By Mr. CHARLES H. WILSON of H.R. 1170. A bill to establish the Cabinet Committee for Asian American Affairs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Government Operations. H.R. 1171. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of a National Institute of Aging; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. H.R. 1172. A bill to carry out the recommendations of the Presidential Task Force on Women's Rights and Responsibilities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. H.R. 1173. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to protect civilian employees of the executive branch of the U.S. Government in the enjoyment of their constitutional rights, to prevent unwarranted governmental invasions of their privacy, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. H.R. 1174. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the reclassification of positions of deputy U.S. marshal, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. H.R. 1175. A bill to include inspectors of the Immigration and Naturalization Service or the Bureau of Customs within the provisions of section 8336 (c) of title 5, United States Code, relating to the retirement of certain employees engaged in hazardous occupations, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. H.R. 1176. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to eliminate, in the case of any oil or gas well located outside the United States, the percentage depletion allowance and the option to deduct intangible drilling drilling and development costs, and to deny a foreign tax credit with respect to the income derived from any such well; to the Committee on Ways and Means. H.R. 1177. A bill to extend to all unmarried individuals the full tax benefits or income-splitting now enjoyed by married individuals filing joint returns; and to remove rate inequities for married persons where both are employed; to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. WYDLER: H.R. 1178. A bill to amend title 28 of the United States Code to permit the holding of Federal District Court for the Eastern District of New York at a suitable site in Nassau County in lieu of Mineola; to the Committee on the Judiciary. H.R. 1179. A bill to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to provide that State and local governments may regulate aircraft noise; to the Committee on Public Works and Transportation. H.R. 1180. A bill to establish the Airport Noise Curfew Commission and to define its functions and duties; to the Committee on Public Works and Transportation. 38-065-HJ-94-1, Pt. 1-5 H.R. 1181. A bill to allow a credit against Federal income taxes or a payment from the U.S. Treasury for State and local real property taxes or an equivalent portion of rent paid on their residences by individuals who have attained age 65; to the Committee on Ways and Means. H.R. 1182. A bill to establish study and research programs to insure that the extraction and transportation of offshore oil shall not endanger the marine environment, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide for an offshore oil extraction excise tax, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means. H.R. 1183. A bill to establish a Consumer Protection Agency in order to secure within the Federal Government effective protection and representation of the interests of consumers, and for other purposes; jointly to the Committees on Government Operations and Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. YATES: H.R. 1184. A bill to amend the act of August 24, 1966, for purposes of prohibiting the shipment in interstate commerce of dogs intended to be used to fight other dogs for purposes of sport, wagering, or entertainment; to the Committee on Agriculture. H.R. 1185. A bill to protect the political rights and privacy of individuals and organizations and to define the authority of the Armed Forces to collect, distribute, and store information about civilian political activity; to the Committee on Armed Services. H.R. 1186. A bill to provide for the discharge of members of the Armed Forces from active military service by reason of physical disability when suffering from drug dependency, to authorize the civil commitment of such members concurrent with their discharge, to provide for retroactive honorable discharges in certain cases, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services. H.R. 1187. A bill to prohibit the importation, manufacture, sale, purchase, transfer, receipt, or transportation of handguns, in any manner affecting interstate or foreign commerce, except for or by members of the Armed Forces, law enforcement officials, and, as authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury, licensed importers, manufacturers, dealers, and pistol clubs; to the Committee on the Judiciary. H.R. 1188. A bill to prohibit commercial flights by supersonic aircraft into or over the United States until certain findings are made by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and by the Secretary of Transportation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Public Works and Transportation. H.R. 1189. A bill to establish an independent commission to administer the internal revenue laws; to the Committee on Ways and Means. H.R. 1190. A bill to require States to pass along to individuals who are re cipients of aid or assistance under the Federal-State public assistance programs or under certain other Federal programs, and who are entitled to social security benefits, the full amount of the 1972 increase in such benefits, either by disregarding it in determining their need for assistance or otherwise; to the Committee on Ways and Means. H.R. 1191. A bill to amend the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act to provide additional protection to marine and wildlife ecology by providing for the orderly regulation of dumping in the ocean, coastal, and other waters of the United States; jointly to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries and Public Works and Transportation. H.R. 1192. A bill to provide that a finding of permanent and total disability under title II or XVI of the Social Security Act, chapter 13 or 15 of title 38, United States Code, or the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 will be considered as a finding of disability under any of such programs, and for other purposes; jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means, Veterans' Affairs, and Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska: H.R. 1193. A bill to authorize construction of the Devil Canyon and Denali units of the Upper Susitna River Basin project and related transmission facilities; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. H.R. 1194. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park in the States of Alaska and Washington, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. H.R. 1195. A bill to make available to the city of Ketchikan, Alaska, certain lands necessary to the replacement of the Carlanna Creek Dam; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. H.R. 1196. A bill to establish a Marine Fisheries Conservation Fund; to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. H.R. 1197. A bill to amend the Commercial Fisheries Research and Development Act of 1964 to authorize additional funds to restore fisheries affected by resource disasters; to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. H.R. 1198. A bill to amend title V of the Social Security Act to provide that, in making certain allotments to States thereunder, there shall be taken into account the higher cost of living prevailing in Alaska and Hawaii; to the Committee on Ways and Means. H.R. 1199. A bill to authorize certain revenues from leases on the Outer Continental Shelf to be made available to coastal and other States; jointly to the Committees on the Judiciary and Government Operations. By Mr. YOUNG of Florida: H.R. 1200. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to equalize the retirement pay of members of the uni formed services of equal rank and years of service, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services. H.R. 1201, A bill to terminate age discrimination in employment; to the Committee on Education and Labor. H.R. 1202. A bill to direct the President to halt all exports of gasoline, distillate fuel oil, and propane gas until he determines that no shortage of such fuels exists in the United States; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. H.R. 1203. A bill to prohibit the exportation of fertilizer from the United States until the Secretary of Agriculture determines that an adequate domestic supply of fertilizer exists; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. H.R. 1204. A bill to limit U.S. contributions to the United Nations; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. H.R. 1205. A bill to require public disclosure by certain recipients of Federal funds of information required to be kept by such recipients as a condition of receiving such funds; to the Committee on Government Operations. H.R. 1206. A bill to require candidates for Federal elective office to resign any elective public office the term of which ends after the beginning of the term of such Federal office before filing in the general election for such Federal office; to the committee on House Administration. H.R. 1207. A bill to prohibit travel at Government expense outside the United States by Members of Congress who after the adjournment sine die of the last session of a Congress are not candidates for reelection in the next Congress; to the Committee on House Administration. H.R. 1208. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the making of grants to assist in the establishment and initial operation of agencies and expanding the services available in existing agencies which will provide home health services, and to provide grants to public and private agencies to train professional and paraprofessional personnel to provide home health services; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. H.R. 1209. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to include a definition of food supplements, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. H.R. 1210. A bill to provide a penalty for unlawful assault upon policemen, firemen, and other law enforcement personnel, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. H.R. 1211. A bill to amend section 1951, title 18, United States Code, act of July 3, 1946; to the Committee on the Judiciary. H.R. 1212. A bill to amend title 5 and title 44, United States Code, to lengthen the time period between the publication of a Federal rule and the effective date of such rule, and the time period between the publication of notice of a hearing and the beginning of such hearing; to the Committee on the Judiciary. H.R. 1213. A bill to amend section 700 of title 18, United States Code, relating to desecration of the flag of the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary. H.R. 1214. A bill to make displaying the flag of certain hostile countries treasonable; to the Committee on the Judiciary. H.R. 1215. A bill to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 in order to prohibit the issuance of general permits thereunder which authorize the taking of marine mammals in connection with commercial fishing operations, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. H.R. 1216. A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to restrict the mailing of chain letters containing statements implying or predicting harm or misfortune to recipients failing to transmit the letters or copies thereof according to instructions therein, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. H.R. 1217. A bill to make Flag Day a legal public holiday; to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. H.R. 1218. A bill to insure that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced, or entitlement thereto discontinued, because of increases in monthly social security benefits; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H.R. 1219. A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to apply to veterans and other persons pursuing certain vocational and technical educational programs the same certification and requirements with respect to enrollment, pursuit, and attendance as apply to veterans and persons pursuing programs leading to standard college degree; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H.R. 1220. A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code so as to entitle veterans of the Mexican border period and of World War I and their widows and children to pension on the same basis as veterans of the Spanish-American War and their widows and children, respectively, and to increase pension rates; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H.R. 1221. A bill to amend chapter 15 of title 38, United States Code, to provide for the payment of pensions to World War I veterans and their widows, subject to $3,000 and $4,200 annual income limitations; to provide for such veterans a certain priority in entitlement to hospitalization and medical care; and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H.R. 1222. A bill to provide for national cemeteries in the central west coast area of the State of Florida; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H.R. 1223. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that the first $5,000 of an individual's civil service retirement annuity (or other Federal retirement annuity) shall be exempt from income tax; to the Committee on Ways and Means. H.R. 1224. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to increase to $3,600 the amount of outside earnings which (subject to further increases under the automatic adjustment provisions) is permitted each year without any deductions from benefits thereunder; to the Committee on Ways and Means. H.R. 1225. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for the payment of wife's or husband's insurance benefits (and widow's or widower's insurance benefits in cases of continuous entitlement) without regard to age where the insured individual (on the basis of whose wage record such benefits are payable) is or has been entitled to disability insurance benefits; to the Committee on Ways and Means. H.R. 1226. A bill limiting the use for demonstration purposes of any federally owned property in the District of Columbia, requiring the posting of a bond, and for other purposes; jointly to the Committees on Public Works and Transportation and the District of Columbia. H.R. 1227. A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe regulations requiring certain modes of public transportation in interstate commerce to reserve some seating capacity for passengers who do not smoke; jointly to the Committees on Public Works and Transportation and Interstate and Foreign Commerce. MEMORIALS Under clause 4 of rule XXII, memorials were presented and referred as follows: 3. By the SPEAKER: Memorial of the Legislature of the State of California, relative to mobile teachers' retirement assistance; to the Committee on Education and Labor. 4. Also, memorial of the Legislature of the State of California, relative to American servicemen missing in action; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1975 The House was called to order by the Speaker. APPROVAL OF THE JOURNAL The SPEAKER announced he had examined and approved the Journal of the proceedings of Thursday, January 16, 1975. By unanimous consent, the Journal was approved. COMMUNICATIONS Executive and other communications, pursuant to clause 2, rule XXIV, were referred as follows: 126. A letter from the President of the United States, transmitting his approval of the Pocatalico River Basin Joint Study Interim Report (West Virginia, as modified, pursuant to Public Law 87-639 [16 U.S.C. 1009]; to the Committee on Public Works and Transportation. 127. A letter from the Deputy Secretary of Defense, transmitting a report on the financial condition and operating results of working capital funds of the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1974, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2208; to the Committee on Armed Services. 128. A letter from the Deputy Chief, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of the Navy, transmitting notice of the intention of the Department of the Navy to donate certain surplus property to the Hawaiian Railway Society, Honolulu, Hawaii, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 7545; to the Committee on Armed Services. 129. A letter from the Executive Secretary, Federal Metal and Nonmetallic Mine Safety Board of Review, transmitting the annual report of the Board's activities for calendar year 1974, pursuant to section 10(1) of the Federal Metal and Nonmetallic Mine Safety Act [30 U.S.C. 729 (1) 1; to the Committee on Education and Labor. 130. A letter from the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the biennial report on continuing studies of the quality of water of the Colorado River Basin, pursuant to 70 Stat. 105, 76 Stat. 96, 389, and 88 Stat. 274; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. 131. A letter from the Chairman, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, transmitting copies of materials requested from the Commission by the Office of Management and Budget, pursuant to section 27(k) (1) of Public Law 92-573; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. 132. A letter from the Chairman, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, transmitting a copy of the Commission's budget estimate for the 3-month transition period, July 1-September 30, 1976, pursuant to section 27(k) (1) of Public Law 92-573; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. 133. A letter from the Administrator, Federal Energy Administration, transmitting a report on foreign ownership, control, and influence on domestic energy sources and supply, pursuant to section 26 of Public Law 93-275; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com merce. 134. A letter from the Director, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to amend the act of August 6, 1958, 72 Stat. 497, relating to service as chief judge of a U.S. district court; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 135. A letter from the Director, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to amend section 2254, title 28, . United States Code, to the Committee on the Judiciary. 136. A letter from the Director, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to provide a penalty for failure of a convicted person to surrender himself to the Attorney General; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 137. A letter from the Director, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to enlarge the trial jurisdiction of U.S. magistrates in misdemeanor cases, to make technical and administrative amendments in the Federal Magistrates Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 138. A letter from the Director, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to provide for the defense of judges and judicial officers sued in the official capacity; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 139. A letter from the Director, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to eliminate the requirement of a three-judge district court in cases seeking to restrain the enforcement of State or Federal statutes for repugnance to the Constitution; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 140. A leter from the Director, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to provide for the setting aside of convictions in certain cases and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 141. A letter from the Director, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to provide for civil penalty and injunctive relief in the event of a discharge or threatened discharge of an employee for the reason of such employee's Federal jury service; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 142. A letter from the Director, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to authorize the position of crierclerk within the judicial branch of the Government of the United States and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 143. A letter from the Director, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to provide for the appointment of additional district judges, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 144. A letter from the Director, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to provide for the protection of U.S. probation officers; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 145. A letter from the Director, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to provide for a within-grade salary increase plan for secretaries to circuit and district judges of the courts of the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 146. A letter from the Director, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to amend title 28 of the United States Code to provide for the investigation and prosecution of disciplinary proceedings against members of the bar of the courts of the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 147. A letter from the Director, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to amend sections 611 and 627 of title 28, United States Code, relating to the retirement of the Director and Deputy Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts and the Director of the Federal Judicial Center; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 148. A letter from the Director, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to provide for the appointment of legal assistants in the courts of appeals of the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 149. A letter from the Director, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to authorize the Judicial Conference of the United States to fix fees and costs in the U.S. district courts, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 150. A letter from the Director, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to provide for the appointment of transcribers of official court reporters' transcripts in the U.S. district courts, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 151. A letter from the Director, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to amend the Jury Selection and Service Act of 1968, as amended, to clarify the qualification section of that act with regard to service by persons whose civil rights have been restored; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 152. A letter from the Director, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to provide for amendment of the Jury Selection and Service Act of 1968, as amended, adding further definitions relating to jury selection by electronic data processing; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 153. A letter from the Director, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, transmitting a draft of pronosed legislation to amend title 28, United States Code, to provide in civil cases for juries of six persons, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 154. A letter from the Director, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to amend the Jury Selection and Service Act of 1968, as amended, by revising the section on fees of jurors; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 155. A letter from the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, transmitting the seventh annual report on medicare, covering fiscal year 1973, pursuant to section 1875 (b) of the Social Security Act, as amended [42 U.S.C. 139511(b) (H. Doc. No. 94-34); jointly, to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Interstate and Foreign Commerce and ordered to be printed. 156. A letter from the Comptroller General of the United States, transmitting his review of the proposed deferrals of budget authority and the supplementary reports revising previously proposed deferrals which were contained in the message from the President dated December 27, 1974 (House Document No. 94-10), pursuant to section 1014(b) and (c) of Public Law 93-344 (H. Doc. No. 94-35); to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. CALENDAR WEDNESDAY BUSINESS DISPENSED WITH On motion of Mr. O'NEILL, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That business in order for consideration on Wednesday, January 22, 1975, under clause 7, rule XXIV, the Calendar Wednesday rule, be dispensed with. ADJOURNMENTS OVER On motion of Mr. O'NEILL, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That when the House adjourns today it adjourn to meet on Monday, January 20, 1975, and when the House adjourns on Monday, January 20, 1975, it adjourn to meet on Thursday,, January 23, 1975. HELL'S CANYON AND MIDDLE On motion of Mr. ULLMAN, by unanimous consent, all Members were granted 5 legislative days in which to extend their own remarks in the Record on Hell's Canyon and Middle Snake River. And then, ADJOURNMENT On motion of Mr. STUDDS, at 12 o'clock and 6 minutes p.m., the House adjourned until Monday, January 20, 1975, pursuant to the special order heretofore agreed to. PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Under clause 4 of rule XXII, public bills and resolutions were introduced and severally referred as follows: (Submitted January 14, 1975) By Mr. ABDNOR: H.R. 1228. A bill to amend the Federal Salary Act of 1967, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. By Ms. ABZUG: H.R. 1229. A bill to exonerate and to provide for a general and unconditional amnesty for certain persons who have violated or are alleged to have laws in the course of protests against the involvement of the United States in Indochina, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. ALEXANDER: H.R. 1230. A bill to provide for payments to compensate county governments for the tax immunity of Federal lands within their boundaries; to the Committee on Government Operations. H.R. 1231. A bill to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to provide that under certain circumstances exclusive territorial arrangements shall not be deemed unlawful; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. H.R. 1232. A bill to amend the Social Security Act to make certain that recipients of supplemental security income benefits, recipients of aid or assistance under the various Federal-State public assistance and medicaid programs, and recipients of assistance or benefits under the veterans' pension and compensation programs and certain other Federal and federally assisted programs will not have the amount of such benefits, aid, or assistance reduced because of post-1973 increases in monthly social security benefits; to the Committee on Ways and Means. H.R. 1233. A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to repeal the recently added provision for the establishment of professional standards review organizations to review services covered under the medicare and medicaid programs; jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. ANDERSON of California: H.R. 1234. A bill to terminate the airlines mutual aid agreement; to the Committee on Public Works and Transportation. By Mrs. SULLIVAN: H.R. 1235. A bill to protect the public health by amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act so as to amend certain labeling provisions of the food, drug, and cosmetic chapters to assure adequate information for consumers, including cautionary labeling of articles where needed to prevent accidental injury; expand the coverage of the "Delaney clause" to apply to mutagenic and teratogenic agents; eliminate the "grandfather's clause" for pre-1958 chemical activities used in food; require nutritional labeling of foods; require labeling of all ingredients in foods, listed in order of predominance, including specific coloring and preservative ingredients; prohibit worthless ingredients in special dietary foods; authorize the establishment of of standards for medical devices; require medical devices to be shown safe and efficacious before they are marketed commercially; require all antibiotics to be certified; provide for the certification of certain other drugs; require records and reports bearing on drug safety; limit the distribution of sample drugs; require cosmetics to be shown safe before they are marketed commercially; clarify and strengthen existing inspection authority; make additional provisions of the act applicable to carriers; provide for administrative subpenas; provide for strengthening and facilitating mutual cooperation and assistance, including training of personnel, in the administration of that act and of related State and local laws; prohibit the use of carcinogenic color additives in animal feeds; safeguard the health of children by banning sweetened or flavored aspirin from commerce; authorize a system of coding for prescription drugs; establish a U.S. Drug Com pendium; and for other purposes; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. ANDERSON of California: H.R. 1236. A bill to amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, to provide for Federal-State cooperation in oil drilling activities which may affect the coastal zone of a State prior to final approval of a State's coastal zone management program; jointly to the Committees on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, and Interior and Insular Affairs. By Mr. ANNUNZIO: H.R. 1237. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to increase to $750 in all cases the amount of the lumpsum death payment thereunder; to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. BELL: H.R. 1238. A bill to encourage States to establish motor vehicle disposal programs and to provide for federally guaranteed loan and tax incentives for the acquisition of automobile scrap processing equipment; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. BENNETT: H.R. 1239. A bill to prohibit the broadcasting of paid political advertisements for Presidential candidates and to require broadcasting stations to provide free broadcasting time for such candidates; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. BIESTER: H.R. 1240. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to promote public confidence in the legislative branch of the Government of the United States by requiring the disclosure by Members of Congress and certain employees of the Congress of certain financial interests; to the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct. By Mr. BINGHAM: H.R. 1241. A bill to provide for the monthly publication of a Consumer Price Index for the Elderly which shall be used in the provision of cost-of-living benefit increases authorized by title II of the Social Security Act; to the Committee on Ways and Means. H.R. 1242. A bill to regulate interstate commerce by amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the licensing of vessels and establishments used in the harvesting, processing, displaying, and selling of fish and fishery products, for the inspection of the vessels and establishments after licensing, and for cooperation with the States in the regulation of intrastate commerce with respect to State fish inspection programs, and for other purposes; jointly to the Committees on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, and Merchant Marine and Fisheries. By Mr. BOLAND: H.R. 1243. A bill to amend the Natural Gas Act to secure adequate and reliable supplies of natural gas and oil at the lowest reasonable cost to the consumer, and for other purposes; jointly to the Committees on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, and Science and Technology. By Mr. BROOKS: H.R. 1244. A bill to establish procedures and regulations for certain protective services provided by the U.S. Secret Service; jointly to the Committees on Government Operations, and the Judiciary. By Mr. BRÖYHILL: H.R. 1245. A bill to amend the act of August 24, 1955, for purposes of prohibiting the shipment in interstate commerce of dogs intended to be used to fight other dogs for purposes of sport, wagering, or entertainment; to the Committee on Agriculture. By Mr. CARNEY: H.R. 1246. A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1964 to prohibit, after January 1, 1975, an increase in the percentage of a household's monthly net income required to be paid for a monthly allotment of food stamps unless the Congress establishes the increase; to the Committee on Agriculture. H.R. 1247. A bill to regulate interstate and foreign commerce in order to provide early warning of plant closings and relocations to those locally affected; to the Committee on Education and Labor. H.R. 1248. A bill to limit the quantity of iron and steel scrap which may be exported from the United States to 6 million tons annually during the next 3-year period; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. H.R. 1249. A bill to amend titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act to include qualified drugs, requiring a physician's prescription or certification and approved by a formulary committee, among the items and services covered under the hospital insurance program; to the Committee on Ways and Means. H.R. 1250. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to freeze the inpatient hospital deductible which is imposed for purposes of hospital insurance benefits, and the monthly premiums which are charged for purposes of supplementary medical insurance benefits (and for purposes of hospital insurance benefits for uninsured individuals not otherwise eligible, at their 1974 levels; to the Committee on Ways and Means. H.R. 1251. A bill to amend the Social Security Act to establish a program of food allowance for older Americans; jointly to the Committees on Agriculture and Ways and Means. By Mr. CONLAN: H.R. 1252. A bill to reestablish the fiscal integrity of the Government of the United States and its monetary policy, through the establishment of controls with respect to the levels of its revenues and budget outlays, the issuance of money, and the preparation of the budget, and for other purposes; jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Banking, Currency and Housing. By Mr. CONTE: H.R. 1253. A bill to direct the President to halt all exports of gasoline, distillate fuel oil, and propane gas until he determines that no shortage of such fuels exists in the United States; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, H.R. 1254. A bill to provide for protection of franchised dealers in petroleum products; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. H.R. 1255. A bill to authorize the Council on Environmental Quality to carry out a county government environmental control demonstration project; to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. By Mr. DOMINICK V. DANIELS: H.R. 1256. A bill to amend the age and service requirements for immediate retirement under subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. By Mr. DANIELSON (for himself, H.R. 1257. A bill to establish a Relocation Benefits Commission to provide assistance to certain persons who were relocated under the authority of Executive Order No. 9066, dated February 19, 1942, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. DE LA GARZA: H.R. 1253. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require a State, under its approved medicaid plan, to provide assistance to the medically indigent as well as the medically needy; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. DELANEY: H.R. 1259. A bill to strengthen and improve the Older Americans Act of 1965, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and Labor. H.R. 1260. A bill to amend the Vocational Rehabilitation Act to extend and revise the authorization of grants to States for vocational rehabilitation services, to authorize grants for rehabilitation services to those with severe disabilities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and Labor. H.R. 1261. A bill to amend to Export Administration Act of 1969 to provide for the regulation of the export of agricultural commodities; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. H.R. 1262. A bill to provide for the humane care, treatment, habilitation, and protection of the mentally retarded in residential facilities through the establishment of strict quality operation and control standards and the support of the implementation of such standards by Federal assistance, to establish State plans which require a survey of need for assistance to residential facilities to enable them to be in compliance with such standards, seek to minimize inappropriate admissions to residential facilities and develop strategies which stimulate the development of regional and community programs for the mentally retarded which include the integration of such residential facilities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. H.R. 1263. A bill to prohibit the use of appropriated funds to carry out or asist research on living human fetuses; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. H.R. 1264. A bill to amend sections 101 and 902 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended, to implement the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft and to amend title XI of such act to authorize the President to suspend air service to any foreign nation which he determines is encouraging aircraft hijacking by acting in a manner inconsistent with the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft and to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to revoke the operating authority of foreign air carriers under certain circumstances, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Public Works and Transportation. H.R. 1265. A bill to prohibit mostfavored-nation treatment and commercial and guarantee agreements with respect to any non-market-economy country which denies to its citizens the right to emigrate or which imposes more than nominal fees upon its citizens as a condition to emigration; to the Committee on Ways and Means. H.R. 1266. A bill to establish an Office of Consumer Affairs in the Executive Office of the President and a Consumer Protection Agency in order to secure within the Federal Government effective protection and representation of the interests of consumers, and for other purposes; jointly to the Committees on Government Operations, and Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. DELLUMS: H.R. 1267. A bill to provide for disclosure of information by executive departments to committees of Congress; to the Committee on Armed Services. H.R. 1268. A bill to help preserve the separation of powers and to further the constitutional prerogatives of Congress by providing for congressional review of executive agreements; jointly to the Committees on Foreign Affairs and Rules. By Mr. DOWNING: H.R. 1269. A bill to amend the depository library program (44 U.S.C. 190114); to the Committee on House Administration. H.R. 1270. A bill to promote the conservation and orderly development of hard mineral resources of the deep seabed, pending adoption of an international regime relating thereto; jointly to the Committees on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, and Interior and Insular Affairs. By Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee: H.R. 1271. A bill to designate a national laboratory as the "Oak Ridge National Laboratory"; to the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. By Mr. ECKHARDT (for himself, Mr. DINGELL, MS. ABZUG, Mr. |