SUMMARY DESCRIPTION

Office files on the General Revenue Sharing program.

QUANTITY
6 linear feet (ca. 12,000 pages)

DONOR
Gerald R. Ford (accession number 77-36)

ACCESS
Open. Some items may be temporarily restricted under terms of the donor's deed of gift, a copy of which is available on request, or under National Archives and Records Administration general restrictions (36 CFR 1256).

COPYRIGHT
Gerald R. Ford donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain.

Prepared by Dennis Lakomy, February 1979
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INTRODUCTION

Paul Myer, former administrative assistant to U.S. Congressman Herman Badillo, began working for the Domestic Council on August 1, 1975, was promoted to Assistant Director on November 23, 1975, and then to Associate Director on September 30, 1976. Myer was part of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, headed by Stephen G. McConahey. Myer's area of responsibility was almost entirely in General Revenue Sharing, but he was given a liaison responsibility for congressional relations on February 2, 1976.

General Revenue Sharing was enacted in October 1972 and made available over 30 billion dollars to the 50 states and over 38,000 communities. It was due to expire on December 31, 1976. Myer's function was to help coordinate Administration efforts to secure renewal and revision of General Revenue Sharing, including the monitoring of legislative action, and working with state and local governments and interest groups.

Materials consist of memoranda, reports, formula alternatives, correspondence, and publications. Almost all of the material is on General Revenue Sharing, but because of its intergovernmental nature, there are materials on the National Governors' Conference, National Association of Counties, and the National League of Cities and other groups.

Related Materials (Feb. 1979)
Related materials on General Revenue Sharing can be found in the files of James Cannon, Stephen McConahey, and James Falk of the Domestic Council. In the White House Central Files, see FA7 Revenue Sharing.

SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

State Series, 1974-76.  (Boxes 1-3, 1.1 linear feet)
This series contains information on the impact of General Revenue Sharing, statistics on money allocated to local governments, profiles of congressmen and major cities, questions and answers prepared for the President before visits, and some correspondence. Located at the end is a notebook that shows the amount of revenue sharing dollars by congressional district.

Arranged alphabetically by state.

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Subject Series, 1974-76.  (Boxes 3-8, 2.1 linear feet)
Correspondence, memoranda, briefing papers and other items, almost all on General Revenue Sharing, but including a few other topics and administrative files.

Arranged alphabetically.

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Publications. (Boxes 8-15, 3.1 linear feet)
Reports, booklets, congressional reports, and other publications on General Revenue Sharing.

Arranged alphabetically by title.

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CONTAINER LIST

Box 1 - State Series

• Alabama
• Alaska
• Arkansas
• Arizona
• California
• Colorado
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• Florida
• Georgia
• Hawaii
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• Nebraska
• Nevada
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New Mexico
• New York
• North Carolina
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Oregon

Box 2 - State Series

• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• Virginia
• Washington
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming
• General Revenue Sharing By Congressional District
  - Alabama - New Mexico

Box 3 - State Series

• General Revenue Sharing by Congressional District
  - New York - Wyoming

Box 3 (Continued) - Subject Series

• Background Material (Published Articles), 1972
• Background Material, 1975
• Bill Signing Ceremony
• Bill Signing Ceremony - Follow Up
• Block Grant Legislation

Box 4 - Subject Series

• Budget Act
• Cannon, Jim
• Chicago Decision
• Citizen Participation
• Conference Report on General Revenue Sharing
• Countercyclical Aid (1) - (2)
• Domestic Council Memoranda (1) -(2)

Box 5 - Subject Series

• Education / Special Districts
• Energy Independence Act Related Material
• Entitlement Financing
• Entitlement Fluctuations
• Fascell Bill
• Formula Changes (1) - (2)
• Friedersdorf, Max
• House Action and Consideration (1)

Box 6 - Subject Series

• House Action and Consideration (2) - (3)
• Impact of Non-Passage of General Revenue Sharing
• Legislative Strategy
• Louisiana Sheriff Issue
• Minimum Wage
• National Association of Counties
• National Clearinghouse on Revenue Sharing
• National Conference of State Legislatures
• National Governor's Conference

Box 7 - Subject Series

• National League of Cities
• New York City (Press Releases and Clippings)
• Non-Discrimination (1) - (2)
• Office of Revenue Sharing - Administration/Staffing
• Other Issues
• Payment in Lieu of Taxes
• Presidential Letters
• Presidential Responses and Speeches
• Presidential Schedule Proposals / Briefing Papers

Box 8 - Subject Series

• Public Interest Groups
• Senate Consideration (1) - (2)
• Simon, William E. - General Revenue Sharing Testimony
• Treasury, Department of
• Weekly Reports on General Revenue Sharing

Box 8 (Continued) - Publications

• A

Box 9 - Publications

• A-C

Box 10 - Publications

• C-E

Box 11 - Publications

• E-H

Box 12 - Publications

• I-R

Box 13 - Publications

• R

Box 14 - Publications

• R-S

Box 15 - Publications

• S-Z