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These documents were scanned from Box 106 of the Robert T. Hartmann Papers at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
DIARY OF WHITE HOUSE LEADERSHIP
MEETINGS -- 91st CONGRESS
February 3, 1970
RMN began promptly at 8:35 a. m. with the announcement
that the session would have to conclude at 9:30 in order to
give Ford and Scott an opportunity to meet the press
before the Leadership leaves at 10 o'clock in a White
House motorcade to attend the memorial service for the
late Honorable Glenard P. Lipscomb.
Hardin gave a capsuse explanation of farm legislation
which he emphasized should be characterized always as
bipartisan. It is the work product of some 21 meetings
among departmental representatives, Poage, Belcher and
Agriculture Committee staff. The legislation will include
a "set-aside" mechanism which will retire 50 million acres
but leave the farmer complete freedom to grow crops of
his choice on remaining acreage. A small bonus will be
paid to farmers who agree to raise grain on retired acres
for wildlife habitat. Hereafter, support payments will go
through the annual approprtations process rathen than the
backdoor approach heretofore used. The bill will contain
a sliding scale limitation upon benefit payments with a
maximum of $110, 000 per farmer. If this is considered too
high and a flat figure is preferable, it could not belower
than $50, 000. The program of crop land conversion to trees
and recreational purposes will be continued. The program of
crop land purchasing in which localities share with the federal
government the cost of acquiring land around-urban areas
for public usage will be funded at a $50 million level. The
bill will include a new easement purchase program under
which the federal government will buy the cropping rights
from some 2 million acres. - It was not made plain whether
thesterm of this easement would be annual, for some other
period or permanent.
GERALD FORD LIBRARY
2
Public Law 480 would be extended with an amendment allow-
ing the President to waive prohibition on sales to the USSR
and communist satellites. However, the legislation would
also retain the prohibition on sales to nations trading with
North Vietnam.
Hardin said that the new approach has the enthusiastic
support of dairy and cattle farmers and while the Farm
Bureau"does not support it entirely, it is a step in their
direction. Hruska said that caitlemen will resist any
subsidy which has the effect of increasing the cost of
pasture or feed grains. Langen said he was afraid a line
item appropriation might become a stand-out cutting
target for representatives of urban areas. Belcher said
that he fully agreed with Poage for the first time that this
legislation should not be stamped with a Republican label.
He will be glad to see it bear a Democratic label, and he
will support the measure if it is clear to farmers that it
is a bipartisan effort. He said that rather than a one-year
extension of the present law, he would rather see the
present 1aw expire next December, in which case the nation
would go back to the old programs of the 1950's.
RMN interrupted to inquire if tt would be fair to say that
Belcher was willing to work to conceive the baby if he is
guaranteed the right to deny paternity. All agreed.
Harlow emphasized the importance of referring to the bill
as the Committee work draft."
Finch reported on the message the President is dispatching
today to the Speaker of the House recommending a compromise
in the Labor-HEW appropriations bill for fiscal 1970 which
the President recently vetoed. A copy of that letter and the
accompanying documents were given to each member of the
leadership.
CENALO FJRD LIBRANT
3
RMN praised the leadership for the large vote to sustain
his veto. The compromise he offers is an effort to obtain
a solution instead of an impasse. He said parents of
schoolage children are more alert than ever to the needf
for "quality education." To illustrate the definition of
that phrase, he said too many high school students today
are reading like three-year-olds. He asked if that problem
could be solved by pouring more money into the high schools
for sophisticated equipment. No, the only solution is to
teach the students to read. A"minimuminvestment in
corrective reading courses would promote the cause of
quality education. -A total of more than $40 inillion is
spent at all levels of government for the cause of education.
What is needed is not more of the same but reform.
The meeting adjourned at 9:45 a. m.
RICHARD H. POFF
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FEBRUARY 3, 1970
OFFICE OF THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY
THE WHITE HOUSE
PRESS CONFERENCE
OF
SENATOR HUGH SCOTT
AND
CONGRESSMAN GERALD R. FORD
AT 9:55 A.M. EST.
MR. ZIEGLER: Gentlemen, because of the memorial
service this morning, we want to proceed along fairly quickly.
CONGRESSMAN FORD: Good morning. Let me take the
initial part, as I may have to leave a little earlier because
of the services for Glen Lipscomb.
This morning we had a very careful briefing of the
Leadership by the Secretary of Agriculture, Mr. Hardin, on the
Progress being made by the House Committee on Agriculture
in developing a 1970 farm program.
For nine months the Secretary and his associates
have been meeting on Monday evenings with the Committee, in
fact, there have been 21 such meetings in the last few
months. These meetings have been held in order to assist
the Committee in arriving at a bipartisan measure that could
gather the widest possible support in the Congress.
In effect, this meeting this morning was a progress
report by the Secretary of his meetings with the Committee.
I might add that the Secretary has also held innumerable
meetings with farm organizations, with commodity groups and
with farmers all over the country.
The Secretary reported that the Committee is complet-
ing its work on draft legislation which grew out of these
joint discussions in his many meetings throughout the
country, a draft which incorporates the consensus of the Committee
on the major commodities, feed grains, wheat and cotton, on
dairy, land retirement and Public Law 480.
Senator Scott and I suggest that if the press wishes
to pursue this subject in greater depth, perhaps with greater
experts, you should visit the Capitol with the Committee
Chairman, Bob Poage of Texas, and the ranking Republican,
Page Belcher of Oklahoma.
The President and the Leadership took cognizance
of the encouraging progress which has been made, and
hopefully the results which will accrue.
MORE
LIBRARY GERALD FORD
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While there was no commitment to the draft
legislation in its present form, it is our hope and
actually it is our expectation that when this working
draft is perfected by the Committee, the Administration
and a majority of both political parties in the Congress --
in the House in the first instance -- will be able to give
it active support.
SENATOR SCOTT: Ladies and Gentlemen: The President
made it quite clear that the meeting this morning was simply
a preliminary consultation and the report from the Secretary
on his meetings with Members of the Committee in the House
on both sides, and that what the Administration wants is not
an issue here, but a constructive farm bill. It mentions
the meetings with colleagues, with farm leaders, with
farmers around the country.
The meeting this morning was just a progress
report to discuss the constructive improvement in legislation
which it is hoped will lead to bipartisan results.
The President has also sent, as you may know, a
letter to The Speaker, making certain suggestions regarding
a new Labor-HEW-OEO appropriations bill. This bill would,
as he proposes it, increase HEW appropriations for fiscal
1970 by $449,097,000 over the 1970 budget proposal made last
April, with outlays between now and June 30 rising above
the April estimate by $210,675,000. This is 100 percent for
the (A) category, schools in impacted areas; 50 percent for
the (B) category schools. But there is a proviso he suggests
and that is a "No Hardship Clause" guaranteeing that as
a result of these changes, no school district will have a
budget less than 95 percent of what it had in 1969.
He asks Congress to restore funds for two priority
education programs reduced from his original budget; $10 million
for projects to prevent school dropouts, and $9.5 million to
initiate needed experimentation and evaluation to improve
school performance.
He opposes rigid earmarking covering the full fiscal
year on OEO programs, because there are less than five months
remaining, and that would disrupt many of the programs.
He specifically would add the following amounts
to selected programs if the Congress accepts his suggestion
regarding a new bill, and it is a new bill that we want rather than
than a series of continuing resolutions.
He would add these amounts to selected programs:
$238 million for Federally impacted areas; $70 million
for basic vocational education grants; $40 million to provide
additional grants to States for support of supplementary
school programs; $25 million to assist in improvement of
educational services to the disadvantaged through Title I;
$24.8 million for public library services, training of
teachers and research and training of the handicapped;
$29.7 million to intensify health research in high priority
fields and to strengthen medical schools and their
LIUNARY GERALD FORD
institutions in training persons for delivery of health
services, and $10 million to accelerate the acquisition of
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Rubella vaccine; $7 million for intensification of air pollution
control. and research efforts; $4.3 million to expand support
for alcoholism treatment and rehabilitation projects and further
strengthening of the Food and Drug Program.
0
Are those increases?
SENATOR SCOTT: These are added amounts to selected programs
which represent amounts over and above the budget proposals of
April 1969.
CONGRESSMAN FORD: What I think this amounts to is an add-on
to the budgeted figures and a step upward but still below the
$1.260 billion that was in the final version that was vetoed
where the veto was sustained.
Q
What does that add up to?
CONGRESSMAN FORD: The basic figure plus $449 million. I
don't have that arithmetic handy at the moment.
Q
That is the $449 million out of the controversial
$1.3 billion?
CONGRESSMAN FORD: That is correct. It is a step upward as
a compromise offer between the figure that was vetoed and the
original budget recommendation of the Administration.
SENATOR SCOTT: Made, I assume, in order to keep faith
with the school districts which, without legal authority, perhaps,
but nevertheless relying upon what they had understood would be
the case, had gone ahead and made certain commitments.
Q
Do you have any feeling yet as to how this will be
received by Congress?
SENATOR SCOTT: My own feeling is that the House is likely
to dispose of it first and after some preliminary dickering
about, will probably be inclined to accept substantially these
suggestions. That is my feeling. If they do I would be pretty
sure the Senate would accept them largely.
Q
Senator, what about the farm program that you are work-
ing on? Will the target be to try to reduce subsidies to large
farmers and if so, by how much?
SENATOR SCOTT: Well, I think I ought not to go into
details on the farm bill until the message goes up. I will
say that much of it has been very carefully worked out in
discussions with Chairman Poage and with others, with the
LIBRARY GERALD FORD
ranking member, Congressman Belcher. I would rather not go
into the subsidy question. I am not a farmer and that is one
of the ticklish matters in the bill, but it will be dealt with.
Q
Senator, did you get into a discussion this morning
of Phase II of ABM?
SENATOR SCOTT: No, we did not.
Q
Was there any indication from the President when this
flow of messages will be going to the Congress and how many there
will be?
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SENATOR SCOTT: No. I think you had better ask Mr. Ziegler
that. There was nothing discussed about it.
Q
We already have; he will not tell us.
SENATOR SCOTT: He won't? That is too bad.
Q
How do you think the ABM Phase II proposal will go over
in the Senate?
SENATOR SCOTT: I would think it would have somewhat
easier sledding than the original proposal. I have in casual
conversation already picked up a couple of Senators who voted
against ABM but now, the issue having been decided, are inclined
now to support the President, and I am sure there are others.
I have only talked to two. The reason I say this is that
their original opposition was due often to campaign statements
they made that they would favor research only. Operational
features have now become a decision of the Congress as well as
the President and this is a carry-on of the program.
Q
As you begin the second session, what do you see as
the domestic priorities?
SENATOR SCOTT: This is a personal reaction, but I think
the big package of crime bills is very high on the list. The
Senate has passed most of them except the pornography bill and
I am not sure about the bail reform bill. The House has
passed none whatever, and we do think it is about time now that
the House moved on these bills, and I hope they will.
Q
What is your reading on the Carswell nomination and
what is your own attitude?
SENATOR SCOTT: I am supporting the Carswell nomination.
I have heard nothing in the hearings that would warrant a change
in viewpoint. I have tried myself, as a young lawyer, more than
10,000 cases and I note here that of all the thousands of
litigants who have appeared before Judge Carswell, only three or
four have appeared in criticism. That is a rather small
percentage, and their criticism seems to turn on two cases.
I would hope if I were a judge I would be able to get that
kind of a batting average. I don't hear any criticism of his
conduct as a District Attorney where he would have been more
likely, even than as a judge, to inspire antagonism.
Q
Was there any discussion this morning of the new
Foreign Relations hearings and if so, what did the President
GERALD FORD LIBRARY
say about that?
SENATOR SCOTT: No discussion. It was a truncated meeting
because of the memorial service. No discussion was had, really,
except on the farm bill. and the Labor-HEW proposals.
THE PRESS: Thank you.
END
(AT 10:02 A.M. EST)
THE WHITE HOUSE
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Base Plan
tand for Parks and atus
Easement of "Snp night"
P.L.480-
ADVIDRARY FORD is OREGO
Sales to paret your
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Communist Country
LEVEL Congress of PAYMENTS
Philosophic Change
Foreyn months
Income limitation
Working
Conservation provious
See.
$,
630
1 2/1,260 440
234 f 393
Lebraris - -454
student Loans 67
Hospital - 52.2
Voc Ed - 114.5
GERALD LIDERAY : FORD
84
Cancer , 9.6
Heart- 1 10.7
THE WHITE HOUSE
2/3/70
What - 500+
production adjustment
foreign markets - -must regain
FORD & LIBRARY CERALD
International What agreement
feed
so million - set and
Payments - annual appoprations
Payment Imitations
\
20,000 too restrictive
Sludy Seade cut n at
10, 000 (200) or)
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Cerven
Draft
STATEMENT BY MINORITY LEADER
GERALD R. FORD
Working Dundel Most But Betalar. N issue have
This morning we had a careful briefing of the Leadership by
Secretary of Agriculture Clifford Hardin on the progress being
made by the House Committee on Agriculture in developing the
1970 farm program.
For nine months the Secretary and his associates have been
meeting on Monday evenings with this Committee -- in fact, there
have been 21 such meetings -- in order to assist the Committee in
arriving at a bipartisan measure that could gather the widest
support.
possible Throat Report Mater
The Secretary reported that the Committee is completing work
Farm
on a draft of legislation which grew out of these joint discussions --
Community
a draft incorporating the concensus of the Committee on the major
commodities -- feed grains, wheat and cotton -- on dairy, on land
retirement, and on Public Law 480.
Senator Scott and I suggest that if the press wishes to pursue
this subject in greater depth, you should visit on Capitol Hill with
the Committee Chairman Bob Poage of Texas and with the senior
Republican, Page Belcher of Oklahoma.
FORD is LIBRARY BERALD
The President and the Leadership took cognizance of the
encouraging progress being made. While there was no commitment
to the draft legislation in its present form, it is our hope -- actually,
2
it is our expectation -- that when this working draft is perfected
by the Committee, the Administration and a majority of both parties
in the House will be able to give it their active support.
FORD is GERALO LIBRARY
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Honorable John W. McCormack
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Speaker:
In my January 27 message vetoing the Labor-HEW-OEO appropriations bill,
I assured the Congress that "If the veto is sustained, I will immediately
seek appropriations which will assure the funds necessary to provide for
the needs of the nation in education and health. 11
Now that the veto has been sustained, I am sending to you proposed
revisions of my original 1970 appropriation request for the Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare, on which I hope we can agree promptly.
For all other agencies and programs covered by H.R. 13111 as enacted by
the Congress, I find acceptable, and would approve, the amounts the
Congress provided in the vetoed bill.
My proposal would increase HEW appropriations for fiscal 1970 by
$449,097,000 over the 1970 budget proposals I made in April 1969, with
outlays between now and June 30 rising above the April estimate by
$210,675,000. I would add the following amounts to selected programs:
$238.0 million for federally impacted areas
$70.0 million for basic vocational education grants
$40.0 million to provide additional grants to States for
support of supplementary school programs
$25.0 million to assist in improvement of educational
services to the disadvantaged through Title I
$24.8 million for public library services, training of
teachers and research and training of the handicapped
$29.7 million to intensify health research in high
LISBRET GERALD FORD
priority fields and to strengthen medical schools and
other institutions training persons for delivery of
health services
$10.0 million to accelerate the acquisition of rubella
vaccine
2
$7.0 million for intensification of air pollution control
and research efforts
$4.3 million to expand support for alcoholism treatment
and rehabilitation projects and further strengthening of
the food and drug program
These and other changes are summarized in the attached table. With
respect to the impacted area program and the Office of Economic Oppor-
tunity, the necessary changes in appropriations language are included.
Secretary Finch and Director Rumsfeld will provide any additional informa-
tion needed by the Congress.
The attachment includes the recommendations contained in my veto
message on the impacted area school aid program. Until we reach agreement
on basic reform of this program, I propose a temporary solution which
would provide a greater degree of equity in the allocation of funds and
avoid unduc hardship for any school district. My proposal provides full
funding for children whose parents live and work on Federal installations,
partial funding for children whose parents do not live on Federal install-
ations, and a "No Hardship Clause" guaranteeing that as a result of these
changes no school district will have a budget less than 95% of what it
had in 1969.
I also request that the Congress restore funds for two priority
education programs which were reduced from my original budget;
BLAND R. FORD
$10.0 million for projects to prevent school dropouts
$9.5 million to initiate needed experimentation and
evaluation to improve school performance
Both are designed to find new ways to deal with problems where the old ways
have been found to be inadequate.
For the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO), I request the Congress
to restore the provision which would permit the Executive to allocate
funds without specific earmarking as between the various authorized
programs.
The amount available for OEO programs is not at issue. Rather the
issue is the effective use of resources. To impose rigid earmarking cover-
ing the full fiscal year with less than five months remaining will disrupt
many OEO programs. We would be forced to increase some programs well
beyond planned spending levels and to make damaging reductions in others.
3
The proposals I transmit today provide a basis for resolving the
differences between the Executive Branch and the Congress on the 1970
appropriations for HEW and OEO. They offer a temporary solution to the
impacted area aid problem and propose appropriations for other high
priority programs in amounts which I believe can be effectively used in
the remaining months of the current fiscal year.
These proposals will enable us to carry out the purposes of the
Federal Government in the fields of education and health on a basis
which does not contribute unduly -- as did the bill originally enacted
by Congress -- to inflationary pressures which today are of serious
concern to the entire Nation.
I urge the Congress to act favorably and promptly on these proposals
in order that we may complete action on the 1970 budget and turn our
attention to the 1971 budget which is being transmitted today.
Sincerely,
RICHARD NIXON
GERALD R. FORD
SUMMARY
Increases Proposed Over the 1970 Budget
As Revised April 15, 1970 (in thousands)
Increase
Current
Proposed
1970 Budget
H.R. 13111 as
Appro-
Over
as Revised
Enacted by
priation
Revised
April 15, 1970
the Congress
Request
Budget
HEALTH
Food and drug control
72,007
72,352
72,352
345
Air pollution control
95,800
108,800
102,800
7,000
Mental Health
Alcoholism treatment
8,000
12,000
12,000
4,000
(Included in community
assistance for narcotic
addiction and alcoholism)
1/Comprehensive health
planning and services
214,033
224,033
224,033
10,000
(increase for rubella
vaccine purchase)
NIH Research
1/National Cancer Inst.
180,725
190,362
190,362
9,637
1/National Heart Inst.
160,513
171,256
171,256
10,743
1/National Institute of
Dental Research
29,289
30,644
30,644
1,355
1/National Institute of
Child Health and
Human Development
75,852
76,949
76,949
1,097
1/National Eye Inst.
23,685
24,342
24,342
657
NIH Health Manpower
Health manpower
.....
218,021
234,470
224,220
6,199
Institutional support
(128,859)
(135,058)
(135,058)
(6,199)
1/ Not included in attachment of changes: appropriation proposed
in H.R. 13111 is acceptable
LIBRARY GERALDR. FORD
2
Increase
Current
Proposed
1970 Budget
H.R. 13111 as
Appro-
Over
as Revised
Enacted by
priation
Revised
April 15, 1970
the Congress
Request
Budget
EDUCATION
Elementary and Second-
ary Education
Supplementary centers
and services
116,393
164,876
156,393
40,000
Title I-A
215,186
386,161
240,186
25,000
School assistance in
federally affected
areas
202,167
600,167
440,167
238,000
Education professions
development
Teacher training
95,000
107,500
103,750
8,750
Vocational education
Basic, grants
230,336
352,836
300,336
70,000
Libraries and community
services
Public library services
17,500
35,000
27,500
10,000
Education for the handi-
capped
85,850
100,000
91,850
6,000
SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS
1/Gallaudet College
5,124
5,438
5,438
314
Total increases over
budget proposed
449,097
1/ Not included in attachment of changes; appropriation proposed in
H.R. 13111 is acceptable
LIBRARY GERALD FORD
Increases Over H.R. 13111 as Enacted
by the Congress (in thousands)
Current
Increase:
1970 Budget
H.R. 13111 as
Appro-
Proposed
as Revised
Enacted by
priation
H.R. 13111
April 15, 1970
the Congress
Request
as Enacted
Elementary and
Secondary Education
Dropout prevention
24,000
5,000
15,000
10,000
Research and Training
Experimental schools
115,000
85,750
95,250
9,500
Total restoration
proposed
19,500
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE
1970 Budget
(as revised)
April 15,1969
H.R. 13111 as
H. Doc, 91-113
Enacted by
Current Appro-
Appropriation Title
May 5, 1969)
The Congress
priation Request
Consumer Protection and
Environmental Health Service
Air pollution control
95,808,000
108,800,000
102,800,000
(Limitation on amount to
carry out section 104
of the Clean Air Act)
(0)
(45,000,000)
(30,000,000)
Health Services and Mental
Health Administration
Mental health
1/357,904,000
2/360,302,000
2/354,002,000
(Grants pursuant to
parts A, C, and D of
the Community Mental
Health Centers Act)
...
(42,500,000)
(47,500,000)
(41,200,000)
Hospital construction
153,923,000
258,323,000
153,923,000
(Grants or loans for
hospitals and related
facilities pursuant
to section 601 (b) of
GERALD FORD LIBRARY
the Public Health Service
Act)
(50,000,000)
(163,500,000)
(50,000,000)
(Grants or loans for
hospitals and related
facilities pursuant
to section 601 (a) of the
Public Health Service
Act)
(100,000,000)
(90,900,000)
(100,000,000)
1/ Includes $8,000,000 for community assistance for narcotic
addiction and alcoholism
2/ Includes $12,000,000 for community assistance for narcotic
addiction and alcoholism
2
1970 Budget
(as revised)
April 15, 1969
H.R. 13111 as
H. Doc. 91-113
Enacted by
Current Appro-
Appropriation Title
May 5, 1969
the Congress
priation Request
District of Columbia
medical facilities
(0)
10,000,000
(0)
National Institutes of
Health
National Institute of
Arthritis and Metabolic
Diseases
137,668,000
146,334,000
137,668,000
National Institute of
Neurological Diseases
and Stroke
101,256,000
106,978,000
101,256,000
National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious
Diseases
102,389,000
103,694,500
102,389,000
National Institute of
General Medical
Sciences
154,288,000
164,644,000
154,288,000
General- research and
services
69,698,000
76,658,000
69,698,000
Health manpower
218,021,000
234,470,000
224,220,000
Dental health
10,887,000
11,722,000
10,887,000
Construction of health
educational, research,
and library facilities
126,100,000
149,050,000
126,100,000
(Delete the limitation
for dental facilities)
Buildings and facilities
1,000,000
1,900,000
1,000,000
GERALD R. FORD LIBRARY
3
1970 Budget
(as Revised
April 15, 1969
H.R. 13111 as
H.Doc. 91-113,
Enacted by
Current Appro-
Appropriation Title
May 5, 1969)
The Congress
priation Request
Office of Education
Elementary and secondary
education
189,393,000
330,876,000
220,393,000
(School library resources,
text books, and other
instructional material
under Title II of the
Elementary and Second-
ary Education Act of
1965, as amended)
(0)
(50,000,000)
(0)
(Supplementary educational
centers and services
under Title III of the
Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965,
as amended)
(116,393,000)
(164,876,000)
(156,393,000)
(Grants to States for
equipment and minor
remodeling and State
administrative services
under Title III-A of
the National Defense
Education Act of 1958,
as amended)
(0)
(30,000,000)
(0)
(Limitation on amount
for grants to States
for testing, guidance,
and counseling under
Title V of the National
Defense Education Act
of 1958, as amended)
(0)
(17,000,000)
(0)
(Limitation on amount
for dropout prevention
programs under section
807 of the Elementary
and Secondary Education
Act of 1965, as amended)
(24,000,000)
(5,000,000)
(15,000,000)
4
1970 Budget
(as revised)
April 15, 1969
H.R. 13111 as
H. Doc. 91-113,
Enacted by
Current Appro-
Appropriation Title
May 5, 1969)
The Congress
priation Request
(Limitation on amount for
bilingual education pro-
grams under Title VII of
the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act
of 1965, as amended)
(10,000,000)
(25,000,000)
(10,000,000)
Title I-A
215,185,700
386,160,700
240,185,700
Instructional equipment
(0)
48,740,000
(0)
School assistance in
federally affected areas
202,167,000
600,167,000
440,167,000
Substitute the following
for the text under this
head in the enacted bill:
"For carrying out title I
of the Act of September 30,
1950, as amended (20 U.S.C.,
ch. 13), and the Act of
September 23, 1950, as
amended (20 U.S.C., ch. 19),
$440,167,000, of which
$425,000,000 shall be for
the maintenance and opera-
tion*of schools as
authorized by said title I
of the Act of September 30,
1950, as amended, and
$15,167,000 which shall
remain available until
expended, shall be for
providing school facilities
GERALD FORD VIBRARY
as authorized by said Act
of September 23, 1950:
Provided, That this appro-
priation shall not be
available to pay local
educational agencies
pursuant to the provisions
of any other section of
said title I until full
payment has been made of the.
amounts to which such
agencies are entitled
5
1970 Budget
(as revised)
April 15, 1969
H.R. 13111 as
H. Doc. 91-113,
Enacted by
Current Appro-
Appropriation Title
May 5, 1969)
The Congress
priation Reques
pursuant to section 3 (a)
of said title and the
amounts payable under
section 6 of said title:
Provided further, That
the amount to be paid
to an agency pursuant
to said title (except
section 7) for the
current fiscal year shall
not be less, by more than
five per centum of the
current expenditures for
free public education
made by such agency for
the fiscal year 1969,
than the amount of its
GERALD FORD LIBRARY
entitlement under said
title (except section 7)
for the fiscal year 1969. "
Education professions
development
95,000,000
107,500,000
103,750,000
(Subpart 2 of part B)
(15,000,000)
(18,250,000)
(15,000,000)
Higher education
788,080,000
871,874,000
771,774,000
(Grants for construction of
other academic facilities
under title I of the Higher
Education Facilities Act
of 1963)
(0)
(33,000,000)
(0)
(Federal capital contribu-
tions to student loan funds)
(155,000,000
(222,100,000)
(155,000,000)
Vocational education
279,216,000
488,716,000
347,216,000
(Grants to States under part
B of the Vocational Educa-
tion Act of 1963)
(230,336,000)
(352,836,000)
(300,336,000)
6
1970 Budget
(as revised)
April 15, 1969
H.R. 13111 as
H. Doc, 91-113,
Enacted by
Current Appro-
Appropriation Title
May 5, 1969
The Congress
priation Reques
(Grants to States under
section 102 (b) and other
activities)
(0)
(40,000,000)
(0)
(Work-study programs under
part H)
(0)
(10,000,000)
(0)
(State advisory councils
under section 104 (b))
(1,680,000)
(2,800,000)
(1,680,000)
(Consumer and homemaking
education programs under
part F)
(15,000,000)
(20,000,000)
(15,000,000)
(Research -- not under
limitation)
(0)
(32,880,000)
(0)
Libraries and community
services
107,709,000
148,881,000
117,709,000
(Grants for public library
services under title I of
the Library Services and
Construction Act)
(17,500,000)
(35,000,000)
(27,500,000)
(Grants for public library
construction under title II
of the Library Services and
Construction Act)
(0)
(9,185,000)
(0)
(Transfer to the Librarian
of Congress under part C
of title II of the Library
Services and Construction
Act)
(4,500,000)
(6,737,000)
(4,500,000)
(Educational broadcasting
facilities under part IV
of title III (except
section 396) of the Com-
munications Act of 1934)
(4,000,000)
(5,083,000)
(4,000,000)
(Other -- not under
limitation)
(81,709,000)
(92,876,000)
(81,709,000)
7
1970 Budget
(as revised)
April 15, 1969
H.R. 13111 as
H. Doc. 91-113
Enacted by
Current Appro-
Appropriation Title
May 5, 1969
The Congress
priation Request
Education for the
handicapped
85,850,000
100,000,000
91,850,000
Research and training
115,000,000
85,750,000
95,250,000
(Add the following at the
end of the paragraph
under this head:)
"Provided further, That
$9,500,000 shall remain
available under said
Cooperative Research
Act through June 30,
1971, for experimental
schools.
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM
Substitute the following for the text of the penultimate proviso under this
head in the enacted bill:
"Provided further, That those provisions of the Economic Opportunity
Amendments of 1967 and 1969 that set mandatory funding levels shall
not be effective during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970."
FORD & LIBRARY GERALD
HOUSE ACTION, PERIOD JANUARY 27 THROUGH FEBRUARY 2, 1970
Tuesday, January 27, 1970
FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS
By a record vote of 202 yeas to 162 nays, the House agreed to the
conference report on R.15149, foreign aid appropriations for
fiscal year 1970.
Prior to passage, the House receded from its disagreement to various
Senate amendments and returned the measure to the Senate for
further action.
PRODUCT PROMOTION
RULE
The House agreed to H.Res.791, providing for one hour of debate,
by a voice vote,
PASSAGE
By a record vote of 190 yeas to 186 nays, the House passed H.R.860,
authorizing employer contributions for joint industry promotion
of products.
By a division vote of 15 yeas to 18 nays, the House rejected an
amendment which would have provided that management and unions
would share in the management of the fund in proportion to their
contributions to it.
RECOMMIT
The House rejected Mr. Scherle's motion to recommit the bill to the
Committee on Education and Labor by a voice vote.
Wednesday, January 28, 1970
LABOR - H E W APPROPRIATIONS
By a record vote of 226 yeas to 191 nays, the House sustained the
President's veto of H.R.13111, making appropriations for the
Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare and related
agencies for fiscal year 1970. The measure was referred to the
Committee on Appropriations.
BERAID FORM
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Thursday, January 29, 1970
MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS
The House insisted on its amendment to S.2523, to extend and improve
the program of assistance for community mental health centers and
facilities for the treatment of alcoholics and narcotic addicts, to
establish programs for mental health of children, and agreed to a
conference asked by the Senate. Representatives Staggers, Jarman,
Rogers of Florida, Satterfield, Springer, Nelsen and Carter were
appointed as conferees.
PUBLIC HEALTH CIGARETTE SMOKING ACT
The llouse disagreed to the amendments of the Senate to H.R.6543, to
extend public health protection with respect to cigarette smoking,
and asked a conference with the Senate. Representatives Staggers,
Jarman, Rogers of Florida, Satterfield, Kyros, Preyer of North
Carolina, Springer, Nelsen, Carter, Skubitz and Hastings were appointed
as conferees.
PUBLIC HEALTH SCHOOLS
The House insisted on its amendment to S.2809, to extend for an additional
period the authority to make formula grants to schools of public
health, project grants for graduate training in public health and
traineeships for professional public health personnel, and agreed to
a conference asked by the Senate. Representatives Staggers, Jarman,
Rogers of Florida, Satterfield, Springer, Nelsen and Carter were
appointed as conferces.
MIGRANT FARM WORKERS
The House disagreed to the amendments of the Senate to H.R. 14733, to
extend the program of assistance for health services for domestic
migrant agricultural workers, and asked a conference with the Senate.
Appointed as conferees were Representatives Staggers, Jarman, Rogers
of Florida, Satterfield, Springer, Nelsen, and Carter.
INTERNAL SECURITY ACT
RULE
By a voice vote, the House adopted H.Res.792 providing for two hours
of debate.
PASSAGE
By a record vote of 274 yeas to 65 nays, the House passed H.R. 14864,
to authorize the Federal Government to institute measures for the
protection of defense production and of classified information
released to industry against acts of subversion.
FORD & 078839 LIBRARY
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INTERNAL SECURITY ACT Continued
RECOMMIT
The House rejected the motion by Mr. Reid of New York to recommit
the bill to the Committee on Internal Security, by a voice vote.
Monday, February 2, 1970
LABOR - - H E W APPROPRIATIONS
By a voice vote, the House passed H.J.Res. 1072, making continuing
appropriations for the Departments of Labor and Health, Education
and Welfare for fiscal year 1970.
USA any
HOUSE ACTION, PERIOD JANUARY 19 THROUGH JANUARY 26, 1970
Monday, January 26, 1970
LABOR - H E W APPROPRIATIONS
By a voice vote, the House receded and concurred with the Senate
amendment by Senator Nelson of Wisconsin to the appropriations
bill for the Department of Labor and the Department of Health,
Education and Welfare for fiscal year 1970.
Tuesday, January 27, 1970 and Balance of Week
II.R.860
Employer Contributions for Joint Industry Promotion of
Products (open rule - one hour of debate)
H.R. 13111
Department of Labor and Department of Health, Education
and Welfare Appropriations Bill, FY 1970 (consideration
of possible veto message)
H.R. 14864
Defense Facilities and Industrial Security Act of 1970
(open rule - two hours of debate)
LISRAEY CERALD ? FORD