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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD -SENATEJite 11, 1976as the F reign Relationse report not s, Mr. President,.sions to whilh the Presidentted related "to :uthorities whichhe Congress itself hd granted, andlhich it therefore mry modify, ratherhan to constitutional prerogatives ofOffice of the Presitent." Here is theiew of the Foreign Relations Commit-ee in its excellent e rlier report. andice reaffirmed:If the legislative vetoes contained in the!eorganization Acts ere constitutional(and the Committee belilves that they were),ben similar provisions in other statutesre likely to be valid. Itiis evident that theislative veto provisions contained in S.562are, in all material respects, comparabletion Acts. Each allows the President to;opose, in a legislatile context, specific$tion. Each permits such action to be car-ed out unless dlsapproed by the Congress.h allows such disapproval only withillimited time period. ;IMost importantly, eaclh involves the dele-ton of a power whichI the Congress couldstitutionally withhold altogether frome executive branch. Clearly, the Congress tine 11, 1976 CCa elective disassociation of the United Statesfro governments unpopular with the Con-gres thereby diminishing our ability to ad-vance the cause of human rights throughdiplom etic means.Mr. P esident, I was heartened by thestrong re ponse of several members ofthe Foreigf Relations Committee to thePresident's eto. Senator HUMPHREY, theable chairma of the Foreign AssistanceSubcommittee, ad this to say:The President is saying, in effect, that hewants the money ani the authority to spreadarms abroad but tha. he will not accord theCongress a role in determining how this isto be done. His action fles in the face of theAmerican people's desire or a new measureof Presidential accountabi y.To the committee's crediit; it has heldfirm on many good provisions of theoriginal bill, vetoed by the President, andhas written them into new legislation (S.3439) applicable to both fiscal years 1976and 1977. The human rights section isvirtually the same as I have previouslydescribed, with one important exception.In answering the President's veto mes-sage, the Foreign Relations Committee(in Report No. 94-876) states that it isnot its intent "that the human rights&criteria in this provision should be thecontrolling factor in U.S. relations withother nations." "Obviously," it continues,"there are other elements which meritconsideration. The language of the bill,in fact, requires, the Secretary of Stateto specify other circumstances whichshould be taken into account by the Con-gress in its assessment of U.S. assistanceprograms."The committee report goes on to saythat, in reworking the provisions of thisbill concerning human rights, an effortwas made "to place the Congress on thestrongest possible procedural grounds indealing with the executive branch on hu-man rights questions." I do not agreewith this statement, Mr. President. Forthe committee recommends that, in thehuman rights section of the bill, the con-current resolution provision be replacedby a joint resolution. This change willmake it more difficult to terminate orrestrict military assistance to a govern-ment which Congress determines to bea gross violator of human rights-be-cause any such determination would re-quire Presidential signature. Previous ex-pressions of congressional sentimentwithout enforcement teeth have been in-effective in motivating either the execu-tive branch or foreign governments totake seriously this basic concern of theAmerican people.I fear the dropping of the concurrentresolution, and substituting the jointresolution, affects the potency of thewhole human rights section. However, Ihope-based upon the commitmentsmade today by the Senator from Min-nesota (Mr. HUMPHREY) that this maybe reversed in conference. If it is not,consider this: Under the new bill in theform it is being adopted by the Senate,Congress could ask for a report detailinghuman rights violations in a particularcouptry and listing the extraordinarycircumstances warranting the continua-tion of assistance. But why should theState Department come up with moreNGRESSIONAL RECORD -SENATEthan a vague, -nonresponsive report?They would not have to take the processvery seriously because they would knowthe ultimate congressional sanction wasnot credible. That is, even if Congresspassed a joint resolution to restrict orterminate aid, the President could veto.Let us have no illusions about whatwe are doing. Congress had previouslydevised a fairly tight human rights sec-tion that forewarned military assistancerecipients of the consequences of flagrantviolations of basic human rights. Nowthey will know that the administrationcan get them off the hook in the endunless this situation is straightened outin conference.I must say, Mr. President, I do notfollow the Foreign Relations Commit-tee's reasoning when it argues in the re-port that, in order "to facilitate promptpassage and final approval" of the bill,it changed the human rights section-while retaining the concurrent resolu-tion procedure in other sections. For ex-ample, on page 13 of its report, the com-mittee states that among the "legislativeveto" provisions, there two which it con-siders central to keep in the bill: con-'gressional review of major government-'to-government military sales and reviewof certain important commercial: armssales. I, of course, support these provi-sions of the bill. But, I ask, to what enddo we want to review these sales? Forwhat purposes would Congress want tointerfere with such sales? Why keep theconcurrent resolution procedure-bywhich Congress could work its will-inthese sections of the bill and drop it inthe human rights section? Surely, humanrights violations-if they are gross-should weigh on the scales of policy asmuch as regional security or other con-cerns. But there would seem to have beena trade-off between arms sales oversightand human rights review, with the latterthe loser.Incidentally, in explaining the "con-current" to "joint" change, the commit-tee report cites the availability of sec-tion 617 of the Foreign Assistance Actrelating to the termination ofassistance.That section, which has never been used,states:Assistance under any provision of this actmay ... be terminated by concurrent reso-lution. Funds made available under this actshall remain available for a period not, toexceed eight months from the date of termi-nation of assistance under this act for thenecessary expenses of winding up programsrelated thereto.Note the lack of expedited parliamen-tary procedures, and the vague wording.Under the terms of the original securityassistance bill for fiscal year 1976, Con-gress-within 90 days after receiving ahuman rights report on a country-couldadopt under an expedited procedure aconcurrent resolution terminating or re-stricting aid. The present Senate billretains the expedited procedure, but sub-stitutes "joint" resolution.THE NECESSITY OF LEGISLATIVE VETOESMr. President, there is one more pointI would like to make. A few days ago thedistinguished chairman of the ForeignRelations Committee, Senator SPARKMAN,and I were conversing about some provi-S 9061sions in the security assistance bill, par.ticularly the concurrent resolution de-vice. This set me to thinking about whyit is that Congress

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has seen fit to writemore and more legislative vetoesintovarious kinds of legislation. Congress, Ibelieve, has been reaching for a "bar-gaining chip" to be used against thepossibility of vetoes by the Presidentthat defy the clearly expressed majoritywill of Congress as representatives ofthe people. I would simply note thatPresident Ford's latest, veto was his fifththis year; he vetoed 17 bills in the firstsession of the 94th Congress. All in all,he has vetoed a total of 49 bills duringhis incumbency. In foreign policy, inparticular, it has symbolized a searchfor policy influence-as in the securityassistance bill.Before addressing the constitutionalargument over legislative vetoes, I wouldlike to put this debate in the context ofrecent history.There is little dispute that for 40years Presidents have increased the pow-ers of the Presidency dramatically, en-croaching on congressional prerogativesand some individual rights in the process.This accretion of presidential powerreached a climax with the secret, uni-lateral exercise of war powers, and otherpowers under the cloak of "nationalsecurity," in the administrations of Presi-dents Johnson and Nixon.The Imperial Presidency, writes ArthurSchlesinger, was "essentially the creationof foreign policy."Of late, however, the right of the Presi-dent to act unilaterally in foreign policyand national security affairs has beensharply challenged by Congress and cur-tailed by other forces. Congress passedthe War Powers Resoltuion to try to pre-vent another Vietnam-style exercise opresidential power, Congress has signaledin other ways that it is reasserting au-thority over the Nation's foreign policand warmaking decisions. Refusal togrant to President the means to conductopen or covert military operations infAngola, resistance to military aid to Tur-.key, the passage of the trade bill witspecial restrictions pertaining to the Soviet Union-are all indications that Congress is resisting a further accretion opresidential power at its expense.Congress is now trying to bring about aequality of power between the executive anlegislative branches.As Senator MANSFIELD has put it:The reaction to ballooning Presidentiapower is also discernible in the domestiarea. Perhaps the single most importanconstraint adopted in recent years hbeen the congressional budget contrprocess. I recall that this was adoptein reaction to wholesale impoundmenby Mr.\ Nixon of funds allocated b�Congress',,Another!sjgnificant recent assertionpower by Congress has been the "legislative veto." There are several exampleof this devica\in the foreign militaaid bill before the Senate.In his veto mssage on S. 2662, thPresident claimed\that the bill's provsions "would seriou]Y obstruct the eercise of the Presidpt's constitutionresponsibilities for the \onduct of forei June 11, 1976 CO]ly substantially with the terms and condi-/ions of any license, permit, certificate, orother instrument or authorization issued bythe Commission;.,(B) willfully or repeatedly failed to com-ply with any of the provisions of this Act or!of any rule, regulation, or order issued by the'Commission under this Act or under anytreaty, convention, or other agreement to*which the United States is a party and whichis binding-upon the United States;"(C) violated any provision of section 317(c) or 509(a) of this Act; or"(D) violated any provision of section01304, 1343, or 1464 of title 18, United StatesCode;-shall be liable to the United States for a for--ifeiture penalty. A forfeiture penalty under2this subsection shall be in addition to any*other penalty provided for by this Act; ex-cept that this subsection shall not apply to,any conduct which is subject to forfeitureunder title II, part II or III of title III, or"seotion 507 of this Act."(2) The amount of any forfeiture penaltydetermined under this subsection shall notexceed $2,000 for each violation. Each day of-'a continuing violation shall constitute aseparate offense, but the total forfeiture pen-alty which may be imposed under this sub-section, for acts or omissions described inparagraph (1) of this subsection and set: forth in the notice or the notice of apparentliability issued under this subsection, shallnot exceed-"(A) $20,000, If the violator Is (i) a com-:'mon carrier subject to the provisions of this'Act, (ii) a broadcast station license or per-mittee, or (iii) a cable television operator;or"(B) $5,000, in any case not covered bysubparagraph (A).The amount of such forfeiture penalty shallbe assessed by the Commission, or its de-signee, by written notice. In determining theamount of such a forfeiture penalty, theCommission or its designee shall take intoaccount the nature, circumstances, extent,and gravity of the prohibited acts, committedand, with respect to the violator, the degreeof culpability, any history of prior offenses,ability to pay, and such other matters asJustice may require."(3) (A) At the discretion of the Commis-sion, a forfeiture penalty may be determinedagainst a person under this subsection afternotice and an opportunity for a hearing be-fore the Commission or an administrativelaw Judge thereof in accordance with section554 of title 5, United States Code. Any personagainst whom a forfeiture penalty is deter-mined under this paragraph may obtain re-view thereof pursuant to section 402(a)."(B) If any person fails to pay an assess-ment of a forfeiture penalty determined un-der subparagraph (A) of this paragraph,after it has become a final and unappealableorder or after the appropriate court has en-tered final Judgment in favor of the Com-mission shall refer the matter to the AttorneyGeneral of the United States, who shall re-cover the amount assessed in anlly appro-priate district court of the United States. Insuch action, the validity and appropriateness-of the final order imposing the forfeiturepenalty shall not be subject to review."(4) Except as provided in paragraph (3)of this subsection, no forfeiture penalty shallbe imposed under this subsection against anyperson unless and until-"(A) the Commission issues a notice ofapparent liability, in writing, with respect tosuch person;"(B) such notice has been received by suchperson, or until the Commission has sentsuch notice to the last known address ofsuch person, by registered or certified mail;and"(C) such person is granted an opportu-nity to show, in writing, within such reason-NGRESSIONAL RECORD -SENAable period of time as the Commission pre-scribes by rule or regulation, why no suchforfeiture penalty should be imposed.Such a notice shall (i) identify each specificprovision, term, and condition of any Act,rule, regulation, order, treaty, convention,or other agreement, license, permit, certifi-cate, instrument, or authorization whichsuch person apparently violated or withwhich such person apparently failed to com-ply; (li) set forth the nature of the act oromission charged against such person andthe facts upon which such charge is based;and (iii) state the date on which such con-duct occurred. Any forfeiture penalty deter-mined under this paragraph shall be recover-able pursuant to section 504(a) of this Act."(5) No forfeiture liability shall be deter-mined under this subsection against anyperson, If such person does not hold a li-cense, permit, certificate, or

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other authoriza-tion issued by the Commission, unless, priorto the notice required by paragraph (3) ofthis subsection or the notice of apparentliability required by paragraph (4) of thissubsection, such person (A) is sent a cita-tion of the violation charged; (B) is given areasonable opportunity for a personal inter-view with an official of the Commission, atthe field office of the Commission which isnearest to such person's place of residence;and (C) subsequently engages in conduct ofthe type described in such citation. The pro-visions of, this paragraph shall not apply,however, if the person involved is engagingin activities for which a license, permit, cer-tificate, or other authorization is required.Whenever the requirements of this para-graph are satisfied with respect to a particu-lar person, such person shall not be entitledto receive any additional citation of the vio-lation charged, with respect to any conductof the type described in the citation sentunder this paragraph."(6) No forfeiture penalty shall be deter-mined or imposed against any person underthis subsection if-"(A) such person holds a broadcast stationlicense issued under title III of this Act andif the violation charged occurred-"(i) more than 1 year prior to the date ofissuance of the required notice or notice ofapparent liability; or"(ii) prior to the date of commencementof the current term of such license,whichever is earlier so long as such violationoccurred within 3 years prior to the date ofissuance of such required notice; or"(B) such person does not hold a broad-cast station license issued under title III ofthis Act and if the violation charged occurredmore than 1 year prior to the date of issuanceof the required notice or notice of apparentliability.".SEC. 3. (a) The first sentence of section504(a) of the Communications Act of 1934(47 U.S.C. 504(a)) is amended by insertingimmediately after "recoverable" the follow-ing: ", except as otherwise provided withrespect to a forfeiture penalty determinedunder section 503(b) (3) of this Act,".(b) Section 504(b) of such Act is amended(1) by striking out "parts II and III oftitle III and section 503(b), section 507, and510" and inserting in lieu thereof 'title II,parts II and III of title III, and sections 503(b) and 507"; and (2) by striking out "upon application therefor,".SEC. 4. Section 510 of the ConiinunicatiollsAct of 1934 (47 US.C. 510) is repeated inits entirety.SEC. 5. The amendments made by this Actshall take effect on the 30th day after thedate of enactment of this Act: except thatthe provisions of sections 503(b) and 510 ofthe Communications Act of 1934, as in effecton such date of enactment, shall continueto constitute the applicable law with re-spect to any act or omission which occursprior to such 30th day.ITE S 9063The amendment was agreed to.The bill was ordered to be engrossedfor a third reading, read the third time,and passed.ROUTINE MOR/Y BUSINESSMr. MANSFIELbD .jr. President, I askunanimous consent hat there be a pe-riod for the transaction of morningbusiness.The PRESIDING) PFICER. Withoutobjection, it is so or ered.MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENTMessages from the President of theUnited States were communicated to theSenate by Mr. Marks, one of his secre-taries.EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERREDAs in executive session, the PresidingOfficer laid before the Senate messagesfrom the President of the United Statessubmitting sundry nominations whichwere referred to the appropriate com-mittees.(The nominations' received today areprinted at the end -of the Senate pro-ceedings.)APPROVAL OF BILLA message from the President of theUnited States announced that on June10, 1976, he approved and signed the en-rolled bill (S. 223) for the relief of AngelaGarza and her son Manuel Aguilar (akaManuel Garza).MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSEAt 2:30 p.m., a message from theHouse of Representatives delivered byMr. Berry, one of its reading clerks, an-nounced that the House has passed thebill (H.R. 13367) to extend and amendthe State and Local Fiscal Assistance Actof 1972, and for other purposes, in whichit requests the concurrence of the Sen-ate.ENROLLED BILL SIGNEDThe message also announced that theSpeaker has signed the enrolled bill(H.R. 11559) to authorize appropriationsfor the saline water conversion programfor fiscal year 1977.The enrolled bill was subsequentlysigned by the President pro tempore.COMMUNICATIONS FROM EXECU-TIVE DEPARTMENTS, ETC.The PRESIDING OFFICER laid beforethe Senate the following letters, whichwere referred as indicated:REPORT OF THE PRIVACY PROTECTION STUDYCOMMISSIONA letter from the Chairman of the PrivacyProtection Study Commission transmitting,pursuant to law, a report explaining the pro-cedure of the Commission (with an accom-panying report); to the Committee on Gov-ernment Operations. i'PUBLISHED REGULATION:iOF THE DEPARTMENTOF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFAREA letter from the Acting Director, Office ofRegulatory Review, of0I the Department of CONGRESSIONAL RECORD--SENA'alth, Education, and Welfare transmittingpu suant to law, a copy of a published regu-latiorelating to regional education programsfor handicapped persons (with accompany-ing papers); to the Committee on Laborand Public Welfare.CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS or THE AIR FORCE\, RESERVEA letter frond the Deputy Assistant Secre-tary of Defense transmitting, pursuant tolaw, notification of two construction projectsto be undertaken'"y the Air Force Reserve(with accompanying papers); to the Com-nlittee on Armed Services.PREPOSED LEGISLATION. OF THE GENERALSERVICES ADMINISTRATIONA letter from the Acting Administrator ofGeneral Servcies transmitting a draft of pro-posed legislation to amend the Federal Prop-ertv and Administrative Services Act (withaccompanying papers); to the Committee onGovernment Operations.REPORT OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMIMIISSIONA letter from the Chairman of the CivilService Commission transmitting, pursuantto law, a report entitled "Report on New Sys-tems" (with an accompanying report); to theCommittee on Government Operations.REPORTS OF THE IMMIGRATION ANDNATURALIZATION SERvICEA letter from the Commissioner of Im-migration and Naturalization transmitting.pursuant to law, reports covering the periodMay 17 through 28, 1976, concerning visapetitions (with accompanying reports); tothe Committee on the Judiciary.REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICEA letter from the Attorney General trans-mitting, pursuant to law, a report on thebusiness of the Department of Justice for thefiscal year 1975 (with an accompanying re-port); to the Committee on the Judiciary.REPORT OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEmNTxTAND BUDGET-(S. Doc. 94-217)A letter from the Director of the Office ofManagement and Budget transmitting a re-port, pursuant to section 1014(e) of the Con-gressional Budget and Impoundment Con-trol Act (with an accompanying report); tothe Committees on Appropriations, theBudget, Agriculture and Forestry, Commerce,Public Works, Armed Services, Labor andPublic Welfare, Banking, Housing and UrbanAffairs, Interior and Insular Affairs, ForeignRelations, the Judiciary, Finance, the Districtof Columbia,- Aeronautical and Space Sci-ences, pursuant to the order of January 30,1975, and ordered to be printed.REPORT OF THE NATIONAL COMMSISSION ONWAErR QUALITYA letter from the Executive Director of t

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h9National Commission on Water Qualitytransmitting, pursuant to law, the final staffreport to the Commission (with an accom-panying report); to the Committee ofh Pub-lic Works. /PETITIONS,The PRESIDING OFFICER laid beforethe Senate the following petitions, whichwere referred as indicated:Joint Resolution No. 2 and Joint Resolu-tion No. 146, adopted by the Legislature ofthe State of New/York; to the Committeeon the Judiciary'-"JOLN//SEOLUTION No. 2"Whereas, .ie International Veteran Box-ers Associatidn is a nonprofit organizationcurrently incorporated in the State of NewJersey; an'd"Whereas, There are currently twenty-three boxing rings associated with the Inter-national Veteran Boxers Association whichareAoocated in eleven different states of theion; and"Whereas, The Boxers Association's goalsand purposes include the promotion of thegeneral welfare of Veteran Boxers, active orretired, throughout the United States, andthe care and help of sick and disabled Vet-eran Boxers who may be in distress; and"Whereas, The International Veteran Box-ers Association is to be a nonprofit, non-political and nonsectarian organization withno net earnings inuring to the benefit ofany member, officer, director or individual;now, therefore, be it"'Resolved, That the Legislature of theState of New York respectfully memorializesthe Congress of the United States to enactlegislation granting a federal incorporationcharter to the International Veteran BoxersAssociation; and be it further"Resolved, That suitably engrossed copiesof this resolution be transmitted to theCongress of the United States, one addressedto the President of the Senate, one to theSpeaker of the House of Representatives,and the others to each member of the Con-gress of the United States from the State ofNew York."TIE June 11, 1976portation statistics there are approximately13,390,000 handicapped persons in the UnitedStates, representing about 6.31 percent fthe nation's total population; and-"Whereas, A significant proportion of/hesehandicapped persons are veterans, , theVietnam War, attempting to lead no nal andproductive lives; and /"Whereas, The federal regulajions pres-ently governing the air transpt of handi.capped persons are vague and/open to con-flicting interpretations, with/the result thatsome airlines place undue restrictions on thefreedom of travel of the/ihandicapped, evento the extent of denying them passage; and"Whereas, The Federl Aviation Admlinis-tration on June 5, 1973 issued an advancenotice of proposed;rulemaking, known asRegulatory Docket/:No. 12881, on the subjectof possible changes in federal regulationsgoverning the air transport of handicappedpersons, and has since been studying pro-posed revisions of the rules; now, therefore,be it."Resolved by the Assembly and the Senateof the State of California, jointly, That thelai~~nrswt AriPafionA -Imtlistration be rp"JOINT RESOLUTION No. 146 quested to expedite the issuance of regula-tions affecting air travel by handicapped"Whereas, Over 108 years ago, Commander- persons, and that such rules should bein-Chief John A. Logan of the Grand Army adopted as will safely aize the trns-of the Republic, declared in a general order, opted as will such individuals; slid be itthat America's heroic dead should be portatoll of uch individuals; and be itrememnbered on May thirtieth; and furtherremembered on M emorial Day was first observed "Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the"Whereas, Memorial Day was first observed .Assembly transmit copies of this resolutionon May thirtieth, eighteen hundred sixty- to the President and Vice President of theeight, to pay tribute and reverent homage to United States, to the Secretary of the De-those menl and women who having served partment of Transportation, to the Directorthis nation in time of war now peacefully far the Fedeal Aviation Agency, to thr hereest; and 'Nenv Yorls State v as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, andWhereas, New York State was the first to each Senator and Representative from,state to grant'qfficial recognition of this holl- Caltfornia in the Congress of the Unitedday by Chapter five hundred seventy-seven of States."the Laws of eighteen hundred seventy-three;and"Whereas, Memorial Day should not be REPORTS OF COMMITTEESonly a day of Rememberance but a day whenwe should commemorate the sacrifice of The following reports of committeesthose who served so we inay live free; A day were submitted:when Americans rededicate themselves to By Mr. HUMPHREY, from the Commit-the high ideals that have. been part and tee on Foreign Relations:parcel of the basic philosophy of this nation S. Res. 464. An original resolution ofsince its birth in seventeen hundred seventy- waiver under section 402 (a) of the Congres-six; and sional Budget Act with respect to the con-"Whereas, The Veterans of Foreign Wars, sideration of S. 3557 (Rept. No. 94-940).the American Legion, the DisabledXAmerican S. 3557. An original bill to authorize theVeterans and many other veteran's organiza- appropriation of funds necessary during thetions and patriotic citizens in this,state fiscal year 1977 to implement the provisionswholeheartedly endorse the concept \that of the Treaty of Friendship and CooperationMemorial Day be celebrated on May between the United States 'and Spain,Thirtieth; and signed at Madrid on January 24, 1976, and/"Whereas, the State of New York on April, for other purposes (Rept. No. 94-941).thirteen, nineteen hundred seventy-six en-' 'By Mr. HUDDLESTON, from the Commit-acted legislation returning Memorial Day to tee on Agriculture and Forestry, withoutMay thirtieth; now, therefore, be it arnendment:"Resolved, that the Legislature of the State SRes. 439. A resolution relating to theof New York respectfully memorialize the overpply of whey (Rept. No. 94-942).Congress of the United States, in this ourbi-centennial year to enact appropriate legis-lation which will rename May thirtieth as LOCAL UBLIC WORKS EMPLOY-the day Americans celebrate Memorial Day; MENT CT-S. 3201--CONFERENCEand be it further REPO (REPT. NO. 94-939)"Resolved, That copies of this resolution, Mr. MO YA submitted a reportsuitably engrossed, be transmitted to thePresident of the United States, the President from the co ttee of conference onof the Senate of the United States, the the disagreeing of the two HousesSpeaker of the House of Representatives and on the amendme of the House to theto each member of Congress from the State bill (S. 3201) to am the Public Worksof New York." and Economic Devel ment Act of 1965,Assembly Joint Resolution No. 40 to increase the antircssionary effec-adopted-by the Legislature of the State tiveness of the prog and for otherof California; to the Committee ol purposes, which w dered to beCommerce: printed."ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTION No. 40"Whereas, The individual's freedom to HOUSE BILL REFERREDtravel is fundamental to the modern Amer- The bill (.R. 13367) to andican way df life, with many persons finding it amend the State and Localnecessary to travel great distances by air for atmen he State and Local Ftsc As-personal or business reasons; and sistance Act of 1972, and fo",Whereas, According to the Department of poses, was read twice by its title andTransportation's 1970 Urban Mass Trans- referred to the Committee on Financ