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Title: Breakdown of voting on Brooks motion to strike Title II from the Public Works Conference report, January 29, 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-002028
Topic: Legislation, United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
Dates: 1976-01-29
Box: 2007-255/369
Folder: 301.1
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A breakdown of voting on Jack Brooks's motion to strike a section of the Public Works Conference report.

Title: Data sheet, Modification of previously authorized McGee Bend Dam, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002293
Topic: Dams
Box: 2007-255/35
Folder: McGee Bend Dam, Jan 1954 thru Dec 1954, Projects
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of a data sheet sent by Jack Brooks to his Congressional colleagues detailing some financial aspects of the McGee Bend Dam project.

Title: Memo on McGee Bend Dam, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002285
Topic: Dams
Box: 2007-255/35
Folder: McGee Bend Dam, Projects (All corres. from Sept. 1956)
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of a memorandum detailing the benefits of McGee Bend Dam sent by Jack Brooks to A.H. Holt, Mayor of Kountze, for Holt to use as a statement of support of the project.

Title: Memo sent to high school principals and professors of chemistry and physics at Lamar College, April 21, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001693
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Nuclear energy
Dates: 1959-04-21
Box: 2007-255/72
Folder: 62.27
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Announcement that Jack Brooks had arranged an expert from the Atomic Energy Commission to demonstrate a nuclear-powered generator on his regular television report from Washington to the Second Congressional District.

Title: Memorandum, February 4, 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-001967
Topic: Elections
Dates: 1975-02-04
Box: 2007-255/370
Folder: 301.7
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Memorandum regarding a Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality of the Federal Elections Commission.

Title: Memorandum, May 3, 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-001968
Topic: Elections
Dates: 1976-05-03
Box: 2007-255/370
Folder: 301.7
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Memorandum regarding the major provisions of a Federal Election Commission conference report.

Title: Memorandum to Congressman Jack Brooks, December 14, 1972
Identifier: camh-dob-011169
Creator: United States. Congress
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Standardization
Dates: 1972-12-14
1972-12-14
Box: 2007-255-283
Folder: 247.1
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Memorandum to Congressman Jack Brooks for a meeting request from House Appropriations Committee staff members, Keith Mainland and Hunter Spillan, regarding progress on standardized fiscal and budgetary systems in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the General Accounting Office (GAO). They advise Congressman Brooks that the OMB "has no intention of developing a [computer] informational system," and says "some other agency will have to," as they do not feel they are equipped to handle the task. They asked for leadership from Brooks on the matter to "straighten out the mess we are in."

Title: Memorandum to Congressman Jack Brooks, January 15, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-011168
Creator: United States. Congress. House
Topic: Computers, Standardization
Dates: 1973-01-15
1973-01-15
Box: 2007-255-283
Folder: file 247.1
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A memorandum to Congressman Jack Brooks addressing issues with progress in computer technology.

Title: Memorandum to Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security from Jack Brooks, June 23, 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-001966
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Electronic data processing, United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
Dates: 1976-06-23
Box: 2007-255/370
Folder: 301.6
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks informs the members of the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security within the Government Operations Committee that three days of hearings have been scheduled in order to review the procurement of automatic data processing (ADP) resources by the federal government.

Title: Report regarding a lobbyist attending supersonic transport subhearings, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001095
Topic: Supersonic planes
Box: 2007-255/115
Folder: SST
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A report describing the actions of a supersonic transport industry lobbyist who invited himself to a subhearing on the issue. The lobbyist had knowledge of Jack Brooks's letter to John Volpe, the Secretary of Transportation, describing his trepidations about the project, which Volpe had yet to respond to. The interaction raises Brooks's suspicions regarding how involved the private airline industry already is in the government's consideration of this matter.

Title: Staff memo, November 3, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001591
Topic: Computers, Standardization
Dates: 1969-11-03
Box: 2007-255/188
Folder: Govt. Activities 1969
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Office memo detailing a meeting request from Robert Teng regarding processing systems. Handwritten note indicates Brooks took the meeting.

Title: Suggested changes in revenue sharing, [1976]
Identifier: camh-dob-001984
Topic: Revenue sharing, United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
Dates: 1976
Box: 2007-255/369
Folder: 301.1
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The annotated document lists nine ways to reform the federal revenue sharing system. Jack Brooks opposed revenue sharing, and as the chairman of the Government Operations Committee, was also tasked with reviewing the legislation regarding it. The document also features annotations analyzing the considerations listed.

Title: Whip advisory on the Federal Election Campaign Amendments of 1976 conference report, April 29, 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-001969
Topic: Elections, United States. Congress
Dates: 1976-04-29
Box: 2007-255/370
Folder: 301.7
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A whip advisory summarizing the key points of a Federal Elections Commission report and the consequences of a recent Supreme Court ruling.