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I I i f. f I:. i : I ro I i" I. " OihlS80 r' , 22136 '~ONGRESSIONAL .RECORD -SENi\.:fE ~.. ,,-- :--\ December ~ ," lore neccssary tor keeping approprlate &C- CountabllJty 01 \-he (uDdlll and tor the proper- a.nd emcll!nt aclmlnlstratlon of the program... The Councll shall Dot disapprove any. progrBlIl without tlrst giving rellSonabJ.e no- tice and opportunity tor hearing to the State ELgency admlnlsterlns: such program.. Rcvfew SEC. 304. Whenever the Counell after reo.sona.ble notice a.nd opportunity tor belU'- lng to a. State agency tlndB thllt-- (a) t.he progmD1 submitted by such State and approved under section 303 baa been 60 changed that "it no longer compiles with .. requirement of lucb section; or (bl In the admlnlBtratlon ot the program there Is a (allure to comply substantially wIth such II. requirement. the Counell shall .. notlty luch agency that no further payments w1ll be mn.de to the Stf\te under this title untn It 18 slltlsfled that there will no lODger be any such fe.llure. Until the Council ts 110 lIaUded, It IIhall make no further pay- mentll to such BtatCl under thlll Utle. Federal ~hare BEC. 305. (a) The Federal share tor any State shalt be 100 per centum of tbe C06t of carrylng out Ita approved program leM that percentage which bears the same ratio to 60 per centum e.a the per capita Income ot such Btate bears to the- per capita In~ corne of the enUre United States, except that (1) the Pederal share shall in no case be more thlLl1 66% per centum or le88 than 33y" per centum, and (:I) the Federal share tor Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands shall be 60 per centum: Provided, The.t In no event shaJ.1 the Federal sha.re exceed a State's allotment under section 302. (b) The Federal sha.res shall be .promUl- gated by the Council on the basls of the average of the per capita Incomes of the Bte.tes and of the entire United States for the tJuec most recent consecutive years fo~ ..bJeb satlslactory data are available trom.. the Depllttment of Commerce. The drst euc:h promulgation shall be. conclusive for the first tlscal year for which pa.yments are made under the provlslolUl of thll title and tha suceedlng fl8cal year, and .. promulga.. . tlon shall theree.fter be made for each suc- ceedlnB two years and shall be conclusive for 8uch yeare. . . paym.ents BEC. 306. The method at computJng and paying amounts pursuant to thls title. shall be as follows: . (1) The Cauncll shan, prior to the beBIn. . nIng of each calendar quarter or other pe- riOd. prescribed by ft, estimate the amount to be paid to each State under tb~ provlslonl of t.his title for such perlod, such estlmatCl to be based on such records of the State atld ' 1n!onna.tlon furnished by It, and. lIUob other investigation, as the Counctl ~ay ftnd neeel- sary. (3) Tbe CouncU shall pay to the State. from the allotment available therefor, the amount. so eetimated. by It for any period.. re- duced or Increased, as the coee may - be, by any sum (not previously adjusted under this p[ll'agrapb) by which It ftnds that Its esti- mate of the amount to be paid such State for any prior period under thl..s tJtle wa. grea.ter or le5s than the amount. which should have been po.ld to euch State for sUch prior po- . rlod. under this title. Such payments lBhall be made through the disbursing facll1tiel of the TreaBury Department, In such Install.. menta as the Council Jnay determine. Deftnitton BEC. 307. For the purpose of t.hlB title the term ..State" means a State, the Dla'trlat of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or the Virgin blanctB. T1TLJ: IV-MISCJ:LLANE0118 Authorization 01 dpproprl4tfona. SEC. 401.. There are autbor1ze4 to be ap- propriated 8uch wm.s Be mar be becel!lllU'J" too I a:>k unanimous consent to have the editorial printed In the RECORD at this point. There being no objection, the edito- rial .was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows: CONGR'!SS MuST ACT" congress. on the very eve of the holiday season, faces a legislative chore Bumclent to engage It for weeks of a normal 5esslon and tor months of a .8t's:3lon proeeedJng. at the speed with which It ha.s moved thIs yenr. Clvll rights, the tax bin and the dppro- prla.tlon bills are on the top or Its plte or work, but there Is a Jot more unfinished business. Congressmen, Uke the rest of us, relish a holiday Interlude. But the country Is entitled. to say to Senators nnd Repre- sentatives who protest at contInued un. remitting toll: "You asked for work when you hired out." That they dJd, and the work they hired out to do has not been completed. If CongreB/J takes a customary adjourn. ment with 80 many of Its ta.8ks unftnlshed there will be a. ghost Bt' every Chrlstm8JI board, as well as a turkey~ Or-tD Wle a more current metaphor, there wUI be two tur- key&--the one the congressmen are eating and the one that reprCgent.e. the sealllon they have Just quit. The work that the congress came here to do Is unflnlahed. The people have a right to ask Congressmen tG ftnlsh It. An adm.Jn- letratlon does not have the right to Insist that Congress approve everything for which It asks. It doell have a right to allk. that Congress dispose of the program .one way or another. The public too has a right to ex~ peet that Congress will vote on the matters berore It; a right to demand that lt permit the administration program to come to a decision. .Congressmen. IndiVidually, may teel It 1.8. unjust to blame them. No doubt the pes. on the table was lIion haa been wearinB-perhapll more wear- Ing. than when the leglsl"attve :na.chlnery moves more swiftly. They may say that It Is not their fault, but the fault of the rulell Bnd the system. But the House makes Its own roles. Tho Senate makes Its rule!. If the roles preclude expeditious action, why hasn't each bOdy changed Its rules? It Is to be hoped that next seSsIon Congress wUl at last take a Jook at the structural detects that have made It on6 ot the moot lethargic legls~ lathe establlsbments In the hiatoryof 1emo- cratlc government. Now, Congresll wUl have to ftnlsh this session's work with the rules sa they are. Whatever the d'e!8'Cta ot the roll!8. they can still act If Senators and Repre~nta.tlves are sumclently determined to act. The time haa COrne to end what CONGRESS MUST ACT amounts to a congreSlllonal .It-down strike. . The sesston .hould proceed on an emer~ Mr. MORSE. Mr. President, I have geney schedule. Absences In either Chamber before me three editorials from thla should not be allowed lIghtlY. The whole morning'S Washington Post that are of legislative program shoull:! be pressed en a such high cal1ber that I shall a:>k unan1- crl!is basla. There should be no thought ot' mous consent to have them printed In a long holiday recess or adjournment. Prl- the RECORD in connect1on with these very vate citizens, so far behInd. In theIr personal brief remarks. endeavors, would. content themselves with The first Is an edItorial from this a rest on Christmas Eve and Chrl!tmas Day and then get on. with their work. They have morning's Washington Post entitled a right to ask their Representatives IJnd "Congress Must Act." All I want to sat Senaton to do B.II they WOUld do In the con~ . 1s "Amen" to every sentence of the edl- _ duct of their private allalrs. The work or tortsl. I tWnk the Washington Post the Nation Is not less Important. has: "laid It on the Une" for the Congress. I applaud and congratulate the editor. I think he has outlined the coUrse of ac- tton Congress should follow when he says, in the last two sentences. speaking of the people: . . They bave a. right to &.Ilk t.heIr Represen'ta- Uve. and Senators to do as they would dO. In the eonduct of their' private al!a1ra. - The. wort. or the Nation 18 noC l~ tmportaEi't. . ,. EmploJlee beneflts Sl!:t:. 405. The Civil Service CommlBslon of the United States Is K'Uthorlzed to contract with any commission established under see.. tlon 201 of this Act for coverage of tho rivet basin commls:slou's. employees In the em.. ployee benefl t programs of the Federa.l Gov. emment. 0.8 provided In sectlon 205(a) (6). of thIs Act.. Mr. MOSS. Mr. President, r move to . reconsider the vote by which the bUl was passed. Mr. ANDERSON. Mr. President, I move to lay that motion on the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion to lay on the table the motion to recon... sider. The motion to lay agreed to. Mr. ANDERSON. Mr. PreSident. I wish to say again what I have been try- Ing to say throughout the afternoon, I greatly appreciate the cooperation of the Senator from Colorado. The character of the amendments he has produced shows the care with which he has done. his homework and the zeal he has. put Into the endeavor. I pay trtbute to him .for a fine Job, well done. Mr. SIMPSON, Mr, President. I wish to associate myself with the rema.rks ot the Senator from New Mexico. - I A WORD FOR WASHINGTON Mr. MORSE. Next, Mr. President, I refer to an editorial from this morning's WashIngton Post entitled ",A Word tor Washington," The editorial points out the longstanding position of the Presi- dent of the United States as a great Irlend of the DistrIct 01 Columbia and a