MEDFOBD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
Status of Congressional Bills
Washington - IUFD - Status
of major legislation:
Income Taxes - The admin
isirduon recommended net re
duction! of $10.6 billion in in
come taxes on individual and
corporations with cuts fully
effective on 1965 incomes and
partly effective on 1964 in
come. House - Ways and
Means committee has approv
ed this time - table and ap
proved cuts of ?11 billion;
final committee action expect
ed late this month. Senate -
Awaiting House action
Stock and Bond Taxes -To
retard flow of American capi
tal abroad, Kennedy has pro
posed that purchase taxes be
levied on Americans who buy
foreign stocks and bonds
from foreigners; securities of
certain underdeveloped coun
tries would be exempted.
House - Ways and Means com
mittee will start hearings
Tuesday. Senate - Awaiting
House action.
Dabt Limit - Administra
tion requested extension
through Nov. 30 of tempo
rary legal ceiling of $309 bil
lion on national debt; under
permanent law debt limit
would revert on Sept. 1 to
$285 billion which is more
than $20 billion less than the
actual debt. House - Passed.
Senate - Finance committee
approved.
Military Pay - Administra
tion asked $1.2 billion annual
pay and benefit boost for serv
icemen, reservists and reti
rees. House and Senate have
passed modified and differing
versions. Compromise be
tween the two measures ex
pected to be worked out in
conference committed this
week.
Fallout Shelters - President
Kennedy wants authority to
make federal contributions
toward construction of civil
defense fallout shelters in
schools, hospitals and other
non-profit institutions. House
- Approved by Armed Serv
ices subcommittee. Senate -Nothing
scheduled.
Foreign Aid - Administra
tion asking $4.5 billion. House
- Foreign Affairs committee
approved authorization bill
setting ceiling on appropria
tions slightly below $4.1 bil
lion. Scheduled for House ac
tion this week. Senate - For
e i g n Relations committee
nearing final action on- bill.
(Actual appropriations to
come later.)
Treaty - U. S., Russia and
Britain have signed treaty
banning nuclear tests in air,
space and underwater; ratifi
cation requires two - thirds
vote of Senate. Senate - Com
mittee hearings under way.
House - No action required.
Health Insurance - Presi
dent wants hospitalization
program for persons 65 and
older financed through social
security taxes. House - Ways
and Means committee expect
ed to hold hearings later this
year. Senate -. Awaiting
House action.
Mental Health Adminis
tration wants long-range pro
gram for community mental
health treatment centers; re
search on and treatment of
mental retardation. Senate
Approved 10-year, $847 mil
lion program that has admin
istration endorsement. House
Commerce committee ap
proved $238 million dollar
program over slightly shorter
period.
Medical Schools Adminis
tration asked long range con
struction aid for medical-dental
schools, loans to students.
House Passed three-year pro
gram that would cost $236
million. Senate No hearings
yet.
College Construction Ken
nedy orginally asked for fed
eral funds to build class rooms
and laboratories as part of
larger $5.3 billion school bill;
agreed later to separate bills.
House Passed $1.2 billion in
grants and loans for colleges.
Senate Hearings completed
on omnibus school bill.
Schools and Libraries
President wants aid continued
for "impacted areas" and li
braries. House Education
committee approved in sep
arate bills, with amendments
forbidding use of funds for
segregated facilities. Senate
Hearings completed on onm
hue crhnnl bill.
Vocational Schools Presi
dent asked steo-up tn federal
aid to vocational schools.
Hnnse Passed bill to in
crease aid from $57 million to
$180 million annually over
four years. Senate Hearings
completed on omnibus bill.
Voting President Kennedy
asked for controls on use of
litomi-v ipots. soeedier votiing
rights suits and extension of
the civil rights commissions
life for four years in his orig
inal request last winter. House
-Judiciary subcommittee con
4i,,o. dnspd-door consider
ation this week. Senate Ju
diciary subcommittee approv
ed four-year extensiuu m v....
vtohta rnmmission.
Public Accommodations
Kennedy's main request in his
second rights message was iur
legislation outlawing segrc.
inn in u of hotels, stores,
restaurants, theaters and oth
er public accommodations in
interstate commerce. He also
asked for new authority to
Initiate school desegregation
suits and optional authority
to withhold federal aid to
states that practice racial dis- backed subsidy plan would
crimination. House-Judiciary
subcommittee continues closed-door
consideration this
week. Senate Commerce
committee hearings completed
on public accommodations fea
ture; Judiciary committee
hearings underway on full
civil rights package.
Employment Kennedy en
dorsed fair employment prac
tices commission legislation
to bar job discrimination by
private businesses and labor
unions. House Labor com
mittee has approved FEPC.
Senate Labor subcommittee
hearings underway.
Cotton Administration
provide cheaper cotton for
U.S. textile mills; includes
lower support - prices for
large-scale growers and poten
tial relaxation of planting re
strictions. House Bill ap
proved by Agricultural com
mittee, cleared by Rules com
mittee, but not yet scheduled
for floor action. Senate
Hearings completed.
Mexican Farm Hands 12-year-old
law permitting im
portation of Mexicans for
temporary work on American
farms expires Dec. 31; admin
istration requested one-year
extension with new safe
guards to protect domestic
workers. House -Bill to ex
tend program two years with
out change defeated on House
floor. Senate Passed on year
extension.
Mass Transit Kennedy
proposed $500 million in sub
sidies to improve city rail,
bus and subway services.
House Banking committee
approved bill, pending in
Rules committee. Senate Ap
proved $375 million program.
Wilderness P r e s i dent
wants to establish a national
program to preserve public
lands in their natural state.
Senate Passed, with provi
sion covering 8 million acres
immediately and possibly up
to 35 million acres eventual
ly. House No committee
hearings set.
Outdoor Recreation Ken
nedy wants a special land and
water conservation fund to
finance purchase of addition
al federal and state park lands
and forests for outdoor recre
ation. House Interior sub
committee action underway.
Senate Hearings completed.
Depressed Areas Kennedy
asked Congress to expand
sharply program of federal re
development aid to local in
dustries designed to create
jobs in areas of chronically
high unemployment. Senate
Approved additional $455 mil
lion authorization. House Re
jected, but banking commit
tee has approved a "second
try" $355 million bill.
Youth Employment Ken
nedy asked new $100 million
youth conservation corps for
outdoor work in forests and
parks; home town youth corps
for local civil projects. House
Education committee has
approved, pending in Rules
committee. Senate Passed.
Domestic Peace Corps
President asking for new or
ganization of 1,000 to 5,000
skilled volunteers to carry out
work in this country similar
to peace corps projects abroad.
$5 million first year cost.
House Education and Labor
subcommittee' hearings under
way. Senate-Passed.
Labor Dispute Adminis
tration requested Congress to
assign to Interstate Com
merce commission task of re
solving dispute over "work
rules" which has threatened
a nation-wide railroad strike.
Senate Commerce committee
completed hearings on adrnin-
THURSDAY, AUGUST 22. 1113
istration bill. House Com
merce committee hearings
concluded.
Price-cutting - Administration-opposed
bill backed by
druggists, and other retail
groups is designed to stop re
tail price-cutting of brand
name merchandise. House
Commerce committee ap
proved, pending in Rules
committee. Senate-No date set
for hearings to resume.
LAWS ENACTED
Drait Congress granted
Kennedy's request for four
year extension of selective
service and doctor draft.
Feed Grains Congress ex
tended for two years tempor
ary program of paying farm
ers to hold down surplus pro
duction of corn and other feed
grains.
National Debt To permit
government to borrow money
it needs to keep its bills Con
gress raised legal limit on na
tional debt to $307 billion
through June 30 and to $309
billion during July and Aug
ust. Previous temporary limit
was $305 billion; further leg
islation will be needed to pre
vent ceiling from dropping to
$285 billion Sept. 1.
Silver To combat shortage
of silver tor coins, Congress
gave administration authority
it requested to replace exist
ing silver-backed $1 bills with
gold-backed $1 bills. -
Women Workers Starting
next June employers must
provide equal pay for wom
en workers who do the same
as men; new law applies to
Bim 7
minimum
Jobs covered by
wage-hour law. .
Taxes-Congress in response)
to administration request ex
tended for another year pres
ent temporary tax rates on
corporation profits, liquor,
cigarettes, automobiles, tele
phone calls and airline tick
ets which had been scheduled
to drop to lower levels July
1. (Corporation tax rates
would be permanently revised
downward, if Kennedy's tax
reduction program is enacted.)
GOVERNOR ELECTED
Anchorage, Alaska - (171
Victor C. Wilson, Portland,
Ore., has been elected gov
ernor of the Pacific North
west division of the Kiwantl
International at a convention
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