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THE URBAN COALITION ACTION COUNCIL
JOHN W. GARDNER
CHAIRMAN
1819 H STREET, N, W. :
WASHINGTON, D.C.20006 5 July 1968
WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE REPORT
(Current as of July 5, 1968)
FROM: THE STAFF
THE STATUS OF SUBSTANTIVE LEGISLATION
The Emergency Employment and Training Act of 1968
Senate hearings have been completed.
Review and action by the full Committee is expected
to take place during the week of July 8th.
It is expected that the extension of the Manpower
Development and Training Act (MDTA) as reported by
the Subcommittee will also be considered by the full
Committee during the week of July 8th.
STATUS OF HOUSE LEGISLATION
The Select Subcommittee on Labor has completed
hearings.
The Committee is expected to mark-up the bill in
executive session probably not before the week of
ouly hSth.
The MDTA extension has been reported by the full
Committee and the measure will be before the Rules
Committee on the 8th or 9th of July. House floor
action should take place shortly thereafter.
The Revenue and Expenditure Control Act of 1968
(formerly the Tax Adjustment Act of 1968)
The ten percent tax surcharge and the $6 billion in
budget cuts is now Public Law 90-364. The President.
signed the measure on June 28th.
TE! FELOANE. 99 2an-1RaAn
Prevailing sentiment in Congress is for making
every possible effort to accomplish as much of
the $6 billion cut as possible. Many members
view the cuts as basically a Congressional res-
ponsibility.
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968
SENATE
The Senate passed its version of the Act (S-3497)
on May 28th. ~
HOUSE
The Banking and Currency Committee's version of
the bill (HR-17989) was given a rule on June 27th
and is scheduled for floor debate on Monday, ,
July 8th. Final vote is expected on Tuesday,
July 9th.
THE STATUS OF APPROPRIATIONS MEASURES
The proposed schedule of action on Appropriation bills concerning
legislation of interest to the Action Council is:
1. The Housing and Urban Development Appropriations
bill for Fiscal Year 1969 passed the House on
May 8th.
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on
Independent Offices has completed its mark-up
of the bill and the full Committee is expected
to complete its review of the bill on Tuesday,
July 9th. The Committee is expected to re-
quest a waiver of the three day rule and ask for
Senate floor debate on Wednesday or Thursday.
2. The Labor-HEW (including OEO) Appropriations bill
passed the House on June 26th. 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 also approved serious cuts in
Title I of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act (aid to schools in impover-
ished areas), the Teacher Corps and the
Office of Economic Opportunity.
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on
Labor-HEW (including OEO) held hearings
on the budget request in May and is not
expected to hold any further hearings.
It is, however, expected to complete
mark-up action by the end of the week of
July 8th.
Restoration of House cuts of OFO and HEW
requests, including Teacher Corps, and
defeat of the Whitten Amendment should be
accomplished within Committee. It is
crucial that every effort be made in the
Senate to restore the amounts cut by the
House.
The Second (regular) Supplemental
Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 1968
went into conference where House conferees
reduced the $75 million requested for
summer jobs to $13 million and reduced the
$25 million requested for Headstart to
$5 million. The bill as amended by the
conferees was subsequently passed by both
the House and Senate and is now waiting
the President's signature.
JOHN W. GARDNER
CHAIRMAN
1819 H STREET, N, W. :
WASHINGTON, D.C.20006 5 July 1968
WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE REPORT
(Current as of July 5, 1968)
FROM: THE STAFF
THE STATUS OF SUBSTANTIVE LEGISLATION
The Emergency Employment and Training Act of 1968
Senate hearings have been completed.
Review and action by the full Committee is expected
to take place during the week of July 8th.
It is expected that the extension of the Manpower
Development and Training Act (MDTA) as reported by
the Subcommittee will also be considered by the full
Committee during the week of July 8th.
STATUS OF HOUSE LEGISLATION
The Select Subcommittee on Labor has completed
hearings.
The Committee is expected to mark-up the bill in
executive session probably not before the week of
ouly hSth.
The MDTA extension has been reported by the full
Committee and the measure will be before the Rules
Committee on the 8th or 9th of July. House floor
action should take place shortly thereafter.
The Revenue and Expenditure Control Act of 1968
(formerly the Tax Adjustment Act of 1968)
The ten percent tax surcharge and the $6 billion in
budget cuts is now Public Law 90-364. The President.
signed the measure on June 28th.
TE! FELOANE. 99 2an-1RaAn
Prevailing sentiment in Congress is for making
every possible effort to accomplish as much of
the $6 billion cut as possible. Many members
view the cuts as basically a Congressional res-
ponsibility.
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968
SENATE
The Senate passed its version of the Act (S-3497)
on May 28th. ~
HOUSE
The Banking and Currency Committee's version of
the bill (HR-17989) was given a rule on June 27th
and is scheduled for floor debate on Monday, ,
July 8th. Final vote is expected on Tuesday,
July 9th.
THE STATUS OF APPROPRIATIONS MEASURES
The proposed schedule of action on Appropriation bills concerning
legislation of interest to the Action Council is:
1. The Housing and Urban Development Appropriations
bill for Fiscal Year 1969 passed the House on
May 8th.
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on
Independent Offices has completed its mark-up
of the bill and the full Committee is expected
to complete its review of the bill on Tuesday,
July 9th. The Committee is expected to re-
quest a waiver of the three day rule and ask for
Senate floor debate on Wednesday or Thursday.
2. The Labor-HEW (including OEO) Appropriations bill
passed the House on June 26th. 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 also approved serious cuts in
Title I of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act (aid to schools in impover-
ished areas), the Teacher Corps and the
Office of Economic Opportunity.
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on
Labor-HEW (including OEO) held hearings
on the budget request in May and is not
expected to hold any further hearings.
It is, however, expected to complete
mark-up action by the end of the week of
July 8th.
Restoration of House cuts of OFO and HEW
requests, including Teacher Corps, and
defeat of the Whitten Amendment should be
accomplished within Committee. It is
crucial that every effort be made in the
Senate to restore the amounts cut by the
House.
The Second (regular) Supplemental
Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 1968
went into conference where House conferees
reduced the $75 million requested for
summer jobs to $13 million and reduced the
$25 million requested for Headstart to
$5 million. The bill as amended by the
conferees was subsequently passed by both
the House and Senate and is now waiting
the President's signature.