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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: Dissenting views Honorable Jack Brooks, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002158
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States Relative to Equal Rights for Men and Women (United States), Legislation
Box: 2007-255/426
Folder: 347.4
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Document explaining Jack Brooks's stance on both the Equal Rights Amendment and H.R. 638 that Brooks enclosed in correspondence to the Galveston chapter of the National Organization for Women.

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: Information for Walter Pincus interview, December 19, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-002379
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
Dates: 1974-12-19
Box: 2007-255/312
Folder: 264.1
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Talking points prepared for Jack Brooks ahead of his interview with Walter Pincus, executive editor of The New Republic magazine.

Title: Memo: 7/13/71, To: BJ, From: JB, re: Public Works Projects in our District
Identifier: camh-dob-002021
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Jones, Bill
Topic: Public works, Legislation
Dates: 1971-07-31
Box: 2007-255/263
Folder: 310.3
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Memorandum written by Jack Brooks for his aide, Bill Jones, advising that Congressman Joe Evins, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Public Works, told Brooks he approved every project from the 9th Congressional District.

Title: Memo from DSM to Mr. Barrett regarding creating a written policy paper about inflation and the economy for Jack Brooks, July 15, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001283
Dates: 1974-07-15
Box: 2007-255/300
Folder: 252.17
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A typewritten memo with handwritten notes. The memo states that Jack Brooks wants a written policy paper about inflation and the state of the U.S. economy so he can refer to it during trips to his Congressional district, when speaking to the press, and writing to constituents. The handwritten notes include an outline for the policy paper and contact information for Congressional Research Service. [camh-dob-001220] is an annotated draft of this policy paper.

Title: Memo regarding legislation, December 10, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001592
Topic: Legislation, Birth control
Dates: 1969-12-10
Box: 2007-255/188
Folder: 173.16
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: 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 entitled ¥The Liberty - Discrepancies Between Israeli Inquiry and U.S. Navy Inquiry,¥ undated
Identifier: camh-dob-014410
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Foreign affairs, Governmental Investigations
Box: 2007-255-620
Folder: 1
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: An information memorandum comparing the findings of the Israeli Judge and U.S. Navy in regards to the Liberty incident. The report points out that it is unlikely that the Liberty was mistaken for an Egyptian supply ship.

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 in support of S.1077 as amended by House Judiciary Committee, 1955
Identifier: camh-dob-001449
Topic: Federal aid, Industrial accidents
Dates: 1955
Box: 2007-255/5
Folder: 113.17
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Memorandum discussing Jack Brooks's support for amending Senate legislation regarding financial relief for those affected by the Texas City disaster. The disaster was the deadliest industrial accident in United States history. The Senate drafted legislation to provide compensation for the victims in 1955 after the Supreme Court ruled against a class action lawsuit brought on their behalf. Brooks worked to make the victims the beneficiaries of the legislation, rather than insurance companies and large corporations.

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 on Select Committee Meeting, January 16, 1987
Identifier: camh-dob-014502
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Iran-Contra Affair (1985-1990), Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1987-01-16
1987-01-16
Box: 2007-255-620
Folder: 2
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A memorandum detailing an Iran-Contra Investigative Committee meeting slated to consider the adoption of committee rules.

Title: Memorandum regarding Space Show Conference, [1959]
Identifier: camh-dob-001383
Topic: Exploration of outer space
Dates: 1959
Box: 2007-255/70
Folder: 60.18
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Summarizes the format of the "Space Show" and the various topics to be discussed. Authorship is unclear, but likely a member of Jack Brooks's staff.

Title: Memorandum to Chairman, September 16, 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-001964
Topic: Legislation
Dates: 1976-09-16
Box: 2007-255/370
Folder: 301.5
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks's staff reports on the unanimous approval of H.R. 1244 within the Senate Judiciary Committee. H.R. 1244 was a bill authored by Brooks in order to limit expenditures by the Secret Service on non-governmental properties. Brooks led an investigation into the expenditure of federal funds on President Nixon's private properties in 1973, preceding Nixon's impeachment. The note includes various comments made by Senators regarding the bill.

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: Office memo regarding Port of New York Authority, August 16, 1960
Identifier: camh-dob-001802
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, United States. Congress
Dates: 1960-08-16
Box: 2007-255/78
Folder: Port of NY Authority
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A memo outlining the Judiciary Committee's involvement in a jurisdictional issue between the state governments of New York and New Jersey regarding the Port Authority.

Title: Outline of Hearing, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002166
Creator: Jones, Bill
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Box: 2007-255/293
Folder: GA-7-1-3 SC-KB Report - Press Statements re Proposed Report Approved
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Outline of suggested topics to cover in the hearing provided for Jack Brooks by staffer Bill Jones.

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