June 13, 1989 HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES-Tuesday, June 13, 1989 the House Met at 12 Noon

11552 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE June 13, 1989 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-Tuesday, June 13, 1989 The House met at 12 noon. membrance for Those Who Served in the S.J. Res. 151. Joint resolution to honor The Chaplain, Rev. James David Korean War"; the U.S. Customs Service on the 200th anni­ Ford, D.D., offered the following S.J. Res. 95. Joint resolution to designate versary of its establishment; prayer: the week of September 10, 1989, through S. Con. Res. 39. Concurrent resolution to May our hearts, 0 gracious God, be September 16, 1989, as "National Check-Up commend the group of aviators known as Week"; the "Flying Tigers" for nearly 50 years of open to Your renewing spirit so that S.J. Res. 96. Joint resolution designating service to the United States; and our eyes can see the opportunities for July 2, 1989, as "National Literacy Day"; S. Con. Res. 40. Concurrent resolution to life and love and service that are all S.J. Res. 105. Joint resolution to designate designate June 21, 1989, as Chaney, Good­ about us. May not the attention that October 7 through October 14, 1989, as "Na­ man, and Schwerner Day. we give to that which is immediate tional Week of Outreach to the Rural Dis­ and necessary, keep us from lifting our abled"; hearts, our minds, and our souls to ex­ S.J. Res. 108. Joint resolution designating SUPPORTING MOVE FOR perience the boundless riches of Your October 3, 1989, as " National Teacher Ap­ DEMOCRACY IN CHINA preciation Day"; grace and to share with others the

0 This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., 0 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. June 13, 1989 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 11553 A headline in today's New York season with a stress fracture in his While none of us enjoys dealing with Times reads: "Washington wants vow shin. Although his leg finally gave out severe disasters, I am sure we can all that couple living in Embassy will not and broke playing against Texas, he agree that General Becton has made be harmed." That headline tells me symbolized the guts and the can-do such emergencies more manageable. that the American people are being spirit of the Shockers and made every­ His leadership, experience, and prepared for some kind of deal with one believe the dream was attainable. combat-proven abilities under pressure the Chinese Government. But baseball is a team sport, and made his stewardship at FEMA im­ The Chinese leaders can make all credit must go to everyone associated pressive. Regrettably, virtually all the vows they want, but they will with this team that made this champi­ members of the California delegation never convince me that they will treat onship happen. From the assistant have had more than one occasion to Mr. Fang and Miss Li any differently coaches and trainers to every single appreciate General Beeton's efficiency than the protesters they have arrested player, who in their own way contrib­ during his tenure. Under his com­ in the days since the Tiananmen uted during the entire season, reach­ mand, FEMA's 2,400 employees pro­ Square massacre. ing this pinnacle would not have been vided rapid, effective response and The students look to the United possible without a complete team relief to disasters, be they natural or States as a model for human rights. effort. Listed below is a roster of the man-made. During his tenure, FEMA Let's not disappoint them by entering players and coaches. Even the sports has mitigated 73 disasters and emer­ into some cynical arrangement for the department and the faculty of the uni­ gencies of sufficient severity to be de­ release of Mr. Fang and Miss Li. Secre­ versity share in this victory, for it is clared eligible by the President for tary Baker should tell the Chinese: these leaders who teach the players Federal assistance. His prioritizing has "No deals. America is standing by its that academics is just as important as seen some $1.5 billion well applied. commitments." athletics, and that it is possible to suc­ General Becton has dedicated 44 ceed in both sports and scholarship. years of his life to Federal service, 39 THE MIRACLE BASEBALL TEAM This was the second appearance in 7 of them in the U.S. Army. His military years for Wichita State in the champi­ career reflects his determination, OF WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY onship round of the College World For fiscal year 1990, no funds au­ shall prepare and submit to Congress a the kinds of sleaze that is now coming thorized to be appropriated under para­ report analyzing the need for an increase in graph <1 > may be obligated or expended the number of United States Attorneys ap­ out and probably will continue to until 120 days after the Mayor develops and pointed in the District of Columbia and come out of the Republican National submits a plan for the implementation in other judicial districts in the surrounding Committee. the District of Columbia of a community­ metropolitan area and in the number of oriented policing system to the States Attorneys appointed in those juris­ ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE Committee on the District of Columbia of dictions. SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE the House of Representatives and the Sub­ (b) CONTENTS OF REPORT ON D.C. COURT committee on General Services, Federalism RESOURCES.-The report prepared and sub­ The SPEAKER pro tempore < 1> shall in­ SLAUGHTER of New York). Pursuant to mittee on Governmental Affairs of the U.S. clude- the provisions of clause 5 of rule I, the Senate. <1> an analysis of the feasibility of, and Chair announces that she will post­ "CB> For fiscal years after .1990, no funds the costs associated with, an increase in the pone further proceedings today on authorized to be appropriated under para­ number of support personnel and judges as­ each motion to suspend the rules on graph <1 > may be obligated or expanded signed to District of Columbia courts; which a recorded vote or the yeas and until the Mayor submits a notification to <2 > an analysis of the sufficiency of the nays are ordered, or on which the vote the Committee on the District of Columbia budget, facilities, and programs available to of the House of Representatives and the such courts; and is objected to under clause 4 of rule Subcommittee on General Services, Federal­ (3) recommendations for possible changes xv. ism and the District of Columbia of the in the District of Columbia Pre-Trial Deten­ Such rollcall votes, if postponed, will Committee on Governmental Affairs of the tion Act, the proposed felony sentencing be taken after debate has concluded U.S. Senate that the District of Columbia guidelines for the District of Columbia Su­ on all motions to suspend the rules. has implemented for such fiscal year a com­ perior Court, and the social services pro­ munity-oriented policing system in the Dis­ gram managed by and under the direction trict of Columbia.". of the District of Columbia courts. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA POLICE (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.- The amendments SEC. ;;, REPORT ON EFFECTS OF INCREASED D.C. AUTHORIZATION AND EXPAN­ made by this section shall take effect Octo­ LAW ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS ON SION ACT OF 1989 ber 1, 1989. CRIME IN METROPOLITAN AREA. SEC. 3. CONSTRUCTION OF DETENTION FACILITIES. Not later than 60 days after the date of Mr. DELLUMS. Madam Speaker, I (a) IN GENERAL.-<1) The District of Co­ the enactment of this Act, the Attorney move to suspend the rules and pass lumbia shall construct a facility at the loca­ General shall prepare and submit to Con­ the bill to serve gress a report analyzing the potential ef­ appropriation of funds to the District solely as a place for the detention and incar­ fects of increased efforts to eliminate drug­ of Columbia for additional oficers and ceration of individuals accused or convicted related criminal activity in the District of members of the Metropolitan Police of crimes in the District of Columbia. Columbia on crime and law enforcement in (2) Nothing in the National Historic Pres­ the metropolitan area surrounding the Dis­ Department of the District of Colum­ ervation Act AND NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CORRECTIONS.­ Representatives of the United States of to the Committee on the District of Colum­ Not later than 180 days after the date of the America in Congress assembled, bia of the United States House of Repre­ enactment of this Act, the District of Co­ SECTION I. SHORT TITLE. sentatives and the Subcommittee on Gener­ lumbia shall request the Director of the This Act may be cited as the "District of al Services, Federalism and the District of Bureau of Prisons and the Director of the Columbia Police Authorization and Expan­ Columbia of the Committee on Governmen­ National Institute of Corrections to provide sion Act of 1989". tal Affairs of the U.S. Senate for the Com­ the District of Columbia with technical as­ SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR mittees' approval. sistance and training in the development of ADOITIONAL OFFICERS AND MEM· (2) The District of Columbia shall begin a criminal record-keeping and classification BERS FOR THE METROPOLITAN construction of the detention facility de­ system, which will provide the basis for a POLICE DEPARTMJ.:NT OF THE ntS­ scribed in subsection not later than 30 uniform strategy for managing and evaluat­ TRICT OF COLUMBIA. days after the Committee on the District of ing the processing in the District of Colum­ (a) IN GENERAL.-Section 502 of the Dis­ Columbia of the House of Representatives bia's criminal justice system of individuals trict of Columbia Self-Government and and the Subcommittee on General Services, convicted of crimes in the District of Colum­ Governmental Reorganization Act is amend­ Federalism and the District of Columbia of bia. ed by adding at the end thereof the follow­ the Committee on Governmental Affairs of (b) INFORMATION INCLUDED IN SYSTEM DATA ing new subsection: the U.S. Senate approve the design of such BASE.- The recordkeeping and classification "(c)(l) In addition to the amounts author­ facility. system described in subsection shall in­ ized to be appropriated under subsection Ca) (C) LOCATION.-The facility described in clude a data base continuously updated to and subject to paragraphs <2> and <3>. there subsection shall be located on the South provide current information on the prison are authorized to be appropriated to the part of Square E-1112 as recorded in Subdi­ population of the District of Columbia, in­ District of Columbia, for salaries and ex­ vision Book 140, Page 199 in the Office of cluding, but not limited to, the following: penses Aggregate inmate profiles and classifi­ equipment> of 700 additional officers and SJo:c . .t. STUDY OF DISTRICT OF COLUMHIA COURT cations based on individual records and files. members of the Metropolitan Police Depart­ RESOURCES AND UNITED STATES AT­ <2> Escape and other risk assessments for ment of the District of Columbia TORNJ.:YS IN METROPOLITAN AREA. individual inmates. $23,149,000 for fiscal year 1990, $23,338,000 (a) IN GENERAL.-Not later than 60 days <3> Ongoing counts of the number of per­ for fiscal year 1991, $25,199,000 for fiscal after the date of the enactment of this Act, sons at various stages of processing in the year 1992, $27,252,000 for fiscal year 1993, the Attorney General- criminal justice system. and $28,367 ,000 for fiscal year 1994. <1 >together with the Joint Committee on <4> Projections for future prison popula­ "(2) Amounts appropriated under para­ Judicial Administration in the District of tions. graph ( 1) shall be available only for salaries Columbia, shall prepare and submit to Con­ s•:c. 7. USE OF PROCEEDS OF Jo'ORJ.' EITED PROPER­ and expenses of officers and members of to District of Columbia courts; and TIES. the Metropolitan Police Department of the <2> together with the Judicial Conference Section 502Cd>C3> of the District of Co­ District of Columbia in excess of the au- of the United States and in consultation lumbia Uniform Controlled Substances Act June 13, 1989 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 11557 of 1981

, D.C. Code) tional officers for the District of Co­ summary. The bill requires the Justice is amended by striking "to finance pro­ lumbia Metropolitan Police Depart­ Department and the Joint Committee grams" and inserting "to finance law en­ ment. on Judicial Administration in the Dis­ forcement activities of the District of Co­ When added to the currently au­ trict of Columbia to report on the Dis­ lumbia, with any remaining balance used to finance programs". thorized level of 4,055 officers, this trict of Columbia court resources, in­ would bring the authorized strength cluding an analysis of the feasibility The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is a of the Metropolitan Police Depart­ and cost of the additional judges and second demanded? ment up to 4,755. With respect to support personnel. This study would Mr. BLILEY. Madam Speaker, I other provisions that I alluded to ear­ include recommendations for possible demand a second. lier, the community-oriented policing changes in the District of Columbia The SPEAKER pro tempore. With­ system, this measure provides that pretrial detention act, in proposed out objection, a second will be consid­ none of these additional funds can be felony sentencing, in guidelines for ered as ordered. obligated or expended until 120 days the District of Columbia Superior There was no objection. after the Mayor of the District of Co­ Court, and in the social services pro­ The SPEAKER pro tempore. The lumbia submits to Congress a plan to gram managed by the District of Co­ gentleman from California [Mr. DEL­ implement a community-oriented po­ lumbia courts. LUMS] will be recognized for 20 min­ licing system in the District of Colum­ The bill also requires the Justice De­ utes and the gentleman from Virginia bia. This is modeled after a system partment to report on the effects that [Mr. BLILEY] will be recognized for 20 used in Houston, TX, and none of increased efforts to eliminate drug-re­ minutes. these funds may be obligated in fiscal lated criminal activity in the District The Chair recognizes the gentleman year 1991 or thereafter until the from California [Mr. DELLUMS]. will have on crime and law enforce­ Mayor certifies that such a system has ment in the metropolitan area, includ­ Mr. DELLUMS. Madam Speaker, I indeed been implemented. yield myself such time as I may con­ ing the effect on the caseloads of pros­ A community-oriented system, for ecuting attorneys. sume. those of my colleagues who are not Madam Speaker, much has been The measure requires the District to aware, Madam Speaker, requires seek technical assistance to develop a written and much more said regarding police officers to be assigned to the drugs and drug-related violence in the criminal defendant record-keeping and same neighborhoods and to become fa­ classification system to manage and District of Columbia. In an effort to miliar with and work with the resi­ address this problem, the Subcommit­ dents in those areas. evaluate the processing of criminal de­ tee on Fiscal Affairs and Health of the With respect to the District prison, fendants in the District criminal jus­ full Committee on District of Colum­ Madam Speaker, the bill specifies that tice system. bia, chaired by the distinguished col­ nothing, and I repeat nothing for the This measure is an authorization league and good friend, the gentleman purposes of emphasis, nothing in the bill, I might add, Madam Speaker, It is from Washington, DC [Mr. FAUNT­ National Historic Preservation Act not covered by spending limitations in ROY], has held no less than seven in­ might be construed to prevent the con­ the Budget Act or in any budget reso­ vestigative oversight and legislative struction of a prison in Southeast lution because it does not directly hearings on this issue. Washington, adjacent to the District result in expenditure. The Committee on District of Co­ of Columbia General Hospital. This I might in closing point out, Madam lumbia, Madam Speaker, began the provision will permit the District to go Speaker, that this bill reflects the lOlst Congress with hearings into the forward with the construction of an intent of the District of Columbia gov­ various questions surrounding drug 800-bed prison at this location. The ernment and the Members of both use, sale, manufacturing in the Dis­ measure requires the District, within parties. It was drafted in a true spirit trict of Columbia metropolitan area. 15 days of enactment, to submit the of bipartisanship, and I think my dis­ On April 12, the subcommittee voted design for the prison to the House tinguished colleague on the other side to send to the full committee the bill, Committee on District of Columbia of the aisle will allude to that. It has H.R. 1502, with instructions that com­ and to begin construction within 30 been drafted in mutual respect for all mittee staff on both sides of the aisle days after the committee approves the of us who strive to attain a workable were to draft a version that was ac­ site of the prison. piece of legislation. ceptable to all parties concerned. On There is another provision that I Madam Speaker, I would like to com­ April 27 of this year the full commit­ have alluded to, Madam Speaker, that mend our committee staff for their tee voted unanimously to report to the I would speak to at this moment. It diligent work in bringing us this piece House the bill, H.R. 1502. Following deals with the question of the use of of legislation. In particular, I would discussions with staff of the Commit­ forfeited property. like to commend Johnny Barnes, tee on the Judiciary and the Commit­ senior staff counsel, Mr. Ronald C. tee on Interior and Insular Affairs, D 1230 Willis, senior staff assistant, and Mr. certain corrective amendments were The measure changes the District of Mark Robertson, minority staff direc­ agreed to, resulting in H.R. 1502, as Columbia Code to provide that pro­ tor. amended. ceeds from forfeited property will be Madam Speaker, this is an impor­ Madam Speaker, this bill authorizes used only to finance District of Colum­ tant initial step toward reducing the increased appropriations for 700 addi­ bia law enforcement activities. This violence and devastation of the region­ tional District of Colubmia police offi­ was an amendment offered by and in­ al drug problem. It is aimed at the cers. Second, it resolved a historic sisted upon by my distinguished col­ supply side of the issue. It clearly does preservation problem in order to allow league, the gentleman from Virginia not address the demand side. We also construction of a prison in the District [Mr. PARRIS]. hope that in the future we will be able of Columbia to proceed. Third, it re­ Under current law, the proceeds to fashion other instruments directed quires the District of Columbia to in­ from such property are disposed of in at education, treatment, employment, stitute a community-oriented policing the general fund and thus can be used and rehabilitation that will be directed system. The authorization for addi­ to finance any type of Government ac­ at this other side of the equation, tional police is as follows: The bill au­ tivity. This particular amendment es­ namely, the demand side. It is our thorizes $23.1 million for fiscal year tablishes a very specific utilization of intent to provide additional resources 1990; $23.3 million for fiscal year 1991; these projected funds. to the District of Columbia as it moves $25.2 million for fiscal year 1992; $27.3 There are a number of studies, to confront this tragedy, as indeed million for fiscal year 1993; and $28.4 Madam Speaker, that are called for in America moves to confront this trage­ million in fiscal year 1994 for 700 addi- the bill, and I would address them in dy that afflicts us all. 11558 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE June 13, 1989 With that statement, Madam Speak­ Mr. PARRIS. While we can all agree the 800-bed prison facility. Again, er, I reserve the balance of my time. that this is not a perfect bill, it is Madam Speaker, this section reflects Mr. BLILEY. Madam Speaker, I clearly a significant step in the right the cooperation that has typified the yield myself such time as I may con­ direction and deserving of our support. development of this bill. The House sume. Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal­ Interior Committee, chaired by Con­ Madam Speaker, the bill before us ance of my time. gressman MORRIS UDALL, and its Sub­ today is the result of a cooperative, bi­ Mr. DELLUMS. Madam Speaker, I committee on National Parks and partisan effort to effectively address yield 5 minutes to the distinguished Public Lands, chaired by Congressman the problems of drug-related crime gentleman from the District of Colum­ BRUCE VENTO, worked closely with us and murder which have plagued our bia [Mr. FAUNTROY]. in developing language that would Nation's capital city for far too long Mr. FAUNTROY. Madam Speaker, I pave the way for construction of the now. join with the distinguished chairman desperately needed prison while pre­ H.R. 1502, the District of Columbia of the Committee on the District of serving our historic preservation laws. Police Authorization and Expansion Columbia, my colleague on the other Act of 1989, was originally introduced side of the aisle, Mr. BLILEY, and the Section 4 of the amended bill man­ as authorizing the appropriation of other members of the committee, dates a study of resources of District $127 million over 5 years for purposes Democrats and Republicans, who, in a of Columbia courts and the U.S. attor­ of hiring, training, and equipping 700 truly bipartisan spirit, voted unani­ neys offices in this region to deter­ additional officers for the Metropoli­ mously, 11 to 0, to send this vital mine what additional resources are tan Police Department. While Mem­ measure to the floor of the House. A needed. bers of the minority all saw the need special thanks is due our colleague, Section 5 requires a report on the ef­ for increased law enforcement in Congressman STAN PARRIS, whose staff fects of increased D.C. law enforce­ Washington, DC, we also agreed with worked closely with Democratic com­ ment efforts and its effect on the the vice chairman of the committee, mittee staff in helping to shape a bill region. Mr. PARRIS, that additional officers that we could all support. The amended bill at section 6 makes were simply not enough. The District of Columbia Police Au­ provision for the development of a H.R. 1502, with the Parris amend­ thorization and Expansion Act of 1989, classification system for individuals ments, representing sections 3 through H.R. 1502, is a short-term, contain­ convicted of crime in the District of 7 in the bill, represents what the com­ ment measure. This bill will not solve Columbia so that such individuals can mittee unanimously regarded as a sys­ the problem of drug-driven violence. more easily be tracked by law enforce­ temic approach to a systemic problem. The real healing force must come ment officials. Section 3 of the bill eliminates any from education, prevention, treat­ And section 7 of H.R. 1502 as amend­ further impediments to construction ment, and rehabilitation programs. ed includes a provision which amends of the long-awaited jail in the city, This bill will, however, bring quiet the District of Columbia Uniform Con­ which the Congress funded in 1985. It and stability to neighborhoods in the trolled Substances Act of 1981 to also requires prompt committee review Nation's Capital that have erupted assure that proceeds from forfeited of the proposed design of the facility. with record-breaking homicides and property are used to finance law en­ Section 4 of the bill seeks to address, unprecedented fear and intimidation forcement activities of the District of in the short term, the current and pro­ among residents. Columbia. I should like to point out, spective needs of the courts, and pros­ As the chairman pointed out, H.R. Madam Speaker, that it is not our ecutors staffs throughout the Wash­ 1502 authorizes the funding of 700 intent that such forfeited funds be ington metropolitan area. It also di­ new police officers over a 5-year used by any source other than the Dis­ rects the U.S. Department of Justice period, and Madam Speaker, I am trict government. We intend here to recommend changes in D.C.'s felony pleased to report that the District gov­ merely to ensure that priority use of services programs offered by the supe­ ernment has also made a commitment the funds be for law enforcement. Sur­ rior court. to provide funding for an additional plus funds may then be used for other Section 5 of the bill directs the At­ 100 police officers. The additional 100 purposes. torney General to analyze the poten­ officers will provide a greater police In the weeks ahead, I look forward tial effects of increased law enforce­ presence at the District's public hous­ to working with the other members of ment efforts in the District of Colum­ ing sites which have been dispropor­ the committee in bringing to the floor bia on the level and types of crime tionately targeted as havens for drug measures aimed at expanding the ca­ within the surrounding jurisdictions of dealers. Secretary of HUD, Jack Virginia and Maryland. Kemp, has also called for expanded pabilities of our U.S. attorneys office Section 6 of the bill directs the Fed­ police presence at public housing sites. and our court system. I also look for­ eral Bureau of Prisons and the Nation­ The District government will also pro­ ward to seeing the construction of the al Institute of Corrections to assist the vide funds needed for recruiting the much needed, new prison to help ease District in establishing an effective new officers and for expanding the the overcrowding problem in the Dis­ system of prisoner classification and training facility to accommodate trict. After that, I look forward to monitoring. them. working on education, prevention, Finally, section 7 amends the Dis­ I am particularly encouraged by one treatment, and rehabilitation pro­ trict Code to require that any addi­ section of the bill which requires that grams. tional financial resources made avail­ a Community Oriented Policing Madam Speaker, I believe I can say able through the seizure and forfeit­ System [COPSJ be put in place on a without fear of contradiction that all ure of assets be directed toward in­ pilot basis by the D.C. Metropolitan of us in Congress want to see an end to creased law enforcement activities and Police Department. The COPS system the spiral of drugs and violence that not into the general fund of the Dis­ has been successfully tested by the has engulfed the Nation's Capital. trict of Columbia. police departments of Houston, TX This bill, H.R. 1502, as amended, is the Madam Speaker, H.R. 1502, as and Newark, NJ. Under this system, first stage of a four-stage process amended, addresses the need for addi­ police officers are deployed in such a which will help us reach that goal. tional police and prison beds and seeks manner as to serve as a force for crime to identify the degree of need for addi­ deterrence and prevention as well as D 1240 tional court resources. The version that of crisis response. Mr. BLILEY. Madam Speaker, I before us represents an effective com­ Section 3 of the bill as amended re­ yield such time as he may consume to promise worked out between the chair­ solves an historic preservation issue in the gentleman from Minnesota [Mr. man, Mr. DELLUMS, and vice chairman, order to facilitate the construction of FRENZEL]. June 13, 1989 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 11559 Mr. FRENZEL. Madam Speaker, I dress. It is a national problem. It is a Second, I would say that my argu­ oppose H.R. 1502 because it contains societal problem. It is a problem with ments are usually not compelling and an excessive authorization of Federal systemic problems. often wrong, but they are never appropriations for the District of Co­ I find it almost uncanny that Mem­ absurd, and I was making the same lumbia for fiscal years 1990 through bers can suddenly, on the one hand point, I think, that the gentleman 1994. begin to be seriously concerned about from California [Mr. DELLUMS] was This bill authorizes an additional the health and safety of human beings making. That is we argue nothing in a $127.3 million over the next 5 years to in the District of Columbia, and vacuum, and, if the gentleman can be spent on purely local issues such as people, such as those gathered in this convince this House that this is a pri­ law enforcement. Chamber today, who come to visit ority venture and that we should then I do support the District of Colum­ their Nation's Capital, their safety as not do something else that other bia's efforts to strengthen their drug well, but when we begin to try to ad­ people might like, then of course we laws. I also support the District's ef­ dress that issue, then suddenly the will pass his bill and he will be success­ forts in fighting the serious problem issue becomes one of numbers. ful. of drug related crimes at all levels­ The gentleman from Minnesota [Mr. law enforcement, adjudication, and in­ FRENZEL] and I know that a hundred D 1250 carceration. However, the Federal and some odd million dollars in a $1.3 The point I was trying to make is Government is already contributing trillion budget is what we say on the that we do have to consider this, not $430 million for fiscal year 1989 sup­ streets "chump change." I say to the in isolation, but along with all the porting the operation of the District gentleman, "You can move a decimal other programs that other Members of Columbia government. If the Dis­ point to take this money." think are important, too. trict of Columbia requires additional So, Madam Speaker, I think we are I did not mean to insist that simply funds for their drug enforcement arguing an absurd argument here. We effort, they have sufficient budgeting the fact of the numbers should shoot and taxing authority under home rule have the capacity to provide a hun­ down the program. I consider it to be to accomplish this objective. Specifi­ dred and some odd million dollars for important too. cally, the District could change their the District of Columbia. I am not going to vote for it, but I do budget priorities or they could exer­ I might just add this: Several young not demean the gentleman's argumen­ cise their taxing authority. people have died in the streets of tation, and I thank him for making I also oppose H.R. 1502 because if Washington, DC. What price their the point and yielding to me. the money is appropriated to increase life? A million? Five million? Two Mr. DELLUMS. Madam Speaker, I the Federal payment to the District of bucks? Whatever. thank the gentleman very much. Columbia, ba.sed on this authorization, We have a responsibility to come Mr. BLILEY. Madam Speaker, I other important domestic discretion­ here to address the human condition. I yield myself such time as I my con­ ary programs would have to be cut in did not come here as an accountant. I sume and then I will yield to my col­ order to comply with the domestic dis­ came here as a compassionate human league, the gentleman from Kansas. cretionary spending cap negotiated in being who wants to try to address our Madam Speaker, I would like to say the 1990 bipartisan budget agreement. financial resources to deal with human that I happen to believe that this is The District of Columbia should not problems. important legislation. We have ap­ be singled out for special treatment. Children are dying in the District of pointed a drug czar who has said he Other metropolitan areas have similar Columbia. Adults are dying in the Dis­ wants to eliminate drugs from the problems, but they are not receiving trict of Columbia. People are dying streets of Washington, and that is a authorization of special Federal funds. around the country because of drugs worthy goal. We want to eliminate Therefore, I urge my colleagues to and crime related to it. drugs from the streets of America. We oppose H.R. 1502. If people in the District of Columbia are the Nation's Capital. We have Mr. DELLUMS. Madam Speaker, I want more police officers to try to ad­ thousands of visitors here today and yield myself such time as I may con­ dress the supply side of the issue, to every day from all over the world and sume. make this a safer community for the we have an obligation to do what we Madam Speaker, I would like to ad­ residents and those people who jour­ can to make their stay as pleasant and dress the comments made by the ney here every year, then we ought to as safe as possible. speaker who preceded me, the gentle­ be willing to give it to them. There is If we are going to do something man from Minnesota [Mr. FRENZEL]. an MX missile we do not need. There about drugs, it is going to take more I just say, with all due respect to my is a Trident submarine we do not need. police power, no question about it, and distinguished colleague, that I would There is a B-2 bomber we do not need. it is going to cost money, and it should suggest to him that budgets do not There are myriad problems we do not cost money, because they are putting exist in a vacuum, that budgets are need. Children are not dying as a their lives on the line for each and not simply the aggregate of numbers, result of violence directed by the every one of us. Therefore, I do not that budgets speak to the reality of Soviet Union at this point. They are think we can have any higher priority. the human condition throughout this dying as a result of violence directed The gentleman talked about bomb­ country in our Nation's streets and at them in this community, in our ers. I happen to remember reading an communities. community, and we have a responsibil­ article, I am not on the Armed Serv­ I would hasten to comment to my ity to address those problems. ices Committee, but that a single B-2 colleague, the gentleman from Minne­ Madam Speaker, if the gentleman bomber costs in excess of $600 million, sota [Mr. FRENZEL] that a number of from Minnesota [Mr. FRENZEL] would and we are talking about $127 million people on both sides of the aisle, mem­ like to respond, I would be pleased to over 5 years. That is I think a small bers of the press around the country, yield to him for a couple of minutes. price to pay for a safer capital. suggested to the District of Columbia, Mr. FRENZEL. Madam Speaker, I Madam Speaker, I yield such time as the crime capital of America, the most will try to confine myself to less time he may consume to my friend, the dangerous place in the country, an than that. gentleman from Kansas [Mr. RoB­ analysis that this gentleman did not Madam Speaker, I stipulate to the ERTSJ. agree with because I think the prob­ gentleman's sensitivity and his inter­ Mr. ROBERTS. Madam Speaker, I lems of drugs and the problems of vio­ est in human needs, and I think most thank my friend and colleague for lence associated with it is not simply a of us are struggling with those prob­ yielding this time. problem of the District of Columbia. It lems and trying to feel the same sensi­ Madam Speaker, I would like to is a problem that this Nation must ad- tivity. inform my colleagues in the House, it

29-059 0 -90-50 allowing producers the option of former detainees would be allowed to emi­ rules and concur in the Senate concur­ choosing to use their actual yields or the grate. county average yield for the current crop rent resolution, Senate Concurrent year; and By way of this resolution, the United States Resolution 16, as amended. "(C) the yield derived on the basis of the Congress will send a clear message to the The question was taken; and > data with re­ begins consideration of legislation to function by providing an actual yields spect to the actual yield for each farm for reauthorize basic commodity programs record for both program crops and each crop of soybeans. The Secretary shall as part of the 1990 farm bill. soybeans that could be used as a basis maintain such data for at least five crop Similarly, producers of soybeans for future Federal crop insurance pay­ years after receipt in such a manner as to be have expressed concern that no actual ments. The congressionally created easily accessible. The Secretary shall pro­ yields are available from county com­ commission currently studying Feder­ vide timely notification to producers of the mittee records on which to base cer­ provisions of this section. tain policies under the Federal crop in­ al crop insurance is expected to recom­ The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu­ surance program. H.R. 2042 would ad­ mend that indemnity payments should ant to the rule, a second is not re­ dress this problem by requiring the be based on actual yield data as sub­ quired on this motion. Secretary of Agriculture to allow pro­ mitted to the county offices. H.R. 2042 The gentleman from Texas [Mr. DE ducers of soybeans to report actual would serve as a foundation for the LA GARZA] will be recognized for 20 yield data for the 1989 and 1990 crops collection of such yield data. minutes, and the gentleman from Illi­ to county committees, to notify soy­ This bill, at no additional cost to the nois [Mr. MADIGAN] will be recognized bean producers of the opportunity to Government, will provide prudent for 20 minutes. submit such data, and to maintain management tools that can be of real The Chair recognizes the gentleman such data for at least 5 crop years. value to farmers and taxpayers. I urge from Texas [Mr. DE LA GARZA]. Madam Speaker, this legislation was you to join me in suspending the rules Mr. DE LA GARZA. Madam Speaker, approved unanimously by the Com­ and passing H.R. 2042. I yield myself such time as I may con­ mittee on Agriculture. The Congres­ Madam Speaker, I yield such time as sume. sional Budget Office estimates that he may consume to the ranking Madam Speaker, payments to pro­ there would be no significant cost to member of the Committee on the ducers under Federal agricultural the Government to implement the Budget, the gentleman from Minneso­ price support programs are deter­ provisions of H.R. 2042. I commend ta [Mr. FRENZEL]. mined, in part, by the farm acreage H.R. 2042 to the House and urge its Mr. FRENZEL. I thank the gentle­ bases, crop acreage bases, and farm passage. man for yielding. program payment yields established Mr. MADIGAN. Madam Speaker, I Madam Speaker, H.R. 2042 would do for each farm entered into the pro­ yield myself such time as I may con­ as the two previous speakers have sug­ gram. Farm program payment yields sume. gested. it is a modest bill which does determine the production per acre on Madam Speaker, H.R. 2042 is a small not require any outlays, just a little which payments to program partici­ bill, adding nothing to the deficit and study by the Department. pants are based, if payments are to be requiring only minimal effort by the What concerns me about it, however made. Many farmers who participate Department of Agriculture. The bill is its future impact on the budgets of in Federal farm programs have ex­ essentially allows farmers to record the United States. pressed their concern that the pro­ their actual harvest yields with the If we were to use a different base gram payment yields currently used Agriculture Department county of­ and the same subsidy system that we by the Department of Agriculture are fices. Then, based on that informa­ are using now, according to the Secre­ not reflective of the actual production tion, a report to Congress will be pre­ tary of Agriculture, the additional cost on many farms. pared indicating the impact of con­ for the coming fiscal year would be H.R. 2042 would provide the means verting the farm commodity programs about $1 billion. for the Congress to analyze this issue. to an actual yields basis. Now $1 billion is more than small It would require the Secretary of Agri­ The results of this report will allow change. More importantly than that, culture to allow producers of wheat, the Congress to make a determination from my standpoint, the current pro­ feed grains, upland cotton, and rice to during the 1990 farm bill whether the gram was designed to induce farm pro­ report actual yield data for the 1989 Government should use actual yields ducers to make market-oriented busi­ and 1990 crops to the county commit­ and in fact if we can afford to do so in ness decisions, or at least to take us tees established under the Soil Conser­ farm programs. The yields issue arose closer to that sort of stimulus, rather vation and Domestic Allotment Act. out of program changes in the 1985 than to simply play the Federal pro­ The bill would also require the Secre­ farm legislation that required pay­ gram game. tary to notify producers of the oppor­ ments to be made based on a "program If as a result of this study Congress tunity to submit data regarding their payment yield" rather than allowing a moves forward and tries to adopt the actual yields to county committees farmer to use the amount actually historical formula laying it over the and to maintain such data for at least harvested. rest of the existing formula, we will 5 crop years. Since the program payment yield is not only have large increases in the Under H.R. 2042, the Secretary a very mechanical formula involving program, we will go back to a much would determine, and report to the past production reporting, farmers heavier reliance on the program. Congress by January 30, 1990 regard­ who have suffered several years of Now I do not ask any Member to ing, what the costs of the wheat, feed weather-damaged crops or farmers vote against the bill and I shall not grains, upland cotton, and rice pro­ who only recently began to participate ask for a recorded vote, but I do want grams would be if actual yields, and in the Government programs receive to let these warnings lay on the record 11566 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE June 13, 1989 that this takes us down a path which Mr. JONTZ. Madam Speaker, I want Most importantly, this bill will pro­ may lead to difficulties in the future. to take a moment to thank the distin­ vide the data for this Congress to ad­ I would like to be sure that all Mem­ guished chairman of the Committee dress the concerns of our Nation's bers understand that. on Agriculture for his assistance in farmers about program payments Madam Speaker, H.R. 2042 would allow preparing this legislation, and also based upon unrealistic and outdated farmers to begin establishing a record of thank my coauthor, the distinguished information. actual crop yields, and it woud commission a ranking member, the gentleman from This bill has been endorsed by the study of alternative ways of determining farm Illinois [Mr. MADIGAN], for his very ca­ American Agriculture Movement, program payment yields. pable assistance in bringing this legis­ American Farm Bureau Federation, The goal of our current farm bill was to re­ lation to the floor. American Soybean Association, Na­ orient the farm economy toward the market­ Madam Speaker, H.R. 2042 addresses tional Association of Wheat Growers, place and away from Government subsidies. one of the inequities in our Nation's National Farmers Union, and the Na­ Having subsidy levels based on a historic av­ farm programs-the established yield tional Corn Growers Association. erage rather than on actual yields was de­ which USDA uses to determine pro­ Madam Speaker, I urge the passage signed to force farmers to make market-ori­ gram payments to farmers. of this bill to help address this inequi­ ented business decisions. Farmers' payments are based upon a ty. This bill appears to move our policy away USDA-established yield for their farm. Mr. MADIGAN. Madam Speaker, I from market determinations. The legislation These established yields are not have no further requests for time, and would not in itself reintroduce actual yields always reflective of actual production I yield back the balance of my time. into the calculation process, but it sets the because producers have not been able Mr. DE LA GARZA. Madam Speaker, process in motion. If, in the future, Congress to update the information used by I yield such time as he may consume authorizes the current level of subsidies based USDA to set these yields. The last to the distinguished gentleman from on actual yields, we may again be encourag­ time producers were allowed to update Kansas [Mr. GLICKMAN], chairman of ing farmers to make subsidy-based decisions their yields was in 1986 when they the subcommittee. rather than market-based decisions. I had were allowed to prove their actual Mr. GLICKMAN. Madam Speaker, I thought that farm program crop payments yields for the crop years of 1980 rise in support of H.R. 2042, a bill were supposed to act as insurance against through 1985. which amends title 5 of the Agricul­ large swings in farm income, rather than be a Denying producers the option to tural Act of 1949 to allow producers to factor in making production decisions. adjust their yields for the past 3 years provide the appropriate county com­ The administration estimates that if actual has created inequity between actual mittees with actual yields for the 1989 crop yields were to be used for determining production and the USDA established and subsequent crop years. 1990 farm program payments, farm subsidies yields. Farmers have had to become A farmer's yield is the amount of would increase by $1 billion. At a time when more efficient in their operations and crop he produces per acre times the we are making painful decisions on where to current farm programs do not reflect amount of acres he harvests. For ad­ allot our limited resources, we have to be this increase in efficiency. ministering farm programs under the looking for ways to decrease, not increase, Even more disadvantaged are the 1985 Food Security Act, determining a future entitlement expenditures. farmers who did not participate in our farmer's crop yield is one, but very im­ Mr. DE LA GARZA. Madam Speaker, Nation's farm programs until recently. portant element, in figuring his pro­ I yield myself such time as I may con­ Without a production history in the gram payment. Under the 1985 Food sume. past, these farmers are required to Security Act, the Secretary has the Madam Speaker, just very briefly, I accept an even more arbitrary yield discretion of implementing one of two do this to mention to my distinguished figure that is frequently even more ways to figure farmers' individual pro­ colleague and friend from Minnesota distorted than the USDA established gram payment yields. He can allow that his concerns are certainly well yield. producers to report to county commit­ taken, but I wanted to assure the gen­ As the Agriculture Committee, and tees their actual yields per year to for­ tleman that our committee has been Congress, prepares to write a new 5- mulate an average yield. Under the responsible and we have accepted the year farm bill next year to reauthorize act, an actual yield is what a farmer discipline which has been imposed and the 1985 Food and Security Act it is harvests in any given year. A farmer demanded by the American people. important that all policy alternatives submitting an actual yield to his We have reduced agricultural spend­ are considered, including paying pro­ county committee, thereby making it a ing by about $30 billion in the past 8 ducers on actual production. To gather "proven yield," would receive his enti­ years. This year we have been allocat­ the information necessary to estimate tled payments reflective of what he ac­ ed $1 billion-something but actually the costs of such an alternative re­ tually produced, on average, in the we will have to reduce about $600 mil­ quires the passage of H.R. 2042. previous 5 years. The Secretary also lion. For these reasons, Mr. MADIGAN, sev­ can, and has done since 1985, use an Every year that the Committee on eral members of the Agriculture Com­ average of farmers' production levels the Budget has given us a number we mittee, and I, introduced H.R. 2042 to between the years 1980 and 1985 or have met that number. So I would address this inequity by: any such years as he determines. The think that the gentleman could rest Requiring the Secretary to allow formula is more complicated than the assured that as the gentleman from Il­ producers of wheat, feed grains, theory of relativity. linois and the gentleman from Texas upland cotton, rice, and soybeans to Considering that it is now 1989, and the present membership of this provide actual yield data for the 1989 farmers, even though they may have committee remains the same, then we and 1990 crops to county ASCS com­ made technological advances over the have nothing to worry about mittees. past 10 years which improved their Requiring the Secretary to notify production capacity and management D 1330 producers of the opportunity to practices, are still locked into receiving Madam Speaker, I yield such time as submit such data; program payments based on an out­ he may consume to our distinguished Requiring the Secretary to maintain dated average of their production ca­ colleague, the gentleman from Indiana such data for at least 5 crop years; and pacity. Farmers have expressed con­ CMr. JONTZ], who along with our dis­ Require the Secretary to report to cern to me that their program pay­ tinguished colleague, the gentleman Congress, no later than January 31, ments are no longer reflective of the from Illinois CMr. MADIGAN] is one of 1990, the potential costs of basing amount they produce. the principal authors of this legisla­ farm program payments on actual H.R. 2042 requires the U.S. Depart­ tion. yields in future farm programs. ment of Agriculture to: June 13, 1989 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 11567 First, gather information across case of fraud or resale for sales of <3> in paragraph 00), striking, "In the America on farmers' proven yields to farm property by the Farmers Home event" and inserting "Except as provided in determine potentially significant dif­ Administration and the Farm Credit subparagraphs and . in the event". ferences between these and the pres­ System, as amended. SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE FARM CREDIT ACT OF ently used program yields, and The Clerk read as follows: 1971. Second, to use this information to Section 4.36 of the Farm Credit Act of conduct studies on the potential H.R. 2469 1971 02 U.S.C. 2219a) is amended by- changes in 1989 farm program costs if Be it enacted by the Senate and House of 0) in subsection (h) striking "The rights" Representatives of the United States of and inserting "Except as provided in subsec­ producers were allowed to report to America in Congress assembled, tions (j) and (k), the rights"; and county committees their actual proven <2) adding at the end the following new SECTION I. AMENl>MENT TO THE CONSOLIDATED yields instead of using their program FAltM AND IHIRAL DEVELOPMENT subsections: yields. ACT. "(j) FORFEITURE OF RIGHT.-A previous In preparation of the 1990 farm bill, Section 335(e) of the Consolidated Farm owner who has been finally convicted under I find this bill to be instrumental in and Rural Development Act <7 U.S.C. the laws of the United States within the obtaining the information we need to 1985(e)(l)) is amended by- preceding five years of criminally defraud­ ing either- go forward, responsibly, in writing new (1) in paragraph OHC> striking "The Sec­ "0) an institution chartered under this farm legislation. We, on the committee retary" and inserting "Except as provided in Act, or realize the importance of this bill, but subparagraph , the Secretary"; "(2) the United States Government in paragraph (1) redesignating sub­ cluding any agency or authority of the Gov­ straints. I'm sure this bill will provide paragraphs and as and and ernment of the United States, whether or useful information to the Committee adding the following new subparagraphs: not it is subject to review by another "(D) The Secretary shall not give prefer­ agency), on Agriculture. ence in the sale of property to- shall not have a right of first refusal under This will be useful, for example, if I "(i) any person described in subparagraph might add to what the gentleman who, within the preceding five years, this section. from Minnesota [Mr. FRENZEL] said, has been finally convicted under the laws of "(k) TRANSFER OF REAL ESTATE.- "( 1) LIMITATION ON TRANSFER.-Any previ­ basic Social Security payment on a the United States of criminally defrauding ous owner who purchases acquired real guess of what Social Security deter­ the United States Government ; quires title to such real estate, shall not " (ii) the spouse or child of a previous bor­ do in the Social Security Program, we transfer title in the real estate, or any por­ rower-owner, if within the preceding five tion thereof, for a period of two years fol­ compute a person's Social Security years the previous borrower-owner has been based on their actual work history. lowing such purchase from the institution. finally convicted under the laws of the This prohibition against transfer of title What we want to do with farm pro­ United States of criminally defrauding the shall not apply to a transfer- grams is study whether we compute it United States Government by the institution specified in sub­ and I yield back the balance of my United States of criminally defrauding the paragraph or by anyone who subse­ time. United States Government to a financial irn~titution in connec­ issue regulations to implement section 2 of county committees with actual yields tion with a mortgage to obtain financing for this Act not later than one hundred twenty for the 1989 and subsequent crop such real property; days after the date of enactment of this Act. years, and for other purposes.". "(Ill) by the institution specified in sub­ SEC. I. EFFECTIVE HATK A motion to reconsider was laid on clause or by anyone who subsequently The amendments made by sections 1 and 2 the table. acquires title therefrom; or of this Act shall be effective only for sales " after the then current owner dies or of property by the Secretary or by an insti­ is declared incompetent by a court of com­ tution of the Farm Ci:edit System made LIMITING PREVIOUS OWNER'S petent jurisdiction. after the date of enactment of this Act. RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL IN The Secretary is authorized to enforce the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu­ CASE OF FRAUD OR RESALE prohibition on the transfer of title to such ant to the rule, a second is not re­ OF PROPERTY BY FHA AND real property with liens. deed restrictions, quired on this motion. FARM CREDIT SYSTEM or other encumbrances as determined neces­ sary by the Secretary. The gentleman from Texas [Mr. DE Mr. DE LA GARZA. Madam Speaker, " (ii) For purposes of this subparagraph LA GARZA] will be reco&nized for 20 I move to suspend the rules and pass the term 'family' consists of parents, grand­ minutes, and the gentleman from Mis­ the bill by striking " year" and inserting Dairy Goat Awareness Week. House America. "years"; Joint Resolution 166, which I intro­ Madam Speaker, although I cannot (4) by inserting before the period the fol­ duced earlier this year, would have provide the necessary 218 cosponsors lowing: ", 1990, and 1991"; and provided a little public recognition for for this resolution, I want my col­ <5> by adding at the end the following new the thousands of people around the leagues and the American people to subsection: "(b) No amounts are authorized to be ap­ country who raise dairy goats or who know that I am proud and honored to propriated under subsection (a) for any process and market goat milk prod­ be associated with the thousands of fiscal year in which assistance is made avail­ ucts. This would have been at no cost men and women who comprise our Na­ able to local educational agencies under to the Federal Treasury. tion's dairy goat industry. As chair­ part C of chapter 1 of title I.". But it is now the third week in June man of the House Committee on Agri­ SEC'. 2. 1\llTllORIZATION OF USE OF FllNDS FOR and House Joint Resolution 166 has culture, I recognize the valuable con­ EVALUATION ACTIVITIES. not attracted enough cosponsors this tribution this industry makes to Amer­ Subsections of section 6004 of the Ele­ year to be brought up on the House ican agriculture and to the food needs mentary and Secondary Education Act of floor. Neither has the Senate resolu­ of people around the world. 1965 <20 U.S.C. 3244) is amended- tion. While underappreciated by us here ( 1) by inserting after "the Secretary" the That is not to say National Dairy in this Congress, the humble and following: "shall first reserve not more than $1,500,000 for the purposes of evaluating Goat Awareness Week did not attract hardy dairy goat will nevertheless sur­ programs carried out with assistance under attention. As my colleagues may vive and continue to fill a vital niche this part. From the remaining amount, the recall, National Dairy Goat Awareness in American agriculture. Secretary"; and Week was an object of ridicule in sev­ Mr. MADIGAN. Madam Speaker, <2> by striking "the amount appropriated" eral political campaign television ads will the gentleman yield? each place it appears after the first occur­ last year. And now this year it has Mr. DE LA GARZA. I yield very brief­ rence and inserting "such remaining been cited as an example of why Con­ ly to my distinguished colleague, the amount". gress should clamp down on com­ gentleman from Illinois. SEC'. :I. AUTHORIZATION OF REALLOTMENT OF CER­ memorative legislation. Mr. MADIGAN. Madam Speaker, is TAIN FUNDS. Needless to say, this has not been the distinguished chairman of the Paragraph Cl> of section 6004 of the El­ committee still talking about goats? ementary and Secondary Education Act of the kind of recognition I or the people 1965 <20 U.S.C. 3244(b)) is amended by strik­ in the dairy goat industry had intend­ Mr. DE LA GARZA. The dairy type, ing " 25 percent" and inserting "not less ed or wanted. Neither I nor any person yes. than 25 percent and not more than 50 per­ associated with our Nation's dairy goat Mr. MADIGAN. Madam Speaker, I cent". industry ever dreamed our good inten­ thank the gentleman. SEC. I. DEADLINE FOR EVALUATIONS. tions could be so distorted. Mr. GOODLING. Madam Speaker, Subsection (d) of section 6201 of the Ele­ Perhaps the number of commemora­ will the gentleman yield? mentary and Secondary Education Act of tive bills have gotten out of hand. But Mr. DE LA GARZA. I am happy to 1965 is amended by striking "at the end" the dairy goat resolution is neither yield very briefly. and all that follows and inserting "not later 11570 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE June 13, 1989 than the expiration of the 6-month period able to continue the current school HAYES] who was the author of this following the end of the grant period.". dropout demonstration program. demonstration program and who has The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is a I urge my colleagues to give this bill provided leadership on the committee second demanded? their overwhelming support. in this very troubling field. I think he Mr. GOODLING. Madam Speaker, I D 1350 is certainly due our gratitude, and we demand a second. certainly commend him on his leader­ The SPEAKER pro tempore. With­ Mr. GOODLING. Madam Speaker, I ship. out objection, a second will be consid­ yield myself such time as I may con­ Mr. HAYES of Illinois. Madam ered as ordered. sume. Speaker, I am proud to have the honor There was no objection. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of to come before you today to speak in The SPEAKER pro tempore. The H.R. 2281, a bill to amend the Elemen­ support of H.R. 2281, legislation I in­ gentleman from California [Mr. HAW­ tary and Secondary Education Act of troduced, along with the chairman KINS] will be recognized for 20 min­ 1965 which will continue authority for and ranking minority member of the utes, and the gentleman from Pennsyl­ a dropout prevention program. As you Committee on Education and Labor, know, the problem of students drop­ Gus HAWKINS and BILL GOODLING. vania [Mr. GOODLING] will be recog­ ping out of school is a staggering prob­ nized for 20 minutes. lem in this country. Last Congress, we H.R. 2281 seeks to extend the Feder­ The Chair recognizes the gentleman created two programs aimed at help­ al Government's current School Drop­ from California [Mr. HAWKINS]. ing to combat this problem. The small­ out Demonstration Program for 2 ad­ Mr. HAWKINS. Madam Speaker, I er program received funding; the ditional years through fiscal year yield myself such time as I may con­ larger did not. This bill extends au­ 1991. The current program, which sume. thority to fund the smaller program. ends at the end of this fiscal year­ Madam Speaker, I rise in favor of The larger program would need ap­ f iscal year 1989-is included in the H.R. 2281, the National School Drop­ proximately 20 times the funding as Hawkins-Stafford school improvement out Demonstration Assistance Act. the smaller program extended in H.R. amendments-Public Law 100-297- H.R. 2281 extends a 2-year, $50 million 2281. At this time, I believe that such and is currently authorized with a 2- National School Dropout Demonstra­ a large funding requirement is prob­ year $50 million authorization. tion Program which is already in cur­ ably a budgetary impossibility. H.R. Without passage of H.R. 2281, it is rent law, in the School Improvement 2281 will allow us to continue our sup­ virtually certain that the Federal Gov­ Act of 1988. However, the authoriza­ port of combating the problem of ernment will abandon any effort to tion for the demonstration program dropouts in a smaller and more target­ help public schools come to grips with ends this fiscal year. ed program. Through this bill, we can their dropout problems. In short, the We must enact this measure because choose to fund either one or the other Federal focus on school dropouts will a much larger, more comprehensive program, but not both. drop off the national agenda. State-administered antidropout pro­ The larger program mirrors the The current program, which attract­ gram, entitled the Secondary School chapter 1 program of the Elementary ed 852 applications, is already respon­ Program for Basic Skills Improvement and Secondary Education Act of 1965, sible for funding 89 projects across the and Dropout Prevention, also included which targets Federal support for country. These projects hold the in the School Improvement Act, has basic skills education. As a practical promise to provide us with effective not been funded yet. Until funding is matter, money used in the chapter 1 and proven strategies to deal with our approved to launch this new larger program could be used for services in Nation's dropout problem. Some of school dropout prevention program, the high school; however, due to fund­ the cities in which they are in oper­ we must maintain the Federal commit­ ing shortages, local educators almost ation include: Tuscaloosa, AL; Los An­ ment to attack the deplorable problem without exception use all the chapter geles, CA; Denver, CO; Atlanta, GA; of school dropouts in our Nation. 1 money in the early grades. This pro­ Chicago, IL; Ville Platte, LA; Flint, It has been estimated that the 1 mil­ gram would direct money toward the MI; Columbia, MO; Hattiesburg, MS; lion students who have dropped out of higher grades. Even though I may Dobbs Ferry, NY; Aiken, SC; Coleman, our high schools, just this year alone, prefer to have the larger program TX; Dallas, TX; and Seattle WA. will reduce revenues to the Treasury funded, the bill recognizes the practi­ While the current program is au­ by $68 billion, and the students will cal reality of these fiscal times. thorized for $50 million in fiscal year lose $228 billion in lifetime personal During our consideration of this bill 1989, that amount should be consid­ earnings. Businesses are feeling the we have included some changes sug­ ered only a drop in the bucket com­ brunt through spending $210 billion gested by the Department of Educa­ pared to what is really needed to ade­ annually on employee training in basic tion. Two changes included during the quately address our national dropout reading, writing, and arithmetic. Com­ full committee markup address the problem. This fact was taken into con­ munities across the country are expe­ evaluation process and allow the Sec­ sideration in the Hawkins-Stafford riencing the problems often associated retary of Education to reserve funding school improvement amendments by with high school dropouts, including for the evaluation. Furthermore, the the inclusion of chapter 1, part C, increased drug abuse among young amendments require that a report be which establishes a much larger, State people, more incidence of adolescent submitted in a timely fashion. Finally, administered, $400 million ESEA sec­ pregnancies, and increased reliance on the bill recognizes the importance of ondary schools basic skills and drop­ Federal, State, and local public assist­ educational partnerships and allows out prevention program. Hawkins­ ance. for the Secretary to fund more part­ Stafford authorized this to begin in The investment we make today to nerships. I hope you will join me in fiscal year 1990. Unfortunately, the re­ curb school dropouts will save our support of H.R. 2281, so that we may alities of the current budget situation Nation billions of dollars in the future. continue our support of stopping this make it extremely unlikely that fund­ This truly is a winning deal for the tremendous problem of students drop­ ing of this magnitude, or funding even young people themselves, as well as ping out of school. close to it, will be available to launch for our entire economy. While we on Mr. HAWKINS. Madam Speaker, I this major new program. the Education and Labor Committee wish to express my appreciation to the My measure is in no way designed to continue to be hopeful that moneys ranking minority member of the com­ remove focus on the larger program will be appropriated for the larger, mittee, the gentleman from Pennsyl­ and in fact, I have incorporated lan­ school dropout State-administered vania [Mr. GOODLING]. guage in H.R. 2281 to stipulate that program under part C of chapter 1, by Madam Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to when assistance is made available enacting H.R. 2281, we will at least be the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. under part C, no amounts are author- June 13, 1989 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 11571 ized to be appropriated to fund the [Roll No. 82) Wheat Wolf Yatron Whittaker Wolpe Young of dropouts, the Federal Government Anderson Hawkins Pallone NAYS-105 is in some way addressing the needs of Andrews Hayes Panetta Archer Hancock Porter Annunzio Hayes Pashayan Armey Hansen Pursell our Nation's public schools. Anthony He fn er Patterson Ballenger Hastert Ravenel While this may in fact be a simple Asp in Hertel Payne CNJ ) Bartlett Hefley Rhodes reauthorization amendment to current Atkins Hoagland Payne Broomfield Henry Ridge Aucoin Hoch brueekner Pease Brown Herger Rogers law, it is critically important to the Baker Horton Pelosi Bunning Hiler Rohrabacher future of thousands upon thousands Barton Houghton Penny Burton Holloway Schaefer of young people across the country. I Bateman Hoyer Perkins Campbell Skeen Mr. HAWKINS. Madam Speaker, I Bilirakis J enkins Rangel Dingell Lewis Smith yield back the balance of our time. Bliley Johnson Ray Douglas Lightfoot Smith Mr. GOODLING. Madam Speaker, I, Boehlert Johnson Regula Dreier Madigan Smith Boggs Johnston Richardson Duncan Martin Rinaldo Edwards Martin and I yield back the balance of our Borski Jones Ritter Emerson McCandless Smith, Robert time. Boucher Jontz Roberts Fawell McCrery The SPEAKER pro tempore Kasich Rose Gallegly McMillan Stump tion is on the motion offered by the Bruce Kastenmeier Rostenkowski Gekas Michel Sundquist gentleman from California [Mr. HAW­ Bustamante Kennedy Roth Gingrich Miller Kildee Rowland Gradison Moorhead Walker amended. Carper LaFalce Roybal Grandy Morrison Walsh The question was taken; and Packard Young the rules were suspended, and the bill, Clement Leath Sangmeister Hammerschmidt Paxon as amended, was passed. Coelho Lehman Sarpalius Coleman Lehman Sawyer NOT VOTING-39 A motion to reconsider was laid on Coleman Le land Saxton the table. Alexander Dannemeyer Owens Conte Lent Scheuer Applegate Davis Oxley Conyers Levin Schumer Bereuter Dickinson Parris GENERAL LEAVE Costello Lewis Sharp Bosco Dicks Savage Mr. HAWKINS. Madam Speaker, I Coughlin Lewis Shays Brooks Dornan CCAl Schneider Coyne Lipinski Sikorski Browder Flake Smith. Robert ask unanimous consent that all Mem­ Crockett Livingston Sisisky Bryant Florio bers may have 5 legislative days in Darden Lloyd Skaggs Buechner Foglietta Thomas Vander Jagt which to revise and extend their re­ Dellums Lowey Slattery marks on H.R. 2281, the bill just Chapman Guarini Wise Derrick Luken , Thomas Slaughter Collins KlPczka Wright passed. De Wine Lukens, Donald Slaughter Courter Kolter The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is Dixon Machtley Smith CFLl Cox Lowf'ry CCAl Donnelly Manton Smith CIAl there objection to the request of the Dorgan Markey Smith gentleman from California? Downey Marlenee Smith D 1424 There was no objection. Durbin Martinez Snowe The Clerk announced the following Dwyer Matsui Solarz Dymally Mavroules Spence pair: ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE Dyson Mazzo Ii Spratt On this vote: SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE Early McCloskey Staggers Mr. Parris and Ms. Schneider for, with Eckart McColl um Stallings Mr. Oxley against. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Debate Edwards Mccurdy Stange land has been concluded on all motions to Engel McDermott Stark Messrs. GINGRICH, HEFLEY, English McGrath Stenholm SKEEN, and ROHRABACHER suspend the rules. Erdreich Mc Hugh Stokes Espy McMillen Studds changed their vote from "yea" to Evans McNulty Swift "nay." DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA POLICE Fa.'icell Meyers Synar Messrs. DERRICK, GREEN, and AUTHORIZATION AND EXPAN­ Fazio Mfume Tallon SPENCE changed their vote from Feighan Miller Mr. HALL of Texas changed his vote Ford Molinari Thomas from "present" to "nay." pending business is the question of Frank Mollohan Torres suspending the rules and passing the Frost Moody Torricelli So Traficant the bill, as amended, was passed. Gaydos Mrazek Traxler The result of the vote was an­ The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Gejdenson Murtha Udall question is on the motion offered by Gephardt Myers Unsoeld nounced as above recorded. the gentleman from California [Mr. Gibbons Nagle Valentine A motion to reconsider was laid on DELLUMS] that the House suspend the Gillmor Natcher Vento the table. Gilman Neal Visclosky rules and pass the bill, H.R. 1502, as Glickman Neal Volkmer amended, on which the yeas and nays Gonzalez Nelson Walgren are ordered. Gordon Nowak Watkins MESSAGE FROM THE Gray Oakar Waxman PRESIDENT The vote was taken by electronic Green Oberstar Weber device, and there were-yeas 289, nays Hall Obey Weiss A message in writing from the Presi­ 105, not voting 39, as follows: Hamilton Olin Weldon dent of the United States was commu- 11572 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE June 13, 1989 nicated to the House by Mr. Kal­ erans' hospital, until Congress does its Hostage to a provision urging that baugh, one of his secretaries. duty. They are begging for help. They the Department of Agriculture buy are begging for the emergency relief more apples. that only Congress can provide. They Hostage to $130 million increased APPOINTMENT OF CONFEREES gave me these petitions, signed by authorization for the Bonneville lock ON H.R. 2072, DIRE EMERGEN­ hundreds of supporters, calling on the project. CY SUPPLEMENTAL APPRO­ Government to do nothing more than Hostage to $200,000 for University of PRIATIONS, FISCAL YEAR 1989 provide the decent health care that South Carolina to study drug abuse. Mr. WHITTEN. Mr. Speaker, I ask our veterans have been promised, and Hostage to $1.6 million for job train­ unanimous consent to take from the are now being denied. ing in Philadelphia. Speaker's table the bill , today lion, enough to last the VA about a month Sincerely yours. charged Democratic and Republican leaders before the crisis situation renews. GORDON H. MANSFIELD, in both the House and the Senate are, Associate Executive Director "playing partisan games that could jeopard­ Rivers, an Alexandria, Louisiana, attorney for Government Relations. ize the lives of America's sickest and need­ said, "The amendment ties the hands of VA iest veterans." hospital administrators because no long­ AMVETS, The charge came from DAV National term contracts for goods and services can be Lanham, MD, May 22, 1989. Commander Billy E. Kirby following Senate negotiated. Also, VA hospital officials Hon. ROBERT c. BYRD, passage of an emergency supplemental ap­ cannot hire critically needed health care U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. propriations bill, good only until June 13, personnel because the spending supplemen­ DEAR SENATOR BYRD: On behalf of the and designed to keep hospitals operating in tal is only good till June 15." 200,000 members of AMVETS, we are ap­ the Department of Veterans' Affairs The VFW leader said, "Come June 15th palled at the recent action taken by the medical system. we are back to the political wrangli g. We Senate to provide emergency funding for Earr~r. the House passed the emergency could see the whole VA emergency funds the health care of America's veterans only appropriation following reports the VA was through June 15th. poised to lay off as many as 100 health care issue go down the drain." This action, and the cavalier attitude employees a week if the funds weren't im­ "The Congress has to put aside its parti­ toward providing necessary funding for mediately provided. VA Secretary Edward san bickering and address the serious health health care for those who have borne our Derwinski had warned Congress that "VA care situation facing veterans today," said country's battles is unconscionable. Veter­ Medical Care program is now in a state of Rivers. ans issues have always been non-partisan in 11574 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE June 13, 1989 scope and we fail to see what gains can be The legislative complications that threat­ Among the immediate steps being taken had in providing emergency funding only en this supplemental also threaten health by the VA health-care system is a freeze on through June 15th when the issue must be care for veterans. Delayed action will force accepting new patients whose eligibility de­ addressed again. us to take measures to cut back on the pends on available VA resources. Except in We call upon you and all members of the levels of medical care provided, as well as on emergencies, the veterans affected are those United States Senate to insure that ade­ the number of patients we treat. Failure to with nonservice-connected status whose in­ quate funding is available to provide the provide supplemental funding at this junc­ comes are above limits set by law, designat­ requisite health care for our country's veter- ture equates to 20,000 few veterans outpa­ ed as VA categories "B" and "C". ans. tient visits for each week of delay. Other actions include decreasing staff Sincerely yours, Accordingly, I urge you to consider this a levels at VA facilities through attrition. VA JIMMY T. SMITH, matter of the utmost importance, and will also halt spending used to purchase and National Commander. ensure immediate action on the supplemen­ maintain certain medical equipment and tal appropriation request now before the will delay the start-up of numerous new fa­ House. cility projects. DEPARTMENT OF Sincerely yours, VETERANS AFFAIRS, EDWARD J. DERWINSKI, Derwinski said later steps he might be Washington, DC, May 16, 1989. Secretary. forced to take in the absence of early Hon. JAMIE L. WHITTEN. Congressonal action could include cuts that Chairman, Committee on Appropriations, VA SECRETARY WARNS OF HEALTH CARE would close some specialized medical pro­ House of Representatives, Washington, BUDGET CRISIS grams and steps affecting staffing within DC. VA's Veterans Benefits Administration. DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The House will WASHINGTON, DC, May 17.-Secretary of Veterans Affairs Edward J . Derwinski today This could result in slowing down the proc­ shortly be considering a supplemental ap­ essing of corr:pensation and pension claims, propriation request which contains much expressed his grave concern over Congres­ siortal failure to act promptly on an emer­ educational assistance, home-loan guaran­ needed funding for veterans' health care ties and life insurance claims. Grounds programs. I must respectfully bring to your gency supplemental appropriation for cur­ rent-year needs of the VA health-care maintenance at V A's 113 national cemeter­ attention that the Medical Care program is system. ies may also have to be reduced. now in a state of emergency. Each day that Derwinski said, "Unless prompt action is The fiscal year 1989 supplemental being supplemental funding is not forthcoming, taken, VA will be forced to take measures to considered for VA includes $340 million for the level of service provided by the VA's cut medical staff and services to veterans medical care and $844 million for various medical system is diminished. The VA has across the nation." benefits programs. VA health-care services virtually exhausted its flexibility to borrow It had been anticipated that Congress are delivered primarily thorugh 172 medical from non-payroll accounts to support the would provide a supplemental of about $340 centers and more than 230 outpatient clinics employment level necessary to properly million to help ease current budget pres­ nationwide. Benefits activities are adminis­ treat veterans. Inventories of supplies are sures. But moves to provide additional FY tered by 58 regional offices. low, and the purchase of necessary medical 1989 funding for VA medical programs fell equipment will have to be postponed until through this afternoon. This prompted Der­ next fiscal year. PARALYZED VETERANS winski to warn that veterans hospitals face OF AMERICA, I would appreciate whatever steps you can a "real emergency" in their current budget take to ensure that the Medical Care sup­ Washington, DC. May 16, 1989. plemental request is enacted by the Con­ situation. Hon. JAMIE L. WHITTEN, Chairman, gress without further delay, realizing that ··we have been operating the system on a House Committee on Appropriations U.S. deficiency basis," Derwinski said. "We House of Representatives Washington, you have other obligations that warrant full cannot continue to meet our full responsi­ consideration. DC. Currently, the medical employment level bilities without the funding so urgently DEAR CHAIRMAN WHITTEN: On behalf of is at 190,728 FTEE, 4,000 below the level di­ needed by our hospitals." the membership of Paralyzed Veterans of Derwinski outlined the impact of funding America, I am writing to request your sup­ rected by Congress. The employment reduc­ shortages in letters to the leadership of the tion has reduced the number of outpatients port for quick passage of a clean FY 1989 treated this year by approximately 600,000 House Appropriations Committee. He de­ supplemental approriations bill to include visits. Without action on the supplemental, scribed systemwide staff shortages of some despearatly needed funding for veterans' medical employment will start dropping by 4,000 medical personnel, reductions in out­ health care services. patient capacity amounting to 20,000 visits 200 FTEE or more for each two-week pay As you know, the previous dire supple­ period. As of May 19, 1989, VA capital ac­ per week, the imposition of a freeze of cap­ mental was returned to Committee by the counts will be frozen even though the re­ ital accounts used to purchase replacement House because considerable additional placement equipment backlog is in excess of tnedical equipment, and halt activation of spending measures for other programs over 96 recently completed medical facility and above the recommendation of the Ad­ $600 million. Activation funding for 96 projects. projects will be stopped, as will funding for ministration were attached to the bill. We high technology sharing agreements with VA FUNDING DELAY PROMPTS SERVICE are deeply concerned that this situation DoD and private hospitals. CUTBACKS could happen again, endangering passage of The President is clearly committed to sup­ the bill once more. plemental funding for veterans' health care WASHINGTON, DC, May 26.-The Depart­ With only four months left in the fiscal programs. I seek your assistance in guiding ment of Veterans Affairs will today year, the Congress has yet to complete this supplemental through Congress and en­ begin scaling back medical services and cur­ tailing expenditures because emergency sup­ action on the supplemental bill. Needless to suring it is not encumbered with amend­ say, a funding situation in veterans' health ments or provisions that could delay Presi­ plemental funding for VA has not been pro­ vided by Congress. care that was serious last September has dential approval. turned into an actual crisis. More and more Sincerely yours, VA Secretary Edward J. Derwinski said he had to react to the continuing legislative im­ veterans are being denied medical treat­ EDWARD J. DERWINSKI, ment, programs are being terminated, sup­ Secretary. passe in Congress which has embroiled V A's request for supplemental funding and is af­ plies rationed or running out entirely. We fecting operation of the VA health-care received one report of DV A employees at DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS ' AFFAIRS', system. one medical center taking up a collection of Washington, DC. ··1 must take these actions," Derwinski $1,600 just to be able to purchase such rou­ Hon. SILVIO CONTE, said, "to keep the system functioning within tine medical supplies as adhesive tape. Ranking Minority Member, Committee on the limits of our resources. They should Funding levels contained in the FY 1990 Appropriations, House of Representa­ hold us until June 15, when we are cautious­ Budget Resolution approved by the House tives, W1ishington, DC. ly optimistic that the Congress will resolve and Senate last week are already $300 mil­ DEAR MR. CONTE: In further reference to its differences and provide VA with urgently lion below that required to provide current my letter of yesterday-notwithstanding needed funds.'' services. Without immediate relief from an suggestions and speculation to the contrary, Derwinski described the emergency meas­ adequate supplemental this year, this crisis the VA is in urgent need of supplemental ures as "temporary, but to be closely moni­ will surely spill over and compound itself FY 1989 funding for its medical programs. tored and reviewed." He cautioned that if even more severely in FY 1990. The DVA is It is important that the House act immedi­ supplemental appropriations do not reach already making plans to close hospitals ately, certainly prior to the coming recess, VA soon, more drastic cutbacks may be unless adequate resources can be provided to permit swift action by the Senate. needed. during the FY 1989- 1990 funding cycles. June 13, 1989 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 11575 MAY 16, 1989. in support of instructing the confer­ Mr. MONTGOMERY. Mr. Speaker, The American Legion strongly supports ees. I yield back the balance of my time. immediate action on a "Clean" supplemen­ Mr. Speaker, I point out to our col­ Mr. CONTE. Mr. Speaker, I move tal appropriations bill for fiscal year 1989. leagues that the gentleman from Mas­ This measure must include not less than the the previous question on the motion. amounts of veterans program money as con­ sachusetts [Mr. CONTE] has been a The previous question was ordered. tained in the original supplemental bill. strong fighter for veterans, not only in The SPEAKER. The question is on These funds are urgently needed to con­ the House but in the Committee on the motion offered by the gentleman tinue essential VA services nationwide. Fur­ Appropriations. from Massachusetts [Mr. CONTE]. ther delay will produce serious conse­ I can say the same thing about all The question was taken; and the quences, particularly in veterans health the committee members, including the Speaker announced that the ayes ap­ care. gentleman from Mississippi [Mr. peared to have it. H.F. "SPARKY" GIERKE, WHITTEN] on two occasions we have Mr. CONTE. Mr. Speaker, I object National Commander, sent a clean bill to the other body to to the vote on the ground that a The American Legion. help the veterans of this country. The quorum is not present and make the bill over there now does not have any point of order that a quorum is not VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS It OF THE UNITED STATES, Christmas tree markings on it. present. Washington, DC. May 16, 1989. should be sent to the President with­ The SPEAKER. Evidently a quorum Hon. JAMIE L. WHITTEN. out further delay. is not present. Chairman, Committee on Appropriations, The gentleman from Massachusetts The Sergeant at Arms will notify House of Representatives, Washington, [Mr. CONTE] and the gentleman from absent Members. DC. New York [Mr. SOLOMON] are right. The vote was taken by electronic DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: On behalf of the 2. 7 The veterans hospitals are being hurt device, and there were-yeas 395, nays million members of the Veterans of Foreign with respect to the care they are able Wars of the United States and its Ladies 0, not voting 38, as follows: to give to our veterans. Most of our [Roll No. 83) Auxiliary, I wish to state our frustration 172 hospitals are having problems and concern in that the "Dire Emergency YEAS-395 Supplemental Appropriation for FY '89" is now. Mr. Speaker, they are losing hun­ Ackerman Coyne Gunderson still languishing in your Committee. Akaka Craig Hall As I know you are aware, the Department dreds of staff each week; they are Alexander Crane Hall ately reporting out the Dire Emergency veterans hospitals to the President. Baker Donnelly Hayes Supplemental with no further amendments Mr. CONTE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 Ballenger Dorgan Hefley Barnard Downey Hefner so the VA may resume caring for the health minutes to the gentleman from Ohio Bartlett Dreier Henry needs of our nation's veterans. [Mr. McEWEN]. Barton Duncan Hertel Sincerely, Mr. McEWEN. I thank the gentle­ Bateman Durbin Hiler LARRY W. RIVERS, man for yielding. Bates Dwyer Hoagland National Commander-in-Chief Beilenson Dymall y Hochbrueckner Mr. Speaker, I wish to associate Bennett Dyson Holloway The SPEAKER. The gentleman myself with the remarks of the gentle­ Bentley Early Hopkins from Massachusetts [Mr. CONTE] has man from Mississippi [Mr. MONTGOM­ Bermar. Eckart Horton consumed 9 minutes. Bevill Edwards Houghton ERY], the chairman of the Committee Bil bray Edwards Fish Johnson sential for those who are concerned Brown Flippo Johnson now pending before the Congress. This about the veterans of America to re­ Bruce Ford we are to provide adequate medical titled, this motion must pass. Burton Frenzel Jones care in the 172 veterans hospitals Bustamante Frost Jontz 0 1440 Byron Gallegly Kanjorski around the country. Campbell Garcia Kasi ch support the veterans money so that we they will continue to be denied, to be Cardin Gaydos Kastenmeier Carper Gejdenson Kennedy are not faced with a veto by the Presi­ turned away at the doors of America's Carr Gekas Kennelly dent because of all the unnecessary VA hospitals for many, many weeks to Chandler Gephardt Kildee spending in the bill. I urge all of you come. Clarke Gibbons Kolbe to support this motion. I repeat, I support the comments of Clay Gillmor Kostmayer Clement Gilman Ky! Mr. CONTE. Mr. Speaker, I yield the chairman of the Committee on Clinger Gingrich LaFalce such time as he may consume to the Veterans' Affairs, the gentleman from Coble Glickman Lagomarsino gentleman from Mississippi [Mr. Mississippi [Mr. MONTGOMERY] and his Coelho Gonzalez Lancaster Coleman Goodling Lantos MONTGOMERY], chairman of the Com­ expression of support for his motion, Coleman Gordon Laughlin mittee on Veterans' Affairs. by the gentleman from Massachusetts Combest Goss Leach gentleman for yielding. cerned about veterans this year, those Conyers Grandy Lehman

:!!1-0i",!I 0-!1()-;j I d't )'I 11576 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE June 13, 1989 Levine Pallone Smith The SPEAKER pro tempore Panetta Smith and inserting in lieu thereof "0.266"; and Lewis Pashayan TAUZIN). The Chair will appoint con­ Smith (D) in clause (i)(I), by striking out "0.2" Lewis Patterson Smith ferees upon his return. Lightfoot Paxon Smith and inserting in lieu thereof "0.267". Lipinski Payne (7) MODIFICATION OF SMALL STATE MINI­ Livingston Payne Smith PERMISSION FOR COMMITTEE MUM.-Section 1912 ON RESOLUTION PROVIDING > Lowey Penny Smith, Robert is amended to read as follows- Luken, Thomas Perkins FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. "(b )( l) In fiscal year 1989, each State Lukens, Donald Petri Snowe 1278, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS Machtley Pickett Solarz shall receive a minimum allotment under Madigan Pickle Solomon REFORM, RECOVERY, AND EN­ this subpart of the lesser of- Manton Porter Spence FORCEMENT ACT OF 1989 "(A) $8,000,000; and Markey Poshard Spratt Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask "(B) an amount equal to 105 percent of Marlenee Price Staggers the sum of- Martin Pursell Stallings unanimous consent that the Commit­ "(i) the annual the State received under Martin Quillen Stangeland tee on Rules be perm~tted to have section 1913 for fiscal year 1988 In subsequent fiscal years, each State McColl um Richardson Sundquist solidate the Federal deposit insurance McCrery Ridge Swift system, to enhance the regulatory and shall receive a minimum allotment under Mccurdy Rinaldo Synar enforcement powers of Federal finan­ this subpart that is equal to the amount McDade Ritter Tallon cial institutions regulatory agencies, that such State received in fiscal year 1989 McDermott Roberts Tanner under paragraph (1) there objection to the request of the McMillan Rohrabacher Thomas equ~l to such minimum multiplied by the McMillen Rose Torres gentleman from Massachusetts? per¢entage increase in the amount appropri­ McNulty Rostenkowski Torricelli There was no objection. ated under section 1911(a) in such subse­ Meyers Roth Towns quent fiscal year above the amount appro­ Mfume Roukema Traficant priated for the immediately preceding fiscal Michel Rowland Traxler DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT year.". Miller Rowland Udall TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS ACT Page 18, after line 16, insert: Miller Scheuer Watkins Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, and for COUNCIL.-Section 1916(e)(3)(iii) of the Morrison Schiff Waxman other purposes, with Senate amend­ Public Health Service Act <42 U.S.C. 300x- Mrazek Schroeder Weber ments thereto, disagree to the Senate 4 Shaw Williams The Clerk read the title of the bill. <42 U.S.C. 300x-9b(c)(l)) is amended by Neal Shays Wilson The Clerk read the Senate amend- striking out "chronically" and inserting in Nelson Shumway Wolf ments, as follows: lieu thereof "seriously" each place that Nielson Shuster Wolpe such occurs.". Nowak Sikorski Wyden Senate amendments: Oakar Sisisky Wylie Page 6, strike out lines 14 to 16. Page 23, after line 6, insert: Oberstar Skaggs Yates Page 6, line 17, strike out "(D)'' and insert "(g) SERIOUSLY MENTALLY ILL.-Section Obey Skeen Yatron "(C)". 520A of the Public Health Service Act <42 Olin Skelton Young Page 7, strike out lines 3 to 5, and insert: U.S.C. 290cc-13> is amended by striking out Ortiz Slattery Young in subsection (f), to read as follows: "chronically" and inserting in lieu thereof Owens Slaughter "seriously" each place that such occurs.". Packard Slaughter "(f) For purposes of subsection . the ap- plicable amount for each fiscal year is Page 35, after line 4, insert: NAYS-0 $330,000,000,". SEC i;, '.\'U:NTAL HEALTH DEMONSTRATION NOT VOTING-38 Page 8, after line 10, insert: l'ltO.IECTS. (6) MODIFICATION OF GENERAL FORMULA.­ Section 520A(e)(l) of the Public Health Applegate De Fazio Leath Section 1912A of the Public Health Service Act <42 U.S.C. 290cc-13(e)(l)) is Bereuter Dickinson Lowery Bosco Dicks Owens Service Act <42 U.S.C. 300x-la Oxley amended in paragraphs through (5)) is ing in lieu thereof "1991". Bryant Douglas Parker amended- Mr. WAXMAN in clause m- Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent Callahan Florio Schneider (i) by striking out "0.4" in subclause (I), Chapman Foglietta Smith. Robert and inserting in lieu thereof "0.2"; and that the Senate amendments be con­ Collins Ford (ii) by striking out "indicated by the most sidered as read and printed in the Courter Guarini Thomas RECORD. Cox Herger Vander Jagt recent data collected by the Bureau of the Dannemeyer Kleczka Wise Census" in subclause by the most recent estimate of the there objection to the initial request nounced as above recorded. total population of the State"; of the gentleman from California? A motion to reconsider was laid on (B) in clause (ii)(D, by striking out "0.2" Mr. MADIGAN. Mr. Speaker, reserv­ the table. and inserting in lieu thereof "0.266"; ing the right to object, under my res- June 13, 1989 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 11577 ervation I would ask the gentleman AUTHORIZING PRINTING OF tee print entitled "The Education Def­ from California [Mr. WAXMAN] if the COMMITTEE PRINT ENTITLED icit" as a House document, and ask for bill under question, H.R. 1426, is in "THE ANTI-DRUG ABUSE ACT its immediate consideration. fact a bill that we have previously OF 1988: A GUIDE TO PRO- The Clerk read the title of the reso­ passed out of the House. GRAMS FOR STATE AND lution. Mr. WAXMAN. Mr Speaker, if the LOCAL ANTI-DRUG ASSIST- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is gentleman from Illinois [Mr. MADIGAN] ANCE" there objection to the request of the will yield, the gentleman, is correct. Mr. BATES. Mr. Speaker, I ask gentleman from California? Mr. MADIGAN. Mr. Speaker, may I unanimous consent that the Commit­ Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. Speaker, reserv­ further ask the gentleman from Cali­ tee on House Administration be dis­ ing the right to object, I will not fornia [Mr. WAXMAN] if the amend­ charged from further consideration of object, but will ask the gentleman ments with which we are agreeing, the the resolution Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. The amendment in the nature of a Now, more than ever, it is essential This year marks the 50th year of the Hitler­ substitute was agreed to. that all Americans demonstrate sup­ Stalin Pact by which the Baltic nations were The SPEAKER pro tempore. The port for the freedom-loving people of forcibly incorporated into the Soviet Union. question is on the Senate concurrent Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. In light of recent, peaceful Baltic mass dem­ resolution. Who among us could claim to have onstrations, Congress must send an encour­ The Senate concurrent resolution foreseen the changes in the Commu­ aging signal of support to these brave men was concurred in. nist world today. These changes have and women struggling for democracy and TITLE AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. BATES allowed the people of the Baltic Re­ freedom by commemorating June 14 as Mr. BATES. Mr. Speaker, I offer an publics, who have long sought to end "Baltic Freedom Day." amendment to the title. the illegal occupation and homogeni­ Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleagues zation of their republics by the Soviet The Clerk read as follows: Union, to rapidly move toward greater for their unanimous support of House Joint Title amendment offered by Mr. BATES: autonomy. Resolution 184 which commemorates June 14 Amend the title to read as follows: "Concur· as "Baltic Freedom Day." rent resolution authorizing the printing of a The Baltic sense of national identity has survived over 48 years of Soviet oc­ Mr. Speaker, June 14 will mark the 48th an­ collection of the inaugural addresses of the niversary of the day the Soviet military began Presidents of the United States.". cupation and is now more visible than ever in the changes being enacted by deporting thousands of men, women, and chil­ The title amendment was agreed to. dren from their homes in the Baltic States to A motion to reconsider was laid on the Baltic Republic's legislatures and the grass roots demonstrations. Siberia. Few ever returned. In this era of glas­ the table. All three Baltic Republics have nost, Baltic Freedom Day commemorations amended their constitutions to allow are a means of testing just how much open­ them to reject laws enacted by ness there is in the Soviet Union. If glasnost means anything at all, it should mean that the 0 1520 Moscow. Estonia and Lithuania have passed measures to replace Russian, injustices done in the Baltic States must be GENERAL LEAVE the official language of both Baltic recognized by Moscow. Mr. FISH. Mr. Speaker, I take this occasion Mr. BATES. Mr. Speaker, I ask States, with each Republic's respective national tongue. of Baltic Freedom Day to commend the peo­ unanimous consent that all Members ples of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania for their may have 5 legislative days within This spring, students in Latvia staged the first illegal occupation of a courageous and tenacious struggle to bring which to revise and extend their re­ democracy and freedom to their countries. marks on the several resolutions and building in Latvian history. This occu­ pation not only brought attention to Victimized by the infamous Molotov-von concurrent resolutions just considered Ribbentrop pact secretly carving up Europe and adopted. the plight of Latvia's homeless but The SPEAKER pro tempore the President is authorized and re­ ence and freedom of the people of such re­ quested- ditional funds. publics; to issue a proclamation calling upon Finally, Mr. Speaker, I would like to Whereas due to Soviet and Nazi tyranny, the people of the United States to observe commend Congressman HUGHES for all by the end of World War II, 20 percent of Baltic Freedom Day with appropriate cere­ of his efforts in getting this resolution the total population of the Baltic Republics monies and activities, and to the floor today. had been lost; CB> to call upon the Soviet Union, the Mr. HUGHES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today as Whereas the people of the Baltic Repub­ Federal Republic of Germany, and the the sponsor of House Joint Resolution 27 4, lics have individual and separate cultures Democratic Republic of Germany to re­ and national traditions and languages which nounce the acquisition or absorption of the which designates this week, the second week are distinctively foreign to those of Russia; Baltic Republics by the Soviet Union as a of June 1989, as "National Scleroderma Whereas since 1940, the Soviet Union has result of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. Awareness Week." I urge my colleagues to systematically implemented Baltic genocide The Senate joint resolution was or­ join me in supporting this resolution. by deporting native Baltic peoples from Scleroderma is a rare skin disease which af­ Baltic homelands to forced labor and con­ dered to be read a third time, was read centration camps in Siberia and elsewhere; the third time, and passed, and a fects approximately 300,000 people in the Whereas by relocating masses of Russians motion to reconsider was laid on the United States alone. The word "scleroderma" to the Baltic Republics, the Soviet Union table. means "hardening of the skin." Those who has threatened the Baltic cultures with ex­ suffer from this disease experience a thicken­ tinction through russification; ing and hardening, or "scarring," of the skin. Whereas through a program of russifica­ NATIONAL SCLERODERMA In more severe forms of the disease the hard­ tion, the Soviet Union has introduced eco­ ening process may spread to the joints greatly logically unsound industries without proper AWARENESS WEEK safeguards into the Baltic Republics, and Mr. SAWYER. Mr. Speaker, I ask reducing an individual's mobility or to the body the presence of such industries has resulted unanimous consent that the Commit­ organs causing functional impairment. in deleterious effects on the environment tee on Post Office and Civil Service be The cause of scleroderma is unknown. and well-being of the Baltic people; discharged from further consideration Scleroderma can occure at anytime in a per­ Whereas the Soviet Union, despite recent of the joint resolution help buyers limits include the Washington area; Orange conventional loans typically require borrow­ making $55,000 a year in Washington, County, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego ers to make at least a 10 percent down pay­ $72,000 a year in Connecticut and $69,000 in and San Francisco in California; and ment. San Diego? Boston, Hartford, Honolulu, metropolitan Sens. Alan Cranston CD-Calif.) and Al­ The political winds on Capitol Hill are New York-New Jersey, Providence, and phonse M. D'Amato . and the Homeownership purchase the median-priced home, it does Assistance Act of 1989, sponsored by Rep. purchase a house has declined in recent not matter whether that median is above or years. "Only in the Midwest . . . has the David E. Price . Link he was the former POW whom Sena­ est to the Members and certainly to produces the simulators for the F-16, the C- tor John McCAIN described in his the American public and to the admin­ 130 transport, and the Apache and Black breathtaking speech to this party's Hawk helicopters, and has updated simula­ istration. tors for the F-111, B-52, F-14 and P-3C air­ convention last year. He was the man There was a report done by Johns craft. Link simulators are used at NASA's who made an American flag out of an Hopkins University, the Foreign Johnson Space Center to train space shuttle old shirt and said the Pledge of Alle­ Policy Institute, on the question of crews and ground personnel. CAE industries giance every day. He was the man who foreign ownership of U.S. defense also holds a contract for the development was caught and beaten by his Viet­ companies. and, presumably, eventual production of a namese captors for his defiance. He At the beginning of the report, the simulator for the B-2 Stealth bomber. was the man who picked up his author of the report said: "According bamboo needle and his rags and began to the author, the continued loss of 0 1720 to make another flag after the first significant defense resources" is signif­ Mr. Speaker, these are absolutely one-a product of hours of hard work icant. He said "that this could progres­ critical to the national defense of our and affection-was confiscated. sively place the United States at a country. Foreign acquisition of U.S. I suppose the Star-Spangled Banner competitive disadvantage vis-a-vis our defense firms increased almost four­ which flew over Fort McHenry is the adversaries, especially in light of per­ fold from 1983 to 1987, and the most famous flag of all. Yet Mike sistent U.S. budgetary constraints, and number of purchases in the first half Christian's flag-made of scraps of old of our reliance on advanced technol­ of 1988, which were 37, were almost clothing-is just as much a testament ogies for effective deterrence." equal to the total for all of 1987, to the ideals of liberty as was that fine The report "urges the U.S. govern­ which was 41, meaning, Mr. Speaker, piece of work. ment-especially the Pentagon-to that in the first 6 months of 1988, 37 That is what makes the American adopt a national policy governing for­ high technology defense-related com­ flag so great. It has nothing to do with eign takeovers of parts of the U.S. de­ panies where taken over by foreign in­ where it is made or where it was flown. fense industrial base-one that can be terests, which was almost as many as Its greatness stems from the feelings it understood all the more readily by were taken over in all of 1987. So my June 13, 1989 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 11599 colleagues can see the trend going gress. This is a very, very important My last comment, and I appreciate very, strongly in takeovers. document, and the statements that the speaker bearing with me, the last There are three unique risks when a the gentleman from Virginia made in comment and the last sentence from U.S. defense company is sold to a for­ connection with it about the concern the report is perhaps the most telling, eign owner: The possible compromise of our defense industries being taken and I hope, if we remember anything of confidential information, the redi­ over by foreign investments and for­ that was said today on this one issue, rection of vital investments such as re­ eign control I think is very serious. this one sentence will ring in my col­ search and development funds away Mr. Speaker, since that book was leagues' minds. It says: from U.S. defense needs, and a danger­ published I think we need to note that Future generations should not look back ous dependence on foreign sources. Monsanto, which made a very impor­ and wonder how our leaders could have al­ In ending, Mr. Speaker, and there is tant wafer for the computer industry, lowed the Nation to sell its basic defense re­ more in this report, and I urge my col­ the only producer of that in this coun­ sources to foreign interests for short-term leagues to obtain a copy of "Foreign try, that we allowed German interests economic gain. Ownership of U.S. Defense Compa­ to buy that earlier this year. Efforts I pray, Mr. Speaker, that we will not nies-Where Do We Draw the Line?" were made to stop it, but it went. do that, and I yield back the balance by Bernard L. Schwartz, and here is Mr. Speaker, right now we are trying of my time. what he makes with regard to recom­ to protect the sale of Perkin Elmer Co. mendations: which produces the microscan DAV He says: stepper, a vital component in today's AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE First the Secretary of Defense should take modern world of technology. The firm BASIS OF FEDERAL DEPOSIT the lead within the government in deter­ holds a worldwide position in electron­ INSURANCE mining which defense properties should be ic beam mark reticle production equip­ protected from ownership. In this regard, ment for lithographing. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the Defense Department should prepare The people from Semitech were into a previous order of the House, the gen­ systematic policy guidelines that define my office recently to say we have to tleman from Ohio CMr. PEASE] is rec­ those industries and technologies which ognized for 5 minutes. would be of greatest concern from a nation­ make sure that this industry, which deals so much with computers, stays in Mr. PEASE. Mr. Speaker, I rise al security standpoint if corporate control today briefly to alert my colleagues was lost to foreign ownership. this country, the control of its stays in Second, the new leadership team at the this country. They are very concerned that hopefully the Committee on Department of Defense. about once again foreign interests Rules will make in order for our con­ And we are very fortunate to have coming in and taking this over, and we sideration on the savings and loan our former colleague, Dick Cheney, will lose all-we have almost lost all of bailout bill an amendment of mine now down there as Secretary of De­ our industry base, but we are going to which would change the basis of Fed­ fense; he says: lose everything at the rate we are eral deposit insurance. The Department of Defense leadership going. As my colleagues know, currently should issue a clear statement that foreign Mr. Speaker, something has to be and for a number of years Federal de­ ownership of defense companies is not in done, and once again I want to com­ posit insurance has been available to the best interests of the United States and mend the gentleman from Virginia individuals on a per-account basis. that efforts to acquire such companies will CMr. WOLF] for bringing this to the at­ Theoretically, deposit insurance is be examined carefully before being permit­ available only once to a person in an ted. tention of the Congress. Third, the U.S. Government needs to Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, I appreci­ institution. As a matter of fact, what monitor and evaluate more carefully the ate the comments of the gentlewoman happens is that members or individ­ dramatic increase in foreign purchases of from Maryland [Mrs. BENTLEY]. She uals can have any number of deposits U.S. defense companies. makes a very good case. I did not know in a single institution as long as they Again we are not talking about non­ about that latest company. I hope, and have somebody else's name on the ac­ defense companies. We are talking I have been talking to some Members, count with them and as long as it is a about defense, high technology, de­ where there may be an amendment of­ different n::tme. fense-related companies. He says: f erect on the defense bill that comes In addition to that, individuals can, There must be more careful, dramatic in­ up. I would hope that we will deal or corporations for that matter, or crease and a monitoring. No one agency or with this issue particularly in the de­ pension funds, can also place money in individual in our government has a compre­ fense-related companies. a multiplicity of savings and loans and hensive view of the degree of foreign owner­ Mr. Speaker, the Members might banks around the country, and in the ship of our firms and its impact, real and want to get a copy of Touche Ross' same manner have a number of ac­ potential, on our national security. The raw "Impact of Foreign Investment in the counts in each one of those institu­ data already exists, but needs to be consoli­ dated more effectively. With a sound cen­ United States," a report done by tions. tral collection and reporting system, the Touche Ross, very balanced. There are So, it is possible, or would be possi­ senior levels of the U.S. Government will some excellent articles in here in sup­ ble, for example, for a person to put have the information necessary to make de­ port of foreign investment and some $10 million into one hundred different cisions that are vital to our long-term na­ excellent articles in here warning of savings and loans around the country tional interests. the dangers of foreign investment. So, in denominations of $100,000. In that Mr. Speaker, the issue of foreign it is very well balanced, and I think I case all $10 million would be guaran­ ownership of U.S. defense companies would want to commend Touche Ross, teed by FSLIC and ultimately, of is critical, and I hope the Members of but in the study, before I close, the course, by the taxpayers of this coun­ this body agree, and it requires the im­ Touche Ross survey, of 519 top-rank­ try. A lot of sharp operators have fig­ mediate attention of the new adminis­ ing U.S. business executives on foreign ured that out long ago, and we entered tration and also, I believe, Congress. investments 71 percent, 71 percent, in the middle of the 1930's into the Mrs. BENTLEY. Mr. Speaker, will favor restricting or prohibiting foreign practice of having brokers take large the gentleman yield? investments in industries vital to the blocks of money from individuals, but Mr. WOLF. I yield to the gentle­ country's national interest. also from institutions, corporations, woman from Marylar1d. Again, that is what we are talking pension funds, and so forth, and Mrs. BENTLEY. Mr. Speaker, first about, foreign investment for indus­ spreading that money in $100,000 of all I want to commend the gentle­ tries that are vital to our national se­ chunks around the country in a man from Virginia CMr. WOLF] for curity, and it said that 99 percent cited number of savings and loan institu­ bringing this Hopkins presentation to defense industries for special consider­ tions. The perversity of that situation the attention of the Members of Con- ation. is that obviously the institutions or 11600 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE June 13, 1989 the individuals wanted to get the high­ Mrs. COLLINS and to make tech­ ferred to the Committee on Agriculture for August 8, 1989, as "National Neighborhood nical corrections in certain other provisions a period ending not later than June 30, Crime Watch Day"; to the Committee on of law. Post Office and Civil Service. 1989, for consideration of such provisions of S.J. Res. 137. Joint resolution designating the bill and amendment as fall within the jurisdiction of that Committee pursuant to January 7, 1990, through January 13, 1990, ADJOURNMENT as "National Law Enforcement Training clause Ha>. rule X ; to the Commit­ be known as the Agency for Health Care to the Committee on Post Office and Civil tee on Armed Services. Research and Policy and to amend title XI Service. 1348. A letter from the Secretary of of the Social Security Act with respect to S.J. Res. 150. Joint resolution to designate Health and Human Services, transmitting a evaluations of the outcomes of health care August 1, 1989, as "Helsinki Human Rights report on the review of swing-bed care by services and procedures; to the Committee Day"; to the Committees on Foreign Affairs Peer Review Organizations, pursuant to on Energy and Commerce. and Post Office and Civil Service. Public Law 100-203; jointly, to the Commit­ By Mr. AuCOIN: S.J. Res. 151. Joint resolution to honor tee on Ways and Means and Energy and H.R. 2602. A bill to convey to the North­ the United States Customs Service on the Commerce. west Oregon Housing Authority certain two hundredth anniversary of its establish­ property located in Astoria, OR; to the ment; to the Committee on Post Office and Committee on Education and Labor. Civil Service. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON By Mr. BRYANT: S. Con. Res. 39. Concurrent resolution to PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLU­ H.R. 2603. A bill to direct the Secretary of commend the group of aviators known as TIONS Health and Human Services to provide Fed­ the "Flying Tigers" for nearly 50 years of eral minimum standards for health insur­ service to the United States; to the Commit­ Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports ance for the elderly; to the Committee on tee on Post Office and Civil Service. of committees were delivered to the Energy and Commerce. 11602 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE June 13, 1989 By Mr. CAMPBELL of Colorado: Services and Merchant Marine and Fisher- vehicles owned by China; to the Committee H.R. 2604. A bill to establish an aban­ ies. on Foreign Affairs. doned minerals and materials mine reclama­ By Mr. LANTOS