Mr. Mitchell then cemmented briefly on the propesal for
indemnity legislation and said that represen+~tives
of several
insurance companies had indicated that they would riot be able
to prepare insurance premium
schedules er pelicy ferms b jJanuary 1, 1957.
After

further

discussion,

the Commis

sio~

a. Approved
the legislative
proposals
set forth
“A*’
to
AEC
941/2
as
tie
Commission
in Appendix
for 1957;
proposed legislative
program

*s

b. Noted that the Office of the General Counsel
will pr~e
an appropriate
letter transmitting
te
the Bureau of the Budget the Commission’s
legislative program
for 1957 in the form of one or mere
draft bills with accompanying
justifications
and
requesting
the Bureau’s
advice as to the relationship
of the proposals
to the legislative
program
of the
President;
c. Noted that the proposed statutory language to
pr otec~mbers
of the public again~t uninsu:ed
liability arising from hazards in the peaceful utilization of atomic energy will be submitted to the
Commission
for approval prior to its submission
to
the Bureau of the Budget;
d. Noted that proposed legislation
to increase
AEC e~tive
salaries
will be the subject of a
separate staff paper;
e. Noted that the proposed legislation
to
author~se
of funds to minimize personal
expenditures
by employees
in connection with
the move to Germantown
(A EC 941/1) was approved
by the Commission
at Meeting 1246 on November
14, 1956;
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