’hursday, July 3, 1952
BR(X)KINGS HARBOR riLO T. BROOKINGS, OREGON
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WASHINGTON
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fu Harris Ellsworth, M. C.
The o rd in ary ru n of new s which
Appears in y o u r new spapers d u r
ing the closing d ays of a session
>f C ongress m u st be m ost con
fusing to th ose w ho have a tte m p t-
?d to follow congressional a c tiv
ities d u rin g th e y ear. A ction on
(any big b i l l in v o k e s num erous
kteps. W hat hap p ens to 3 bill at
ta c h step is duly reported. S om e
times, how ever, th e news re p o rt
on a v o m m itte e vote on the bill
or a prelim in ary vote by e ith e r
H ouse o r S e n a te gives an im pres
sion of finality. T hen in the clos-
! ing days a n u m b er of such bills
get back into th e new s again be
cause of final congressional action
in both houses on w h at we call
conference re p o rts. T h a t is the
real final actio n . W hen a confer
ence re p o rt is approver! by bot/i
houses th e bill goes to the p re s
ident.
Even a t th e risk of repeating
some " p rim e r class" details, I
think it m ig h t be helpful tow ard
following congressional activity
to recite th e step s th ro u g h which
every im p o rta n t bill m ust pass be
fore it becom es a law.
A ssum e th e bill o rig in ates in
the H ouse. (E x cep t m oney bills,
legislation m ay o rig in ate in either
house). I t is re fe rre d to a c o n r
m ittee. T he co m m ittee holds pub
lic hearin g s. T he bill is then con
sidered by th e co m m ittee in e x
ecutive sesison and ev en tu ally " re
p o rted " o r sent to th e house for
action. T hen th e re p o rtin g com
m ittee re q u ests th e R ules Com
m ittee to g ra n t a resolution tc
send th e bill to th e floor, and ap
before th e ru les co m m ittee
R o explain th e bill. W hen a ru le
is g ran ted , th e m a jo rity le a d e r
ship sets a tim e for floor action
on kthe ru le and th e bill. T he
hoiAe first »must adopt a re so lu
tion to con sid er th e bill—th e ru le
and th en it goes into action on
th e bill.
T he house w orks th e bill over
often ad o p tin g several am end
m en ts on th e floor. W hen passed
th e bill is sen t to th e sen a te w here
it goes th ro u g h a process sim ilar
to th a t in th e house.
As passed by th e senate, such
a bill is o ften v astly d ifferent in
tex t from th e house-approved v e r
sion. It becom es necessary th e re
fore to reconcile th e differences
betw een th e tw o houses, so a
“co nference co m m itte e" is nam ed
by th e ap p o in tm en t of m em bers
from th e house and se n a te com
m itte e s w hich handled th e bill.
Such a conferen ce group has
broad pow ers w ith respect to re
w ritin g th e legislation w ith the
re su lt th a t th e final d ra ft as p re
p ared by th e co n ference often be
com es an in te re stin g com bination
of th e expressio n s of both houses.
T he p ro ced u re w ith respect to
th e final c lea ran c e of a conference
re p o rt by both houses is som ew hat
tech n ical and often a bit involved,
so suffice to say th a t d u rin g this
last week you will be reading quite
a little ab out house o r sen a te votes
Hemstitching
20c per yard
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on conference rep o rts -especially
those on appropriation bills. It is
well to rem em ber, though, th a t
there is no finality about any a c
tion on a bill until the conference
version is approved by both house
and senate. Until th at action is
com plete th ere is a possibility of
changes in the w ording of a bill.
• • •
The a ir is beginning to clear so
ta r as my personal plans for the
im m ediate fu tu re a re concerned.
Helen and I will drive d irectly to
our home at R oseburg a fte r a t
tending the R epublican conven
tion at Chicago. I hope we m ay
arriv e th e re about th e 15th of
July. I shall then go to P o rtla n d
w here I will tak e part in a "field
conference" being conducted by
the B ureau of Land M anagem ent
of the D ep artm en t of the In terio r,
to g e th e r w ith several m em bers of
the H outh P ublic Lands C om m it
tee (th e official nam e of this com-
T w o X i* ,“ *,
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M,ss Ruth Newton of Portland
.m i n o r and In s u la r A ffairs ).
affects th e O. & C lands Ju st —
T his conference will be held Jul> how th .s idea will w ork o u t 1 d o 1” " '" ' *.** » " t * ™ 1 w i,h h c r P " -
’.7. IS and 19. T he m eeting s a te not know but I an, w o rk in g on it. e n ,s ' M r , n d M rs A 11
echnical sessions in ch arg e of the
B ureau anti will not be public, but
I have hopes of being able to a r
range an inform al conference w ith
som e of the m em bers of the com
m itte e and officials of th e O. &.
C. counties for th e purpose of dis-
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