Bills Enacted into Law: Seventeen of the bills accounted for in the above table have become public law, as follows: S. J. Res. 3, relating to officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives (P. L. 1).

H. J. Res. 57, to extend time for alcohol plants to produce sugars and syrups simultaneously with production of alcohol (P. L. 2). S. J. Res. 4, relating to the salaries of certain Senate employees (P. L. 3).

S. J. Res. 24, to prescribe annual rates of compensation for clerical staffs of Senate standing committees (P. L. 4).

H. R. 1353, to amend the National Service Life Insurance Act as to kind of insurance plans (P. L. 5).

H. J. Res. 114, to continue authority of Maritime Commission to operate vessels to July 1, 1947 (P. L. 6).

H. J. Res. 121, to exempt from tax John D. Rockefeller's gift of a site for the United Nations (P. L. 7).

S. 568, to authorize Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate with other American countries in the control and eradication of footand-mouth disease and rinderpest (P. L. 8).

S. J. Res. 33, relative to extending time for a report to Congress by the Philadelphia National Shrines Park Commission (P. L. 9). S. J. Res. 60, relative to drilling, equipping, and acquiring wells for use in the San Carlos Irrigation Project (P. L. 10).

S. 235, relative to installation of storm drain under Governmentowned lands in Los Angeles (P. L. 11).

H. J. Res. 122, to authorize the Maritime Commission to make provision for certain ocean transportation service to and from Alaska until July 1, 1948 (P. L. 12).

S. 234, to convey certain Government-owned lands to the Central of Georgia Railway Company, situated in Bibb County, Georgia (P. L. 13).

H. R. 1040, to authorize payment of claims to Switzerland resulting from the sinking of the Awa Maru (P. L. 14). H. R. 1778, to amend the Federal Firearms Act to redefine the term "crime of violence" (P. L. 15).

H. R. 2045, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938 by providing for certification of batches of drugs composed wholly or partly of any kind of streptomycin or any derivative thereof (P. L. 16).

H. R. 1030, to continue indefinitely the war-time rate of certain excise taxes (P. L. 17).

Other Bills Considered: Other legislative issues which have attracted much of the attention of Congress during this session include the Budget resolution (H. Con. Res. 20), the proposed amendment to the Constitution on limiting the Presidential term of office (H. J. Res. 27), the portal-to-portal pay bill (H. R. 2157), the Urgent Deficiency Appropriation Bill for 1947 (H. R. 1968), and the Treasury-Post Office Appropriation Bill for 1948 (H. R. 2436).

In accordance with section 139 of the Congressional Reorganization Act, the Joint Committee on the Legislative Budget examined the President's estimates and filed its report on February 15, recommending a reduction of 6 billion dollars in the budget estimates. Subsequently, concurrent resolutions were introduced in each House to limit the amount of Federal expenditures for the fiscal year 1948. The House passed its concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 20) proposing to cut the President's budget from that of 372 billion dollars to 311⁄2 billion dollars. The Senate passed the resolution, proposing to reduce the budget estimates by 42 billion

dollars. The House being unwilling to accept the Senate amendments, the resolution was sent to conference where it is now pending further disposition. The House and Senate passed in different forms and sent to conference H. J. Res. 27, to limit the Presidential term of office; the bill is now pending in conference. The House on February 28 passed and sent to the Senate H. R. 2157, to relieve employers of certain liability under portal-to-portal pay suits. On March 10 the bill was reported to the Senate where it is now under consideration.

Both Houses have passed and cleared for the President's signature H. R. 1968, the urgent deficiency appropriation bill, appropriating $179,645,668 for Congress and various agencies of the Government and rescinding $699,461,151 of funds already appropriated.

The Treasury-Post Office appropriation bill for the fiscal year 1948 (H. R. 2436), providing a total of $12,388,029,971, including permanent appropriations and trust funds, of which $3,202,050,750 is direct annual appropriation, passed the House on March 11 and was sent to the Senate where it is now pending before the Senate Appropriations Committee.

Presidential and Executive communications to Congress: During this session the President has addressed Congress in joint session on two occasions: First, to give his State of the Union message, and secondly, to urge United States aid to Greece and Turkey. In addition to these two personal appearances, the President has submitted various other messages, including that of the Budget, on Selective Service, on Merging of the Armed Forces, and on removal of certain war-time powers.

Many communications and reports have been submitted to Congress by the various administrative agencies. Some of them contained legislative proposals and recommendations; others embodied reports on operations of the agencies concerned, as required by law. All of these communications proposing legislation have been referred to proper committees for study and such action as the committee deems necessary.

Nominations: The President has submitted 13,442 nominations to the Senate, of which 11,047 have been confirmed. A break-down is set forth in the following table:

Disposition of executive nominations through Mar. 15, 1947 Post Office nominations, totaling 590, disposed of as follows:

Treaties: The Senate has ratified one treaty, to extend for one year from October 1, 1946, subject to certain conditions, the Inter-American Coffee Agreement, signed in Washington on November 28, 1940.

Senate and House Committees

The standing committees of the House and Senate for the Eightieth Congress are operating under the Congressional Reorganization Act (Public Law 601 of the 79th Cong.). Hence, the number of committees has been greatly reduced, in the Senate from 33 to 15, and in the House from 48 to 19. Accordingly, the problem of making committee assignments this year was unusual, with most of the entire membership of both the House and Senate receiving new assignments.

By January 16, both Houses had approved resolutions making all majority and minority assignments to the standing committees.

The Reorganization Act not only reduced the number of committees but redefined their respective jurisdiction. SENATE COMMITTEES

Each standing and special committee of the Senate is accounted for here separately. The report on each includes the committee membership, any subcommittees which have been appointed together with membership, selected members of each committee staff, the jurisdiction of each standing committee as set forth in Public Law 601 of the Seventy-ninth Congress (the jurisdiction. is taken from resolutions in cases of special committees), and a résumé of all legislative activity by each committee. Thus far, the Senate has created two special investigating committees: The Committee To Investi

George D. Aiken, Vt. Harlan J. Bushfield, S. Dak.

George A. Wilson, Iowa.

Milton R. Young, N. Dak.

Elmer Thomas, Okla. Allen J. Ellender, La. Scott W. Lucas, Ill. Tom Stewart, Tenn. Clyde R. Hoey, N. C. Claude Pepper, Fla.

James M. Kendall, Clerk
Joycette Jones, Clerk

Membership of Subcommittees:

WARTIME LEGISLATION

Senators Aiken, Chairman; Wilson, Kem, Lucas, and Pepper Jurisdiction (Standing Committee): All "proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters" relating to the following subjects "shall be referred" to this committee:

Agriculture generally.

Inspection of livestock and meat products.
Animal industry and diseases of animals.

Adulteration of seeds, insect pests, and protection of birds and animals in forest reserves.

Agricultural colleges and experiment stations.

Forestry in general, and forest reserves other than those created from the public domain.

Agricultural economics and research.
Agricultural and industrial chemistry.
Dairy industry.

Entomology and plant quarantine.

Human nutrition and home economics.

Plant industry, soils, and agricultural engineering.
Agricultural educational extension services..
Extension of farm credit and farm security.
Rural electrification.

Agricultural production and marketing and stabilization of
prices of agricultural products.
Crop insurance and soil conservation.

Activity: Four public hearings have been held on various subjects relating to agriculture by this committee. The Secretary of Agriculture appeared before this group to discuss the Price Support Program for 1947 and 1948; the printed testimony is now available.

Four days of hearings have been held on S. 350, to extend the Commodity Credit Corporation to June 30, 1949. The committee also considered the extension of the farm labor supply program and the control of the foot-andmouth disease in Mexico.

The committee has ordered reported S. 669, granting a bonus of 30 cents per bushel on wheat.

The nomination of Dillard B. Lasseter, to be Farmers' Home Administrator, was favorably reported by this

group.

War DepartmENT

Messrs. Gurney, Brooks, Reed, Ferguson, Wherry, Cordon, Knowland, Thomas, Hayden, Overton, Russell, and O'Mahoney; Bridges, Robertson of Wyoming, and Tydings;

Also on River and Harbor items: Messrs. Revercomb, Martin, and O'Daniel.

Jurisdiction (Standing Committee): All "proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters" relating to the following subject "shall be referred" to this committee:

Appropriation of the revenue for the support of the Government. Activity: The committee held hearings on H. R. 1968, Urgent Deficiency Appropriation, and reported it to Senate on February 28. Hearings were held on February 6 at the request of the State Department on the liquidation of Lend-Lease. On February 7, representatives of the General Accounting Office appeared on the same subject.

The Committee also studied and reported S. J. Res. 4, relating to the salaries of certain Senate employees, and S. J. Res. 24, to prescribe annual rates of compensation for clerical staffs of Senate committees.

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
Membership:

Chan Gurney, S. Dak., Chair

Millard E. Tydings, Md.
Richard B. Russell, Ga.
Harry Flood Byrd, Va.
Lister Hill, Ala.
Harley M. Kilgore, W. Va.
Burnet R. Maybank, S. C.

John G. Adams, Clerk

Walter I. Smalley, Assistant Clerk

Herbert S. Atkinson, Assistant Clerk

Jurisdiction (Standing Committee): All "proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters" relating to the following subjects "shall be referred" to this committee:

Common defense generally.

The War Department and the Military Establishment generally. The Navy Department and the Naval Establishment generally. Soldiers' and sailors' homes.

Pay, promotion, retirement, and other benefits and privileges of members of the armed forces.

Selective service.

Size and composition of the Army and Navy.

Forts, arsenals, military reservations, and navy yards.
Ammunition depots.

Maintenance and operation of the Panama Canal, including the administration, sanitation, and government of the Canal Zone. Conservation, development, and use of naval petroleum and oil shale reserves.

Strategic and critical materials necessary for the common defense. Activity: Numerous bills directly relating to personnel of the armed forces-as transportation of dependents, mileage and travel allowance, promotions, retirement of officers, and amendment of the Pay Readjustment Acthave been considered by this committee.

Deposit insurance.

Public and private housing.

Federal Reserve System.

Gold and silver, including the coinage thereof.

Issuance of notes and redemption thereof.

Valuation and revaluation of the dollar.

Control of prices of commodities, rents, or services.

Activity: Proposals to terminate the Emergency Price Control Act and other similar wartime measures were considered at hearings on February 13 and 18. The Housing and Rent Subcommittee has given consideration to proposals for the removal of rent control. The latest action of the committee was the reporting of S. J. Res. 58 which would permit controls to be continued over the rationing of sugar.

Senators Langer, Chairman, Buck, Chavez.

GOVERNMENT CAFETERIA (S. Res. 42)

Senators Baldwin, Chairman, Flanders, Johnston.
INVESTIGATE Use of Government Time for Private
PUBLICATIONS

Senators Thye, Chairman, Ecton, Umstead.

INVESTIGATE PERSONNEL CONDITIONS AT ELLIS ISLAND Senators Langer, Chairman, Thyc, O'Conor. Jurisdiction (Standing Committee): All "proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters" relating to the following subjects "shall be referred" to this committee:

The Federal civil service generally.

The status of officers and employees of the United States, including their compensation, classification, and retirement.

The postal service generally, including the railway mail service, and measures relating to ocean mail and pneumatic-tube service; but excluding post roads.

Postal-savings banks.

Census and the collection of statistics generally.
The National Archives.

Activity: Main attention of this committee has been. given to three proposals: S. Res. 41, regarding the staffing of Government agencies; S. Res. 42, to investigate the system of cafeterias on Government reservation; and S. Res. 43, to consider reduction of the Post Office deficit through a revision of rates.

Consideration has also been given to S. 637, to amend the old-age and survivor's programs for Government employees.

The Committee approved and recommended confirmation of Frances Perkins as a Civil Service Commissioner. COMMITTEE ON THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Membership: