purpose of exportation, destruction (except destruction of distilled spirits, wines, and fermented malt liquors), or storage shall be considered to be exported for the purpose of

(a) the draw-back, warehousing, and bonding, or any other provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and the regulations thereunder; and

(b) the statutes and bonds exacted for the payment of draw-back, refund, or exemption from liability for internal-revenue taxes and for the purposes of the internal-revenue laws generally and the regulations thereunder.

Such a transfer may also be considered an exportation for the purposes of other Federal laws insofar as Federal agencies charged with the enforcement of those laws deem it advisable. Such articles may not be returned to customs territory for domestic consumption except where the Foreign-Trade Zones Board deems such return to be in the public interest, in which event the articles shall be subject to the provisions of paragraph 1615 (f) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended: Provided further. That no operation involving any foreign or domestic merchandise brought into a zone which operation would be subject to any provision or provisions of section 1807, chapter 15, chapter 16, chapter 17, chapter 21, chapter 23, chapter 24. chapter 25, chapter 26, or chapter 32 of the Internal Revenue Code if performed in customs territory shall be permitted in a zone except those operations (other than rectification of distilled spirits and wines, or the manufacture or production of alcoholic products unfit for beverage purposes) which were permissible under this Act prior to July 1, 1949: Provided further, That articles produced or manufactured in a zone and exported therefrom shall on subsequent importation into the customs territory of the United States be subject to the import laws applicable to like articles manufactured in a foreign country, except that articles produced or manufactured in a zone exclusively with the use of domestic merchandise, the identity of which has been maintained in accordance with the second proviso of this section, may, on such importation, be entered as American goods returned.

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EXTENDING SECTION 1302 (A) OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT, AS AMENDED, UNTIL JUNE 30, 1950

JUNE 30, 1949.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

Mr. BoGGs of Louisiana, from the Committee on Ways and Means, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H. J. Res. 287]

The Committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred the joint resolution (H. J. Res. 287) extending section 1302 (a) of the Social Security Act, as amended, until June 30, 1950, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the joint resolution do pass.

PURPOSE

This joint resolution would extend for 1 year the reconversion and unemployment benefits for seamen, provided for by title XIII of the Social Security Act, as amended, so that the program would end June 30, 1950.

GENERAL STATEMENT

The Social Security Act amendments of 1946 granted protection to seamen whose employment could not have been covered by State laws because they were employed on behalf of the United States by general agents of the War Shipping Administrator. In general it was provided that these seamen should be entitled to receive the same benefits as would have been payable had their Federal maritime employment been under the applicable State unemployment compensation law. The purpose of the program of reconversion of unemployment benefits for seamen in tiding them over in their shift between Federal maritime service and State-insured employment has been accomplished for most of the more than 150,000 seamen in the employ of the War Shipping Administration on vessels operating under general agency agreements at the beginning of the program.

According to the Acting Administrator of the Federal Security Agency, from July 1947 through March 1949, State agencies made about 68,000 determinations as to eligibility for benefits under the program. On more than a fourth of these determinations, the claimants' only wage credits (sufficient for eligibility) were those earned in Federal maritime employment. Another fourth were entitled to an increase in benefits because of their Federal maritime employment. Federal expenditures under the program through March 1949 amounted to 4.9 million dollars. Employment on vessels under general agency agreements has dwindled considerably since 1945 and reached zero by April 30, 1949.

At the beginning of 1948, however, there were roughly 7,500 men employed on vessels under general agency agreements. The number of persons engaged in such employment at some time during the calendar year 1948 on such vessels probably was 30 percent greater. in view of the turn-over on these vessels. The calendar year 1948 would be the base year for the determination of benefit rights for most of the maritime claimants on or after July 1, 1949. Since June 1948 the number of jobs on federally controlled vessels has averaged approximately 2,000. Thus, if the program of reconversion unemployment benefits for seamen were not extended, some of the seamen most recently employed on federally controlled vessels would probably not be eligible for unemployment insurance. The Federal Security Agency estimates that the cost of extending the program for an additional year will be $725,000. The joint resolution, while extending the program of reconversion unemployment benefits for seamen for a period of 1 year after June 30, 1949, at the same time limits benefits to those based upon Federal maritime service performed prior to July 1, 1949.

CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW

In compliance with paragraph 2a of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by the bill, as introduced, are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is printed in italics, existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in roman):

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT, AS AMENDED

TITLE XIII-RECONVERSION UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS FOR SEAMEN

DEFINITIONS

SEC. 1302. When used in this title

(a) The term "reconversion period" means the period (1) beginning with the fifth Sunday after the date of the enactment of this title, and (2) ending June 30. [1949] 1950.

(c) The term "Federal maritime service" means service performed prior to July 1, 1949, which is determined to be employment pursuant to section 209 (0). (d) The term "Federal maritime wages" means remuneration determined pursuant to section 209 (o) to be remuneration for service referred to in section 209 (o) (1) which was performed prior to July 1, 1949.

MAKING EFFECTIVE IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA RULES PROMULGATED BY THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNING PLEADING, PRACTICE, AND PROCEDURE IN THE DISTRICT COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 30, 1949.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

Mr. REED of Illinois, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany S. 70]

The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bi (S. 70) to make effective in the District Court for the Territory of Alaska rules promulgated by the Supreme Court of the United States governing pleading, practice, and procedure in the district courts of the United States, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. The amendment is as follows:

Insert the following new section at the end of the bill:

SEC. 2. The first paragraph of section 2072 of title 28, United States Code. is amended to read as follows:

"The Supreme Court shall have the power to prescribe, by general rules, the forms of process, writs, pleadings, and motions, and the practice and procedure of the district courts of the United States and of the District Court for the Territory of Alaska in civil actions."

The purpose of the bill is to make the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure promulgated by the Supreme Court of the United States pursuant to title 28, United States Code, section 2072, applicable to proceedings in the District Court of the Territory of Alaska.

The act of June 19, 1934 (48 Stat. 1064), which has been incorporated into the revision of title 28 of the United States Code as section 2072, authorized the Supreme Court to prescribe rules of procedure for the district courts of the United States and for the courts of the District of Columbia. The words in that statute "district courts of the United States" have been held not to include the district courts in the Territories and insular possessions (Mookini v. United States. 303 U. S. 201). For this reason, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure do not