Uniform Compensation for Relocation

GOVERNMENT OPERATION $65
UNITED STATES SENATE
EIGHTY-NINTH CONGRESS COCUMENT

FIRST SESSION

S. 1201

DIVISION

TO PROVIDE FOR EQUITABLE ACQUISITION PRACTICES, FAIR
COMPENSATION, AND EFFECTIVE RELOCATION ASSISTANCE
IN REAL PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS FOR FEDERAL AND FEDER-
ALLY ASSISTED PROGRAMS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AND

S. 1681

TO PROVIDE FOR UNIFORM, FAIR, AND EQUITABLE TREAT-
MENT OF PERSONS, BUSINESSES, OR FARMS DISPLACED BY
FEDERAL AND FEDERALLY ASSISTED PROGRAMS

51-896

JUNE 30; JULY 1, 13, AND 14, 1965

Printed for the use of the

Committee on Government Operations

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON: 1965

SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

JOHN L. MCCLELLAN, Arkansas, Chairman

HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington
SAM J. ERVIN, JR., North Carolina
ERNEST GRUENING, Alaska
EDMUND S. MUSKIE, Maine
ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, Connecticut
FRED R. HARRIS, Oklahoma
ROBERT F. KENNEDY, New York
LEE METCALF, Montana
JOSEPH M. MONTOYA, New Mexico

KARL E. MUNDT, South Dakota
CARL T. CURTIS, Nebraska
JACOB K. JAVITS, New York
MILWARD L. SIMPSON, Wyoming

WALTER L. REYNOLDS, Chief Clerk and Staff Director
ARTHUR A. SHARP, Staff Editor

SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
EDMUND S. MUSKIE, Maine, Chairman

SAM J. ERVIN, JR., North Carolina
ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, Connecticut
ROBERT F. KENNEDY, New York
LEE METCALF, Montana

JOSEPH M. MONTOYA, New Mexico

KARL E. MUNDT, South Dakota
MILWARD L. SIMPSON, Wyoming
JACOB K. JAVITS, New York

DAVID B. WALKER, Staff Director

ROBERT E. BERRY, Minority Counsel

ARNOLD H. RAPHAELSON, Professional Staff Member
MARK H. FREEMAN, Professional Staff Member
LURLENE P. WILBERT, Chief Clerk

DEE CRAVEN, Assistant Chief Clerk

CONTENTS

Opening statement of the chairman...

Page

Department of Defense..
Department of Justice..

Text of S. 1201, the Fair Compensation Act of 1965..

Text of S. 1681, the Uniform Relocation Act of 1965_

Comparison of S. 1201 (Sparkman) and S. 1681 (Muskie).

Reports on S. 1201 and S. 1681 of Departments and Agencies not appearing:

Bureau of the Budget..

Department of the Treasury.

Post Office Department.

Department of Agriculture.

Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

General Accounting Office--

Tennessee Valley Authority..

National Aeronautics and Space Administration_

Veterans' Administration_

Federal Aviation Agency

Government of the District of Columbia..

JUNE 30, 1965

Hon. John Sparkman, U.S. Senator from Alabama-
Hon. Robert F. Kennedy, U.S. Senator from New York..
Report of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations on
S. 1201 and S. 1681__

William G. Colman, Executive Director, Advisory Commission on Inter-
governmental Relations; accompanied by Norman Beckman, Assistant
Director for Metropolitan Areas; and Albert J. Richter, Senior Analyst--
Curtis Aller, Director, Office of Manpower, Automation, and Training,
Department of Labor; accompanied by Margaret Dahm, Special Assist-
ant to the Administrator, Bureau of Employment Security; and Edith
N. Cook, Associate Solicitor for Legislation.
Report of the Department of the Interior on S. 1681.

Lewis A. Sigler, Assistant Legislative Counsel, Department of the Interior;
accompanied by David B. Finnegan, attorney, Legislative Counsel's
Office-

George S. Bullen, assistant to the vice president for legislation, National
Federation of Independent Business....

JULY 1, 1965

Hon. Chuck Hall, mayor, Dade County, Fla.,_representing the National
Association of Counties; accompanied by C. D. Ward, general counsel..
Henry H. Krevor, formerly Counsel for the House Select Subcommittee on
Real Property Acqusition...

Ross D. Davis, Executive Administrator, Small Business Administration;
accompanied by Logan Hendricks, Deputy Administrator for Financial
Assistance; Thomas Francis, Director, Local Development Companies;
and John Kivlan, Assistant Counsel for Legislation.
Report of the General Services Administration on S. 1201.
Report of the General Services Administration on S. 1681.

Joe E. Moody, General Counsel, General Services Administration; accompanied by Robert T. Davis, Director of Legislation; and William Whelan, Chief Counsel for Land Acquisition

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