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COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



Vol. 13, No. 4 



Latest advices indicate that the railroads were endeavoring to make the 

 authorized increases effective April 4. 



These authorizations are made by the Interstate Conimerce Commission on 

 an interim basis and the proceedings will be held open for further h ar- 

 ings. 



Eighty -Second Congress (First Session) 



MARCH 1951 



Listed below are public bills and resolutions introduced and referred to com- 

 mittees, or passed by the Eighty-Second Congress (First Session) and signed by the 

 President, that affect in any way the fisheries and allied industries. Public 

 bills and resolutions are shown in this section only when introduced and, if passed 

 vrtien they are signed by the President. The more pertinent reports, hearings, or 

 chamber actions on some of the bills shown in this section from month to month are 

 also listed. 



BTTT.q AND RESOLUTiaNS mroODDCED : 



Chemlcala la ?ood Producta ; H. H. 3257 (Killer of 

 Nebraska) - A bill to anead the Federal Food, Dru«, and 

 Coametlo Act, as amauded, by providijig for the regula- 

 tion of chemical additivaa in food; to the Cannittee on 

 Interstate and Foreign Commerce, 



Collisions at Sea : S. 1182 (Johnson of Colorado) - 

 A bill to authorize the President to proclaim regula- 

 tiona for preventing collisions at sea; ComcJ-ttee on 

 Interstate and Foreign Comraarce. 



CmnnArcial Fisheries Activities Transfer : S. II4I 

 (O'Conor, for himsalf and I4 other Senators) - A bill 

 to expand the activities of the Department of Commerce 

 in accordance with the recommendations of the Cocmlssion 

 on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Govern- 

 ment, (Includes the transfer to the Secretary of Com- 

 nerco of "all functions of the Secretary of the Interior 

 and the Department of the Interior in relation to can- 

 iLeroial fisheries.") 



Also: H. H. 3310 (Koffmnn of tiiohigan).. .to the Ccm- 

 mittae on Interstate and Foreign COEmerce. 



Department of Aj^ricxilture Reorganization Includes 

 Food Products Regulatory Functions : H. R. 3308 (Hoffman 

 of Michigan) - A bill to provide for the reorganization 

 of the Department of Agriculture in accordance with the 

 recommendations of the Conmission on Organization of the 

 Executive Branch of the Govermient; to the Caranittee on 

 Agriculture, (Included is a directive to the Secretary 

 of Agriculture that in conjunction with the Federal 

 Security Administrator and Federal Trade Conmission a 

 study be conducted of the "diverse requirenfints and pro- 

 cedures and overlapping authority of the various Federal 

 agencies in connection with the exercise of regulatory 

 functions with respect to food products and drugs, with i 

 view to submission to the Congress of a plan for placing 

 regulatory functions respecting food products under the 

 Department of Agriculture and those respecting drugs 

 under the Public Health Service,) 



Also: S, 1149 (Aiken and 12 other Senators )... to the 

 Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Department. 



ECA Amendment ; S. II64 (Cnavey) - A bill to extend 

 the provisions of the Economic Cooperation Act of I948 



so as to make them applicable to any nation friendly to 

 the interests of the United States, and to transfer certain 

 certain programs and agencies of the Federal Government 

 to the Economic Cooperation Administration, and for 

 other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations, 



Fish and Wildlife Conservation in Military Re serva - 

 tiCEs : H. R. 3233 (Sikes) - A bill to promote effectual 

 planning, development, maintenance, and coordination of 

 wildlife, fish, and gams conservation and rehabilitation 

 in military reservations; to the Committee on Armed 

 Services, 



Foreign Trade Agreeuents Authority : S. 1122 (Kalone) - 

 A bill to teniilnate the authority of the President to 

 enter into foreign trade agreements under section 350 

 of the Tariff Act of I93O, as amended; to the Committee 

 on Finance, 



Fore ign Trade Agreement s " Escape Clause : " S, 1040 

 (Ualone) - A bill to provide for the inclusion in all 

 existing foreign trade agreements of an effective 

 "escape clause;" to the Committee on Finance, 



General Celling Price Regulation Amandment i 3. Res . 

 22 (Williams, for himself, and four other Senators) - 

 Resolved, That the Director of Price Stabilization is 

 requested to amend section 11 of the General Celling 

 Price Regulation 30 that its provisions will not under 

 any circumstances accord sellers greater than their 

 normal margins of profit, 



Tidelands Jurisdiction : H. R. 3300 (Rankin) - A 

 bill to confirm and establish the title of the States 

 to lands beneath navigable waters within State bCMndaries 

 and natural resources within such lands and waters and 

 to provide for the use and control of said lands and re- 

 sources; to the Cosmittee on the Judiciary, 



Also: S. %0 (Holland land 34 Senators) .. .to the Com- 

 mittee on Interior and Insular Affairs. 



Transportation Tax Exemption for Fishing Boats : H. R. 

 1607 (Boiajs of Delaware) - A bill to amend section 3469 

 (b) of the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the tax 

 imposed on the transportation of persons shall not apply 

 to transportation on boats for fishing purposes; to the 

 Ccsmuittee on Ways and iideans. 



Also: S, 955 (O'Conor), ., to the Comclttae on Financs. 



