CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE December 16. 1981

and to remove certain limitations on the

mortgage loan purchase authority of the

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

and the Federal National Mortgage Association.

On December 29, 1981:

H.J. Res. 377. Joint resolution providing

for the convening of the 2d session of the

97th Congress;

H.R. 779. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Army to contract with the Tarrant County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 and the city of Weatherford, Tex., for the use of water supply storage in Benbrook Lake, and for other purposes;

H.R. 1797. An act to direct the Secretary

of the department in which the U.S. Coast

Guard is operating to cause the vessel Capt

Tom to be documented as a vessel of the

United States so as to be entitled to engage

in the coastwise trade;

H.R. 2241. An act to provide for the extablishment of the Bandon Marsh National

Wildlife Refuge, Coos County, State of

Oregon, and for other purposes;

H.R. 2494. An act to designate the John

Archibald Campbell U.S. Courthouse;

H.R. 3210. An act to amend the Surface

Transportation Assistance Act of 1978, to establish obligation limitations for fiscal year

1982, and for related purposes;

H.R. 3567. An act to authorize appropriations for the fiscal years 1982 and 1983 to

carry out the purposes of the Export Administration Act of 1979, and for other purposes;

H.R. 3799. An act to extend the Federal

tort claims provisions of title 28. United

States Code, to acts or omissions of members of the National Guard, and to provide

that the remedy under those provisions

shall be exclusive in medical malpractice actions involving members of the National

Guard;

H.R. 4327. An act to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes;

H.R. 4331. An act to amend the Omnibus

Reconciliation Act of 1981 to restore minimum benefits under the Social Security Act;

H.R. 4431. An act to provide for the designation of the E. Michael Roll Post Office;

H.R. 4503. An act to amend the Federal

Water Pollution Control Act to authorize

funds for fiscal year 1982, and for other purposes;

H.R. 4506. An act to name the lock and

dam authorized to replace locks and dam 26,

Mississippi River, Alton, Ill., as "Melvin

Price Lock and Dam":

H.R. 4559. An act making appropriations

for foreign assistance and related programs

for the fiscal year ending September 30,

1982, and for other purposes;

H.R. 4894. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to disburse certain trust

funds of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of

Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, and for other purposes;

H.R. 4926. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Army to acquire, by purchase or

condemnation, such interests in oil, gas,

coal, and other minerals owned and constrolled by the Osage Tribe of Indians as are

needed for Skiatook Lake, Okla., and for

other purposes;

H.R. 4995. An act making appropriations

for the Department of Defense for the fiscal

yer ending September 30, 1982, and for

other purposes; and

H.R. 5159. An act to amend the Internal

Revenue Code of 1954 to provide a temporary increase in the tax imposed on producers of coal, and for other purposes.

BILL DISAPPROVED AFTER SINE

DIE ADJOURNMENT

The President announced his disapproval of the following bill with a

memorandum of disapproval as follows:

H.R. 4353

MEMORANDUM OF DISAPPROVAL

I am withholding my approval of

H.R. 4353, to amend the Act entitled

"An Act to Establish a Uniform Law

on the Subject of Bankruptcies."

This bill would benefit the creditors

of a single large asset bankruptcy. The

debtor's estate has disputed the

amount which it must pay to the Referees' Salary and Expense Fund.

While I am aware that the Fund has

been abolished with respect to recent

cases, nothing except this debtor's dispute of the assessmefit distinguishes

this one case from all others where

the plan of arrangement was confirmed prior to September 30, 1984. I

cannot support this effort to confer

special relief in the guise of general

legislation at a possible loss to the

Treasury of $1.6 million. I believe the

judicial process should be allowed to

run its course.

RONALD REAGAN.

THE WHITE HousE, December 29,

1981.

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON

PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports

of committees were delivered to the

Clerk for printing and reference to the

proper calendar, as follows:

[Submitted December 29, 1981]

Mr. ZEFERETTI: Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control. "Annual

Report, Part I, Activities for the year 1981,

of the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse

and Control, 97th Congress, First Session"

(Rept. No. 97-418, Pt. I). Ordered to be

printed.

REPORTED BILLS

SEQUENTIALLY REFERRED

Under clause 5 of rule X, bills and

reports were delivered to the Clerk for

printing, and bills referred as follows:

[Pursuant to the order of the House on December 14, 1981, the following report was filed on December 30, 1981)

Mr. JONES of North Carolina: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. H.R.

3637. A bill to provide for jurisdiction over common carriers by water engaging in foreign commerce to and from the United

States utilizing ports in nations contiguous

to the United States; with amendments. Referred to the Committee on Energy and

Commerce for a period ending not later

than April 6, 1982, for consideration of such

portions of the bill and amendments as fall

within that committee's jurisdiction pursuant to clause 1(h), rule XI (Rept. No. 97-

419, Pt. I). Ordered to be printed.

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