July 1966 



COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



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jor problems of the present negotiations. He stated 

 that the problem of fisheries in international trade 

 will be discussed in a second section to this report. 



U. S. VESSELS FISHING OFF FOREIGN COASTS : 

 Sen. K-uchel spoke in the Senate ( Congressional Kec - 

 ord, May 24, 1966, pp. 10686-10687), and stated IT" 

 ■sHould be made abundantly clear that the United States 

 will bar further assistance to nations which liinder op- 

 eration of U. S. fishing vessels on the high seas. 



Rep. Wilson inserted in Congressional Record, May 

 25, 1966 (p. 10881), an editorial which appeared in the 

 May 22, 1966, edition of the San Diego Union concerning 

 U. S. fishing in foreign territorial waters. 



H. R. 1537 8 (Wilson) introduced in House May 31, 

 19bb, to amena the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to 

 provide for a method of reimbursing owners of certain 

 fishing vessels which are subjected to harassment by 

 -fficials of countries of South and Central America; to 

 Committee on Foreign Affairs. 



VESSEL MEASUREMENT: House Committee on 

 Merchant Marine and Fisheries June 7, 1966, reported 

 ( H. Rept . 1618 ) on S. 2142, to simplify the admeasure- 

 ment of small vessels; without amendment; referred to 

 Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. 



WATER POLLUTION CONTROL: H R . 15106 (Stal- 

 baum) introduced in House May 17, 1966, to amend the 

 Federal Water Pollution Control Act in order to im- 

 prove the programs under such act; to Committee on 

 Public Works. 



In extension of his remarks Rep. King inserted in 

 Congressional Record , June 1, 1966 (pp. A2962-A2963), 

 a recent editorial from the Salt Lake Tribune titled 

 "Now To Get Clean Water Program in Gear." The arti- 

 cle outlines moves that have been taken since the re- 

 sponsibilities for water pollution control were shifted 

 from HEW to the Interior Department. 



WATER RESOURCE PROPOSALS- -FEASIBILITY 

 INVESTIGA TIONS : Subcommittee on Irrigation and 

 Keclamation ot House Committee on Interior and Insu- 

 lar Affairs May 19, 1966, met in executive session and 

 considered H. R. 13419 , to authorize the Secretary of 

 the Interior to engage in feasibility investigations of 

 certain water resource development proposals. No fi- 

 nal action was taken. 



Subcommittee on Irrigation and Reclamation of 

 House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs met 

 May 31, 1966, in executive session and approved for 

 full committee action H. R . 13419 (amended). 



House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs 

 June 8, 1966, met in open session and considered H. R . 

 13419. No final action was taken. 



WORLD HUNGER ACT: (H. R. 14929, 14939, 14945). 

 In these bills, which were introduced on May 9, 1966, it 

 is to be noted that the definition of "agricultural com- 

 modity" reads: ". . . to include any product of an agri- 

 cultural commodity. Subject to the availability of ap- 

 propriations therefor, any domestically produced fishery 

 product (not includingfish concentrate until approved by 

 the Food and Drug Administration) maybe made available 

 under this." In the old version of the bill, H. R . 12785 , the 

 term "agricultural commodity" was used only to include 

 any product of an agricultural commodity. 



House Committee on Agriculture May 18, 1966, met 

 in executive session and ordered reported favorably to 

 the House H. R. 14929 (amended). 



Rep. Harvey inserted in Congressional Record , May 

 25, 1966 (pp. 10879-10880), an article from the Chris- 

 tian Science Monitor of May 25, 1966, titled "Strategy 

 Strings Assailed in Food-For-Freedom Program." 



House May 27, 1966, reported ( H. Rept . 1558 ) with a- 

 mendments H. R . 14929, the proposed Food-for-Free- 

 dom Act of 1966. 



H. R,ept. 1558 , The Food -For- Freedom Act of 1966 

 (May 27, 1966), report from the Committee on Agricul- 

 ture, House of Representatives, 89th Congress, 2nd ses- 

 sion, to accompany H. R. 14929 ), 109 pp., printed. Com- 

 mittee reported bill favorably wit'.i amendments. Dis- 

 cusses purposes and major prov'.sions of the bill. 



House Committee on Rules June 2, 1966, reported 

 H. J . Res . 878 , a resolution providing for the considera- 

 tion of, 4 hours of debate on, and waiving points of or- 

 der against H. R . 14929 ( H. Rept. 1603 ). 



House June 8, 1966, adopted H. Res . 878 , a resolu- 

 tion providing for the consideration of H. R. 14929, the 

 proposed Food-For-Freedom Act of 1966. During con- 

 sideration of the bill. Rep. Cooley inserted in Congres - 

 sional Record, June 8, 1966 (pp. 11976-11988), a brief 

 summary and explanation of the bill. Rep. Rhodes in- 

 serted in the Record the policy statement regarding 

 H. R. 14929 which was adopted by the Republican Policy 

 Committee on June 7, 1966. House concluded all gener- 

 al debate on the bill, and it will be open for amendments 

 on Thursday, June 9. 



House June 9, 1966, passed, with amendments, H. R. 

 14929. The House adopted the amendment offered by 

 Rep. Pike, which would allow fish concentrate to be included 

 in the bill without the existing stipulation that it first must 

 be approved by the Food and Dr ug Administration. 



Note: REPORT ON FISHERY ACTIONS IN 89TH CONGRESS : The U. S. Depart- 

 ment of the Interior's Bureau of Commercial Fisheries has issued a leaflet on the 

 status of most legislation of interest to commercial fisheries at the end of tlie 

 1st session of the S9th Congress, For copies of MNL-3 - "Legislative Actions 

 Affecting Commercial Fisheries, 89th Congress, 1st Session 1965. " write to the 

 Fishery Market News Service, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, 1815 N. Fort 

 MyerDiive, Rm . 510, Arlington, Va. 2ii09. 



