WAIS Document Retrieval[Style Manual]
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20. REPORTS AND HEARINGS
The data for these publications arrives at the GPO from many
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responsible for the gathering of the information printed in
these publications.
The report language is compiled from the meetings of the
attorneys and congressional members and submitted along with
the bill language to the clerks of the respective Houses. The
clerks assign the report numbers, etc., and forward to the GPO
for typesetting and printing. In many instances the reports are
camera ready copy, needing only insertion of the assigned
report number.
Likewise, hearings are also compiled by committee staff
members. The data or captured keystrokes as submitted by the
various reporting services are forwarded to the GPO where the
element identifier codes are programmatically inserted and
galley or page output is accomplished without manual
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consuming to update and change the data once it is already in
type form. Therefore, these publications are to be FIC & punc.,
unless specifically requested otherwise by the committee. It is
not necessary to stamp the copy. However, style, as stated in
the following rules, will be followed.
STYLE AND FORMAT OF CONGRESSIONAL REPORTS
[In either Senate or House reports, follow bill style in extracts
from bills. Report numbers run consecutively from first to second
session.]
There are set forth below certain rules which the Government
Printing Office has been authorized to follow in the makeup of
congressional numbered reports:
1. All excerpts to be set in 10-point type, cut in 2 ems on
each side, except as noted in paragraph 3 below. For ellipses
in cut-in matter, lines of five stars are used.
2. Contempt proceedings to be considered as excerpts.
3. The following are to be set in 10-point type, but not cut
in:
(a) Letters which are readily identified as such by
salutation and signature.
(b) Appendixes and/or exhibits which have a heading
readily identifying them as such; and
(c) Matter printed in compliance with the Ramseyer
rule.\1\
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\1\ Ramseyer rule.--House: If report has ``Changes in Existing Law''
use caps and small caps for heads, except for breakdown within a cap
and small cap head.
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4. All leaderwork and lists of more than six items to be set
in 8-point type.
5. All tabular work to be set in 7-point gothic type.
6. An amendment in the nature of a substitute to be set in 8-
point type, but quotations from such amendment later in the
report to be treated as excerpts, but set full measure (see 10
below).
7. Any committee print having a report head indicated on
original copy to be set in report type and style.
8. Committee prints not having a report head indicated on
original copy to be set in committee print style; that is,
excerpts to be set in 8 point, full measure.
9. If a committee print set as indicated in paragraph 8 is
later submitted as a report or included in a report, and the
type is available for pickup, such type shall be picked up and
used as is in the report.
10. On matter that is cut in on the left only for purposes of
breakdown, no space is used above and below, but on all matter
that is cut in on both sides, 4 points are used above and
below. If a bill is submitted as an excerpt, it will not be
squeezed because of the indentions and the limited number of
element identifiers.
11. On reports of immigration cases, set memorandums full
measure unless preceded or followed directly by committee
language. Memorandums are indented on both sides if followed by
such language. Preparers should indicate the proper indention
on copy.
12. Order of printing (Senate reports only): (1) Report, (2)
minority or additional views, (3) Cordon rule \2\ (last unless
an appendix is used), (4) appendix (if any).
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\2\ Cordon rule.--Senate: If report has ``Changes in Existing Law''
use small cap heads, except for breakdown within a cap and small cap
head.
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13. Minority or additional views will begin a new page with
10-point cap heading. In Senate reports, ``Changes in Existing
Law'' begins a new page if following ``views.'' In conference
reports, ``Joint Explanatory Statement'' begins a new odd page.
14. Minority or additional views are only printed if they
have been signed by the authoring congressperson.
[Sample of excerpt]
In Palmer v. Mass., decided in 1939, which involved the
reorganization of the New Haven Railroad, the Supreme Court
said:
The judicial processes in bankruptcy proceedings
under section 77 are, as it were, brigaded with the
administrative processes of the Commission.
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[Sample of an excerpt with an added excerpt]
The Interstate Commerce Commission in its report dated
February 29, 1956, which is attached hereto and made a part
hereof, states that it has no objection to the enactment of S.
3025, and states, in part, as follows:
The proposed amendment, however, should be considered
together with the provisions of section 959(b), title
28, United States Code, which reads as follows:
``A trustee, receiver, or manager appointed in any
cause pending in any court of the United States,'' etc.
[Sample of amendment]
On page 6, line 3, strike the words ``and the service'',
strike all of lines 4, 5, and 6, and insert in lieu thereof the
following:
and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
service credit authorized by this clause 3 of rule XIII
of the Rule of the House of Representatives, change
shall not--
(A) be included in establishing eligibility for
voluntary or involuntary retirement or separation from
the service, under any provision of law;
[Sample of amendment]
The amendments are indicated in the bill as reported and
are as follows:
On page 2, line 15, change the period to a colon and add
the following:
Provided, That such approaches shall include only those
necessary portions of streets, avenues, and boulevards,
etc.
On page 3, line 12, after ``operated'', insert ``free of
tolls''.
[Sample of amendment in the nature of a substitute]
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:
That the second paragraph under the heading ``National Park Service''
in the Act of July 31, 1953 (67 Stat. 261, 271), is amended to read as
follows: ``The Secretary of the Interior shall hereafter report in
detail all proposed awards of concessions leases and contracts
involving a gross annual business of $100,000 or more, or of more than
five years in duration, including renewals thereof, sixty days before
such awards are made, to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the
House of Representatives for transmission to the appropriate
committees.''
[Sample of letter inserted in report]
The Department of Defense recommends enactment of the
proposed legislation and the Office of Management and Budget
interposes no objection as indicated by the following attached
letter, which is hereby made a part of this report:
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March 21, 1999.
Hon. Dennis Hastert,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
My Dear Mr. Speaker: There is forwarded herewith a draft of
legislation to amend section 303 of the Career Compensation
Act.
* * * * * * *
Sincerely yours,
Deborah P. Christie,
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
(Financial Management).
[Sample of cut-in for purposes of breakdown; no spacing above or below]
Under uniform regulations prescribed by the Secretaries
concerned, a member of the uniformed services who--
(1) is retired for physical disability or placed upon
the temporary disability retired list; or
(2) is retired with pay for any other reason, or is
discharged with severance pay, immediately following at
least eight years of continuous active duty (no single
break therein of more than ninety days);
may select his home for the purposes of the travel and
transportation allowances payable under this subsection, etc.
[Sample of leaderwork]
Among the 73 vessels mentioned above, 42 are classified as
major combatant ships (aircraft carriers through escort
vessels), in the following types:
Forrestal-class aircraft carriers................................. 4
Destroyers........................................................ 10
* * * * * * *
Guided-missile submarine.......................................... 1
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Total....................................................... 42
[Sample of sectional analysis]
sectional analysis
Section 1. Increase of 1 year in constructive service for promotion
purposes
The principal purpose of the various subsections of section
1 is to provide a 1-year increase for medical and dental
officers in * * *
* * * * * * *
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Subsection 101(a) is in effect a restatement of the existing law
This subsection authorizes the President to make regular
appointments in the grade of first lieutenant through * * *.
* * * * * * *
[Sample of amendment under Ramseyer rule]
Changes in Existing Law
In compliance with clause 3 of rule XII of the Rules of the
House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by the
bill, as introduced, are shown as follows (existing law
proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new
matter is printed in italic, existing law in which no change is
proposed is shown in roman):
Export Control Act of 1949
* * * * * * *
termination date
Sec. 12. The authority granted herein shall terminate on
June 30, [1956] 1959, or upon any prior date which the Congress
by concurrent resolution or the President may designate.
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[The following examples are for sample purposes only]
[Sample of ``Report'' Skeleton]
106th Congress Rept. 106-8
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session Part 1
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SMALL BUSINESS PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1999 \1\
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February 5, 1999.--Ordered to be printed \2\
_______
Mr. Burton of Indiana, from the Committee on Government Reform,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
together with
MINORITY VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 391]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Government Reform, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 391) to amend chapter 35 of title 44, United
States Code, for the purpose of facilitating compliance by
small businesses with certain Federal paperwork requirements,
to establish a task force to examine the feasibility of
streamlining paperwork requirements applicable to small
businesses, and for other purposes, having considered the same,
report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that
the bill do pass.\3\
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\1\ If title makes more than three lines in 10-point caps, set in
8-point caps.
\2\ Must be set as indicated in copy. If illustrations accompany
copy and are not ordered to be printed, do not add with illustrations.
Return copy to Production Manager.
\3\ If the wording in this paragraph is prepared in the singular
form, follow.
\4\ For Senate Committee on Finance and House Committee on Ways and
Means, heads are set in bold caps.
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general statement \4\
The issue of whether or not * * *.
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[Sample of ``Report'' Skeleton]
Calendar No. 13 \1\
106th Congress Report
SENATE
1st Session 106-1
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THE SOLDIERS', SAILORS', AIRMEN'S AND MARINES' BILL OF RIGHTS ACT OF
1999
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February 2, 1999.--Ordered to be printed
Filed under authority of the order of the Senate of February 2
(legislative day, February 1), 1999 \2\
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Mr. Warner, from the Committee on Armed Services, submitted the
following
R E P O R T
together with
ADDITIONAL VIEWS
[To accompany S. 4]
The Committee on Armed Services, to which was referred the
bill (S. 4), having considered the same, reports favorably
thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
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\1\ Use this type and form only on Senate reports. There is only
one calendar in the Senate.
\2\ Style for filed line, if present.
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Purpose of the Bill
S. 4 would authorize a 4.8 percent military pay raise,
effective January 1, 2000, reform the military pay tables,
revise * * *
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[Sample of ``Report'' Skeleton]
Calendar No. 28
106th Congress Report
SENATE
1st Session 106-8
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MAKING \1\ EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS AND RESCISSIONS FOR
RECOVERY FROM NATURAL DISASTERS AND FOREIGN ASSISTANCE, FOR THE FISCAL
YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1999, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES \2\
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March 4, 1999.--Ordered to be printed
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Mr. Stevens, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the
following
R E P O R T
[To accompany S. 544]
The Committee on Appropriations reports the bill (S. 544)
making emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions
for recovery from natural disasters and foreign assistance, for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other
purposes, reports favorably thereon and recommends that the
bill do pass.
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\1\ If copy reads ``To make'' change to ``Making'', ``To provide''
change to ``Providing'', ``To amend'' change to ``Amending''.
\2\ Sample of 8-point head.
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[Sample of amendments]
The amendments are as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu
thereof the following language:
That the first sentence of section 80 of the Hawaiian Organic
Act as amended (48 U.S.C. 546), is amended further by inserting
immediately following * * *
Amend the title so as to read:
A bill to amend section 80 of the Hawaiian Organic Act, and
for other purposes.
The amendments are as follows:
The amendment to the text strikes all after the enacting
clause and inserts a complete new text which is printed in
italic type in the reported bill.
The amendment to the title is as follows:
Amend the title so as to read:
An Act to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act to establish a Federal Water Pollution Control * *
*
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[Sample of ``Report'' Skeleton]
106th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session 106-91
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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000
_______
April 14 (legislative day, April 13), 1999.--Ordered to be printed
_______
Mr. Kasich, from the committee of conference, submitted the following
CONFERENCE REPORT \1\
[To accompany H. Con. Res. 68]
The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of
the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the concurrent
resolution (H. Con. Res. 68), establishing the congressional
budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2000
and * * *
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That the House recede from its disagreement to the
amendment of the Senate to the text of the resolution and agree
to the same with an amendment as follows:
In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the
Senate amendment, insert the following:
SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000.
(a) Declaration.--Congress determines and declares that
this resolution is the concurrent resolution on the budget * *
*
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JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE \1\
The managers on the part of the Senate and the House at
the conference on disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the
amendments of the Senate to the concurrent resolution (House
Concurrent Resolution 68), setting forth the congressional
budget for the United States for the fiscal years * * *
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\1\ Statement of managers begins new page; in a Conference Report
it begins a new odd page.
John R. Kasich,
Saxby Chambliss,
Christopher Shays,
Managers on the Part of the House.
Pete V. Domenici,
Chuck Grassley,
Don Nickles,
Phil Gramm,
Slade Gorton,
Managers on the Part of the Senate.
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[House Appropriation Hearing, Cover sample]
DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2000
_______________________________________________________________________
HEARINGS
BEFORE A
SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
________
SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,
EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES
JOHN EDWARD PORTER, Illinois, Chairman
C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin
HENRY BONILLA, Texas STENY H. HOYER, Maryland
ERNEST J. ISTOOK, Jr., Oklahoma NANCY PELOSI, California
DAN MILLER, Florida NITA M. LOWEY, New York
JAY DICKEY, Arkansas ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut
ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi JESSE L. JACKSON, Jr., Illinois
ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky
RANDY ``DUKE'' CUNNINGHAM, California
NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Young, as Chairman of the Full
Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking Minority Member of the Full
Committee, are authorized to sit as Members of all Subcommittees.
S. Anthony McCann, Robert L. Knisely, Carol Murphy, Susan Ross Firth,
and Francine Salvador, Subcommittee Staff
________
PART 7A
(Pages 1-1658)
TESTIMONY OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND OTHER
INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS
________
Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations
[[Page 308]]
[House Appropriation Hearing, Title Page sample]
DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2000
_______________________________________________________________________
HEARINGS
BEFORE A
SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
________
SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,
EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES
JOHN EDWARD PORTER, Illinois, Chairman
C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin
HENRY BONILLA, Texas STENY H. HOYER, Maryland
ERNEST J. ISTOOK, Jr., Oklahoma NANCY PELOSI, California
DAN MILLER, Florida NITA M. LOWEY, New York
JAY DICKEY, Arkansas ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut
ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi JESSE L. JACKSON, Jr., Illinois
ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky
RANDY ``DUKE'' CUNNINGHAM, California
NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Young, as Chairman of the Full
Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking Minority Member of the Full
Committee, are authorized to sit as Members of all Subcommittees.
S. Anthony McCann, Robert L. Knisely, Carol Murphy, Susan Ross Firth,
and Francine Salvador, Subcommittee Staff
________
PART 7A
(Pages 1-1658)
TESTIMONY OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND OTHER
INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS
________
Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations
________
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
57-710 WASHINGTON : 1999
[[Page 309]]
[Back Title Page sample]
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida, Chairman
RALPH REGULA, Ohio DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin
JERRY LEWIS, California JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania
JOHN EDWARD PORTER, Illinois NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington
HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky MARTIN OLAV SABO, Minnesota
JOE SKEEN, New Mexico JULIAN C. DIXON, California
FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia STENY H. HOYER, Maryland
TOM DeLAY, Texas ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia
JIM KOLBE, Arizona MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio
RON PACKARD, California NANCY PELOSI, California
SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana
JAMES T. WALSH, New York NITA M. LOWEY, New York
CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina JOSE E. SERRANO, New York
DAVID L. HOBSON, Ohio ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut
ERNEST J. ISTOOK, Jr., Oklahoma JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia
HENRY BONILLA, Texas JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts
JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan ED PASTOR, Arizona
DAN MILLER, Florida CARRIE P. MEEK, Florida
JAY DICKEY, Arkansas DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina
JACK KINGSTON, Georgia CHET EDWARDS, Texas
RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey ROBERT E. ``BUD'' CRAMER, Jr.,
ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi Alabama
MICHAEL P. FORBES, New York JAMES E. CLYBURN, South Carolina
GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, Jr., MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York
Washington LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California
RANDY ``DUKE'' CUNNINGHAM, SAM FARR, California
California JESSE L. JACKSON, Jr., Illinois
TODD TIAHRT, Kansas CAROLYN C. KILPATRICK, Michigan
ZACH WAMP, Tennessee ALLEN BOYD, Florida
TOM LATHAM, Iowa
ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky
ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama
JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri
JOHN E. SUNUNU, New Hampshire
KAY GRANGER, Texas
JOHN E. PETERSON, Pennsylvania
James W. Dyer, Clerk and Staff Director
(ii)
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[House Appropriation Hearing sample]
DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND RELATED
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2000
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TESTIMONY OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND OTHER INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS AND
ORGANIZATIONS
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Tuesday, April 13, 1999.
EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME
WITNESS
MEG HARMON, CITIZEN
Mr. Porter [presiding]. The subcommittee will come to
order.
We begin today 10 sessions of public witnesses. We have
largely completed the hearings with the three departments and
the 14 agencies under the * * *
[Note styles for questions and answers]
Questions From Mr. * * *
Impact of Fiscal Year 2000 Pay Raise Costs
Question. What are the costs associated with the October 1,
1999 4.8 percent general pay raise and the raising of the
executive pay cap on January 1, 2000 for fiscal year 2000?
Answer. The pay raise for the general scale employees
increased the budgeted amount by $4,826 for fiscal year 2000.
[Note the following style for questions and answers when a person
is either asking or answering:]
Question. How are you financing these costs?
Mr. Name. The general scale increase costing $4,826 was
absorbed by a turnover in one secretarial position, a position
which was budgeted at the GS-6 level but filled by a GS-4 level
employee who was hired to replace the former * * *
Mr. Name. In what program areas are you absorbing these
costs?
Answer. Because of the BIB's ability to absorb these fiscal
year 2000 costs in a manner described in the foregoing answer,
it has not been necessary to absorb them in program areas.
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Tuesday, April 13, 1999.{time}
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY AND NATIONAL HEALTH SCIENCES CONSORTIUM
WITNESS
DAVID R. MOSENA, PRESIDENT, MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY, CHICAGO,
ILLINOIS
Mr. Porter. Next, we would like to welcome to the witness
table, Dr. David R. Mosena, this one is mine--the president of
the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. One of not only
our city's great treasures, but one of the great treasures of
the United States.
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[Senate Appropriation Hearing sample]
AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2000
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1999
U.S. Senate,{time} {time} {time} {time} {time}
Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations,{time} {time} {time}
Washington, DC.{time}
The subcommittee met at 9:40 a.m., in room 1224, Everett
McKinley Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Ted Stevens
(chairman) presiding.
Present: Senators Cochran and Inouye.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Inspector General
STATEMENT OF ROGER C. VIADERO, INSPECTOR GENERAL
ACCOMPANIED BY:
SALLY THOMPSON, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
IRWIN T. DAVID, DEPUTY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
STATEMENT OF GENE L. DODARO, ASSISTANT COMPTROLLER
GENERAL, ACCOUNTING AND INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT DIVISION
ACCOMPANIED BY:
NAME, TITLE
NAME, TITLE
introduction of witnesses
Senator Stevens. The hearing will come to order.
This morning we are happy to have representatives of the
Office of Inspector General and the General Accounting Office
with us, and I would like to ask that all of you who are here
to testify come forward. Let's all of you act as one panel, and
the questions that we have will be directed to both.
success of american agriculture
With a great deal of hard work, ingenuity and technology,
the United States has become the most productive agricultural
nation in the world. Modern agriculture, as practiced in the
United States, has become a technological marvel, soundly based
on advanced science and finely tuned to economic conditions.
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[Standard Hearing sample]
IMPACT OF BUDGET CUTS ON FEDERAL STATISTICAL PROGRAMS
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MARCH 16, 1999
House of
Representatives,{time} {time} {time} {time} {time} {time} {time}
Subcommittee on Census and
Population,{time} {time} {time} {time} {time}
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service,{time} {time} {time}
Washington, DC.{time}
{time} {time} House of Representatives, Committee on Science
and{time} {time} {time}
{time} {time} {time} Technology, Subcommittee on Science,
Research{time} {time} {time}
{time} {time} {time} and Technology and the Subcommittee on
Investi-{time} {time} {time}
{time} {time} {time} gations and Oversight, \1\
Washington, DC.{time}
The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 9:35 a.m., in
room 304, Cannon House Office Building, Hon. Name (chairman of
the subcommittee) presiding.
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Mr. Name. Today the House Census and Population
Subcommittee continues its series of hearings on the impact of
the President's budget cuts on the information this Nation will
have today, tomorrow, and in the future.
With that we will call up our first panel: Dr. James T.
Bonnen, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State
University, and the director of the President's Reorganization
Project for the Federal Statistical System; and Dr. Stephen E.
Fienberg, Department of Statistics, the Carnegie-Mellon
University, and the Chairman of the Committee on National
Statistics in the National Academy of Sciences.
STATEMENTS OF JAMES T. BONNEN, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL
ECONOMICS, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY AND STEPHEN E. FIENBERG,
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS, CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY
Mr. Bonnen. Thank you, Mr. Garcia. It is a pleasure and a
privilege to be here.
I have been asked to comment primarily on the central
coordination of statistical planning and policy which was the
focus of the study that I directed, as you mentioned.
Ours is an increasingly complex economy and society. If we
do not have objective, accurate and relevant information in
making decisions, our comprehension of the world will forever
run behind events.