Journal of the Senate of the United States of America

after the adjournment of Congress, as a Senate document, a summary of major legislation of general interest.

AUTHORITY TO SIGN ENROLLED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS

The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 746) relating to the signing of enrolled bills and joint resolutions, notwithstanding the sine die adjournment of the two Houses, this day received from the House of Representatives for concurrence; which was read.

The Senate proceeded to consider the said concurrent resolution; and

Resolved, That the Senate agree thereto.

Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof. TENDER OF THE THANKS OF THE SENATE TO THE VICE PRESIDENT

Mr. JOHNSON of Texas submitted the following resolution (S. Res. 390):

Resolved, That the thanks of the Senate are hereby tendered to the Honorable RICHARD M. NIXON, Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate, for the courteous, dignified, and impartial manner in which he has presided over its deliberations during the second session of the Eighty-sixth Congress.

The Senate proceeded to consider the said resolution; and

Resolved, That the Senate unanimously agree thereto.

THANKS TO THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE Mr. JOHNSON of Texas submitted the following resolution (S. Res. 391):

Resolved, That the thanks of the Senate are hereby tendered to the Honorable CARL HAYDEN, President pro tempore of the Senate, for the courteous, dignified, and impartial manner in which he has presided over its deliberations during the second session of the Eighty-sixth Congress.

The Senate proceeded to consider the said resolution; and

Resolved, That the Senate unanimously agree thereto.

AUTHORIZATION FOR SECRETARY OF SENATE TO RECEIVE MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE Mr. JOHNSON of Texas submitted the following order; which was considered and agreed to:

Ordered, That notwithstanding the final adjournment of the present session of the Congress, the Secretary be, and he is hereby, authorized to receive messages from the House of Representatives, AUTHORIZATION FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS TO COMMISSIONS OR COMMITTEES

Mr. JOHNSON of Texas submitted the following resolution (S. Res. 392):

Resolved, That notwithstanding the final adjournment of the present session of the Congress, the President of the Senate be, and he is hereby, authorized to make appointments to commissions or committees authorized by law, by concurrent action of the two Houses, or by order of the Senate.

AMENDMENT OF SENATE BILL 3228

On motion by Mr. JOHNSON of Texas, and by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That notwithstanding the action of the Senate in laying on the table a motion to reconsider the vote on the passage of the bill (S. 3228) to amend the provisions of part II of the Interstate Commerce Act which authorize certain operations within a State as a common carrier by motor vehicle engaged in interstate or foreign commerce if State authorized, an amendment thereto be in order and added to the bill.

Mr. SMATHERS thereupon proposed an amendment to insert a provision therein; and

The amendment was agreed to; and the previous action of the Senate with respect to the passage of the said bill was ordered to stand.

DISSEMINATION OF POLITICAL OPINIONS

The Senate resumed the consideration of the resolution (S. Res. 374) amending Senate Resolution 305, authorizing the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce to undertake a study of the uses of Governmentlicensed media for the dissemination of political opinions, news, and so forth. Pending debate,

Texas,

EXECUTIVE SESSION

On motion by Mr. JOHNSON of

The Senate proceeded to the consideration of executive business; and after the consideration of executive business,

LEGISLATIVE SESSION

The Senate resumed its legislative session.

HOUSE BILLS REFERRED

The following bills, heretofore received from the House of Representatives for concurrence, were read the first and second times by unanimous consent and referred as follows:

H.R. 8712, to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs; and

H.R. 12777, to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REFERRED The concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 693) authorizing the printing of additional copies of House Document No. 198 of the 84th Congress, entitled "The Commission on Intergovernmental Relations," heretofore received from the

House of Representatives for concurrence, was read and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

DISSEMINATION OF POLITICAL OPINIONS The Senate resumed the consideration of the resolution (S. Res. 374) amending Senate Resolution 305, authorizing the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce to undertake a study of the uses of Government-licensed media for the dissemination of political opinions, news, and so forth. Pending debate,

AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE TO FILE A REPORT ON INTERCOASTAL WATERWAYS AND INTERCOASTAL SHIPPING

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

Ordered, That the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce be authorized to file during the sine die adjournment of the Senate a report on intercoastal waterway and shipping, and that it be printed.

DISSEMINATION OF POLITICAL OPINIONS

The Senate resumed the consideration of the resolution (S. Res. 374) amending Senate Resolution 305, authorizing the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce to undertake a study of the uses of Government-licensed media for the dissemination of political opinions, news, and so forth.

ENROLLED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS SIGNED

Subsequent to the sine die adjournment of the Senate, the President pro tempore, under the authority of the House Concurrent Resolution 746, signed the following bills and joint resolutions, which had been previously signed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and examined and found truly enrolled by the Secretary of the Senate:

S. 882. An act for the relief of the heirs of J. B. White;

S. 1092. An act to provide for the construction of the Cheney division, Wichita Federal reclamation project, Kansas, and for other purposes;

S. 1545. An act to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 so as to authorize elimination of a hearing in certain cases under section 408;

S. 1663. An act directing the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain property in the State of North Dakota to the city of Bismarck, N. Dak.;

S. 1670. An act to provide for the granting of mineral rights in certain homestead lands in the State of Alaska;

S. 1740. An act to amend section 202 (b) of the Communications Act of 1934 in order to expand the Federal Communications Commission's regulatory authority under such section;

S. 1764. An act to amend title 32, United States Code, to authorize the payment of certain claims against the National Guard;

S. 1898. An act to promote the public interest by amending the Communications Act of 1934, to provide a pre-grant procedure in case of certain applications; to impose limitations on payoffs between applicants; to require disclosure of payments made for broadcasting of certain matter; to grant authority to impose forfeitures in the broadcast service; and to prohibit deceptive practices in contests of intellectual knowledge, skill, or chance; and for other purposes;

S. 1964. An act to amend the act requiring certain common carriers by railroads to make reports to the Interstate Commerce Commission with respect to certain accidents in order to clarify the requirements of such act;

S. 2195. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the western division of the Dalles Federal reclamation project, Oregon, and for other purposes;

S. 2353. An act for the relief of Col. John A. Ryan, Jr.;

S. 2757. An act to supplement the act of June 14, 1926, as amended, to permit any State to acquire certain public lands for recreation use;

S. 2761. An act to invalidate payments made for certain emergency conservation measures under the program authorized by the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957;

S. 2770. An act for the relief of Borinquen Home Corp.;

S. 2917. An act to establish a price support level for milk and butterfat;

S. 2959. An act to clarify the right of States to select certain public lands sub

ject to any outstanding mineral lease or permit;

S. 3146. An act to authorize the Commodity Credit Corporation to donate dairy products and other agricultural commodities for use in home economics courses;

S. 3212. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Administrator of General Services to convey certain public and acquired lands in the State of Nevada to the county of Mineral, Nev.;

S. 3267. An act to amend the act of October 17, 1940, relating to the disposition of certain public lands in Alaska;

S. 3399. An act to authorize the exchange of certain property within Shenandoah National Park, in the State of Virginia, and for other purposes;

S. 3439. An act authorizing the President of the United States of America to present a gold medal to Robert Frost, a New England poet;

S. 3533. An act to protect farm and ranch operators making certain land use changes under the Great Plains conservation program against loss of acreage allotments;

S. 3619. An act to make permanent law the provisions of section 408 of the National Housing Act regulating savings and loan holding companies;

S. 3623. An act to designate and establish that portion of the Hawaii National Park on the island of Maui, in the State of Hawaii, as the Haleakala National Park, and for other purposes;

S. 3665. An act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to grant an easement over certain lands to the trustees of the Cincinnati Southern Railway, their successors and assigns;

S. 3681. An act authorizing the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority to combine for financing purposes the bridge across the West Passage of Narragansett Bay with the Newport Bridge and any other project acquired or constructed by said authority;

S. 3688. An act to amend the act of December 20, 1944, with respect to certain powers of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia;

S. 3759. An act authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands to Auburn University, Auburn, Ala.;

S. 3771. An act to amend certain provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended;

S. 3773. An act to amend certain provisions of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended;

H.R. 383. An act to authorize the annexation of certain real property of the United States by the city of Wyandotte, Mich.;

H.R. 816. An act to convey certain lands in Oklahoma to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians, and for other purposes;

H.R. 1526. An act for the relief of F. P. Tower, Lillie B. Lewis, the estate of Manuel Branco, John Santos Carinhas, Joaquin Gomez Carinhas, and Manuel Jesus Carinhas;

H.R. 2565. An act to promote effectual planning, development, maintenance, and coordination of wildlife, fish, and game conservation and rehabilitation in military reservations;

H.R. 3536. An act for the relief of Guadalupe Villarreal, Jr.;

H.R. 7810. An act to credit periods of internment during World War II to certain Federal employees of Japanese ancestry for purposes of the Civil Service Retirement Act and the Annual and Sick Leave Act of 1951;

H.R. 7990. An act to provide for the conveyance of certain lands of the United States to the Citizen Band of Potawatomi Indians of Oklahoma;

H.R. 8156. An act for the relief of Jack Kent Cooke;

H.R. 8166. An act for the relief of the Crum-McKinnon Building Co., Billings,

Mont.;

H.R. 8424. An act to amend section 505 of the Classification Act of 1949 with respect to positions in the Library of Congress;

H.R. 8665. An act to amend the act entitled "An act to establish a memorial to Theodore Roosevelt in the National Capital" to provide for the construction of such memorial by the Secretary of the Interior;

H.R. 9715. An act for the relief of Otis Drinkard;

H.R. 10087. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to permit taxpayers to elect an overall limitation on the foreign tax credit;

H.R. 10311. An act providing that certain provisions of Public Law 335 dated October 7, 1949 (63 Stat. 724), shall apply to the Mercedes division of the lower Rio Grande rehabilitation project, Texas;

H.R. 10341. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants-in-aid to universities, hospitals, laboratories, and other public or nonprofit institutions to strengthen their programs of research and research training in sciences related to health;

H.R. 10548. An act to amend the Helium Act of March 3, 1925, as amended, for the defense, security, and the general welfare of the United States;

H.R. 10586. An act to enable the Oregon Short Line Railroad Co. to convey title to certain lands in Idaho to the Pocatello First Corp. of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints.

H.R. 10841. An act to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to place bamboo pipestems on the free list;

H.R. 10960. An act to amend section 5701 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to the excise tax upon cigars, and for other purposes;

H.R. 11322. An act for the relief of Col. Joseph A. Nichols;

H.R. 11380. An act for the relief of Mr. Joe J. Farmer;

H.R. 12043. An act to amend sections 22, 23, and 24, title 13, United States Code, and for other purposes;

H.R. 12383. An act to amend the Federal Employees' Compensation Act to make benefits more realistic in terms of

present wage rates, and for other purposes;

H.R. 12458. An act to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated for the work of the President's Committee on Employment for the Physically Handicapped;

H.R. 12536. An act relating to the treatment of charges for local advertising for purposes of determining the manufacturers sale price;

H.R. 12574. An act to amend the Longshoreman's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, so as to provide that an injured employee shall have to right to select his own physician, and for other purposes;

H.R. 12580. An act to improve coverage under the Federal old-age, survivors, and disability insurance system and to remove hardships and inequities, improve the financing of the trust funds, and provide disability benefits to additional individuals under such system; to provide grants to States for medical care for aged individuals of low income; to amend the public assistance and maternal and child welfare provisions of the Social Security Act; to improve the employment compensation provisions of such act; and for other purposes;

H.R. 12659. An act to suspend for a temporary period the import duty on heptanoic acid, and for other purposes;

H.R. 12699. An act to cancel a deed of trust to the United States from the predecessor in the name of Gallaudet College and any evidence of indebtedness related to the same transaction, to quiet the college's title to property belonging to it, and for other purposes;

H.R. 12759. An act to amend title V of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, and for other purposes;

H.R. 13021. An act to provide for assistance in the development of Latin America and in the reconstruction of Chile, and for other purposes;

H.R. 13053. An act to increase the salaries of officers and members of the Metropolitan Police force and the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, the U.S. Park Police, the White House Police, and for other purposes;

H.R. 13066. An act to amend section 4(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;

H.R. 13161. An act making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1961, and for other purposes;

S.J. Res. 9. Joint resolution to provide for the removal of a reservation of timber rights from a patent issued to Ivan H. McCormack;

S.J. Res. 176. Joint resolution authorizing the preparation and printing of a revised edition of the Constitution of the United States of America-Analysis and Interpretation, published in 1953 as Senate Document No. 170 of the 82d Congress;

S.J. Res. 209. Joint resolution providing for the establishment of an annual National Forest Products Week;

H.J. Res. 311. Joint resolution authorizing the erection of a statue of Taras

Shevchenko on public grounds in the District of Columbia;

H.J. Res. 402. Joint resolution granting the consent and approval of Congress for the States of Virginia and Maryland and the District of Columbia to enter into a compact related to the regulation of mass transit in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, and for other pur

poses;

H.J. Res. 704. Joint resolution to remove copyright restrictions upon the musical composition "Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag," and for other purposes;

H.J. Res. 723. Joint resolution extending an invitation to the Féderation Aéronautique Internationale to hold the 1962 world sport parachuting championships at Orange, Mass.; and

H.J. Res. 784. Joint resolution amending the act of July 14, 1960, to extend the time within which the United States Constitution 175th Anniversary Commission shall report to Congress, and including certain amendments relating to housing.

ENROLLED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS PRESENTED

The following enrolled bills and joint resolutions, heretofore duly signed by the presiding officers of the two Houses, were presented to the President of the United States on September 6, 1960, by the Secretary of the Senate:

S. 882. An act for the relief of the heirs of J. B. White;

S. 1092. An act to provide for the construction of the Cheney division, Wichita Federal reclamation project, Kansas, and for other purposes;

S. 1545. An act to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 so as to authorize elimination of a hearing in certain cases under section 408;

S. 1663. An act directing the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain property in the State of North Dakota to the city of Bismarck, N. Dak.;

S. 1670. An act to provide for the granting of mineral rights in certain homestead lands in the State of Alaska;

S. 1740. An act to amend section 202 (b) of the Communications Act of 1934 in order to expand the Federal Communications Commission's regulatory authority under such section;

S. 1764. An act to amend title 32, United States Code, to authorize the payment of certain claims against the National Guard;

S. 1898. An act to promote the public interest by amending the Communications Act of 1934 to provide a pregrant procedure in case of certain applications; to impose limitations on payoffs between applicants; to require disclosure of payments made for broadcasting of certain matter; to grant authority to impose forfeitures in the broadcast service; and to prohibit deceptive practices in contests of intellectual knowledge, skill, or chance; and for other purposes;

S. 1964. An act to amend the act requiring certain common carriers by railroad to make reports to the Interstate

Commerce Commission with respect to certain accidents in order to clarify the requirements of such act;

S. 2195. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the western division of the Dalles Federal reclamation project, Oregon, and for other purposes; S. 2353. An act for the relief of Col. John A. Ryan, Jr.;

S. 2757. An act to supplement the act of June 14, 1926, as amended, to permit any State to acquire certain public lands for recreation use;

S. 2761. An act to invalidate payments made for certain emergency conservation measures under the program authorized by the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957;

S. 2770. An act for the relief of Borinquen Home Corp.;

S. 2917. An act to establish a pricesupport level for milk and butterfat;

S. 2959. An act to clarify the right of States to select certain public lands subject to any outstanding mineral lease or permit;