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• Document Release Date: December 17, 2001
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• Publication Date: March 12, 1975
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National Retired Teachers Association, and Nelson H.
Cruikshank, National . Council of Senior Citizens, all
of Washington, D.C.; and Dr. Jacqueline Jackson,
National Caucus for Black Aged, Durham, N.C.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
Committee on Commerce: Committee began hearings
on research and development in the field of fuel effi-
ciency in automobiles (S. 307, 449, 633, 654, and 783),
receiving testimony from Senator. Nelson; John Bar-
num, Deputy Secretary, accompanied by associates, all
of the Department of Transportation; Roger Strelow,
Assistant Administrator for Air and Waste Manage-
ment, accompanied by associates, all of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency; Roger W. Sant, Assistant
Administrator for Conservation and Environment,
Federal Energy Administration; Ralph Nader, Center
for 'the Study of Responsive Law, accompanied by
Clarence Ditlow, Public Interest Research Group,
Washington, D.C.; Henry L. Duncombe, accompanied
by Dr. Craig Marks, both representing the General
Motors Corp., Detroit; Alan G. Loofbourrow, accom-
panied by Vic Tomlinson, and Harold Welch, all rep-
resenting Chrysler Corp., Detroit; Fred Secrest, Ford
Motor Co., Detroit; and Donald F. Weeden, Weeden &
Co., Inc., New York City.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
TAX REDUCTION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings
on H.R. 2166, proposed Tax Reduction Act of 1975,
after receiving testimony from George Meany, presi-
dent, AFL-CIO; Budde Krones, National Association
of Realtors; Edwin B. Brooks, Jr., U.S. League of Savings
Associations; William F. McKenna, National Savings
& Loan League; Carl A. Coan, Jr., National Association
of Home Builders; and Russell W. Laxson, National
Association of Manufacturers, all of Washington, D.C.;
and Kenneth Rosen, Joint Center for Urban Studies
of MIT and Harvard University,Cambridge.
Committee will meet in executive session tomorrow
to begin markup on this bill.
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Committee on Government Operations: Committee
ordered favorably reported with amendments S. 200, to
establish a nonregulatory agency in the executive branch
consumers in a era
agency and court proceedings.
Also, committee reconsidered its action of January 28,
1975, when it ordered favorably reported S. 172, provid-
ing an increase in amounts of reimbursable official travel
expenses for Federal employees (including an increase
from $25 per day to $35 per day in basic per diem),
agreed to an additional amendment thereto, and again
approved the bill for reporting to the Senate.
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MICRONESIA WORK PROGRAM
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Committee
concluded oversight hearings on the present status of
the public works program in Micronesia, after receiving
testimony from the following. Senators of Micronesia:
Bailey Olter, of Ponape; and Pedro Tenorio, of
Marianas; the following Mdmbers of Congress of,
Micronesia: Raymond Setik, of Truk; Oscar Rasa, of
Marianas; Ataji Balos, of Marshalls; and Kaleb Udui,
Legislative Coijncil, Congress of Micronesia; William
Penrose, Burke, Va.; Sangkil Lee, Hanil Development
Co., Ltd., Agana, Guam; Richard Thorpe, Carlsbad,
N. Mex.; and Lawrence Morderosian, Portland, Oreg.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee, in executive
session, adopted rules governing committee procedures
for the 94th Congress; and ordered favorably reported
S. 331, redesignating November ii of each year as
Veterans Day and making such day a legal public
holiday.
Also, committee ordered favorably reported the
following nominations:
Donald G. Brotzman, of Colorado, to be an
Assistant Secretary of the Army;
J. Smith Henley, of Arkansas, to be U.S. circuit judge
for the eighth circuit;
Donald W. Wyatt, to be U.S. marshal for the District
of Rhode Island; and
To be U.S. attorneys as follows: John E. Clark, of
Texas, for the western district; William B. Cummings,
of Virginia, for the eastern district; and Ralph B. Guy,
of Michigan, for the eastern district.
Committee on the judiciary: Subcommittee on Im-
provements in Judicial Machinery resumed hearings on
bills proposing revisions in the bankruptcy laws (S. 235
and 236), receiving testimony from Walter W. Vaughan,
Washington, D.C., and Patrick A. Murphy, San Fran-
cisco, both representing the American Bankers Associa.
tion; Mr. Vaughan and James N. Rice, Boston, both
representing the Consumer Bankers Association Task
Force on Bankruptcy; and. Alvin O. Wiese, Jr., Los
Angeles, and Robert B. Norris, Washington, D.C.,
both representing the National Consumer. Finance
Association.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
INDUSTRIAL STANDARDS -
Committee on the judiciary: Subcommittee on Anti-
trust and Monopoly continued hearings on the effects on
competition of voluntary industrial standards and certi-
fication programs, receiving testimony from August G.
Rebel, - Jr., Bonal Machine Co., Detroit; Heinz K.
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Meier, Ganis, Inc., Troy, Mich.; _ and James Magyari, Howard Grossman, both representing the Economic
Process Industries, Inc., Melvindale, Mich. Development Council of Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Hearings continue tomorrow. Hearings were recessed subject to call.
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
Committee on Public Wo
Committee, in an open
bly reported S. Res. 69,
business meeting, ordered favd
disapproving the proposed P
budget authority for Federal-ai
ighway programs
(transmitted on September 2o, 1974). :p
APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Public Works= Subcomm ec on Eco-
nomic Development continued hearings to mine the
structure and operation of Appalachian regional de-
velopment programs, receiving testimony fromfayor
James Olean, and Richard Barton, city manager; *ioth
of Clarksburg, W. Va.; David McDavid,, Catlettsbb g,
Ky, accompanied by David Salisbury, both representing
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee
received a report concerning contested ballots cast in
the 1974. New 'hampshire senatorial election contest
from the panel composed of three professional com-
mittee staff members. This panel will report again to
the committee at a meeting scheduled for Monday,
March 17.
COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES
Select Committer on Intelligence Activities: Committee
met, in executive session, to review agreements with
the Central Intelligence Agency concerning access of
the committee on information needed for the commit-
the FIVCO Area Development District; Harold Brea=,_ tee's investigatiot=. Also, committee approved additional
zeale, accompanied by Donald Hinson, both represent- `'. staff appointments.
ing the South Carolina Appalachia Council of Gov- Committee will meet again, in closed session, on
ernments; and Thomas Shelbourne, accompanied by Wednesday, March 19.
House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 167 public bills, H.R. 4656-4822; 8
private bills, H.R. 4823-4829; and 22 resolutions, H.J.
Res. 307-315, H. Con. Res. 178, and H. Res..293 304
were introduced. Pages H1628-H1634
Bills Reported: Reports were filed as follows:
H.R. 4221, to amend the Higher Education Act of
1965, as amended, relative to the reallocation of work-
study funds (H. Rept. 94-55) ; and
H. Res. 304, providing for the consideration of
H.R. 25, Surface Mining Act (H. Rept. 94-56).
Page H1628
Late Reports: Committee on Education and Labor
received permission to file a report by midnight on
man), Johlon of California, Randall, Stratton, Meeds,
Solarz, Collic? of Illinois, Cleveland, Horton, McEwen,
Winn, and du'ont;
National Co mission for the Review of Federal and
-State Laws Reh'g to Wiretapping and Electronic
Surveillance: Repr entatives Kastenmeier, Seiberling,
Railsback, and Butler
Migratory Bird Co nervation
sentatives Dingell and nte;
Commission: Repre-
Advisory Commission n Intergovernmental Rela-
tions: Representaitives Fotihtain, Corman, and Brown
of Ohio; and
United States Group of the North Atlantic Assembly:
Representatives Hays (Chair' an), Rodino, Brooks,
Phillip Burton, Annunzio, Boy Wilson, Broomfield,
Latta, and Edwards of Alabama.'- Page H1566
H.R. 4221, to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965, Subcommittee To Sit: Subcommiee on Accounts of
as amended, relative to the reallocation of work-study the Committee on House Administration received per-
funds; and the Committee on Rules received permission mission to sit dilrin under the minute
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rule today. Page H1566
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Committee Election: Agreed to H. Res. 293, electing
Representative McHugh as a member of the Committee
on Veterans' Affairs. Page H1566
Appointments: The Speaker made the following
appointments:
U.S. delegation of the Canada-United States Inter-
parliamentary Group: Representatives Morgan (Chair-
Emergency Employment Appropriatid s: By a yea-
and-nay vote of 13 yeas to 113 nays, the Ouse passed
H.R. 4481, making emergency employment ppropria-
By a recorded vote of io9 ayes to 315 nays, r2' ctcd a
motion to recommit the bill to the Committee Ap-
propriations with instructions to report it back orth-
with with an am mdment that deletes $2.168 billion for
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