Committee on Governmental Affairs
Full Committee and Subcommittee Jurisdictions
for the 108th Congress
Committee on Governmental Affairs, to
which committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages,
petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the following
subjects:
• Archives of the United States.
• Budget and accounting measures, other than appropriations, except
as provided in the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
• Census and collection of statistics, including economic and
social statistics.
• Congressional organization, except for any part of the matter
that amends the rules or orders of the Senate.
• Federal Civil Service.
• Government information.
• Intergovernmental relations.
• Municipal affairs of the District of Columbia, except appropriations
therefor.
• Organization and management of United States nuclear policy.
• Organization and reorganization of the Executive Branch of the
Government.
• Postal Service.
• Status of officers and employees of the United States, including
their classification, compensation, and benefits.
Such committee shall have the duty of:
(A) receiving and examining reports of the Comptroller
General of the United States and submitting such recommendations
to the Senate as it deems necessary or desirable in connection
with the subject matter of such reports;
(B) studying the efficiency, economy, and effectiveness of all
agencies and departments of the Government;
(C) evaluating the effects of laws enacted to reorganize the legislative
and executive branches of the Government; and
(D) studying the intergovernmental relationships between the United
States and the States and municipalities, and between the United
States and international organizations of which the United States
is a member.
Subcommittee on Financial
Management, the Budget, and International Security (FMBIS)
(1) The effectiveness and efficiency of Federal
financial management;
(2) Budget and accounting measures, other than appropriations,
except as provided in the Congressional Budget Act of 1974;
(3) Federal workforce retirement and other employment benefits
and matters relating to the Merit System Principles;
(4) Census and collection of statistics, including economic and
social statistics;
(5) Studying the effectiveness of present national security methods
and arms proliferation;
(6) The organization and management of United States nuclear export
policy; and
(7) Studying the intergovernmental relationships between the United
States and international organizations of which the United States
is a member, and relations with other oil producing and consuming
countries with respect to government involvement in the control
and management of energy shortages.
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI)
(1) The efficiency and economy of operations
of all branches of the Government;
(2) The compliance or noncompliance of corporations, companies,
or individual or other entities with the rules, regulations, and
laws governing the various governmental agencies and their relationships
with the public;
(3) The determination of whether any changes are required in the
laws of the United States in order to protect public interests
against the occurrence of improper practices or activities by
labor or management groups;
(4) Syndicated or organized crime which may operate in or otherwise
utilize the facilities of interstate and international commerce;
(5) All other aspects of crime and lawlessness within the United
States which have an impact upon or affect the national health,
welfare, and safety;
(6) The effectiveness of present national security methods; and
(7) The efficiency, economy and effectiveness of all agencies
and departments of the Government involved in the control and
management of energy shortages.
Subcommittee on Oversight
of Government Management, the Federal Workforce and the District
of Columbia (OGM)
(1) The management, efficiency, effectiveness
and economy of all departments, agencies and programs of the Federal
government, including overlap and duplication in Federal programs;
(2) The intergovernmental relationships between the Federal government
and state and local governments;
(3) Federal civil service compensation, classification, labor
management relations, recruitment and training and all other matters
relating to the human capital management; and
(4) All authorizing matters relating to the District of Columbia.
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