STATEMENT OF THE MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

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. 5779) making appropriations for the Departments of State, Justice, for the Judiciary, and for the Departments of Commerce and Labor, for the fiscal year 1938, and for other purposes, submit the following statement in connection with the action of the conferees on such amendments:

Amendments nos. 3, 15, 26, 39, 50, 54, 57, 60, 61, 76, 78, 81, and 87: Eliminated language in various paragraphs throughout the bill which authorized expenditures for necessary expenses not specifically named in the paragraphs making the appropriations. In the case of each amendment the House language has been retained authorizing these miscellaneous necessary expenditures but language has been inserted by the conferees limiting to $50 the amount that may be spent for each item not specifically authorized.

STATE DEPARTMENT

Amendment no. 1: Appropriates $2,220,480 for salaries in the office of the Secretary of State, instead of $1,927,700 as provided by the House and $2,224,940 as proposed by the Senate. The increase approved over the House figures look to the allowance of $205,540 for the Division of Trade Agreements, $4,540 for the Division of Communications and Records, $31,940 for the Division of Philippine Affairs, $6,500 for an additional position in the office of the Economic Advisor, and $40,500 for replacement of Foreign Service officers on detail in the Department with permanent personnel and payment of the salary of the Counselor.

Amendment no. 2: Corrects limitation figures to correspond with action taken on amendment no. 1.

Amendment no. 5: Appropriates $20,000 plus the unexpended balance for public hearings in connection with the reciprocal treaty program, instead of $30,000 plus the unexpended balance, as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment no. 6: Appropriates $125,000 for representation allowances, as proposed by the House, instead of $100,000, as provided by the Senate.

Amendment no. 7: Appropriates $45,000 for expenses of the Telecommunication Conference in Cairo, Egypt, as proposed by the House, instead of $49,000, as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment no. 8: Appropriates $10,000 for the expenses of the Delaware Valley Tercentenary Commission, as proposed by the Senate.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Amendment no. 9: Appropriates $563,500 for salaries in the Tax Division, instead of $548,140 as proposed by the House and $578,860 as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment no. 10: Appropriates $150,100 for salaries in the Criminal Division, instead of $137,600 as proposed by the House and $162,600 as provided by the Senate.

Amendment no. 11: Corrects a total and permits a 10-percent interchangeability privilege for appropriations carried under the Office of the Attorney General, as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment no. 13: Appropriates $800,000 for traveling expenses, as proposed by the House, instead of $840,000, as provided by the Senate.

Amendment no. 14: Appropriates $275,000 as proposed by the Senate for printing and binding instead of $317,000 as provided by the House.

Amendment no. 16: Appropriates $530,000 for salaries and expenses of veterans' insurance litigation instead of $500,000 as proposed by the Senate, and $555,000 as provided by the House.

Amendment no. 17: Appropriates $47,000 for salaries, District Court, Panama Canal Zone, instead of $48,300 as proposed by the Senate and $45,000 as provided by the House.

Amendment no. 18: Appropriates $3,560,000 for salaries and expenses of deputies and marshals instead of $3,585,000 as proposed by the Senate and $3,485,000 as provided by the House.

Amendment no. 19: Appropriates $2,918,500 for salaries and expenses of district attorneys and assistants as proposed by the House instead of $2,922,000 as provided by the Senate.

Amendment no. 20: Makes appropriation for miscellaneous expenses, United States courts available for expenses in connection with patent applications and contested proceedings involving inventions, as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment no. 21: Appropriates $563,040 for medical and hospital service in penal institutions instead of $581,000 as proposed by the Senate, and $550,000 as provided by the House.

Amendment no. 22: Corrects limitation figures to correspond with action taken on amendment no. 23.

Amendment no. 23: Appropriates $1,023,465 for expenses of Federal jails instead of $673,300 as provided by the House and $1,063,465 as proposed by the Senate. The amount allowed over the House figures in both this item and amendment no. 21 is for the expense incident to opening of the new Federal jail in Los Angeles, Calif.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Amendment no. 24: Reinserts language as proposed by the House which was deleted by the Senate authorizing the Chief Clerk of the Department to sign official papers under certain circumstances amended to extend the authority of such clerk to the signing of only "minor routine" papers and documents.

Amendment no. 25: Appropriates $352,000 for salaries in the Office of the Secretary as proposed by the Senate instead of $362,000 as provided by the House.

Amendment no. 27: Appropriates $126,842, as proposed by the Senate, for contingent expenses, instead of $134,600, as proposed by the House.

Amendment no. 29: Inserts language, as proposed by the Senate, making the appropriation for traveling expenses available for travel

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in connection with examinations for retirement for disability in the Lighthouse Service.

Amendment no. 30: Appropriates $959,000 for traveling expenses, as proposed by the Senate, instead of $909,000, as provided by the House.

Amendment no. 31: Appropriates $500,000 for printing and binding, instead of $492,000, as proposed by the House, and $512,550, as provided by the Senate.

Amendment no. 32: Appropriates $628,000 for departmental salaries in the Bureau of Air Commerce, as proposed by the Senate, instead of $543,000, as provided by the House, and makes $5,000 of such sum immediately available, instead of $10,000, as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment no. 33: Eliminates language, as proposed by the Senate, in the paragraph for establishment of air-navigation facilities, Bureau of Air Commerce, which language proposed to make $50,000 of the appropriation available for certain research and investigation in connection with air navigation aids. A new paragraph has been inserted to authorize this work which will be explained under amendment no. 42.

Amendment no. 34: Makes appropriation for establishment of airnavigation facilities, Bureau of Air Commerce, available for purchase, maintenance, operation, etc., of aircraft as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment no. 35: Appropriates $3,037,800, as proposed by the Senate, for establishment of air-navigation facilities, Bureau of Air Commerce, instead of $2,862,800 as provided by the House and makes $7,500 of such sum immediately available instead of $15,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment no. 36: Permits Secretary of Commerce to enter into contracts, prior to July 1, 1938, for purchase, construction, and installation of additional air-navigation aids in an amount not to exceed $2,000,000, as proposed by the House, instead of $6,000,000, as proposed by the Senate, and in addition thereto authorizes the Secretary to contract for such aids in the amount of $2,000,000 additional prior to July 1, 1939. Also provides that a report of all certifications and expenditures under the item for "Establishment of air-navigation facilities" shall be made to Congress on or before July 1, 1938, instead of having the report made to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment no. 37: Appropriates $5,698,000 for maintenance of air-navigation aids, as proposed by the Senate, instead of $4,798,700, as provided by the House, of which sum $58,500 is made immediately available, instead of $117,000, as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment no. 38: Increases the limitation on the amount that may be expended for purchase of aircraft under the appropriation for maintenance of air-navigation facilities, Bureau of Air Commerce, from $100,000, as proposed by the House, to $200,000, as provided by the Senate.

Amendment no. 40: Appropriates $1,582,000, as proposed by the Senate, for aircraft in commerce, Bureau of Air Commerce, instead of $844,000 as provided by the House and makes $11,000 of such sum available immediately instead of $22,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment no. 42: Appropriates $292,000 under a new item for safety and planning, Bureau of Air Commerce, as proposed by the

Senate, and retains new language in the paragraph save that authorizing the purchase of a certain patent which has been eliminated. Amendment no. 43: Allows not to exceed $15,000 for expenses of packing, crating, and transporting household effects of employees in the Bureau of Air Commerce when transferred from one official station to another as proposed by the Senate instead of $10,000 as provided by the House.

Amendment no 44: Limits the total poundage for the expense item in amendment no. 43 to 6,000 pounds in any one case instead of 5,000 pounds as provided by the House and 8,000 pounds as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment no. 45: Increases the limitation under the Bureau of Air Commerce on materials and supplies purchasable without competitive bidding from $50 as proposed by the House to $100 as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment no. 46: Makes the appropriation for salaries and expenses, Washington Commerce Service, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, available for administration of the China Trade Act, as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment no. 47: Eliminates language, as proposed by the Senate, intended to make the appropriation for salaries and expenses, Washington Commerce Service, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, available for necessary expenses not specifically set out in the appropriating paragraph.

Amendment no. 48: Appropriates $543,800 for salaries and expenses, Washington Commerce Service, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, instead of $500,000 as proposed by the House and $553,800 as provided by the Senate.

Amendment no. 52: Makes appropriation for custom statistics, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, available for expenses connected with publication of statistics showing exports and imports by customs districts and destinations. The money available, however, will not permit this work to proceed.

Amendment no. 53: Limits the amount that may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia under the item for customs statistics, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, to $120,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment no. 55: Appropriates $403,000 for customs statistics, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, as proposed by the House, instead of $350,000 as provided by the Senate.

Amendment no. 59: Makes appropriation for salaries and expenses, Foreign Commerce Service, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, available to pay losses by exchange, as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment no. 62: Appropriates $778,000 for salaries and expenses, Foreign Commerce Service, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic. Commerce, instead of $728,000 as proposed by the House and $783,325 as provided by the Senate.

Amendment no. 64: Appropriates $143,800 for transportation of families and effects of officers and employees and allowances for living quarters under the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, instead of $142,000 as proposed by the House and $145,600 as provided by the Senate.

Amendment no. 65: Inserts a proviso, as proposed by the Senate, limiting the allowance to any foreign commerce officer under the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce to a maximum of $1,700. Amendment no. 66: Appropriates $837,000 for testing, inspection, and information service under the Bureau of Standards, as proposed by the House, instead of $800,000, as provided by the Senate.

Amendment no. 67: Appropriates $701,000 for research and development under the Bureau of Standards, as proposed by the House, instead of $667,000, as provided by the Senate.

Amendment no. 68: Limits amount available for attendance at meetings concerned with the work of the Bureau of Standards to $3,000, as proposed by the House, instead of $4,500, as provided by the Senate.

Amendments no. 69: Corrects a total.

Amendment no. 70: Corrects a limitation figure.

Amendment no. 71: Limits the number of pounds of household effects of employees of the Lighthouse Service that may be packed and transported at Government expense upon change in official station of an employee, to 6,000 pounds instead of 5,000 pounds as proposed by the House and 8,000 pounds as provided by the Senate.

Amendment no. 72: Appropriates $729,900 for superintendents, clerks, etc., Lighthouse Service, as proposed by the Senate instead of $720,000 as provided by the House.

Amendment no. 73: Eliminates language, as proposed by the Senate, proposing to make the appropriation for miscellaneous objects, Coast and Geodetic Survey, available for certain objects not specifically named.

Amendment no. 74: Makes the appropriation for propagation of food fishes, Bureau of Fisheries, available for acquisition of fish-cultural stations, as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment no. 75: Appropriates $262,000, as proposed by the Senate for inquiries respecting food fishes, Bureau of Fisheries, instead of $252,000 as provided by the House.

Amendment no. 80: Makes appropriation for Alaska, general service, Bureau of Fisheries, available for pay of subsistence of certain employees as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment no. 82: Appropriates $274,000 for Alaska, general service, Bureau of Fisheries, as proposed by the House, instead of $266,875, as provided by the Senate.

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Amendment no. 84: Appropriates $135,400, as proposed by the House, for the salaries and expenses of the Bureau of Labor Standards, instead of $155,000, as provided by the Senate.

Amendment no. 85: Corrects limitation figure to correspond with action taken on amendment no. 84.

Amendment no. 86: Inserts revised language, as proposed by the Senate, for certain expenses of employees of the Bureau of Labor Standards in attending meetings concerned with the work of the Bureau and increases the limitation available for this expense to $2,000, as proposed by the Senate, instead of $750, as provided by the House.