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16 A TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 11. 1962 MEDFORD r-f AIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON Status of Major Bills Pending Before Congress Washington OJPb- Status of major bills in Congress: FOREIGN POLICY Trad (HR 11970) - Would authorize President to abolish or reduce tariffs and provide federal aid to U.S. firms and workers hurt by imports. House - passed; Senate - com mittee action expected to start this week. U.N. Bonds (HR 9982 & S 2768) - Would authorize Pres. ldent to lend the United Na tions up to $100 million to help the world organization solve its financial crisis. Sen ate - passed. House - commit' tee approved compromise to limit loan to total loaned by other countries; comes up in House Thursday. DEFENSE Fallout Shell.rt (HR 10262 & S 2568) - Would authorize federal grants to non-profit groups for construction of public fallout shelters. No hearings scheduled on author ization bill by Senate or House; meantime, the House has denied all shelter funds. Senate has voted to restore limited funds to complete cur rent survey and slocking of potential shelter space already existing and to include shel ters in some new government buildings. Differences still to be compromised. WELFARE, EDUCATION Medical Car (HR 4222 & S 90B) - Would provide partial payment o f hospitalization and nursing home costs of per sons over 65. Senate - killed compromise version. House -committee opposed, but aban doned plans for showdown vote in view of Senate action. College Aid (HR 8900) -House-passed bill would pro vide $1.5 billion over five years in construction loans and grants for college build ings. Senate-passed bill would provide $1.5 billion in con struction loans, $250 million in building grants for junior colleges and $900 million for student scholarships. Confer ence committee negotiations stalled. Madical Education (HR 4999 & 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 completed, waiting 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 volun teer local civic projects. House - approved by labor commit tee, stalled In rules committee. Senate - committee approved. Public Works (HR 101 13) -Administration proposed $600 million immediate program plus $2 billion in cash with stand-by power to spend in time of recession. Senate -passed bill to boost immediate program to $750 million, cut stand-by program to $750 mil lion and deny cash for it until next year. House-passed $900 million immediate program with no stand-by power. Sen ate expected to accept House version. Women's W3t (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 - subcommil- lee approved. Ttacher Training (HR 1 1888 & S 2828) - Would authorize about $300 million over five years tor expanded coopera tive research in teaching Im provement and summer col lege courses for grade and high schoul teachers; partici pants to get $75 a week sti pend plus $15 for each de pendent. House - education labor committee approved, stalled in rules committee. Senate - committee hearings completed. TAXES, POSTAGE Tax Raviiion (HR 10650) -Would provide tax credits ranging up to $7 for each $100 spent by businesses (or income- producing equipment, impose withholding taxes on dividends and interest pay ments, and curb tax deduction for expense accounts. House -passed. Senate-passed revised version that eliminates with holding provision. Conference committee to draft final ver sion. Postal Rates (HR 7027) -Would increase first class, air mail and postcard rates one cent and also raise rates for magazine and advertising mail. House-passed. Senate committee tentatively approv ed after scaling down rale hikes on publishers and adver tisers. Sslf-Employtd (HR 10) - Would permit self-employed persons to defer payment of federal taxes on part of their income to help them save funds for retirement. House passed bill permitting tax de ferral on amounts ranging up to $2,500 a year. Senate -passed bill to limit deferrals to SI. 250 annually. Differenc es to be considered in confer CIVIL RIGHTS Literacy Tests (S 2750 & HR 10034) - Would outlaw dis criminatory state literacy tests for voters and make sixth grade education proof of lit eracy for federal elections. House - committee held hear ings. Senate - abandoned ef forts to pass after twice failing to stop southern talkathon. Schools (HR 10056 & HR 11707) - First would withhold federal aid from racially-segregated schools crowded by children of servicemen and federal workers; second would repeal authority for aid to "separate but equal" land grant colleges. House - both bills approved by education labor committee, stalled in rules committee. Senate - no hearings scheduled. VETERANS Imuranc (HR 1233.) & S 3597)-Would 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 reopen ing to those with service-con- ncctcd disability. Compromise talks not yet set. AGRICULTURE Controls (HR 11222 & S 3225) - Would require grow ers of corn and other feed grains to choose in national referendum between curbs on plantings to curb surpluses and sharp cut in price guar antees. Senate - passed. House - rejected. Acr.ag. Cuts (HR 12391) -Would continue for one year stopgap wheal 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 - passed after revamping to tighten wheal controls. Dif ferences being considered in conference. CITIES Transportation (HR 1 158 & S 3126) - Would provide $500 million in federal grants to help cities and towns subsi dize development of better commuter trains, buses and subways. Senate - committee approved. House - banking committee approved, stalled in rules committee. Cabinet (Reorganization Plan No. 1) - Would create cabinet-level Department of Urban Affairs and Housing. House - killed. GOVERNMENT Wilderness (S 174 & HR 776) - Would establish nallon. al system of wilderness areas for recreation purposes. Sen ate - passed with provision for 8,800,000 acres now and pos sibly up to 45 million acres eventually. House - commit tee approved more limited version. Drug Controls (HR 11581 & S 1552) - Would tighten fed eral controls over marketing of drugs. Senate - approved with most of the strengthen ing amendments sought by ad ministration. House - commit tee hearings completed. Wiretapping (S 2813 & HR 10185)-Would authorized fed eral officials to gather wiretap evidence with court approval in serious crime investiga tions, with attorney general's approval in security cases. House - subcommittee hear ings in recess. House - sub committee hearings completed. Witnesses (S 1655) - Would permit witnesses to be grant ed immunity and compelled to testify in certain court trials involving graft, bribery and extortion. Senate- passed. House - in committee; no hearings scheduled. Gortrnment Pay (HR 9531) - Would give 18 million pos tal and civil service workers pay hikes totaling $1.2 billion a year in two steps. House -committee approved. Senate -hearings completed, commit tee considering. SIGNED BY PRESIDENT 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 mar ket. Disclosure (Pub. Law 87- 420; HR 8723) - Requires de-j tailed financial reporting from administrators of company j and union managed pension ' and welfare plans, gives labor j department enforcement pow- ers and provides criminal pen alties for embezzlement and kickbacks. Paaca Corps (Pub. Law 87- 442; HR 10700) - Authorizes enlargement of Peace Corps, i Educational TV (Pub. Law 87-447; S 205) - Authorizes I five-year, $32 million match ing grant program for non profit educational and civic groups planning to build edu cational television stations. Tax Cuts (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 lax rates on corporation profits, liquor, au tomobiles, telephone calls, etc. until July 1. 1963. National Debt (Pub. Law 87-512; HR 1990) - Raises na tional debt limit to a record high $308 billion through next March 31, fixes it at $305 bil lion 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 federal communications commission to require manufacturers to make only 82-channel sets. Sugar (Pub. Law 87-535; HR 12154) - Revamps and extends sugar controls, giving domes- lo veterans drawing compen sation for injuries or ailments resulting from military serv ice. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Poll Tax (SJ Res. 29) Would ban poll tax as a re lic growers bigger marketing i Foreign Aid (Pub. Law 87- quotas and eliminating about 565; S 2996)-Authorizes ap-one-half of the subsidies paid ' propriations of $4,672,000,000 foreign growers. I for year which started July 1 Sugar (Pub. Law 87-539; HR land $1.8 billion for Latin !,,.. . vntin in fpd. 8050) - Amends new sugar America for subsquent three ! eral elections Passed by both law to give President discre-1 years. Administration had re-Houses and ady or consi(j. tionary power to provide pre- quested $4.9 billion and $2.4 eratjon by state legislatures, mium prices to foreign sup- billion respectively. Will become 24th Amendment pliers on additional 150,000! Communication Satellites jf 3g states ratify within sev- luna a ycm. iruo. uaw or-ot; nn jiu-tujipn vears -Creates a privately owned, government-regulated corpo ration to build and operate a world-wide satellite system for relay of television signals and other communications. Veterans Compensation (HR 10743)-Civcs cost of living in creases averaging 9.4 per cent : Welfar (Pub. 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