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designate Mr. W. Raymond Colley, Deputy Clerk, to sign any and all papers and do all other acts for me under the name of the Clerk of the House which he would be authorized to do by virtue of this designation, except such as are provided by statute, in cases of my temporary absence or disability.

If Mr. Colley should not be able to act in my behalf for any reason, then Mr. Benjamin J. Guthrie, Assistant to the Clerk, shall similarly perform such duties under the same conditions as are authorized by this designation.

These designations shall remain in effect for the 94th Congress or until revoked by me.

Sincerely,

W. PAT JENNINGS,

Clerk,

U.S. House of Representatives. REPORT OF COMMITTEE TO NOTIFY THE PRESIDENT

Mr. O'NEILL was recognized, and said: Mr. Speaker, your committee on the part of the House to join a like committee on the part of the Senate to notify the President of the United States that a quorum of each House has been assembled and is ready to receive any communication that he may be pleased to make has performed that duty. The President asked us to report that he will be pleased to deliver his message at 1 p.m., Wednesday, January 15, 1975, to a joint session of the two Houses.

AUTHORIZING A JOINT SESSION TO RECEIVE THE PRESIDENT

Mr. O'NEILL submitted the following concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 1): Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That the two Houses of Congress assemble in the Hall of the House of Representatives on January 15, 1975 at 1 o'clock p.m. for the purpose of receiving such communication as the President of the United States shall be pleased to make to them. When said concurrent resolution was considered and agreed to.

A motion to reconsider the vote whereby said concurrent resolution was agreed to was, by unanimous consent, laid on the table.

Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in said concurrent resolution.

ORDER FOR RECESS

On motion of Mr. O'NEILL, by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That it may be in order at any time on Wednesday, January 15, 1975, for the Speaker to declare a recess subject to the call of the Chair. SUBPENAS DUCES TECUM-RESPONSE DURING RECESSES OR ADJOURNMENTS OF THE 94TH CONGRESS

Mr. O'NEILL submitted the following resolution (H. Res. 9):

Whereas, by the privileges of this House no evidence of a documentary character under the control and in the possession of the House of Representa

tives can, by the mandate of process of the ordinary courts of justice, be taken from such control or possession except by its permission: Therefore be it

Resolved, That when it appears by the order of any court in the United States or a judge thereof, or of any legal officer charged with the administration of the orders of such court or judge, that documentary evidence in the possession and under the control of the House is needful for use in any court of justice or before any judge or such legal officer, for the promotion of justice, this House will take such action thereon as will promote the ends of justice consistently with the privileges and rights of this House; be it further

Resolved, That during any recess or adjournment of the Ninety-fourth Congress, when a subpena or other order for the production or disclosure of information is by the due process of any court in the United States served upon any Member, officer, or employee of the House of Representatives, directing appearance as a witness before the said court at any time and the production of certain and sundry papers in the possession and under the control of the House of Representatives, that any such Member, officer, or employee of the House, be authorized to appear before said court at the place and time named in any such subpena or order, but no papers or documents in the possession or under the control of the House of Representatives shall be produced in response thereto; and be it further

Resolved, That when any said court determines upon the materiality and the relevancy of the papers or documents called for in the subpena or other order, then said court, through any of its officers or agents shall have full permission to attend with all proper parties to the proceedings before said court and at a place under the orders and control of the House of Representatives and take copies of the said documents or papers and the Clerk of the House is authorized to supply certified copies of such documents that the court has found to be material and relevant, except that under no circumstances shall any minutes or transcripts of executive sessions, or any evidence of witnesses in respect thereto, be disclosed or copied, nor shall the possession of said documents and papers by any Member, officer, or employee of the House be disturbed or removed from their place of file or custody under said Member, officer, or employee; and be it further

Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted by the Clerk of the House to any of said courts whenever such writs of subpena or other orders are issued and served as aforesaid.

When said resolution was considered and agreed to.

A motion to reconsider the vote whereby said resolution was agreed to was, by unanimous consent, laid on the table.

COMPENSATION OF CERTAIN

STAFF PERSONNEL

Mr. O'NEILL, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolution (H. Res. 10):

Resolved, That (a) each Memberelect (other than an incumbent Member reelected to the ensuing Congress) who attends a caucus or conference called under section 202(a) of House Resolution 988, Ninety-third Congress, and each incumbent Member reelected to the ensuing Congress who attends any such caucus or conference convening after the adjournment sine die of the Congress in the year involved, shall be entitled to designate one staff person to be paid for one round trip between that person's place of residence, provided such place of residence is in the district which the Member-elect or incumbent Member represents, and Washington, District of Columbia, for the purpose of accompanying that Member-elect or incumbent Member to such caucus or conference.

(b) Each Member-elect (other than an incumbent Member reelected to the ensuing Congress) who attends a caucus or conference called under such section 202(a) shall be entitled to designate one staff person who shall in addition be reimbursed on a per diem or other basis for expenses incurred in accompanying the Member-elect at the time of such caucus or conference for a period not to exceed the shorter of the following

(i) the period beginning with the day before the designated date upon which such caucus or conference is to convene and ending with the day after the date of the final adjournment of such caucus or conference; or

(ii) fourteen days.

SEC. 2. (a) Payments and reimbursements to staff persons under the first section of this resolution shall be made as provided (with respect to staff) in the regulations prescribed by the Committee on House Administration with respect to travel and other expenses of staff. Reimbursements shall be paid on special voucher forms prescribed by the Committee on House Administration.

(b) Additional funds, if any, for staff allowances and office space for use by Members-elect (other than an incumbent Member reelected to the ensuing Congress) shall be authorized by the Committee on House Administration.

When said resolution was considered and agreed to.

A motion to reconsider the vote whereby said resolution was agreed to was, by unanimous consent, laid on the table.

HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING COMMISSION The SPEAKER, pursuant to the provisions of 40 United States Code 175 and 176, appointed the gentleman from Massachusetts, Mr. O'NEILL, and the gentleman from Arizona, Mr. RHODES, as members of the House Office Building Commission to serve with himself.

TRANSMITTAL OF THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET

AND ECONOMIC REPORT

Mr. MAHON, by unanimous consent, submitted the following joint resolution (H.J. Res. 1) extending the time within which the President may transmit the Budget Message and the Economic Report to the Congress.

When said joint resolution was considered, read twice, ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read a third time by title, and passed.

A motion to reconsider the vote whereby said joint resolution was passed was, by unanimous consent, laid on the table.

Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in said joint resolution.

PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE

By unanimous consent, permission to address the House on January 15, after all legislative business of the day and special orders heretofore agreed to, was granted to Mr. COCHRAN, for 10 minutes. And then,

ADJOURNMENT

On motion of Mr. SHARP, at 4 o'clock and 15 minutes p.m., the House adjourned.

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS

AND RESOLUTIONS

Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of committees were delivered to the Clerk for printing and reference to the proper calendar, as follows:

[Submitted January 2, 1975]

Mr. RODINO: Committee on the Judiciary. Report on the activities of the Committee on the Judiciary during the 93d Congress (Rept. No. 93-1667). Referred to the House Calendar.

PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Under clause 4 of the XXII, public bills and resolutions were introduced and severally referred as follows:

By Mr. ULLMAN:

H.R. 1. A bill to establish a new program of comprehensive health care benefits (including catastrophic coverage) and health care delivery to be available to all residents of the United States, financed by payroll deductions, employer contributions, and tax credits, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. FLYNT:

H.R. 2. A bill to establish a Department of Education; to the Committee on Government Operations.

By Mrs. SULLIVAN:

H.R. 3. A bill to authorize appropriations for the fiscal year 1975 for certain maritime programs of the Department of Commerce; to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

By Mr. TEAGUE:

H.R. 4. A bill to establish university coal research laboratories and to establish energy resource fellowships, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Science and Technology.

Mr. BURKE of Massachusetts: H.R. 5. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to encourage

higher education, and particularly the private funding thereof, by authorizing a deduction from gross income of reasonable amounts contributed to a qualified higher education fund established by the taxpayer for the purpose of funding the higher education of his dependents; to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. BROOKS:

H.R. 6. A bill to revise certain provisions relating to per diem and mileage expenses of Government employees and disabled veterans, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Government Operations.

By Mr. PERKINS:

H.R. 7. A bill to revise the black lung benefits program to transfer the residual liability for the payment of benefits under such program from the Federal Government to the coal industry, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and Labor.

By Mr. DENT (for himself, Mr. PERKINS, Mr. FLOOD, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. SHIPLEY, Mr. BEVILL, Mr. MCDADE, and Mr. MOLLOHAN): H.R. 8. A bill to revise the black lung benefits program to transfer the residual liability for the payment of benefits under such program from the Federal Government to the industry, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and Labor.

By Mr. RODINO:

H.R. 9. A bill to regulate and foster commerce among the States by providing a system for the taxation of interstate commerce; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. MOSS (for himself, Mr. STAGGERS, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. VAN DEERLIN, Mr. ROONEY, Mr. STUCKEY, Mr. ECKHARDT, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. METCALFE, Mr. MOFFETT, and Mr. EILBERG): H.R. 10. A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to remove barriers to competition, to foster the development of a national securities market system and a national clearance and settlement system, to make uniform the Securities and Exchange Commission's authority over securities industry regulatory organizations, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

By Mr. MCCOLLISTER:

H.R. 11. A bill to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to provide indemnification in certain instances by business firms to sales representatives for the unjustified termination of their jobs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

By Mr. JONES of Alabama (for himself, Mr. HARSHA, and Ms. Abzug):

H.R. 12. A bill to amend title 3, United States Code, to provide for the protection of foreign diplomatic missions, to increase the size of the Executive Protective Service, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Public Works and Transportation.

By Mr. NIX:

H.R. 13. A bill to provide for improved labor-management relations in the Fed

eral service, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.

By Mrs. SULLIVAN:

H.R. 14. A bill to establish a Consumer Savings Disclosure Act in order to provide for uniform and full disclosure of information with respect to the computation and payment of earnings on certain savings deposits; to the Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing.

By Mr. RAILSBACK (for himself and Mr. KASTENMEIER):

H.R. 15. A bill to regulate lobbying and related activities; jointly, to the Committees on the Judiciary and Standards of Official Conduct.

By Mr. PERKINS:

H.R. 16. A bill to assist the States and local educational agencies in providing educational programs of high quality in elementary and secondary schools and to assist the States in equalizing educational opportunity, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and Labor.

By Mr. BENNETT:

H.R. 17. A bill to authorize the establishment of the Revolution's Southernmost Battlefields National Park; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

H.R. 18. A bill to provide for disclosures by lobbyists, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.

By Mr. PERKINS (for himself,
Mr. QUIE, Mr. MEEDS, Mr. BELL,
Mr. THOMPSON, Mr. ESCH, Mr.
DENT, Mr. ESHLEMAN, Mr. BRADE-
MAS, Mr. PEYSER, Mr. O'HARA,
Mr. SARASIN, Mr. HAWKINS, Mr.
PRESSLER, Mr. FORD of Michigan,
Mrs. MINK, Mr. PHILLIP BURTON,
Mr. GAYDOS, Mr. CLAY, Mr. AN-
DREWS of North Carolina, Mr.
LEHMAN, Mr. BENITEZ, Mr. BLOU-
IN, Mr. RISENHOOVER, and Mr.
SIMON):

H.R. 19. A bill to amend the Vocational Education Act of 1963; to the Committee on Education and Labor.

By Mr. PERKINS (for himself,
Mr. QUIE, Mr. CORNELL, Mr.
ZEFERETTI, Mr. MOTTL, and Mr.
HALL):

H.R. 20. A bill to amend the Vocational Education Act of 1963; to the Committee on Education and Labor.

By Mr. CORMAN (for himself, Mr. GREEN, Mr. HELSTOSKI, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. STARK, Mr. MIKVA, Mr. ANDERSON of California, Mr. BOLLING, Mr. BROWN of California, Mr. ECKHARDT, Mr. EDWARDS of California, Mr. FRASER, Mr. HAWKINS, Mr. HECHLER Of West Virginia, Mr. McFall, Mr. MACDONALD of Massachusetts, Mr. MADDEN, Mr. MEEDS, Mr. Moss, Mr. PEPPER, Mr. RODINO, Mr. ROYBAL, Mr. THOMPSON, Mr. UDALL, and Mr. VAN DEERLIN) H.R. 21. A bill: The Health Security Act of 1975; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. CORMAN (for himself, Ms.
ABZUG, Mr. ADDABEO, Mr. ANNUN-
ZIO, Mr. ASHLEY, Mr. BADILLO,
Mr. BINGHAM, Mr. CARNEY, Mrs.
CHISHOLM, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CON-
YERS, Mr. DOMINICK V. DANIELS,
Mr. EILBERG, Mr. FAUNTROY, Mr.
FORD of Michigan, Mr. HARRING-
TON, and Ms. HOLTZMAN):
H.R. 22. A bill to create a National Sys-
tem of Health Security; to the Commit-
tee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. CORMAN (for himself, Mr.
DIGGS, Mr. DRINAN, Mr. HOWARD,
Mr. MOAKLEY, Mr. KOCH, Mr.
LEHMAN, Mr. McCORMACK, Mr.
MURPHY of New York, Mr. NEDZI,
Mr. Nix, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr.
ROSENTHAL, Mr. ST GERMAIN, Mr.
SEIBERLING, Mr. STOKES, and Mr.
STUDDS):

H.R. 23. A bill the Health Security Act of 1975; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. BOLAND:

H.R. 24. A bill to preserve and promote the resources of the Connecticut River Valley, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

By Mr. UDALL (for himself, Mrs.
MINK, Mr. HAYS of Ohio, Mr.
MELCHER, Mr. RONCALIO, Mr.
SEIBERLING, Mr. VIGORITO, Mr.
BINGHAM, Mr. PHILLIP BURTON,
Mr. DE LUGO, Mr. ECKHARDT, Mr.
KASTENMEIER, Mr. MEEDS, Mr.
REGULA, Mr. STEELMAN, Mr. TAY-
LOR of North Carolina, Mr.
TSONGAS, Mr. ASHLEY, Mr. BA-
DILLO, Mr. BRODHEAD, Mrs. COL-
LINS of Illinois, Mr. CORMAN, Mr.
DOMINICK V. DANIELS, Mr. ED-
WARDS of California, and Mr.
FRASER):

H.R. 25. A bill to provide for the cooperation between the Secretary of the Interior and the States with respect to the regulation of surface coal mining operations, and the acquisition and reclamation of abandoned mines, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

By Mr. UDALL (for himself, Mrs.
MINK, Mr. GUDE, Mr. HELSTOSKI,
Mr. HICKS, Mr. HOLLAND, Mr.
HORTON, Mr. KREBS, Mr. LONG of
Maryland, Mr. MAZZOLI, Mrs.
MEYNER, Mr. Nix, Mr. NOWAK,
Mr. PEPPER, Mr. PERKINS, Mr.
REES, Mr. REUSS, Mr. RIEGLE,
Mr. RODINO, Mr. ROE, Mr. Ro-
SENTHAL, Mr. ROUSH, Mr. RYAN,
Mr. SARBANES, and Mr. SCHEU-
ER):

H.R. 26. A bill to provide for the cooperation between the Secretary of the Interior and the States with respect to the regulation of surface coal mining operations, and the acquisition and reclamation of abandoned mines, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

38-065-HJ-94-1, Pt. 1-2

By Mr. UDALL (for himself, Mrs.
MINK, MS. ABZUG, Mr. ADAMS,
Mr. AMBRO, Mr. AUCOIN, Mr.
BRADEMAS, Mrs. BURKE of Cali-
fornia, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. DANIEL-
SON, Mr. EILBERG, Mr. DOWNEY,
Mr. EVANS of Colorado, Mr.
FORD of Michigan, Mr. HARKIN,
Mr. HARRINGTON, Miss HOLTZ-
MAN, Mr. KARTH, Mr. KOCH, Mr.
MILLER of California, Mr. MIN-
ETA, Mr. MITCHELL of Maryland,
Mr. MORGAN, Mr. OBEY, and Mr.
O'HARA):

H.R. 27. A bill to provide for the cooperation between the Secretary of the Interior and the States with respect to the regulation of surface coal mining operations and the acquisition and reclamation of abandoned mines, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Interior and Insulator Affairs.

By Mr. UDALL (for himself, Mrs.
MINK, Mr. ANDERSON of Califor-
nia, Mr. DODD, Mr. OTTINGER,
Mr. PRICE, Mrs. SPELLMAN, Mr.
RANGEL, Mr. SMITH of Iowa, Mr.
STARK, Mr. THOMPSON, Mr. VAN
DEERLIN, Mr. WEAVER, Mr.
YOUNG of Georgia, and Mr.
ZEFERETTI):

H.R. 28. A bill to provide for the cooperation between the Secretary of the Interior and the States with respect to the regulation of surface coal mining operations, and the acquisition and reclamation of abandoned mines, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

By Mr. REUSS:

H.R. 29. A bill to provide for greater homeownership opportunities for middle-income families and to encourage more efficient use of land and energy resources; to the Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing.

By Mr. ULLMAN (for himself, Mr.
TAYLOR Of North Carolina, Mr.
MEEDS, Mr. ADAMS, Mr. AUCOIN,
Mr. BINGHAM, Mr. DON H. CLAU-
SEN, Mr. DE LUGO, Mr. DUNCAN
of Oregon, Mr. Hicks, Mr. JONES
of Oklahoma, Mr. KASTENMEIER,
Mr. McCORMACK, Mr. MILLER of
California, Mrs. MINK, Mr.
PRITCHARD, Mr. SEIBERLING, Mr.
STEELMAN, Mr. STEPHENS, Mr.
UDALL, Mr. WEAVER, and Mr.
WON PAT):

H.R. 30. A bill to establish the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area in the States of Oregon, Idaho, and Washington, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

By Mr. EDWARDS of California (for himself and Mr. WIGGINS): H.R. 31. A bill to establish a uniform law on the subject of bankruptcies; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R. 32. A bill to establish a uniform law on the subject of bankruptcies; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. BURKE of Massachusetts: H.R. 33. A bill to amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue

Code of 1954 to provide for Federal participation in the costs of the social security program, with a substantial increase in the contribution and benefit base and with appropriate reductions in social security taxes to reflect the Federal Government's participation in such costs; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. ASHLEY:

H.R. 34. A bill to authorize temporary assistance to help defray mortgage payments on homes owned by persons who are temporarily unemployed or whose incomes have been significantly reduced as the result of adverse economic conditions; to the Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing.

By Mr. TEAGUE:

H.R. 35. A bill to amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 in order to encourage the establishment of, and to assist, State and regional environmental research centers; to the Committee on Science and Technology.

H.R. 36. A bill to regulate commerce and improve the efficiency of energy utilization by consumers by establishing the Energy Conservation Research and Development Corporation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Science and Technology.

By Mr. TEAGUE (for himself, Mr. MOSHER, and Mr. SYMINGTON): H.R. 37. A bill to authorize appropriations to carry out the Standard Reference Data Act; to the Committee on Science and Technology.

By Mr. RODINO:

H.R. 38. A bill to permit the attorneys general of the several States to secure redress to the citizens and political subdivisions of their States for damages and injuries sustained by reason of unlawful restraints and monopolies; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. RODINO (for himself and
Mr. HUTCHINSON):

H.R. 39. A. bill to amend the Antitrust Civil Process Act to increase the effectiveness of discovery in civil antitrust investigations, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. BINGHAM:

H.R. 40. A bill to prohibit the importation, manufacture, sale, purchase, transfer, receipt, possession, or transportation of handguns, 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, antique collectors, and pistol clubs; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. THOMPSON (for himself, Mr. ANDERSON of Illinois, Mr. ANNUNZIO, Mr. ASHBROOK, Mr. BELL, Mrs. BOGGS, Mr. BRADEMAS, Mr. DIGGS, Mr. ECKHARDT, Mr. FULTON, Mr. JONES of Alabama, Mr. MILLER of Ohio, Mrs. MINK, Mr. NEDZI, Mr. PERKINS, Mr. QUIE, Mr. ROYBAL, Mr. UDALL, and Mr. WAMPLER): H.R. 41. A bill to provide for the establishment of an American Folklife Center

in the Library of Congress, and for other purposes; to the Committee on House Administration.

By Mr. ROSENTHAL (for himself,

MS. ABZUG, Mr. ADDABBO, Mr. BRODHEAD, Mr. BROWN of California, Mr. CARR, MS. COLLINS of Illinois, Mr. CORMAN, Mr. DOMINICK V. DANIELS, Mr. DE LUGO, Mr. DOWNEY, Mr. DRINAN, Mr. ECKHARDT, Mr. EDWARDS of California, Mr. FASCELL, Mr. FISH, Mr. FRASER, Mr. GILMAN, and Mr. GUDE):

H.R. 42. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act and to otherwise require the labels on foods and food products to disclose all of their ingredients, their nutritional content, accurate weight data, storage information, their manufacturers, packers, and distributors, and their unit prices and to provide for uniform product grading and prohibit misleading brand names; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

By Mr. HENDERSON: H.R. 43. A bill to amend section 1006 of title 39, United States Code, relating to the eligibility of U.S. Postal Service employees for transfer to other positions in the executive branch, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.

By Mr. PRICE of Illinois: H.R. 44. A bill to provide for disclosures designed to inform the Congress with respect to legislative measures, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.

By Mr. LUJAN:

H.R. 45. A bill relating to lands in the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, New Mexico; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

By Mr. DOMINICK V. DANIELS
for himself, Mr. EscH, Mr. PEY-
SER, Mr. PERKINS, Mr. QUIE, Mr.
GAYDOS, Mr. MEEDS, Mr. DENT,
Mr. BADILLO, Mr. SARASIN, Mr.
THOMPSON, Mr. HAWKINS, Mr.
Mr. FORD of Michigan, Ms.
MINK, Mr. CLAY, Mr. BIAGGI, Mr.
LEHMAN, Mr. BENITEZ, Mr. Ro-
DINO, Mr. EILBERG, Mr. HELSTO-
SKI, Mr. MCKINNEY, Mr. MET-
CALFE, Mr. ROSENTHAL, and Mr.
NIX):

H.R. 46. A bill to provide for the development and implementation of programs for youth camp safety; to the Committee on Education and Labor.

By Mr. DOMINICK V. DANIELS
(for himself, Mr. ESCH, Mr. PEY-
SER, Mrs. COLLINS of Illinois, Mr.
SARBANES, Mr. JOHNSON of Penn-
sylvania, Mr. RIEGLE, MS. AB-
ZUG, Mr. DAVIS, Mr. REES, Mr.
BROWN of California, Mr.
ANDERSON of California, Mr. AD-
DABBO, Mr. OTTINGER, Mr. DE
LUGO, Mr. HOWARD, Mr. TSON-
GAS, Mr. MILLER of California,
Mr. SOLARZ, Mr. Nowak, Mrs.
MEYNER, Mr. FLORIO, Mr.
COUGHLIN, Mr. LENT, and Mr.
HALL):

H.R. 47. A bill to provide for the development and implementation of programs

for youth camp safety; to the Committee on Education and Labor.

By Mr. MELCHER (for himself, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. ANDREWS of North Dakota, Mr. BALDUS, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. BEDELL, Mr. BERGLAND, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. HAWKINS, Mr. JONES of Tennessee, Mr. LITTON, Mr. NOLAN, Mr. OBEY, Mr. RODINO, Mr. SEBELIUS, Mr. THONE, and Mr. WEAVER): H.R. 48. A bill to provide for the purchase of animals and animal food products for use in foreign and domestic food relief programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture.

By Mr. MELCHER:

H.R. 49. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish on certain public lands of the United States national petroleum reserves the development of which needs to be regulated in a manner consistent with the total energy needs of the Nation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

By Mr. HAWKINS (for himself and Mr. REUSS):

H.R. 50. A bill to establish a national policy and nationwide machinery for guaranteeing to all adult Americans able and willing to work the availability of equal opportunities for useful and rewarding employment; to the Committee on Education and Labor.

By Mr. BENNETT:

H.R. 51. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to exclude from gross income certain amounts received by members of certain firefighting and rescue units; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. BENNETT (for himself,
Mr. BOB WILSON, Mr. STEIGER of
Wisconsin, and Mr. MATSUN-
AGA):

H.R. 52. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to regulate the issuance of discharge certificates to members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services. By Mr. BENNETT:

H.R. 53. A bill to provide Federal grants to assists elementary and secondary schools to carry on programs to teach the principles of ethics and citizenship; to the Committee on Education and Labor.

By Mr. ZABLOCKI:

H.R. 54. A bill to establish a Joint Committee on National Security; to the Committee on Rules.

By Mr. CHARLES H. WILSON of
California:

H.R. 55. A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to eliminate certain restrictions on the rights of officers and employees of the U.S. Postal Service, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.

H.R. 56. A bill to amend the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970, title 39, United States Code, to provide for uniformity in labor relations; to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.

H.R. 57. A bill to establish an arbitration board to settle disputes between supervisory organizations and the U.S. Postal Service; to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.

H.R. 58. A bill to amend title 10 of the United States Code in order to prohibit the exclusion, solely on the basis of sex, of women members of the Armed Forces from duty involving combat; to the Committee on Armed Services.

H.R. 59. A bill to prohibit discrimination by any party to a federally related mortgage transaction on the basis of sex or marital status, and to require all parties to any such transaction to submit appropriate reports thereon for public inspection; to the Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing.

By Mr. PERKINS (for himself and

Mr. HALL):

H.R. 60. A bill to establish an executive department to be known as the Department of Education and for other purposes; to the Committee on Government Operations.

By Mr. EDWARDS of California: H.R. 61. A bill to provide for the security, accuracy, and confidentiality of criminal justice information and to protect the privacy of individuals to whom such information relates, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R. 62. A bill to protect the constitutional rights and privacy of individuals upon whom criminal justice information and criminal justice intelligence information have been collected and to control the collection and dissemination of criminal justice information and criminal justice intelligence information, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R. 63. 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.

By Mr. ANDERSON of California: H.R. 64. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the screening and counseling of Americans with respect to Tay-Sachs disease; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

By Mr. CORMAN:

H.R. 65. A bill to limit the right of a State to reduce its supplementation of SSI benefits payable under title XVI of the Social Security Act as a consequence of Federal increases in such benefits (whether such increases are made under the cost-of-living adjustment provisions of such title or otherwise), and to prohibit reductions in Federal hold-harmless payments to States as a consequence of such increases; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. ANDERSON of California: H.R. 66. A bill to discourage the use of painful devices in the trapping of animals and birds; to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

H.R. 67. A bill to establish in the State of California the Madrona Marsh National Wildlife Refuge; to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. By Mr. BENNETT:

H.R. 68. A bill to provide for competitive bidding on Federal contracts and federally funded contracts; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R. 69. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that no

individual shall pay an income tax of less than 10 percent of his net income which exceeds $30,000 for any taxable year; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. DINGELL (for himself,
and Mr. FORSYTHE, Mr. BREAUX,
Mr. WHITEHURST, and Mr. Mc-
CLOSKEY):

H.R. 70. A bill to establish a Federal Zoo Accreditation Board in order to insure that zoos and other animal display facilities maintain minimum standards of care for animal inventories, to provide technical and financial assistance to zoos, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

By Mr. ANNUNZIO (for himself, Mr. BIAGGI, Mr. BINGHAM, Mr. BROWN of California, Mrs. CHISHOLM, Mr. COHEN, Mr. DOMINICK V. DANIELS, Mr. DENT, Mr. DERWINSKI, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. EILBERG, Mr. GAYDOS, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. HAWKINS, Mr. HELSTÓSKI, Mr. KEMP, Mr. KLUCZYNski, Mr. MADDEN, Mr. METCALFE, Mr. MOAKLEY, Mr. MORGAN, Mr. MURPHY of Illinois, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. NEDZI, and Mr. O'BRIEN): H.R. 71. A bill to amênd title 38, United States Code, to provide hospital and medical care to certain members of the armed forces of nations allied or associated with the United States in World War I or World War II; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

By Mr. ANNUNZIO (for himself,
Mr. PRICE, Mr. RôE, Mr. ROSTEN-
KOWSKI, Mr. SARBANES, Mr.
JAMES V. STANTON, Mr. STRATTON,
Mr. VANDER VEEN, Mr. WALSH,
and Mr. ZABLOCKI):

H.R. 72. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide hospital and medical care to certain members of the armed forces of nations allied or associated with the United States in World War I or World War II; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

By Mr. DOMINICK V. DANIELS: H.R. 73. A bill to increase the contribution by the Federal Government to the costs of employees' group life and health benefits insurance; to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.

By Mr. DERWINSKI:

H.R. 74. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish national parks or national recreation areas in those States which presently do not have a national park or national recreation area; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

By Mr. DINGELL:

H.R. 75. A bill to amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to fund and establish a nonprofit National Environmental Policy Institute, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

By Mr. FORD of Michigan (for
himself, Mr. BRADEMAS, Mr.
BROWN of California, Mr. CLAY,
Mr. CONYERS, Mr. DENT, Mr.
DIGGS, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. DRINAN,
Mr. EDWARDS of California, Mr.
FRASER, Mr. HARRINGTON, Mr.
HECHLER Of West Virginia, Mr.
HELSTOSKI, Mr. MEEDS, Mrs.
MINK, Mr. NEDZI, Mr. STARK, Mr.
SEIBERLING, Mr. THOMPSON, Mr.
TRAXLER, Mr. VANDER VEEN, and
Mr. CHARLES H. WILSON of Cali-
fornia):

H.R. 76. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, to require prenotification to affected employees and communities of dislocation of business concerns, to provide assistance (including retraining) to employees who suffer employment loss through the dislocation of business concerns, to business concerns threatened with dislocation, and to affected communities, to prevent Federal support for unjustified dislocation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and Labor.

By Mr. THOMPSON:

H.R. 77. A bill to provide that employees of States and political subdivisions thereof shall be subject to the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act; to the Committee on Education and Labor.

By Mr. BENNETT:

H.J. Res. 2. Joint résolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit compelling attendance in schools other than the one nearest the residence and to insure equal educational opportunities for all students wherever located; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

H.J. Res. 3. Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for the direct election of the President and the Vice President and to authorize Congress to establish procedures relating to the nomination of Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates; to the Committee on the Judiciary. H.J. Res. 4. Joint resolution to establish a Court of Ethics to hear complaints of unethical conduct in Government service; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. BAFALIS (for himself and Mr. ABDNOR, Mr. ARMSTRONG, Mr. BURGENER, Mr. COLLINS of Texas, Mr. CONLAN, Mr. CRANE, Mr. DERWINSKI, Mr. HALEY, Mr. LOTT, Mr. LUJAN, Mr. MANN, Mr. MOORHEAD of California, Mr. ROUSSELOT, Mr. ROBINSON, Mr. SYMMS, Mr. TREEN, Mr. WALSH, and Mr. KETCHUM): H.J. Res. 5. Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that appropriations made by the United States shall not exceed its revenues, except in time of war or national emergency; and to provide for the systematic paying back of

the national debt; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. FRENZEL:

H.J. Res. 6. Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide an age limit and a single 6-year term for the President; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. DE LA GARZA:

H.J. Res. 7. Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide an age limit and a single 6-year term for the President; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

H.J. Res. 8. Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to the offering of prayer in public buildings; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

H.J. Res. 9. Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that appropriations shall not exceed revenues of the United States, except in time of war or national emergency; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. HILLIS:

H.J. Res. 10. Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to the offering of prayer in public buildings; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. RANDALL:

H.J. Res. 11. Joint resolution to amend title 5 of the United States Code to provide for the designation of the 11th day of November of each year as "Veterans Day"; to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.

By Mr. GUDE:

H.J. Res. 12. Joint resolution to amend the Constitution to provide for representation of the District of Columbia in the Congress; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

H.J. Res. 13. Joint resolution to require the Watergate Special Prosecution Force to make available to the public a report on all information it has concerning Richard M. Nixon in offenses against the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. HECHLER of West Virginia:

H.J. Res. 14. Joint resolution to prevent surface mining operations on public lands, and deep mining in national forests; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

H.J. Res. 15. Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States lowering the age requirements for membership in the Houses of Congress; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. ROBINSON:

H.J. Res. 16. Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution relating to the continuance in office of judges of the Supreme Court and of inferior courts; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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