June 30, 1963, and for other purposes; it has receded from its disagreement to the amendments of the Senate numbered 7, 10, 12, 19, 25, 26, and 27 to the said bill and agreed to the same; it has receded from its disagreement to the amendments of the Senate numbered 1. 8, and 11 and agreed to each thereof with an amendment, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate. The Speaker of the House having signed 31 enrolled bills, viz, H.R. 555, H.R. 1691, H.R. 3131, H.R. 5260, H.R. 5700, H.R. 6190, H.R. 6691, H.R. 6836, H.R. 7791, H.R. 8140, H.R. 8355, H.R. 8874, H.R. 8952, H.R. 9285, H.R. 9777, H.R. 10002, H.R. 10026, H.R. 10129, H.R. 10199, H.R. 10423, H.R. 10541, H.R. 10605, H.R. 10708, H.R. 10936, H.R. 11058, H.R. 11578, H.R. 11899, H.R. 12313, H.R. 12402, H.R. 12513, and H.R. 12599, I am directed to bring the same to the Senate for the signature of its President. ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED The Secretary reported that he had examined and found truly enrolled the following bills: H.R. 555. An act for the relief of Elmore County, Ala.; H.R. 1691. An act for the relief of Elaine Veronica Brathwaite and Jessie Bamer; H.R. 3131. An act for the relief of Richard C. Collins; H.R. 5260. An act to continue for an additional 3-year period the existing suspensions of the tax on the first domestic processing of coconut oil, palm oil, palmkernel oil, and fatty acids, salts, combinations or mixtures thereof; H.R. 5700. An act to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to permit the designation of certain contract carriers as carriers of bonded merchandise; H.R. 6190. An act to amend title 38 of the United States Code to provide for the repair or replacement for veterans of certain prosthetic or other appliances damaged or destroyed as a result of certain accidents; H.R. 6691. An act to amend title 18, United States Code, sections 871 and 3056, to provide penalties for threats against the successors to the Presidency, to authorize their protection by the Secret Service, and for other purposes; H.R. 6836. An act to amend the Policemen and Firemen's Retirement and Disability Act; H.R. 7791. An act to amend title 13 of the United States Code to provide for the collection and publication of foreign commerce and trade statistics, and for other purposes; H.R. 8140. An act to strengthen the criminal laws relating to bribery, graft, and conflicts of interest, and for other purposes; H.R. 8355. An act to authorize executive agencies to grant easements in, over, or upon real property of the United States under the control of such agencies, and for other purposes; H.R. 8874. An act to authorize certain banks to invest in corporations whose purpose is to provide clerical services for them, and for other purposes; H.R. 8952. An act to amend the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 relating to the conditions under which the special constructive sale price rule is to apply for purposes of certain manufacturers excise taxes and relating to the taxation of life insurance companies, and for other purposes; H.R. 10936. An act to permit the Postmaster General to extend contract mail routes up to 100 miles during the contract term, and for other purposes; H.R. 11058. An act for the relief of Carl Adams; H.R. 11578. An act for the relief of Don C. Jensen and Bruce E. Woolner; H.R. 11899. An act to amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1940, as amended, to provide for a Federal telecommunications fund: H.R. 12313. An act for the relief of Jane Froman, Gypsy Markoff, and Jean Rosen; H.R. 12402. An act for the relief of Concetta Maria, Rosetta, and Tomasino Mangiaracina; H.R. 12513. An act to provide for public notice of settlements in patent interferences, and for other purposes; and H.R. 12599. An act relating to the income tax treatment of terminal railroad corporations and their shareholders, and for other purposes. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro temH.R. 9285. An act for the relief of pore thereupon signed the same. Helenita K. Stephenson; H.R. 9777. An act to amend Private CONFERENCE REPORT ON S. 3451 H.R. 10002. An act for the relief of ing conference report: H.R. 10129. An act to amend the act of H.R. 10199. An act for the relief of H.R. 10423. An act for the relief of H.R. 10541. An act to assist States and H.R. 10605. An act for the relief of H.R. 10708. An act to amend section The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the House to the bill (S. 3451) to provide relief for residential occupants of unpatented mining claims upon which valuable improvements have been placed, and for other purposes, 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 disagreement to the amendments of the House and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter inserted by the House amendment insert the following: That the Secretary of the Interior may convey to any occupant of an unpatented mining claim which is determined by the Secretary to be invalid an interest, up to and including a fee simple, in and to an area within the claim of not more than (a) five acres or (b) the acreage actually occupied by him, whichever is less. The Secretary may make a like conveyance to any occupant of an unpatented mining claim, who, after notice from a qualified officer of the United States that the claim is believed to be invalid, relinquishes to the United States all right in and to such claim which he may have under the mining laws. Any conveyance authorized by this section, however, shall be made only to a qualified applicant, as that term is defined in section 2 of this Act, who applies therefor within five years from the date of this Act and upon payment of an amount established in accordance with section 5 of this Act. As used in this section, the term “qualified officer of the United States" means the Secretary of the Interior or an employee of the Department of the Interior so designated by him: Provided. That the Secretary may delegate his authority to designate qualified officers to the head of any other department or agency of the United States with respect to lands within the administrative jurisdiction of that department or agency. Sec. 2. For the purposes of this Act a qualified applicant is applicant is a residential occupant-owner, as of the date of enactment of this Act, of valuable improvements in an unpatented mining claim which constitute for him a principal place of residence and which he and his predecessors in interest were in possession of for not less than seven years prior to July 23, 1962. Sec. 3. Where the lands for which application is made under section 1 of this Act have been withdrawn in aid of a function of a Federal department or agency other than the Department of the Interior, or of a State, county, municipality, water district, or other local governmental subdivision or agency, the Secretary of the Interior may convey an interest therein only with the consent of the head of the governmental unit concerned and under such terms and conditions as said head may deem necessary. Sec. 4. (a) If the Secretary of the Interior determines that conveyance of an interest under section 1 of this Act is otherwise justified but the consent required by section 3 of this Act is not given, he may, in accordance with such procedural rules and regulations as he may prescribe, grant the applicant a right to purchase, for residential use, an interest in another tract of land, five acres or less in area, from tracts made available by him for sale under this Act (1) from the unappropriated and unreserved lands of the United States, or (2) from lands subject to classification under section 7 of the Taylor Grazing Act (48 Stat. 1272), as amended (43 U.S.C. 315f). Said right shall not be granted until arrangements satisfactory to the Secretary have been made for termination of the applicant's occupancy of his unpatented mining claim and for settlement of any liability for the unauthorized use thereof which may have been incurred and shall expire five years from the date on which it was granted unless sooner exercised. The amount to be paid for the interest shall be determined in accordance with section 5 of this Act. (b) Any conveyance of less than a fee made under this Act shall include provision for removal from the tract of any improvements or other property of the applicant at the close of the period for which the conveyance is made, or if it be an interest terminating on the death of the applicant, within one year thereafter. Sec. 5. The Secretary of the Interior, prior to any conveyance under this Act, shall determine the fair market value of the interest to be conveyed, exclusive of the value of any improvements placed on the lands involved by the applicant or his predecessors in interest. Said value shall be determined as of the date of appraisal. In establishing the purchase price to be paid by the applicant for the interest, the Secretary shall take into consideration any equities of the applicant and his predecessors in interest, including conditions of prior use and occupancy. In any event, the purchase price for any interest conveyed shall not exceed its fair market value nor be less than $5 per acre. The Secretary may. in his discretion, allow payment to be made in installments. Sec. 6. (a) The execution of a conveyance as authorized by section 1 of this Act shall not relieve any occupant of the land conveyed of any liability, existing on the date of said conveyance, to the United States for unauthorized use of the land in and to which an interest is conveyed. (b) Except where a mining claim embracing land applied for under this Act by a qualified applicant was located at a time when the land included therein was withdrawn or otherwise not subject to such location, no trespass charges shall be sought or collected by the United States from any qualified applicant who has filed an application for land in the mining claim pursuant to this Act, based upon occupancy of such claim, whether residential or otherwise, for any period preceding the final administrative determination of the invalidity of the mining claim by the Secretary of the Interior or the voluntary relinquishment of the mining claim, whichever occurs earlier. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed as creating any liability for trespass to the United States which would not exist in the absence of this Act. Relief under this section shall be limited to persons who file applications for conveyances pursuant to section 1 of this Act within five years from the date of its enactment. Sec. 7. In any conveyance under this Act the mineral interests of the United States in the lands conveyed are hereby reserved for the term of the estate conveyed. Minerals locatable under the mining laws or disposable under the Act of July 31, 1947 (61 Stat. 681), as amended (30 U.S.C. 601–604), are hereby withdrawn from all forms of entry and appropriation for the term of the estate. The underlying oil, gas and other leasable minerals of the United States are hereby reserved for exploration and development purposes, but without the right of surface ingress and egress, and may be leased by the Secretary under the mineral leasing laws. Sec. 8. Rights and privileges to qualify as an applicant under this Act shall not be assignable, but may pass through devise or descent. Sec. 9. Payments of filing fees and survey costs, and the payments of the purchase price for patents in fee shall be disposed of by the Secretary of the Interior as are such fees, costs, and purchase prices in the disposition of public lands. All payments and fees for occupancy in conveyances of less than the periods, shall be disposed of by the adjee, or for permits for life or shorter ministering department or agency as are other receipts for the use of the lands involved. And the House agree to the same. FRANK CHURCH, Managers on the Part of the Senate. Managers on the Part of the House. The Senate proceeded to consider the said report; and Resolved, That the Senate agree thereto. Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATION BILL, 1963 The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate the message this day received from the House of Representatives, announcing its disagreement to certain amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 12648) making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1963, and for other purposes. On motion by Mr. RUSSELL, Resolved, That the Senate still further insist upon its amendments Nos. 2, 19, 44, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, and 54 to the said bill and ask a further conference with the House on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon. Ordered, That the conferees on the part of the Senate be appointed by the Acting President pro tempore; and The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore appointed Mr. RUSSELL, Mr. HAYDEN, Mr. ELLENDER, Mr. YOUNG of North Dakota, and Mr. MUNDT. Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof. EXECUTIVE SESSION On motion by Mr. JOHNSTON, The Senate proceeded to the consideration of executive business; and after the consideration of executive business, LEGISLATIVE SESSION The Senate resumed its legislative session. CONFERENCE REPORT ON S. 1447 Mr. MORSE submitted the following conference report: The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the House to the bill (S. 1447) to amend the District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1955, as amended, and to provide for the adjustment of annuities paid from the District of Columbia teachers' retirement and annuity fund, having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the House amendment insert the following: That the Senate recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the House and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: TITLE I Sec. 101. The Act entitled "An Act to fix and regulate the salaries of teachers, school officers, and other employees of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved August 5, 1955 (69 Stat. 521, ch. 569), as amended, is amended as follows: (1) Section 1 is amended by striking everything after the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following salary schedules: Assistant to assistant superintendent (elementary schools). Assistant to assistant superintendent (junior and senior high schools). Assistant to assistant superintendent (general research, budget and legislation). Assistant to assistant superintendent (pupil appraisal, study, and attendance). Director, elementary education (supervision and instruction). Director, health, physical education, athletics and safety. Executive assistant to deputy superintendent. Principal, elementary school. Principal, junior high school. Principal, senior high school. Principal, vocational high school. Principal, Americanization School. Principal, boys' junior-senior high school. Principal, Capitol Page School. Principal, health school. Principal, laboratory school. Principal, veterans high school. Class 7: Group B, master's degree.. Group C, master's degree plus 30 credit hours... Assistant principal, elementary school. Assistant principal, junior high school. Assistant principal, senior high school. Assistant principal, vocational high school. Assistant principal, Americanization School. Assistant principal, health school. Dean of students, teachers college. Director, school attendance. Registrar, teachers college. Supervising director, adult education and summer school. Supervising director, athletics. Supervising director, curriculum. Supervising director, elementary education (supervision and instruction). Supervising director, reading clinic. Supervising director, subject field. Professor, teachers college. Class 9: Group A, bachelor's degree... Group C, master's degree plus 30 credit hours.. Assistant director, food services. Supervising director, audiovisual instruction. Class 10: Group B, master's degree.. Group C, master's degree plus 30 credit hours... Assistant director, adult education and summer schools. Statistician. 10, 550 10,800 11,050 11,500 11,550 11,800 12,050 12,300 12,550 9, 850 10,100 10, 350 10, 600 10, 850 11,100 11,350 11,600 11,850 10,050 10,300 10, 550 10,800 11,050 11,300 11,550 11,800 12,050 (2) Section 2, subsection (a), is amended by striking from the third sentence "December 31, 1957” and inserting in lieu thereof "December 31, 1962′′; by striking from the fourth sentence the words "counselor in the vocational high schools, counselor in the junior high schools", and the words "school_social worker.", and by inserting immediately before the period at the end of the same sentence the following: ", and except that a person not possessing a master's degree who was appointed on probationary or permanent status before January 1, 1963, to a position as a nonshop teacher in a vocational education program, or counselor in the vocational high schools, or counselor in the junior high schools may continue to be employed in such a position, and except that a person not possessing a master's degree who was on the list of eligible candidates for any such position before January 1, 1963. may continue to be eligible for such posttion until the expiration of such eligible list"; and by striking from the fifth sentence "December 31, 1957” and inserting in lieu thereof "December 31, 1962′′. (3) Section 2, subsection (b), is amended by striking the figure "18" wherever it appears and inserting in lieu thereof the figure “15”. (4) Section 4 is amended to read as follows: "Sec. 4. Each teacher, school officer, or other employee in the service of the Board on January 1, 1963, who occupies a position held by him on December 31, 1962, under the provisions of this Act, shall be placed in a salary class covered by section 1 of this Act as indicated at the end of this section. Any employee in group A, B, or C of his salary class on December 31, 1962, shall be assigned to the same letter group of the salary class to which he is transferred on January 1, 1963. "TITLE AND CLASS OF POSITION ON DECEMBER 31, 1962 ¦ Service, Service Service || Service Service Lonslep 9 | step 10 | step 11 || step 12 step 13 | gerity Lowgerity Hep Xsep Y Dean, District of Columbia Teachers College..... Supervising director, reading clinic__ Supervising director, subject field_ Director, school attendance___. Supervising director, audio-visual in 8 Director, health, physical education, schools____ 15", Director, special education__ Principal, senior high school. 8 Principal, vocational high school_-_-_ 5966 7 7 7 8 Assistant principal, junior high school_ Assistant principal, Americanization School_____ 9 Assistant to the assistant superintendent (general research, budget, and legislation) -- 6 lation)- 6 Assistant to the assistant superintend 11 Assistant professor, District of Colum ent (pupil appraisal, study, and attendance) -- Supervising director, reading clinic___ Supervising director, subject field.. Director, school attendance__ Supervising director, audio-visual instruction. 8888 Principal, elementary school_ Supervisor, elementary education.. Principal, Capitol Page School.. Principal, health school‒‒‒‒‒‒ Principal, laboratory school____. Assistant principal, senior high school. Assistant principal, vocational high school 999968 Assistant director, food services__ 888 8 9 8 - Instructor, laboratory schools-------- 18 Librarian, elementary and secondary schools___. 18 Assistant director, evening and sum Assistant director, subject field.. Statistician____ 11 10 Teacher, elementary and secondary Assistant professor, District of Colum schools... (5) Section 6, 6, subsection (a) is amended to read as follows: "(a) On January 1, 1963, each permanent employee assigned to salary classes 2 through 15 in accordance with section 1 and section 4 of this Act shall be assigned to the same numerical service step on the schedule for his salary class, or salary class and group, under this Act as he occupied on December 31, 1962, except that employees assigned to salary class 15 on January 1, 1963, who on December 31, 1962, were on service step 13 shall be assigned to service steps for their respective groups as follows: An employee who on January 1, 1963, has completed fifteen years of creditable service but less than eighteen years shall be assigned to longevity step X, and an employee who on January 1, 1963, has completed eighteen years of creditable service shall be assigned to longevity step Y. In determining years of creditable service for placement on service steps, credit shall be given for previous service in accordance with the provisions of this Act governing the placement of employees who are newly appointed, reappointed, or reassigned or who are brought under this Act in accordance with the provisions of section 5." (6) Section 6, subsection (b), is amended by striking the period at the end thereof and inserting the following: ", except that each employee in salary class 15 shall advance from service step 13 to longevity step X on July 1 following the completion of fifteen years of creditable service; from longevity step X to longevity step Y on July 1 following the completion of eighteen years of creditable service: Provided, That beginning with the step increase normally due July 1, 1963, the Board of Education, on the written recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, is authorized to deny any such salary advancement for the year immediately following any year in which the employee fails to receive a performance rating of 'satisfactory' from his superior officer.". (7) Section 7, subsection (a), is amended by striking the figure "18" both |