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Title: List of Democratic co-sponsors of the Vietnam Resolution, November 3, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001217
Topic: Vietnam War (1961-1975), United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1969-11-03
Box: 2007-255/185
Folder: 169.38
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A list of fifty Democratic co-sponsors for the resolution for peace in Vietnam. It includes handwritten marks next to the Texas representatives. This list was attached to Jim Wright's November 3, 1969 letter to Jack Brooks [camh-dob-001138] and a copy of the resolution [camh-dob-001216].

Title: Public Law 88-123, 88th Congress, H.R. 7594, September 11, 1963
Identifier: camh-dob-001878
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams, Legislation
Dates: 1963-09-11
Box: 2007-255/16
Folder: Rayburn Bill - P.L.
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Law renaming the McGee Bend Dam the Sam Rayburn Dam and Reservoir.

Title: Public Law 93-250, 93rd Congress, S. 37, March 2, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-002083
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation
Dates: 1974-03-02
Box: 2007-255/291
Folder: H.R. 3932, House Floor, May 1, 1973
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Text of the bill introduced by Jack Brooks in the House to make the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a position requiring Senate approval. President Richard Nixon vetoed a previous version of this legislation.

Title: S. 3216, Career Criminals Prosecuting Act of 1978, June 22, 1978
Identifier: camh-dob-002147
Topic: Legislation, United States. Congress. Senate.
Dates: 1978-06-22
Box: 2007-255/426
Folder: 347.1
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: An annotated copy of a bill that Senator Lloyd Bentsen asked Jack Brooks to introduce in the House that would authorize $100 million to assist local governments in efforts to prosecute career criminals. The document includes mark ups, as well as a note at the top explaining that after review, Brooks declined to introduce the bill.

Title: Suggested amendment to HR 5921, [July 20, 1959]
Identifier: camh-dob-001625
Topic: Legislation, Copyright
Dates: 1959-07-20
Box: 2007-255/78
Folder: Jud. HR 5921
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The amendment to H.R. 5921 proposes establishing an oversight office to supervise the collection and distribution of peformance royalties from jukebox operators to copyright holders.

Title: Voting Rights Act of 1965, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002269
Topic: African Americans--Civil Rights, Legislation
Box: 2007-255/133
Folder: Legis: Judiciary Voting Rights
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A copy of the Voting Rights Act sent to Jack Brooks by Harold "Barefoot" Sanders. Certain passages of the bill are underlined in pencil, but it is not clear whether this was done by Brooks or a member of his staff.