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 June 30, 1947 CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS J, e30 ,1947 July 1, 8,16, 21, 1947 July 1, 1947 [S. Con. Res. 22] Return of bill (H. R . 493) requested. 61 Stat. , Pt. 1,p.743. July 8, 1947 [H. Con. Res. 68] Change in enroll- ment of bill (H. B. 3737). 61 stat., Pt. 1,p. 30. July 16, 1947 (H. Con. Res. 70] Printing of addi- tional copies of hear- ings. 34 Stat. 1012 . 44 U.S. C.§ 154. it occurs in subsections (a) and (b) of section 3, strike out "June 30" and in lieu thereof insert "July 1". Agreed to June 30, 1947. CONTROL OF DANGEROUS WEAPONS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, requested to return to the House of Representatives the enrolled bill (H. R. 493) to amend section 4 of the Act entitled "An Act to control the posses- sion, sale, transfer, and use of pistols and other dangerous weapons in the District of Columbia", approved July 8, 1932 (sec. 22, 3204 D. C. Code, 1940 edition); that if and when the said bill is returned by the President, the action of the Presiding Officers of the two Houses in signing the said bill be deemed to be rescinded; and that the House engrossed bill be returned to the Senate. Agreed to July 1, 1947. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA REVENUE ACT OF 1947 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That in the enrollment of the bill (H. R. 3737) to provide revenue for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes, the Clerk of the House is authorized and directed, in section 2 of article III, to insert after the word "repealed" the following: ", effective on the first day of the first month following the approval of this Act". Passed July 8, 1947. "THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947" Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That in accordance with paragraph 3 of section 2 of the Printing Act approved March 1, 1907, the Committee on Expenditures in the Exec- utive Departments of the House of Representatives be, and is hereby, authorized and empowered to have printed for its use three thousand additional copies of the hearings held before said committee during the current session on the bill (H. R. 2319) "The National Security Act of 1947". Passed July 16, 1947. J.Con21R. 14] REPRESENTATION OF SMALL BUSINESSMEN ON GOVERNMENT BOARDS, ETC. Whereas the three million six hundred and fifty thousand small busi- ness concerns in the United States are owned and operated, on the average, by two and one-half persons, or a total of nine million one hundred and twenty-five thousand persons, constituting 92 per centum of our entire economy; and Whereas these concerns employ about 65 per centum of all commercial and industrial wage earners and produce about 45 per centum of our entire output of commodities: Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the Congress recognize the valid claim of the small businessmen of America to equal representation as an entity, with labor, agriculture, and other groups, on those Government commissions, boards, commit- tees, or other agencies in which the interests of the American economy may be affected; and that the President of the United States, the 1024 [61 STAT.

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