The House disagreed to the Senate amendments on June 13, and requested a conference with the Senate, appointing as conferees: Representative Zablocki, Fascell, Harrington, Bonker, Studds, Pease, Nix, Broomfield, Winn, and Gilman. On June 14, the Senate insisted on its amendments, agreed to a conference with the House, and appointed as conferees: Senators Sparkman, Church, Clark, Biden, Case, Javits, and Percy. The conferees met on June 28 and on the 29 agreed to file a conference report. The authorization figures as agreed to by the conference committee are shown in the following table: 1 Includes $69,000 for increases in salary, pay, retirement, and other employee benefits authorized by law. The Senate agreed to the conference report on June 29, 1978 by voice vote. The House agreed to the conference report by a vote of 276 yeas to 120 nays on July 25, 1978. H.R. 11877 became Public Law 95–331 on August 2, 1978, upon approval by the President. Legislative history Feb. 14, 1978-Executive Communication 3247 considered in open session Feb. 15, 1978-Referred to Subcommittee on International Development. Mar. 15, 1978-Considered in open markup session by subcommittee, Apr. 4, 5, 1978-H.R. 11677 considered in open markup session by full committee, amended, and clean bill ordered introduced. Apr. 6, 1978-H.R. 11877 considered in open markup session by full committee, and ordered favorably reported by voice vote. Apr. 10, 1978-Rule requested. Apr. 11, 1978-Reported House Report 95–1049. Apr. 20, 1978-Hearing on request for rule. Rule granted. H. Res. 1145. Apr. 25, 1978-Passed House, amended, by vote of 297 yeas to 102 nays. May 12, 1978-Reported with amendments. Senate Report 95-807. June 8, 1978-Passed Senate, amended, by voice vote. June 13, 1978-House disagreed to Senate amendments, asked a conference with the Senate, and appointed as conferees: Representatives Zablocki, Fascell, Harrington, Bonker, Studds, Pease, Nix, Broomfield, Winn, and Gilman. June 14, 1978-Senate insisted on its amendments, agreed to conference with House, and appointed as conferees: Senators Sparkman, Church, Clark, Biden, Case, Javits, and Percy. June 28, 1978-Conferees agreed to file conference report. June 29, 1978-Conference report filed in House. House Report 95-1333. July 25, 1978-House agreed to conference report by a vote of 276 yeas to Aug. 2, 1978-Approved. Public Law 95–331. 6. International Investment Survey Act Amendments of 1978H.R. 12589 (S. 2928) (By Mr. Bingham, for himself, and Representatives Whalen and Gilman) The Department of the Treasury on February 7, 1978 and the Department of Commerce on April 7, 1978, transmitted to the chairman of the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade a request for funding for fiscal years 1979, 1980, and 1981, for activities to be conducted under the International Investment Survey Act of 1976. On April 24, the chairman of the subcommittee introduced H.R. 12286, containing the funding request, and making certain other amendments to the act, and on April 25, the bill was referred to the Committee on International Relations, and subsequently, to the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade. On the same day, the subcommittee held a hearing on H.R. 12286, and on May 4, the subcommittee ordered favorably reported to the full committee an amendment in the nature of a substitute to the bill, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1979 only, and making certain other amendments to the act. The amendment was introduced as a clean bill, H.R. 12589, on May 8, and referred to the committee. On May 10, the committee considered H.R. 12589 and ordered the bill favorably reported by voice vote, without amendment. The purpose of H.R. 12589 was to authorize an additional appropriation of $3 million for fiscal year 1979 to carry out the International Investment Survey Act of 1976. The additional funds would allow the Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the Industry and Trade Administration, which perform duties under the Investment Survey Act, to complete surveys of: (1) the exports and imports of foreign affiliates of U.S. companies: (2) data on the transfer of technology between U.S. companies and foreign affiliates or other foreign companies: (3) the foreign currency denomination of the claims and liabilities of U.S. companies and their affiliates; and (4) possible special surveys concerning foreign direct investment in the United States. H.R. 12589 passed the House on June 28, 1978 by a vote of 344 yeas to 54 nays under suspension of the rules; subsequently, this passage was vacated and S. 2928, a similar Senate-passed bill, was passed in lieu after being amended to contain the language of the House bill as passed. On September 7, the Senate agreed to the House amendments by voice vote and on September 22, 1978, S. 2928 became Public Law 95-381 upon approval by the President. Legislative history Apr. 25, 1978--H.R. 12286 referred to Subcommittee on International Apr. 25, 1978-Considered in open session by subcommittee. May 4, 1978-Considered in open markup session by subcommittee, sub- May 15, 1978-S. 2928 reported in Senate, amended, by Senate Com- May 22, 1978-Passed Senate, as amended, by voice vote. Sept. 7, 1978-S. 2928 Senate agreed to the House amendments by voice vote. Sept. 22, 1978-Approved. Public Law 95-381. 7. Agricultural Trade Act of 1978-H.R. 10584 (S. 3447) (by Mr. Mathis, for himself, and Representatives Poage, Wampler, Jones of Tennessee, McHugh, Skelton, Whitley, Akaka, Jeffords, English, Fithian, Jones of North Carolina, Madigan, Thorne, Thornton, Hightower, Symms, Panetta, Jenrette, Bowen, Johnson of Colorado, Hagedorn, Sebelius, Weaver, and Findley) H.R. 10584 was jointly referred together with a number of related bills to the Committees on Agriculture and International Relations on January 26, 1978. The Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade of the Committee on International Relations to which these bills were subsequently referred held four days of hearings on April 18, 20, May 1, and 17, on all pending agricultural export promotion measures. Consistent with the decision of the Committee on Agriculture to mark up H.R. 10584, the subcommittee considered amendments to that bill, as reported by the Committee on Agriculture in 2 days of markup, July 18 and 19. The subcommittee then reported an amendment in the nature of a substitute to the full committee, by voice vote. In markup sessions on July 27 and August 3, the full committee adopted the subcommittee substitute with further amendments. On August 9, 1978, the committee by voice vote ordered H.R. 10584 favorably reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. The purpose of H.R. 10584 as amended and reported by the Committee on International Relations was to expand U.S. agricultural exports by upgrading U.S. agricultural representatives abroad, improving U.S. agricultural promotional facilities in certain foreign markets, and providing expanded and more attractive credit terms for agriculture through the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), consistent with U.S. foreign policy objectives and the existing administration of U.S. personnel and facilities abroad. In its review of H.R. 10584 and related bills, the Committee on International Relations concentrated its attention upon those provisions with the greatest implications for: (1) U.S. foreign policy and (2) administration of U.S. programs and personnel in diplomatic missions abroad. The committee substitute to H.R. 10584 addressed issues regarding U.S. foreign policy, particularly in titles III and IV. Title III of the bill authorized the CCC to make credit available on intermediate terms (3 to 10 years at commercial market interest rates) for foreign purchases of breeding livestock (including freight costs) and grain for emergency reserve stocks pursuant to international grain reserve agreements; such transactions would be exempt from cargo preference laws. In title IV the bill authorized commodity purchases by nonmarket economy countries of U.S. agricultural products in excess of average purchases for the period 1975-77, to be eligible for CCC credits up to 3 years, except for any country described by section 103 (d) (1) of Public Law 480. To date, only the Soviet Union is considered to be so described. H.R. 10584 passed the House, as amended, on September 25, 1978, by a vote of 325 yeas and 62 nays under suspension of the rules. Subsequently, this passage was vacated and S. 3447, a similar Senate-passed bill, was passed in lieu after being amended to contain the language of the House bill as passed. On September 28, 1978, the Senate disagreed to the House amendments and requested a conference with the House, appointing as conferees: Senators Talmadge, Clark, Stone, Zorinsky, Hodges, Dole, Bellmon, and Lugar. The House insisted on its amendments and agreed to a conference with the Senate on September 29, appointing, as conferees: Representatives Foley, Zablocki, Poage, Fascell, de la Garza, Bingham, Jones of Tennessee, Mathis, Pease, Cavanaugh, Wampler, Broomfield, Sebelius, and Findley. The conferees met on October 4 and on the 5th agreed to file a conference report. The main difference between the House passed bill and the conference substitute was that title IV, which authorized commodity purchases by nonmarket economy countries, was replaced by a specific authorization for a 3-year credit to the People's Republic of China, which was the main purpose of the provision as reported by the House. The Senate agreed to the conference report by voice vote on October 11, 1978, and the House on October 14, 1978 by a vote of 356 yeas to 4 nays. S. 3447 became Public Law 95-501 upon approval by the President on October 21, 1978. Legislative history Jan. 26, 1978-H.R. 10584 jointly referred to Committees on Agriculture Jan. 30, 1978-Referred to Subcommittee on International Economic June 21, 1978-Considered in open markup session by Committee on July 10, 1978-Reported by Committee on Agriculture with amendment. July 18, 19, 1978-H.R. 10584, as amended by Committee on Agriculture, July 27, 1978-Substitute language considered in open markup session by full committee. Aug. 3, 1978-Substitute language considered in open markup session by full committee and amended. Aug. 9, 1978 Substitute language considered in open session by full committee. Subsequently, the bill was ordered favorably reported as amended by unanimous voice vote. Aug. 9, 1978-Rule requested. Aug. 23, 1978-S. 3447 reported in Senate by Senate Committee on Sept. 8, 1978-Passed Senate, amended, by a vote of 65 yeas to 1 nay. Sept. 29. 1978-House insisted on its amendments, agreed to conference Oct. 4, 1978-Conferees met. Oct. 5, 1978-Conferees met and agreed to file conference report. Oct. 21, 1978-Approved. Public Law 95-501. 8. Port Safety and Tank Vessel Safety Act of 1978-H.R. 13311 (S. 682) (by Mr. Murphy of New York, for himself, and Representatives Biaggi, Treen, Jones of North Carolina, de la Garza, Pritchard, Studds, Eilberg, Young of Alaska, de Lugo, Patterson of California, Bauman, Bonior, Ginn, Lent, Bonker, D'Amours Evans of Delaware, Hughes, Mikulski, Akaka, Zeferetti, Emery, and Trible) The purpose of H.R. 13311 was to amend the Ports and Waterways Safety Act of 1972 and the Tank Vessel Act of 1936, in order to provide for the safety of tank vessels, and the protection of the marine environment. The concern of the committee was Section 9 dealing with international agreements. As a result of hearings on Section 9, the committee adopted two amendments to that section that make explicit the extent of the President's authority in negotiating and concluding international agreements with neighboring States or through appropriate international bodies concerning vessel standards and vessel traffic services. Legislative history May 16, 1977--S. 682 reported in Senate, amended, by Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Senate Report 95-176. May 25, 1977-Considered in Senate. May 26, 1977-Passed Senate, amended, by voice vote. June 1, 1977-Jointly referred to House Committees on International June 8, 1977-Referred jointly to Subcommittees on Inter-American June 28, 1977-Reports requested from Departments of Commerce, June 28, 1978-H.R. 13311 referred to Committee on Merchant July 6, 1977-S. 682: Acknowledgment received from State. July 14, Sept. 15, 1977-Report received from Council on Environ- July 21, 1978-H.R. 13311 reported by Committee on Merchant Marine July 24, 1978-Referred jointly to Subcommittees on International July 27, 1978-Considered in open session by subcommittees. Aug. 3, 1978-Considered in open markup session by full committee |