Higher Education and National Affairs - Conference Report on Facilities Bill Clears House, Awaits Senate Action

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Higher Education and National Affairs conference reporting on the House vote covering HR 6143, the higher education academic facilities bill, detailing the compromise sent to the Senate. The House adopted the conference report 258 to 92 after previously passing HR 6143 on August 14. It outlines uncertainty over Senate timing, mentions Senators Wayne Morse and Wayne Morse’s foreign aid amendments, and describes interactions with the separate vocational education conference on HR 4955.

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Conference Report on Facilities Bill

House Passage and Roll-Call Outcome

Senate Timing and Complicating Factors

Related Conference on Vocational Education Bill

Higher EducationandNational Affairs Conference Report on Facilities BillClears House,Awaits Senate Action* * * FCC Proposes Assigning 374 MoreUHF Channels for Educational TV American Council on Education·1785 Massachusetts Avenue,N.W.,Washington 6,D.C. √ November 7,1963 Volume XII,Number 41 With a minimum of debate,the House on November 6 passedthe conference report on HR 6143,the higher education aca-demic facilities bill(see Bulletin,Vol.XⅡ,No.40).The roll-call vote by which the report(H.Rep.884)was adopted and the House Accepts CompromiseCollege Facilities Bill;WhenSenate Will Act Is Unclear compromise sent to the Senate was 258 to 92.The House originally passed HR 6143 onAugust 14 by a vote of 287 to 113.None of the bill's original supporters voted against it,while five of those who opposed the bill on August 14 voted for the conference report.Theywere Representatives Bruce Alger (R-Tex.),James F.Battin(R-Mont.),Clarence Cannon(D-Mo.),W.R.Poage (D-Tex.),and Graham Purcell (D-Tex.) When the Senate will take up the conference report is unclear.Senator Wayne Morse(D-Ore.),chairman of the Education Subcommittee of the Labor and Public Welfare Com-mittee,has been quoted as saying that he will not seek approval of the compromise untilafter the Senate completes action on HR 7885,the foreign aid authorization bill.SenatorMorse has been leading the fight to force revisions and reductions in the foreign aid pro-gram and is the sponsor of many of the more than 50 amendments to the authorization billthat may be acted upon.However,under Senate rules,a conference report may be taken upat any time,even though it may interrupt debate on some other topic.The Administrationreportedly is pressing for early action on the college facilities bill. Another complicating factor is the pending Senate-House conference action on HR 4955,the vocational education bill.Conferees began meeting on HR 4955 on November 6.Thereare wide divergences in the Senate and House versions of HR 4955(see Bulletin,Vol.XII,No.33).The House bill was restricted to provisions broadening the present vocational edu-cation programs.The Senate bill enlarged those provisions even more and provided addi-tional funds,and also amended and extended the National Defense Education Act for threeyears and extended the impacted areas laws for three years.The House had not taken anyfinal action either on NDEA or impacted areas.Senator Lister Hill (D-Ala.),chairman ofthe Labor and Public Welfare Committee,and staff members of the committee were reportedanxious to obtain conference agreement on HR 4955 before the Senate takes final action onHR 6143. In the discussion on the House floor before the vote on HR6143,House conferees pointedout that in two of the three major areas of difference,the House view had prevailed.Theperiod of funds authorization was set at three years instead of the five favored by the Senateand the conferees deleted the judicial review provision which had been attached to the bill byan amendment offered on the Senate floor.The Senate's view that the grants shouldbe restricted to certain categories of academic facilities was.retained by the conferees,butthe categories were broadened to include mathematics and modern foreign languages.It | HOUSE ROLL CALL ON PASSAGE OF CONFERENCE REPORT ON HR 6143
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FAQs

What bill did the House pass as a conference report?

The House passed the conference report on HR 6143, the higher education academic facilities bill.

What were the results of the House roll-call vote?

The conference report was adopted by a vote of 258 to 92, with 83 not voting.

Why was Senate action on the facilities bill uncertain?

Senate consideration timing was unclear, with reference to the Senate completing action on HR 7885, the foreign aid authorization bill, before approval of the compromise.

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