86th 2d Session SUBCOMMITTEE PRINT INDEPENDENT REGULATORY COMMISSIONS COMPARATIVE OPERATING DATA FOR YEARS 1949 AND 1959. PREPARED FOR SPECIAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DECEMBER 1960 Printed for the use of the Committee on Interstate and COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE OREN HARRIS, Arkansas, Chairman JOHN BELL WILLIAMS, Mississippi SAMUEL N. FRIEDEL, Maryland TORBERT H. MACDONALD, Massachusetts JOHN JARMAN, Oklahoma LEO W. O'BRIEN, New York JOHN E. MOSS, California JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan JOE M. KILGORE, Texas PAUL G. ROGERS, Florida ROBERT W. HEMPHILL, South Carolina JOHN B. BENNETT, Michigan MILTON W. GLENN, New Jersey CONTENTS Page Subcommittee questionnaire dated June 3, 1960- I. Civil Aeronautics Board response_. A. Brief history of the Board and a listing of the organic acts B. Summary of the Board's statutory authority_ C. As of December 31, 1949, or as close thereto as the records 3. Annual appropriation for 1949. 5. Turnover of Board members and employees, 1949 to 6. Number of members and employees during each of said 10 years who have taken positions in the indus- try regulated by or subject to Board jurisdiction__ 7. Workload in terms of personnel and dollar break- 8. Size of regulated industry in terms of magnitude of 9. Number of cases, matters, or proceedings disposed of during the year ending December 31, 1949__ List of legislative recommendations made to Con- 13. List significant actions taken by the Bureau of the Budget or the Appropriations Committee or other committees of either House with reference to leg- islative or other proposals affecting the Board---- 14. List statutes or Executive orders affecting Board adopted or promulgated during calendar year- 15. List complaints and recommendations concerning ad- ministrative procedure received from the industry 17. List actions taken during the year 1949 by the Board I. Civil Aeronautics Board response-Continued C. As of December 31, 1949, or as close thereto as the records easily permit, list the following-Continued 19. List number of industry conventions or meetings at- tended during the year 1949 by members of the Board or by its staff. 20. List members of Board or staff who during 1949 (1) retired, resigned, involuntarily terminated their services; (2) accepted positions in regulated 21. State statutory or regulatory provisions pertaining to the right of a former Board member or em- ployee to appear before the Board either at public hearings or otherwise_-_ D. As of the calendar year 1949, list the important regulatory process problems being experienced by the Board, sum- marize such matters as unreasonable delays, excessive length of records, and expense. Also indicate the time re- quired for disposal of the average type of case in the various categories of cases handled by the Board and the approximate average length of records in such cases... Response of Office of Carrier Accounts and Statistics___ E. List internal reforms accomplished or attempted by the Board during the calendar year 1949 to improve board efficiency-- F. Please supply the same information for the calendar year 1959 3. Annual appropriation for 1949 and 1959. 5. Turnover of Commission members and employees, 1949 6. Number of members and employees during each of said 10 years who have taken positions in the indus- try regulated by or subject to Commission jurisdic- 7. Workload in terms of personnel and dollar break- 8. Size of regulated industry in terms of magnitude of number of companies, volume of business, or size 9. Number of cases, matters, or proceedings disposed of during the year ending December 31, 1949-- 10. Number of matters then outstanding and undisposed_ 11. Lists of types of matters where largest backlogs oc- curred as of end of calendar year 1949__. 12. List of legislative recommendations made to Congress in 1949 and 1959 by the Commission, and action 13. List significant actions taken by the Bureau of the Budget or the Appropriations Committee or other committees of either House with reference to legis- lative or other proposals affecting the Commission_ 14. List statutes or Executive orders affecting Commis- II. Federal Communications Commission response--Continued 15. List complaints and recommendations concerning ad- 16. List rules and regulations or procedure or practice Page 58 59 17. List actions taken during years 1949 and 1959 by the 18. List number of times and duration, with names of 19. List number of industry conventions or meetings at- 20. List members of Commissions or staff who during 21. State statutory or regulatory provisions pertaining to D. As of the calendar years 1949 and 1959, list the important cases-. E. List internal reforms accomplished or attempted by the Com- III. Federal Power Commission response--- A. Brief history of the Commission and a listing of the organic B. Summary of the Commission's statutory authority-- 1. Statutes administered___ 70 2. Number of bureaus or subdivisions, and of hearing 71 3. Annual appropriations, fiscal years 1949, 1955, and 1959 74 4. Number of personnel.. 74 5. Turnover of Commission members and employees, 75 6. Number of members and employees during each of 7. Workload in terms of personnel and dollar break- 8. Size of regulated industry in terms of magnitude of 9. Number of cases, matters, or proceedings disposed of |