MILITARY RENTAL HOUSING JULY 26, 1949.-Ordered to be printed Mr. SPENCE, from the committee of conference, submitted the following CONFERENCE REPORT To accompany S. 1184) The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the House to the bill (S. 1184) to encourage construction of rental housing on or in areas adjacent to Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Forces installations, and for other purposes, having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows: That the Senate recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the House and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the House amendment insert the following:, except that where the Secretary of Defense or his designee in exceptional cases certifies and the Commissioner concurs in such certification that the needs would be better served by singlefamily detached dwelling units the mortgage may involve a principal obligation not to exceed $9,000 per family unit for such part of such property as may be attributable to such dwelling units; and on page 18 of the Senate engrossed bill, line 22, after the word "defense", insert or in the public interest; and the House agree to the same. BRENT SPENCE, RALPH A. GAMBLE, Managers on the Part of the House. BURNET R. MAYBANK, JOHN SPARKMAN, PAUL H. DOUGLAS, RALPH E. FLANDERS. HARRY P. CAIN, Managers on the Part of the Senate. STATEMENT OF THE MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE The managers on the part of the House at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the House to the bill (S. 1184) to encourage construction of rental housing on or in areas adjacent to Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force installations, and for other purposes, submit the following statement in explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon by the conferees and recommended in the accompanying conference report: Under the Senate bill the mortgage could involve a principal obligation of not to exceed an average of $8,100 per family unit. The House amendment provided in addition that where the Commissioner finds in exceptional cases that there is a need for larger-sized family units in any project the mortgage may involve a principal obligation in an amount not to exceed $9,000 per family unit. The conference agreement retains the $8,100 figure generally but provides that where the Secretary of Defense or his designee and the Commissioner certify that the needs would be better served by single-family detacheddwelling units the mortgage may involve a principal obligation of not to exceed $9,000. In addition it is provided that utility or related service may be furnished where the furnishing thereof is in the public. interest as well as in cases where it is in the interest of national defense. 2 BRENT SPENCE, PAUL BROWN, RALPH A. GAMBLE, Managers on the part of the House. O NORBECK WILDLIFE PRESERVE JULY 26, 1949.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. COOLEY, from the Committee on Agriculture, submitted the following REPORT To accompany H. R. 39261 The Committee on Agriculture, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 3926) to rename a game sanctuary in the Harney National Forest as the "Norbeck Wildlife Preserve," and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass. The amendment is as follows: Page 2, line 7, strike out all of section 2 and insert a new section 2, as follows: SEC. 2. That portion of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Reservation which lies in the west half of the west half of section 17; and the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter, and the east half of the southeast quarter of section 18; and the northeast quarter, and the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 19; and the northwest quarter, and the southwest quarter of section 20; and the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 29; and the north 135 feet of the west 145 feet of the south half of the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 7; township 2 south, range 6 east, of the Black Hills meridian, Pennington County, South Dakota, in all. approximately five hundred five and twenty-five one-hundredths (505.25) acres, more or less, embracing Iron Mountain and the so-called Iron Mountain Road and the so-called Grizzly Creek Campground is hereby restored to the Harney. National Forest and made a part of the Norbeck Wildlife Preserve. STATEMENT The purpose of this bill is to transfer certain lands now under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior to the Forest Service to become part of an existing game sanctuary, and to rename the game sanctuary "Norbeck Wildlife Preserve." The land to be transferred under the bill is now part of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Reservation in South Dakota. Adjacent to the Rushmore Memorial is Custer State Park. The entire area lies within and is surrounded by the Harney National Forest, and the land proposed to be transferred to the Forest Service under this bill was at one time a part of this national forest. For a number of years a portion of the national forest adjacent to both the Rushmore Memorial and the State park has been set aside as a game refuge. Although the land is entirely federally owned and is part of the Harney National Forest, the refuge has been known as the Custer State Park Game Sanctuary. This bill will transfer to the National forest, to be made part of the game refuge, some of the Mount Rushmore Memorial land which is adjacent to the game refuge. It will also rename the refuge "Norbeck Wildlife Preserve" as a memorial to former Senator Norbeck of South Dakota, who was a leading exponent of conservation and of the development of this area. The transfer meets the approval of the National Park Service of the Department of the Interior. The Park Service says that the land is not needed in the memorial area and that the transfer will provide "a more suitable boundary (for the memorial) from an administrative standpoint." AMENDMENT When the bill was referred to the Department of the Interior for a report, the National Park Service, which administers the Mount Rushmore Memorial, advised that its administration of the area would be simplified if more land than was scheduled for transfer under the original bill were transferred to the Forest Service for inclusion in the wildlife refuge. Accordingly, therefore, the bill has been amended to conform to the recommendations of the Department of the Interior regarding the size and location of the area to be transferred to the Forest Service. DEPARTMENT REPORTS Favorable reports have been received from both the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior. They are appended hereto and made a part of this report. Hon. HAROLD D. COOLEY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives. DEAR MR. COOLEY: This is to reply to your request of April 18, for a report on H. R. 3926, a bill to rename a game sanctuary in the Harney National Forest as the Norbeck Wildlife Preserve, and for other purposes. The bill would change the name of the Custer State Park Game Sanctuary which was so designated by the President on October 9, 1920, pursuant to an act of Congress approved June 5, 1920 (41 Stat 986), to the Norbeck Wildlife Preserve. The bill would also restore to National Forest status within the Harney National Forest and add to the Norbeck Wildlife Preserve that part of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Reservation which lies in the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 19 and the southwest quarter of the section 20 and the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 29. township 2 south, range 6 east, of the Black Hills meridian, Pennington County, S. Dak., in all approximately 175 acres more or less, embracing Iron Mountain and the so-called Iron Mountain Road. Such action in addition to honoring South Dakota's late Governor and Senator in a fitting manner would more clearly differentiate between the Federal Wildlife Preserve and similar and closely adjacent area of State-owned and administered land known as the Custer State Park. The close similarity of the names of the two units has been the cause of some confusion in the past and the proposed action is a desirable change. This Department recommends that the bill be passed with section 2 amended as suggested by the Secretary of the Interior in his report to you of July 15 on this bill. The Bureau of the Budget advises that, from the standpoint of the program of the President, there is no objection to the submission of this report. Sincerely, CHARLES F. BRANNAN, Secretary. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Washington, D. C., July 15, 1949. Hon. HAROLD D. COOLEY, Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives. MY DEAR MR. COOLEY: Your committee has requested a report on H. R. 3926, entitled "A bill to rename a game sanctuary in the Harney National Forest as the Norbeck Wildlife Preserve, and for other purposes." I recommend that favorable consideration be given to this bill. We are chiefly interested in section 2 of this proposed legislation which would effect the transfer of approximately 175 acres of land from the Mount Rushmore National Memorial to the proposed Norbeck Wildlife Preserve. We are agreeable to the proposed transfer, as this land is not essential to the memorial. From investigations made in the field, we also find that certain additional land may well be eliminated fron the Mount Rushmore area as such land is not needed for the area nor does it have any particular significance in connection with the memorial. This would provide a more suitable boundary from an administrative standpoint. We believe that such additional land, if excluded from the memorial area, would also be desirable for inclusion in the proposed Norbeck Wildlife Preserve. It is, therefore, recommended that section 2 of the bill be revised to read as follows: "SEC. 2. That portion of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial reservation which lies in the west half of the west half of section 17; and the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter, and the east half of the southeast quarter of section 18; and the northeast quarter, and the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 19; and the northwest quarter, and the southwest quarter of section 20; and the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 29; and the north 135 feet of the west 145 feet of the south half of the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 7; township 2 south, range 6 east, of the Black Hills meridian, Pennington County, South Dakota, in all approximately five hundred five and twenty-five one-hundredths (505.25) acres, more or less, embracing Iron Mountain and the so-called Iron Mountain Road and the so-called Grizzly Creek Campground is hereby restored to the Harney National Forest and made a part of the Norbeck Wildlife Preserve." In view of the imminent consideration of this bill by your committee, this report has not been submitted to the Bureau of the Budget. Consequently, I am unable to advise you concerning its relation to the program of the President. Sincerely yours, J. A. KRUG, Secretary of the Interior. |