TREASURY AND POST OFFICE DEPARTMENTS APPROPRIATION BILL, 1936 APRIL 18, 1935.—Ordered to be printed Mr. ARNOLD, from the committee of conference, submitted the following CONFERENCE REPORT [To accompany H. R. 4442] The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 4442) Making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, 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 amendments numbered 10, 16, 20, 22, and 32. That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendments of the Senate numbered 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 21, 26, and 27; and agree to the same. Amendment numbered 1: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 1, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the matter stricken out and inserted by said amendment, insert the following: Salaries: For Commissioner of Accounts and Deposits and other personal services in the District of Columbia, including the Division of Bookkeeping and Warrants, $285,920. DIVISION OF DISBURSEMENT Salaries and expenses: For personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, stationery, travel, rental of equipment, and all other necessary miscellaneous and contingent expenses, $710,700: Frovided, That with the approval of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget there may be transferred to this appropriation from funds available for new activities or for the expansion of existing activities such sums as may be necessary to cover the additional expense incurred in performing the function of disbursement therefor. And the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 9: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 9, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter inserted by said amendment insert the following: $261,668, of which $8,000 shall be immediately available for the suppression of an epidemic of typhus fever; and the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 17: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 17, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter inserted by said amendment insert the following: five hundred and forty inspectors, $2,112,000; and the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 28: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 28, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the sum proposed insert: $12,825,000; and the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 29: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 29, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the sum proposed, insert: $4,650,000; and the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 30: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 30, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the sum proposed, insert: $575,000; and the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 31: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 31, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In the matter inserted by said amendment strike out the word "hereafter" and insert in lieu thereof the following: during the remainder of the fiscal year 1935 and during the fiscal year 1936; and the Senate agree to the same. The committee of conference report in disagreement amendments numbered 2, 3, 4, 23, 24, 25, 33, and 34. WILLIAM W. ARNOLD, LOUIS LUDLOW, EMMET O'NEAL, CLARENCE J. MCLEOD, Managers on the part of the House. KENNETH MCKELLAR, PARK TRAMMELL, FREDERICK STEIWER. 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 amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 4442) "Making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, and for other purposes", submit the following statement in explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon and recommended in the accompanying conference as to each of such amendments, namely: TREASURY DEPARTMENT Amendment no. 1: The Senate consolidated into a single appropriation unit the separate appropriations made by the House for the Office of Commissioner of Accounts and Deposits, the Division of Disbursement, and the Division of Bookkeeping and Warrants, and increased the consolidated total by $16,960 over the aggregate of the separate items passed by the House. The conference agreement retains the Division of Disbursement as a separate appropriation unit in the amount and in the phraseology as passed by the House, and consolidates the Office of Commissioner of Accounts and Deposits and the Division of Bookkeeping and Warrants in a single appropriation increased by $16,960 over the total of the two separate appropriations for these activities as passed by the House. Amendment no. 5: Strikes out, as proposed by the Senate, the limitation in the House Bill on the number of passenger-motor vehicles that might be maintained by the Coast Guard. Amendments nos. 6, 7, and 8, relating to the Secret Service Division: Increases from $25,000 to $57,000, as proposed by the Senate, the amount which may be expended for purchase of automobiles. Amendment no. 9: Makes available $8,000, instead of $10,000 as proposed by the Senate, of the appropriation for prevention of epidemic diseases by the Public Health Service, for the suppression of typhus fever. Amendment no. 10: Strikes out the appropriation of $22,000, inserted by the Senate, for reestablishment of the Helena, Mont., assay office. Amendment no. 11: Makes a typographical correction. Amendment no. 12: Inserts the word "and", as proposed by the Senate, in lieu of the phrase "and/or" as proposed by the House. POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT Amendment no. 13: Appropriates $192,000 as proposed by the Senate, instead of $191,000 as proposed by the House, for salaries, Office of the Chief Inspector, Post Office Department. Amendment no. 14: Appropriates $39,260 as proposed by the Senate, instead of $35,760 as proposed by the House, for salaries in the Office of the Purchasing Agent of the Post Office Department. |