C. H.R. 6438, To Authorize Any Executive Department or Independent Establishment of the Government, or Any Bureau or Office Thereof, To Make Appropriate Reimbursement Between the Respective Appropriations Available to Such Departments and Establishments, or Any Bureau or Office Thereof.

1. Report number and date.-House Report 722, August 3, 1965. 2. Summary of measure.-This bill would permit (subject to any limitations applicable to each appropriation concerned) an agency to use each appropriation available to it during a fiscal year to finance the procurement of materials and services or other costs for which funds are available in other appropriations of the agency, provided final adjustment by charge to the appropriation benefited and credit to the financing appropriation is made on or before the close of each fiscal year.

3. Legislative status.-After hearings, the bill was approved by the subcommittee with amendments and reported by the full committee to the House. It passed the House and the Senate and became Public Law 89-473.

4. Hearings. July 21, 1965. Transcript printed.

D. H.R. 6927, To Establish a Department of Housing and Urban Development.

1. Report number and date.-House Report 337, May 11, 1965. 2. Summary of measure.-This bill was recommended to the Congress by the President and had as its purpose the establishment of a new executive Department of Housing and Urban Development. It would transfer the functions of the Housing and Home Finance Agency and its constituent agencies to the new Secretary, and the Federal National Mortgage Association would become a part of the new Department. In addition, this legislation provides additional duties in the area of urban development for the new Secretary in which he will exercise leadership within the Executive Branch and have advisory and coordinating responsibilities.

3. Legislative status.-After hearings, the subcommittee approved the bill with an amendment. It was reported favorably by the full committee and passed the House. In the Senate, the bill was passed with additional amendments and returned to the House. The House and Senate conferees met and agreed to a conference report (H. Rept. 884) which was adopted by both bodies. The bill was approved by the President and became Public Law 89-174.

4. Hearings.-April 5 and 6, 1965. Transcript printed.

E. H.R. 9020, To Amend Section 7 of the Administrative Expenses. Act of 1946, as Amended, To Provide for the Payment of Travel Costs of Applicants Invited by a Department To Visit It for Purposes Connected With Employment.

1. Report number and date.—House Report 710, August 2, 1965. 2. Summary of measure.-This bill was recommended to the Congress by the U.S. Civil Service Commission. It would provide authority for departments and agencies to pay for the travel expenses of prospective employees who are invited in for interviews or for other

purposes in connection with future employment in positions where the Commission has determined that there is a manpower shortage.

3. Legislative status.-After hearings, the bill was approved by the subcommittee and reported by the full committee to the House. A rule was requested and a hearing held by the Committee on Rules. A rule, however, was not granted, and no further action was taken on the bill. 4. Hearings. July 21, 1965. Transcript printed.

F. H.R. 10607, To Amend the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as Amended, To Provide for Reimbursement of Certain Moving Expenses of Employees, and To Authorize Payment of Expenses for Storage of Household Goods and Personal Effects of Employees Assigned to Isolated Duty Stations Within the Continental United States.

1. Report number and date.-House Report 1199, October 21, 1965. 2. Summary of measures.-H.R. 10607 would liberalize allowances for moving expenses. It would raise the statutory weight limit for goods that Federal employees may ship from the present 7,000 to 11,000 pounds; permit the storage of household goods under certain circumstances at the expense of the Government; reimburse Federal employees for travel and subsistence costs of moving their families; and provide a travel allowance for employees and their spouses to seek permanent living quarters at their new posts of duty. The bill also provides that certain costs of real estate transactions will be reimbursed by the Government when employees are required to sell their homes and to purchase new ones.

3. Legislative status.-The subcommittee held hearings on this bill and approved it with amendments. The full committee reported the bill, as amended, to the House. It passed the House and the Senate and became Public Law 89-516.

4. Hearings.-September 1 and 14, 1965. Transcript printed.

G. H.R. 10722, To Authorize the Payment of an Allowance Not To Exceed $10 per Day to Employees Assigned to Duty at the Nevada Test Site of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.

1. Report number and date.-House Report 1161, October 13, 1965. 2. Summary of measure.-H.R. 10722 was requested by the Atomic Energy Commission. It would provide authority for the payment of an allowance not to exceed $10 per day to certain employees of the United States who are required to commute long distances to remote worksites at the Nevada Test Site of the Atomic Energy Commission, including the Nuclear Rocket Development Station. Authorizing legislation is necessary for the payment of such allowances.

3. Legislative status. After hearings, the subcommittee reported the bill favorably to the full committee. It was reported by the full committee to the House and subsequently passed the House and the Senate. The bill became Public Law 89-383.

4. Hearings.-September 14, 1965. Transcript printed.

H. H.R. 14249, To Extend for 2 Years the Period for Which Payments in Lieu of Taxes May Be Made With Respect to Certain Real Property Transferred by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and Its Subsidiaries to Other Government Departments. 1. Report number and date.-House Report 2062, September 21, 1966.

2. Summary of measure. The purpose of H.R. 14249 is to continue for a period of 2 years the payments in lieu of taxes required under Public Law 388 of the 84th Congress. These payments are made to local taxing authorities as temporary relief where real property which had taxable status under the Reconstruction Finance Corporation or any of its subsidiaries had been transferred to a Government department and thus removed from local tax rolls.

3. Legislative status.-This bill was approved by the subcommittee and reported favorably by the full committee to the House. It passed the House, but was not acted on in the Senate.

4. Hearings.-None.

I. H.R. 15963 (Originally H.R. 13200), To Create a Department of Transportation.

1. Report number and date.-House Report 1701, July 15, 1966.

2. Summary of measure.-H.R. 15963 was introduced to carry out a recommendation made to Congress by the President in his message on transporation (H. Doc. 89-399) to establish a new executive Department of Transporation to bring together major Federal agencies and activities involving transportation promotion and safety, but not economic regulation, which would remain with the appropriate regulatory agencies. H.R. 15963 was a clean bill that represented a substantial rewriting by the committee of H.R. 13200, originally introduced.

3. Legislative status.-After hearings, the subcommittee approved the bill with amendments. It was reported by the full committee with further amendments. A rule was granted after a hearing before the Rules Committee and it passed the House with additional amendments. In the Senate, the bill was further amended and passed, and returned to the House. The House and Senate conferees met and agreed to a conference report (H. Rept. No. 2236) which was adopted by both bodies. The bill was approved by the President and became Public Law 89-670.

4. Hearings.-April 6, 7, 25, 26; May 2, 3, 17, 18, 19, 24; and June 21, 1966. Transcript printed.

J. S. 2150, To Discontinue or Modify Certain Reporting Requirements of Law.

1. Report number and date.-House Report No. 1169, October 15, 1965.

2. Summary of measure.-S. 2150 was proposed by the Bureau of the Budget. It would authorize the elimination of certain reports that various departments and agencies of the Federal Government are required by statute to make to Congress at periodic intervals and to

change the frequency of certain other reports which are to be continued. As approved by the committee, a total of 23 reports would be eliminated and 11 would be changed in the frequency of reporting.

3. Legislative status.-The subcommittee approved the bill with amendments and referred it to the full committee. It was reported, as amended, by the full committee to the House and subsequently passed the House. The House amendments were accepted by the Senate and the bill became Public Law 89-348.

K. S. 3150, To Make Further Provision for the Retirement of the Comptroller General.

1. Report number and date.-House Report No. 1645, June 22, 1966. 2. Summary of measure.-S. 3150 was proposed by the General Accounting Office. Its purpose was to correct an inequity in the retirement provisions affecting the Comptroller General of the United States by amending sections 303 and 319 of the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 to (1) provide for the continuation of coverage under the Civil Service Retirement Act of an appointee to the Office of Comptroller General of the United States who, prior to such appointment, had been subject to that act and (2) permit such an appointee to elect to be covered exclusively by the retirement system provided for the Comptroller General.

3. Legislative status.-The subcommittee met in executive session and approved the bill. It was favorably reported by the full committee and subsequently passed the House. The bill became Public Law

89-520.

L. House Resolution 347, Disapproving Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1965 (Bureau of Customs).

1. Report number and date.-House Report No. 311, May 6, 1965. 2. Summary of measure.-House Resolution 347 was introduced to disapprove Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1965, which was transmitted to the Congress by the President on March 25, 1965. The plan abolished certain Presidentially appointed officers such as collectors and comptrollers of customs in the Bureau of Customs and made other reorganizations.

3. Legislative status.-The subcommittee held hearings on the plan and the resolution and reported the resolution to the full committee with a recommendation that it not be approved. This, in effect, was an endorsement of the plan. The full committee supported this recommendation and reported the resolution to the House. The resolution was not called up for action on the House floor and a similar measure was defeated in the Senate. The plan, therefore, went into effect on May 26, 1965.

4. Hearings.-April 12, 13, and 28, 1965. Transcript printed.

M. House Resolution 756, Disapproving Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1966 (Community Relations Service).

1. Report number and date.-House Report No. 1373, March 29, 1966.

2. Summary of measure.-House Resolution 756 was introduced to disapprove Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1966, which was transmitted

to the Congress by the President on February 10, 1966. The plan transferred the Community Relations Service, created under the Ċivil Rights Act of 1964, from the Department of Commerce to the Department of Justice and all functions of the Service and those relating thereto were transferred to the Attorney General.

3. Legislative status.-The subcommittee held hearings on the plan and the resolution and reported the resolution to the full committee with a recommendation that it not be approved. This, in effect, was an endorsement of the plan. The full committee supported this recommendation and reported the resolution to the House. After debate, the resolution was defeated in the House. A similar measure was defeated in the Senate. The plan, therefore, went into effect on April 22, 1966.

4. Hearings.-March 18, 1966. Transcript printed.

N. House Resolution 827, Disapproving Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1966 (Water Pollution Control).

1. Report number and date.-House Report No. 1478, May 5, 1966. 2. Summary of measure.-House Resolution 827 was introduced to disapprove Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1966, which was transmitted to the Congress by the President on February 28, 1966. The plan carried out a needed reorganization of water pollution control activities in the Federal Government by transferring nearly all water pollution control functions from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to the Department of the Interior.

3. Legislative status.-After hearings on the plan and the resolution, the subcommittee reported the resolution to the full committee with a recommendation that it not be approved. This had the effect of approving the plan. The full committee supported this recommendation and reported the resolution to the House. The resolution was not called up for action on the floor of the House and the plan, therefore, went into effect on May 10, 1966.

4. Hearings.-March 30 and May 4, 1966. Transcript printed.

O. H.R. 7179, To Establish a Department of Consumers.

1. Report number and date.-This bill was not reported by the subcommittee.

2. Summary of measure. This bill would establish a Department of Consumers in order to secure within the Federal Government effective representation of the economic interests of consumers and to coordinate the administration of consumer services.

3. Legislative status.-Hearings were held by the subcommittee. 4. Hearings.-April 19, 29; August 15 and 16, 1966. Transcript printed.

P. H.R. 7305, To Amend the Employment Act of 1946 To Require the Council of Economic Advisers To Advise the President Regarding the Effect of the Importation of Petroleum and Petroleum Products on Employment in the United States.

1. Report number and date.-This bill was not reported by the subcommittee.