The CHAIRMAN. Without objection, the amendments are agreed to and the bill will be favorably reported as amended. Now what is your next bill? Mr. RIVERS. That is all, sir. The CHAIRMAN. Now, members of the committee-wait one minute. We will take a recess until next Monday. Next Monday we will start-what do you have there? Mr. KELLEHER. We have a real estate report, Mr. Chairman. It is very brief. Mr. Doyle has it. Mr. DOYLE. Mr. Chairman, I have that report. The CHAIRMAN. All right, Mr. Doyle, submit the real estate report, please, sir. Mr. DOYLE. Mr. Chairman, your Real Estate Subcommittee met on February 18 for the consideration of seven real estate projects and the reconsideration of one project. All eight are now recommended for approval and they are as follows: Air Force Acquisition No. 406: Pease Air Force Base, N.H. This involves 779 acres at a cost of $88,000. Land will be usesd for the construction of a dam and reservoir in accordance with obligations incurred by the United States at the time the base was constructed. Air Force Disposal No. 57: This project will permit the Air Force to transfer to General Services Administration Air Force Plant No. 39 at Chicago, Ill. There is no further requirement for this property by any of the military departments and it is costing the Government over $2 million a year to keep it. Navy Disposal No. 179 will transfer 175 acres of land in Hawaii from the Navy to the Department of Commerce for use by the Coast and Geodetic Survey. Navy Disposal No. 167: This project involves the Marine Corps Supply Forwarding Annex, Portsmouth, Va. This property is no longer required and will be transferred to General Services Administration. It is likely that the Coast Guard will, in turn, receive it by transfer from the General Services Administration. Navy Disposal No. 184 involves the disposal of some Lanham Act housing at the Naval Gun Factory, Piney Point Annex, Md. All of the remainder of this installation has already been disposed of previously. Navy Disposal No. 185: This project would transfer to General Services Administration about thirteen one hundredths of an acre of land in Quantico, Va. The property, which is situated in downtown Quantico, is improved by four housing units previously occupied by civilian employees but now not used in any fashion. Army Acquisition No. 318 will permit the transfer from the Navy to the Army of an aircraft plant in Bronx, N. Y. The Army will use it as a seven-unit Army Reserve center. Army Acquisition No. 319: This project involves the continued leasing of properties owned by the city of Oakland and used by the Army in connection with the Oakland Army Terminal. During the testimony, the Army indicated that it will probably request authority to acquire a part of this property in fee at some time in the future. Mr. Chairman, I move favorable consideration of the foregoing report, on behalf of the committee. The CHAIRMAN. Without objection, the report of Mr. Philbin's subcommittee is made the report of the full committee, and the clerk will notify the Department that the committee interposes no objection to the conclusions reached by the subcommittee. Now, members of the committee, on Monday we will have public hearings on what is known as the public works bill. It involves the authorization of about a billion and a half dollars. Between now and Monday, I hope that Mr. Kilday and Mr. Durham and Mr. Rivers will try to clean up what matters are pending before their subcommittees, not including the Military Codes of Justice. Mr. KILDAY. We have all this week. The CHAIRMAN. You have all this week. [Laughter.] It will take us 2 weeks to finish the public works bill by the full committee. Thank you, gentlemen, very much. (Whereupon, at 11: 55 a.m., the committee adjourned.) о SUBCOMMITTEE NO. 1 CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 3322, H.R. 3320, AND H.R. 4068 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE No. 1, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, February 25, 1959. The subcommittee met at 10 a.m., Hon. Paul J. Kilday (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Mr. KILDAY. The committee will be in order. We have a number of bills for consideration this morning. First, we will take H.R. 3322, a bill to amend title 10 of the United States Code, and certain other laws to authorize the payment of transportation and travel allowances to escorts of dependents of members of the uniformed services under certain conditions, and for other purposes. (H.R. 3322 follows:) [H.R. 3322, 86th Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, and certain other laws to authorize the payment of transportation and travel allowances to escorts of dependents of members of the uniformed services under certain conditions, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That chapter 53 of title 10, United States Code, is amended (1) by adding the following new section after section 1035: "§ 1036. Escorts for dependents of members: transportation and travel allow ances "Under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary concerned, round trip transportation and travel allowances may be paid to any person for travel performed or to be performed under competent orders as an escort for dependents of a member of the armed forces, if the travel is performed not later than one year after the member "(3) is otherwise unable to accompany his dependents; and it has been determined that travel by the dependents is necessary and that they are incapable of traveling alone because of age, mental or physical incapacity, or other extraordinary circumstances,"; and (2) by adding the following new item at the end of the analysis: "1036. Escorts for dependents of members: transportation and travel allowances." SEC. 2. Section 3(a) of the Act of August 10, 1956, chapter 1041, as amended (33 U.S.C. 857a (a)), is amended (1) by redesignating clauses (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), and (7) as clauses "(2)", "(3)", "(4)”, “(5)”, “(6)", "(7)", and "(8)", respectively; and (2) by inserting the following new clause at the beginning: "(1) Section 1036, Escorts for dependents of members: transportation and travel allowances." SEC. 3. Section 221(a) of the Public Health Service Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 213a (a)), is amended- (1) by redesignating clauses (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), and (7) as clauses "(2)", "(3)”, “(4)”, “(5)”, “(6)”, “(7)", and "(8)", respectively; and (2) by inserting the following new clause at the beginning: "(1) Section 1036, Escorts for dependents of members: transportation and travel allowances." SEC. 4. Travel and transportation allowances paid before the effective date of this Act to persons ordered by competent authority to escort dependents of members of the uniformed services are hereby validated, if they wold have been authorized under section 1 of this Act. SEC. 5. Any person who was ordered by competent authority after January 1, 1950, and before the effective date of this Act to escort dependents of members of the uniformed services and who has not been paid travel and transportation allowances, or who has repaid the United States the amount so paid to him, is entitled to be paid the amount otherwise authorized by section 1 of this Act, if application for such payment is made not later than one year after the effective date of this Act. SEC. 6. The Comptroller General of the United States, or his designee, shall relieve disbursing officers, including special disbursing agents, from accountability or responsibility for any payments described in section 4 of this Act, and shall allow credits in the settlement of the accounts of those disbursing officers or agents for payments which are found to be free from fraud or collusion. Mr. KILDAY. I believe Colonel Gunderson of the Air Force-are you to handle this bill, Colonel? Colonel GUNDERSON. Yes, sir. Mr. KILDAY. You may proceed with your statement. Colonel GUNDERSON. Mr. Chairman and member of the committee, I am Col. Robert S. Gunderson of the Personnel Services Division, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force, and I am appearing here as a witness for the Department of Defense in support of H.R. 3322 introduced by Congressman Kilday. This is a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, and certain other laws, to authorize the payment of transportation and travel allowances to escorts of dependents of members of the uniformed services under certain conditions, and for other purposes. I am accompanied by Col. N. B. Hill, Office of the Chief of Finance, Department of the Army, and Mr. M. G. Horn, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Department of the Navy. This proposal is a part of the Department of Defense legislative program for 1959 approved by the President. The Department of Defense recommends its enactment by the Congress for the primary purpose of establishing the authority of the respective Secretaries to authorize the travel of persons designated to act as escorts for those dependents of personnel who are authorized travel at Government expense, and who would otherwise be required to travel unaccompanied under unusual and extraordinary circumstances. The effect of enactment of this bill would be to (a) Authorize the payment of travel and transportation allowances to any person designated by proper authority to act as an escort in connection with the travel of dependents of a member of the uniformed services under circumstances where the serviceman is dead, missing, or otherwise unable to accompany his dependents, and where it is determined that the deepndent (s)because of age, infirmities, or other unusual or extraordinary circumstances is incapable of performing such authorized travel alone. (b) Authorize payment to those individuals who have acted as escorts and performed the necessary travel but who have not, by reason of Comptroller General Decision B-127228, dated October 1, 1956, been able to receive compensation therefor, or who may have received compensation but have been required to repay such |