Monday, Feb. 02, 1931
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Working days left: 32. Essential bills to enact if a special session is to be avoided: 11. Essential bills enacted last week: 0.
House Work Done. The House of Representatives last week:
P: Passed (179 to 109) a bill appropriating $136,000,000 for the State, Justice, Commerce and Labor Departments; sent it to the Senate.
P: Received from the President the report of the National Law Enforcement Commission (see col. 3); voted to have 18,000 copies reprinted for congressional use.
P: Passed a bill reserving for public use the scenic rocks, pinnacles, reefs and small islands on the coast of Orange County, Calif., sent it to the Senate.
P: Passed a Senate bill for uniform administration of national parks.
P: Passed a bill withdrawing 376,000 acres of public lands in the Owens River Valley to protect the Los Angeles watershed.
Senate Work Done. The Senate of the U. S. last week:
P:Passed a $125,000,000 first deficiency appropriation bill; sent it to a House conference.
P: Agreed (39-to-29) to take up a bill for drastic Prohibition enforcement in the District of Columbia.
P: Recommitted (45-to-32) for further study the confirmed nominations of Federal Power Commissioners Smith, Garsaud and Draper.
P:Recommitted for further study the unconfirmed nomination of Eugene Meyer to be governor of the Federal Reserve Board.
P: Passed the Department of Agriculture appropriation bill; sent it to a House conference.
P:Adopted a resolution for codification of laws on Veterans' relief.
P: Adopted a resolution calling for information on an Unemployment survey by Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
P: Passed a bill for advance planning of public works as a jobless aid; sent it to the House.
P:Ratified a treaty with Germany for the extradition of fugitives from justice.
P: Passed the Interior Department appropriation bill to which was attached a $25,000,000 Federal food fund amendment ; sent it to a House conference.
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