such schools and institutions. The amount of currencies or credits so expended of any one country may not exceed an aggregate amount of $20 million, nor an annual amount of $1 million, unless otherwise authorized by Congress. SENATE PROCEEDINGS 2d Session: Referred to Committee on Military Affairs. Reported with amendment (p. 2141) (S. Rept. 1039). Debated, amended, and passed (p. 3552). Senate concurred in House amendments (p. 10237). [Hearings: Foreign educational benefits and surplus property. . . on S. 1440 and S. 1636. Feb. 25, 1946.] HOUSE PROCEEDINGS 2d Session: Referred to Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Department (p. 3756). Reported with amendments (p. 9284) (H. Rept. 2546). Debated, amended, and passed (p. 10214). Approved by President (p. 10619)—Public Law 584 [60 Stat. 754] [Fulbright Act]. LIBRARY SERVICES IN RURAL AREAS S. 1920 (as reported): To authorize the payment of $25,000 per year to each State for a period not to exceed 4 years for demonstration of public library services to those currently without it or with only inadequate services. SENATE PROCEEDINGS 2d Session: Referred to Committee on Education and Labor (p. 7265) (S. Rept. 1575). [Hearings: Public library service demonstration bill. Hearings before a subcommittee . . . on S. 1920. May 29, 1946.] NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT* H.R. 3370 (as passed): To assist the States, through grants-in-aid and other means, in providing an adequate supply of foods and other facilities for the establishment, maintenance, operation, and expansion of non-profit school lunch programs. This is a continuing program with increasing State matching requirements. HOUSE PROCEEDINGS 1st Session: Referred to Committee on Agriculture. Reported without amendment (p. 5591) (H. Rept. 684). Federal aid for school lunches was initiated under Public Law 320, 74th Congress, (Sec. 32) as one means of providing an expanding market for agricultural commodities during the depression. Although school lunches were not mentioned specifically, this section did provide for an annual appropriation to the Secretary of Agriculture "to encourage the domestic consumption of such commodities or products by diverting them by the payment of benefits or indemnities or by other means, from the normal channels of trade or commerce or by increasing their utilization through benefits, indemnities, donations, or by other means, among persons in low income groups. . . . [Hearings: School lunch program reported). Mar. 23-May 24, 1945.] ... on H.R. 2673, H.R. 3143 (H.R. 3370 2d Session: Debated, amended (pp. 1454, 1484, 1534), and passed (p. 1542). Disagreed to Senate amendments, agreed to conference, and appointed conferees (p. 1724). Conference report (H. Rept. 2080) submitted and agreed to (p. 5527). SENATE PROCEEDINGS 2d Session: Debated, amended, and passed (in lieu of S. 962) (p. 1608). Senate insisted on its amendment, requested conference, and appointed conferees (p. 1628). Conference report submitted and agreed to (p. 5602). Approved by President (p. 6674)-Public Law 396 [60 Stat. 230]. VETERANS' EDUCATION AND TRAINING S. 2477 (as passed): To give authority to the Veterans' Administration to reimburse State and local agencies for expenses incurred in rendering services in connection with the administration of certain training programs for veterans; to place a ceiling on the total amount of compensation for productive labor and subsistence allowances that may be received by veterans taking on-the-job training; a clarification of the law to permit a man to help work his way through college and earn a reasonable amount without losing his right to subsistence allowances; the procuring of standards "for other training on the job." (Amends previous veterans legislation.) SENATE PROCEEDINGS 2d Session: Referred to Committee on Finance. Reported without amendment (p. 10115) (S. Rept. 1840). Passed (p. 10369). HOUSE PROCEEDINGS 2d Session: Referred to Committee on World War Veterans Legislation (p. 10495). Passed (in lieu of H.R. 7130) (p. 10656). Approved by President (p. 10741)-Public Law 679 [60 Stat. 934]. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION S. 619 (as passed): To authorize to be appropriated for fiscal year 1947 and annually thereafter $10 million for vocational education in agriculture, $8 million for vocational education in home economics, $8 million for vocational education in trades and industry, and $2.5 million for vocational education in distributive occupations to be distributed to the States on the basis of the relation of the State demanding population to the national demanding population (rural population for agriculture and home economics, non-farm population for trades and industry, and total population for distributive occupations), essentially subject to the same conditions and limitations as the Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act. 91874-63-10 SENATE PROCEEDINGS 1st Session: Referred to Committee on Education and Labor. on 2d Session: Referred to Committee on Education and Labor. HOUSE PROCEEDINGS 2d Session: Referred to Committee on Education (p. 8432). Re- Approved by President (p. 10619)-Public Law 586 [60 Stat. 775] [80TH CONGRESS (JAN. 3, 1947-DEC. 31, 1948)] FEDERAL AID FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY S. 472 (as reported): To authorize a continuing Federal support SENATE PROCEEDINGS 1st Session: Referred to Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. 2d Session: Debated (pp. 3288, 3346, 3378, 3463, 3471, 3479, 3586, [Hearings: Federal aid to education S. 1131, and S. 1157. Apr. 9, 21-25, 28-30, and May 1-2, 1947.] HOUSE PROCEEDINGS 2d Session: Referred to Committee on Education and Labor (p. H.R. 2953: To authorize a continuing Federal support program of HOUSE PROCEEDINGS 1st Session: Referred to Committee on Education and Labor. [Hearings: Federal aid to education. Hearings before Subcommittee No. 1 on H.R. 140, H.R. 156, H.R. 1722, H.R. 1762, H.R. 1803, H.R. 1870, H.R. 1942, H.R. 2188, H.R. 2525, H.R. 2683, H.R. 2953, H.R. 3076, H.R. 3104. Apr. 29-30, May 1-2, 8-9, 13-16, 20-23, 27-29, 1947.] FEDERALLY IMPACTED AREAS-EDUCATIONAL AND/OR HOUSING FACILITIES (VETERANS) S. 854 (as passed): To amend sec. 502 of the Lanham Act to authorize the appropriation of an additional $35,500,000 for the completion of certain temporary housing projects for veterans. SENATE PROCEEDINGS 1st Session: Referred to Committee on Banking and Currency. Reported with amendment (p. 4422) (S. Rept. 151). Amended and passed (p. 4567). Senate concurred in House amendments (p. 5650). HOUSE PROCEEDINGS 1st Session: Amended and passed (in lieu of H.R. 2780) (p. 5394). Approved by President (p. 6120)-Public Law 85 (61 Stat. 128). S. 971 (as proposed): To amend Title V of the Lanham Act to authorize the Federal Works Administrator to make grants to institutions of higher learning for the construction of permanent educational facilities required in the education and training of war veterans. The bill authorizes the appropriation of $250 million. SENATE PROCEEDINGS 1st Session: Referred to Committee on Labor and Public Welfare (p. 2378). [Hearings: Grants to institutions of higher learning for constructing educational facilities required in the education of war veterans . . . on S. 971. May 5-6, 1947.] S. 2376 (as reported): To amend the Lanham Act to authorize the transfer of temporary war housing and temporary veterans' reuse housing to educational institutions, municipalities, and nonprofit organizations; and to extend the removal date. SENATE PROCEEDINGS 2d Session: Referred to Committee on Banking and Currency. Reported with amendments (p. 7135) (S. Rept. 1505). FEDERALLY IMPACTED AREAS-OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS (POST-WAR) H.R. 3682 (as passed): To authorize the Federal Works Adminisistrator to continue to make payments not to exceed $5 million for fiscal year 1948 for the operation and maintenance of school facilities which are still overburdened with war-incurred school enrollment. HOUSE PROCEEDINGS 1st Session: Referred to Committee on Education and Labor. Reported with amendment (p. 7522) (H. Rept. 625). Debated (p. 9852), motion to recommit rejected (p. 9869). Amended and passed (p. 9870). [Hearings: Emergency educational aid for government reservations . . . Vol. 1 on H.R. 2650, H.R. 2652, H.R. 2653, H.R. 2669, H.R. 2743, and H.R. 3145. Vol. 2 on H.R. 2650, H.R. 2652, H.R. 2653, H.R. 2669, H.R. 2743, H.R. 3145, and H.R. 3682. May 5 and 6, June 13 and 14, 1947.] SENATE PROCEEDINGS 1st Session: Referred to Committee on Labor and Public Welfare (p. 9896). Reported without amendment (p. 10169) (S. Rept. 769). Debated and passed (p. 10309). Approved by President (p. 10584)—Public Law 317 (61 Stat. 716). H.R. 6527 (as passed): To authorize the Federal Works Administrator to make payments not to exceed $6 million for fiscal year 1949 for the operation and maintenance of school facilities which (1) are still overburdened with war-incurred school enrollments or (2) have become overburdened with postwar defense-incurred enrollments. HOUSE PROCEEDINGS 2d Session: Referred to Committee on Education and Labor. Reported without amendment (p. 7919) (H. Rept. 2308). Debated and passed (pp. 8221, 8328). House disagreed to Senate amendments, requested a conference, and appointed conferees (p. 9252). Conference Report submitted and agreed to (p. 9309). [Hearings: Emergency educational aid for certain local school agencies. Hearings before Subcommittee No. 1 . . . on H.R. 6527. May 28, 1948. (Vol. 3).] SENATE PROCEEDINGS 2d Session: Amended and passed (in lieu of S. 2795) (pp. 8729, 8733). Senate insisted on its amendments, agreed to conference, and appointed conferees (p. 9090). Conference Report (H. Rept. 2443) submitted and agreed to (p. 9133). Approved by President (p. 9368)-Public Law 839 [62 Stat. 1110]. INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE H.R. 3342 (as passed): To promote better understanding of the United States in other countries, and to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries by means of (1) an information service to disseminate abroad information about the United States, its people and its policies, (2) an educational exchange service to cooperate with other nations in the interchange of persons, knowledge, and skills, in the rendering of technical and other services, and in the interchange of developments in the field of education, the arts, and sciences. |