in respect of that service, said period of limitation shall be extended to include ninety days from the time such action is begun or such charges are collected by the freight forwarder (4) The cause of action in respect of a shipment of property shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed to accrue upon delivery or tender of delivery thereof by the freight forwarder, and not after. (5) The term "overcharges" as used in this section shall be deemed to mean charges for service in excess of those applicable thereto under the tariffs lawfully on file with the Commission. (6) The provisions of this section shall apply only to cases in which the cause of action may accrue after the date of the enactment of this section. PROVIDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, ADMINISTRATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF THE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON PARKWAY AND THE SUITLAND PARKWAY IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND AS AN EXTENSION OF THE PARK SYSTEM OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND ITS ENVIRONS BY THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR JUNE 8, 1949.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. WHITTINGTON, from the Committee on Public Works, submitted the following REPORT (To accompany H. R. 2214] The Committee on Public Works, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 2214) to provide for the development, administration, and maintenance of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway and the Suitland Parkway in the State of Maryland as extensions of the park system of the District of Columbia and its environs by the Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with amendments and recommend that the bill, as amended, do pass. The amendments are as follows: Page 1, line 4, strike out "(a) the right-of-way for the projected parkway road which is being constructed by the Public Roads Administration between Anacostia Park in the District of Columbia and the northern boundary of Fort Meade in the State of Maryland, and for (b)" after the word "for". Page 2, line 6, after the word "as", insert "an". Page 2, line 7, strike out "s" at the end of the word "extensions". Page 2, line 8, strike out the word "respectively" after "known" and the word "Baltimore-" after "the" Page 2, line 9, strike out "Washington Parkway and the". Page 2, line 9. strike out "they" after the word "and" and insert "it". Page 2, line 17, section 2, strike out "each" and insert "The". Page 3, line 4, section 3, strike out entire section 3 and insert in lieu the following: SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior in his administration of the Suitland Parkway is authorized, in his discretion, to accept from private owners, State and local governments, lands, rights-of-way over lands, or other interests in lands adjacent to such parkway, and also to accept the transfer of jurisdiction to the the Department of the Interior of adjacent lands for park and recreational purposes from any Federal agency or department, without reimbursement to such Federal agency or department having jurisdiction thereof, when such transfer is mutually agreed upon by the Secretary and such department or agency; and such transfer of jurisdiction by any such department or agency of the Federal Government in possession of such lands is hereby authorized. Page 3, section 4, strike out entire section 4. Page 4, line 1, section 5, strike out the figure "5" and insert in lieu the figure "4". Page 4, line 5, section 5, strike out "Baltimore-" after the word "the". Page 4, line 6, section 5, strike out "Washington and". Page 4, line 6, section 5, strike out "s" in "Parkways". H. R. 2214, as introduced, provided for the development, administration, and maintenance of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway and the Suitland Parkway in the State of Maryland as extensions of the park system of the District of Columbia and its environs by the Secretary of the Interior. H. R. 2214, as amended, and reported by the committee, relates only to the transfer of jurisdiction over the Suitland Parkway from the War Assets Administration to the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. During World War II, according to testimony given to the committee by Gen. U. S. Grant 3d, Chairman, National Capital Park and Planning Commission, it became urgent to join Andrews Field (now known as Andrews Air Force Base) with a suitable express highway to Bolling Field and Washington, D. C., and the President authorized that the same be constructed as a war measure. The right-of-way was purchased and the parkway built under the supervision of the Corps of Engineers; the actual work, however, was done by the Public Roads Administration. The Suitland Parkway extends from a connection to the south approach of the new South Capitol Street Bridge, and extends to Andrews Air Force Base, which is now the headquarters of the Air Force in this area. Approximately midway it passes through the Suitland area which is being developed by the Government, and in the next year will be used to a much greater extent than it is at present. The present traffic on this roadway is 4,200 vehicles a day. There is a Government population at Suitland of 3,500 people. The Suitland Parkway is approximately 9 miles long with a rightof-way ranging from 300 to 700 feet in width. All grading and roadway structures have been completed for a four-lane divided highway; only the two east-bound lanes, 24 feet in total width, have been paved; there is no paving in the west-bound lanes except for a few hundred feet at Andrews Air Force Base. Construction was started September 27, 1943, and work was terminated about December 3, 1944. Mr. Thomas H. MacDonald, Commissioner, Public Roads Administration, informed the committee that the right-of-way cost was in the neighborhood of $800,000 and that a total of $3,800,000 has been expended on the parkway; also that approximately $429,000 will be required to pave the west-bound lanes and complete the parkway, which the committee does not believe to be necessary at present. The said sum of $3,800,000 for constructing the Suitland Parkway was from War Department appropriations. The War Department has declared Suitland Parkway to be surplus to its needs and it is now under the jurisdiction of the War Assets Administration. Under the Surplus Property Act of 1944, the former owners of the rights-of-way may exercise their rights to reacquire their land, and it is therefore necessary that the Congress act promptly to authorize the War Assets Administration to transfer title to the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. At the present time the National Park Service is administering the parkway under a temporary permit from the War Assets Administration. It is deemed to be in the public interest to include Suitland Parkway as a part of the park system of the District of Columbia and its environs. This Action was deferred on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, on which $2,000,000 has been expended, of which amount $300,000 was for rights-of-way and $1,700,000 for 6 miles of grading. The testimony of Mr. A. E. Demaray, Associate Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior, shows that the $2,000,000 expended were from the funds allocated by the President to the Federal Works Agency and they were the balance of National Industrial Recovery Act funds that remained in that appropriation. parkway runs from the District of Columbia boundary to Fort Meade in the State of Maryland, a distance of approximately 18 miles. Three of the six miles of grading heretofore constructed is on the District of Columbia end of the road, and the other 3 miles is on the end of the road at Fort Meade. The testimony shows that $11,000,000 of additional funds will be required to complete this parkway. Also, it is contemplated that the parkway will form a continuation of a road to be built by the State of Maryland from Baltimore to Fort Meade. The Baltimore-Washington Parkway is not connected with the Suitland Parkway. The title to the rights-of-way in the BaltimoreWashington Parkway is in the Government; and it is, therefore, no emergency to be considered at this session of Congress. Further, there is awaiting a report from the Commissioner of the Public Roads Administration as directed under section 2, Public Law 834, Eightieth Congress. The reports of the War Assets Administration, the Federal Works Agency, the Department of the Army, and the National Capital Park and Planning Commission follow: FEDERAL WORKS AGENCY, Hon. W. M. WHITTINGTON, House of Representatives. DEAR MR. WHITTINGTON: Careful consideration has been given to the bill (H. R. 2214) transmitted with your letter of February 4, 1949, with request fora report thereon. This bill would provide that the parkway being constructed by the Public Roads Administration between Anacostia Park in the District of Columbia and the northern boundary of Fort Meade, Md., and the parkway constructed (by |