JANUARY 7-SEPTEMBER 15, 1959

HOUSE REPORTS

VOL. 4

MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS ON

PUBLIC BILLS, IV

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1959

CONTENTS

No.

558. Consideration of bill to amend Federal aviation act to provide additional
free or reduced-rate air transportation.

559. Consideration of Public debt act of 1959.

560. Conference report on Wheat program.

561. Relating to conveyance of certain U.S. property to Valparaiso, Fla.

562. Status of missile and space programs.

563. Disposition of sundry papers by Government agencies.

564. Permit processing applications under Small tracts act for lands in Caribou

and Targhee National Forests.

565. Repealing act of Aug. 9, 1939, creating Louisiana-Vicksburg Bridge Com-

mission.

566. Conference report on Housing act of 1959.

567. Providing for printing of publication in connection with exercises of Joint

session of Congress, Feb. 12, 1959.

568. Authorizing printing of additional copies of H. rp. 259, current session.
569. Authorizing Boy Scouts of America to erect memorial on public grounds
in D.C. to honor its members and leaders.

570. Admission of veterans to low rent housing.

571. Use of surplus grains to prevent waterfowl depredations.

572. Insurance coverage under title 4 of National housing act.

573. Uniform postal requirements relating to disclosure of average numbers of
copies of certain publications.

574. Designating new lock on St. Marys River at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., as

John A. Blatnik Lock.

575. Nuclear explosions in space.

576. Validating and confirming contract entered into between United States and

Bridgeport, Wash.

577. Suspension of duties on metal scrap.

578. Temporary appropriations, 1960.

579. Supplemental appropriation bill, 1960.

580. Finality of Clayton act orders.

581. Bill to amend title 28, U.S. Code to provide for defense of suits against

Federal employees arising out of their operation of motor vehicles.

582. Providing for entry of certain relatives of U.S. citizens and lawfully

resident aliens.

583. Eliminating oaths to bankruptcy claims.

584. Filing of claims in chapter 13 proceedings.

585. Filing time for review of orders of referees in bankruptcy.

586. Disapproving reorganization plan no. 1 of 1959.

587. Conference report on Tax rate extension act of 1959.

588. Conference report on Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit Admin-

istration appropriation bill, 1960.

589. Indian sanitation facilities.

590. Extension of traineeship programs for public health personnel and pro-

fessional nurses.

591. Equality of treatment with respect to inapplicability to State-owned hydro-

electric power projects of certain provisions of Federal power act.

No.

592. Supplement act of Apr. 26, 1906, to provide final disposition of affairs of
Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory.

593. Authorizing per capita distribution of funds arising from judgment in favor

of Quapaw Tribe.

594. Authorizing use of funds arising from judgment in favor of Couer D'Alene

Tribe.

595. Authorize use of funds from judgment in favor of Citizens Band of Potawa-
tomi Indians of Okla., and Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians of
Kans.

596. Making payments to Indians for destruction of fishing rights at Celilo Falls

exempt from income tax.

597. Additional administrative and scientific research and development positions

for Department of Defense.

598. Granting consent of Congress to interstate compact creating New York-New

Jersey Transportation Agency.

612. Recognition of grave of Samuel Wilson, progenitor of symbol Uncle Sam,

as national shrine.

613. Authorizing sale of certain lands at Table Rock Dam and Reservoir project,

Missouri, to Missouri.

619. Conference report on Extension of Renegotiation act of 1951.

620. Conference report on Departments of State and Justice, Judiciary, and

related agencies appropriation bill, 1960.

621. Conference report on Department of Commerce and related agencies appro-
priation bill, 1960.

622. Spokane valley Federal reclamation project, Washington and Idaho.

623. Increasing certain patent and trademark fees.

624. Infringement of copyrights by United States.

625. Destroying Indian boundary markers and trespassing on Indian land.
626. Consideration of bill establishing Bureau of Naval Weapons and abolishing
Aeronautics and Ordnance Bureaus.

627. Consideration of bill to provide for construction, etc., of public buildings of

Federal Government.

628. Disposition of sundry papers by Government agencies.

629. Authorizing service by Canadian vessels for certain Alaska ports.

630. Extending provisions of title XII of Merchant marine act, 1936, relative to

war risk insurance.

631. Amendment to Merchant marine act with respect to insurance of ship

mortgages.

633. Enacting provisions of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1959 with certain

provisions.

634. Amending act of May 26, 1949, as amended, to strengthen and improve

organization of State Department.

637. Amending act to incorporate St. Ann's Infant Asylum in District of Colum-

bia, approved March 3, 1863, as amended.

638. Amending act making appropriations to provide for expenses of D.C. govern-
ment for fiscal year ending June 30, 1911, etc.

639. Conference report on District of Columbia appropriation bill, 1960.

641. Amending District of Columbia business corporation act.

642. Providing for conveyance of certain real property to Association of Oldest
Inhabitants of District of Columbia.

643. Amending District of Columbia Stadium Act of 1957 with respect to motor-

vehicle parking areas.

644. Amending sec. 35 of chap. 3 of act of June 19, 1934, to regulate business of
life insurance in District of Columbia.

645. Providing for deposit of funds in escrow to facilitate Federally insured

ship financing.

No.

646. Prohibit examination in D.C. courts of any minister of religion regarding

communications made by or to him in his professional capacity without

consent of persons involved.

648. Providing that tax exemption accorded Veterans of Foreign Wars for
certain property in D.C. shall apply to other property acquired for
same purpose.

649. Providing for study of feasibility of establishing President Adams Parkway.

650. Proceedings in forma pauperis.

651. Conference report on member bank reserve requirements.

652. Authorizing use of Great Lakes vessels on oceans.

653. Clarifying provision in Black bass act relating to interstate transportation

of fish.

654. Establishing a fish hatchery in northwestern part of Pennsylvania.

655. Amending provisions of Canal Zone Code relative to handling of excess

funds of Panama Canal Company.

656. Report on Panama Canal.

657. Adverse report on proposed agreement between United States and Greece
for cooperation on uses of atomic energy for mutual defense.

658. Adverse report on proposed agreement between United States and Federal

Republic of Germany for cooperation on uses of atomic energy for

mutual defense.

659. Adverse report on proposed agreement between United States and Nether-

lands for cooperation on uses of atomic energy for mutual defense.

660. Adverse report on proposed agreement between United States and Turkey

for cooperation on uses of atomic energy for mutual defense.

661. Adverse report on proposed agreement between United States and Republic

of France for cooperation on uses of atomic energy for mutual defense.

662. Adverse report on proposed agreement between United States and United

Kingdom and Northern Ireland for cooperation on uses of atomic

energy for mutual defense.

663. Adverse report on proposed agreement between United States and Canada
for cooperation on uses of atomic energy for mutual defense.

664. Improving active duty promotion opportunity for certain Air Force officers.

665. Providing for conveyance of certain real property to Fort Walton Beach,

Fla.

666. Authorizing an exchange of lands between United States and Massachusetts

Port Authority.

667. Authorizing Coast Guard to sell certain utilities to purchasers in immediate

vicinity.

668. Authorizing U.S. Coast Guard to furnish needed supplies and services to

vessels on reimbursable basis.

669. Increasing limitation on basic compensation of civilian keepers of light-

houses and civilians employed on lightships and other vessels of Coast

Guard from $3,750 to $5,100 per annum.

670. Providing further increase in retired pay of certain members of former

lighthouse service.

671. Pulp, paper, and board supply-demand, newsprint outlook, 1959.

672. Proposed agreements for cooperation with certain nations on uses of atomic

energy for mutual defense purposes.

673. Authorizing transfer by Navy to Coast Guard of certain real property.
675. Consideration of bill to amend U.S. Code in reference to applications for
writs of habeas corpus.

676. Consideration of bill authorizing construction, etc., of certain public works
on rivers and harbors.

677. Consideration of H.J. Res. 115, to reserve site in D.C. for memorial to
Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

678. Inter-American development bank.

679. Regulation of savings and loan holding companies.