CREATING A SELECT COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION AND STUDY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE DEATH OF JOHN F. KENNEDY AND THE DEATH OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JUNIOR, AND OF ANY OTHERS THE SELECT COMMITTEE SHALL DETERMINE SEPTEMBER 15, 1976.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed Mr. MADDEN, from the Committee on Rules, REPORT [To accompany H. Res. 1540] The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House Resolution 1540, by a record vote of 9 yeas, 4 nays, and 1 voting "present." report the same to the House with the recommendation that the resolution do pass. SUMMARY OF THE MAJOR PROVISIONS H. Res. 1540 provides for a select committee to be composed of 12 members to be appointed by the Speaker. The select committee is directed to conduct a full and complete investigation and study of the circumstances surrounding the death of John F. Kennedy and the death of Martin Luther King, Junior and of and others the select committee shall determine. H. Res. 1540 provides that the select committee is authorized to sit and meet throughout the remainder of the 94th Congress whether or not the House is in session and also provides that the select committee shall have subpoena power. H. Res. 1540 provides that the Chairman of the select committee may establish such subcommittees as he considers appropriate and that the select committee may designate a lesser number than a majority as a quorum for the purpose of taking testimony. H. Res. 1540 provides that the select committee may employ and fix the compensation of such clerks, experts, consultants, technicians, attorneys, investigators, and clerical and stenographic assistants as it considers necessary to carry out the purposes of this resolution, that the select committee may reimburse its staff members for travel and other necessary expenses and that the select committee shall report to the House the results of its investigation and study together with Such recommendations as it deems advisable. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND COMMITTEE ACTION The Committee on Rules held one day of hearings on similar resolutions on March 31, 1976. The Committee ordered reported H. Res. 1540 by a record vote of 9 ayes and 4 nays and 1 "present" on September 15, 1976. STATEMENT UNDER CLAUSE 2 AND CLAUSE 2(1)(3)(4) OF RULE XI OF THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES A. Oversight statement The Committee made no special oversight findings on this resolution. B. Budget statement No budget statement is submitted. C. Estimate of the Congressional Budget Office No estimate or comparison was received from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office as referred to in subdivision (C) of Clause 2(1)(3) of the House Rule XI. D. Oversight findings and recommendations of the Committee on Government Operations No findings or recommendations of the Committee on Government Operations were received as referred to in subsection (d) of clause 2(1)(3) of House Rule XI. O H.R. 1566 PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF S. 22 SEPTEMBER 15, 1976.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed Mr. MURPHY of Illinois, from the Committee on Rules, REPORT [To accompany H. Res. 1550] The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House Resolution 1550, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to the House with the recommendation that the resolution do pass. O AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER NATIONAL RECREATION AREA IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES SEPTEMBER 16, 1976.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. HALEY, from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 3078] The Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 3078) to authorize the establishment of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass. The amendment is as follows: Page 1, beginning on line 3, strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following: That the Congress finds the natural, scenic, recreation, historic, and other valnes of a forty-eight-mile segment of the Chattahoochee River and certain adjoining lands in the state of Georgia from Buford Dam downstream to Peachtree Creek are of special national significance, and that such values should be preserved and protected from developments and uses which would substantially impair or destroy them. In order to assure such preservation and protection River National Recreation Area (hereinafter referred to as the "recreation for public benefit and enjoyment, there is hereby established the Chattahoochee area"). The recreation area shall consist of the river and its bed together with the lands, waters and interests therein within the boundary generally depicted on the map entitled "Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area," numbered CHAT-20,000, and dated July 1976, which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. Following reasonable notice in writing to the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States Congress of his intention to do so, the Secretary revisions in the boundary of the recreation area by publication of a revised map or other boundary description in the Federal Register, except that the total area, exclusive of the river and its bed, within the recreation area may not exceed 6.300 acres. lands, waters, and interests therein by donation, purchase, with donated or 2. (a) Within the recreation area the Secretary is authorized to acquire |