76TH CONGRESS 3d Session } SENATE { REPORT No. 1751 GRAND COULEE DAM, WASHINGTON, ACQUISITION OF AND COLVILLE SPOKANE INDIAN RESERVATION LANDS JUNE 3 (legislative day, MAY 28), 1940.—Ordered to be printed Mr. Thomas of Oklahoma, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 3766] The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 3766) providing for the acquisition of certain Indian lands on the Spokane and Colville Reservations, in the State of Washington for dam and reservoir purposes in connection with the Grand Coulee Dam project, having considered the same, report thereon with the recommendation that it do pass with the following amendments: On page 3, line 9, after the word "tribe" insert a comma. Strike out the remainder of section 2, and insert in lieu thereof the following: pursuant to the provisions of the Act of May 17, 1926 (44 Stat. 560). The amounts due individual landowners or their heirs or devisees shall be paid from funds now or hereafter made available for the construction of said project to the Superintendent of the Colville Indian Agency or such other officer as shall be designated by the Secretary of the Interior for credit on the books of said agency to the accounts of the individuals concerned. On page 3, line 14, strike out the word "held" and substitute the word "deposited", add a comma after the word "allottees", strike out the word "or" and substitute the word "their" and add the words "or devisees" after the word "heirs". On page 3, strike out all of the lines 15, 16, and 17. After the receipt of the bill by your committee it was referred to the Secretary of the Interior for further consideration and report, and thereafter under date of May 28, 1940, he submitted his report, which report contained a suggestion that the bill be amended as herein recommended. A full explanation of the purpose of this proposed legislation is contained in the said report of the Secretary of the Interior, dated May 28, 1940, a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part of this report, as follows: Hon. ELMER THOMAS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Washington, May 28, 1940. United States Senate. Chairman, Committee on Indian Affairs, MY DEAR SENATOR THOMAS: I have received your letter of April 16, enclosing for my report a copy of the bill S. 3766, for the acquisition of Indian lands for the Grand Coulee Dam and Reservoir, and for other purposes. I recommend that the proposed legislation be enacted subject, however, to the following amendments: 1. Section 2, page 3, line 9, insert a comma after the word "tribe", strike out the remainder of the section and insert in lieu thereof: "pursuant to the provisions of the act of May 17, 1926 (44 Stat. 560). The amounts due individual landowners or their heirs or devisees shall be paid from funds now or hereafter made available for the construction of said project to the Superintendent of the Colville Indian Agency or such other officer as shall be designated by the Secretary of the Interior for credit on the books of said Agency to the accounts of the individuals concerned." 2. Section 3, line 14, page 3, strike out the word "held" and substitute the word "deposited"; add a comma after the word "allottees"; strike out the word "or" and substitute therefor the word "their"; after the word "heirs", add the words "or devisees". 3. Section 3, page 3, strike out all of lines 15, 16, and 17. If it is amended in the foregoing particulars and enacted by the Congress, this proposed legislation will operate to grant to the United States all the rights of the Indians in lands of the Spokane and Colville Reservations required for the project (principally for the Columbia River Reservoir), and various rights-of-way over Indian lands required in connection with the project. The bill provides that compensation for the lands and various rights-of-way required shall be determined by the Secretary of the Interior and that the measure of such compensation shall be the amount determined by the Secretary of the Interior as just and equitable for the lands and interests required. Amounts determined upon as compensation for tribal lands would be transferred in the Treasury of the United States from funds now or hereafter made available for construction of the Grand Coulee Dam project to the credit of the appropriate tribe, and, in the case of allotted lands, the amounts due individual landowners or their heirs or devisees would be paid from the same funds to the superintendent of the Colville Indian Agency, or such other officer as the Secretary of the Interior might designate, for credit on the books of said agency to the accounts of the individuals concerned. In consideration of the rights they now enjoy within the Spokane and Colville Reservations, provisions are contained in the bill concerning the hunting, fishing, and boating rights of the Indians. In substance, such provisions would require the Secretary of the Interior to set aside an area of approximately one-quarter of the entire reservoir area for the use of the Spokane and Colville Reservation Indians for hunting, fishing, and boating purposes, subject to such reasonable regulations as the Secretary would prescribe and provided that the exercise of such hunting, fishing, and boating rights would not interfere with project operations. The rights of the Indians to use this area for hunting, fishing, and boating, will not necessarily be exclusive rights. The location of this area is left to the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior so that, following a study of several probable diverse uses of the reservoir area by the National Park Service, the Bureau of Biological Survey, the Bureau of Fisheries, and the Indians, there may be an equitable adjustment of these uses which will take account of the natural advantages of the different parts of the reservoir in relation to these uses. I am informed by the Director, Bureau of the Budget, that, if the proposed legislation is amended in accordance with the suggestions made in this letter, he would have no objection to the presentation of this report. Sincerely yours, HAROLD L. ICKES, О 76TH CONGRESS 3d Session SENATE REPORT [No. 1752 AMENDING THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT, APPROVED JUNE 25, 1938, AS AMENDED JUNE 20, 1939 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE COMMERCE ON S. 3920 A BILL TO AMEND THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT AS AMENDED JUNE 20, 1939, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES TOGETHER WITH THE MINORITY VIEWS OF MR. GURNEY (FOR HIMSELF) AND MR. REED JUNE 3 (legislative day, MAY 28), 1940.-Ordered to be printed UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1940 76TH CONGRESS 3d Session } SENATE { REPORT No. 1752 AMENDING THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT, APPROVED JUNE 25, 1938, AS AMENDED JUNE 20, 1939 JUNE 3 (legislative day, MAY 28), 1940.-Ordered to be printed Mr. WAGNER, from the Committee on Interstate Commerce, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 3920] The Committee on Interstate Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (S. 3920) to amend the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, approved June 25, 1938, as amended June 20, 1939, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with amendments and recommend that the bill as amended do pass. The committee amendments are as follows: Page 2, line 9, insert "after June 30, 1940" after "employment". Page 2, line 11, insert "or as an employee representative" after "employer". Page 2, lines 14 through 21, change the definition of "registration period" to read as follows: The term "registration period" means, with respect to any employee, the period which begins with the first day for which such employee registers at an employment office in accordance with such regulations as the Board may prescribe, and ends with whichever is the earlier of (i) the thirteenth day thereafter, or (ii) the day immediately preceding the day for which he next registers at a different employment office; and thereafter each period which begins with the first day for which he next registers at an employment office after the end of his last preceding registration period and ends with whichever is the earlier of (i) the thirteenth day thereafter, or (ii) the day immediately preceding the day for which he next registers at a different employment office. Page 5, table following line 13, insert ".99" after the second amount in each line of column I. Page 8, line 5, change the semicolon after the word "unemployment” to a comma. Page 10, line 6, delete the hyphen from "unemploymentcompensation". Page 10, line 15, change "Provided" to "And provided further". Page 11, line 3, delete the comma after "parlor-car service". Page 15, line 24, change "a" to "or". |