The U.S. Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, better known as the Church Committee after its chairman Frank Church, conducted a wide-ranging investigation of the intelligence agencies in the post-Watergate period. The 11-member investigating body studied governmental operations with respect to Intelligence activities. It published 14 reports that contain a wealth of information on the formation, operation, and abuses of U.S. intelligence agencies. The reports were published in 1975 and 1976, after which recommendations for reform were debated in Congress and in some cases enacted.