Box 7, Folder 11, Document 48

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THE URBAN COALITION ACTION COUNCIL

JOHN W. GARDNER
CHAIRMAN

1619 H STREET, N. Ww.
WASHINGTON, D, C, 20006

July 26, 1968

WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE REPORT
(Current as of July. 26, 1968)



FROM: THE STAFF

THE STATUS OF SUBSTANTIVE LEGISLATION



The Emergency Employment and Training Act of 1968 (Public
Service Employment)





The measure has not been reported by the Senate Labor and
Public Welfare Committee.

The extension of the Manpower Development and Training Act
has been ordered reported by the Committee, and action on

the measure has been delayed. Majority Leader Mansfield

has indicated he will call it up in September. When the

bill is considered by the full Senate, a bipartisan coalition
comprised of Senators Clark, Javits and Prouty will attempt
to amend it by adding the Emergency Employment Act to it.

The House Select Subcommittee still has no plans to mark
up the JOBS bill.

‘The MDTA extension has received a rule by the House Rules
Committee clearing it for floor action, but it is unlikely
to be acted on until Congress returns after the political
conventions.

The House bill contains an amendment by Congressman Goodell
which would disallow the reallocation of MDTA funds by the
Department of Labor until the end of every fiscal year.

The Department presently can reallocate at the end of six
months. This could severely handicap those states which
have substantial manpower programs.

TELEPHONE: 202 293-1530






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Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968"



Senate-House conferees filed their report on the HUD Act
of 1968 on July 23 and it was accepted by the Senate July

25.«

It is expected to be accepted by the House today.

Signing could take place next week.

THE STATUS OF APPROPRIATIONS MEASURES



The proposed schedule of action on Appropriation bills con-~
cerning legislation of interest to the Action Council is:

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The Housing and Urban Development Appropriations
bill for Fiscal Year 1969 passed the House on May
8 and the Senate on July 12. It will now go to
the Conference Committee, but no date has been set
for a meeting. The conferees may wait until the
HUD Act of 1968 clears both Houses since some of
the items in the appropriations bill require
authorizations included in the Act.

As reported last week, the Labor-HEW (including OEO)
Appropriations bill passed the House on June 26.

The Whitten Amendment, passed by a Teller (unrecorded)
vote, prohibits the use of funds appropriated by the
bill to force busing of school children, to abolish
any school or to force secondary school students to
attend a particular school against the choice of
parents.

The House approved serious cuts in Title I of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (aid to schools

-in impoverished areas), the Teacher Corps and the

Office of Economic Opportunity.

The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor-HEW
(including OEO) has marked up the bill. The Sub-
committee did not restore much of the education
funding. The following list indicates how the Sub-
committee acted on the requests made by the Department
of Health, Education and Welfare to restore funds

‘cut by the House.

REQUESTED APPROVED



Title I, ESEA $126 mil $50 mil

Drop out Prevention 30 mil 10 mil




REQUESTED APPROVED



Bilingual Education $ 5 mil $ 5 mil

Teacher Corps 9.6 mil 3.2 mil

In addition, the Subcommittee kept the OEO
appropriation at the low level approved by the

House and the Whitten Amendment. The full Committee
meets to mark up the bill at 10:00 a.m., Friday,
July 26. It may be taken up in the Senate during
the week of July 29.

It is very important that every effort be made in.
the Senate to restore the House cuts in the HEW
and OEFO requests, and to defeat the Whitten Amendment.

If you wish more information on the specific cuts
in the HEW and OEO appropriations, please contact
The Urban Coalition Action Council office.


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