. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 80 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 19. No. 12. Eighty-Fifth Congress (First Session) Public bills and resolutions which may directly or indirectly affect the fisheries and allied indus- tries are report- ed upon. Intro- duction, referral to committees, pertinent legis- lative actions, hearings, and other chamber actions by the House and Sen- ate, as well as signature into law or oth- er final disposition are covered. The following reports were overlook- ed in previous issues of Commercial Fisheries Review and are being report- ed to comple
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 80 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 19. No. 12. Eighty-Fifth Congress (First Session) Public bills and resolutions which may directly or indirectly affect the fisheries and allied indus- tries are report- ed upon. Intro- duction, referral to committees, pertinent legis- lative actions, hearings, and other chamber actions by the House and Sen- ate, as well as signature into law or oth- er final disposition are covered. The following reports were overlook- ed in previous issues of Commercial Fisheries Review and are being report- ed to complete the history of action on those bills that directly or indirectly af- fect the fisheries. ALASKA STATEHOOD: Senate Report No. 1163, Providing for the Admission of the State of Alaska into the Union, to accompany S. 49, 101pp. printed August 29, 1957, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, 85th Congress, 1st Session. This report gives the majority views which recom- mend the passage of the bill. The minority views are presented in Senate Report No. 1197 (see Commercial Fisheries Review, October 1957, p. 42). The report explains the purpose of the bill; the major provisions of the bill and how they ap- ply to the facts in Alaska, such as property grants, financial provisions, and the judicial system. Un- der the heading "financial provisions," the new state would be granted 70 percent of the net pro- ceeds from the sales of fur-seal and sea-otter skins. On the basis of past revenues to the United States, the new state would receive about$l,100,000 yearly frorn this source. Other sections of the re- port give historical and general information, rea- sons for statehood, readiness for statehood, and arguments against statehood are refuted. Each of the sections are discussed in some detail and the Appendix includes a Constitution for the State of Alaska. FISHING VESSEL RIGHTS ON THE HIGH SEAS: House Report No. 1177, Protecting~tHe Rights of United States Vessels on th
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