7 concerned. This measure (H. R. 6434) is expected to greatly exdite the prescribing of food standards and thus will aid in the otection of the public health.

Regulations governing residues of pesticide chemicals on agricultural commodities

The committee conducted hearings and thereafter acted upon and vorably reported, with an amendment, H. R. 7125. This measure, amended, was passed by the Senate on July 6, 1954. The Senate endment was concurred in by the House, and on July 22, 1954, e bill was signed into law by the President (Public Law 518). This measure was designed to insure greater protection of public alth by improving, simplifying, and speeding up the procedure under e Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for regulating the amount residue of pesticide chemicals which may remain on agricultural mmodities. It is clearly in the interest of protecting the public ealth that poisonous substances, as contained in most pesticide chemals, be kept out of foods to the fullest extent possible. When the se of pesticide chemicals is required in the production of agricultural ops, a tolerance must be established in order to overcome possible jurious effects of such chemicals. The old procedures governing the stablishment of such tolerances were cumbersome, time consuming, ad impracticable. Under this measure, the procedure will be more mple and the process speeded up without jeopardizing the public alth.

) Health service prepayment plan reinsurance

In his health message of January 18, 1954, the President recomended the establishment of a limited Federal Reinsurance Service encourage health insurance organizations to offer broader health otection policies to more people. A bill to carry forward this recomendation, S. 3114, was introduced in the Senate on March 11, 1954. was subjected to extensive hearings in the Committee on Labor and blic Welfare and was favorably reported to the Senate, with endments, on July 12, 1954.

This measure would have provided support services and a financial ckstop for private efforts for the expansion of prepayment protection ainst the cost of medical, hospital, and other health care. It was signed to remove obstacles to the extension of coverage for broader ges of benefits and to additional groups of people. This would ve been accomplished through the reinsurance of prepayment offers to groups with difficult enrollment problems, and the reinsurance health plans which offer new or more liberal benefits, so that prement insurance carriers may be encouraged to experiment in exding coverage and benefits.

his measure frankly sought to encourage a greater risk taking by 1th insurance organizations with a view to bringing about necesy improvements in the scope and the coverage offered by voluntary 1th insurance plans. The bill proceeded on the assumption that intary prepayment health insurance plans, with further experiitation and experience, can meet the need for protection against costs of illness for a large majority of the population who are able willing to give voluntary health insurance premiums a priority in r family budgets.

he bill proposed a self-supporting, completely voluntary reinsur› program. It would have established a central pooled reserve or

reinsurance fund to consist of reinsurance premiums and of earnings. While this fund was designed to be self-sustaining, pror was made for repayable capital advances to the fund by the Fe Con Government to the extent of $25 million, if needed. Participati the program by insurance carriers was to be entirely voluntary in same manner as participation in prepayment health insurance is entirely voluntary with respect to the individual citizen. insurance premiums to be charged to participating insurance car. were to be calculated with a view both to keeping the fundi sustaining and to stimulating and encouraging plans in further of the program's objectives. There were provisions in the bill desi to preclude the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, would administer the program, from exercising control over carriers' premium rates or subscription charges. In every rest In the bill followed the principle of furthering the development voluntary health insurance protection by maintaining and foster competition among private health insurance plans.

A similar measure, H. R. 8356, was brought before the House: Representatives on July 13, 1954, and by a vote of 238 to 134, recommitted to the House Committee on Interstate and Fores Commerce. The bill before the Senate, S. 3114, died on the Sen Calendar.

(h) Overtime compensation for United States Public Health Ser Quarantine Service employees

On June 22, 1953, there was introduced a bill, S. 2167, wh proposed to entitle Foreign Quarantine Division employees of United States Public Health Service to overtime and holiday paymen identical with those payable to customs and immigration emplores The bill also provided, just as do the special statutes applicable! the customs and immigration employees, that the carriers request such overtime or holiday services would reimburse the Feder Government for the cost thereof.

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A companion bill, H. R. 6253, was introduced in the House. Phy hearings were held thereon and the House Committee on Intersta and Foreign Commerce reported H. R. 6253 favorably, with & amendment relieving motorbus carriers, as well as rail and carriers operating on published schedules, from the obligation reimbursing the Federal Government for overtime and holids services received. As amended, the bill, H. R. 6253, passed the House on the call of the calendar on July 6, 1954, and was referre to this committee on July 7, 1954.

This committee unanimously approved the House bill, H. R. 62 and it passed the Senate on the call of the calendar on August 11, 1954 It was vetoed by the President on August 27, 1954.

(i) Authorizing the care and treatment of narcotic addicts of the Distr of Columbia

On July 29, 1953, the Senate favorably reported H. R. 6078 wh had passed the House on August 1, 1953. This bill authorized th Surgeon General to admit to hospitals of the Public Health Serv narcotic addicts committed by the United States District Court f the District of Columbia under the provisions of Public Law 76, Congress, approved June 24, 1953. The bill was passed by the Seat on April 5, 1954, and was approved on May 8, 1954, becoming Pull: Law 355.

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CHAPTER III. LEGISLATION RELATING TO EDUCATION

Growing out of its responsibilities in the field of education, the ommittee on Labor and Public Welfare received 46 bills during the 3d Congress dealing with problems of education, exclusive of bills oncerned with veterans' education and Federal aid for education in e health field. These bills were subsequently assigned to the ubcommittee on Education for preliminary consideration and reports > the full committee. Among these bills, which covered a wide inge of educational matters, were the following principal measures pon which the committee acted.

1) Federal assistance for school construction in areas affected by Federal activities

In the 1st session the committee considered and formally reported bill, H. R. 6049, the purpose of which was to amend and extend for year Public Law 815 of the 81st Congress which had been enacted in 950 primarily to deal with the Federal Government's responsibility or aiding school construction in communities that had been burdened ith substantial increases in school attendance as a result of defense nd related Federal activities. This was in accordance with a request the President. The Senate passed the measure on August 1, 1953, nd it was signed by the President on August 8, 1953. It became ublic Law 246 of the 1st session of the 83d Congress.

In the closing days of the 2d session, another bill was reported from e committee to further extend Public Law 815 of the 81st Congress. his bill, S. 3628, authorized appropriations for school construction in -called impacted areas for 3 additional years, namely, 1956, 1957, d 1958. It also extended for an additional 3 years the authority the Commissioner of Education to provide minimum school facilities the education of children residing on Federal property with respect whom no local educational agency is able to provide suitable free blic education. This bill, S. 3628, was passed by the Senate on gust 11, 1954. On August 16, 1954, the bill was amended (to thorize appropriations for 2 rather than 3 years) and was passed by e House of Representatives. The Senate thereafter agreed to House amendments and on August 31, 1954, the bill was signed o law (Public Law 731) by the President.

Federal assistance for maintenance and operation of schools in areas affected by Federal activities

n the 1st session the committee considered and favorably reported ill, H. R. 6078, to amend and extend Public Law 874 of the 81st gress which had been enacted to provide a program of financial stance for the maintenance and operation of schools in areas cted by Federal activities. The bill was passed by the Senate August 1, 1953, and was signed into law by the President on gust 8, 1953. This bill, which had been requested by the President, ame Public Law 248 of the 1st session of the 83d Congress. n the closing days of the 2d session of the 83d Congress, the mittee considered and favorably reported a bill, S. 3629, to elimithe so-called 3 percent absorption requirement written into lic Law 874 of the 81st Congress by Public Law 248 of the 1st on of the 83d Congress. S. 3629 was passed by the Senate on ust 11, 1954. It was passed by the House on August 16, 1954, and

was signed into law (Public Law 732) by the President on August 31. 1954.

(c) State and White House conferences on education

After hearings on a companion Senate measure (S. 2723), the com mittee reported H. R. 7601, to provide for State and White Hous conferences on education. The measure authorized appropriations t the States in order to assist them in holding State conferences and preparing reports prior to the holding of a White House conference in 1955 to consider and advise the President on significant and pressing problems in the field of education. This legislation was specifically requested by the President in order that careful deliberation, beginning at the State and local level, could be given to the Nation's educations problems. The Senate passed the measure on June 17, 1954, and on July 26, 1954, it became Public Law 530.

(d) National Advisory Committee on Education

Following hearings on a companion Senate measure (S. 2724), the committee reported H. R. 7434 to establish in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare a nine-member National Advisory Committee on Education. The committee is required to meet not less than three times each calendar year. Its function is to recommend to the Secretary the initiation of studies of national concern in the field of education and the law requires that it propose to the Secretary appropriate action indicated by such studies. In addition, the com mittee is required from time to time to advise the Secretary on the progress being made in carrying out its recommendations. The Secretary, in turn, is required to advise the Congress annually in regard to the studies initiated under the act, the recommendations made by the committee, and the action taken with respect to such recommends tions. This bill was passed by the Senate on June 17, 1954, and be came Public Law 532 on July 26, 1954.

(e) Cooperative research in education

The committee also held hearings on S. 2856, a bill which had been introduced to authorize cooperative research in education Committee action was taken however on H. R. 9040, a companion measure which had been received from the House of Representatives. This latter measure authorized the Office of Education and the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to enter into contracts on jointly financed cooperative arrangements with universities and colleges and State educational agencies for the conduct of research. surveys and demonstrations in the field of education. Prior to the enactment of this bill, the Office of Education had no legislative authority to enter into such arrangements. A prime advantage of cooperative research work with organizations in the field of education is that such procedure makes full use of existing facilities and avoids the centralization of the staff and facilities in Washington, D. C The same general procedure has been followed in the field of publ health and in that field has resulted in notable improvements and great returns for each Federal dollar expended. This bill became Public Law 531 on July 26, 1954.

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) Amending the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 On June 11, 1953, S. 977 was favorably reported to the Senate. he bill removed from the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 e $15 million limitation on the amount of annual appropriations hich could be made for the purposes of the act. Removal of the nitation was considered necessary in order to permit further cenalization of basic scientific reserve in the foundation. The Senate issed this bill on June 18, 1953, and it was approved by the President 1 August 8, 1953 (Public Law 223).

1) Granting the consent of Congress to certain Western States and the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii to enter into a compact relating to higher education in the Western States and establishing the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education

This bill was introduced on April 1, 1953, and favorably reported the Senate on June 11, 1953. Its purpose was to grant the consent f Congress to 11 Western States and the Territories of Alaska and [awaii to enter into a compact relating to higher education and to stablish the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education. The bill was passed by the Senate on June 18, 1953, and was approved n August 8, 1953 (Public Law 226).

i) Amending the charter of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf

H. R. 6655 was referred to the committee on May 18, 1954, and vorably reported on June 2, 1954. The purpose of the bill was to rovide a new charter and substantive legislation for the Columbia stitution for the Deaf and have its name changed to Gallaudet ollege. In general, the bill laid a sound up-to-date and statutory asis for the institution under which plans for improving its plant, its ademic standing and otherwise increasing its usefulness for the deaf uld be affected immediately. The bill was passed by the Senate on une 3, 1954, and approved June 18, 1954 (Public Law 420).

O Authorizing and directing the conveyance of certain lands to the Board of Education of Prince Georges County, Md.

H. R. 4496 was referred to the committee on April 7, 1954, and vorably reported to the Senate on June 14, 1954. The bill author

es and directs the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, d Welfare to convey the Government's right, title, and interest in d to certain portions of land now under the control and jurisdiction St. Elizabeths Hospital which the Secretary shall determine to be eded and usable by the Prince Georges County Board of Education. e bill was passed on June 26, 1954, and was approved on July 16, 54 (Public Law 505).

Granting the consent of Congress to certain New England States to enter into a compact relating to higher education in the New England States and establishing the New England Board of Higher Educa

tion

S. 3726 was favorably reported to the Senate on August 2, 1954. e purpose of this bill is to grant the consent of Congress to six New gland States to enter into a compact relating to higher education to establish the New England Board of Higher Education. On gust 12, 1954, the Senate passed an identical House bill, H. R. 9712, ich became Public Law 719 on August 30, 1954.

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