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Title: Executive Office of the President, Bureau of the Budget, Report Summary, February 23, 1967
Identifier: camh-dob-002069
Topic: Legislation, Computers
Dates: 1967-02-23
Box: 2007-255/161
Folder: Government Operations - Legislation
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Summary of a report released by the Executive Office of the President, Bureau of the Budget, highlighting the savings to taxpayers resulting from Jack Brooks's legislation authorizing government agencies to purchase or lease computers.

Title: Fact sheet on OMB Bill, June 13, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-002075
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Dates: 1973-06-13
Box: 2007-255/291
Folder: H.R. 3932, House Floor, May 1, 1973
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Carbon copy of a fact sheet on H.R. 3932, a bill introduced by Jack Brooks that would make the Director of the Office of Management and Budget a position requiring Senate approval. The bill was vetoed and though the Senate voted to override, the House did not.

Title: Fax from Mark White to Jack Brooks and Richard Crawford White, August 3, 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-001972
Creator: White, Mark, 1940-2017
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012, White, Richard Crawford, 1923-1998
Topic: Elections, Legislation
Dates: 1976-08-03
Box: 2007-255/370
Folder: 301.8
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The fax was sent from Texas Secretary of State Mark White to Representatives Richard Crawford White and Jack Brooks. It comments on the success of voter registration by mail in Texas. White proposed an amendment to the Voter Registration Act that would make Texas exempt from the Act, while receiving federal funds for their own program. The Act was intended to create a federally mandated system that would allow voters to register by mail. Texas already had a similiar program in place at the time.

Title: Fax from Mark White to Jack Brooks, August 3, 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-001974
Creator: White, Mark, 1940-2017
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Elections, Legislation
Dates: 1976-08-03
Box: 2007-255/370
Folder: 301.8
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Texas Secretary of State Mark White provides a draft of the wording of the amendments he proposes regarding the Voter Registration Act. White wished to exempt states that already had systems in place to allow voters to register by mail, while receiving federal funds for their own program. The Act was intended to create a federally mandated system that would allow voters to register by mail.

Title: Firearms legislation markup briefing paper, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001435
Topic: Gun control, Legislation
Box: 2007-255/349
Folder: 285.5
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Related to the proposed "Federal Firearms Act of 1975," which was intended to impose more gun control restraints.

Title: First Progress Report of the Special Subcommittee on Electrical and Mechanical Office Equipment, Prepared by the Working Group on Automatic Data Processing for the House of Representatives, October 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001714
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Dates: 1969-10
Box: 2007-255/189
Folder: 174.5
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Committee progress report prepared by a working group within the Committee on House Administration.

Title: Form letter from Jack Brooks to constituents, July 15, 1968
Identifier: camh-dob-001728
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Gun control, Legislation
Dates: 1968-07-15
Box: 2007-255/176
Folder: 160.13
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Form letter regarding gun control legislation sent to constituents by Jack Brooks.

Title: The growing use of electronic data processing in government, April 1966
Identifier: camh-dob-002189
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Electronic data processing, Legislation
Dates: 1966-04
Box: 2007-255/124
Folder: Brooks Magazine Articles, 1967-1971
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A copy of an article written by Jack Brooks for the Armed Forces Comptroller magazine about his electronic data processing legislation.

Title: GSA tries to cut phone bills, Business Week, August 5, 1972
Identifier: camh-dob-002024
Topic: Legislation, Telecommunication--Law and legislation
Dates: 1972-08-05
Box: 2007-255/263
Folder: 310.12
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A Business Week article detailing Jack Brooks's proposed new legislation promoting competition and driving down federal expenses for government telecommunications.

Title: Handwritten note from staff regarding amendment to HR 5921, [July 1959]
Identifier: camh-dob-001622
Topic: Legislation, Copyright
Dates: 1959-07
Box: 2007-255/78
Folder: Jud. HR 5921
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The note instructs an assistant to make sure that Jack Brooks receives the amendment, which was proposed by Emanuel Celler in an attempt to reach a settlement between jukebox operators and performing arts societies.

Title: Handwritten notes, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002018
Topic: Legislation, Public works
Box: 2007-255/263
Folder: 310.3
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Handwritten notes detailing proposed public works projects in Jack Brooks's district.

Title: Handwritten statement, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002016
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation
Box: 2007-255/263
Folder: 310.2
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A handwritten statement expressing Jack Brooks's support for an amendment proposed by Congressman Olin Teague adding VA funding to an appropriations bill.

Title: H.R. 11005, March 9, 1960
Identifier: camh-dob-001898
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, National parks and reserves -- Management
Dates: 1960-03-09
Box: 2007-255/743
Folder: Brooks---Bills (Legislation)
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Legislation introduced by Jack Brooks to enable management of national parks and their resources for multiple uses.

Title: H.R. 11552, Voter Registration Act -- Suggested amendments offered by Secretary of State White, [August 1976]
Identifier: camh-dob-001973
Creator: White, Mark, 1940-2017
Topic: Elections, Legislation
Dates: 1976-08
Box: 2007-255/370
Folder: 301.8
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The annotated summary outlines the amendments Texas Secretary of State Mark White proposed regarding the Voter Registration Act. White wished to exempt states that already had systems in place to allow voters to register by mail, while receiving federal funds for their own program. The Act was intended to create a federally mandated system that would allow voters to register by mail.

Title: H.R. 15165, December 9, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001593
Topic: Legislation, Birth control
Dates: 1969-12-09
Box: 2007-255/188
Folder: 173.16
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Legislation concerning population control.

Title: H.R. 404, January 3, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001595
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Legislation
Dates: 1969-01-03
Box: 2007-255/188
Folder: 173.16
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks's bill bringing computers to Congress for legislative uses.

Title: H.R. 5171, March 28, 1963
Identifier: camh-dob-001880
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Electronic data processing, Legislation
Dates: 1963-03-28
Box: 2007-255/16
Folder: Legislation HR5171
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of H.R. 5171 introduced by Jack Brooks. The legislation would allow the General Services Administration to decide whether to lease or purchase electronic data processing equipment and to provide that equipment to federal agencies. Brooks estimated that the bill would save taxpayers $100 million annually. H.R. 5171 passed the House, but not the Senate.

Title: H.R. 7757
Identifier: camh-dob-001807
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Legislation
Box: 2007-255/78
Folder: Sp. Jud. Sub.
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A bill related to the work of a subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee of which Jack Brooks was a member. The subcommittee was tasked with investigating the state taxation of income derived from interstate commerce.

Title: H.R. 8075, redistricting legislation in Texas, July 11, 1961
Identifier: camh-dob-001339
Topic: Elections, Legislation
Dates: 1961-07-11
Box: 2007-255/92
Folder: 77.8
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A copy of the redistricting legislation referenced in correspondence between Jack Brooks and Robert J. Corbett.

Title: Interview transcript, February 6, 1968
Identifier: camh-dob-002180
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Legislation
Dates: 1968-02-06
Box: 2007-255/124
Folder: Speeches-Press Releases 1967-1968
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of an interview transcript regarding the use and purchase of computers by the federal government. It is not clear whether this is an excerpt of a longer interview, who the interviewer was, or in what venue the interview appeared.

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