain departments in
the executive branch by the President, with the consent of the Senate.
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"Senate Committee of Government Operations"
Date: June 22, 1956
Report No.: Staff Memorandum No. 84-2-27
Report by: Walter J. Reynolds
Content: Explains the provisions and purpose of S. J. Res. 182, a resolution
to extend the time for filing the final report of the Commission on
Government Security to June 30, 1957.
- "Senate committee on Government Operations Subcommittee on Reorganization"
Date: June 26, 1956
Report No.: Staff Memorandum No. 84-2-13SR (Supplemental to Staff Memorandum
No. 84-2-12SR, June 20, 1956)
Report by: Eli E. Nobleman
Content: Provides commentary of the Bureau of the Budget, the Department
of Labor, the Department of the Air Force (for the Department of Defense),
and the Comptroller General concerning S. 3517, a bill to provide for
the reorganization of the safety functions of the Federal Government.
All parties which make commentary oppose the bill, with the exception
of the Comptroller General, who approves the bill with noted reservations.
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"Senate Committee on Government Operations"
Date: April 18, 1956
Report No.: Staff Memorandum No. 84-2-15
Report by: Glenn K. Shriver
Content: Relates the purpose and history of S. 2654, a bill to authorize
the Administrator of General Services to convey certain lands in the
State of Wyoming to the City of Cheyenne, Wyoming. Recommends that the
Committee ask the proposal of the bill appear before them and explain
why the land transfer is necessary.
- "Senate Committee on Government Operations"
Date: July 18, 1955
Report No.: Staff Memorandum No. 84-1-29
Report by: Eli E. Nobleman
Content: Relates the purpose and history of S. 1886, a bill to provide
for the retrocession of jurisdiction over Ellis Island from the United
States to the State of New York.
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"Senate Committee on Government Operations"
(rough copy with attached typed inserts and handwritten corrections)
Date: July 1955
Report No.: Staff Memorandum No. 84-1-7
Report by: (?)
Content: Reports the purpose and history of and recommendations concerning
S. 2116, a bill to amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services
Act of 1949 to provide that government surplus property may be donated
to 4-H Clubs.
- "Senate Committee on Government Operations"
Date: March 26, 1956
Report No.: Staff Memorandum No. 82-2-11
Report by: Loy W. Henderson, Deputy Under Secretary for Administration
Content: Explains the purpose of S. 3340, a bill for the reorganization
of the passport office.
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"Senate Committee on Government Operations"
Date: July 22, 1955
Report No.: Staff Memorandum No. 84-1-31
Report by: Eli E. Nobleman
Content: Relates the purpose and background of S. 1863, a bill to provide
for the demolition and removal of temporary buildings in Washington
D.C. that had been built since World War I and for the replacement of
these buildings with permanent structures constructed under the Public
Buildings Purchase Control Act of 1954.
- "Senate Committee on Government Operations"
Date: July 22, 1955
Report No.: Staff Memorandum No. 84-1-32
Report by: Walter L. Reynolds
Content: Contains the legislative calendar for the 1st Session of the
84th Congress.
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"Senate Committee on Government Operations"
Date: August 9, 1955
Report No.: Staff Memorandum No. 84-1-35
Report by: Walter L. Reynolds
Content: Gives details concerning the proposed sale of Plancor 1778
(Halethorpe, Maryland) to Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation.
- "Senate Committee on Government Operations" (attached is a
document labeled "Appendix A" which is a letter to Senator John
L. McClellan, the Chairman of the Committee on Government Operations,
from Edmund F. Mansure concerning the Records Management Surveys)
Date: December 29, 1955
Report No.: Staff Memorandum No. 84-1-40
Report by: Walter L. Reynolds
Content: Summarizes and provides background information and recommendations
concerning the Records Management Surveys of the General Services Administration.
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"Appendix A"
Date: (?)
Report No.: (?)
Report by: (?)
Content: Reports the recommendations of the Hoover Commission given
in its report on Surplus Property.
- "Senate Committee on Government Operations"
Date: December 7, 1955
Report No.: Staff Memorandum No. 84-1-37
Report by: Glenn K. Shriver
Content: Relates the purpose and details of S. 1799, a bill to amend section
203 (f) of Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949.
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"Senate Committee on Government Operations"
Date: November 28, 1955
Report No.: Staff Memorandum No. 84-1-36
Report by: Eli E. Nobleman
Content: Gives background information and recommendations concerning
Federal Payments of Texas in Lieu of Taxes to State and Local Taxing
Authorities (S. 1566, S. 1657, S. 2390, and S. 2754).
- "Senate Committee on Government Operations"
Date: December 16, 1955
Report No.: Staff Memorandum No. 84-1-39
Report by: Walter L. Reynolds
Content: States the purpose of and gives commentary on S. 1301, a bill
to limit the acquisition and use by agencies of the Federal Government
of equipment for reproducing documents, drawings, papers, and so forth,
on sensitized materials.
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"Senate Committee on Government Operations"
Date: February 8, 1956
Report No.: (?)
Report by: Walter L. Reynolds
Content: Addressed to the Members of the Committees on Appropriations,
argues for the need for Deficiency Appropriations for the Purchase of
Additional Equipment by the Passport Office, Department of State.
- "Senate Committee on Government Operations"
Date: May 11, 1955
Report No.: Staff Memorandum No. 84-1-16
Report by: Walter L. Reynolds
Content: Outlines the agenda for the Executive Session on Monday, May
16, 1955.
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"Senate Committee on Government Operations"
Date: May 19, 1955
Report No.: Staff Memorandum No. 84-1-17
Report by: Glenn K. Shriver
Content: Reports policy Legislation in Appropriation Act for General
Services Administration for the fiscal year of 1956.
- "Senate Committee on Government Operations" (contains handwritten
corrections)
Date: March 30, 1955
Report No.: Staff Memorandum No. 84-1-7
Report by: Richard J. O'Melia
Content: Provides the purpose and general history of S. 1004 and H.R.
3322, identical bills to amend the Federal Property and Administrative
Services Act of 1949 so as to improve the administration of the program
for the utilization of surplus property for educational and public health
purposes.
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"Senate Committee on Government Operations"
Date: April 15, 1955
Report No.: Staff Memorandum No. 84-1-8
Report by: Eli E. Nobleman
Content: Relates background information concerning S. 1003, a bill to
establish a Federal policy concerning the termination, limitation or
establishment of business-type operations of the Government which may
be conducted in competition with private enterprise, and for other purposes.
- "Senate Committee on Government Operations"
Date: April 27, 1955
Report No.: Staff Memorandum No. 84-1-12
Report by: Eli E. Nobleman
Content: Relates the purpose and background of and recommendations concerning
S. 1006, a bill to authorize reciprocal protection agreements between
departments and agencies of the United States and public or private organizations
engaged in fire-fighting activities.
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"Senate Committee on Government Operations"
Date: July 13, 1954
Report No.: Staff Memorandum No. 83-2-23
Report by: Walter L. Reynolds
Content: Outlines the legislative calendar that will be submitted to
the Committee for approval on July 17, 1954.
- "Senate Committee on Government Operations"
Date: June 24, 1954
Report No.: Staff Memorandum No. 83-2-21
Report by: Walter L. Reynolds
Content: Outlines the legislative agenda and committee program pending
before the Subcommittee on Legislative Program.
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"Senate Committee on Government Operations"
Date: November 18, 195
Report No.: Staff Memorandum No. 83-2-32
Report by: (?)
Content: Summarizes the GAO Report covering the Investigative Survey
of Armed Services Activities in the Territory of Hawaii.
- "Senate Committee on government Operations"
Date: May 2, 1955
Report No.: Staff Memorandum No. 84-1-13
Report by: (?)
Content: Outlines the agenda for the Executive Session to be held on Thursday,
May 5, 1955.
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"84th Congress 1st Session" (attached is a
copy of S. 2277 and a memo asking each member of the Committee on Government
Operations whether they approve or disapprove of S. 2277 as amended)
Date: (?)
Report No.: (?)
Report by: (?)
Content: Reports the amendments that the Committee on Government Operations
requests to be made to S. 2277 (a bill authorizing the Administrator
of General Services to give land to the city of Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
before it is passed.
