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HE URBAN COALITION ACTION COUNCIL
JOHN W. GARDNER
CHAIRMAN
1819 H STREET, N, W.
WASHINGTON, D, C. 20006 27 June 1968
WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE REPORT
(Current as of June 27, 1968)
FROM: THE STAFF
THE STATUS OF SUBSTANTIVE LEGISLATION
The Emergency Employment and Training Act of 1968
Senate hearings have been completed.
The Subcommittee reported out a clean bill on June 26th.
It is a bi-partisan measure which should be reviewed and
acted upon by the full Committee during the week of July
Sth =. 22th;
The Subcommittee strategy dictated reporting out the
Emergency Employment measure separate from the proposed
Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) extension.
STATUS OF HOUSE LEGISLATION
The Select Subcommittee on Labor has scheduled its last
day of hearings for July lst. The final mark-up of the
bill by the Subcommittee will probably be delayed until
after the July 4th recess.
The Labor Committee reported out the MDTA extension on
June 27th.
The Revenue and Expenditure Control Act of 1968
(formerly the Tax Adjustment Act of 1968)
The bill contains a ten percent tax surcharge and $6
billion in budget cuts. The measure passed the House by
a vote of 268-150. The Senate approved the bill on the
2lst and the measure is now awaiting the President's
signature.
Congressional leaders are suggesting that $3 billion of
the $6 billion cut will be approved by Congressional
action.
TELEPHONE; 202 293-1530 <a
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968
SENATE
The Senate passed its version of the Act §-3497 on
May 28th. ,
HOUSE
Banking and Currency Committee Chairman Wright Patman
introduced clean bill HR-17989 on June 19th. The
Committee's report was filed June 20th (House Report
L5'85:) «
Chairman Patman went before the Rules Committee on
June 27th. An open rule (permitting floor amendments)
and four hours of general debate were voted. The
measure is expected to be on the floor in the House
for action right after the July 4th recess (which
concludes July 8th).
THE STATUS OF APPROPRIATIONS MEASURES
The proposed schedule of action on the part of the Appropriations
Subcommittees concerning legislation of interest to the Action
Council iss
1. The Housing and Urban Development Appropriations
bill for Fiscal Year 1969 passed the House on
May 8. The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on
Independent Offices expects to complete its mark-
up of the bill on the afternoon of June 27th. The
full Committee will mark the bill up on June 28th,
2. The Labor-HEW (including OEO) Appropriations bill
passed the House on June 26th. The Whitten Amend-
ment which would prohibit the use of funds appro-
priated by the bill to force busing of school
children, to abolish any school or to force secon-
dary school students to attend a particular school
against the choice of parents, passed fairly easily
on a Teller (unrecorded) vote.
Serious cuts were made in many of the education
programs in the Appropriations Committee and were
upheld by the House. Hard hit were Title I of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (aid to schools
in impoverished areas), the Teacher Corps and Office
of Economic Opportunity.
LETTER
Efforts will have to be concentrated on the
Senate to restore these funds and defeat the
Whitten amendment which would subvert the 1964
Civil Rights Act.
The Second (regular) Supplemental Appropriations
bill for Fiscal Year 1968 easily passed the Senate
on June 26th by an 87 to 2 vote. As passed the
measure includes $75 million for summer jobs and
$25 million for Headstart as actively sought by
the Action Council.
The House on June 28th refuesed to accept the bill
and called for a Joint Conference with the Senate
naming as House Conferees:
House Appropriations Chairman George Mahon,
Congresswoman Hansen, Congressman Whitten,
Sikes, Natcher, Flood, Jonas, Laird, Langen,
Lipscomb.
The Conferees meet June 28th and if agreement is
reached, the Conference report will be filed on
July lst. Floor action in the House would follow
at the earliest on July 2nd.
TO CONGRESS
As authorized at the June 10 meeting of the Urban Coalition Action
Council,
the Council issued June 27th a statement of concern for
action on the urban crisis in the form of a letter from Chairman
Gardner to each member of Congress. The text of the letter is
attached.
Comparable communications from members of local coalitions
to Senators and Congressmen are urgently needed.
JOHN W. GARDNER
CHAIRMAN
1819 H STREET, N, W.
WASHINGTON, D, C. 20006 27 June 1968
WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE REPORT
(Current as of June 27, 1968)
FROM: THE STAFF
THE STATUS OF SUBSTANTIVE LEGISLATION
The Emergency Employment and Training Act of 1968
Senate hearings have been completed.
The Subcommittee reported out a clean bill on June 26th.
It is a bi-partisan measure which should be reviewed and
acted upon by the full Committee during the week of July
Sth =. 22th;
The Subcommittee strategy dictated reporting out the
Emergency Employment measure separate from the proposed
Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) extension.
STATUS OF HOUSE LEGISLATION
The Select Subcommittee on Labor has scheduled its last
day of hearings for July lst. The final mark-up of the
bill by the Subcommittee will probably be delayed until
after the July 4th recess.
The Labor Committee reported out the MDTA extension on
June 27th.
The Revenue and Expenditure Control Act of 1968
(formerly the Tax Adjustment Act of 1968)
The bill contains a ten percent tax surcharge and $6
billion in budget cuts. The measure passed the House by
a vote of 268-150. The Senate approved the bill on the
2lst and the measure is now awaiting the President's
signature.
Congressional leaders are suggesting that $3 billion of
the $6 billion cut will be approved by Congressional
action.
TELEPHONE; 202 293-1530 <a
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968
SENATE
The Senate passed its version of the Act §-3497 on
May 28th. ,
HOUSE
Banking and Currency Committee Chairman Wright Patman
introduced clean bill HR-17989 on June 19th. The
Committee's report was filed June 20th (House Report
L5'85:) «
Chairman Patman went before the Rules Committee on
June 27th. An open rule (permitting floor amendments)
and four hours of general debate were voted. The
measure is expected to be on the floor in the House
for action right after the July 4th recess (which
concludes July 8th).
THE STATUS OF APPROPRIATIONS MEASURES
The proposed schedule of action on the part of the Appropriations
Subcommittees concerning legislation of interest to the Action
Council iss
1. The Housing and Urban Development Appropriations
bill for Fiscal Year 1969 passed the House on
May 8. The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on
Independent Offices expects to complete its mark-
up of the bill on the afternoon of June 27th. The
full Committee will mark the bill up on June 28th,
2. The Labor-HEW (including OEO) Appropriations bill
passed the House on June 26th. The Whitten Amend-
ment which would prohibit the use of funds appro-
priated by the bill to force busing of school
children, to abolish any school or to force secon-
dary school students to attend a particular school
against the choice of parents, passed fairly easily
on a Teller (unrecorded) vote.
Serious cuts were made in many of the education
programs in the Appropriations Committee and were
upheld by the House. Hard hit were Title I of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (aid to schools
in impoverished areas), the Teacher Corps and Office
of Economic Opportunity.
LETTER
Efforts will have to be concentrated on the
Senate to restore these funds and defeat the
Whitten amendment which would subvert the 1964
Civil Rights Act.
The Second (regular) Supplemental Appropriations
bill for Fiscal Year 1968 easily passed the Senate
on June 26th by an 87 to 2 vote. As passed the
measure includes $75 million for summer jobs and
$25 million for Headstart as actively sought by
the Action Council.
The House on June 28th refuesed to accept the bill
and called for a Joint Conference with the Senate
naming as House Conferees:
House Appropriations Chairman George Mahon,
Congresswoman Hansen, Congressman Whitten,
Sikes, Natcher, Flood, Jonas, Laird, Langen,
Lipscomb.
The Conferees meet June 28th and if agreement is
reached, the Conference report will be filed on
July lst. Floor action in the House would follow
at the earliest on July 2nd.
TO CONGRESS
As authorized at the June 10 meeting of the Urban Coalition Action
Council,
the Council issued June 27th a statement of concern for
action on the urban crisis in the form of a letter from Chairman
Gardner to each member of Congress. The text of the letter is
attached.
Comparable communications from members of local coalitions
to Senators and Congressmen are urgently needed.
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