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The original documents are located in Box D33, folder "Golf Day Dinner Honoring
Representative Edwin B. Forsythe, Tavistock, NJ, June 5, 1972" of the Ford Congressional
Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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30 capies to Wm Buker, Inc. only
Office Copy
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE AT 7 P.M.--
Monday, June 5, 1972
Excerpts from a speech by Rep. Gerald R. Ford, R-Mich., Republican Leader, U.S.
House of Representatives, before a Golf Day Dinner at Tavistock, N.J., honoring
Rep. Edwin B. Forsythe.
The entire Republican record during the 40 months that Richard Nixon
has filled the Presidency is a basis for pride. This is a truth we are going to
have to carry to the American people this election year.
We can be proud because we are successfully fighting an inflation that
roared ahead almost unchecked under the Democrats between 1965 and 1969. The cost
of living rose 4.3 per cent in 1971. That is a marked improvement over the
5.5 per cent increase in 1970 and the 6.1 per cent rise in 1969. Through the
President's bold program of price and wage controls-- a program that is working--we
stand a good chance to hold the rise in 1972 to 3 per cent.
We can be proud of the President's New Economic Policy, which will push
unemployment down toward the 5 per cent mark by the end of 1972. We are moving
from a wartime to a peacetime economy, and the dislocations are severe. Meantime,
employment has topped 80 million, an all-time high. With employment steadily
growing, unemployment will drop. Sound growth in the economy will soak up the
increased number of job-seekers. The economic indicators are pointing upward.
We have to work to make truths like this known because the Democrats are
playing a game they are very good at. It's called "viewing with alarm" seeing the
worst of things and blaming the Republicans for it.
There's really only one way to beat the Democrats at their game. That is
to recite the real-life accomplishments of our Republican Administration.
We have reason to be proud of the Nixon Administration, and we should let
the American people know the truth about it.
The truth is it was the Nixon Administration that reversed the course of
the Vietnam War and is ending U.S. involvement in that war in an honorable way.
It is the Nixon Administration that brought about a cease-fire in the
Middle East and has helped prevent an outbreak of fresh fighting there.
(more)
Digitized from Box D32 of The Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
-2-
It is the Nixon Administration that has reached an historic agreement with
the Soviet Union, limiting strategic weapons in the first arms freeze of the
nuclear age.
It was the Nixon Administration that reached agreement in principle with
the Soviet Union on access to Berlin.
It was the Nixon Administration that brought about ratification of the
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
It was the Nixon Administration that renounced biological weapons and the
first use of chemical warfare.
It was the Nixon Administration that achieved a treaty prohibiting the
emplacement of nuclear weapons in the world's seabeds.
It is President Nixon who transformed the world scene from one of
confrontation between the major powers to one of negotiation-who has traveled
to Mos cow and Peking on missions for peace.
It is President Nixon who developed a new strategy for peace in the
world centered around the doctrine of helping those nations willing to help
themselves.
These, of course, are all actions aimed at promoting peace abroad. What
about progress at home?
It was the Nixon Administration that reordered our national priorities by
devoting a greater part of the Federal Budget to human needs than to defense.
It was the Nixon Administration that achieved the most significant
improvements in unemployment insurance in our entire history.
It was the Nixon Administration that brought about a massive increase in
our manpower programs to provide work experience and training for young people of
all races.
It was the Nixon Administration that quadrupled minority hiring for
government jobs in higher grades and expanded aid to minority enterprises by more
than half--and has since proposed an even greater expansion of such aid.
It was the Nixon Administration that tripled food assistance programs for
the needy from $1.1 million to $3.5 million a year.
It was the Nixon Administration which proposed $1.5 billion in funding for
school districts with a high concentration of low income families and the doubling
of aid to black colleges.
(more)
-3-
It was the Nixon Administration which reformed our draft laws to make them
more equitable and began moving toward an all-volunteer Army.
It was the Nixon Administration that acted to protect the environment by
creating a new Council on Environmental Quality and a new Environmental Protection
Agency.
It was the Nixon Administration that won passage of legislation to improve
on-the-job safety for America's working men and women.
It was the Nixon Administration that put together an organized assault
against organized crime and turned the syndicate into an empire in deep trouble.
It was the Nixon Administration that trebled Federal aid to local communities
for law enforcement and court improvements and cut back the rise in crime.
It was the Nixon Administration that has launched the most progressive and
most comprehensive Federal attack on drug abuse ever undertaken in the United States.
Now we look to the future. We look for more progress--progress toward
peace at home and abroad, and progress toward prosperity in peacetime.
There is much more that Richard Nixon is determined to accomplish.
By a stroke of fate, he has been afforded an opportunity to change the
direction in which the Supreme Court was travelling during years when more
attention was paid to the rights of criminal defendants than the rights of society.
Richard Nixon is keeping all of his promises to the American people. He
wants to do much more than he has already achieved. What he needs to write his
whole program into law is a Republican Congress.
There is a whole host of Nixon Administration reforms awaiting congressional
action: A workfare program in place of the welfare scandal; Federal revenue
sharing, giving the States and cities a percentage slice of Federal tax receipts
so they can zero in on their own problems free from Federal red tape; reorganization
of cabinet departments so government will be more responsive to the people; a
consolidation of manpower training programs, to be turned over to the states and
local communities as they become equipped to handle them; a re-examination of
Federal aid to schools to achieve quality education; and a revamping of our labor
laws to improve handling of national emergency labor disputes in transportation.
Every one of these reforms will be an issue in the 1972 campaign unless
the Democrats in Congress join Dick Nixon in his crusade to improve the quality
of life in America.
(more)
-4-
The best way to help Dick Mixon is to elect Republicans to Congress next
November 7 so he will have the team he needs to turn America in the right direction.
The hour of truth is upon us, and the time is now. Truth is our greatest
weapon in the 1972 campaign. Our success at the polls will be measured by our
success in impressing the truth upon the American people.
So tell the Republican story. Tell the Richard Nixon story. Let the
American people know what Dick Nixon has done to bring them peace abroad and
progress at home.
That is the truth you must make clear. So let us do the job. Together we
can. We are on the march--we and Dick Nixon. Let us prove that our party is a
winning one. Let us move forward together.
###
distribution: 30 capies to Wm Becker, M Office Copy
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE AT 7 P.M.--
Monday, June 5, 1972
Excerpts from a speech by Rep. Gerald R. Ford, R-Mich., Republican Leader, U.S.
House of Representatives, before a Golf Day Dinner at Tavistock, N.J., honoring
Rep. Edwin B. Forsythe.
The entire Republican record during the 40 months that Richard Nixon
has filled the Presidency is a basis for pride. This is a truth we are going to
have to carry to the American people this election year.
We can be proud because we are successfully fighting an inflation that
roared ahead almost unchecked under the Democrats between 1965 and 1969. The cost
of living rose 4.3 per cent in 1971. That is a marked improvement over the
5.5 per cent increase in 1970 and the 6.1 per cent rise in 1969. Through the
President's bold program of price and wage controls--a program that is working--we
stand a good chance to hold the rise in 1972 to 3 per cent.
We can be proud of the President's New Economic Policy, which will push
unemployment down toward the 5 per cent mark by the end of 1972. We are moving
from a wartime to a peacetime economy, and the dislocations are severe. Meantime,
employment has topped 80 million, an all-time high. With employment steadily
growing, unemployment will drop. Sound growth in the economy will soak up the
increased number of job-seekers. The economic indicators are pointing upward.
We have to work to make truths like this known because the Democrats are
playing a game they are very good at. It's called "viewing with alarm' seeing the
worst of things and blaming the Republicans for it.
There's really only one way to beat the Democrats at their game. That is
to recite the real-life accomplishments of our Republican Administration.
We have reason to be proud of the Nixon Administration, and we should let
the American people know the truth about it.
The truth is it was the Nixon Administration that reversed the course of
the Vietnam War and is ending U.S. involvement in that war in an honorable way.
It is the Nixon Administration that brought about a cease-fire in the
Middle East and has helped prevent an outbreak of fresh fighting there.
(more)
--2-
It is the Nixon Administration that has reached an historic agreement with
the Soviet Union, limiting strategic weapons in the first arms freeze of the
nuclear age.
It was the Nixon Administration that reached agreement in principle with
the Soviet Union on access to Berlin.
It was the Nixon Administration that brought about ratification of the
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
It was the Nixon Administration that renounced biological weapons and the
first use of chemical warfare.
It was the Nixon Administration that achieved a treaty prohibiting the
emplacement of nuclear weapons in the world's seabeds.
It is President Nixon who transformed the world scene from one of
confrontation between the major powers to one of negotiation--who has traveled
to Moscow and Peking on missions for peace.
It is President Nixon who developed a new strategy for peace in the
world centered around the doctrine of helping those nations willing to help
themselves.
These, of course, are all actions aimed at promoting peace abroad. What
about progress at home?
It was the Nixon Administration that reordered our national priorities by
devoting a greater part of the Federal Budget to human needs than to defense.
It was the Nixon Administration that achieved the most significant
improvements in unemployment insurance in our entire history.
It was the Nixon Administration that brought about a massive increase in
our manpower programs to provide work experience and training for young people of
all races.
It was the Nixon Administration that quadrupled minority hiring for
government jobs in higher grades and expanded aid to minority enterprises by more
than half--and has since proposed an even greater expansion of such aid.
It was the Nixon Administration that tripled food assistance programs for
the needy from $1.1 million to $3.5 million a year.
It was the Nixon Administration which proposed $1.5 billion in funding for
school districts with a high concentration of low income families and the doubling
of aid to black colleges.
(more)
-3-
It was the Nixon Administration which reformed our draft laws to make them
more equitable and began moving toward an all-volunteer Army.
It was the Nixon Administration that acted to protect the environment by
creating a new Council on Environmental Quality and a new Environmental Protection
Agency.
It was the Nixon Administration that won passage of legislation to improve
on-the-job safety for America's working men and women.
It was the Nixon Administration that put together an organized assault
against organized crime and turned the syndicate into an empire in deep trouble.
It was the Nixon Administration that trebled Federal aid to local communities
for law enforcement and court improvements and cut back the rise in crime.
It was the Nixon Administration that has launched the most progressive and
most comprehensive Federal attack on drug abuse ever undertaken in the United States.
Now we look to the future. We look for more progress--progress toward
peace at home and abroad, and progress toward prosperity in peacetime.
There is much more that Richard Nixon is determined to accomplish.
By a stroke of fate, he has been afforded an opportunity to change the
direction in which the Supreme Court was travelling during years when more
attention was paid to the rights of criminal defendants than the rights of society.
Richard Nixon is keeping all of his promises to the American people. He
wants to do much more than he has already achieved. What he needs to write his
whole program into law is a Republican Congress.
There is a whole host of Nixon Administration reforms awaiting congressional
action: A workfare program in place of the welfare scandal; Federal revenue
sharing, giving the States and cities a percentage slice of Federal tax receipts
so they can zero in on their own problems free from Federal red tape; reorganization
of cabinet departments so government will be more responsive to the people; a
consolidation of manpower training programs, to be turned over to the states and
local communities as they become equipped to handle them; a re-examination of
Federal aid to schools to achieve quality education; and a revamping of our labor
laws to improve handling of national emergency labor disputes in transportation.
Every one of these reforms will be an issue in the 1972 campaign unless
the Democrats in Congress join Dick Nixon in his crusade to improve the quality
of life in America.
(more)
-4-
The best way to help Dick Nixon is to elect Republicans to Congress next
November 7 so he will have the team he needs to turn America in the right direction.
The hour of truth is upon us, and the time is now. Truth is our greatest
weapon in the 1972 campaign. Our success at the polls will be measured by our
success in impressing the truth upon the American people.
So tell the Republican story. Tell the Richard Nixon story. Let the
American people know what Dick Nixon has done to bring them peace abroad and
progress at home.
That is the truth you must make clear. So let us do the job. Together we
can. We are on the march--we and Dick Nixon. Let us prove that our party is a
winning one. Let us move forward together.
###
GERALD LIBRARY FORD
GERALD R. FORD
FIFTH DISTRICT. MICHIGAN
H - Passed by House
Congress of the United States
S - Passed by Senate
Office of the Minority Leader
HS - Awaiting Conference
house of Representatives
HSC - In Conference
HSP - Sent to President
lashington, D.C. 20515
PL - Public Law
May 23, 1972
STATUS OF MAJOR ADMINISTRATION REQUESTS - 92nd CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION
Draft
Status
Presidential
Legislation
Originating
House
as of
Message(s)
Sent Up
Dept/Agency
Committee
5/23/72
1. Welfare Reform - Social
1/22/71
3/1/71
HEW
Ways & Means H
Security (H.R. 1)
3/27/72*
2. Social Security Amend-
1/22/71
3/1/71
HEW
Ways & Means PL 92-5
ments (H.R. 4690)
3. Enlistment Bonus
1/28/71
1/29/71
Defense
Armed Services
(H.R. 3498, H.R. 6764,
S. 495)
4. Armed Forces Health
1/28/71
2/12/71
Defense
Armed Services H
Professions Scholarships
(H.R. 2 - S. 1317)
5. ROTC Scholarships
1/28/71
2/12/71
Defense
Armed Services PL 92-166
(H.R. 4729)
6. Sr. ROTC Subsistence
1/28/71
2/20/71
Defense
Armed Services PL 92-171
(H.R. 6724)
7. Marine Corps Reserve
1/28/71
2/20/71
Defense
Armed Services PL 92-172
Subsistence Allowances
(H.R. 6723)
8. Military Service Act
1/28/71
1/28, 1/29/71
Selective
Armed Services PL 92-129
Amendments & All-Volunteer
Service
Force (H.R. 6531)
System
9. Federal Executive
2/2/71
2/2/71
Civil
Post Office &
Service
Service
Civil Service
(H.R. 3807, H.R. 6772,
Commission
S. 1682)
10. Emergency Public Interest 2/3/71
2/3/71
Labor
Interstate &
Protection Act
2/2/72*
Foreign Commerce
(H.R. 3596, H.R. 4116,
S. 560)
11. General Revenue Sharing
2/4/71
2/4/71
Treasury
Ways & Means
HSC
(H.R. 4187 to H.R. 4193,
H.R. 5591, H.R. 14370(A),
S. 680)
12. Pesticide Control
2/8/71
2/10/71
EPA
Agriculture
H
(H.R. 10729, S. 745)
2/8/72*
13. Historic Properties
2/8/71
2/10/71
GSA
Government
S
Preservation
2/8/72*
Operations
(H.R. 6769 - S. 1152)
14.
Comprehensive Planning
2/8/71
2/23/71
HUD
Banking &
S
& Open Space Supplemental
Currency
(H.R. 9332, H.J. Res. 508,
S.J. Res. 52)
(A)
Slightly different from Administration Bill.
*
Second Presidential Request
-2-
Draft
Status
1/
Presidential
Legislation
Originating
House
as of
Message(s)
Sent Up
Dept/Agency
Committee
5/23/72
15. Historic Residence
2/8/71
2/23/71
HUD
Banking &
Loan Insurance
Currency
(H.R. 5778 - S. 1207)
16.
Relocation of Federal
2/8/71
2/10/71
GSA
Government
Facilities
Operations
(H.R. 6768 - S. 1153)
17.
Mined Area Protection
2/8/71
2/10/71
Interior
Interior &
(H.R. 4704, H.R. 4967,
2/8/72*
Insular Affairs
H.R. 5689, S. 993)
18. Land & Water Conserva-
2/8/71
2/10/71
Interior
Interior &
HSC
tion Fund Amendments
Insular Affairs
(H.R. 6730 - S. 1893)
19. National Land Use Policy 2/8/71
2/11/71
Interior
Interior &
(H.R. 4332(A), H.R. 4702, 2/8/72*
Insular Affairs
H.R. 5504, S. 992)
20.
Hazardous Substances
2/8/71
2/10/71
EPA
Interstate &
(H.R. 5276, H.R. 5390,
2/8/72*
Foreign Commerce
S. 1478)
21.
Noise Control Act
2/8/71
2/10/71
EPA
Interstate &
H
(H.R. 11021 - S. 1016)
2/8/72*
Foreign Commerce
22.
Power Plant Siting
2/8/71
2/10/71
Office of
Interstate &
(H.R. 5277, H.R. 5389,
2/8/72*
Science &
Foreign Commerce
S. 1684)
Technology
23. Ocean Dumping (Marine
2/8/71
2/10/71
EPA
Merchant Marine HSC
Protection Act)
2/8/72*
& Fisheries
(H.R. 9727)
24.
Water Quality Standards
2/8/71
2/10/71
EPA
Public Works
HSC
Act
(S. 2770)
2/8/72*
25.
Health Manpower Assist-
2/18/71
3/4/71
HEW
Interstate &
PL 92-157
ance Act (H.R. 8629)
26.
Health Maintenance
2/18/71
3/4/71
HEW
Interstate &
Organizations Assistance 3/2/72*
Foreign Commerce
Act (H.R. 5615, H.R. 7764,
S. 1182)
27. National Health Insur-
2/18/71
4/22/71
HEW
Ways & Means
ance Partnership Act
3/2/72*
(H.R. 7741(A) - S. 1623)
28.
Higher Education Oppor-
2/22/71
3/1/71
HEW
Education
HSC
tunity Act (with Busing
3/17/72*
& Labor
Amendment)
(S. 659)
29. Consumer Affairs Program 2/24/71
9/23/71
(A)
Office of
Government
H
(H.R. 10835(A) - S. 1177)
Consumer
Operations
Affairs
30.
Consumer Product Test
2/24/71
3/18/71
Commerce
Interstate &
Methods Act
Foreign Commerce
(H.R. 6891, H.R. 7278
S. 1692)
31. Law Enforcement Revenue
3/2/71
3/2/71
Justice
Judiciary
Sharing Act
(H.R. 5408, H.R. 6770,
S. 1087)
(A)
Slightly different from Administration Bill.
*
Second Presidential Request.
-3-
Draft
Status
Presidential
Legislation
Originating
House
as of
Message(s)
Sent Up
Dept/Agency
Committee
5/23/72
32. Manpower Revenue
3/4/71
3/11/71
Labor
Education
(H rejected
Sharing Act
2/7/72*
& Labor
as sub. for
(H.R. 6181, H.R. 8141,
H.R. 3613)
S. 1243)
33. Urban Community Develop-
3/5/71
4/6/71
HUD
Banking &
ment Special Revenue
Currency
Sharing
(H.R. 8853 - S. 1618)
34.
Rural Community Develop-
3/10/71
4/6/71
Agriculture
Government
ment Special Revenue
2/1/72*
Operations
Sharing
(H.R. 7993 - S. 1612)
35.
Transportation Special
3/18/71
4/6/71
DOT
Ways & Means
Revenue Sharing
(H.R. 13021 - S. 1693)
36.
Reorganization Plan #1
3/24/71
(Reorg. Plan)
OMB
Government
(Effective
ACTION
Operations
7/1/71)
37. Department of Human
3/25/71
3/25/71
HEW
Government
Resources
3/29/72*
Operations
(H.R. 6961, H.R. 6966,
H.R. 7275, S. 1432)
38.
Department of Community
3/25/71
3/25/71
HUD
Government
Development
2/1/72
Operations
(H.R. 6962, H.R. 6964,
3/29/72*
H.R. 7276, S. 1430)
39. Department of Economic
3/25/71
3/25/71
Commerce
Government
Affairs
3/29/72*
Operations
(H.R. 6960, H.R. 6965,
H.R. 7277, S. 1433)
40. Department of Natural
3/25/71
3/25/71
Interior
Government
Resources
3/29/72*
Operations
(H.R. 6959, H.R. 6963,
H.R. 7274, S. 1431)
41.
Education Special
4/6/71
4/6/71
HEW
Education
Revenue Sharing
& Labor
(H.R. 7796 - S. 1669)
42.
Study of Expanded Self-
4/7/71
OMB
District of
(Withdrawn)
Govt. for District
Columbia
of Columbia
43. D.C. Capital Program
4/7/71
1/26/71
District of
District of
Financing Act
2/4/72*
Columbia
Columbia
(S. 1339)
44.
Foreign Assistance
4/21/71
4/21/71
AID
Foreign
PL 92-226
Program F.Y. 1972
Affairs
(s. 2819)
45. Wilderness Preservation
4/28/71
4/28/71
Interior
Interior &
(H.R. 8626 - H.R. 9965)
2/8/72*
Insular Affairs
46.
Legal Services Corp.
5/5/71
5/5/71
OEO
Education
H
(H.R. 12350 - S. 1769)
& Labor
47. Act to Conquer Cancer
5/11/71
5/11/71
HEW
Interstate &
PL 92-218
(S. 1828)
Foreign Commerce
48. Emergency Railway Labor
5/17/71
5/17/71
Labor
Interstate &
PL 92-17
Dispute
Foreign Commerce
(s.j. Res. 100)
*
Second Presidential Request.
-4-
Draft
Status 1/
Presidential
Legislation
Originating
House
as of
Message
Sent Up
Dept/Agency
Committee
5/23/72
49.
Clean Energy
6/4/71
Office of
Government
Science &
Operations
Technology
50.
Drug Abuse Prevention
6/17/71
6/17/71
Justice
Interstate &
PL 92-255
Act
(S. 2097)
Foreign Commerce
51. Revenue Act of 1971
9/9/71
Treasury
Ways & Means
PL 92-178
(H.R. 10947)
52.
Minority Enterprises
10/13/71
12/16/71
SBA
Banking &
(H.R. 13805)
3/19/72*
Currency
53.
Pension Reform
12/8/71
12/13/71
Labor
Ways & Means
(H.R. 12272, H.R. 12302)
Treasury
54.
Emergency West Coast
1/21/72
1/21/72
Labor
Education
PL 92-235
Dock Strike
& Labor
(S.J. Res. 197)
55.
Rural Development
2/1/72
2/3/72(A)
Agriculture
Agriculture
HSC
(H.R. 12931(A) - S. 3462(A)
(See also #34 and #38)
56.
Foreign Assistance
3/14/72
3/14/72
AID
Foreign
Program F.Y. 1973
Affairs
(H.R. 13759)
57. Equal Educational
3/17/72
3/17/72
HEW
Education
Opportunities Act
& Labor
(H.R. 13915 - S. 3395)
58. Moratorium on Busing
3/17/72
3/17/72
Justice
Judiciary
(H.R. 13916 - S. 3388)
59.
Older Americans
3/23/72
3/20/72
HEW
Education
Amendments
& Labor
(H.R. 13925)
60. Allied Social Services
5/18/72
5/18/72
HEW
Ways & Means
Act
SUMMARY
Out of 60 Presidential Requests to this 92nd Congress
32 have not reached floor action in either Body
12 have been enacted into Public Law
6 are in House-Senate Conference
6 have passed House only
2 have passed Senate only
1 reorganization plan took effect
1 was withdrawn
(A)
Slightly different from Administration Bill.
*
Second Presidential Request.
GERALD R. FORD
FIFTH DISTRICT, MICHIGAN
H - Passed by House
Congress of the United States
S - Passed by Senate
Office of the Minority Leader
HS - Awaiting Conference
house of Representatives
HSC - In Conference
HSP - Sent to President
lashington, D.C. 20515
PL - Public Law
May 23, 1972
STATUS OF MAJOR ADMINISTRATION REQUESTS 92nd CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION
Draft
Status
Presidential
Legislation
Originating
House
as of
Message(s)
Sent Up
Dept/Agency
Committee
5/23/72
1. Welfare Reform - Social
1/22/71
3/1/71
HEW
Ways & Means
H
Security (H.R. 1)
3/27/72*
2. Social Security Amend-
1/22/71
3/1/71
HEW
Ways & Means PL 92-5
ments (H.R. 4690)
3.
Enlistment Bonus
1/28/71
1/29/71
Defense
Armed Services
(H.R. 3498, H.R. 6764,
S. 495)
4. Armed Forces Health
1/28/71
2/12/71
Defense
Armed Services H
Professions Scholarships
(H.R. 2 - S. 1317)
5. ROTC Scholarships
1/28/71
2/12/71
Defense
Armed Services PL 92-166
(H.R. 4729)
6. Sr. ROTC Subsistence
1/28/71
2/20/71
Defense
Armed Services PL 92-171
(H.R. 6724)
7. Marine Corps Reserve
1/28/71
2/20/71
Defense
Armed Services PL 92-172
Subsistence Allowances
(H.R. 6723)
8. Military Service Act
1/28/71
1/28, 1/29/71
Selective
Armed Services PL 92-129
Amendments & All-Volunteer
Service
Force (H.R. 6531)
System
9. Federal Executive
2/2/71
2/2/71
Civil
Post Office &
Service
Service
Civil Service
(H.R. 3807, H.R. 6772,
Commission
S. 1682)
10. Emergency Public Interest 2/3/71
2/3/71
Labor
Interstate &
Protection Act
2/2/72*
Foreign Commerce
(H.R. 3596, H.R. 4116,
S. 560)
11. General Revenue Sharing
2/4/71
2/4/71
Treasury
Ways & Means
HSC
(H.R. 4187 to H.R. 4193,
H.R. 5591, H.R. 14370(A),
S. 680)
12. Pesticide Control
2/8/71
2/10/71
EPA
Agriculture
H
(H.R. 10729, S. 745)
2/8/72*
13.
Historic Properties
2/8/71
2/10/71
GSA
Government
S
Preservation
2/8/72*
Operations
(H.R. 6769 - S. 1152)
14.
Comprehensive Planning
2/8/71
2/23/71
HUD
Banking &
S
& Open Space Supplemental
Currency
(H.R. 9332, H.J. Res. 508,
S.J. Res. 52)
(A)
Slightly different from Administration Bill.
*
Second Presidential Request
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Draft
Status 1/
Presidential
Legislation
Originating
House
as of
Message(s)
Sent Up
Dept/Agency
Committee
5/23/72
15. Historic Residence
2/8/71
2/23/71
HUD
Banking &
Loan Insurance
Currency
(H.R. 5778 - S. 1207)
16. Relocation of Federal
2/8/71
2/10/71
GSA
Government
Facilities
Operations
(H.R. 6768 - S. 1153)
17. Mined Area Protection
2/8/71
2/10/71
Interior
Interior &
(H.R. 4704, H.R. 4967,
2/8/72*
Insular Affairs
H.R. 5689, S. 993)
18. Land & Water Conserva-
2/8/71
2/10/71
Interior
Interior &
HSC
tion Fund Amendments
Insular Affairs
(H.R. 6730 - S. 1893)
19. National Land Use Policy 2/8/71
2/11/71
Interior
Interior &
(H.R. 4332(A), H.R. 4702, 2/8/72*
Insular Affairs
H.R. 5504, S. 992)
20. Hazardous Substances
2/8/71
2/10/71
EPA
Interstate &
(H.R. 5276, H.R. 5390,
2/8/72*
Foreign Commerce
S. 1478)
21. Noise Control Act
2/8/71
2/10/71
EPA
Interstate &
H
(H.R. 11021 - S. 1016)
2/8/72*
Foreign Commerce
22. Power Plant Siting
2/8/71
2/10/71
Office of
Interstate &
(H.R. 5277, H.R. 5389,
2/8/72*
Science &
Foreign Commerce
S. 1684)
Technology
23. Ocean Dumping (Marine
2/8/71
2/10/71
EPA
Merchant Marine HSC
Protection Act)
2/8/72*
& Fisheries
(H.R. 9727)
24. Water Quality Standards
2/8/71
2/10/71
EPA
Public Works
HSC
Act
(S. 2770)
2/8/72*
25. Health Manpower Assist-
2/18/71
3/4/71
HEW
Interstate &
PL 92-157
ance Act (H.R. 8629)
26. Health Maintenance
2/18/71
3/4/71
HEW
Interstate &
Organizations Assistance 3/2/72*
Foreign Commerce
Act (H.R. 5615, H.R. 7764,
S. 1182)
27. National Health Insur-
2/18/71
4/22/71
HEW
Ways & Means
ance Partnership Act
3/2/72*
(H.R. 7741(A) - S. 1623)
28.
Higher Education Oppor-
2/22/71
3/1/71
HEW
Education
HSC
tunity Act (with Busing
3/17/72*
& Labor
Amendment) (S. 659)
29. Consumer Affairs Program 2/24/71
9/23/71
(A)
Office of
Government
H
(H.R. 10835 (A) - S. 1177)
Consumer
Operations
Affairs
30.
Consumer Product Test
2/24/71
3/18/71
Commerce
Interstate &
Methods Act
Foreign Commerce
(H.R. 6891, H.R. 7278
S. 1692)
31. Law Enforcement Revenue
3/2/71
3/2/71
Justice
Judiciary
Sharing Act
(H.R. 5408, H.R. 6770,
S. 1087)
(A)
Slightly different from Administration Bill.
*
Second Presidential Request.
-3-
Draft
Status
Presidential
Legislation
Originating
House
as of
Message
Sent Up
Dept/Agency
Committee
5/23/72
32. Manpower Revenue
3/4/71
3/11/71
Labor
Education
(H rejected
Sharing Act
2/7/72*
& Labor
as sub. for
(H.R. 6181, H.R. 8141,
H.R. 3613)
S. 1243)
33. Urban Community Develop-
3/5/71
4/6/71
HUD
Banking &
ment Special Revenue
Currency
Sharing
(H.R. 8853 - S. 1618)
34. Rural Community Develop-
3/10/71
4/6/71
Agriculture
Government
ment Special Revenue
2/1/72*
Operations
Sharing
(H.R. 7993 - S. 1612)
35.
Transportation Special
3/18/71
4/6/71
DOT
Ways & Means
Revenue Sharing
(H.R. 13021 - S. 1693)
36.
Reorganization Plan #1
3/24/71
(Reorg. Plan)
OMB
Government
(Effective
ACTION
Operations
7/1/71)
37. Department of Human
3/25/71
3/25/71
HEW
Government
Resources
3/29/72*
Operations
(H.R. 6961, H.R. 6966,
H.R. 7275, S. 1432)
38. Department of Community
3/25/71
3/25/71
HUD
Government
Development
2/1/72
Operations
(H.R. 6962, H.R. 6964,
3/29/72*
H.R. 7276, S. 1430)
39. Department of Economic
3/25/71
3/25/71
Commerce
Government
Affairs
3/29/72*
Operations
(H.R. 6960, H.R. 6965,
H.R. 7277, S. 1433)
40. Department of Natural
3/25/71
3/25/71
Interior
Government
Resources
3/29/72*
Operations
(H.R. 6959, H.R. 6963,
H.R. 7274, S. 1431)
41.
Education Special
4/6/71
4/6/71
HEW
Education
Revenue Sharing
& Labor
(H.R. 7796 - S. 1669)
42. Study of Expanded Self-
4/7/71
OMB
District of
(Withdrawn)
Govt. for District
Columbia
of Columbia
43. D.C. Capital Program
4/7/71
1/26/71
District of
District of
Financing Act
2/4/72*
Columbia
Columbia
(S. 1339)
44. Foreign Assistance
4/21/71
4/21/71
AID
Foreign
PL 92-226
Program F.Y. 1972
Affairs
(S. 2819)
45.
Wilderness Preservation
4/28/71
4/28/71
Interior
Interior &
(H.R. 8626 - H.R. 9965)
2/8/72*
Insular Affairs
46. Legal Services Corp.
5/5/71
5/5/71
OEO
Education
H
(H.R. 12350 - S. 1769)
& Labor
47. Act to Conquer Cancer
5/11/71
5/11/71
HEW
Interstate &
PL 92-218
(s. 1828)
Foreign Commerce
48. Emergency Railway Labor
5/17/71
5/17/71
Labor
Interstate &
PL 92-17
Dispute
Foreign Commerce
(S.J. Res. 100)
*
Second Presidential Request.
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Draft
Status
Presidential
Legislation
Originating
House
as of
Message(
Sent Up
Dept/Agency
Committee
5/23/72
49. Clean Energy
6/4/71
Office of
Government
Science &
Operations
Technology
50.
Drug Abuse Prevention
6/17/71
6/17/71
Justice
Interstate &
PL 92-255
Act
(S. 2097)
Foreign Commerce
51. Revenue Act of 1971
9/9/71
Treasury
Ways & Means
PL 92-178
(H.R. 10947)
52. Minority Enterprises
10/13/71
12/16/71
SBA
Banking &
(H.R. 13805)
3/19/72*
Currency
53.
Pension Reform
12/8/71
12/13/71
Labor
Ways & Means
(H.R. 12272, H.R. 12302)
Treasury
54. Emergency West Coast
1/21/72
1/21/72
Labor
Education
PL 92-235
Dock Strike
& Labor
(S.J. Res. 197)
55. Rural Development
2/1/72
2/3/72(A)
Agriculture
Agriculture
HSC
(H.R. 12931(A) - S. 3462(A)
(See also #34 and #38)
56. Foreign Assistance
3/14/72
3/14/72
AID
Foreign
Program F.Y. 1973
Affairs
(H.R. 13759)
57. Equal Educational
3/17/72
3/17/72
HEW
Education
Opportunities Act
& Labor
(H.R. 13915 - S. 3395)
58. Moratorium on Busing
3/17/72
3/17/72
Justice
Judiciary
(H.R. 13916 - S. 3388)
59.
Older Americans
3/23/72
3/20/72
HEW
Education
Amendments
& Labor
(H.R. 13925)
60. Allied Social Services
5/18/72
5/18/72
HEW
Ways & Means
Act
SUMMARY
Out of 60 Presidential Requests to this 92nd Congress
32 have not reached floor action in either Body
12 have been enacted into Public Law
6 are in House-Senate Conference
6 have passed House only
2 have passed Senate only
1 reorganization plan took effect
1 was withdrawn
(A)
Slightly different from Administration Bill.
*
Second Presidential Request.