Mr. MCCLELLAN, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H.J. Res. 614]

The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the resolution (H.J. Res. 614), authorizing the President to proclaim the week of September 28, 1969, through October 4, 1969, as "National AdultYouth Communications Week," having considered the same, reports favorably thereon, without amendment, and recommends that the resolution be agreed to.

PURPOSE

The purpose of the joint resolution is to authorize and request the President of the United States to issue a proclamation designating the week of September 28, 1969, through October 4, 1969, as "National Adult-Youth Communications Week."

STATEMENT

This legislation will demonstrate to young people in all parts of the United States that meaningful change can be brought about through the democratic legislative process rather than through violence or by taking over administration buildings. It is hoped that this resolution would encourage the communication of ideas and cooperation between persons of different generations.

The committee is of the opinion that this resolution has a meritorious purpose and accordingly recommends favorable consideration thereof without amendment.

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Mr. JACKSON, from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany S. 2315]

The Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, to which was referred the bill (S. 2315) to restore the golden eagle program to the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with amendments and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.

The amendments are as follows:

Add a new subsection (c) and sections 2 and 3 as follows:

(c) The first sentence of Section 8 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act, as amended, is further amended to read as follows:

"Not to exceed $30,000,000 of the money authorized to be appropriated from the Fund by Section 3 of this Act may be obligated by contract during each fiscal year for the acquisition of lands, waters, or interest therein within areas specified in Section 6(a)(1) of this Act."

SEC. 2. (a) Section 2(a) (i) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (78 Stat. 897), is amended by deleting "$7" and inserting in lieu thereof "$10".

(b) Section 7 of such Act (78 Stat. 903), is amended by inserting immediately before the period at the end thereof a comma and the following: "except to the extent that the Secretary of the Interior determines necessary in order to advertise and promote any entrance or user fee program established pursuant to section 2(a) of this Act."

SEC. 3. Section 210 of the Flood Control Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 746) is repealed.

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PURPOSE OF S. 2315

The primary objective of this measure, as introduced by Senator Jackson and amended by the committee, is to retain the extremely popular golden eagle program created by the original enactment of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (78 Stat. 897), as amended. The legislation would restore the golden eagle passport program due to expire next March, while also increasing the annual fee from $7 to $10. The bill also continues the advance contract authority of the Secretary of the Interior to deal with the increasingly serious problem of land-cost escalation. He had this authority for fiscal years 1969 and 1970 for the acquisition of certain land, water, or interests therein.

Other provisions of S. 2315, as amended, include: (1) authorization for the Secretary of the Interior to advertise and promote entrance or user fee programs currently in operation and, (2) repeal of section 210 of the Flood Control Act of 1968, which, as interpreted, precludes the sale of golden eagle passports in recreation areas under the administrative jurisdiction of the Corps of Engineers.

BACKGROUND OF THE GOLDEN EAGLE PROGRAM

The Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of September 3, 1964, Public Law 88-578, established the Land and Water Conservation Fund, as of January 1, 1965, to help expand local, State, and Federal outdoor recreation opportunities.

The act authorized as revenue for the fund: (1) Proceeds from the sale of Federal surplus real property, (2) Federal motorboat fuels tax, and (3) Entrance, admission, and user fees at Federal recreation areas, or the so-called golden eagle program.

Money appropriated by Congress from the fund is used by the National Park Service, Forest Service, and Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife to acquire authorized national outdoor recreation lands and waters; and as matching grants to the States and their political subdivisions for planning, acquiring, and developing outdoor recreation areas and facilities. During the first 5 fiscal years of the fund, receipts have averaged around $100 million annually.

In 1968, Congress amended the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act to provide that the original sources of revenue to the fund could be augmented to provide a fund of $200 million annually, during fiscal years 1969 and 1973. The additional income to the fund, if not appropriated into the fund by Congress, will be earmarked from Outer Continental Shelf mineral leasing receipts.

By the same 1968 act, Congress repealed authority for the annual Federal recreation area permit, known as the golden eagle passport, and for other recreation entrance and user fees collected under the golden eagle program. Under the 1968 act, the Federal agencies are not precluded from collecting recreation fees at their areas, but after March 31, 1970, no such collections may be made under the auspices of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act.