Committee activity in the 78th Cong., as measured by bills referred, bills reported, and
hearings held

Committee activity in the 78th Cong., as measured by bills referred, bills reported, and
hearings held-Continued

Compiled by H. B. Price and C. R. Gibbs, Federal Law Section, Legislative Reference Service, Library
of Congress, Apr. 12, 1945.

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING Office,
OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC PRINTER,
Washington 25, D. C., May 10, 1945.

Mr. GEORGE B. GALLOWAY,

Staff Director, Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress,

Washington, D. C.

DEAR SIR: Reference is made to your letter dated May 3, 1945, requesting a
statement showing how many pages of printed hearings were produced during the
Seventy-eighth Congress by each of the standing committees of the Senate and
House of Representatives.

The number of type pages produced is as follows:

E

Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives in Con-

2, 120
462

1, 029

3, 131
4, 462

2, 080

126

−253, 2

Administrative organization of Congress.
Appropriation procedure. ---

Bill drafting and law revision.

204-208, 209-210, 212-214, 252-253, 265–276, 328

75-76,
106, 129-144, 191-193, 276-277, 288, 294, 390-391, 413-430
83-85, 109-111, 220, 324–326
42-43, 304, 372-373

Broadcasting congressional proceedings.
Centralization versus decentralization of government----
Classification of legislative employees...
Committee structure and operation (including seniority rule)

253-254
8-10,

12-16, 19, 27, 53-55, 61, 71-73, 87-97, 101-103, 116-117, 145-147,
149, 162-163, 194, 228-229, 236-237, 240–241, 243–246, 247-248,
258-259, 279-280, 288, 294, 299, 300-303, 307-308, 320, 328, 333,
341-342, 388-389, 393-396, 397, 398, 399–400, 404, 405–410.

JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE ORGANIZATION OF CONGRESS-Continued

Hearings-Parts 1 and 2-Continued

SUBJECT INDEX-continued

Compensation of congressional personnel (including allowances)

Page

147-148,

150-151, 237-238, 261, 280–282, 294, 305–306, 309–310, 316–320,
334, 357, 397.

Conference committees..
104-106, 289, 357-358
Congestion of legislative business (local, private, and minor matters) 57-59,
151-152, 154-155, 238-239, 295, 321, 337-340, 370-372

Congress and the District of Columbia...

Executive branch offices at the Capitol.
Floor procedure (order of business)..

260, 285-287, 309, 326-331, 387-388, 396, 426

Legislative oversight of administration_

28-29, 32, 368, 391-392, 393
6, 38-40, 44-46, 194, 259-260

Legislative procedure in the States. 98-109, 232–233, 292, 332, 334-335, 342
Legislative timetable....

410-411

77-83,

85-86, 120-129, 242–243, 343-356, 398, 411

Liaison between Congress and the Executive.

Methods of public accounting
Origins of legislation ----

210-211
31-32,

76-77, 187-193, 239, 262, 307, 389-391, 420, 426-427
Party responsibility, structure, policy, program, discipline, etc..
123-124,
295, 360-361, 364-366, 368-369

Patronage

Pocket vetoing of bills.
Powers of committee chairmen

70-71, 115-116, 192

180
335, 393

Powers and duties of joint committee under House Concurrent Resolu-
tion 18.
7, 11-12, 14, 21–24, 62, 64-66, 98, 362-366, 399-404
103-104, 117, 334-336, 403

161-162, 216-217, 249-250, 282, 296-300, 311-313, 315-316,
318-323, 334, 392, 396, 400, 404, 410.

163-164
213, 322, 411
25,

Separation of powers..
Special investigating committees
Staffing of Congress..

Term of office...

262-264, 283-285, 297
240, 301-302, 309, 328

7-8,

113-115,

11, 13, 16-18, 26-27, 32-37, 41-42, 43, 59-60, 73-75, 97,
146, 148-149, 155-157, 164-179, 201-203, 209, 210, 218-221,
223-227, 228-232, 241-242, 253-254, 262-263, 276-279, 283, 284,
296, 306-309, 315-316, 332-333, 373-377, 380-381, 385-386, 387,
397-398, 400, 403, 414-415, 423.

333

Expenditures in the Executive Depart- Expenditures in the Executive Depart

ments

District of Columbia

District of Columbia

ments

Armed Forces

1S. Res. 169, 78th Cong., 1st sess.

Public Works

Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Judiciary

16 committees with 25 members each, on the average, plus Appropriations with 35 members, equals 435 members. Proposal submitted at hearings on March 19, 1945.