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Title: Amendment to H.R. 6219, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002395
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Elections
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks enclosed the proposed amendment with a letter he wrote to Peter Rodino. The amendment was intended to avoid penalizing states like Texas that had already ratified bilingual ballots.

Title: Copy of a House of Representatives resolution regarding peace in Vietnam, November 3, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001216
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012, Wright, Jim, 1922-2015
Topic: Vietnam War (1961-1975), United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1969-11-03
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A copy of the House of Representatives resolution supporting President Nixon and his efforts to negotiate a just peace in Vietnam. This resolution copy was attached to Jim Wright's November 3, 1969 letter to Jack Brooks [camh-dob-00138], in addition to a list of fifty Democratic co-sponsors [camh-dob-001217].

Title: Draft bill, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002588
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, National parks and reserves -- Management
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Typewritten draft of a bill introducing multiple use land management in National Forests.

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
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. 404, January 3, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001595
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Legislation
Dates: 1969-01-03
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks's bill bringing computers to Congress for legislative uses.

Title: H.R. 4845, February 11, 1965
Identifier: camh-dob-002071
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Electronic data processing
Dates: 1965-02-11
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Text of H.R. 4845 introduced by Jack Brooks. The legislation authorized Federal departments and agencies to lease or purchase automatic data processing equipment.

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
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: 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
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
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.