MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD. OREGON
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 22. 1962
Status of Major Bills in Congress
Washington - HTC - Status
of major bills in Congress:
FOREIGN POLICY
Trad (HR 1 1970) Would
authorize President to abolish
tariffs on certain goods: to re
duce tariffs by 50 per cent on
all other items and provide
federal aid to U. S. firms and
workers hurt by imports.
House passed: Senate - -committee
hearings complet
ed. UN Bonds (HR 9982 & S
2768) Would authorize the
President to lend the United
Nations up to $100 million to
help the world organization
solve its financial crisis. Sen
ate passed. House com
mute approved compromise
that would limit U.S. loan to
total loaned by other coun
tries. DEFENSE AND SPACE
Satellite Communications
(HR 11040) Would charter
privately - owned corporation
to develop, own and control
satellite system to relay tele
phone and telegraph messages
and television. House pass
ed. Senate passed with some
changes. Differences to be
considered by House.
Fallout Shelters (HR 10262
& S 2658) Would authorize
federal grants to non-profit
groups for construction of ap
proved public fallout shelters.
No hearings scheduled on au
thorization bill by Senate or
House; meantime, the House
has denied all shelter funds.
WELFARE, EDUCATION
Medical Car (HR 4222 &
5 909) Would provide par
tial payment of hospitalization
and nursing home costs of per
sons 65 and older. Would
raise Social Security tax. Sen
ate killed compromise ver
sion, 52-48. House commit
tee opposed, but abandoned
plans for showdown vote in
view of Senate action.
Colls Aid (HR 8900)
House - passed bill would pro
vide $1.5 billion over five
years in construction loans
and grants for collese build
ings. Senate-passed bill would
provide $1.5 billion in con
struction losr.s, $250 mililon
in building grants for junior
colleges and $90 million for
student scholarships. Confer
ence committee negotiations
on compromise stalled.
Medical Education (HR 4999
6 S 1072) Would provide
$755 million in federal grants
over 10 years for construction
of medical, dental and other
health profession schools.
House bill includes loans for
medical students; Senate bill
Includes scholarship grants.
House Approved by com
merce committee, stalled in
rules committee. Senate
Committee hearings complet
ed, awaiting House action.
Youth (HR 10682 &S 404)
Would create new Youth Con
servation Corps similar to
CCC of 1930s and "Home
Town Peace Corps" for vol
unteer local civic projects
House Approved by labor
committee, stalled in rules
Tuberculosis Stiff
Danger, Says Docfor
New York - NM - Despite
progress in the fight against
tuberculosis, "over 30 million
individuals are currently in
fected with living virulent
tubercle bacilli" in the United
States, Dr. James E. Perkins,
of the National Tuberculosis
association, reports.
He told doctors attending
a New York Academy of Sci
ence conference that there are
more than 10,000 deaths from
tuberculosis and 50.000 new
cases every year in the United
States.
INSURE SPARKLE
New York-iUPIi-When pack
ing for a trip, include a
small plastic bottle of pre
pared liquid jewelry cleaner.
Use it to give your diamond
ring a facial and to brighten
metal in other pieces of jew
Iry dulled by constant wear.
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tee approved.
Public Works (S 2965 &
HR 10113) Administration
proposed $600 million imme
diate program plus $2 billion
in cash with stand-by power
to spend in time of recession.
Senate Passed bill which
boosts immediate program to
$750 million, cuts stand-by
program to $750 million and
denies cash for it until next
year. House Rules commit
tee has cleared for floor ac
tion $900 million immediate
program containing no stand
by power.
Women's Wages (HR 11677
& S 2494) Would require
equal pay for women for
equal work within single com
panies with Labor Depart
ment authorized to enforce
through federal courts. House
Passed. Senate No hear
ings scheduled.
Teacher Quality (HR 11888
& S 2826) Would authorize
about $300 million over five
years for expanded coopera
tive research in teaching im
provement and summer col
lege courses for grade and
high school teachers. Partici
pants to get $75 a week sti
pend plus $15 for each depen
dent. House Education-la-
b 0 r committee approved,
stalled in rules committee.
Senate Committee hearings
completed.
TAXES. POSTAGE
Tax ReTliion (HR 10650)
Provides tax credits (re
ductions) ranging up to $7 for
each $100 spent by businesses
for income-producing equip
ment, imposes withholding
taxes on dividend and inter
est payments, and curbs tax
deduction for expense ac
counts. House Passed. Sen
ate Committee approved
bill after revising tax credits,
eliminating withholding and
softening proposed expense
account rules.
Postal Rales (HR 7927)
Would increase first class, air
mail and postcard rates one
cent, and raise rates for mag
azine and advertising mail.
House Passed. Senate
Committee hearings under
way.
CIVIL RIGHTS
Literacy Tests (S 2750 &
HR 10034) Would outlaw
discriminatory state literacy
tests for voters and make
sixth grade education proof of
literacy; would apply only to
federal elections. House
Committee held hearings.
Senate Efforts to pass aban
doned after Senate twice re
fused to stop Southern talka
thon. Poll Taxes (S.J. Res. 29)
Would amend constitution to
outlaw state poll taxes or
other levies as requirement
for voting in federal elections.
Senate Passed. House
Committee approved, no ac
tion in rules committee.
School Segregation (HR
10056 4c HR 11707) First
would withhold federal aid
payments from racially-segre-gated
schools crowded by chil
dren of servicemen and feder
al workers; second would re
peal authority for aid to "sep
arate but equal'' land grant
colleges. House Both bills
approved by education-labor
committee, stalled in rules
committee. Senate No hear
ings scheduled.
AGRICULTURE
Governmant Controls (HR
11222 & S 3225) - Would re
quire growers of corn, other
feed grains to choose in na
tional referendum between
curbs on plantings to curb
surpluses and sharp cut in
price guarantees. Senate -passed.
House - rejected.
Acreag Cuts (HR 12391)
Would continue for one year
stopgap wheat and feed grain
programs, including payments
to growers of corn and other
feed grains who voluntarily
cut plantings to reduce sur
pluses. House Passed. Sen
ate Committee approved
alter revamping to tighten
wheat controls after 1963,
pending before Senate.
CITIES
Commuter Transportation
(HR 1158 & S 3126) Provides
$500 million In federal
grants to help cities and towns
subsidize development of bet
ter commuter trains, buses
and subways. Senate Com
mittee approved. House
Banking committee approved,
pending in rules committee.
1 Cabinet (Reorganization plan
No. 1) Would create cabi
net-level Department of Urban
Affairs and Housing. House
Killed.
GOVERNMENT
Wilderness (S 174 and HR
776) Would establish a na
tional system for preserving
wilderness areas for recrea
tion purposes: could include
6.800.000 acres in 44 slates
Senate Passed. House
Subcommittee approved after
making extensive revisions
designed to mollify private in
jterests.
! Drug Controls (HR 11581
land S 15521 Would revamp
I federal controls over market
ing of drugs. Senate Com
'mittee approved bill does not
contain all strengthening
amendments sought by admin
istration. House Committee
hearings resume this week
Wir.tappinj (S 2813 At HR
10185) Would authorize
federal officials to gather
wiretap evidence with court
approval in serious crime investigations.-
with attorney
general's approval in security
cases. Senate Committee
hearings in recess. House
Subcommittee hearings in re
cess. Crim (S 1655) Would
permit witnesses to be grant
ed immunity and compelled
to testify in certain court
trials involving graft, bribery
and extortion. Senate Pass
ed. House in committee; no
hearings scheduled.
Gorarnment Pay (HR 9531)
Would give 1.8 million
postal and civil service work
ers pay hikes totaling $1.2
billion a year in two steps, ef
fective July 1, 1962, and July
1, 1963; provides much high
er pay increases in lower
brackets than administration
asked. House Committee
approved. Senate Hearings
completed.
VETERANS
Increased Compensation (HR
10743) Would give cost of
living increases averaging 9 4
per cent to veterans drawing
compensation for injuries or
ailments resulting from mili
tary service. House Passed
Senate Committee approved.
Insurance Reinstate-
ment (HR 12333 and S 3597)
To permit veterans who
served between 1940 and 1956
to buy, or reinstate, up to
$10,000 in GI life insurance.
Senate Passed. House
Amended to limit insurance
reopening to those with ser
vices 0 n n e c fe d disability.
Compromise talks not yet set.
BILLS PASSED. SIGNED
Retraining (Pub. Law 87
415; S 1991) A three year.
$435 million federal program
of retraining subsistence al
lowances for workers whose
jobs have disappeared because
of automation or relocation
and pilot program of training
for youths entering job market.
Disclosure (Pub. Law 87
420; HR 8723) Requires de
tailed financial reporting from
administrators of companv
and union managed pension
and welfare plans, gives labor
department enforcement pow
ers and provides criminal pen
alties for embezzlement and
kickbacks.
Peace Corps (Pub. Law 87-
442; HR 10700) Authorizes
enlargement of Peace Corps.
Educational TV (Pub. Law
87-447; S 205) Authorizes
five-year, $32 million match
ing grant program for non
profit educational and civic
groups planning to build edu
cational television stations.
Tax Cut (Pub. Law 87-508;
HR 11879) Repeals 10 per
cent tax on railroad, bus and
water travel and cuts tax to
5 per cent on airline tickets,
effective Nov. 15. Extends
present temporary tax rates
on corporation profits, liquor,
automobiles, telephone calls,
etc. until July 1, 1963.
National Debt (Pub. Law 87
512; HR 11990) Raises na
tional debt limit to a record
high $308 billion through
next March 31, fixes it at $305
billion April 1 to June 24, at
$300 billion June 25-30; per
manent limit remains at. $285
billion.
TV Sets (Pub. Law 87-529:
HR 8031) Authorizes the
Federal Communications
Commission to require manu
facturers to make only 82
channel sets.
Sugar (Pub. Law 87-535:
HR 12154) Revamps and
extends sugar controls, giving
domestic growers bigger mar
keting quotas and eliminating
about one-half of the subsidies
paid foreign growers.
Sugar (Pub. Law 87-539; HR
8050) Amends new sugar
law to give President discre
tionary power to provide
premium prices to foreign
suppliers on additional 150,
000 tons a year.
Wtlfara (Pub. Law 87-543:,
HR 10606) Would revise
and expand federal participa
tion in state-operated public
assistance programs, putting
new emphasis on rehabilita
tion and increasing Federal
grants for relief checks for
needy , aged, blind and disabled.
I Foreign Aid (Pub. Law 87-
565: S 2996) Authorizes ap
propriations of $4,672,000,000
for year which started July 1,
and $1.8 billion for Latin
America for subsequent three
years. Administration had re
quested $4.9 billion and $2 4
billion, respectively.
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