EMERGENCY CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC WORKS DECEMBER 16, 1930.-Ordered to be printed Mr. Wood, from the committee of conference, submitted the following CONFERENCE REPORT [To accompany H. R. 14804] The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 14804) making supplemental appropriations to provide for emergency construction on certain public works during the remainder of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, with a view to increasing employment, 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 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. Amendment numbered 4: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 4, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter inserted by said amendment insert the following: Special Road Items National forest highways: For the construction and improvement of highways within the boundaries of the national forests, fiscal year 1931, $3,000,000. And the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 5: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 5, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter inserted by said amendment insert the following: Roads on unappropriated or unreserved public lands, nontaxable Indian lands, and so forth: For the survey, construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of main roads through unappropriated or unreserved Comparative statement of the amounts appropriated for the fiscal year 1981, the Budget estimates for the fiscal year 1932, and the amounts recommended in the accompanying bill for 1932-Continued EMERGENCY CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC WORKS DECEMBER 16, 1930.-Ordered to be printed Mr. Wood, from the committee of conference, submitted the following CONFERENCE REPORT [To accompany H. R. 14804] The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 14804) making supplemental appropriations to provide for emergency construction on certain public works during the remainder of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, with a view to increasing employment, 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 1, 2, 3, 6, 7. 8, 9, and 10. Amendment numbered 4: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 4, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter inserted by said amendment insert the following: Special Road Items National forest highways: For the construction and improvement of highways within the boundaries of the national forests, fiscal year 1931, $3,000,000. And the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 5: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 5, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter inserted by said amendment insert the following: Roads on unappropriated or unreserved public lands, nontaxable Indian lands, and so forth: For the survey, construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of main roads through unappropriated or unreserved public lands, nontaxable Indian lands, or other Federal reservations other than the forest reservations, under the provisions of the Act entitled "An act to amend the act entitled 'An act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes,' approved July 11, 1916, as amended and supplemented, and for other purposes," approved June 24, 1930 (46 Stat., p. 805), fiscal year 1931, $3,000,000. And the Senate agree to the same. The committee of conference have not agreed on amendments numbered 11, 12, 13, and 14. The Senate recedes from its amendment amending the title of the bill. WILL R. WOOD, Managers on the part of the House. REED SMOOT, CARTER GLASS, E. S. BROUSSARD, Managers on the part of the Senate. 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. 14804) "Making supplemental appropriations to provide for emergency construction on certain public works during the remainder of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, with a view to increasing employment," submit the following statement in explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon and recommended in the accompanying conference report as to each of such amendments: Nos. 1 and 2, relating to the appropriating clause of the bill: Confines the appropriation period to the "remainder of the fiscal year 1931" as proposed by the House instead of having the appropriations "available until expended" as proposed by the Senate, and leaves the title of the bill as it left the House instead of in the amended form as proposed by the Senate. The effect of the change by the Senate amendments would have been confusing in that the period of availability of the several appropriations is governed by the individual items instead of by the appropriating clause. Under the terms of the bill, as now specifically stated in each item, the appropriations for forest roads and trails, forest highways, national park roads and trails, and roads through unappropriated or unreserved public lands, will be available for obligation and expenditure until July 1 next and after that time will be available for expenditure for two more years for payments on any contracts which are made between now and the 1st of July. In other words, the period for the making of contracts and obligating the money on these items is confined to the time between now and the 1st of July and the period of expenditure of the funds will continue after July 1 for the discharge of contracts entered into prior to July 1. In the case of the rivers and harbors and flood control appropriations, they are "available until expended" under the general law and that authority is repeated in connection with the recommended appropriations. The advances to the States under the Federal highway act through the $80,000,000 of appropriation are specifically limited to "work performed before September 1" and while payments may be made after that date they must necessarily be for work performed prior to that date. No. 3: Strikes out the proviso inserted by the Senate providing for the allocation of funds for construction of main roads on unappropriated or unreserved public lands and waiving State cooperation in connection with the expenditure of such funds. The act under which such appropriation is made specifically provides that such cooperation shall not be required. No. 4: Appropriates $3,000,000, as proposed by the Senate, for the construction and improvement of forest highways, modified so as to confine the expenditure of such amount to the highways within the boundaries of the national forests. |