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• Publication Date: February 12, 1954
• Content Type: REGULATION

HIGHLIGHTS
Mexican farm labor recruitment bill reported by House committee.
See Congressional Program Ahead.
Senate
Chamber Action Committee Meetings
The Sedate was not in session today. Its next meeting
will be held on Monday, February 15; at 12 noon. No committee meetings were held.
to recruitment of agricultural workers from the Repub-
lic of Mexico.
RIVERS AND HARBORS
Committee on Public Works: Representative Reams, of
Ohio, discussed the Toledo. Harbor project before the
Bills Reported: Reports were filed as follows: Angell subcommittee today. This subcommittee has
H. R. 3413, granting oil and gas in lands on the Fort been conducting a series of hearings regarding authori-
Peck Indian Reservation, Mont., to individuals in cer-;. nations which have been reported on favorably by the
Douse of Representatives
Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 38 public bills, H. R. 7839-7876; 16
private bills, H. R. 7877-7892; and 8 resolutions, H. J.
Res. 373-375, H. Con. Res. zoo, and H. Res. 441-444
were introduced. Pages 1598-1599, 1614-1615
tain cases, amended (H. Rept. 1198); and Corps of Engineers since passage of the River and Har-
H. J. Res. 355, relative to the supplying of agricultural' bor Act of 1950-
Page 1614 nesses prese
summons: Adopted 11. Res. 44r, approving special tion
appearances of certain House Members and authorizing
,
action with respect thereto as directed by chairman o
'Recessed until February 24.
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by the United States District Court for the Eastern
trict of Michigan, Southern Division. Pages 1
Private Bill: Complied with request of the
the return of H. R. 4254, a private bill. Page 1599
Bills Referred: Seven Senate-passed bills were referred
to appropriate committees. Page 1613
Program for Tuesday: Adjourned at 2:07 p. m. until
Tuesday, February 16, at 12 o'clock noon; for program
see Congressional Program Ahead in this DIGEST.
Committee Meetings
MEXICAN FARM LABOR
Committee on Agrciulture: Voted to report to the
Douse H. J. Res. 355, amending the act of 1951 relating
GENERAL TAX REVISION
Committee on Ways and Means: Agreed to the follow-
ing substantive changes in excise taxes on tobacco and
alcoholic beverages in today's executive session-
Adopted a substantially revised codification of the excise
'taxes on distilled spirits; beer, wine, cigarettes, and cigars and
other excise taxes related to alcoholic beverages and tobacco.
The committee made no changes in the present rates of tax.
The administrative provisions relating to the excise taxes on
tobacco have not been revised since 1868 and those relating to
alcoholic beverages in large measure represent a reenactment of
the preprohibition era. One of the most important changes of
the committee was to delete obsolete provisions, some 22 of the
old sections having been omitted, primarily for this reason. The
committee has also removed many of the numerous record-
keeping requirements of the present law and conformed those
which were retained to modern commercial techniques. It is
anticipated that the changes made-by the committee in these
excise taxes on alcoholic beverages and tobacco will substantially
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W. D. Milne of the Corps of
the project, and the following wit-
d their views-Adm. Lyndon Spencer,
io, president of the Lake Carriers Associa-
eslie Phal, president, Toledo Port Commission;
Norman Drulard
Toledo's acting harbormaster.
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reduce both the Gove`rnment's administrative, atd the industry's
compliance, costs. ~
s. Use of returns for payment ? 7 -Probably the single
most important change made by the committee was the adop-
tion of provisions for the alcoholic beverage and tobacco taxes
providing for the payment of these taxes by returns rather than
by the purchase of stamps. The new provisions provide for the
payment of these taxes by returns under a system to be worked
out by regulations as provided by the Secretary or his delegate.
This new system will be put into effect as soon after January s,
1955, as it is possible. The period of time for which the returns
are filed also will be determined by regulations. This involves
some period of deferral of payment, the length of this period
depending on what the Government's fiscal condition permits.
The use of stamps will be continued but these will no longer be
indicative of the payment of tax but rather that a tax has been
determined to be due.
a. Tobacco taxes.-Some of the more important changes in
the tobacco tax administrative provisions include: (a) The re-
moval from the statutes of the existing detailed provisions relat-
ing to the quantities of tobacco and snuff and number of
,cigarettes and cigars which may be packaged together and re-
quirements as to labels, notices, and stamps. Instead these
matters are to be governed by regulation. This will make it
possible to provide for packaging of tobacco products in more
-convenient quantities or numbers, including the packaging of
single cigars as gifts; (b) the elimination of the special require-
ments and penalties in existing law relating to tobacco peddlers.
For the few of such individuals in existence the regular provisions
relating to retailers are adequate; (c) the elimination of the
detailed and voluminous provisions in existing law as to the
making of reports, the keeping of special books, and the record-
ing of inventories. To provide flexibility the provision of record-
keeping will be left to regulations which will provide for making
use of the establishments' regular commercial records to the
maximum extent possible; and (d) a. revision of the penalties
relating to the tobacco taxes to modernize them, simplify them,
make them more uniform and make them more appropriate to
3. Beer.-The changes made in the administrative provisions
relating to the excise tax on beer include: (a) Authorization to
CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD
Senate Chamber
(Week of February r5-2o)
On Monday and throughout the week (during pe-
riods when Senate has temporarily put aside the unfin-
ished business, S. J. Res. T, constitutional amendment
on treaties), Senate will consider H. R. 6025, a private
bill (the pending business), to be followed by S. 1857,
io63, 1461, 1691, 2231, 796, 2404; H. R. 3704, 5976, 6025,
and six private bills (S. 56, 59, 101, 389; H. R. 2351,
and 685).
Senate Committees
Committee on Agriculture and Forestry: February 15, on
S. 2549, improvement of soil conservation works, to hear Gen.
S. D. Sturgis, Chief of Army Engineers, so a. M., 324 Senate
Office Building;
February 17, exectuive, on committee business.
Committee on Appropriations: February 15, Subcommittee on
Ari