8 1 of the proposed shipment and the identity of the proposed 2 consignee, or (2) in the event an action for declaratory 3 judgment is instituted pursuant to subsection (e) and notice 4 given to defendant, until a judgment in such action has 5 become final, declaring that said new food additive has been 6 adequately pretested and thereby shown safe for use under 7 the conditions of its intended use. 8 "(g) The Secretary shall promulgate regulations to 9 exempt from this section any new food additive and any 10 food bearing or containing such additive when in his opinion. 11 such exemption is consistent with the protection of public 12 health. The new food additives and foods thus exempted 13 shall include, but shall not be limited to, new food addi14 tives and food intended solely for investigational use by 15 experts qualified by scientific training and experience to 16 investigate the safety of food. 17 "(h) At least six months prior to the effective date 18 of this Act the Secretary shall issue a list of substances 19 which are in his opinion generally recognized to be safe 20 for use in or on the foods or classes of foods specified in 21 said list, in the quantities and under the conditions of use specified in said list, and he may from time to time there23 after supplement said list by the addition of other substances 24 and specifications as to the quantities and conditions of 22 25 use. The Secretary shall promptly publish said list and 9 1 each supplement thereto in the Federal Register. The Sec2 retary may from time to time, on at least sixty days' prior 3 notice published in the Federal Register, remove any such 4 substance from said list or modify the quantities or condi5 tions of use so specified. The inclusion of a substance in 6 said list, unless and until it is so removed, shall be conclusive 7 evidence that said substance is generally recognized among 8 the experts described in subsection (s) of section 201 to 9 be safe for use in the quantities, and under the conditions 10 of use in or on the foods or classes of foods specified in 11 said list. The omission or removal of a substance from 12 said list shall not create any presumption that said sub13 stance is not generally recognized by the experts described 14 in subsection (s) of section 201 to be safe for use in or on 15 certain foods or classes of foods in certain quantities and 16 under certain conditions of use." 17 SEC. 6. There are hereby authorized to be appropri18 ated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise ap19 propriated, such sums as may be necessary for the purposes 20 and administration of this Act. 21 SEC. 7. This Act shall take effect one year after the 22 date of its enactment. To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Coe- Commerce 62 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD · REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUB LIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS The following reports of committees on public bills and resolutions were submitted subsequent to the adjournment of the 84th Congress, 2d session: Mr. HAYS of Ohio: Committee on House Administration. House Report No. 2345 (pt: 2). Report on Publications Management Pursuant to House Resolution 262 (84th Cong.); without amendment. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Mr. PRIEST: Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Report on activity of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Coinmerce, 84th Congress, pursuant to section 136 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, Public. Law 601, 73th Congress, and House Resolution without Congress; 105, 84th Referred to amendment (Rept. No. 2962). the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Mr. SPENCE: Committee on Banking and Currency. Report pertaining to housing investigation pursuant to House Resolution 203, 84th Congress; without amendment (Rept. No. 2963). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Mr. PATMAN: Select Committee on Small Business. Report of Subcommittee No. 2 on Government procurement, disposal, and loan activities pursuant to House Resolution 114, 84th Congress; without amendment (Rept. No. 2964). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Mr. PATMAN: Select Committee on Small Business. Report on the portiand-cement industry pursuant to House Resolution 114, 84th Congress; without amendment (Rept. No. 2965). Referred to the Committee, of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Mr. PATMAN: Select Committee on Small Business. Report on the price discrimination, the Robinson-Patman Act, and the Attorney General's National Committee To Study the Antitrust Laws pursuant to House Resolution 114, 84th Congress; without amendment (Rept. No. 2966). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Mr. PATMAN: Select Committee on Small Business. Report on regulatory agencies and commissions pursuant to House Resolution 114, 84th Congress; without amendment (Rept. No. 2967). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee: Special Committee To Investigate Campaign Expenditures. Report of the Special Committee To Investigate Campaign Expenditures, 1956, pursuant to House Resolution 483, 84:h Congress; without amendment (Rept. No. 2968). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Mr. BONNER: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Report on safety of life at sea duty pursuant to House Resolution 653, 84th Congress; without amendment (Rept. No. 2969). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Mr. PATMAN: Select Committee on Small Business. Final report pursuant to House Resolution without 114, 4th Congress; amendment (Rept. No. 2970). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Mr. HARRIS: Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Report on highway trame safety pursuant to House Resolution 357, 84th Congress; without amendment (Rept. No. 2971). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Mr. HARRIS: Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Report on airspace use -HOUSE stud; pisuant to secilon 136, of the Legis- Mr. HARRIS: Committee on Interstate and to the Committee of the Whole House on Mr. BONNER: Committee on Merchant Ma- PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Under clause 4 of rule XXII, public bills and resolutions were introduced and severally referred as follows: By Mr. KELLEY of Pennsylvania: H. R. 1. A bill to authorize Federal assistance to the States and local communities in financing an expanded program of school construction so as to eliminate the national shortage of classrooms; to the Committee on Education and Labor. By Mr. O'BRIEN of Illinois: H. R. 2. A bill to authorize the State of Illinois and the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago, under the direction of the Secretary of the Army, to test, on a 3-year basis, the effect of increasing the diversion of water from Lake Michigan into the Illinois Waterway, and for other to the Committee on Public purposes; Works. By Mr. SMITH of Virginia: H. R. 3. A bill to establish rules of interpretation governing questions of the effect of acts of Congress on State laws; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. MORRISON: H. R. 4. A bill to increase annuities payable to certain annuitants from the civil service retirement and disability fund, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. By Mr. PATMAN: H. R. 7. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 for the purpose of aiding small- and medium-sized business, encourexpansion, aging industrial encouraging competition, counteracting forces growing cut of the present tax structure which are bringing about widespread corporate mergers and consolidations, and for the purpose of discouraging the growing concentration of business into a few glant corporations, by substituting for the nearly uniform tax rates now applicable to corporations of vastly differing sizes a moderate graduation of tax rates on corporate incomes; to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. THOMPSON of New Jersey: H. R. 8. A bill to establish corporate income-tax rates of 22 percent normal tax and 31 percent surtax; to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. JENKINS: H. R. 9. A bill to encourage the establishment of voluntary pension plans by self January 3 employed Individuals; to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. KEOGH: H. R. 10. A bill to encourage the establishment of voluntary pension plans by selfemployed individuals; to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. PATMAN: H. R. 11. A bill DECLARATION AND PURPOSE OF FOLICY To reaffirm the national public policy and the purpose of Congress in the laws against unlawful restraints and monopolies, commonly designated "antitrust" laws, which among other things prohibit price discrimination; to aid in intelligent, fair, and effective administration and enforcement thereof; and to strengthen the Robinson-Patman Anti-Price Discrimination Act and the protection which it affords to independent business, the Congress hereby reaffirms that the purpose of the antitrust laws in prohibiting price discriminations is to secure equality of opportunity to all persons to compete in trade or business and to preserve compet!tion where it exists, to restore it where it is destroyed, and to permit it to spring up in new fields; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. CELLER: H. R. 13. A bill to amend sections 323, 331,. 334, 335, 336, 337, 363, and 376 of, and to add a new section to, the Bankruptcy Act approved July 1, 1898, and acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. BROWN of Georgia: H. R. 14. A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide for price support for basic agricultural commodities at 90 percent of parity; to the Committee on Agriculture. By Mr. CANNON: H. P. 15. A bill to authorize the payment of damages to the landowners of certain drainage districts in Missouri, arising from the construction and operation of navigation pools in the Mississippi River; to the Committee on Public Works. By Mr. WALTER: H. R. 16. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to permit an individual to waive his right to receive benefits thereunder in order to preserve his right to receive benefits under other laws; to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. FORAND: H. R. 17. A bill to repeal the cabaret tax; to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. PRICE: H. R. 18. A bill to authorize the State of Illinois and the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago, under the direction of the Secretary of the Army, to test, on a 3-year basis, the effect of increasing the diversion of water from Lake Michigan into the Illinois Waterway, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Public Works. 70 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD HOUSE H. R. 355. A pill making unlawful the requirement for the payment of a poll tax as a prerequisite to voting in a primary or other election for national ofcers; to the Committee on House Administration. E. R. 356. A bill to authorize the State of Illinois and the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago, under the direction of the Secretary of the Army, to test, on a 3-year basis, the effect of Increasing the diversion of water from Lake Michigan into the Illinois Waterway, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Public Works. H. R. 357. A bill providing relief against certain forms of discrimination in interstate transportation; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. H. R. 358. A bill to increase the monthly rates of pension payable to widows and former widows of deceased veterans of the Spanish-American War, including the Boxer Rebellion and the Philippine Insurrection; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. R. 359. A bill to declare certain rights of all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States, and for the protection of such persons from lynching, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 360. A bill to protect the right to political participation; to the Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 361. A bill to establish on public lands of the United States a national wilderness preservation system for the permanent good of the whole people, to provide for the protection and administration of the areas within this system by existing Federal agencies and for the gathering and dissemination of information to increase the knowledge and appreciation of wilderness for its appropriate use and enjoyment by the people, to establish a National Wilderness Prescrvation Council, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. H. R. 362. A bill to increase annuities payable to certain annuitants from the civil service retirement and disability fund, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. H. R. 363. A bill to amend sections 241 and 242 of title 18, United States Code; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. O'HARA of Minnesota: H. R. 364. A bill to provide for the maintenance of a 9-foot channel in the Minnesota River, Minn., from mile 14.2 to its mouth; to the Committee on Public Works. H. R. 365. A bill to amend section 307 of the Communications Act of 1934, so as to place certain restrictions upon ownership or control of broadcast stations, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. H. R. 366. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for the protection of the public health, by prohibiting new food additives which have not been adequately pretested to establish their safe use under the conditions of their intended use; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. H.R. 367. A bill to authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces to commemorate the centennial of the admission of the State of Minnesota into the Union; to the Committee on Banking and Currency. H. R. 263. A bill to authorize certain improvement of the Minnesota River for floodcontrol and allied purposes in the vicinity of Mankato and North Mankato, Minn.; to the Committee on Public Works. H. R. 39. A bill to amend the act entitled "An act to save daylight and to provide standard time for the United States," approved March 19. 1918, as amended (15 U. S. C. 261-265); to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Cominerce. H. R. 370. A bill to provide that standard time shall be the measure of time for the transaction of business in interstate and foreign commerce; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. RAY: H. R. 379. A bill to establish dates for celebrating certain public legal holidays; to the Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 380. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to encourage the establishment of voluntary pension plans by individuals, to promote thrift, and to stimulate expansion of employment through investment; to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. RAY (by request): H. R. 381. A bill to amend Public, No. 2, 73d Congress, to provide care for disabled veterans having neuropsychiatric ailments; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. By Mr. RHODES of Pennsylvania: H. R. 382. A bill to increase the normal tax and surtax exemption, and the exemption for dependents, from $600 to $800; to the Committee on Ways and Means H. R. 383. A bill to provide for the establishment of the Bureau of Older Persons within the Department of Health, Education. and Welfare; to authorize Federal grants to assist in the development and operation of studies and projects to help older persons; and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and Labor. H. R. 3Ɛ4. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to reduce the age at which individuals may become entitled to benefits thereunder from 65 to 62 in the case of men and to 60 in the care of women; to the Comittee on Ways and Means. By Mr. RODINO: H. R. 385. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to establish a $1.25 minimum hourly wage, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and Labor. H. R. 386. A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide that, for the purpose of old-age and survivors insurance benefits, retirement age shall be 60 years; to the Committee on Ways and Means. H. R. 387. A bill declaring October 12 to be a legal holiday; to the Committee on the Judiciary. January 3 H. R. 388. A bill to Incorporate the Legion of Guardsmen; to the Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 389. A bill to amend Public Law 361, 77th Congress, to provide for admission of certain combat veterans to hospitalization in Veterans' Administration facilities pending adjudication of service connection of the disabilities for which they need treatment; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. R. 390. A bill to provide for loans to enable needy and scholastically qualified students to continue post-high-school education; to the Committee on Education and Labor. H. R. 391. A bill to recognize the ItalianAmerican World War Veterans of the United States, Inc., a national nonprofit, nonpolitical war veterans' organization, for purposes of bestowing upon it certain benefits, rights, privileges, and prerogatives; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. R. 392. A bill to designate the building to be constructed as the principal office of the Atomic Energy Commission under the act of May 6, 1955, as the Enrico Fermi Building, to provide for the establishment therein of an appropriate memorial to Dr. Fermi, and for other purposes; to the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. H. R. 393. A bill to provide free postage for members of the Armed Forces of the United States; to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. H. R. 394. A bill providing equal pay for equal work for women, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and Labor. H. R. 395. A bill to provide means of further securing and protecting the civil rights of persons within the jurisdiction of the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 396. A bill for the establishment of a Commission on Old-Age and Retirement Benefits; to the Committee on Ways and Means. H. R. 397. A bill to encourage expansion of teaching and research in the education of mentally retarded children through grants to institutions of higher learning and to State educational agencies; to the Committee on Education and Labor. By Mr. ROGERS of Colorado: H. R. 398. A bill to reaffim the national public policy and the purpose of Congress in the laws against unlawful restraints and monopolies, commonly designated "antitrust laws, which among other things prohibit price discriminations; to aid in intelll. gent, fair, and effective administration and enforcement thereof; and to strengthen the Robinson-Patman Antiprice Discrimination Act and the protection which it affords to independent business, the Congress hereby rearms that the purpose of the antitrust laws in prohibiting price discriminations is to secure equality of opportunity of all persons to compete in trade or business and to preserve competition where it exists, to restore it where it is destroyed, and to permit it to spring up in new fields; to the Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 399. A bill to authorize and direct the Civil Service Commission to make a study of the classification of, and rates of basic compensation payable with respect to, technical, scientific, and engineering positions in the classified civil service; to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. H. R. 400. A bill to provide for the appointment of an additional district judge for the district of Colorado; to the Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 401. A bill to grant civil-service employees retirement after 30 years' service; to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, H. R. 402. A bill to increase from $600 to 81.000 the personal income tax exemptions of a taxpayer (including the exemption for a spouse), the exemption for a dependent, and |