December 18, 1974 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE

lieu thereof "$275,000" and "$60,000"o re- spectively.

SUPPLEMENTAL EXPENDITURES BY

THE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR

AND INSULAR AFFAIRS

The resolution (S. Res. 441) authorizing supplemental expenditures by the

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs for inquiries and investigations,

was considered and agreed to, as follows:

Resolved, That S. Res. 245, Ninety-third

Congress, agreed to March 1, 1974, is amended as follows:

In section 2, strike out the amount "$550,- 000" and insert in lieu thereof "$580,000".

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAMS AND POLICIES

The resolution (S. Res. 442) authorizing the printing of the report (two volumes) entitled "Evaluation of Techniques for Cost-Benefit Analysis of

Water Pollution Control Programs and

Policies" as a Senate document, was considered and agreed to, as follows:

Resolved, That the report of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection

Agency to the Congress of the United States

(in compliance with section 104(a) (6) of

Public Law 92-500) entitled "Evaluation of

Techniques for Cost-Benefit Analysis of

Water Pollution Control Programs and Policies", be printed, with illustrations, as a Senate document.

SEC. 2. There shall be printed five hundred

additional copies of such document for the use of the Committee on Public Works.

NURSING HOME CARE IN THE

UNITED STATES

The resolution (S. Res. 444) authorizing the printing of additional copies of

Senate report entitled "Nursing Home

Care In the United States: Failure in

Public Policy" (introductory report), was

considered and agreed to, as follows:

S. RES. 444

Resolved, That there be printed for the use of the Special Committee on Aging two thousand five hundred copies of its report to the

Senate entitled "Nursing Home Care in the

United States: Failure in Public Policy (Introductory Report) ".

REPRINTING OF. HOUSE

DOCUMENT 93-339

The concurrent resolution (H. Con.

Res. 654) authorization for reprinting

10,000 copies for use of the Committee

on the Judiciary of House Document 93-

339, was considered and agreed to.

200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST

CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

The concurrent resolution (H. Con.

Res. 680) to provide for the printing as a House document of the proceedings at

the commemoration ceremony in honor

of the 200th anniversary of the First Continental Congress, was considered and

agreed to.

PORTRAIT OF THE HONORABLE

LECNOR K. SULLIVAN

The concurrent resolution (H. Con.

Res. 683) authorizing the printing of proceedings unveiling the portrait of the

Honorable LEONOR K. SULLIVAN, was considered and agreed to.

PRINTING OF THE CONSTITUTION

OF THE UNITED STATES

The Senate proceeded to consider the

concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 675)

providing for the printing as a House document of the Constitution of the United

States (pocket-size edition), which had

been reported from the Committee on

Rules and Administration with an

amendment on page 1, at the end of line

4, strike out "two hundred and twentyone thousand shall be for the use of the

House of Representatives." and insert in

lieu thereof:

there be printed two hundred seventy-two

thousand five hundred additional copies of

such document, of which two hundred

twenty-one thousand shall be for the use of

the House of Representatives and fifty-one

thousand five hundred shall be for the use of the Senate.

The amendment was agreed to.

The concurrent resolution (H. Con.

Res. 675), as amended, was agreed to.

CONSTITUTION AND THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

The Senate proceeded to consider the

concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 679)

to provide for the printing as a House

document of the Constitution and the

Declaration of Independence, which had

been reported from the Committee on Rules and Administration with an amendment on page 1, in line 6, strike

out "two hundred and twenty-one thousand additional copies be printed for the use of the House of Representatives."

and insert:

there be printed two hundred seventy-two thousand five hundred additional copies of

such document, of which two hundred

twenty-one thousand shall be for the use of

the House of Representatives and fifty-one thousand five hundred shall be for the use of the Senate..

The amendment was agreed to.

The concurrent resolution (H. Con.

Res. 679), as amended, was agreed to.

Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD. Mr. President,

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate

proceed to the consideration of calendar

Nos. 1325 and 1326.

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

BORROWING AUTHORITY OF THE

PANAMA CANAL COMPANY

The bill (H.R. 14600) to increase the

borrowing authority of the Panama Canal Company and revise the method of

computing interest thereon was considered, ordered to a third reading, read the

third time, and passed.

AUTHORITY OF THE CANAL ZONE

GOVERNMENT

The bill (H.R. 15229) to expand the

authority of the Canal Zone Government to settle claims not cognizable under the Tort Claims Act was considered,

ordered to a third reading, read the third

time, and passed.

TIME AGREEMENT FOR SWEARINGIN CEREMONY OF THE SENATOR-DESIGNATE FROM NEVADA

Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD. Mr. President,

I ask unanimous consent that at 12

o'clock noon today, the Senate proceed

with the swearing-in ceremony of the

Senator-designate from Nevada, Mr.

LAXALT.

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

DISAPPROVAL OF S. 3537-MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair lays before the Senate

a message from the President of the

United States.

The message is as follows:

To the United States Senate:

I have today withheld my app,'oval

from S. 3537, "To modify section 204 of

the Flood Control Act of 1965."

This bill would authorize a revised

Willow Creek Project In Oregon and provide for advance payment of the Federal share of the cost to relocate the

water system of the nearby town of

Heppner.

The Department of the Army, on behalf of the Administration, opposed this

bill in committee on the grounds that it

raised unresolved issues relative to the

general principles and standards governing the evaluation of water resources

projects.

These departures include:

-Re-evaluation of the project by

using questionable methods for

calculating benefits.

-Coupled with these methods of

computing benefits, retention of an

interest rate of 3s percent provided

for in the original 1965 project authorization, compared to the present rate of 578 percent now being

used.

-Authorization for advance payment

of the Federal share of the costs to

relocate the town's water system, as

compared to the standard approach-to await the actual beginning of construction of a project.

While I fully understand the desire of

the town of Heppner to obtain Federal

assistance in financing its water system,

I cannot, in good conscience, accept the

departures which S. 3537 would make

from the established principles and

standards that are employed in the

evaluation of other water resources projects.

In my judgment, the Willow Creek

project should be considered for con- struction on the basis of current evaluation principles and standards. Any other

course would be indefensible at a time

when the Congress is being asked to defer

funding for numerous other water resources projects.

GERALD R. FORD.

THE WHITE HOUSE, December 17, 1974.

Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD. Mr. President,

I ask unanimous consent that the Presidential veto message be held at the desk,

pending further disposition.

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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