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Title: Draft - May 15, 1973 (To be used if President vetoes OMB bill)
Identifier: camh-dob-002082
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation
Dates: 1973-05-15
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Carbon copy of a draft statement to be released if the President vetoes the bill, introduced in the House by Jack Brooks, to make the director of the Office of Management and Budget a position requiring Senate approval.

Title: Draft of Jack Brooks's speech to the House of Representatives regarding the Vietnam Resolution, November 3, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001202
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Vietnam War (1961-1975), Legislation
Dates: 1969-11-03
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A draft with handwritten edits of Jack Brooks's remarks to the House of Representatives regarding a Vietnam Resolution which he was co-sponsoring with fifty other Democrats. His speech calls for Americans and Congress to support President Richard Nixon's efforts to negotiate a "lasting peace in Vietnam." A copy of the resolution is attached to Congressman Jim Wright's November 3, 1969 letter to Brooks [camh-dob-001138].

Title: Draft of speech for Buchanan to make at AU on Jan 29, 1973, December 18, 1972
Identifier: camh-dob-002203
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Contracts--Government, Legislation
Dates: 1972-12-18
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of a draft of a speech to be delivered by Jack Brooks about government contract bidding and his proposed reforms in his architects and engineers bill.

Title: Draft of statement, [1973]
Identifier: camh-dob-002045
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Legislation
Dates: 1973
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Draft of a statement delivered by Jack Brooks calling on Congress to consider individual privacy rights when crafting legislation about computers.

Title: Draft of wire from Jack Brooks to local newspapers in his former district, June 1, 1965
Identifier: camh-dob-001396
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Elections, Legislation
Dates: 1965-06-01
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks laments the loss of his former constituents, promising to continue to serve them as well as possible for the next year and a half.

Title: Editorial, January 25, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-010276
Creator: Engineering news-record series
Topic: Architects and engineers, Legislation, Press
Dates: 1973-01-25, 1973-01-25
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Editorial in Engineering news-record that praises the partisan cooperation achieved by Brooks regarding the architect and engineering bill.

Title: Editorial written by Anthony Vilar, March 1, 1971
Identifier: camh-dob-010243
Creator: Vilar, Anthony
Topic: Architects and engineers, Contracts--Government, Legislation
Dates: 1971-03-01, 1971-03
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: An editorial written by Anthony Vilar that discusses progress with architect and engineer legislation and the efforts made by Congressman Jack Brooks.

Title: The efficacy of state rescission of ratification of a Federal Constitutional Amendment, March 15, 1977
Identifier: camh-dob-002153
Topic: Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States Relative to Equal Rights for Men and Women (United States), Legislation
Dates: 1977-03-15
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The report from the Congressional Research Service discusses the legal implications of including an amendment allowing recission to H.R. 638, a bill that would extend the ratification period for the Equal Rights Amendment. Recission would allow states that had already passed the ERA to retract their ratification of the amendment.

Title: Eligible Areas in Texas, attachment to Albert Rains letter, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001082
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Attachment to Rains letter detailing Texas counties that would benefit from the proposed legislation. Handdrawn marks drawn next to counties in Brooks's district.

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
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
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
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
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
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
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Committee progress report prepared by a working group within the Committee on House Administration.

Title: For immediate release, August 5, 1969, post office unit considers Brooks anti-obscenity bill
Identifier: camh-dob-002403
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation
Dates: 1969-08-05
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: News release regarding legislation to curb obscenity in the mail. Jack Brooks testified in favor of the legislation before the House Post Office Subcommittee.

Title: For immediate release, May 14, 1969, Brooks plan for computer use in Congress moves ahead
Identifier: camh-dob-002255
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Computers
Dates: 1969-05-14
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: News release announcing that the Government Operations Committee approved legislation introduced by Jack Brooks to allow the purchase of computers for use in Congress.

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
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
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
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.

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