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(a) Amendment of Section 162.-Section 162 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (relating to trade or business expenses) is amended by redesignating subsection (d) as (e) and by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection:

"(d) Deductions Denied in Case of Certain Expenses.—No deduction shall be allowed under subsection (a) for any expenses paid or incurred for—

"(1) entertainment (unless entertainment is the trade or business of the taxpayer and the expenses are paid or incurred to further such trade or business), except that the expenses paid or incurred for food or beverages for the primary purpose of providing an opportunity to advance the trade or business of the taxpayers may be deducted, if such expenses would have been deductible prior to the enactment of this subsection;

"(2) gifts, except that any gift by the taxpayer in the course of his trade or business to any person may be deducted in an amount not exceeding $10 per person per year, if such expenses would have been deductible prior to the enactment of this subsection; or

"(3) dues or initiation fees in social, athletic, or sporting clubs or organizations."

(b) Effective Date.-The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

After debate,

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On motion by Mr. Douglas, The motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

On motion by Mr. CLARK to further amend the bill by inserting at the proper place a section on real property used in the trade or business and involuntary conversions,

Pending debate,

Mr. CLARK modified his proposed amendment.

After debate,

The question being taken on agreeing to the amendment, as modified, proposed by Mr. CLARK, viz, at the proper place insert the following:

Sec. (a) Subsection (b) of section 1231 of the Internal Revenue Code (relating to property used in the trade or business and involuntary conversions) is amended to read as follows:

"(b) Definition of Property Used in the Trade or Business.-For purposes of this section

"(1) General rule.-The term 'property used in the trade or business' means real property used in the trade or business, held for more than 6 months, which is not

"(A) property of a kind which would properly be includible in the inventory of the taxpayer if on hand at the close of the taxable year,

"(B) property held by the taxpayer primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of his trade or business, or

"(2) Timber or coal.-Such term includes timber and coal with respect to which section 631 applies.

"(3) Livestock.-Such term also includes livestock, regardless of age, held by the taxpayer for draft, breeding, or dairy purposes, and held by him for 12 months or more from the date of acquisition. Such term does not include poultry.

"(4) Unharvested crop.-In the case of an unharvested crop on land used in the trade or business and held for more than 6 months, if the crop and the land are sold or exchanged (or compulsorily or involuntarily converted) at the same time and to the same person, the crop shall be considered as 'property used in the trade or business." (b) The amendment

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So the amendment was not agreed to. On motion by Mr. JOHNSON of Texas to reconsider the vote disagreeing to the amendment,

On motion by Mr. DIRKSEN, The motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

On motion by Mr. DOUGLAS to further amend the bill by adding at the end of the bill a new section on percentage depletion for oil and gas wells.

On motion by Mr. PROX MIRE, The yeas and nays, being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present, were ordered on the question of agreeing to the amendment.

Mr. GORE asked and obtained unanimous consent to propose, prior to debate on Mr. DOUGLAS' amendment, an amendment as a substitute for the amendment proposed by Mr. DOUGLAS; and

Pending debate,

Mr. GORE withdrew his proposed amendment.

The question recurring on agreeing to the amendment proposed by Mr. DougLAS,

After debate,

The question being taken on agreeing to the amendment proposed by Mr. DOUGLAS, viz, at the end of the bill add the following:

Sec. 7. Percentage Depletion for Oil and Gas Wells.

(a) Section 613 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (relating to percentage depletion) is amended

(1) by striking out, in subsection (a), "specified in subsection (b)" and inserting in lieu thereof “specified in subsection (b) and (d)";

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(d) as (e), and by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection:

"(d) Oil and Gas Wells.—

"(1) Percentage depletion rates.In the case of oil and gas wells, the percentage referred to in subsection (a) is as follows:

"(A) 272 percent-to the extent that for the taxable year, the taxpayer's gross income from the oil and gas well, when added to (i) the taxpayer's gross income from all other oil and gas wells, and (ii) the gross income from oil and gas wells of any taxpayer which controls the taxpayer and of all taxpayers controlled by or under common control with the taxpayer, does not exceed $1,000,000;

"(B) 21 percent-to the extent that, for the taxable year, the taxpayer's gross income from the oil and gas well, when added to (i) the taxpayer's gross income from all other oil and gas wells, and (ii) the gross income from oil and gas wells of any taxpayer which controls the taxpayer and of all taxpayers controlled by or under common control with the taxpayer, exceeds $1,000,000 but does not exceed $5,000,000; and

"(C) 15 percent.-To the extent that, for the taxable year, the taxpayer's gross income from the oil and and gas well, when added to (i) the taxpayer's gross income from all other oil and gas wells, and (ii) the gross income from oil and gas wells of any taxpayer which controls the taxpayer and of all taxpayers controlled by or under common control with taxpayer, exceeds $5,000,000. "(2) Control defined.-For purposes of paragraph (1), the term 'control'

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"(A) with respect to any corporation, the ownership, directly or indirectly, of stock possessing more than 50 percent of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock entitled to vote, or the power (from whatever source derived and by whatever means exercised) to elect a majority of the board of directors, and

"(B) with respect to any taxpayer, the power (from whatever source derived and by whatever means exercised) to select the management or determine the business policies of the taxpayer. "(3) Constructive stocks. The provisions of section 318 (a) (relating to constructive ownership of stock) shall apply in determining the ownership of stock for purposes of paragraph (2).

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So the amendment was not agreed to. On motion by Mr. LONG of Louisiana (for himself and Mr. EASTLAND) to further amend the bill by inserting on page 10, after line 17, the following new title: TITLE III-CORPORATE NORMAL-TAX RATE AND CERTAIN EXCISE-TAX RATES

That (a) subsection (a) of section 3 of the Social Security Act is amended

(1) by striking out "October 1, 1958" and inserting in lieu thereof October 1 1960";

(2) by striking out "$65” and inserting in lieu thereof "$75"; and

(3) by striking out "$35" and inserting in lieu thereof "$38".

(b) Subsection (a) of section 403 of the Social Security Act is amended

(1) by striking out "October 1, 1958" and inserting in lieu thereof "October 1, 1960";

(2) by striking out "fourteen-seventeenths" and inserting in lieu thereof "five-sixths", and by striking out "$17" and inserting in lieu thereof "$18";

(3) by striking out "$30" and inserting in lieu thereof "$33"; and

(4) by striking out "$18" and inserting in lieu thereof "$20".

(c) Subsection (a) of section 1003 of the Social Security Act is amended(1) by striking out "October 1, 1958" and inserting in lieu thereof "October 1, 1960";

(2) by striking out "$65" and inserting in lieu thereof "$75"; and

(3) by striking out "$35" and inserting in lieu thereof "$38”.

(d) Subsection (a) of section 1403 of the Social Security Act as amended

(1) by striking out “October 1, 1958” and inserting in lieu thereof "October 1,1960";

(2) by striking out “$65” and inserting in lieu thereof "$75"; and

(3) by striking out "$35” and inserting thereof "$38".

(e) The amendments made by the preceding subsections of this section shall be effective

(1) in the case of money payments, under a State plan approved under title I, IV, X, or XIV of the Social Security Act, for months after September 1959; and

(2) in the case of assistance in the form of medical or any other type of remedial care, under such a plan, with respect to expenditures made after September 1959.

(f) (1) Section 1101(a) (8) (A) of the Social Security Act is amended by striking out "65 per centum” and inserting in lieu thereof “70 per centum”.

(2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall be effective with respect to the calendar quarter commencing October 1, 1959, and all subsequent calendar quarters.

Sec. 2. (a) Section 3(a) (1) (A), section 1003 (a) (1) (A), and section 1403 (a) (1) (A) of the Social Security Act are amended by inserting immediately after "$30" in each such section the following: "(or, in the case of any State in which the per capita income is less than 60 per centum of the average per capita income of the United States, five-sixths of such expenditures, not counting so much of any expenditure with respect to any month as exceeds the product of $36)".

(b) Section 1101(a) of the Social Security Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph:

"(9) The term 'per capita income', as used in sections 3(a) (1) (A), 1003 (a) (1) (A), and 1403 (a) (1) (A), means the average per capita income of each State or of the United States, as the case may be, for the three most recent calendar years for which satisfactory data are available from the Department of Commerce."

(c) The amendments made by the preceding subsections of this section shall be effective with respect to the calendar quarter commencing October 1, 1960, and all subsequent calendar quarters.

After debate,

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So the amendment was not agreed to. On motion by Mr. DIRKSEN to reconsider the vote disagreeing to the amendment,

On motion by Mr. WILLIAMS of

Delaware, The motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

Ordered, That the amendments be engrossed and the bill read a third time.

The said bill, as amended, was read the third time.

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a conference with the House of Representatives thereon.

Ordered, That the conferees on the part of the Senate be appointed by the Presiding officer; and

The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. McGEE in the chair) appointed Mr. BYRD of Virginia, Mr. KERR, Mr. FREAR, Mr. LONG of Louisiana, Mr. WILLIAMS of Delaware, and Mr. CARLSON.

Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof.

On motion by Mr. BYRD of Virginia and by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That the bill H.R. 12381 be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered, and that, in engrossing the amendments of the Senate, the Secretary of the Senate be authorized to make such clerical and conforming changes as may be necessary. APPROPRIATIONS FOR LEGISLATIVE BRANCH On motion by Mr. JOHNSON of

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On motion by Mr. STENNIS, and by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That the remaining committee amendments be agreed to en bloc and that the bill as thus amended be regarded for the purpose of amendment as original text, provided that no point of order shall be considered to have been waived by reason of agreeing to this order.

On motion by Mr. STENNIS (for himself, Mr. HAYDEN, Mr. MONRONEY, Mr. ALLOTT, and Mr. SALTONSTALL) to further amend the bill by inserting on page 34, after line 17, the following:

"Sec. 105. (a) Section 502(b) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended, is amended by inserting before the last sentence thereof a new sentence as follows: 'Such consolidated report, in the case of a Senate committee or a joint committee whose funds are disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate, shall show, in addition to the information otherwise required to be included, the total amount expended for each purpose by each member and employee during the calendar year covered by the report, or in the case of the report for the calendar year 1960, during the last six months of such year: Provided, That for the purposes of any report required by this section, a statement of the total amount of the per diem in lieu of subsistence authorized for any such member or employee in accordance with United States Senate Travel Regulations promulgated by the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate shall be consid

ered a sufficient itemization of any expenditures made from such allowance.'

"(b) Each Senate member of the United States group or delegation to the Interparliamentary Union, the NATO Parliamentarian's Conference, the Canada-United States Interparliamentary Group, the Mexico-United States Interparliamentary Group, or any similar interparliamentary group of which the United States is a member, and each employee of the Senate, by whom or on whose behalf expenditures are made from funds appropriated for the expenses of such group or delegation, shall file with the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate an itemized report showing all such expenditures made by or on behalf of each member or employee together with the purposes of the expenditure, including subsistence, transportation, and other purposes. Within sixty days after the beginning of each regular session of Congress, the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations shall prepare consolidated reports showing with respect to each such group or delegation the total amount expended, the purposes of the expenditures, the amount expended for each such purpose, the names of the members or employees by or on behalf of whom the expenditures were made and the amount expended by or on behalf of each member or employee for each such purpose. The consolidated reports prepared by the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations shall be filed with the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. For the purposes of any report required by this section, a statement of the total amount of the per diem in lieu of subsistence authorized for any such member or employee in accordance with United States Senate Travel Regulations promulgated by the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate shall be considered a sufficient itemization of any expenditures made from such allowance. Each such consolidated report shall be printed in the Congressional Record within ten days after receipt by the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.

"(c) Expenditures, whether from foreign currencies owned by the United States or from dollar appropriations, for expenses of members and employees of committees of the Senate, of joint committees whose funds are disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate, or of the Senate group or delegation of any interparliamentary body, incurred after July 1, 1960, in connection with travel outside the United States, shall be authorized only in accordance with the provisions of the United States Senate Travel Regulations promulgated by the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.

"(d) Section 60 of the Revised Statutes (2 U.S.C. 102) is amended by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph as follows:

"Reports of the Secretary of the Senate under this section shall be printed as a Senate document, and contain an index for all but salary payments.'

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Mr. RUSSELL raised a question of order, viz, that the amendment was legislation on an appropriation bill and not in order.

The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. McGEE in the chair) sustained the point of order.

On motion by Mr. STENNIS, pursuant to notice heretofore given by Mr. HAYDEN to suspend paragraph 4 of rule XVI for the purpose of proposing the said amendment.

The motion was agreed to.

On motion by Mr. STENNIS to further amend the bill by inserting the said amendment on page 34, after line 17,

On motion by Mr. WILLIAMS of Delaware (for himself and Mrs. SMITH) to amend the said amendment by inserting in lieu of the language proposed to be inserted the following:

Sec. (a) The second sentence of section 502(b) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "Within the first sixty days that Congress is in session in each calendar year, the chairman of each such committee shall prepare a consolidated report showing the total itemized expenditures during the preceding calendar year of the committee and each subcommittee thereof, and of each member and employee of such committee or subcommittee, and shall forward such consolidated report to the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives (if the committee be a committee of the House of Representatives or a joint committee whose funds are disbursed by the Clerk of the House) or to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate (if the committee be a Senate committee or a joint committee whose funds are disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate).”

(b) Each member of the United States group or delegation to the Interparliamentary Union, the NATO Parliamentarian's Conference, the Canada-United States Interparliamentary Group, the Mexico-United States Interparliamentary Group, or any similar interparliamentary group of which the United States is a member, and each employee of the Senate or House of Representatives, by whom or on whose behalf expenditures are made from funds appropriated for the expenses of such group or delegation, shall file with the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate in the case of Members or employees of the Senate, or with the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives in the case of Members or employees of the House, an itemized report showing all such expenditures made by or on behalf of each Member or employee together with the purposes of the expenditure, including lodging, meals, transportation, and other purposes. Within sixty days after the beginning of each regular session of Congress, the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations and the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs shall prepare consolidated reports showing with respect to each such group or delegation the total amount expended,

the purposes of the expenditures, the amount expended for each such purpose, the names of the Members or employees by or on behalf of whom the expenditures were made and the amount expended by or on behalf of each Member or employee for each such purpose. The consolidated reports prepared by the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate shall be filed with the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the consolidated reports prepared by the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House shall be filed with the Committee on House Administration of the House. Each such consolidated report shall be printed in the Congressional Record within ten days after receipt by the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate or the Committee on House Administration of the House.

(c) Section 60 of the Revised Statutes (2 U.S.C. 102) is amended by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph as follows:

"Reports of the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives under this section shall be printed as Senate and House documents, respectively."

On motion by Mr. WILLIAMS of Delaware,

The yeas and nays, being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present, were ordered on the question of agreeing to the substitute amendment.

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Resolved, That the bill do pass.

On motion by Mr. STENNIS, Resolved, That the Senate insist upon its amendments to the said bill and ask a conference with the House of Representatives thereon.

Ordered, That the conferees on the part of the Senate be appointed by the Presiding Officer; and

The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. McGEE in the chair) appointed Mr. STENNIS, Mr. CHAVEZ, Mr. HAYDEN, Mr. JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. BRIDGES, Mr. SALTONSTALL, and Mr. ALLOTT.

Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof. INDEPENDENT OFFICES APPROPRIATIONS, 1961 On motion by Mr. JOHNSON of

Texas,

The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (H.R. 11776) making appropriations for sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and offices for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1961, and for other purposes.

DEATH OF LATE REPRESENTATIVE DOUGLAS H. ELLIOTT, FROM PENNSYLVANIA The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. McGEE in the chair) laid before the Senate the resolution this day received from the House of Representatives, relating to the death of Hon. DOUGLAS H. ELLIOTT, late a Representative from the State of Pennsylvania; which was read:

Mr. SCOTT (for himself and Mr. CLARK) thereupon submitted the following resolution (S. Res. 339); which was considered and unanimously agreed to:

Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow the announcement of the death of Hon. DoUGLAS H. ELLIOTT,

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late a Representative from the State of Pennsylvania.

Resolved, That a committee of two Senators be appointed by the Presiding Officer to join the committee appointed on the part of the House of Representatives to attend the funeral of the deceased Representative.

Resolved, That the Secretary communicate these resolutions to the House of Representatives and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased.

Resolved, That, as a further mark of respect to the memory of the deceased, the Senate do now adjourn.

The PRESIDING OFFICER, under the second resolution, appointed Mr. CLARK and Mr. SCOTT as members of the funeral committee on the part of the Senate. RECOGNITION OF MR. MANSFIELD ON THURSDAY NEXT

On motion by Mr. MANSFIELD, and by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That he be recognized on Thursday next following the conclusion of routine morning business.

ENROLLED BILL PRESENTED

The Secretary reported that on today he presented to the President of the United States the enrolled bill (S. 899) to repeal certain provisions of law requiring the submission of certain reports to Congress, and for other purposes.

ADJOURNMENT

On motion by Mr. JOHNSON of Texas, at 11 o'clock and 58 minutes p.m.,

The Senate, as a further mark of respect to the memory of the late Representative, adjourned.

TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1960

The PRESIDENT pro tempore called the Senate to order and the Chaplain offered prayer.

THE JOURNAL

On motion by Mr. JOHNSON of Texas, and by unanimous consent, The reading of the Journal of the proceedings of Monday, June 21, 1960, was dispensed with.

COMMITTEES AUTHORIZED TO SIT The following-named committees were authorized to sit today during the session of the Senate:

The Subcommittee on Internal Security of the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Foreign Relations; on the request of Mr. MANSFIELD;

The Subcommittee on Trading With the Enemy Act of the Committee on the Judiciary; on the request of Mr. JOHNSTON of South Carolina, and

The Subcommittee on Education of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare; on the request of Mr. JOHNSON of Texas.

MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

A message from the House of Representatives by Mr. Maurer, one of its clerks:

Mr. President: The House of Representatives has passed the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 765) making a supple

mental appropriation for the Department of Labor for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1960, and for other purposes, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate.

The Speaker of the House having signed six enrolled bills, viz, H.R. 1543, H.R. 2007, H.R. 3242, H.R. 5530, H.R. 5738, and H.R. 5850, I am directed to bring the same to the Senate for the signature of its President.

ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED

The Secretary reported that he had examined and found truly enrolled the following bills:

H.R. 1543. An act for the relief of Angela D'Agata Nicolosi ;

H.R. 2007. An act for the relief of May Hourani;

H.R. 3242. An act for the relief of Mrs. Virginia Lee Sage;

H.R. 5530. An act for the relief of Lelia Bernstorff Grauert;

H.R. 5738. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Army to transfer to the Waukegan Port District the commitment of the city of Waukegan, Ill., to maintain a public wharf in Waukegan Harbor on land conveyed to the city in 1914, and for other purposes; and

H.R. 5850. An act for the relief of the Borough of Ford City, Pa.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore thereupon signed the same.

REPORT OF NUMBER OF OFFICERS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY AND ARMY GENERAL STAFF

The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary of the Army, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the number of officers on duty with the Department of the Army and the Army General Staff on March 31, 1960; which, with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

ROZA DIVISION OF YAKIMA PROJECT,
WASHINGTON

The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Assistant Secretary of the Interior, transmitting drafts of contracts covering drainage works and minor construction required for completion of the drainage construction program on the Roza division of the Yakima project, Washington; which, with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

WELLTON-MOHAWK DIVISION, GILA
PROJECT, ARIZONA

The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Assistant Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draft of contract relating to proposed drainage work exceeding a total cost of $200,000 on the WelltonMohawk division, Gila project, Arizona; which, with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

DISASTER RELIEF TO CHILE

The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Assistant Secretary of State, trans

mitting a message from the Senate of Chile, Santiago, Chile, expressing appreciation for the assistance given to Chile in the recent earthquake disasters; which was ordered to lie on the table.

MEMORIAL

Mr. HUMPHREY presented a memorial of Local 260 of the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Minneapolis, Minn., remonstrating against Senate bill 3548, relative to certain demands involving the stabilization of employment; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

Mr. JOHNSTON of South Carolina, from the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 10695) to provide for the rotation in oversea assignments of civilian employees under the Defense Establishment having career-conditional and career appointments in the competitive civil service, and for other purposes, reported it without amendment and submitted a report (No. 1624) thereon.

Mr. HILL, from the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, to whom was referred the resolution (S. Res. 336) extending greetings to Miss Helen Keller on the occasion of her 80th birthday, reported it without amendment and submitted a report (No. 1625) thereon.

Mr. MURRAY, from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 9201) to validate certain mining claims in California, reported it without amendment and submitted a report (No. 1626) thereon.

Mr. MURRAY, from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 77) to establish the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park and to provide for the administration and maintenance of a parkway, in the State of Maryland, and for other purposes, reported it with amendments and submitted a report (No. 1632) thereon.

Mr. ANDERSON, from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, to whom were referred the following bills, reported them each without amendment and submitted reports thereon, as follows:

S. 2709. A bill directing the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the city of Flandreau, S. Dak., any interest remaining in the United States to certain property which is conveyed to such city the act of August 21, 1916 (39 Stat. 524) (Rept. No. 1633);

S. 2914. A bill to authorize the purchase and exchange of land and interests therein on the Blue Ridge and Natchez Trace Parkways (Rept. No. 1634);

S. 3264. A bill to abolish the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater Commission (Rept. No. 1635);

S. 3399. A bill to authorize the exchange of certain property within Shenandoah National Park, in the State of Virginia, and for other purposes (Rept. No. 1636); and

H.R. 8740. An act to provide for the leasing of oil and gas interests in cer

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