July 1966 



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§ 401.19 PntcnlN and inventions. 



Determination of the patent rights In 

 any Inventions or discoveries resulting 

 from work under cooperative agreements 

 entered into pursuant to the Act shall 

 be governed by tlie Statement of Gov- 

 ernment Patent Policy promulgated by 

 the President In his memorandum of Oc- 

 tober 10. 1963 (3 CPR, 1963 Supp., p. 238, 

 28 PJl. 10943). 



§ 401.20 Convict labor. 



In connection with the performance of 

 work, the cooperator agrees not to employ 

 any person undergoing sentence of Im- 

 prisonment at hard labor. 



§ 401.21 Civil rights. 



Each cooperative agreement shall con- 

 tain a statement of assurance executed 

 by the cooperator providing that the 

 project will be carried out in accordance 

 with Title VI, Nondiscrimination In Fed- 

 erally Assisted Programs, of the Civil 

 Rights Act of 1964 and with the Secre- 

 tary's regulations promulgated there- 

 under. 



Stewart L. Udall, 

 Secretary of the Interior. 



Eighty-Ninth Congress 

 (Second Session) 



Public bills and resolu- 

 tions which may directly or 

 indirectly affect the fisher- 

 ies and allied industries 

 are reported upon. Intro- 

 duction, referral to com- 

 mittees, pertinent legisla- 

 tive actions by the House 

 and Senate, as well as signature into law or 

 other final disposition are covered. 



COMMERCIAL FISHERY RESOURCES SURVEY : 

 Survey of Fishery Resources : Hearing before the Sub- 

 • committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the 

 Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, 89th 

 Congress, 2nd session, on S. J . Res . 29, a joint resolu- 

 tion to authorize and direct the Bureau of Commercial 

 Fisheries to conduct a survey of the marine and fresh- 

 water commercial fishery resources of the United 

 States, its territories and possessions, April 19, 1966, 

 Serial No. 89-50, 37 pp., printed. Contents include 

 comments, statements and letters of various agencies. 

 Federal and State officials. 



Senate Committee on Commerce, May 17, 1966, in 

 executive session, ordered favorably reported, with a- 

 mendment, S. J. Res. 29 . 



Senate June 2, 1966, reported ( S. Rept . 1202) , with 

 amendments, S. J. Res . 29. 



Senate June 7, 1966, passed, with committee amend- 

 ments, S. J. Res . 29. The title was amended so as to 

 read: "Joint resolution to authorize and direct the Sec- 

 retary of the Interior to conduct a survey of coastal and 



fresh-water commercial fishery resources of the Unit- 

 ed States, its territories, and possessions." The text 

 of S. J. Res. 29 as passed, is printed in Congressional 

 Record, June 7, 1966 (pp. 11850-11851), together with 

 an excerpt from the committee report ( No . 1202 ) ex- 

 plaining the purpose of the resolution. 



Senate-passed bill, S. J . Res . 29 , June 8, 1966, was 

 referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and 

 Fisheries. 



Sen. Tower spoke in the Senate ( Congressional Rec - 

 ord , June 8, 1966, p. 12047), commending the Commit- 

 tee on Commerce for reporting S. J. Res. 29 . He stated 

 that it is hoped that this legislation which passed June 

 7, 1966, will enable the Bureau of Commercial Fisher- 

 ies to produce a report which will better enable our do- 

 mestic fishermen to take advantage of our enormous 

 marine resources. 



COMMODITY PACKAGING AND LABELING: 

 Committee on Commerce, May 13, 



Senate 



1966, in executive 

 session, ordered favorably reported (in nature of a sub- 

 stitute bill) S. 985 , proposed Fair Packaging and Label- 

 ing Act of 1966. 



H. R . 15102 (Love) introduced in House May 17, 1966, 

 to Committee on Interstate and Foreign^Commerce. 



S. Rept . 1186, Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (May 

 25, 1966, report from the Coinmittee on Commerce, to- 

 gether with minority and individual views, U. S. Senate, 

 89th Congress, 2nd session, to accompany S. 985 ), 44 pp., 

 printed. Committee reported bill favorably with amend- 

 ment. Discusses purpose, background and need, regu- 

 latory framework, mandatory provisions, discretionary 

 sections, State-Federal relations, costs, agency com- 

 ments, consumer interests, fair packaging and labeling, 

 changes in existing law. 



Senate May 26, 1966, reported during adjournment on 

 May 25 under prior authorization ( S. Rept . 1186) on S. 

 985 , with amendment, and with minority and individual 

 views. 



At conclusion of early morning session June 6, 1966, 

 S_. 985 came down as Senate's unfinished business but 

 was again temporarily put aside. 



Senate June 8, 1966, continued its consideration of S. 

 985, taking the following actions on amendments offered 

 to committee amendment (in nature of a substitute for 

 the bill): 



Adopted: Lausche amendment providing that defini- 

 tions promulgated by Administrator of Pure Food and 

 Drug Act, describing composition of certain consumer 

 products, shall be controlling upon the administrator of 

 the program embodied in the bill; and Monroney amend- 

 ment providing that no regulation adopted under this leg- 

 islation shall preclude the orderly disposal of packages 

 in inventory or with the trade as of the effective date of 

 the regulation; and 



Rejected: (motion to reconsider tabled) Cotton a- 

 mendment to eliminate language in the bill to establish 

 procedures for the development of standards of weights 

 or quantities for the retail distribution of consumer 

 commodities. 



Offered but as yet unacted on was Morton amendment 

 providing that the owner of a brand, name, or trademark 

 shall be deemed to retain his property rights therein. 



