DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA REVENUE ACT OF 1939 JUNE 29, 1939.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. RANDOLPH, from the committee of conference, submitted the following CONFERENCE REPORT [To accompany H. R. 6577] The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 6577) to provide revenue for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes, having met, after full and free conference, have been unable to agree. JENNINGS RANDOLPH, JACK NICHOLS, AMBROSE KENNEDY, EVERETT M. DIRKSEN, GEORGE J. BATES, Managers on the part of the House. JOHN H. OVERTON, WILLIAM H. KING, ARTHUR CAPPER, Managers on the part of the Senate. URGENT DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATIONS, FISCAL YEAR 1939, AND URGENT SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS, FISCAL YEAR 1940 JUNE 30, 1939.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. TAYLOR of Colorado, from the committee of conference, submitted the following CONFERENCE REPORT [To accompany H. R. 6970] The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 6970) making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, to provide appropriations required immediately for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, and for other purposes, having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows: That the Senate recede from its amendments numbered 2 and 4. That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendments of the Senate numbered 1, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14, and agree to the same. Amendment numbered 5: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 5, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the sum proposed insert $390,000; and the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 6: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 6, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the sum proposed insert $294,000; and the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 7: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 7, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In the matter inserted by said amendment after the sum "$35,000" insert the following:, payable from funds of the Work Projects Administration; and the Senate agree to the same. The managers on the part of the House at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 6970) making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, to provide appropriations required immediately for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, and for other purposes, submit the following statement in explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon and recommended in the accompanying conference report as to each of such amendments namely: Amendment No. 1: Makes available to the Bureau of the Budget for the fiscal year 1940, as proposed by the Senate, the unexpended balance of the appropriation for such Bureau for the fiscal year 1939, and increases from $5,000 to $50,000 the amount which may be expended for temporary employment without reference to the customary statutes concerning such employment. Amendment No. 2: Fixes the limitation for administrative expenses of the Electric Home and Farm Authority for the fiscal year 1940 at $500,000, as proposed by the House, instead of $400,000 as proposed by the Senate. Amendment No. 3: Makes a technical correction. Amendment No. 4: Restores the provisions of the House bill, stricken out by the Senate, increasing the amount which may be used for administrative expenses of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation from $9,250,000 to $9,500,000. Amendments Nos. 5 and 6: Appropriate $390,000, instead of $300,000 as proposed by the House and $480,000 as proposed by the Senate, for the Temporary National Economic Committee, and makes available for allocation to other Federal agencies the sum of $294,000, instead of $204,000 as proposed by the House and $384,000 as proposed by the Senate. Amendment No. 7: Inserts the amendment, proposed by the Senate, making $35,000 available under the Work Projects Administration for direct relief to citizens of the counties of Anoka and Hennepin, Minn., rendered destitute by a recent tornado, with a modification in the Senate language to require that the $35,000 be taken from funds of the Work Projects Administration instead of a new direct appropriation to that agency. Amendment No. 8: Inserts the language proposed by the Senate transferring $216,560 of the funds of the Public Works Administration to the appropriation for the Office of the Secretary of the Interior for the fiscal year 1940. Amendment No. 9: Inserts the appropriation of $340,000, proposed by the Senate, to enable the Division of Territories and Island Possessions of the Department of the Interior to conduct an investigation and survey of the natural resources of the land and sea areas of the Antarctic regions. H. Repts., 76-1, vol. 5-30 3 |