Box 257
Container
Contains 24 Collections and/or Records:
Campaign Finance Reform, 1992-1993
File — Box: 257, Folder: 11
Identifier: CAC_CC_051_9_257_11_0000
Scope and Contents
Contains a broad range of materials including handwritten notes by Peter Jacoby, background information, Dear Colleague letters, official documents, and memos that reflect Synar's involvement and approach to campaign finance reform.
Campaign Finance Reform, 1992-1993
File — Box: 257, Folder: 12
Identifier: CAC_CC_051_9_257_12_0000
Scope and Contents
Contains clippings, statements, legislative reports, and markups pertaining to amendments to the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 and related legislation. Includes notes and annotations.
Democratic Study Group, 103rd Congress, 1992-1993
File — Box: 257, Folder: 13
Identifier: CAC_CC_051_9_257_13_0000
Scope and Contents
Contains memos, handwritten notes, member mailing lists, letters, agendas, and other documents pertaining to the work of the Democratic Study Group with Synar as chairman.
Democratic Study Group, Task Force Reform, 1992-1993
File — Box: 257, Folder: 14
Identifier: CAC_CC_051_9_257_14_0000
Scope and Contents
Contains fact sheets and reports pertaining to changes in House and Caucus rules.
Dietary Supplements Hearing, Nutrition Information, 1992-1993
File — Box: 257, Folder: 15
Identifier: CAC_CC_051_9_257_15_0000
Scope and Contents
Contains handwritten notes, articles and reports on health food.
Environment, Steve R., 1992-1993
File — Box: 257, Folder: 16
Identifier: CAC_CC_051_9_257_16_0000
Scope and Contents
Contains materials pertaining to environmental legislation, including livestock grazing reform, forest service rangeland, and mining. Includes multiple statements made by Synar before the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment and the Subcommittee on Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources and memorandums prepared by environmental lawyer Steven Richardson.
Box 373 Manifest, undated
File — Box: 257, Folder: 17
Identifier: CAC_CC_051_9_257_17_0000
Scope and Contents
Contains a reproduced copy of the manifest for box 373, which was originally taped to the side of the box. The manifest indicates that the materials were handled by Ruth Fleischer, the Counsel of the Subcommittee on Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources of the House Committee on Government Operations.
H.R. 833, Wildlife Refuge Management, Refuges, 1986-1993
File — Box: 257, Folder: 18
Identifier: CAC_CC_051_9_257_18_0000
Scope and Contents
Contains various materials pertaining to the National Wildlife Refuge System Management and Policy Act of 1993 (H.R. 833). Materials include news releases from the Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, letters from interest groups such as the Wilderness Society, and the National Audubon Society, and the Defenders of Wildlife, legislation drafts, and a report from the General Accounting Office (GAO) titled "National Wildlife Refuges: Continuing Problems with Incompatible Uses...
H.R. 833, Wildlife Refuge Management, Refuges, 1990-1992
File — Box: 257, Folder: 19
Identifier: CAC_CC_051_9_257_19_0000
Scope and Contents
Contains various materials pertaining to the National Wildlife Refuge Management Act (H.R. 833; H.R. 3688) by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior and a court case where the National Audubon Society, the Wilderness Society, and Defenders of Wildlife challenged the Fish and Wildlife Service for allowing secondary uses of wildlife refuge lands without ensuring compatibility or adequate funding.
H.R. 833, Wildlife Refuge Management, Refuges, 1991
File — Box: 257, Folder: 20
Identifier: CAC_CC_051_9_257_20_0000
Scope and Contents
Contains various materials from the organization Defenders of Wildlife, which include a summary and analysis of a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service report, a Defenders publication issue dated September/October 1991, photocopied news clippings, and a Dear Colleague letter. These materials relate to the National Wildlife Refuge Management Act (H.R. 833) and were originally housed in an accordion folder with the materials in the previous two folders.