90TH CONGRESS 2d Session } HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES { REPORT No. 1175 AMENDING TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE, TO MAKE THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROHIBITION AGAINST PARTICIPATION IN POLITICAL ACTIVITIES APPLICABLE TO THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND THE MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COUNCIL MARCH 13, 1968.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed Mr. ASHMORE, from the Committee on House Administration, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 15710] The Committee on House Administration, to whom was referred the bill H.R. 15710, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. The Government of the District of Columbia was reorganized in 1967 to create a Commission and a District of Columbia Council. Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967 authorizes the creation of new offices and the abolition of existing ones, as well as the transfer of functions from existing offices to the newly created ones. However, it does not amend the statutory exclusion of the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners from the provisions of the Hatch Act relating to political activities of officials and employees of the Federal Government. H.R. 15710 would change the language of the Hatch Act, 5 U.S.C. 7324(d) (4), by striking out "the Commissioners of the District of Columbia" and substituting "the Commissioner of the District of Columbia or the members of the District of Columbia Council." Such amendment would exclude the Commissioner and members of the District of Columbia Council from the provisions of the Hatch Act. It is entirely appropriate for the Commissioner and Council members to assume the role of active and representative political leaders of their community. The freedom to take part in political activities is not inconsistent, in the case of the members of the Council, with the provision of section 201(b) of the Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967, that the Council shall be nonpartisan. That requirement means that the Council must avoid taking actions, or organizing itself, along partisan political lines. It does not mean that the mem bers should be precluded from assuming active political leadership in the community or from otherwise participating actively in political life. That they should be permitted to do so is consistent with the additional provisions of section 201(b) to the effect that the membership of the Council shall be bipartisan and broadly representative of the District of Columbia community. O H.R. 1175 90TH CONGRESS 2d Session } HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES { No. 1177 REPORT CALLING ON THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA TO SERVE THE YOUTH OF THIS NATION AS REQUIRED BY THEIR CONGRESSIONAL CHARTER MARCH 14, 1968.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. PUCINSKI, from the Committee on Education and Labor, REPORT [To accompany S.J. Res. 138] The Committee on Education and Labor, to whom was referred the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 138) calling on the Boy Scouts of America to serve the youth of this Nation as required by their congressional charter, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the joint resolution do pass. O Mr. STAGGERS, from the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 2029] The Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (S. 2029) to amend the National Traffic and Motor Venicle Safety Act of 1966 relating to the application of certain standards to motor vehicles produced in quantities of less than 500, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass. COMMITTEE AMENDMENT The committee amendment strikes out all after the enacting clause and inserts in lieu thereof the following new text: That title I of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "SEC. 123. (a) Upon application made by a manufacturer at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary shall prescribe, he shall temporarily exempt a limited production motor vehicle from any motor vehicle safety standard established under this title if he finds that compliance would cause such manufacturer substantial economic hardship or that such temporary exemption would facilitate the development of vehicles utilizing a propulsion system other than or supplementing an internal combustion engine and that such temporary exemption would be consistent with the public interest and the objectives of this Act. "(b) The Secretary shall require in such manner as he deems appropriate, the notification of the dealer and of the first purchaser of a limited production motor vehicle (not including the dealer of such manufacturer) that such vehicle has been exempted from certain motor vehicle safety standards, and the standards from which it is exempted. "(c) For the purposes of this section 'limited production motor vehicle' means a motor vehicle, produced by a manufacturer whose total motor vehicle production, as determined by the Secretary, does not exceed 500 annually. "(d) The authority of the Secretary under this section shall terminate three years after the date of enactment of this section, and no exemption granted under |