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Title: Additional Federal Costs Associated with the Operation of President Nixon's Properties at Key Biscayne and San Clemente, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002096
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of a numbered list of additional expenditures at President Richard Nixon's private homes in San Clemente, CA and Key Biscayne, FL.

Title: Budget, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002169
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Typed budget for the Government Activities Subcommittee's investigation of federal spending on President Richard Nixon's private homes. The budget is unsigned and undated, but likely prepared by a staffer.

Title: Fact sheet, undated [1973]
Identifier: camh-dob-001992
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1973
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Fact sheet summarizing the investigation into federal spending on President Richard Nixon's private homes. This fact sheet was attached to a memorandum written by Bill Jones.

Title: Handwritten notes, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001993
Creator: Jones, Bill
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Handwritten notes, likely by Jack Brooks's longtime aide, Bill Jones, regarding the 1973 investigation of public funds spent on presidential properties. The notes include total known expenditures at San Clemente, California, and Key Biscayne, Florida, which at that point totaled $10,124,000, excluding approximately $1,000,000 per year for Secret Service guards. Also listed are seven items of interest, including a $65,000 fence at Key Biscayne that was a replica of the White House fence, and $172,000 spent on landscaping and paving at San Clemente to enhance its value.

Title: Hearings, Government Activities Subcommittee, 92nd Congress, February 29, 1972
Identifier: camh-dob-002240
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1972-02-29
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A list of hearings conducted by the Government Activities Subcommittee, chaired by Jack Brooks, during the 92nd Congress.

Title: House Committee on Government Operations report on expenditure of federal funds in support of Presidential properties, May 20, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001330
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1974-05-20
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Report detailing unnecessary federal spending on President Richard Nixon's private residences. Contains "supplemental Views of Hon. Jack Brooks."

Title: House Government Activities Subcommittee program for the 90th Congress, 2nd Session, Congressman Jack Brooks, Chairman [1968]
Identifier: camh-dob-002181
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1968
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Document outlining the proposed work for the Government Activities Subcommittee in investigating inefficiency in government agencies. The document is not dated, but the second session of the 90th Congress took place from January 15, 1968 - October 14, 1968.

Title: Internal office tracking of district mailers, July 23, 1962
Identifier: camh-dob-001509
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Letters
Dates: 1962-07-23
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Document tracking how many news releases of Jack Brooks's subcommittee work were sent to organizations in his district.

Title: Investigations into Expenditures at San Clemente and Key Biscayne, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001240
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Unattributed notes, possibly written by Jack Brooks or his staff, outlining the results of several investigations into government expenditures at San Clemente and Key Biscayne, all of which determined that improper expenditures were made, and that President Richard Nixon personally benefited at public expense.

Title: Issues, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002167
Creator: Jones, Bill
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Issues to be explored in depth during hearings regarding federal spending on President Richard Nixon's private homes in San Clemente, CA and Key Biscayne, FL. Document provided to Jack Brooks by staffer Bill Jones.

Title: Key Biscayne plot map, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001988
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A labelled plot map of President Richard Nixon's private home in Key Biscayne, Florida. This home, along with President Nixon's home in San Clemente, CA, were part of an investigation into federal spending by Jack Brooks.

Title: List of Potential Witnesses, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002168
Creator: Jones, Bill
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: List of witnesses to call during hearings regarding federal spending on President Nixon's private homes in San Clemente, CA and Key Biscayne, FL. Document provided to Jack Brooks by staffer Bill Jones.

Title: Memorandum, November 2, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-000932
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, California-Yorba Linda-Richard M. Nixon Historical Site
Dates: 1973-11-02
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The memorandum discusses the drafting of legislation concerning the expenditure of federal funds on private property for presidential security.

Title: Memorandum re: chronology of investigation, August 1, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-001991
Creator: Jones, Bill
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1973-08-01
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Memorandum written by Bill Jones, an aide, giving Jack Brooks a chronology of the investigation into federal spending on President Richard Nixon's private homes.

Title: Memorandum regarding meeting with Comptroller General, [August 1977]
Identifier: camh-dob-002389
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
Dates: 1977-08
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Memorandum summarizing potential items to discuss with Comptroller General Elmer Staats.

Title: Memorandum regarding public funds spent on presidential homes, June 23, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-001989
Creator: Jones, Bill
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1973-06-23
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Memorandum written by Bill Jones, an aide, to Jack Brooks regarding public funds spent on presidential private homes.

Title: Nixon's Intention to Donate San Clemente to United States, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001239
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Unattributed notes, possibly written by Jack Brooks, regarding President Richard Nixon's stated intention to donate his San Clemente property to the United States government and why it does not affect his alleged violation of the emoluments clause of the Constitution.

Title: Objectives of Hearings, [1973]
Identifier: camh-dob-002048
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1973
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The document briefly lists the objectives of the hearings regarding the improper use of federal funds on President Richard Nixon's private property. The handwritten notes at the bottom were most likely written by Jack Brooks either during or in preparation for the hearings.

Title: President's Knowledge of Activities at San Clemente and Key Biscayne, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001238
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Unattributed notes, possibly written by Jack Brooks or his staff, on President Richard Nixon's improvements and renovations at Key Biscayne and San Clemente beyond those made at his own expense.

Title: Questions for Secret Service witnesses, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002173
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of questions and anticipated answers for Secret Service witnesses scheduled to appear at hearings held by the Government Activities Subcommittee in its investigation of the use of federal funds to improve President Nixon's private homes in San Clemente, CA and Key Biscayne, FL. The document is unsigned and undated.

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