9462 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 6, 2000 SENATE—Tuesday, June 6, 2000

The Senate met at 10 a.m. and was business, as the Chair has mentioned, Of course, I understand, as I think called to order by the President pro until 12:30 p.m., with Senator DURBIN my colleague from Nevada under- tempore [Mr. THURMOND]. and Senator THOMAS in control of 1 stands, that is going to take coopera- hour each. tion from both sides. Tragically, and PRAYER Following morning business, the Sen- sadly, we got into a bit of a nonproduc- The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John ate will recess for the weekly party tive period prior to the Memorial Day Ogilvie, offered the following prayer: conferences. As a reminder, the official recess. I hope the recess has cleared the Gracious God, yesterday was the Senate picture will be taken at 2:15 air and we can come back in a produc- eighty-first anniversary of the passage p.m. today. I encourage my colleagues tive way. of the nineteenth amendment estab- to be prompt in an attempt to com- f lishing women’s suffrage. Thank You plete the photo in a timely manner. for the heroines of our heritage as we When the Senate reconvenes, it is MEASURES PLACED ON THE celebrate progress in the rights of hoped the Senate can begin consider- CALENDAR—S. 2645 AND H.R. 3244 women in our society. We thank You ation of the Department of Defense au- Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I under- for the impact of women on American thorization bill. Senators who intend stand there are two bills at the desk history. We praise You for our founding to offer amendments to this important due for their second reading. Pilgrim foremothers and the role they legislation are encouraged to keep The PRESIDING OFFICER. The served in establishing our Nation, for their amendments germane in an effort clerk will read the bills by title. the strategic role of women in the bat- to complete action on the bill prior to The assistant legislative clerk read tle for independence, for the incredible the end of the week. as follows: courage of women who helped push I thank my colleagues. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The as- A bill (S. 2645) to provide for the applica- back the frontier, for the suffragettes tion of certain measures to the People’s Re- who fought for the right to vote and sistant minority leader is recognized. public of China in response to the illegal the place of women in our society, for f sale, transfer, or misuse of certain controlled the dynamic women who have given ITEMS TO ACCOMPLISH BEFORE goods, services, or technology, and for other crucial leadership in each period of our purposes. THE JULY 4 RECESS history. A bill (H.R. 3244) to combat trafficking of Today, Gracious God, we give You Mr. REID. Mr. President, I look for- persons, especially into sex trade, slavery, thanks for the women who serve here ward to this period of time prior to the and slavery-like conditions in the United in the Senate: for the outstanding July 4 recess, as does the entire minor- States and countries around the world through prevention, through prosecution and women Senators, for the women who ity. We are hopeful we can make progress on the appropriations bills, enforcement against the traffickers, and serve as officers and in strategic posi- through protection and assistance to victims tions in the ongoing work of the Sen- which certainly need to be accom- of trafficking. ate, and for the many women through- plished. Also, I hope there will be an opportunity to do something about the Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I object to out the Senate family who glorify You further proceeding on these bills at by their loyalty and excellence. Patients’ Bill of Rights, prescription this time. In Your holy name we pray. Amen. drugs; that we can complete work on The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under f the minimum wage, and the juvenile justice bill. the rule, the bills will be placed on the PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE A number of these matters have been calendar. The Honorable GEORGE V. VOINOVICH, languishing, waiting for the conference The Senator from South Carolina is a Senator from the State of Ohio, led committees to act. We have all had our recognized. the Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: time at home, and we are ready to go. (The remarks of Mr. THURMOND and I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the We hope we can move forward, I repeat, Mr. DURBIN pertaining to the introduc- United States of America, and to the Repub- with the appropriations bills and these tion of S.J. Res. 46 are located in to- lic for which it stands, one nation under God, matters I have outlined. day’s RECORD under ‘‘Statements on In- indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. troduced Bills and Joint Resolution.’’) f f The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under BUILDING A BIPARTISAN RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME the previous order, the time until 11 COMPROMISE a.m. is under the control of the Sen- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I cer- ator from Illinois, Mr. DURBIN, or his VOINOVICH). Under the previous order, tainly concur with my colleague that I designee. the leadership time is reserved. hope we can move forward on these Mr. GREGG addressed the Chair. f critical issues. We are now working The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- MORNING BUSINESS hard at accomplishing some of those ator from New Hampshire is recog- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under efforts. As he mentioned, the con- nized. the previous order, there will now be a ference on the Patients’ Bill of Rights Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask period for the transaction of morning is at work. We hope we can build a bi- unanimous consent that at 12 o’clock I business, not to extend beyond the partisan compromise as necessary to be allowed to speak for 15 minutes in hour of 12:30 p.m., with Senators per- produce that kind of program and law morning business. mitted to speak for up to 5 minutes and protection for the American con- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without each. sumers of health care. objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Idaho is recog- There is a great deal of work to be Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- nized. done. I hope we can come together in a imous consent that the time between united and bipartisan way to resolve 12:15 and 12:30 be reserved for myself. f some of these issues, to move the ap- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without SCHEDULE propriations bills forward, to make objection, it is so ordered. Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, today the sure we complete our business in a Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I yield Senate will be in a period of morning timely manner. to the Senator from Wisconsin.

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VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.000 S06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 9463 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- is bad for law enforcement. Recently, If you are on death row in a state ator from Wisconsin. when police chiefs were asked about other than Illinois or New York, you Mr. FEINGOLD. Thank you, Mr. the death penalty, they said that it was might be able to show a court evidence President. I thank the Senator from Il- counterproductive. Capital cases are of your guilt or innocence based on new linois. incredibly resource-intensive. They do DNA tests. But your ability to do so f not yield a reduction in crime propor- rests on whether you’re lucky enough tional to other, more moderate law-en- to get a prosecutor to agree to the test THE NEED FOR A MORATORIUM forcement activities. or convince a court that it should be ON EXECUTIONS A former police chief of Madison, done. Or, as we have seen very re- Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, the Wisconsin, for example, has said that cently, your ability to show your inno- Federal Government has not executed he fears that the death penalty would cence may rest with the decision of the a person in the name of people of the make police officers’ jobs more dan- governor. And that raises the risk of a United States of America since 1963. gerous, not less so. He expressed con- political decision, not necessarily one For 37 years, we as a people have not cern that a suspect’s incentive to sur- that is based solely on fairness or jus- taken that fateful, irreversible step. I render peacefully is diminished when tice. rise today because all that is appar- the government has plans to execute. Mr. President, I am not surprised ently about to change. Ours is a system of justice founded that both Texas Governor George Bush Since January, I have come to the on fairness and due process. The Fram- and Virginia Governor James Gilmore Senate floor several times to urge my ers of our democracy had a healthy dis- are no longer confident that every pris- colleagues to support a moratorium on trust for the power of the state when oner on death row in their states is executions and a review of the adminis- arrayed against the individual. Many guilty and has had full access to the tration of capital punishment. Mr. of the lawyers in the early United courts. Allowing death row inmates the President, the need for that morato- States of America had on their shelf a benefit of a modern DNA test is the rium has now become more urgent. copy of William Blackstone’s Com- fair and just thing to do. But scores of During the Senate recess just ended, mentaries on the Laws of England, other death row inmates, in Texas, in a Federal judge in Texas set a date for where it is written: ‘‘For the law holds, Virginia, and around the country, may the execution of Juan Raul Garza. In that it is better that ten guilty persons also have evidence exonerating them. only two months, on August 5, he could escape, than that one innocent suffer.’’ They may have DNA evidence. Or they become the first prisoner that the Fed- And Benjamin Franklin wrote, ‘‘That may have other exonerating evidence. eral Government has put to death since it is better 100 guilty Persons should We must ensure that all inmates with 1963. escape than that one innocent Person meritorious claims of innocence have In the early hours of a Saturday should suffer. . . .’’ their day in court. But, among prob- morning, when most Americans will be Our Constitution and Bill of Rights lems in our criminal justice system, sleeping, Federal authorities will strap reflect this concern for the protection the lack of full access to DNA testing Mr. Garza to a gurney at a new Federal of the individual against the might of is, unfortunately, just the tip of the facility in Terre Haute, Indiana. They the state. The fourth amendment pro- iceberg. will put the needle in his vein. And tects: ‘‘The right of the people to be se- Americans’ sense of justice demands they will deliver an injection that will cure in their persons, houses, papers, fair representation and adequate coun- and effects, against unreasonable kill him. sel. In the landmark 1963 case of Gid- Mr. President, I rise today to invite searches and seizures. . . .’’ The fifth eon v. Wainwright, the Supreme Court amendment protects against being ‘‘de- my colleagues to consider the wisdom held that ‘‘in our adversary system of prived of life, liberty, or property, of this action. criminal justice, any person haled into without due process of law. . . .’’ The More and more Americans, including court, who is too poor to hire a lawyer, sixth amendment guarantees that ‘‘the prosecutors, police, and those fighting cannot be assured a fair trial unless accused shall enjoy the right . . . to on the front lines of the battle against counsel is provided for him.’’ The Court have the assistance of counsel for his crime, are rethinking the fairness, the in Gideon wrote: defense.’’ And the eighth amendment efficacy, and the freedom from error of From the very beginning, our state and na- prohibits ‘‘cruel and unusual punish- the death penalty. Senator LEAHY, a tional constitutions and laws have laid great ments.’’ emphasis on procedural and substantive safe- former federal prosecutor, has intro- Our system of government is deeply duced the Innocence Protection Act, of guards designed to assure fair trials before grounded in the defense of the indi- impartial tribunals in which every defendant which I am proud to be a cosponsor. vidual against the power of the govern- stands equal before the law. This noble ideal Congressman DELAHUNT and Congress- ment. Our Nation has a proud tradition cannot be realized if the poor man charged man LAHOOD have introduced the same of safeguarding the rights of its citi- with crime has to face his accusers without bill in the House. Congressman zens. a lawyer to assist him. DELAHUNT, also a former prosecutor, is But more and more, we are finding And, in cases since then, for example concerned that our current system of that when a person’s very life is at the 1988 case of McCoy v. Court of Ap- administering the death penalty is far stake, our system of justice is failing peals, the Supreme Court has ruled from just. He has said: ‘‘If you spent 20 to live up to the standards that the that: ‘‘It is . . . settled law that an indi- years in the criminal justice system, American people demand and expect. gent defendant has the same right to you would be very concerned about More and more, Americans are finding effective representation by an active what goes on.’’ reason to believe that we have a justice advocate as a defendant who can afford In my own home state of Wisconsin, system that can, and does, make mis- to retain counsel of his or her choice.’’ at least eleven active and former state takes. But, Mr. President, more and more, and Federal prosecutors have said that Americans’ sense of justice demands we are finding counsel that fail the executions do not deter crime and that if new evidence becomes available standard of adequacy. Drunk lawyers. could result in executing the innocent. that could shed light on the guilt or in- Sleeping lawyers. Lawyers who never Michael McCann, the well-respected nocence of a defendant, then the de- cross-examined. Lawyers whose first District Attorney of Milwaukee Coun- fendant should be given the oppor- trial is a trial where the client’s life is ty, has said that prosecution is a tunity to present it. Unfortunately, ap- on the line. Lawyers who have been human enterprise bound to have mis- parently, the people of New York and subsequently disbarred. takes. Illinois are the only ones who under- We would never allow a podiatrist to Mr. President, police—the people on stand this. They have enacted laws al- perform heart surgery. And we would the front lines of the battle against lowing convicted offenders access to never allow a surgeon to perform sur- crime—are coming out against the the biological evidence used at trial gery while drunk, or to fall asleep dur- death penalty. They are finding that it and modern DNA testing. ing surgery. But courts, over and over

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.000 S06JN0 9464 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 6, 2000 again, have upheld convictions where nocent. But remember, this is after When an airplane careens off a run- the defendants’ lawyers were not quali- they were on death row. Eight of the 87 way, the Federal government steps in fied to represent them, slept through people later proven innocent relied on to review what went wrong. This Na- trial, or were drunk in court. modern DNA testing to prove their in- tion’s system of capital punishment Take the case of the lawyer Joe Can- nocence. But access to DNA testing has veered seriously off-course. It is non. In 1979, one Mr. Carl Johnson was plainly tells only a small part of the now clear that it is replete with errors. convicted of murder and sent to death story of the mistakes in our criminal The time has come to pause and row by a Texas state court. During justice system. The remaining 79 inno- study what is wrong. The time has trial, his lead counsel, Joe Cannon, was cent people gained their release based come to pause and ensure that our sys- often asleep. Cannon’s co-counsel, Phil- on other kinds of evidence—evidence tem is fair and just. ip Scardino, was two years out of law like recanted witness testimony. Our American tradition of fairness school and recalls the whole experience Sometimes, it is evidence that an in- and due process demands it. Reverence as ‘‘frightening.’’ He said, ‘‘All I could effective attorney fails to introduce at for our democracy’s protection of the do was nudge him sometimes and try trial. Take the case of Gregory Wilhoit. individual against the state compels as to wake him up.’’ Johnson’s appellate In 1987, an Oklahoma court sentenced much. The American people’s love of attorney, David Dow, said the trial Wilhoit to die for the murder of his es- justice deserves no less. transcript gives the impression that tranged wife. The key evidence for the Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I com- there was no one in the courtroom de- prosecution was expert testimony that mend my colleague from the State of fending Johnson. It ‘‘goes on for pages a bite mark on the victim matched Wisconsin. He is a person of principle. and pages, and there is not a whisper Wilhoit’s. The defense never called an He comes to the floor of the Senate and from anyone representing him.’’ Mr. expert to challenge the prosecution’s reminds Members, whether in support Johnson was executed in 1995, the 12th dental expert. The court of appeals of or in opposition to the death pen- execution under Governor Bush’s granted a new trial, recognizing that alty, it is fundamental to the American watch. Wilhoit had ineffective legal represen- system of justice that we insist on fair- Now as ‘‘frightening’’ as this sounds, tation. The appellate court noted that ness. the same attorney continued to work his counsel was ‘‘suffering from alcohol In my State of Illinois, some 13 peo- capital cases. dependence and abuse, and brain dam- ple who were on death row preparing to Like the majority of inmates on age during his representation.’’ Wilhoit be executed by the State of Illinois Texas’ death row, Calvin Burdine could describes his former attorney as ‘‘a were found by scientific testing to be not afford an attorney, so the court drunk’’ and recalls several occasions innocent and were released. Because of paid a lawyer to represent him, and when the attorney threw up in the that, the Governor of our State, a Re- that lawyer again was Joe Cannon. judge’s chambers. After spending six publican, George Ryan, made what I Five years after Johnson’s trial, and years on death row, Wilhoit was exon- consider to be an important and coura- this time without co-counsel, Cannon erated after 11 experts—11 experts—tes- geous decision. He suspended the death represented Burdine, and again slept tified that the teeth marks did not penalty in my home State of Illinois. through crucial moments of the trial. match. The Senator from Wisconsin, Mr. The clerk for the trial judge said Can- Mr. President, I hate to say it, but FEINGOLD, reminds Members that the non ‘‘was asleep for long periods of this is the worst of government gone experience in Illinois is not unique. In time during the questioning of wit- amok. People understand that the gov- State after State, we have found people nesses.’’ Three jurors noted he did most ernment can make mistakes in other who have been called to justice and of his nodding off in the afternoon, fol- areas. They can only expect as much have received virtually no representa- lowing lunch. Burdine’s appellate at- here. Columnist George Will recently tion before the court of law. In the torneys contend that highly incrimi- wrote that conservatives, especially, most serious possible cases under our nating hearsay testimony was intro- should be concerned. George Will system of justice, these men have been duced and reached the jury because the wrote: ‘‘Capital punishment, like the sentenced to death. In many cases, attorney was sleeping. In 1995, the rest of the criminal justice system, is a that sentence was carried out with in- Texas Court of Criminal Appeals re- government program, so skepticism is adequate defense and representation. jected his claim of ineffective assist- in order.’’ For example, I think the decision by ance. Burdine’s case is now before the When we do not exercise that skep- Governor Bush of Texas to at least sus- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Cir- ticism, when we rush to execute with pend the execution of an individual for cuit. ever growing speed, we contribute to, 30 days while DNA testing is underway As Texas State Senator Rodney Ellis rather than detract from, a culture of is a thoughtful decision. I commend said of the Burdine case on ABC’s This violence. It deprives us of the greatness him for that. The State of Texas, I be- Week this past Sunday, ‘‘That is a na- that is America. We are better than lieve, leads the Nation in the number tional embarrassment.’’ Incredulously, this. of executions, and the State of Texas Senator Ellis lamented: ‘‘[T]he Texas And so, Mr. President, the time has has no public defender system. So in Court of Criminal Appeals ruled appar- come to pause. That is why today, in the State of Texas, if you are a crimi- ently that you can be Rip Van Winkle the light of the scheduling of the first nal defendant facing a capital crime and still be a pretty good attorney.’’ Federal execution in almost 40 years, which could result in execution, it is Two years after his death, lawyer Joe and in light of the growing awareness literally a gamble, a crapshoot as to Cannon remains a courthouse legend. that there are fundamental flaws in the person who will represent you to In a span of about 10 years, twelve of our system of justice, I urge my Col- defend your life. his indigent clients went to death row. leagues to join me in the National In cases that have been cited by Sen- Americans’ sense of justice demands Death Penalty Moratorium Act, which ator FEINGOLD, some of the most in- that the poor, as well as the rich, I introduced along with Senators LEVIN competent attorneys in America have should get their day in court. Even and WELLSTONE. been assigned this responsibility. In death penalty supporters like Reverend This bill is a common sense, modest our State of Illinois, we found these at- Pat Robertson recognize that this ulti- proposal. It merely calls a temporary torneys to be not well versed in law; we mate punishment appears reserved for halt to executions while a national, found them to be lazy; we found them the poor. blue ribbon commission thoroughly ex- to be derelict in their duty, and in The machinery of death is badly bro- amines the administration of capital some cases, a person’s life was at ken. Since the 1970s, 87 people sitting punishment. The bill simply calls for a stake. on death row were later proven inno- pause and a study. That is not too Again, I commend my colleague from cent. That means that for every seven much to ask, when the lives of inno- the State of Wisconsin for his state- executions, we’ve found one person in- cent people hang in the balance. ment. It is a reminder to all, whether

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.000 S06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 9465 we support the death penalty—as I do— ly American and which is tragic in its time after the Senate passed gun safety or we oppose it, that we in this country proportion. To think we lose 12 or 13 legislation: believe in a system that is based on children every day to gun violence, Earnest Barnes, 38, Atlanta, GA; fairness and justice. that is a sad reminder of what hap- Quentin A. Brown, 29, Chicago, IL; Dex- I have introduced legislation to give pened at Columbine High School in ter J. Caruthers, 46, Gary, IN; George to all Federal prisoners who were sub- Littleton, CO, a little over a year ago, Cook, 19, Minneapolis, MN; Don Fer- jected to capital punishment the same when some 13 students were killed at guson, 80, Oakland, CA; Juan J. right for DNA testing that exists in my that school. It is merely one instance Gonzales, 28, Oklahoma City, OK; Mark State of Illinois. There are similar bills of a situation which repeats itself S. Hansher, 33, Madison, WI; Joseph introduced by my colleagues. I hope every single day. Jainski, 34, Philadelphia, PA; Maurice that all, conservative and liberals It has been more than a year since Lewis, 29, Philadelphia, PA; Donald alike, Democrats and Republicans, will that tragedy, but still this Congress re- Norrod, 67, Akron, OH; Allen Ringgold, at least adhere to the basic standard of fuses to act on sensible gun safety leg- 23, Baltimore, MD; Lawanza Robertson, justice when it comes to cases of this islation. I remind those who are fol- 18, Detroit, MI; Agapito Rodriquez, 32, seriousness and this magnitude. lowing this debate, the proposal for Dallas, TX; Jonathan Shields, 31, Mr. FEINGOLD. Will the Senator this gun safety legislation is hardly Washington, DC; Clarence Veasley, 44, yield? radical. If people are going to buy a St. Louis, MO; Kirk Watkins, Detroit, Mr. DURBIN. I am happy to yield to gun from a gun dealer in America, they MI. the Senator. are subjected to a background check. In addition, since the Senate was not Mr. FEINGOLD. I thank the Senator We want to know if they are criminals. in session this year from May 26 to and take my hat off to him and to our We want to know if they have a history June 5, I ask unanimous consent the neighbor to the south, the State of Illi- of violent crime or violent mental ill- names be printed in the RECORD of nois. Without the leadership of Illinois, ness or if they are too young to buy a some of those who were killed by gun- which had the courage to admit that it gun—basic questions. I understand fire last year on the days from May 26 had a problem, this entire issue would that, as of last year, over 250,000 would- through June 5: not be receiving the kind of examina- be purchasers of guns were denied that There being no objection, the mate- tion occurring across the country. opportunity as a result of a simple rial was ordered to be printed in the That is to the Senator’s credit, to that background check. RECORD, as follows: of the Governor, and to all the people Did they turn around and buy a gun MAY 26, 1999 of your State. on the street? It is possible. But we Demarcus Clark, 22, Atlanta, GA. The bill I have introduced is modeled should not make it easy for them. It Delmar Guyton, 23, Detroit, MI. exactly after the pattern followed in Il- should not be automatic. In fact, I hope Shawn Timothy Hamilton, 35, Washington, linois; that is, the calling of a morato- in many instances, having been denied DC. rium by a Governor who is, or at least at a gun dealer, they could not find a James Johnson, 24, Denver, CO. has been, a death penalty supporter, gun nor should they have been able to. William Partlow, 26, Charlotte, NC. and then the appointing of a very dis- We believe applying the same standard Shayne Worcester, San Francisco, CA. tinguished blue-ribbon commission, in- of gun safety legislation to gun shows MAY 27, 1999 cluding our former wonderful col- just makes common sense. Steve T. Fleming, 27, New Orleans, LA. league, Paul Simon, and including both So that is part of the gun safety leg- Bruce Harvard, 19, Pittsburgh, PA. pro- and anti-death penalty people. islation we passed in the Senate by a Kewan McKinnie, 19, Detroit, MI. Under Illinois’ leadership, there will vote of 49–49, and a tie-breaking vote Victorria Moore, 41, San Antonio, TX. Bobby Piggle, 39, Kansas City, MO. was cast by Vice President AL GORE. be this kind of pause and examination Ramona Richins, 47, Salt Lake City, UT. that is open to people of any view on That bill left the Senate over 8 months Kevin Sellers, 25, Baltimore, MD. the death penalty, to simply make sure ago, went over to the House of Rep- Termell Wollen, 31, Detroit, MI. that system is fixed. resentatives where it was emasculated Unidentified male, 24, Norfolk, VA. As the Senator pointed out, Illinois by the gun lobby, where the National Unidentified male, 25, Norfolk, VA. could not possibly be the only State Rifle Association would not accept the MAY 28, 1999 that has this problem. In fact, I predict basic idea that we should check on the Raymond Adams, 30, Philadelphia, PA. it will not turn out to be the one with backgrounds of people who buy guns at Carrillo Ambbrocio, 32, Houston, TX. the worst problem in this area. gun shows. Luz Balbona, 59, Miami-Dade County, FL. The other States need to join it on The National Rifle Association be- Jimmy Cottingham, 30, Washington, DC. this, the Federal Government needs to lieves those who go into gun shows Armando Garcia, 16, San Bernardino, CA. join, and I compliment your State, as I should be able to buy a gun with no Ignacio Gonzalez, Sr., 42, Chicago, IL. questions asked. That is just fun- Terrell Hatfield, 21, Seattle, WA. did in my earlier remarks, as being one Donnell Holmes, 25, Miami-Dade County, of the only two States to recognize the damentally unfair and ignorant. That FL. right to have guaranteed DNA testing. position prevailed in the House of Rep- Jose Reyes, 18, Hempstead, NY. f resentatives. The matter went to a Angela Yglesias, 18, Detroit, MI. conference committee where it has lan- LEGISLATIVE AGENDA MAY 29, 1999 guished ever since. David D. Adams, 36, New Orleans, LA. Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, in the Since Columbine High School, thou- Michael Cal Andretti, 29, St. Paul, MN. time that remains in morning business, sands of Americans have been killed by William Berry, 56, Philadelphia, PA. which I will share with my colleague gunfire. Until we act, Democrats in the Vincent Domingeuez, 42, Louisville, KY. from California, we will address several Senate will, each day, read the names Alayito Finney, 30, Detroit, MI. of the issues which still remain before of some, just some, who lost their lives Bruce Goldberg, 39, Philadelphia, PA. this session of Congress. Many of us are to gun violence in the past year and Joseph Jenkins, 22, Charleston, SC. just returning from a Memorial Day will continue to do so every day the Dil Kahn, 57, Houston, TX. break which we spent with our families Roberto Lauret, 30, Miami-Dade County, Senate is in session. FL. back in our States, trying to acquaint In the names of those who died, we Craig Nelson, 34, Philadelphia, PA. ourselves with the concerns of people will continue this fight, and in the Gregory Ramseth, 33, Seattle, WA. and the concerns about issues we face names of their families who still grieve James Thurston, III, 19, Miami-Dade Coun- here in Washington. their losses, we will continue to re- ty, FL. One of the concerns in the State of Il- member these victims of gun violence. Roger Vincent, 44, Mesquite, TX. linois and in the city of Chicago con- Following are the names of some of Unidentified male, 35, Long Beach, CA. tinues to be gun violence. This is still the people who were killed by gunfire 1 MAY 30, 1999 a phenomenon which is almost unique- year ago today, on June 6, 1999, at a Lawrence Albeniaic, 45, New Orleans, LA.

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.000 S06JN0 9466 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 6, 2000 Ryan Bailey, 19, Baltimore, MD. Jose J. Santoyo, 20, Chicago, IL. The child left school, went home; he Maxine Bedell, 82, Rochester, NY. Abimbola Whitlock, 20, Oakland, CA. told someone he was going to get a Melco Botache, 33, Miami-Dade County, JUNE 5, 1999 gun. The child who was told this didn’t FL. Nancy Linda Akers, 45, Washington, DC. believe it. Sure enough, he went to his Henry Carter, 48, Detroit, MI. Jeffrey Blash, 24, Miami-Dade County, FL. Savatore Damico, 33, Baltimore, MD. grandfather’s stash of guns and got Mary Kathleen Brady, 35, Cincinnati, OH. Lovell Daniely, 27, Philadelphia, PA. one. It had no safety lock on it. He re- Franco D. Davis, 22, Chicago, IL. David Davidson, 38, St. Louis, MO. turned, and he killed a very wonderful, Patrick Dewar, 35, Philadelphia, PA. Frank Evans, 18, Chicago, IL. kind family man, a teacher at the Anthony Fletcher, 45, Macon, GA. Rico Montgomery, 24, Detroit, MI. Walter Hill, 38, Detroit, MI. prime of his life, in his thirties. Antonio Munoz, 17, Providence, RI. Alice Hough, 54, Miami-Dade County, FL. Then we had the incident in Queens Phyllis Robinson, 38, Chicago, IL. Maurice Jiles, 18, Gary, IN. where a disgruntled employee essen- Brandy Smith, 18, Houston, TX. Fernando Perez, 29, Houston, TX. tially executed people who worked at a MAY 31, 1999 Joseph Swinnie, 18, Washington, DC. Wendy’s. Elizabeth K. Burlan, 55, New Orleans, LA. Victor Temores-Martinez, 30, Chicago, IL. What do we do here? Nothing. We do Anthony Clay, 40, Atlanta, GA. Shaun Tilghman, 24, Boston, MA. nothing. I am listening for the major- Gregory Clay, 40, Atlanta, GA. Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, at the ity leader. We already passed these Edward Meno, 26, Oakland, CA. National Rifle Association convention, amendments in the Senate, and the Daron D. Mitchell, 18, Akron, OH. Miriam Moses, 78, Miami-Dade County, FL. when it was brought up as an issue that amendments are languishing in the Shane Newton, 26, Detroit, MI. so many young people are killed every committee. I say to my friend, what Curtis Smith, 26, Cincinnati, OH. single day by gunfire in America, in ad- are the American people to think about Anthony Wilson, 40, Philadelphia, PA. dition to those who are not so young, this inaction? I would like him to com- Unidentified male, 18, Newark, NJ. the people at the National Rifle Asso- ment on that. Then I have another JUNE 1, 1999 ciation dismissed it and said these are question about the NRA convention. Jouvito Bravo, 19, Houston, TX. teenage gang bangers and drug crimi- If my friend could comment, because Allen R. Darrington, 17, Kansas City, MO. nals and you just have to expect, in the he feels so strongly about this, what Martha Enrichez, 21, Dallas, TX. culture in which they live, they are are the American people thinking Antoine Fowler, 21, Charlotte, NC. going to kill one another. about the Senate and Congress, con- Bruce Green, 36, Baltimore, MD. As I read this list of people ranging trolled by Republicans, who do nothing Jewel Harvey, 49, Dallas, TX. in age from 80 years to 18, it is clear about the issue of the killing of our Johnny Howard, 26, Atlanta, GA. people at a far greater rate than our Stephen Karawan, 53, Miami-Dade County, that the victims of gun violence are FL. not just those who were involved in soldiers died in Vietnam? We have a Michael Kitchins, 36, Dallas, TX. crime in the inner city. Frankly, it in- war in our streets. What do you think Eric Lewis, 21, Detroit, MI. volved Americans across the board; they should do about it? Jamont Simmons, 22, Rochester, NY. Americans—black, white, and brown— Mr. DURBIN. I can say to the Sen- Jerona Stewart, 15, Washington, DC. of virtually every age group. To dis- ator from California, as people across D’Andre Tizeno, San Francisco, CA. the Nation refuse to vote in elections Irene Zaragoza, 47, Houston, TX. miss this, as the National Rifle Asso- ciation did, as something we should not and lose respect for those who are Unidentified male, 39, Honolulu, HI. elected to public office, it is a clear in- Unidentified male, 26, Nashville, TN. care about I think is evidence of their insensitivity to this issue of gun vio- dication, as far as I am concerned, that JUNE 2, 1999 they do not believe we are responsive. lence. Corey Ball, 28, San Antonio, TX. They do not believe we are listening. Mrs. BOXER. Will the Senator yield Clarence A. Bellinger, 30, Chicago, IL. They do not believe the problems that for a couple questions? Barbara Clark, 35, Chicago, IL. families face across America are prob- Carlton Copeland, 23, Atlanta, GA. Mr. DURBIN. I am happy to yield to lems we share. They think we are some Felipe Cruz, 26, Dallas, TX. the Senator from California. sort of political elite that really is out William Floyd, 18, Washington, DC. Mrs. BOXER. I thank the Senator of touch with the world. Raymond Gonzales, 33, San Bernardino, from Illinois for reading these names CA. They understand in the cities and the into the RECORD, for putting a human Fairway Huntington, 41, Memphis, TN. suburbs across Illinois that gun vio- Craig Kallevig, 41, Minneapolis, MN. face on what is a national tragedy. He lence is an issue that affects so many Seven Lomax, 30, Philadelphia, PA. experienced this at home, and I did as lives. They wonder how people can be Brian Meridith, 36, Mesquite, TX. well in California. elected to the Senate and not try to do James Nelson, 23, Baltimore, MD. People are wondering just exactly something about it. Cecilia Pagaduan, 44, Daly City, CA. what we are doing. Since Columbine, I know the Senator from California Edwin Pagaduan, 44, Daly City, CA. we agreed to five sensible gun amend- Mario Anthony Phillips, 26, St. Paul, MN. agrees with me that even passing this ments, one of them to close the gun gun safety legislation will not elimi- Ricky Salizar, 12, Roswell, NM. show loophole, which would make it Kahlil J. Smith, 19, Memphis, TN. nate gun violence, but we hope it will very difficult, if not impossible, for JUNE 3, 1999 reduce it. criminals and children and people who It is a commonsense approach to re- Alberto Acosta, 36, Miami-Dade County, are mentally unbalanced to buy guns ducing the ownership of guns by people FL. at gun shows; also, for example, to Scott Hughes, 24, Dallas, TX. who should not own them. I believe— Samuel C. Johnson, 51, Seattle, WA. make sure that all handguns are sold and I am sure the Senator from Cali- Chang Dae Kim, Detroit, MI. with safety locks, so if kids get hold of fornia does, too—those who use guns Rodney Nelson, 17, Detroit, MI. a gun, there is no discharge of a bullet. legally and safely, such as sportsmen Sammy Tate, 35, Chicago, IL. I want to engage my friend in a little and hunters, should be allowed to do Mario Wright, 19, Philadelphia, PA. colloquy. While we were gone last so, but I do not agree with the National JUNE 4, 1999 week, there were two horrific stories, Rifle Association of basically giving Recardo Aguilar, 23, Pittsburgh, PA. just two that made the national news. guns to everyone, no questions asked, Donald Carver, 43, Toledo, OH. God knows there were more. and hope for the best, and wants to see Carlos Casaway, 23, Detroit, MI. One of them involved a student who concealed weapons in every place. Gov- Christopher Earl, 26, Knoxville, TN. was acting out on the last day of ernor Bush decided he wanted con- Fitzroy Farguharson, 35, Miami-Dade school. He was throwing water bal- cealed weapons to be carried in church- County, FL. loons. And the teacher said: Listen, Al Jenkins, 28, Oakland, CA. es and synagogues in the State of Derek D. Miller, 24, Memphis, TN. you are just going to have to leave Texas. That strikes me as a ridiculous Cesar Quevedo, 24, Pittsubrgh, PA. school. You don’t belong here. We don’t situation. Juan D. Rodriguez, 48, Houston, TX. have tolerance for this kind of behav- Mrs. BOXER. Amusement parks as Earl Roos, 25, Oakland, CA. ior. well.

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Mr. DURBIN. Amusement parks. over the issues rather than attack a the prospect of Vice President GORE be- Think about the situation and wonder Vice President who is simply reflecting coming President and continuing that how in the world can we have a safer the views of 80 percent of the people. tradition of supporting sensible gun America if we have this proliferation of When we hear the NRA executive safety legislation. They want George guns that is, obviously, supported by say: When George Bush is elected, we W. Bush. They want their man in the Governor Bush, as well as the National are going to operate out of the White White House. They want to help pick Rifle Association. Democrats and Re- House—that sends chills up and down the Supreme Court. You can bet as an publicans should be listening to fami- my spine. No group should operate out American, I am concerned that will in- lies across this country. of the White House, whether it is Sarah crease the incidence of gun violence in To think gun violence has become so and Jim Brady’s gun control group or our country. commonplace that we have accepted it the NRA. For them to say when George Mrs. BOXER. I thank my friend for is a sad testament on this great Na- Bush is elected they are going to work raising the issue of the Supreme Court. tion. If one looks at gun violence sta- out of the White House is a frightening I should have raised it myself. He is so tistics and says ‘‘that is life,’’ no, it is thought to me. right on that point. The Supreme not. That is life in America. That is I hope the American people will tune Court up to now has, in fact, said it is not life in any other country in the in to this and not say all the can- OK for Congress to work on gun laws world. Virtually every civilized coun- didates are alike and not say all of us that keep guns out of the hands of try in the world has basic gun safety are alike. They are not going to find us criminals and children, and that it is laws and gun control laws to keep guns perfect, that is for sure. No one is per- not, in fact, a violation of the second out of the hands of those who would fect. Doesn’t my friend believe this is amendment because we say: Sure, if misuse them and out of the hands of an issue where there are serious dif- you are responsible and you need to children. We live in a country where a ferences between the two parties? have a gun and you have a reason to disgruntled 13- or 14-year-old goes Mr. DURBIN. I say to the Senator have it—for recreation or to defend home and finds grandpa’s gun, goes from California that she has answered your family—and you are a responsible back to school, and kills a teacher. her own question: Why is the National gun owner, that is one situation. But if That is not commonplace anyplace in Rifle Association attacking the Demo- you are a criminal, you are mentally the world but for the United States, cratic candidate for President? They unbalanced, if you walk in and buy a which I do not think we should accept, made it clear. The chairman of their gun, by the way, when you are high on and our failure to do anything about it organization, a gentleman from Iowa drugs or alcohol, this is not going to be feeds into the cynicism of America’s whose name I do not have handy, made good for this Nation. The Supreme voters and citizenry who think we are this announcement—in fact, it has Court up to now has upheld our ability elected to solve problems in this coun- been videotaped and replayed—where to regulate. try. When we do not respond, it is no he said: Listen, the choice for the Na- There is no question that with the wonder they lose faith in the process. tional Rifle Association in this Presi- NRA operating out of the George Bush Mrs. BOXER. I say to my friend, dential race is clear. If George Bush is White House, we are going to see in the what is extremely frustrating is the elected President of the United States, Congress not only a lack of future talk we hear: Gee, it does not make the National Rifle Association will progress on controlling these guns and any difference who gets elected. I want have its man in the White House. who has these guns, but we are going to to make a point straight from the The Senator from California does not see the Supreme Court tilt and say: shoulder, and I am known for that. The exaggerate. That is exactly what he Congress, you have no business dealing fact is, every single Democrat voted for said. with this issue. these sensible gun measures, except What does it mean to have your per- I ask my friend this: If we have no one, and we had just a few on the other son in the White House next to the other role to play, shouldn’t it be that side join us. President? It means gun safety legisla- we protect the health and the safety of There is a difference. I ask my friend tion does not have a chance. Not a sin- the people of this country? I know we if he happened to hear the NRA con- gle thing is going to be passed by Con- are trying to get a Patients’ Bill of vention speeches that were made or if gress that will not be vetoed by George Rights. This is another issue for which he read them, and, if so, what he W. Bush. we are fighting hard because that is thought. I was, frankly, stunned at the Secondly, I hope the Senator from our sacred obligation, if nothing else. all-out personal attack on AL GORE California will also reflect on this, and We can have the greatest economy in that I heard. I have no objection to that is, it is likely in the next Presi- the world, the best economy in the people having differences. If they want dency two or three Supreme Court Jus- world, people can be working and thriv- everyone to carry a concealed weapon, tices will be nominated. The National ing, but if some child goes home and that is their choice to make that deci- Rifle Association is going to have its gets his grandpa’s gun and shoots a sion. I do not think we want to see an voice in that process if George Bush is beautiful teacher in the head, if some America that is a shootout at the OK elected President. They will decide disgruntled employee who has a crimi- Corral. I do not think that is going to whether or not the Supreme Court Jus- nal record can get a gun at a gun show, make our country great. But if some- tice nominee passes their litmus test, what good does it do if you have the body thinks that we all ought to pack which basically says we should sell best job and the best future in the a weapon, that is their right, but to guns in this country with no questions world? personally attack the Vice President asked. My friend has read the names of peo- because he supports sensible gun con- That is not a decision for 4 years; it ple shot down in the prime of their trol laws—which, by the way, are sup- is a decision for decades because if the lives. We are supposed to live to our ported by 80 percent of the people—to Supreme Court has a majority of that seventies, and a lot of these people are make this a personal, vicious attack on point of view, that is going to affect shot down in their teens, in their AL GORE—and I read Wayne LaPierre’s the laws that are approved virtually twenties, or in their thirties. speech and I read Charlton Heston’s across the board at the State and Fed- My friend is so right to raise this speech. They named AL GORE in the eral level. issue of the Supreme Court. I thank most vicious way and attacked him in When the National Rifle Association him so much for engaging in this col- the most personal way. at their convention starts ranting and loquy. I ask my friend if he would like to raving about their choice for President, I know this talk is hard talk. By the see this debate elevated above these it is because they are sick and tired of way, it certainly raises our names to personalities. It is dangerous to start President Clinton, who has stood up for the NRA; and that is not easy for us, attacking people in such a way, and I gun safety as long as he has been in the either. But the fact is, I believe in my hope we can keep our disagreements White House. They are frightened by heart that the NRA gives a lot of

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.000 S06JN0 9468 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 6, 2000 money to people in Government but trician following her pregnancy, who come back from Memorial Day, we must there has to be some of us who stand wants to stay with the person in whom move past the conference. up. I am proud to say every single she has confidence, will not lose that Congressman NORWOOD said: Democrat, many of whom absolutely right because her company decides to Starting today, I am working as if that believe, as we do, in the right to gun change its health insurance carrier; will be the case. I am willing to pass this ownership, have stood strong and said that someone who wants to be involved measure through any means necessary. we must keep guns out of the hands of in a clinical trial of a new experi- I say congratulations to this Repub- children, the mentally unbalanced, and mental drug for cancer, for example, lican Congressman who is standing up people with criminal records. that might save their life, cannot be to the Republican majority in the Sen- I say this to my friend: This is a fight denied that opportunity by a health in- ate, who is standing up to the insur- we are going to wage on this floor. We surance company; that our access to ance industry, who is standing with the are not going to let George Bush hide emergency rooms will not be denied be- Democrats and with American fami- behind the fact that he says nice cause of the decisions of health insur- lies. As on gun safety legislation, this things. I am amazed that the polls ance company clerks. health legislation, important to fami- don’t reflect that people know what he We had a vote on the floor of the Sen- lies across America, has been stalled stands for, making it possible to carry ate. Overwhelmingly, the American and blockaded by the Senate Repub- a concealed weapon into a church—we people support what I have said. We lican leadership. They do not want to had a horrible massacre in a Texas lost the vote but not because we did even address the issues that families church—or into hospitals. Why do you not have support for our position. across America care about. need a gun in a hospital—explain that Three hundred organizations supported You step back and say: Why in the to me—a place of healing, a place of the Democratic position on the Pa- world do men and women run to be peaceful recuperation? tients’ Bill of Rights, every major med- Members of this Senate if they are not Why do you need a gun in a church? ical group in America. The nurses sup- willing to at least debate the major Why do you need a gun in a hospital? ported our position. The doctors sup- issues, if not pass legislation to help What about an amusement park where ported our position. Hospitals sup- families? But time and time and time there are so many kids around? This ported our position. Yet we lost be- again, the Senate majority has block- makes no sense. He did it because the cause one special interest group on the aded, stopped, and stalled every effort NRA wanted it done. We have to speak other side prevailed—the insurance to deal with issues of health and safe- the truth here if we are worth any- companies. They are the ones that are ty. thing. making the profit out of these deci- And those are not the only ones. As I thank my friend for speaking the sions that take quality care away from to an increase in the minimum wage, truth, for reading the names of those families, which exalt the bottom line this is one of the most disgraceful who died, and for bringing this issue of profits, and ignore basic health care things that has happened to Congress day after day to the floor of the Sen- needs. in the last 10 or 12 years. It used to be ate. I will be by his side. This miserable bill that passed out of when it came time for an increase in Mr. DURBIN. I thank the Senator the Senate is headed over to the House the minimum wage—under President from California. She has made a point, of Representatives. I am happy to re- Reagan, for example, it was done with too, that I would like to follow up on. port to you that a substantial number little fanfare and little debate. It was We have addressed this issue of the of House Republicans said they were done on a bipartisan basis. We all be- safety of American families, to make not going to scrape and bow to the in- lieved that the men and women who sure that we try to do everything that surance industry; that they would got up and went to work every day in is reasonable to reduce gun violence. stand with American families and med- America for a basic minimum wage de- ical professionals so we have rights, a There is also an issue of health not served an increase periodically to re- Patients’ Bill of Rights for America. only related to gun violence but in a flect the cost of living. They passed a good bill, the Dingell- larger context. We have several meas- But the Republican-dominated Con- Norwood bill. JOHN DINGELL of Michi- ures that are pending on Capitol Hill gress refuses to allow us to increase gan is legendary here on Capitol Hill. that have been languishing for months: this minimum wage. And 350,000 people Congressman CHARLIE NORWOOD is rel- prescription drug benefits, which we in my State of Illinois got up this atively new but is a Republican who support. We believe that under Medi- has had the courage to stand up and morning and went to work for a min- care the elderly and the disabled say: I think it is only right to say no to imum wage—$5.15 an hour—with vir- should have a prescription drug ben- the insurance companies and yes to tually no benefit protection. I agree with Senator KENNEDY, Sen- efit. To accomplish that, it is certainly American families on a Patients’ Bill ator DASCHLE, and so many others, going to involve bipartisan coopera- of Rights. tion. But we have seen no leadership, Let me read to you what Congress- that we should increase this minimum wage as a matter of basic decency a none whatsoever, in this Congress. man NORWOOD said a few days ago What are they waiting for? We are about the situation that has occurred dollar an hour—50 cents a year for 2 now in the month of June. We are talk- where the Senate passed the insurance years—so people who are trying to ing about resolving a lot of the major industry bill and the House passed one keep their families together, trying to issues before our August recess for the that will help American families; and maintain their own standard of living, conventions. In this short period of nothing has happened since. This is have a chance to do it with an in- time, can we find the political will to what he said on May 25: creased minimum wage. Again, the Re- publican leadership in Congress refuses address a prescription drug benefit? I’m here today to say time’s up on the con- Let me add another that has been ference committee. We’ve waited eight to let us bring up this issue of the min- languishing for months: the Patients’ months for this committee to approve a com- imum wage. Bill of Rights, which basically says promise bill. Senate Republicans— Time and time again—gun safety leg- that each one of us, as individuals and This is a Congressman who is a Re- islation, a prescription drug benefit members of a family, should be able to publican who is saying this about his under Medicare, a Patients’ Bill of walk into a doctor’s office and listen colleagues in the Senate: Rights to protect families when they carefully to that medical professional, Senate Republicans have yet to even offer have the most basic and fundamental receive their diagnosis and their rec- a compromise liability proposal—they have concerns about their health, and a min- ommendation, and follow it and not be only demanded that the House Conferees imum wage—these issues have been second-guessed by some insurance com- abandon their position. stalled because the Republican leader- pany. He goes on to say: ship refuses to bring them up for a I think that is so fundamental and so If we don’t get a bill, or at least a ten- vote. They know the American people basic—that a woman who has an obste- tative agreement in writing by the week we support it but there are special interest

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.000 S06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 9469 groups that oppose each and every one Take the issue of minimum wage, ing, $2 trillion more in debt, to give tax of them. where people are actually living in pov- breaks to wealthy people, to change The National Rifle Association has erty. For goodness’ sake, some in our Social Security in a risky way. told them: Put the bar on the door. We military are on food stamps. Yet our I think that is another fundamental don’t want any gun safety legislation. friends on the other side will vote for issue. If we are going to deal with The insurance companies have told luxury jets to ferry around the gen- America’s economy to keep it moving them: We don’t want a Patients’ Bill of erals. I don’t know where the shame is. forward, if we are going to bring about Rights. We are making a lot of money I don’t know where the outrage is. I the changes we need to make America under the current system. We don’t can only say that this is where it is a better place to live, we certainly want the doctors and the nurses to today. It is reflected in the Presi- don’t need to return to deficit spend- make medical decisions. We want dential race, and it is reflected in the ing. I think that is a critical issue that businesspeople to make them based on Senate races and in the congressional affects everything we do on Capitol profits. The pharmaceutical industry races. Hill. has told them they don’t want a pre- I only ask the American people to Mrs. BOXER. Again, my friend raises scription drug benefit to help the elder- wake up, regardless of what party they a very crucial issue. I have the paper- ly and the disabled pay for drugs they are in, because that doesn’t matter to work here, and my friend is right on need to survive. When it comes to the me. These are not partisan issues. target. George W. Bush’s tax cut pro- minimum wage, some people in the These are issues of right and wrong. posal is $1.7 trillion from 2002 to 2010, business community have said: We These are issues of fairness. and going to his privatized plan for So- don’t want to pay anything more than I really think my friend has con- cial Security will cost $1 trillion. My $5.15 an hour. And we don’t care what nected the dots on several of these friend said $800 billion; it is $1 trillion. impact it has on the employees. issues—the gun issue, the Patients’ of The projected on-budget surplus, if the That is the state of play that reflects Bill of Rights, prescription drugs, min- economy continues to do well—and you the values and reflects the choice the imum wage. What do these have in never can count on that, but we cer- American people will have in this com- common? They are all issues that mat- tainly hope so—is $877 billion, which ing election as to whether they want to ter to America’s families, the way we leaves a $2.7 trillion deficit. We are see the Republican majority continue live, and the kind of life we have. They going to go back into the bad days. in Congress and stop this basic legisla- are crucial issues. No matter what hap- So not only are George W. Bush and tion so important to every American pens in the Senate when the majority the Republican Party not wanting to family. leader brings legislation forward—or act and make life better by moving for- Mrs. BOXER. Will my friend yield on doesn’t—whether we do nothing or we ward on the issues about which we that point? do something, we are going to come talked—the gun issue, prescription Mr. DURBIN. I am happy to yield. home with these issues and talk about drugs, the Patients’ Bill of Rights, and Mrs. BOXER. Again, I thank my them, and we are going to organize the minimum wage. So not only won’t friend for connecting the dots. To those around these issues. Otherwise, I don’t they change for the good, they want to Americans who say there is no dif- think we deserve to be here if we are si- go back, and we are going to be facing ference between the parties, there are lent in the face of inaction. these horrific deficits, a national debt no issues in this election, that it is a I thank my friend again for taking that will start to soar again, the mar- matter of who has the best smile, I say this time and for engaging in this col- kets will react with high interest rates, that is not what it is about. loquy. and we will be back into the deepest It is about issues that impact mil- (Mr. ENZI assumed the chair.) trouble. We will be bailing ourselves lions and millions of Americans; 30,000 Mr. DURBIN. We have not only ad- out. Americans die every year of gunshots. dressed the major legislative issues I have to say again that by looking My friend pointed out that about 13 a bottled up and stalled in this Repub- at this entire choice we have in this day of those are children—children. lican Congress—gun safety legislation, election, it is very interesting. As I lis- The Democrats are saying we need sen- Patients’ Bill of Rights, prescription ten to my friend, I realize what we sible gun laws, and our Republican drug benefits, increasing the minimum face. We face a situation where either friends are saying we don’t need any- wage. We should listen as well to the we are going to go forward on certain thing, just hang it up in the conference rhetoric coming from the Republican issues but keep fiscal responsibility, or committee and say a few words here candidate for President, George W. not move on crucial issues that are and let’s move on. We will not let that Bush, who is suggesting a massive tax really life-and-death issues and go back issue die, if you will, nor the Patients’ cut of over $2 trillion over 9 years. He to the days of horrible economic times. Bill of Rights and prescription drugs. is also now suggesting a change in So- We all remember when President Again, it is about millions of people. cial Security that will cost over $800 Bush went to Japan and threw up his What always fascinates me is my billion over 9 years—$2.8 trillion that hands and said: What are we going to friends on the Republican side—oh, he has suggested we spend over the do? We are in deep trouble. Help us. they are tough on law and order. And I next 9 years, when we are told by ex- That was not a high point in Amer- agree with them. I am as tough as they perts in Washington that the surplus ican life. Now, with the Clinton-Gore come. I will support the death penalty we have to deal with is about $800 bil- team, we are leading the world, but we for heinous crimes. But when an HMO lion. What the Presidential candidate will only continue if we don’t go back kills a patient because they won’t ap- on the Republican side is suggesting is to those bad old days of deficits. prove the appropriate test—and I have that he wants to return to the era of I thank my friend. seen it time and time again in my deficit spending, where we will, over 9 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- State, where tests for cancer were de- years, go $2 trillion more in debt. ator’s time has expired. The next hour nied because they were expensive diag- We can all recall that when President is under the control of the Senator nostic tests, and HMOs wind up essen- Reagan was elected in 1980, we started from Wyoming. tially killing a patient because they on this course of action which led to The Senator from Wyoming is recog- got treatment too late—they let them increasing our national debt to over $6 nized. off the hook: We don’t want the right trillion. We had more debt accumu- f to sue. Let these people just walk away lated during the Reagan-George Her- with maybe a slap on their wrists. bert Walker Bush years than we had in THE SENATE’S AGENDA Where is the outrage? Where is the the entire previous history of the Mr. THOMAS. Mr. President, we will outrage when people die because of United States. Now to carry on this go to the Senator from Minnesota medical malpractice or an HMO not fine tradition, Gov. George W. Bush is shortly and then the Senator from willing to invest in our people? suggesting we go back to deficit spend- Texas and then the Senator from

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.000 S06JN0 9470 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 6, 2000 Idaho. In the meantime, while they are that is, what is the future of Social Se- ment is Social Security. Clearly, So- coming, let me say I have briefly lis- curity? How are we going to make sure cial Security has stretched to its limit. tened to my friends on the other side of we have a safe and sound retirement Right now, 78 million baby boomers the aisle, interestingly enough, com- system not only for those on retire- are ready to hit the system by the year plaining about not getting anywhere. ment today and those about to retire, 2008. The majority of Americans—near- Let me talk a little bit about that. but also for our children and our grand- ly 90 percent—retire at the age of 62, We have been here on the floor now children? not at 65. We are going to see baby for some time talking about the kinds I have held around the State of Min- boomers bumping into the system be- of things people want to do in this nesota more than 50 townhall meetings ginning as early as 2008. Social Secu- country; for instance, education—ele- trying to outline the problems facing rity spending will exceed tax revenues mentary and secondary education. We Social Security today, and a plan I by 2015. had to pull that after a whole week of have introduced called the Personal We hear about all of these surpluses discussion and debate because our Security and Wealth in Retirement in Social Security and the trust fund. friends on the other side of the aisle Act, which would move from a pay-as- But the truth is there is nothing in didn’t want to move forward. They you-go system to a fully-funded, mar- the trust fund but IOUs. Senator FRITZ wanted to bring up the same things ket-based personal retirement ac- HOLLINGS of South Carolina says there they have brought up every time we counts. is no trust, and there are no funds in have come into this Chamber, and they When you look back at the last 65 the Social Security trust funds. He is have done it over and over and over years of Social Security, it has basi- right. By 2015 there will be no more sur- again. cally done the job we have asked it to pluses. In other words, if we are col- If you want to talk about getting do; that is, to provide retirement bene- lecting $100 today and only spending something done, we ought to talk a lit- fits for millions of Americans. But if $90, the other $10 is put into this trust tle bit about education, a little bit you look ahead to the next 30 years, fund. Of course, the Government bor- the system has problems. It is facing about Social Security, a little bit rows the surplus and spends it. By the some real problems. It is being strained about the military and doing some year 2015, we will be bringing in $90 and to the limit. In fact, there will not be things for security that we ought to do paying out $100 or more. Where do we enough dollars collected in the system for this country. Frankly, I think some get the extra money? We are going to to pay the benefits the Government has of us get weary of the same litany have to get it from the taxpayers. By promised. If the Congress does nothing, every day and going back and forth on 2015, taxes are going to have to be Social Security benefits will have to be the same thing. We have already talked raised to cash in these IOUs in order to reduced as much as one-third or more about gun control; we have gun control pay the benefits at that time. pending. We have talked about Pa- over the next 25 years. You hear a lot of Senators and others tients’ Bill of Rights; it is pending. It The biggest risk to Social Security is saying the system is solvent until 2037. is out there in conference committee. to do nothing. And there are those who That is only if we can raise taxes on What we need to do is address ourselves are willing to stick their heads in the workers to pay those benefits. That is to some of the issues that are here. sand maybe to get by another election the only way it can remain solvent. You can see that I get just a little bit and to ignore the problems facing So- Congress is going to have to take ac- excited about this. But we have an op- cial Security. tion. The Social Security trust fund is portunity to do some things. We have Let me go through some of these going to be broke in 2037 unless we to do some things on this floor, and we things very quickly. have the dollars to cash in those IOUs. need to move forward and stop this When Franklin Delano Roosevelt in- The reason is our pay-as-you-go retire- business of holding up everything so we troduced Social Security in 1935, he ment system cannot meet the chal- can talk about trying to make issues had concerns that it would only be run lenge of the demographic change. for the election instead of trying to by the Government. He wanted part of In 1940, there were about 100 working find solutions. it to be private accounts. In fact, there for every retiree. Today, there are a I yield to my friend, the Senator was many Americans who were allowed little over 2.5. By the year 2025, there from Minnesota. to stay outside of Social Security. In will be fewer than 2. In 1940, with 100 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- fact, there have been a number of state people working, you only had to pay ator from Minnesota. and local governments over the years— $10 a month to pay for a $1,000 benefit. Mr. GRAMS. Thank you very much, as late as 1981—that saw this loophole, Today, it is over $400. And we are going Mr. President. opted out of Social Security, and cre- to ask our grandchildren to pay $500 or I thank my colleague from Wyoming ated their own personal retirement ac- more in order to meet this obligation for all his good work in trying to keep counts. None of them, by the way, has of retirement benefits. us focused on the issues about which failed; all have been successful. By that If you look over the next 75 years, it we are concerned. I mean they are paying better benefits is going down like a rock. There is $21.6 to their retirees than Social Security f trillion in unfunded liabilities. In other is paying to our retirees today. words, the benefits the Government ORDER OF PROCEDURE President Roosevelt also said that has promised to pay—$21.6 trillion—are Mr. GRAMS. Mr. President, I ask there should be a three-legged stool for short of revenues we need to pay those unanimous consent that following the Americans’ retirement: personal sav- benefits. official Senate photo, the Senate begin ings, pension, and Social Security. So- How are we going to make them up? consideration of S. 2549, the Depart- cial Security is just one of the legs. It There are a couple of choices. We can ment of Defense authorization bill. was never meant to be the sole source raise taxes and tinker a little bit with The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without of retirement benefits. But for millions the system. But you cannot tinker objection, it is so ordered. of Americans today—when they are with $21.6 trillion deficit. They can cut Mr. GRAMS. I thank the Chair. paying an average tax bill of nearly 40 benefits by a third of what retirees can f percent of their wages in taxes, then expect to get. Or they can raise the re- they try to raise their family; buy tirement age. But that will not be THE FUTURE OF SOCIAL food, clothing, shelter; put a little enough to make up the $21.6 trillion in SECURITY money away for vacations, and for edu- deficits over the next 75 years if we Mr. GRAMS. Mr. President, I want to cation for their kids, et cetera—they don’t do make hard choice to save the take time today to again talk about do not have money left to save for system. what I think is one of the most impor- their retirement. If you work for an My plan, the Personal Security and tant issues facing Americans this year, employer that doesn’t have a pension Wealth in Retirement Act, has a tran- and probably in the next few years; or 401(k), your only source of retire- sitional cost as well. But it is the cost

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.000 S06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 9471 we have to pay anyway. It would cost we want to leave our kids because we tation, or health care? If we don’t about $13 trillion for us to make the stick our head in the sand and do not make some hard choices now we will be transition to go from the Social Secu- want to face our problems? faced with tougher decisions later. rity system we know today to total Why is Social Security a bad invest- We have these IOUs because the gov- personal retirement accounts. In other ment today? If a taxpayer retired in ernment spent all the surplus in the words, we are moving to a system 1960, they probably got back all the Social Security Trust Funds. The first where you have control over your re- money they paid in in 18 months. It step to save Social Security is to stop tirement—not Washington—you decide was a tremendous return for the early the government spending Americans’ when to retire, how much you want retirees. Today, an average person re- retirement dollars for nothing but save and where you want to invest and tiring will get less than 2 percent re- their retirement, to keep the dollars how you want to control over your ac- turn on his or her money paid into the outside the hands of the big spenders in count. system. Our minority population is ac- Washington and to make sure we set In reality, we have signed our name tually getting a negative rate of return aside the surplus funds today. We have to a long-term contract that says we today. They are in fact subsidizing the not done it in the past. It needs to be are going to guarantee retirement ben- rest of us. The markets have paid back done. I have introduced a second efits for Americans forever. There is a nearly 11 percent, but when we filter lockbox that says if our estimates are cost because we have dug ourselves out inflation, it is better than a 7 per- wrong—best faith estimates on what into a hole. Somehow we have to dig cent annual return in the market. we spend and what we bring in—if we ourselves out. There is no free lunch. What would any person rather have? are honest and do not want to spend a People around here can ignore it, but If an investment counselor said: I can dime of Social Security, if the esti- there is no free lunch. We are going to up a plan, but it will not pay very good, mates are wrong and we overspend, we have to find a way to finance ourselves less than 2 percent, so anyone 50 or need to go back and lower everybody’s to reach our goals to have a safe, solid, younger, by the time they retire, it budget across the board. Perhaps take and solvent Social Security system. will be a negative; or we can put tax- a .003-percent reduction so we don’t The biggest risk is doing nothing at payers in a new plan paying 7, 8, 11, 12 have to go into the trust fund, and we all. percent, what will you do? There will will not spend a dime of Social Secu- Social Security has a total unfunded not be many at the desk signing up for rity. liability of $21 trillion-plus. The trust a plan paying zero or giving a negative fund has nothing but IOUs. Vice Presi- return on the money. Mr. President, I have six principles dent Gore said let’s pay down the debt Mr. President, there is no Social Se- for saving Social Security. I began and let’s put the interest we save into curity account with your name on it. A working on this 7 years ago. I intro- the trust fund. But all he is talking lot of people don’t realize that. After a duced this plan 3 years ago. I said then about is adding more IOUs, not build- lifetime of working, taxpayers think it would be a major issue in this Presi- ing assets in the Social Security trust there is an account in Washington that dential debate. It is. I am glad gov- funds. Instead, today, we have over $800 has their name on it. There is not. You ernor George W. Bush has announced billion of IOUs, but in 15 years, he don’t have one dollar set aside for your his plan to allow at least some privat- wants to have $3.5 trillion worth of retirement today. The only thing you ization for improving and saving the IOUs—no real assets, but IOUs. can hope, in our pay-as-you-go system, system. And Vice President AL GORE Again, the only way you can get is that when you retire there are peo- has made a statement—he doesn’t want those IOUs cashed in is to go to the ple working so we can deduct money to do anything. He wants status quo, taxpayers and get more taxes from from their check to pay your benefit. It he wants to tinker with the system. them. is a pay-as-you-go system. The money That means, again, raise your taxes To keep paying Social Security bene- we bring in the first of June will be even more. fits, we are going to probably have to paid out in benefits by the end of June. We need to make sure we protect cur- look at least at doubling the FICA It is a pay-as-you-go system, with no rent and future beneficiaries. Anyone tax—the withholding tax—within the accumulation of wealth, no real assets, on Social Security, about to retire, or near future; not 15.3 percent. By the no compounding of interest. who wants to stay with it, should be year of 2025 or 2030, we could see our By the way, we talk about these IOUs able to so do. It is your option; we will payroll tax rates increase to 25 percent in the trust fund that will make the guarantee those benefits. Don’t be con- to 30 percent of wages—nearly doubling system solvent. In the President’s own cerned about it. We will hear scare tac- the FICA tax in order to maintain the budget, he included this paragraph: tics that somehow this plan is not current benefits we promised. These balances are available to finance going to work, we are only going to rob I ask many of our senior citizens at future benefit payments and other the elderly, and we will not have a safe our town meetings to raise their hands trust fund expenditures. Social Security. That is hogwash. We if they think they have good retire- The IOUs are there to pay for the will always guarantee those benefits. ment benefits from Social Security. If funds or payments to other expendi- Allow freedom of choice. If you want you talk about a $700 check a month, tures, ‘‘but only in a bookkeeping to have a personal retirement account, or a $680 check a month, or $1,100 a sense.’’ month, this is not good retirement. In other words, they are not real. you should have that option as well. This is not the retirement I want. I Members on the floor will say: We have The Government should not stand in don’t think this is the retirement we the IOUs. That is great, ‘‘but only in a your way and say, no, we are going to want to leave to our children. But in bookkeeping sense.’’ There is nothing keep you locked up in a system that order to maintain even that system, we there. will pay you little or nothing on your are going to impose taxes on the next You can place a million-dollar IOU in return. generation. If you have 25 percent in your checking account and see how Preserve the safety net. Again, I have FICA taxes, then you add on the aver- many checks your banker allows to be heard the scare tactics that there are age Federal Government tax of 28 per- written against the IOU. None, until no safety nets in the PRAs. That is a cent or 53 percent, and then add in you put money in the account. lie. Under our plan we have the same Minnesota sales tax of 8.5 percent, you ‘‘They are claims on the Treasury, safety nets as Social Security. We have are at 62 percent. Then add in sales that, when redeemed, will have to be fi- survivors benefits, disability benefits, taxes, property and excise taxes—I nanced by raising taxes, borrowing built into the program. It is the same mean every tax you can think of—our from the public, or reducing benefits or thing, but our plan pays dividends and kids are going to be paying taxes that other expenditures.’’ higher returns than Social Security. approach 70 percent of their income. Do we want to reduce Social Security The bottom line is we have the same Mr. President, is this the kind of future benefits or cut education, transpor- safety nets.

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.000 S06JN0 9472 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 6, 2000 Make Americans better off, not worse would have a little bit of reduced ben- cause the President’s plan for saving off. Today, nearly 20 percent of Ameri- efit from Social Security but will have Social Security included taking 1 per- cans, when they retire, retire into pov- $171,000 in the bank. Under my plan, cent, pooling the investments, but he erty, because Social Security is all you would have $855,000 based on a also would take all these with private they have—or very little else—and it is $36,000 income; $855,000 would have been accounts off the table and put them all not enough to keep them off the pov- put away for your retirement. into Social Security. She did not like erty. Our system says when you retire The family with median income of that. She says: you will have a minimum of 150 percent $58,000, putting away 2 percent has Mr. President, millions of our constituents of poverty. Right now, the poverty for $278,000 in the bank, and a reduced So- who will receive higher retirement benefits single individuals is about $8,400 a cial Security benefit. Again, better from their current public pensions than they year. Our plan says you have to have at than what we have now. But you could would under Social Security, are appealing least $12,800 a year to retire. We make have $1.4 million in a savings account to their elected Representatives in Wash- ington and we respectfully urge you to honor sure you don’t retire into poverty. The in your name, cash, estate money, if you could put aside 10 percent of your the original legislative intent underpinning people most affected are elderly women the Social Security system— salary. and widows. The Social Security sys- That was to exclude these people tem today discriminates against It is being done across the country. I discussed people in Galvaston, TX, from Social Security, exclude this pro- women. Again, we will hear stories vision from your reform and leave San that PRAs discriminate against with private retirement accounts who got the OK from Social Security to Diego alone, they were saying. women. That is not true. The current My question is, if the retirement ac- system is the culprit. Changing the have their own retirement accounts in 1981. Social Security death benefits? counts in San Diego are better than system will improve retirement for Social Security, why can’t you and I millions of Americans today, including My dad died at 61, we got $253. That is what Social Security offers. enjoy a similar system? But if Social our elderly ladies. Security is better, as Senator BOXER, Create a fully funded system. Make Galveston County that has their own private retirement accounts, receive an Senator FEINSTEIN, and Senator KEN- sure if you have an option for private average $75,000 death benefit. NEDY will support, then why don’t they retirement accounts, you can do that. Disability benefits for Social Secu- want the citizens who work for the city Most importantly, no tax increases, no rity is $1,280; and Galveston, TX, is of San Diego to have that same ben- tinkering with the system. $2,749. efit? A good question. I introduced my plan, the Personal What about retirement benefits? So- I know I do not have much time left. Security and Wealth in Retirement cial Security, a maximum on this aver- Mr. President, how much time do I Act, in the last Congress and the 106th. age income is $1,280; Galveston County, have remaining? I will keep introducing this plan until nearly $4,800. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The time we do something on it. By the way, Galveston has a conserv- until the hour of 12 noon is under the How does the plan work for retire- ative retirement plan, they invest very control of the Senator from Wyoming. ment options? Workers may divert 10 conservatively and they still pay those He yielded you the time you needed. percent of their income into a personal much better returns. Mr. GRAMS. I will go through this retirement account to be managed by One lady, by the way, named Wendy quickly. I know we have others want- Government-approved but private in- Cohill, her husband died at 44 of a ing to speak. vestment companies, similar to 401(k)’s heart attack. She was 42. She received As I said, this is not an experiment. and IRAs and FDIC accounts. We make $126,000 in death benefits plus what was This is being done around the world. sure they are safe and sound. in the account plus the survivors ben- Eleven countries now have privatized Somebody making $30,000 a year now efit that she used to pay to finish a col- their retirement; 30 others are consid- pays $3,720 into Social Security. Our lege education. She was able to care for ering it. We like to think we are in the plan says $3,000 goes into a personal re- her family in her own home. If she forefront of this. But when it comes to tirement account. At the end of the would have had Social Security, she retirement benefits, we are behind the year, you don’t just have a promise, would have been under the poverty curve. you actually have a savings book that level. She said: Thank God, some wise Chile, 18 years ago, privatized their has $3,000 cash, plus interest. The other men privatized Social Security here. If system because their system was much 2.4 percent, $720, goes into the SSA, So- I had regular Social Security, I would like ours. Franklin Delano Roosevelt cial Security Administration, to help be broke. and the brains in Washington did not fund part of the financing plan for The city of San Diego also has PRAs, create Social Security. It was modeled those who want to stay on Social Secu- a government employee, 35 years old, and copied from something that Otto rity, to guarantee their benefits. contributes 6 percent into the PRAs. Von Bismark put out in 1880. We adopt- Right now in personal retirement ac- After 35 years, they would receive a ed it almost exactly. So did Chile and counts, someone earning $36,000 a year $3,000-per-month retirement benefit. just about every other country around pays in the maximum to Social Secu- Under Social Security, he would re- the world. Chile, had the same prob- rity, and receives $1,280 a month as a ceive only $1,077 a month in benefits. lems or worse than what we are facing maximum benefit. Take just 10 percent I know the Senator from California today. It went to bankrupt. They had of that income, put it into an average said on the floor recently that personal to privatize their plan. market account, you will have a ben- retirement accounts are too risky and By the way, 95 percent of the Chilean efit of $6,514 a month. That is a big dif- we cannot damage the foundation of workers have opted into the personal ference, five times better under the pri- Social Security. But last year, and I retirement accounts. Their return last vate retirement account than what So- want to read this, the Senator from year was 11.3 percent. Ours, again, were cial Security would pay. In addition, California—this is Senator BARBARA less than 2 percent. the safety nets are there for survivor BOXER along with Senator DIANNE British workers have chosen to go and disability benefits. Don’t let any- FEINSTEIN and Senator TED KENNEDY, into PRAs. They have what they call body say that somehow this isn’t as sent a letter to the President saying: their second tier Social Security, good or better. ‘‘Millions of our constituents will re- where they can opt from the Social Se- Looking at the returns, people are ceive higher retirement benefits’’— curity System, like we have, into per- talking about maybe 2 percent of your They are talking about the city of San sonal retirement accounts. In Britain, Social Security. After 40 years at 2 per- Diego—‘‘higher benefits from their cur- so far two-thirds of all British workers cent, you will have $171,000 in the ac- rent public pensions than they would have opted into personal retirement ac- count, plus reduced benefits from So- under Social Security.’’ counts. They have enjoyed, over the cial Security. So at least with partial In other words, they were telling the past 5 years, a better than 10 percent reform plan, a citizen is better off and President to leave San Diego alone be- return on their money. By the way, the

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.000 S06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 9473 pool of retirement in their retirement you have met your requirement. You be a retirement system in this country. accounts in Britain exceeds $1.4 tril- are not going to be a ward of the state. What kind of system are we going to lion. That is how much now they have You ensured your future. You can stop. leave for our children and grand- put away in their accounts. That is You can do what you want. You can ar- children? For many of us, if we are 50 more than the total GDP of Britain, range regular withdrawals, for the years old, 55 years old, or older, we and it is more than all other private in- amounts that are above that require- might have been condemned to the cur- vestments in all the other European ment. To buy this minimum benefit, rent system without time left in our countries combined. So it shows you you would need about $125,000 in your working lives to change or take the op- the power of private retirement ac- account. If you are an average worker tion in the personal retirement ac- counts, and the accumulation of with earnings of $30,000, you would counts. We can tell our children and wealth. have $855,000 in your account, so you grandchildren we want to leave a 70- Many people say: I have worked for can use that other $750,000 any way you percent tax system for them, we want 30 years. I can’t give up what I have want. to leave them a plan that might guar- paid into Social Security. If you have a family, you could have antee they will get less benefits, pay We have a recognition bond. The $1.4 million. What are you going to do more into it, and will have to wait Government knows exactly how much with the other $1.2 million. You can do longer to retire, or we can leave them you have paid in. If you have paid in whatever you want with that money; an option for them to invest in their $20,000, if you paid in $40,000, if you paid that is yours. You decide how you own retirement and have personal re- in $90,000, we know. We would give you withdraw it. If you want to go to Eu- tirement accounts. a recognition bond, plus interest upon rope? Write a check. Buy a new car? The numbers show Americans over- retirement. You can do it. Give it to your kid. You whelmingly say: I am smart enough to Mr. President, we must take care of can do it. handle my future. today’s Social Security recipients. If In divorce cases, PRAs are treated as There are many in Washington who an individual chooses to remain in the common property. Upon death, PRAs believe you are not smart enough; you current system, we must guarantee go to heirs without estate taxes; no may be smart enough to earn your their benefits. There is no increase in capital gains, so that at least you have money, but you are not smart enough age of retirement, no cuts in benefits, created an estate, and this $1.2 million to put it aside for your retirement and no ifs, ands, or buts, and no raising of or $700,000 or whatever you had in your only Washington can step in and help taxes. account is your money. you out. That’s wrong. Our plan em- The plan preserves the safety net, as Going back to Social Security, when power working Americans and offers I said, for survivors benefits and dis- you die, you get a $253 death benefit. better options and gives you control ability benefits. Poverty, as I said, rec- Under this, you get a death benefit in over your retirement. ognized that $8,240 a year—you have to our plan, a minimum, plus you would I thank the Chair. I yield the floor. have $12,400, so you would not retire get what is left in your estate, what- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Who into poverty, again, as nearly 20 per- ever it might be. You can pass it on to yields time? The Chair recognizes the cent of our Americans do. Funds that your heirs, your spouse, your kids, Senator from Texas. manage PRAs are required to buy the your church—wealth that you cannot Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, is life and disability insurance to provide pass on today because the Government there any procedural motion I need to the safety nets I have talked about. takes all those benefits. make to move forward? For those who would come up short— Again, the bottom line is, no new The PRESIDING OFFICER. The time and those would be very few—if you taxes for this system. We do have a re- is under the control of the Senator could not get $12,400 a year, we would sponsibility to bail ourselves out, but from Wyoming until the hour of 12 come in and say we will fill your glass we are not taxing the system. Retire- noon. full so when you retire, you would re- ment income is going to be there Mrs. HUTCHISON. I thank the Chair. tire with less than that. This is the whether you stay with Social Security, Mr. President, 56 years ago today, only entitlement portion of our bill. or if you choose to build a personal re- 176,000 allied soldiers landed on the Again, this is an important safety net tirement account. You can decide the beaches of Normandy in what was the of this system. options, you decide how you want to largest invasion in history. The oper- Rules similar to those that apply to invest it, and you decide when you ation was officially known as Oper- IRAs today would apply to PRAs. Also, want to retire. Let’s make sure we give ation Overlord, but I have never heard a Federal personal retirement invest- you choices. anyone refer to it by that name. It is ment board would oversee it for safety Just in concluding, despite our col- now known as D-Day. and soundness to make sure your re- leagues, our Democratic colleagues While there have been hundreds of tirement funds are there, and are safe. bashing Governor Bush’s reform plan, other D-days in other historic loca- Investment companies that manage its popularity is increasing among tions such as Okinawa, Iwo Jima, and PRAs would be required to have an in- workers. Inchon, the forces that landed on Nor- surance plan to pay at least a min- I heard one say: I don’t come out mandy Beach 56 years ago today truly imum of 2.5 percent. That would be a here and bash it. I want to study every- changed the course of history. When we floor. Again, that is much better than thing and I want to look over all of hear the term ‘‘D-Day,’’ we reflect on Social Security, but at least it is a these plans. that awful and incredible day on Nor- guarantee if something would go wrong He hasn’t even seen the Governor’s mandy Beach with reverence for what you would at least have that as your plan. He doesn’t really know what Vice was accomplished and for all that was investment. President AL GORE has got. But yet he lost, and with respect the people who In addition, you decide when you favors AL GORE over Governor Bush. were there—those who did not survive want to retire. As I said, right now the Recent polls show most Americans and those who did. Government controls your retirement. support the idea of personal retirement Thousands of young Americans died They tell you exactly how much they accounts. In fact, if you are under 40 that day establishing that small beach- are going to take out of your check, years old, more young people believe in head on the continent of Europe. With- they tell you exactly the day you can UFOs than that they are going to get in a year, the Allied forces went on to retire, and then they tell you what Social Security; 90-some percent of crush the Nazi war regime and brought they are going to give you in benefits. young people under 30 would opt into forth on the European Continent an In our plan, you have those controls. personal retirement accounts. unprecedented period of peace. You make your retirement decisions. I believe a national consensus can be Today, we look back on that time As soon as you can buy an annuity that reached on ways to save and strength- and we remember and respect what was will keep you 150 percent over poverty, en Social Security. There will always done.

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.000 S06JN0 9474 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 6, 2000 When the cold war ended, the Wall peacekeeper said to me on a recent We ought to tie our continued financial came down and the Warsaw Pact dis- visit, ‘‘Everyone’s job in Bosnia is to support to a comprehensive regional banded. The United States began to work on the problems we face, but no settlement, to substantial military draw down forces from Europe for the one seems to have the responsibility withdrawal from the region and to a first time since we had gone in on D- for actually solving those problems.’’ firm policy of encouraging the Euro- Day and established a presence, and set We need to search for ways to solve peans to do more—with our support, up the plan to help our vanquished these problems. Today I am intro- which will always be there. enemy. ducing legislation to authorize funds to Any NATO member can patrol the Military strategists began to talk of reconvene the parties to the Dayton Balkans, but only the United States new missions for NATO. They spoke of Peace Accords that ended the Bosnia can defend NATO. That is the role of a the need for NATO to go ‘‘out of area conflict, those who were involved in superpower, and that is the role of a or out of business,’’ implying that un- the Rambouillet talks that failed to strong and reliable ally. less NATO could find a new reason to avert the conflict in Kosovo and other As we take up the armed services exist after the end of the Cold War, regional entities. We must review our budget this week, I hope we can take there may be no reason for it to exist progress to date. If we cannot do that, on the role that is the responsibility of at all. how can we call ourselves leaders? the Senate and try to put some long- That new mission began to come into We must look for a long-term settle- term potential peace into play. I am focus in the Balkans five years ago ment based on greater self-determina- not saying I know what the outcome of when the United States committed tion for the governed and less by out- any kind of conference should be. But I peacekeeping forces to Bosnia to en- side powers. That may involve tai- do know it is our responsibility to call force the provisions of the Dayton loring current borders to fit the facts such a conference and begin to assess Peace Accords. on the ground. It will create conditions where we are; to look with vision to What was conceived by the adminis- of genuine stability, reconstruction the future and set the standard that tration as a one-year mission to ac- and prosperity. It will allow us, in a re- must be set for the lasting peace that complish specific military objectives is sponsible way, to set some timetables, we want and hope for and will work for now in its fifth year—with greatly ex- some measurements for success, and, and support in the Balkans. panded civilian nation-building objec- hopefully, to begin turning over these The PRESIDING OFFICER. The tives and no end in sight to the deploy- peacekeeping responsibilities to our Chair recognizes the Senator from ment. European allies within a reasonable Idaho. Today we are on the eve of another time frame. Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, the unani- anniversary in the search for new We must have self-determination mous consent agreement that we are NATO missions. One year ago, on June that works. The current policy wagers operating under takes us through 12 10, NATO halted the bombing in Serbia America’s reputation, prestige and will noon, does it not? and Kosovo. As in Bosnia, we again on a mirage of multicultural democ- The PRESIDING OFFICER. It takes have deployed thousands of American racy in the Balkans. We are trying to us through 12:30. create governments that ignore his- forces to yet another Balkan quagmire Mr. CRAIG. Through 12:30? tory, nationality and ethnicity. Elec- with unclear objectives—and there is The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is tions have been held in which refugees no end in sight to the Kosovo mission, a unanimous consent agreement that were bused into disputed regions to either. This time the ethnic groups we Senator GREGG be given the time from vote for elected officials who cannot seek to reconcile have not tired of the 12 to 12:15, and Senator REID the time serve because they are unable to return killing, apparently, and it continues as from 12:15 to 12:30. to their prewar homes. our soldiers stand by helpless to deter Mr. CRAIG. I yield the floor to my American officers spend their days colleague, the chairman of the Armed murder. deciding which vehicles can travel The General Accounting Office esti- Services Committee, Senator WARNER, down which roads, and escorting Serb for a statement before I resume my mates that the cost of our Balkan families in hostile Albanian territory peacekeeping missions in Bosnia and time. to the dentist and back or to the li- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Kosovo now tops $23 billion. We have brary and back. Chair recognizes the Senator from Vir- become mired in the problem, unable This effort is diverting the United ginia. to stand back and assess where we are. States from its global responsibilities. Mr. WARNER. I thank my distin- Nor are we able to look at the situa- We occupy a unique place in the world guished colleague. tion and say we must have a strategy. today, standing astride history’s path (The remarks of Mr. WARNER and Mr. We know what this has cost our as the most powerful nation that ever CRAIG pertaining to the introduction of country: For the past five years, re- may have existed. Our supercharged S. 2669 are located in today’s RECORD cruiting and retention problems in the economic engine certainly reflects the under ‘‘Statements on Introduced Bills U.S. military services have been exac- best that mankind has to offer. How- and Joint Resolutions.’’) erbated by endless peacekeeping mis- ever, a superpower’s core responsibility The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- sions. Our armed services today are not is not to right every wrong, but to pre- ator’s time has expired. up to their congressionally mandated serve its strength for those challenges Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I ask troop strength; they are at least 6,000 that only a superpower can address. unanimous consent that I be allowed to short. The United States must know when proceed for 15 minutes. As the world’s only superpower, we to encourage capable allies and proxies Mr. GREGG. Reserving the right to have a responsibility to lead. America to address contingencies that fall short object, what was the Senator’s request? led when the parties first came to- of that standard. Instead, time and Mr. CRAIG. I asked to proceed for 15 gether in Dayton, but the Dayton again, our military readiness to ad- minutes. I had yielded some time to Peace Accords simply stopped the dress potential threats—such as North the chairman of the Armed Services fighting. We did not create conditions Korea, mainland China, Iraq—has been Committee. that could actually solve the problem diverted to contingency provisions on Mr. GREGG. I suggest the absence of without the presence of thousands of the periphery of our nation’s security a quorum. outside forces. We ended the hos- concerns. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The tilities—and we should be respectful of America’s peacekeeping burden in clerk will call the roll. that achievement—but we did not cre- the 1990s has resulted in two of our The legislative clerk proceed to call ate effective economic and political Army divisions reporting themselves the roll. structures. unfit for combat. Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask That must be our goal for a lasting We can achieve more in the Balkans unanimous consent that the order for peace. As one American military than a peace enforced at bayonet tip. the quorum call be rescinded.

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.000 S06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 9475 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without mines, which is basically the core of the OMB, Jack Lew. Reading para- objection, it is so ordered. the element of how they generate their graphs from his letter: Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I thank revenues. You asked for a letter encapsulating our the Senator from Idaho for his cour- It is inexcusable that we were party discussion on Sierra Leone and Congo. After tesy. I ask unanimous consent that he to the Lome agreement and that we close consultation with Secretary Albright, be allowed to proceed after I have com- therefore empowered these war crimi- let me review where we stand on each issue: pleted my statement. nals to take office and to have control First, Sierra Leone. Let me posit five prin- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without over basically the only significant eco- ciples that we will use to govern our policy. First, the United States does not believe objection, it is so ordered. nomic resource of the country of Sierra that Foday Sankoh should play any role f Leone. So I was more than upset about whatsoever in the future political process in this. I believed it was essentially a sur- SIERRA LEONE Sierra Leone, and we will continue to press render in the face of criminal violence. this point. He must be held accountable for Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I want to As a result, I did put a hold —not tech- his actions. speak about the issue of what is hap- nically a hold, but I actually refused to This is a significant change in policy, pening in Africa, specifically in Sierra approve a transfer of peacekeeping in my opinion, and it is a positive one. Leone. Recently, I have become in- funds for the Sierra Leone initiative. I Second, we strongly support the British volved in this issue because, as chair- began exploring alternatives to this, military presence in Sierra Leone, which has man of the Commerce, Justice, State, what I believed was an extraordinarily played a key role in restoring a measure of and the Judiciary Subcommittee, we unjust accord. In response to my con- stability to Freetown. We are discussing have jurisdiction over the funds that cerns, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. with the British their continuing role, and flow to the U.N. for peacekeeping ac- Holbrooke and his staff took on the dif- on May 23 London announced an important tivity. In order to adequately do the ficult task of crafting a better ap- training program for Sierra Leone army, job as chairman of that subcommittee, something that they will undertake at their proach to this issue. own expense outside the U.N. system. our job involves oversight of those Since my ‘‘hold’’ became news, I have funds, to make sure they are being been sharply criticized by some, in- This, again, is positive news that the used effectively. After all, they are cluding some in the U.N. and the State British will be a stabilizing force there, American tax dollars; Congress has Department, and even—not even, but which will be armed and know how to control of the purse strings; and we not surprisingly, really—the Wash- defend itself. have a major role in how those dollars ington Post, which recently accused Third, the objective should be to ensure are spent. me of ‘‘playing at foreign policy,’’ im- that regional and international forces in Si- erra Leone, together with the armed forces I recognize fully, as all Members of plying that serious students of world Congress do, that the key individual of the government of Sierra Leone, have the affairs would not question U.S. support capacity to disrupt RUF control of Sierra who sets foreign policy is our Presi- for the Lome Accord. I simply point Leone’s diamond producing areas, the main dent. Even though we may disagree out that I think a lot of serious stu- source of RUF income. Completely elimi- with our President, he does have that dents of foreign policy question the de- nating them as a military force is not likely priority position. But there are, obvi- cision to support that accord. to be possible as an acceptable cost, but ously, issues on which the Congress has Meanwhile, in Sierra Leone itself, sharply reducing their sources of financial a role in foreign policy—very signifi- the RUF, as a result of Lome in large support and restricting their capability to cant issues. One of them happens to be part, continued to terrorize civilians threaten the people or government of Sierra the funding of peacekeeping activities Leone is within reach of sufficient numbers and even challenge the U.N. peace- of properly trained, equipped, and well-led and the role the United States should keepers. By last month, the RUF was troops and is vitally important. play in that. So I have had very serious marching on Freetown in complete vio- That is to paraphrase a much more concerns about our policies in Sierra lation of the Lome Accord. In fact, of robust mission directive and portfolio Leone specifically—on a number of course, they have humiliated the U.N. and is exactly what needs to be done. peacekeeping activities, but specifi- mission in Sierra Leone, which was cally our policies in Sierra Leone. This supposed to disarm them. It actually The most likely nations to carry the bur- is because of a number of issues that den would be Nigeria and Ghana, with the ended up being disarmed by them, and backing of other ECOWAS states. Other na- have been raised there. much of the military equipment that is tions who are already rushing troops to Si- Last year, the United States, regret- being used there by the RUF is U.N. erra Leone include India, Jordan and Ban- tably, played a key role in imposing equipment taken from U.N. advisers. gladesh. Most potential troop contributors the Lome Accord on a brutalized Sierra Thus, the mission of the U.N., as a re- from the region are likely to require better Leone. The accord granted a total am- sult of being an outgrowth of the Lome equipment and training if they are to con- nesty to the Revolutionary United Accords, which were so disgraceful, is tribute meaningfully. Pentagon and EUCOM Front, RUF, which is basically a gang in disarray. Today, all that stands be- assessment teams are studying the issue ur- of thugs that murders, rapes, and muti- gently. If our objectives are to be accom- tween the RUF and total control of Si- plished, the U.S. will need to be ready, with lates people. Just about everybody in erra Leone is the British and Nigerian congressional support and funding, to pro- their path has come under their severe troops who have come in to try to sta- vide our share of international effort to pro- act of violence. In fact, they actually bilize the situation. vide equipment and training to those who empower their soldiers—and they are And what of the U.S. policy? Fol- are willing to do the military job—including not really soldiers; many are very lowing our most recent meeting 2 the government of Sierra Leone and other young boys—to cut off the arms of weeks ago, Ambassador Holbrooke has countries in the region. Any direct training women and children in order to make a sent me a letter laying out a new strat- of contributing country troops by U.S. mili- point. This is a very common practice tary personnel would be done outside Sierra egy for a more just and lasting ap- Leone and no U.S. combat troops would be with this alleged military group called proach to peace in Sierra Leone that deployed to Sierra Leone. We will have to RUF, this gang of thugs. They have gives me some reason for hope. I would work out the relationships between such an been terrorizing the country of Sierra like to read from what his letter says operation and the UN, recognizing that for Leone. There is no question about that. because I think it is an important ad- many countries a UN role is preferable—but Their leader, Foday Sankoh, and his justment in American policy in Sierra we must ensure that the mandate is robust. lieutenants, as part of the Lome agree- Leone. I congratulate him for it. Fourth, since there is virtually no real gov- ment, as part of the understanding of First, he notes in his opening para- ernment structure left in Sierra Leone, if the the Lome agreement—and this is why graph that he has taken this issue and security situation can be stabilized a longer term international effort will be needed to it was such a horrendous agreement— walked it through the administration help build viable institutions in Sierra were given top spots in the ‘‘transi- and that he has support for his letter Leone. It will take time, but in the long run, tion’’ government and guaranteed RUF from Secretary Albright, National Se- the rest of the effort will be unsuccessful if control over the Sierra Leone diamond curity Adviser Berger, and the head of it is not accompanied by this component.

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.000 S06JN0 9476 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 6, 2000 However, this cannot start until the situa- plished, the U.S. will need to be ready, with of steps to support it, as called for by all par- tion is stabilized, and there is no present congressional support and funding, to pro- ties. The recent progress supports this view, funding request for this function. Fifth (this vide our share of an international effort to I believe. is a point I failed to mention in our meeting) provide equipment and training to those who For the United States, this will require the we must develop a corresponding political are willing to do the military job—including unblocking of $41 million of reprogrammed strategy for dealing appropriately with Libe- the governments of Sierra Leone and other peacekeeping funds for the current fiscal ria’s President, Charles Taylor, and with the countries in the region. Any direct training year for Congo. We believe that this request illicit diamond trade that fuels conflict and of contributing country troops by U.S. mili- does not put our national prestige on the criminality in the region. tary personnel would be done outside Sierra line; it is a UN operation (with no U.S. That is a reading of two of the major Leone and no U.S. combat troops would be troops in the UN operation). However, if we paragraphs in this letter. deployed to Sierra Leone. We will have to do not pay our share, we are concerned that Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- work out the relationship between such an the UN will be unable to bring in adequate operation and the UN, recognizing that for and properly equipped troops, and the result- sent the letter be printed in the many countries a UN role is preferable—but ing failure of the mission will be attributed, RECORD. we must ensure that the mandate is robust. however unfairly, to the United States. There being no objection, the mate- Fourth, since there is virtually no real gov- Our arrears on the current operation in Si- rial was ordered to be printed in the ernment structure left in Sierra Leone, if the erra Leone limit our ability to promote ef- RECORD, as follows: security situation can be stabilized a longer fectively the critical policy objectives out- THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE term international effort will be needed to lined in this letter. More broadly, failure to UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO help build viable institutions in Sierra pay our share of these missions risks seri- THE UNITED NATIONS, Leone. It will take time, but in the long run, ously undermining our all-out effort to carry May 30, 2000. the rest of the effort will be unsuccessful if the Helms-Biden reform package, on which Hon. JUDD GREGG, it is not accompanied by this component. we are making real progress. You will note U.S. Senate, However, this cannot start until the situa- several recent news articles regarding our Washington, DC. tion is stabilized, and there is no present forward movement on a wide range of issues, DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Allow me to thank funding request for this function. Fifth (this including the admission of Israel to a UN re- you again for your courtesy and for our ex- is a point I failed to mention in our meeting) gional grouping (after 40 years!), the new change of views on peacekeeping issues. I we must develop a corresponding political GAO report that shows UN progress, and the know the Secretary also appreciates your strategy for dealing appropriately with Libe- first debate in 27 years on revising the UN discussion with her on May 20, and I would ria’s President, Charles Taylor, and with the peacekeeping scale. All this forward move- like to follow up on both conversations. I illicit diamond trade that fuels conflict and ment will greatly benefit from your support have shared our discussions with Secretary criminality in the region. and I thank you for your thoughtful involve- Albright, Sandy Berger, and Jack Lew, all of On the Congo, the problems are still ment in this process. whom expressed their appreciation of your daunting, but there has been some real I hope this letter is responsive to your re- decision to release the funds for Kosovo and movement since I first discussed this issue quest. If I can be of any further assistance, for your readiness to meet with the Aus- with you in late February: please do not hesitate to contact me or my tralian Ambassador to resolve the East (A) On May 4, in my presence, the Kabila colleagues in the State Department. Timor peacekeeping ‘‘hold.’’ Government signed the Status of Forces Sincerely, You asked for a letter encapsulating our Agreement with the UN—an essential pre- RICHARD C. HOLBROOKE. discussion on Sierra Leone and Congo. After condition for any UN deployment; Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, this let- close consultation with Secretary Albright, (B) Kabila has said he would accept South ter obviously, in my opinion, is a very let me review where we stand on each issue: African troops; positive step in the redirection of (C) The Lusaka parties signed a new cease- First, Sierra Leone. Let me posit five prin- American policy in Sierra Leone. I con- ciples that we will use to govern our policy. fire agreement effective April 14, calming First, the United States does not believe the situation on the ground considerably; gratulate Ambassador Holbrooke for that Foday Sankoh should play any role (D) The UN Security Council Mission nego- organizing the letter. whatsoever in the future political process in tiated on May 8 a cease-fire between the Whereas the Article V and IX of the Sierra Leone, and we will continue to press Ugandans and Rwandans who were fighting Lome Accord granted Foday Sankoh this point. He must be held accountable for in Kisangani (Congo’s third largest, and per- the Vice Presidency of Sierra Leone his actions. Second, we strongly support the haps most strategic, city); Regional leaders and an ‘‘absolute and free pardon,’’ British military presence in Sierra Leone, subsequently secured agreement between Ambassador Holbrooke’s plan makes it Rwanda and Uganda on a detailed disengage- which has played a key role in restoring a clear that Foday Sankoh can play no measure of stability to Freetown. We are dis- ment plan; cussing with the British their continuing (E) The Presidents of Rwanda and Uganda role in the politics or government of role, and on May 23 London announced an asked for immediate UN assistance in sup- Sierra Leone and that ‘‘he must be held important training program for the Sierra port of demilitarizing Kisangani; accountable for his actions.’’ This Leone army, something that they will under- (F) All the parties to the war in the Congo when as late as a month ago State De- take at their own expense outside the UN have asked for the UN observer mission as partment officials were still being system. Third, the objective should be to en- soon as possible to implement the Lusaka quoted as saying that Sankoh’s ‘‘voice sure that regional and international forces Ceasefire Agreement; was positive’’ and that he ‘‘has a (G) The South Africans sent a high-level in Sierra Leone, together with the armed chance to play a positive role.’’ Now, forces of the Government of Sierra Leone, military mission in New York to discuss have the capacity to disrupt RUF control of their role in Congo, and the Pakistanis we will recognize him for what he is, a Sierra Leone’s diamond producing areas, the (among others) are about to send troops. The war criminal, and treat him as such. main source of RUF income. Completely South Africans met with a joint State Pen- Whereas Annex 1 and Articles V and eliminating them as a military force is not tagon-NSC team to discuss close coordina- VII of the Lome Accord left Foday likely to be possible at an acceptable cost, tion. Sankoh and the RUF in control of Si- but sharply reducing their sources of finan- Of course, not all the news from Congo is erra Leone’s diamonds, Ambassador cial support and restricting their capability positive. While progressing, the political dia- Holbrooke’s plan rightly strips Sankoh to threaten the people or Government of Si- logue called for by Lusaka is off to a slow of his chairmanship of the diamond erra Leone is within reach of sufficient num- start; the UN and the OAU military observer bers of properly trained, equipped, and well- missions have not meshed sufficiently; some control board and insists that ‘‘allied’’ led troops and is vitally important. of the rebels still violate the cease-fire on forces ‘‘have the capacity to disrupt The most likely nations to carry the bur- occasion; and there are many other lesser RUF control of Sierra Leone’s diamond den would be Nigeria and Ghana, with the problems. Still there is a real desire for some producing areas, the main source of backing of other ECOWAS states. Other na- resolution to these issues by most parties. RUF income.’’ Under Lome, peace- tions who are already rushing troops to Si- What is required next is a step-by-step test keepers did no more than oversee the erra Leone include India, Jordan and Ban- of their commitments to implement their looting of Sierra Leone. Now, inter- gladesh. Most potential troop contributors own ‘‘African agreement for an African prob- national troops will fight alongside from the region are likely to require better lem.’’ This is one of our highest priorities. equipment and training if they are to con- As we both said to you, neither the Sec- local forces to expel the RUF from the tribute meaningfully. Pentagon and EUCOM retary nor I are certain that Lusaka will diamond fields. assessment teams are studying the issue ur- succeed. But we are certain that Lusaka will Whereas the Lome Accord was silent gently. If our objectives are to be accom- fail if the UN does not take the next series on root causes of violence in Sierra

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.000 S06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 9477 Leone and the region, Ambassador A well regulated Militia, being necessary rights are meaningless. The right of Holbrooke’s plan seeks a ‘‘political to the security of a free State, the right of self-defense is not something the gov- strategy for dealing appropriately with the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not ernment bestows upon its citizens. It is Liberia’s President, Charles Taylor, be infringed. an inalienable right, older than the and with the illicit diamond trade that I want to repeat that. Constitution itself. It existed prior to fuels conflict and criminality in the re- The second amendment of our Con- government and prior to the social con- gion.’’ The RUF is in large part Tay- stitution says very clearly that ‘‘A tract of our Constitution. It is the lor’s proxy. Under Lome, Taylor’s suc- well regulated Militia’’ is ‘‘necessary’’ right that government did not create cess in seizing the riches of Sierra for the ‘‘security of a free State,’’ and and therefore it is a right that under Leone could invite a similar attack on that ‘‘the right of the people to keep our Constitution the government sim- Guinea. and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.’’ ply cannot take away. The framers of Lome is dead. The U.S. will not turn What we heard this morning was an our Constitution understood this clear- a blind eye to the rape of a people and effort to infringe upon that right. ly. Therefore, they did not merely ac- a land. We will demand that brutal Some—even of my colleagues—will knowledge that the right exists. They thugs are held accountable for their read what I have just quoted from our denied Congress the power to infringe atrocities, and regional trouble-mak- Constitution quite differently. They upon that right. ers. might read ‘‘A well regulated Militia,’’ Why the change? I do not flatter my- Under the social contract that is the and stop there and declare that ‘‘the Constitution of the United States, the self that my ‘‘hold’’ did all of this, but right of the people to keep and bear it did give those of us who opposed the American people have told Congress Arms’’ actually means that it is a right explicitly that we do not have the au- Lome Accord a chance to right a ter- of our Government to keep and bear rible wrong. And to his credit, Ambas- thority to abolish the American peo- arms because they associate the mili- ple’s right to defend themselves. Fur- sador Holbrooke has crafted a forceful tia with the government. Yet, under plan, and vetted it through the inter- ther, the framers said not only does the this standard, the Bill of Rights would Congress not have the power to abolish agency process in record time. It is a protect only the right of a government plan that I believe Americans can and that right, but Congress may not even to speak, or the right of a government infringe upon that right. That is what should support, and can be proud of. to criticize itself, if you were taking Therefore, I am releasing my hold on our Constitution says. That is what the that same argument and transposing it the $50,000,000 owed the U.N. for peace- Second Amendment clearly lays out. keeping in Sierra Leone. I will also over the first amendment. In fact, the Our Founding Fathers wrote the Sec- press ahead to ensure that my provi- Bill of Rights protects the rights of ond Amendment to tell us that a free sion blocking the illicit sale of dia- people from being infringed upon by state cannot exist if the people are de- monds from Sierra Leone and other Government—not the other way nied the right or the means to defend war-torn countries is included in the around. themselves. Of course, we know that our Found- final version of the fiscal year 2001 Let me repeat that because it is so military construction appropriations ing Fathers in their effort to ratify the Constitution could not convince the fundamental to our freedom. A free bill. Finally, I look forward to working state cannot exist, our free state of the with Ambassador Holbrooke and his citizens to accept it until the Bill of Rights was established to assure the United States collectively, cannot staff to ensure that the strategy laid exist without the right of the people to out in his letter is supported by Con- citizenry that we were protecting the citizens from Government instead of defend themselves. This is the meaning gress. of the Second Amendment. Over the I thank the Chair. I thank the Sen- government from the citizens. years a lot of our citizens and many ator from Idaho for his courtesy. Others say that the Second Amend- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ment merely protects hunting and politicians have tried to nudge that Chair recognizes the Senator from sport shooting. They see shooting com- definition around. But contrary to Idaho. petitions and hunting for food as the what the media and the President say, Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, thank you only legitimate uses of guns, and, the right to keep and bear arms is as very much. therefore, conclude that the Second important today as it was 200 years ago. f Amendment is no impediment to re- stricting gun use to those purposes. Every day in this country thousands THE SECOND AMENDMENT You can hear it in the way President of peaceful, law-abiding Americans use Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I appear Clinton assures hunters that his gun guns to defend themselves, their fami- on the floor to speak about a provision control proposals that will not trample lies, and their property. Oftentimes, of the Constitution of our country that on recreation—though his proposals complete strangers are protected by has been under nearly constant attack certainly walk all over their rights. that citizen who steps up and stops the for 8 years. In fact, we heard on the In fact, the Second Amendment does thief or the stalker or the rapist or the floor this morning two Senators speak not merely protect sport shooting and murderer from going at that citizen. about provisions in law that would hunting, though it certainly does that. According to the FBI, criminals used alter a constitutional right. Nor does the second amendment exist guns in 1998 380,000 times across Amer- The provision I am talking about is to protect the government’s right to ica. Yet research indicates that peace- part of our Bill of Rights—the first 10 bear arms. ful, law-abiding Americans, using their amendments to our Constitution— The framers of our Constitution constitutional right, used a gun to pre- which protect our most basic rights wrote the Second Amendment with a vent 2.5 million crimes in America that from being stripped away by an overly greater purpose. year and nearly every year. In fact, I zealous government, including rights They made the Second Amendment believe the benefits of protecting the that all Americans hold dear: The freedom to worship according to the law of the land because it has people’s right to keep and bear arms one’s conscience; something very particular to say about far outweighs the destruction wrought The freedom to speak or to write the rights of every man and every by criminals and firearms accidents. whatever we might think; woman, and about the relationship of The Centers for Disease Control report The freedom to criticize our Govern- every man and every woman to his or 32,000 Americans died from firearm in- ment; her Government. That is: The first juries in 1997; under any estimate, that And, the freedom to assemble peace- right of every human being, the right is a tragedy. Unfortunately, the Cen- fully. of self-defense. ters for Disease Control do not keep Among the safeguards of these funda- Let me repeat that: The first right of data on the number of lives that were mental rights, we find the Second every human being is the right of self- saved when guns were used in a defen- Amendment. Let me read it clearly: defense. Without that right, all other sive manner.

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.000 S06JN0 9478 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 6, 2000 Yet if we were to survey the public old mother from Sequim, WA, home I ask unanimous consent to proceed every year, we would find 400,000 Amer- alone with one of her children, heard for one more moment. icans report they used a gun in a way an intruder break into the house. She The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without that almost certainly saved either took her .9 mm, took her child to the objection, it is so ordered. their life or someone else’s. Is that es- bedroom, and when the 18-year-old Mr. CRAIG. Having said all of this, timate too high? Perhaps. I hope it is, criminal broke into the bedroom, she let there be no mistake. Guns are not because every time a life is saved from said, ‘‘Get out of my house, I have a for everyone. We restrict children’s ac- violence, that means that someone was gun, get out now.’’ He left and the po- cess to guns and we restrict criminals’ threatening a life with violence. But lice caught him. She saved her life and access to guns, but we must not tol- that number would have to be over 13 her child’s life. It made one brief story erate politicians who tell us that the times too high for our opponents to be in the Peninsula Daily news in Sequim, Second Amendment only protects the correct when they say that guns are WA. right to hunt. We must not tolerate used to kill more often than they are We have to talk about these stories politicians who infringe upon our right used to protect. What they have been because it is time America heard the to defend ourselves from thieves and saying here and across America simply other side of this debate. There are 2.5 stalkers and rapists and murderers. isn’t true and the facts bear that out. million Americans out there defending And we must not tolerate the politi- We are not debating the tragedy. We themselves and their property by the cian who simply says: ‘‘Pass another are debating facts at this moment. use of their constitutional right. gun control law and call 9–1–1.’’ They cannot come up with 2.5 million In Cumberland, TN, a 28-year-old I yield the floor. gun crimes. But clearly, through sur- Jason McCulley broke into the home of The PRESIDING OFFICER. The veys, we can come up with 2.5 million Stanley Horn and his wife, tied up the Chair recognizes the Senator from crimes thwarted every year when couple at knife-point, and demanded to North Dakota. someone used a gun in defense of them- know where the couple kept some cash. Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask selves or their property. In many cases, While Mrs. Horn was directing the rob- unanimous consent I be recognized for armed citizens not only thwarted ber, Mr. Horn wriggled free from his re- 15 minutes. crime, but they held the suspect until straints, retrieved his handgun, shot The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without the authorities arrived and placed that the intruder, and then called the po- objection, it is so ordered. person in custody. lice. The intruder, Jason McCulley, Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, with Stories of people defending them- subsequently died. If some Senators on great respect to my colleague from selves with guns do not make the the other side of the aisle had their Idaho, and I did not come to the floor nightly news. It just simply isn’t news way, perhaps the Horns would have of the Senate to talk about this, let me in America. It isn’t hot. It isn’t excit- been killed and Jason McCulley would say when any of my colleagues stand ing. It is American. Sometimes when have walked away. up and talk about gun control issues people act in an American way, it sim- Earlier today, we heard the Senator that the minority wishes to pursue—let ply isn’t reportable in our country any- from Illinios and the Senator from me explain in a sentence or so what we more. So the national news media California read the names people killed are trying to do. It is not to restrict doesn’t follow it. by guns in America. Some day they the opportunity of anyone in this coun- Yet two of the school shootings that may read the name Jason McCulley. I try who has the right to own a gun. We have brought gun issues to the fore- doubt they will tell you how he died, are trying to close the gun show loop- front in the last year, in Pearl, MS, however, because it doesn’t advance hole to prevent convicted felons from and Edinboro, PA, were stopped by their goal of destroying the Second getting a gun. peaceful gun owners using their weap- Amendment. But As Paul Harvey Go to a gun store to buy a gun in this ons to subdue the killer until the po- might say: Now you know the rest of country and you must run your name lice arrived. How did that get missed in the story. through an instant check because we the story? It was mentioned once, in Every 13 seconds this story is re- do not want convicted felons to have passing, and then ignored as people ran peated across America. Every 13 sec- weapons. They cannot, by law, possess to the floor of the Senate to talk about onds in America someone uses a gun to weapons. Go to a gun store and you the tragedy of the killing. Of course stop a crime. Why do our opponents have to run your name through an in- the killing was a tragedy, but it was never tell these stories? Why do the en- stant check. If it comes up that you also heroic that someone used their emies of the right to keep and bear constitutional right to save lives in the are a convicted felon, you do not get process. arms ignore this reality that is relived the gun. But go to a gun show on a Sat- A third school shooting in Spring- by 2.5 million Americans every year? urday morning as a convicted felon and field, OR, was stopped because some Why is it that all we hear from them buy a gun and you do not have to have parents took time to teach their child is, ‘‘Pass a new gun control law, and, your name checked against anything. the wise use of guns. So when that by the way, call 9–1–1.’’ Go get your gun at a gun show, if you young man heard a particular sound I encourage all listening today, if you are a convicted felon and want a weap- coming from the gun, he was able to have heard of someone using their Sec- on. We are trying to close that loop- rush the shooter, because he knew that ond Amendment rights to prevent a hole. gun had run out of ammunition. He was crime, to save a life, to protect another Every American should support clos- used to guns. He was around them. He life, then send us your story. There are ing that loophole and should support it subdued the shooter and saved poten- people here who desperately need to now. That does not affect any law-abid- tially many other lives. We have recog- hear this in Washington, right here on ing citizen’s right to own a gun. All it nized him nationally for that heroic Capitol Hill. This is a story that should does is says let’s keep guns out of the act, that young high school student of be played out every day in the press hands of felons. No one in this Chamber Springfield, OR. but isn’t. So let’s play it out, right should believe convicted felons ought For some reason, my colleagues on here on the floor of the Senate. Send to be able to go into a gun show and the other side of the aisle never want me those stories from your local news- gain access to a weapon they are not to tell these stories. They only want to papers about that law-abiding citizen by law entitled to have. say, after a crisis such as this, ‘‘Pass a who used his constitutional right of I did not come to the floor to speak new gun control law and call 9–1–1.’’ self-defense. Send that story to me, about that, but I did want to respond Yet these stories are essential to our Senator LARRY CRAIG, Washington, DC, to the pejorative suggestion that peo- understanding of the right of people to 20510, or send it to your own Senator. ple on this side of the aisle want to in- keep and bear arms. Let him or her know the rest of the jure the rights of law-abiding citizens I will share a few of these stories story of America’s constitutional to possess weapons. That is just wrong. right now. Shawnra Pence, a 29-year- rights. We are trying to close a loophole that

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.000 S06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 9479 every American ought to support clos- change Agreement. Mr. Prestridge, port a violent offender, the U.S. Mar- ing—to keep felons from getting guns. along with another fellow convicted of shals Service ought to be used to do it. f armed robbery, was being hauled to I say to every State official across North Dakota by a company that is this country: Until we get in place INTERSTATE PRISONER called Extraditions International. basic standards these companies must TRANSFERS Mr. Prestridge, this convicted mur- meet, you ought not use them for Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, this is a derer, escaped, as did John Doran, an transporting violent offenders. Were I a picture of a man named Kyle Bell. This armed robber. Mr. Doran was found chief executive of a State, I would not brutal criminal killed Jeanna North, just south of the Mexican border with a use them anyway because I do not an 11-year-old girl from Fargo, ND. bullet through his brain, and Mr. think people who kill children, as in After being convicted and impris- Prestridge was recently apprehended. I the case of Kyle Bell, ought to be oned, Kyle Bell escaped. How did he es- wrote to the Governor of Nevada and turned over to anyone other than law cape? When North Dakota authorities said: I hope if you still intend to send enforcement authorities to transport were going to transport him to a prison this convicted murderer to North Da- them to another place of incarceration. out of State for safekeeping, a prison kota you will do it through the U.S. f in the State of Oregon, they contracted Marshals Service. They will haul vio- SANCTIONS ON EXPORT OF FOOD with a private company called lent offenders anywhere across this AND MEDICINE TransCor to haul him there. As he was country for a flat fee and they don’t being transported across the country lose them. Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I want by bus with a dozen or more other pris- I got a letter back from the Governor to speak about an issue that is of great oners, this child killer escaped. While of Nevada. He said: importance to my State and to all agri- stopped at a gas station, two guards In response to your request that Nevada cultural producers around the country. with this private company were sleep- stop using private transport companies, That is the issue of the sanctions on ing; another was apparently buying a please be advised our prison system has food and medicine that now exist in cheeseburger. Kyle Bell went out ceased its business relationship with Extra- our relationships with some countries through the top of the bus and this ditions International and that all of this around the world. child killer walked away. State’s out of state inmate transfers are now Our country has been in the habit of When I discovered what had hap- being staffed by our prison system. saying: We don’t like certain countries, pened, I thought to myself, that cannot Good for him. He said, incidentally, we don’t like the way they behave, so be. We are turning child killers over to Mr. Prestridge is now not going to be we are going to slap economic sanc- private companies to be transported sent to North Dakota. Good for us. tions on these countries and we have across the country? But it is true. Then But good for him that he changed the included sanctions on the shipment of I discovered the record of these compa- policy. In our State, in the most recent food and medicine. So countries such nies. You can be a retired sheriff and days, the company that let this fellow as Libya, Iran, Cuba, North Korea, and call your brother-in-law and say: Let’s go, the company whose negligence al- others, are in a circumstance of having buy a mini van and let’s go into the lowed a convicted child killer to walk economic sanctions enacted against business of transporting criminals. In away and evade authorities for some them to punish them, and we have in- fact, in one state, a man and his wife months, settled with the State for cluded in those sanctions food and showed up with a little mini van to $50,000. The State sent them a bill for medicine. pick up five convicted murderers. The $102,000 and the company said: We A group of us are trying to change warden of the penitentiary said: You won’t pay it. We’d pay you $50,000. And that. We do not think it is the moral have to be kidding me. They weren’t then the State says this company is a thing to do. What is this country doing, kidding. That is who the State hired to pretty good company and we will use saying to others that we will not allow transport these murderers. And of them again. them to have access to food and medi- course the murderers escaped in short My State is making a mistake, in my cine? Taking aim at dictators and order. judgment. I would like every State to hurting poor people, sick people, and What I have discovered is we have make a decision when they are going to hungry people is hardly something private companies being hired by State transport violent criminals around this about which we ought to be proud. This and local governments to transport country, do it with law enforcement of- is not a moral policy. violent criminals around the country, ficials, do it with the U.S. Marshals I come from a farm State, so I care and those companies have no require- Service. They will do it for a flat fee about having access to these markets ment to meet any standards at all. and then some American family won’t as well. I admit that. Aside from the That doesn’t make any sense. have to worry that, when they pull up market side of this, which is impor- I have introduced a piece of legisla- at a gas station, next to them at the tant—after all, these countries against tion I call Jeanna’s Bill that says if pump is a mini van with two inexperi- whom we have sanctions on food and any local or State government is going enced folks hauling three murderers. medicine represent almost 11 percent to contract with a private company to What is that about, in terms of public of the world’s wheat markets, and we haul a violent criminal, they must safety? have said to our farmers: By the way, meet some basic standards. They must It seems to me we ought to have 11 percent of the world’s wheat market meet some regulations. If you haul enough common sense in this country is off limits to you. Why? Because we toxic waste, you must meet regula- when we have convicted someone of decided we do not like these countries tions. Haul cattle, you must meet regu- killing children, when we have con- and we are going to make them pay a lations. Haul circus animals, you must victed someone of murder or violent price. Part of the price we are going to meet regulations. But some of our crimes, at least we ought not to turn exact is the ability for them to access States and local governments are will- them into the arms of someone inexpe- food and medicine from the United ing to turn killers over to private com- rienced in the private sector, a com- States. panies who have no such standards to pany that has to meet no standards at Of course, other countries access it meet at all. all with which to transport them. That from Canada, Europe, or others. We are I received a letter in the last few doesn’t make any sense to me. the country that decides to withhold days from the Governor of Nevada. I So I say to the Governor of Nevada: food and medicine from these coun- want to say I pass him my com- Good for you. It is the right decision. I tries. pliments. The Governor of Nevada was would say to our State: Change your Last year, we had a vote in the Sen- sending a convicted murderer named mind. Decide this company should not ate on that. Senator ASHCROFT, I, and James Prestridge to North Dakota for haul violent offenders in North Dakota many others who pushed to repeal the safekeeping under the Prisoners Ex- and that when you are going to trans- sanction on food and medicine won

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.000 S06JN0 9480 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 6, 2000 with 70 out of 100 votes. We were hi- Chamber. He was a cosponsor of this in STEVE BENZA jacked by the House of Representatives the Senate Appropriations Committee. Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, as we pre- in conference. I was one of the con- He, I, and JOHN ASHCROFT have issued a pare to have this photograph taken, I ferees. They just flat out hijacked us. statement that says to all within hear- note that the Senate photographer, When it was clear to them we were ing distance that if you think you are who has been with the Senate some 32 going to win the issue in conference, going to hijack this issue again this years, Steve Benza, is preparing to re- they adjourned the conference, never year, think again, because we have 70 tire. Steve started out as a page. He to see them again, and they stripped votes in the Senate that say we ought worked in the Architect’s Office. He the provision. not use food and medicine as a weapon, worked in the Senate Post Office. He I offered the same provision in the and we intend to insist this year that worked in the photo lab. And for years Senate Appropriations Committee, and we prevail on this issue. he has taken photographs of us in var- it is now in the Agriculture appropria- I cannot speak for anybody else, but ious and sundry places, some of which tions bill. That is coming to the floor the statement we issued is pretty self- we would not like to recount but we of the Senate. We have 70 Senators who explanatory. I am here to give fair said they think it is wrong to continue will remember warmly. warning to those who want to do what I ask my colleagues, before we begin sanctions on food and medicine. The they did last year that it is going to be message in the Senate is: Stop using these series of photographs, to express a pretty difficult proposition if they in- our appreciation to Steve Benza for his food as a weapon. It is the right mes- tend to hijack this issue. We have the sage. 32 years of service to the institution. votes. Vote on it in the Senate, and it [Applause.] There are a lot of people in the House will pass by an overwhelming margin. of Representatives who apparently are (Thereupon, the official Senate pho- Allow a vote in the House, and it will tograph was taken.) willing to do that except for Cuba; pass by an overwhelming margin. The Cuba is a special case, and they will The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. only way those who want to defeat this INHOFE). The Senator from Virginia. not withdraw sanctions on food and proposition because it contains Cuba— medicine with respect to Cuba. In fact, Mr. WARNER. Would the Chair kind- which is an irrational position, for ly advise the Senate with regard to the that is what derailed it last year. those who think through this a little I am one person, but I tell my col- pending business. bit—the only way they can possibly de- leagues that I am not going to allow, feat it is to try to use some hijinks in f to the extent I can prevent it, the hi- jacking of this issue again this year by the process to avoid an up-or-down NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZA- just two or three people who decide vote. TION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 I and others intend to see we have a they are going to strip this provision The PRESIDING OFFICER. The and then have the House and Senate full opportunity to have votes in the House and the Senate on it. If the pending business is consideration of deal with the broader appropriations the Defense authorization bill, S. 2549, issues that do not include this provi- House leadership does what it did last year, I say to them: Fair warning, I am which the clerk will report. sion. Mr. WARNER. I am ready to proceed. We have spent a lot of time on this going to be here on the floor of the I ask my distinguished friend and issue. This country is wrong in apply- Senate objecting to a whole series of colleague from Michigan if he is like- ing sanctions with respect to food and things. We need to straighten this out wise ready to go. medicine shipments to countries such now. This country, at this time, on this Mr. LEVIN. We are indeed. I thank as Cuba. Yes, Cuba. issue, says we will no longer use sanc- I was in Cuba last year. I have no tions with respect to the shipment of the Senator. truck with the Castro government. I food and medicine. It does not work, it The PRESIDING OFFICER. The think the Cuban government and its is not a moral policy, and it ought to clerk will report the bill by title. economic system have collapsed. But stop now. The assistant legislative clerk read the sanctions that exist with respect to I yield the floor. as follows: this country’s actions against Cuba A bill (S. 2549) to authorize appropriations f have represented Fidel Castro’s great- for fiscal year 2001 for military activities of est excuse to the Cuban people. He the Department of Defense, for military con- CONCLUSION OF MORNING struction, and for defense activities of the says: Of course my economy does not BUSINESS Department of Energy, to prescribe per- work; of course my country is in trou- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under sonnel strengths for such fiscal year for the ble. The United States has had its fist the previous order, morning business is Armed Forces, and for other purposes. around our neck for 40 years. AMENDMENT NO. 3173 It is Fidel Castro’s greatest excuse, concluded. (Purpose: To extend eligibility for medical in my judgment, for an economic sys- f care under CHAMPUS and TRICARE to tem that has failed Cuba. It does not persons over age 64) make sense, in my judgment, for us to RECESS exact a penalty on the Cuban people, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I send on poor people, on hungry people, and the previous order, the Senate stands an amendment to the desk and ask for on sick people in Cuba, in North Korea, in recess until the hour of 2:15 p.m. its immediate consideration. and elsewhere to continue these absurd Thereupon, at 12:47 p.m., the Senate The PRESIDING OFFICER. The sanctions on food and medicine. recessed until 2:30 p.m.; whereupon, the clerk will report. We can have a broader discussion at Senate reassembled when called to The legislative clerk read as follows: some other time about whether the em- order by the President pro tempore. The Senator from Virginia [Mr. WARNER], bargo that exists with Cuba ought to be for himself, Mr. HUTCHINSON, Mr. THURMOND, lifted. That is a different subject, a f Mr. INHOFE, Ms. SNOWE, Mr. KERRY, Mrs. broader subject. Incidentally, I have HUTCHISON, and Mr. MURKOWSKI, proposes an strong feelings about that as well. This SENATE PHOTOGRAPH amendment numbered 3173. is a narrower issue: Do we believe it ap- Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, if I could Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask propriate to continue sanctions with ask our colleagues to take their seats, unanimous consent that reading of the respect to the shipment of food and then we will begin a series of photo- amendment be dispensed with. medicine to countries such as Cuba, graphs. Please, stay in place until we The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without North Korea, Iran, and others? The an- are given the all-clear sign. If you can objection, it is so ordered. swer ought to be a resounding no. go ahead and be seated, we will be able The amendment is as follows: My colleague, Senator SLADE GORTON to determine exactly which Senators Strike sections 701 through 704 and insert from the State of Washington, is in the may still be missing. the following:

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.000 S06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 9481 SEC. 701. CONDITIONS FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR Mr. WARNER. Does the Democratic get what may be required, and indeed CHAMPUS UPON THE ATTAINMENT whip desire to be recognized? what was required, of so many—over OF 65 YEARS OF AGE. (a) ELIGIBILITY OF MEDICARE ELIGIBLE PER- Mr. REID. No. 1,400 American servicemen, not to SONS.—Section 1086(d) of title 10, United Mr. WARNER. This amendment was speak of our allies; they had casualties States Code, is amended— shared beforehand with my colleague also. But 1,400 American servicemen (1) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting from Michigan. died on June 6, 1944, on the beaches of the following: Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I don’t France, and thousands more were ‘‘(2) The prohibition contained in para- know of any understanding, but the wounded. They did it to restore free- graph (1) shall not apply to a person referred chairman has a right, of course, to dom to so many nations and people all to in subsection (c) who— offer an amendment. We just under- ‘‘(A) is enrolled in the supplementary med- through Europe—freedom that had ical insurance program under part B of such stand that this amendment now is to been taken away by Hitler and the Axis title (42 U.S.C. 1395j et seq.); and be temporarily laid aside so the open- forces. ing statements can be given. The Sen- ‘‘(B) in the case of a person under 65 years I begin by expressing my thanks to of age, is entitled to hospital insurance bene- ator has a right to offer an amendment the ranking member, Senator LEVIN. fits under part A of title XVIII of the Social at any time he wishes. We came to the Senate together 21 Security Act pursuant to subparagraph (A) Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, this is years ago. We have worked as partners or (C) of section 226(b)(2) of such Act (42 the amendment about which I spoke on on this bill and have produced a bipar- U.S.C. 426(b)(2)) or section 226A(a) of such the floor earlier this morning. I think tisan product that will strengthen the Act (42 U.S.C. 426–1(a)).’’; and colleagues have had an opportunity to (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘paragraph security of the United States, in the inform themselves about it. It is my (1) who satisfy only the criteria specified in collective judgment of all members of hope that a number will desire to be subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2), the Armed Services Committee, and cosponsors. We have a number of co- but not subparagraph (C) of such paragraph,’’ improve the quality of life of our men and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (B) of para- sponsors right now. and women in uniform and, most espe- graph (2) who do not satisfy the condition This amendment relates to the con- cially, for their families. specified in subparagraph (A) of such para- tinuing work of the Armed Services graph’’. Committee with regard to the neces- I also applaud our subcommittee (b) EXTENSION OF TRICARE SENIOR PRIME sity to provide a health care program chairmen, ranking members, and all DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.—Paragraph (4) of members of the Committee for their section 1896(b) of the Social Security Act (42 for retirees over 65. As the Presiding U.S.C. 1395ggg(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘3- Officer well knows, the committee has fine work throughout this year. I will year period beginning on January 1, 1998’’ addressed this in several increments, put in the RECORD elsewhere the vol- and inserting ‘‘period beginning on January and now with another amendment by ume of hearings, special meetings, the 1, 1998, and ending on December 31, 2002’’. the Senator from Virginia, which I prolonged markup sessions that led to (c) EFFECTIVE DATES.—(1) The amendments offer on behalf of many. I want to rec- the work product for which we labored made by subsection (a) shall take effect on ognize that this is a subject that has in the Senate today. October 1, 2001. (2) The amendment made by subsection (b) quite properly gained the attention of A special thanks to our committee shall take effect on the date of the enact- a number of colleagues. I know Senator staff. What a superb professional ment of this Act. MCCAIN, on our side of the aisle, and staff—not only this year and last year, Mr. WARNER. This is an amendment Senator HUTCHISON have worked on but throughout the 22 years I have been relating to the change in the existing this subject of health care. In no way privileged to be on this committee. military medical program to, in the fu- do I indicate that anyone—certainly Under many distinguished chairmen ture, encompass retirees over age 65. I not myself—has been the principal; we and ranking members, we have had the shall address this later, and I am sure have all worked together as a team. most nonpartisan and the hardest- the Senator from Michigan is aware I And at such appropriate time, I will re- working staff in the Senate. I salute would like to have that as the first turn to this amendment. Colonel Les Brownlee, David Lyles, and amendment up. That was my under- I want to make some opening com- the personal staff of the committee standing. ments now regarding this very impor- members for their invaluable work Mr. LEVIN. If the Senator will with- tant piece of legislation. This bill con- which led to the creation of this bill. tains the much-needed increases in de- hold on any unanimous consent request I appeal to all Members to join us in relative to that, I am trying to see if fense funding and critical initiatives, including in the area of recruiting and our bipartisan effort to improve our se- we have been informed of it. Of course, curity. The safety and well-being of our the Senator has a right to offer it. retention. Retention is one of the most serious problems we have facing us men and women in uniform, thousands Mr. WARNER. I am not able to hear of whom are deployed at this very mo- my colleague. today in our current military, as well as recruiting. This bill, in the collec- ment in harm’s way across this world, Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I wonder, should not fall victim to any partisan is this the amendment to which the tive judgment of the committee, goes a long way toward helping to alleviate debate and certainly no election year Senator made reference this morning? politics. We have done that in the past. Mr. WARNER. The Senator is cor- the problems we have and to improve those critical areas in our defense. I hope we will not do it on this bill and rect. in the future. Mr. REID. Mr. President, is there a It is most appropriate that we begin unanimous consent request pending this discussion today, on June 6, the We should keep in mind that Mem- now? 56th anniversary of D-Day. Today, bers of the Senate have always recog- The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is America recalls the heroic acts of brav- nized the importance of the annual De- none. ery and valor demonstrated on the fense authorization bill, and in the past Mr. LEVIN. I believe the only request beaches of France and the many who we have put our partisan concerns either pending, or perhaps already paid the price in life and limb for lib- aside for the good of the Nation. I re- granted, is to withhold reading of the erty and freedom. And how proud we mind colleagues that the Senate has amendment. Is that correct? are, as the Senate, to have as the passed a Defense authorization bill Mr. WARNER. Yes. President pro tempore the distin- every year since the authorization Mr. LEVIN. Is my understanding cor- guished senior Senator from South process began in 1961, some nearly 40 rect that this amendment will be set Carolina, STROM THURMOND, among us. years. The House this year had a aside temporarily for opening state- He, of course, crossed the beaches of D- strong, resounding vote of 353 yeas to ments to be given? Day 56 years ago. He addressed the 100-some-odd nays. So that is a clear Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, that is Senate earlier today on that subject. indication of the strength of the House correct. As we look to the future and the de- and the Senate bills and the need for Mr. LEVIN. I thank the Senator. fense of this Nation, we must never for- these bills to be brought into law.

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.000 S06JN0 9482 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 6, 2000 At this time of increased tension essary to meet those threats. The re- stated that, ‘‘Two factors that erode around the world, at this time of un- sult of this is evident today in con- military readiness are the pace of oper- precedented deployments of U.S. mili- tinuing critical problems with recruit- ations and funding shortfalls. There is tary personnel around the globe, we ing and retention, declining readiness no doubt that the force is much small- must show our support for our troops. ratings, and aging equipment. er than it was a decade ago, and also Accordingly, I urge all Members to ab- Last year, the Congress reversed the much busier.’’ stain from offering nondefense-related downward trend in defense spending by Over the past decade, our active duty amendments and to join in a bipartisan approving a defense authorization bill manpower has been reduced by nearly a effort to pass this Defense authoriza- which, for the first time in 14 years, in- third, active Army divisions have been tion bill, to send a strong signal of sup- cluded a real increase in the authorized reduced by almost 50 percent, and the port to our brave troops, wherever they level of defense spending. This year, we number of Navy ships has been reduced are in the world, for risking their lives continue that momentum with the bill from 567 to 316. During this same pe- at the very moment we address this before the Senate the second year of in- riod, our troops have been involved in legislation, risking to safeguard free- creased authorization levels. As I stat- 50 military operations worldwide. By dom of our allies, our friends, and in- ed earlier, the authorized level of $309.8 comparison, from the end of the Viet- deed those of us here at home. The billion in this bill is $4.5 billion above nam war in 1975 until 1989, U.S. mili- problems and the threats facing the the President’s request and consistent tary forces were engaged in only 20 home front have increased to where with this year’s concurrent budget res- such military deployments. they are greater today than I ever en- olution. The fiscal year 2001 funding This unprecedented rate of overseas visioned in my life. level also represents a real increase in deployments is one of the primary fac- The national security challenges that defense spending of 4.4 percent from tors contributing to the severe prob- the United States will face in the new the fiscal year 2000 appropriated level. lems we are having with recruiting and millennium are many and diverse—new The funding we have provided is pri- retaining quality personnel, and with adversaries, unknown adversaries, new marily going for modernization and maintaining adequate readiness of the weapons, and unknown weapons. A readiness and for other benefits for the existing force. We have tried to address very complex threat faces us at home men and women of the military. The these issues in the bill before the Sen- and our forces forward deployed. It is committee authorized $63.28 billion in ate. important that we remain vigilant, for- procurement funding, a $3.0 billion in- It has also affected our readiness, as ward thinking, and prepared to address crease over the President’s budget. Op- the Presiding Officer well knows as these challenges. erations and maintenance was funded chairman of the subcommittee with Just days ago the National Commis- at $109.2 billion, with $1.5 billion added the primary jurisdiction of readiness. sion on Terrorism, established by Con- to the primary readiness accounts. Re- I want to pause for a moment and ac- gress in 1998, issued its report, ‘‘Coun- search, development, test and evalua- knowledge the Chairman of the Joint tering the Changing Threat of Inter- tion was budgeted at $39.31 billion, a Chiefs of Staff and the Service Chiefs— national Terrorism’’. I would like to $1.45 billion increase over the Presi- the Chief of Naval Operations, the Air quote from the Report’s executive sum- dent’s budget request. Force Chief of Staff, the Army Chief of mary: ‘‘Today’s terrorists seek to in- The committee’s support for addi- Staff, and the Commandant of the Ma- flict mass causalities, and they are at- tional funding for defense is based on rine Corps—for their role in helping to tempting to do so both overseas and on an in-depth analysis of the threats fac- reverse the decline in defense spending. American soil. They are less dependent ing U.S. interests, and testimony from I cannot think of one single factor that on state sponsorship and are, instead, senior military leaders on the many added greater emphasis not only this forming loose, transnational affili- shortfalls in the defense budget. year but last year to the increase in de- ations based on religious or ideolog- While the cold war has been over for fense spending—not one fact greater ical—regrettably I have to use that nearly a decade, it is evident that the than their honest, forthright profes- word, ‘‘a common hatred’’—affinity world remains a complex and violent sional and personal assessments which and a common hatred of the United place. The greatest threat to our na- were given this committee time and States. This makes terrorist attacks tional security today is instability; in- time in formalized hearings, and indeed more difficult to detect and prevent.’’ stability fueled by ethnic, religious, in private consultations. I commend We must be prepared to respond to this and racial animosities that have ex- them. They have ably represented their threat and I look forward to reviewing isted for centuries, but are now result- troops. the numerous recommendations con- ing in conflicts fought with the weap- There is no group of leaders more re- tained within the report which we may ons of modern warfare. Many have sponsible for stopping this downward address in the course of the delibera- turned to the United States, as the sole trend than the Chiefs. tions on this bill. remaining superpower, to resolve the On three separate occasions, October While the Department of Defense many conflicts around the world and to 6, 1998, January 5, 1999, and October 26, (DOD) must plan and allocate resources ensure stability in the future. However, 1999, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs to meet future threats, ongoing mili- this military power does not ensure our of Staff and the Service Chiefs came tary operations and deployments from security. As Director of Central Intel- before the Armed Services Committee the Balkans to Southwest Asia to East ligence George Tenet told the com- to tell us about the ever increasing Timor continue to demand significant mittee in January, ‘‘The fact that we challenges the armed forces were fac- resources in the short term and the are arguably the world’s most powerful ing in carrying out their military mis- foreseeable future. nation does not bestow invulnerability; sions. Simply put, they did not have The National Defense Authorization in fact, it may make us a larger target enough money. Their individual obser- Act for Fiscal Year 2001 authorizes a for those who don’t share our interest, vations were forthright and candid. total of $309.8 billion for defense spend- values, or beliefs.’’ Collectively, their reports to the Con- ing—$4.5 billion above the President’s U.S. military forces are involved in gress became the unimpeachable voice request—and provides authority and overseas deployments at an unprece- that made Americans sit up and take guidance to the Defense Department to dented rate. Currently, our troops are notice. The chiefs were heard across address the critical readiness, mod- involved in over 10 contingency oper- the land. Our nation echoed back: we ernization, and recruiting and reten- ations around the globe. Unfortu- believe you, you have the people’s sup- tion problems facing our military. nately, there appears to be no relief in port. For over a decade, our defense budg- sight for most of these operations. At The military service chiefs have tes- ets have been based on constrained an October 1999 hearing of the com- tified that they have a remaining funding, not on the threats facing the mittee, the Chairman of the Joint shortfall in funding of $9.0 billion for nation or the military strategy nec- Chiefs of Staff, General Hugh Shelton, fiscal year 2000, a requirement for an

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.000 S06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 9483 additional $15.5 billion above the budg- under the TriCare Prime, and author- tions flew—with no combat casualties et request to meet shortfalls in readi- izing a comprehensive retail and na- and some heroic rescue operations. ness and modernization for fiscal year tional mail order pharmacy benefit for While the committee understands that 2001, and a requirement for an addi- all eligible beneficiaries, including no military operation is without risk, tional $85.0 billion in the future years Medicare-eligible beneficiaries with no limiting the risk to military personnel Defense Program. enrollment fee or deductible. is an important goal. Every day, ad- This bill adds $3.8 billion to the I will elaborate on the pharmacy ben- vances in technology such as com- President’s budget request to specifi- efit. Prescription medication is the puting and telecommunications are cally pay for items identified by the major unmet need of the military re- being integrated into warfighting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff tiree. I believe this bill meets that equipment. and the Service chiefs as necessary re- need. This bill for the first time pro- The committee believes the Defense quirements: necessary requirements vides an entitlement for a comprehen- Department must further pursue these that were not funded by the President’s sive drug benefit for all military bene- technological advances in an effort to request. ficiaries, including those who are Medi- provide advanced warfighting capabili- As I said earlier, the high operations care eligible. ties, while at the same time limiting tempo of our armed forces is having a Hopefully, I will add my amendment the risk to military personnel. To this negative impact on recruiting and re- which will further enhance this whole end, this legislation directs the DOD to tention. Last year, the committee took package of retiree benefits, particu- aggressively develop and field un- action to provide a pay raise and a larly for those over 65. At the appro- manned combat systems in the air and package of retirement reforms and re- priate time, I will ask to turn to that on the ground so that within 10 years tention incentives in an effort to re- amendment. one-third of our operation of these type cruit and retain highly qualified per- Other quality-of-life initiatives of aircraft would be unmanned, and with- sonnel. The committee has received note in this bill are a 3.7-percent pay in 15 years one-third of our ground testimony that these changes are hav- raise for military personnel effective combat vehicles would be unmanned. ing a positive impact on recruiting and January 1, 2001, and a provision that di- The committee also added $246.3 mil- retention efforts. rects the Department to implement the lion to accelerate technologies leading This year, the committee has focused Thrift Savings Plan for military per- to the development and fielding of re- its ‘‘quality of life’’ efforts on improv- sonnel not later than 180 days after en- motely controlled air combat vehicles ing military health care for our active actment of this act. We put similar and remotely controlled ground com- duty and retired personnel and their provisions in last year’s bill but gave bat vehicles. families. the discretion to the Department. This As demonstrated in Kosovo, our Earlier this year, I announced my in- year, we have been forthright and we Armed Forces are the best prepared in tention to join with the majority lead- direct action on that program. the world. They can beat the enemy on er and others to tackle the long-stand- Last year, NATO conducted its first any battlefield. I don’t say that with ing problems with the military health large-scale offensive military operation arrogance. It is factual. Our enemies, care system. with the 78-day air war campaign—and certainly those that can be identified, I wish to acknowledge the full co- it was associated with other military know that. It is the ones that we can’t operation of my distinguished col- operations and was not exclusive to identify—the growing number we can- league, Mr. LEVIN, and the Members on air—on behalf of the beleaguered and not identify, that we cannot antici- his side of the aisle. It has truly been persecuted peoples of Kosovo. The les- pate—that pose the greatest threat. a bipartisan effort. We have heard in- sons learned from that operation ad- Current and future potential adver- creasing complaints, especially from dressed during a series of committee saries must fully understand, however, over 56 retirement communities. hearings highlighted not only short- our military capability. Many are now While the Congress was taking some falls in weapon systems and intel- intent on carrying the battle right here steps in the past to try to improve the ligence programs but also the complex- at home in the continental limits of health care system, it was time for a ities of engaging in coalition oper- the United States of America either by major assault on this problem. And we ations. ballistic missile attack or attacks with have done more than establish a beach- As noted in the combined testimony chemical or biological agents or head. I used that term months ago of Operation Allied Force Commanders, through cyberterrorism. That is where when I laid down the first piece of leg- Gen. Wesley Clark, Adm. James Ellis, we are soft, soft in the underbelly of islation with our distinguished major- and Lt. Gen. Mike Short, the Kosovo this great Nation. Recently, retired ity leader, Mr. LOTT. campaign: Deputy Secretary of Defense John The bill before the Senate today is . . . required [that] we adopt military doc- Hamre characterized domestic pre- but the first step, I hope, in what will trine and strategy to strike a balance be- paredness as ‘‘the mission of the dec- be a continuing process to fulfill our tween maintaining allied cohesion, striking ade.’’ I agree with that distinguished commitment of quality health care for key elements of the Yugoslav Armed Forces, former public servant. all military personnel—active duty, re- minimizing losses of allied aircraft and crew, The military services play a critical tired, as well as their families. and containing collateral damage. and important role in domestic pre- The Secretary of Defense, the Chair- Of paramount concern to the com- paredness for such attacks. Should man of the Joint Chiefs, and the serv- mittee this year was applying the les- some madman or terrorist release a ice chiefs have all highlighted the sons learned from the air campaign chemical biological agent on the civil- many problems associated with imple- over Kosovo to our defense budget to ian population at home—or, indeed, at menting a user-friendly health care ensure the future preparedness of the a military base that could be a target— program for active duty service mem- U.S. Armed Forces for future military the Defense Department must be pre- bers, military retirees, and their fami- operations. Accordingly, the com- pared to assist the first responders, lies. mittee included over $700 million for a whether they are volunteer firemen, In this bill, the committee included program to include aircraft precision the police officers, or even citizens who initiatives that ensure our active duty strike capability, aircraft surviv- instinctively try to come to the aid of personnel and their families receive ability, and intelligence surveillance those suffering, along with the health quality health care and initiatives that and reconnaissance assets based on les- care professionals in our local commu- fulfill our commitment to military re- sons learned from the Kosovo conflict. nities. To deter and defeat the efforts tirees, including extending TriCare Over 38,000 combat sorties were con- of those intent on using weapons of Prime to families of service members ducted during the Kosovo air cam- mass destruction or mass disruption in assigned to remote locations, elimi- paign—and I proudly say, for all na- the United States, this bill does the nating copayments for service received tions that participated, some seven na- following:

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.000 S06JN0 9484 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 6, 2000 It adds $76.8 million for initiatives to has not been as aggressive as has the the recent summit—it would have been address the threat of cyberattack, in- Senate on this issue. advisable if this Nation had conducted cluding establishment of an Informa- I would like to briefly highlight some one of these essential programs to tion Security Scholarship Program to of the other major funding initiatives make an analysis of the threat—what encourage recruitment and retention of and provisions of the bill. we have in our inventory, the inven- Department of Defense personnel with First, we strengthen the Joint Strike tories of the other nations of the computer network security skills. This Fighter Program by significantly in- world—and, therefore, have a better is a program in which I have had a creasing funding for the demonstration idea of exactly where this country great deal of interest. I do hope the and validation phase of this program stands today and what it faces in the Members will work with me on this. We while removing funding for the engi- future. have this massive people program, neering, manufacture, and develop- These are but a few of the highlights maybe $20 or $30 million just to begin ment phase in the fiscal year 2001. of the many initiatives included in this to give incentives for young people to It increases the shipbuilding budget bill. The subcommittee chairmen are go into cyberspace terrorism. What by $603.2 million to over $12 billion. I truly the architects of this bill. They better evidence do we need than this commend the chairman and ranking will discuss in greater detail the provi- love note that floated around, causing member of that committee, the Sen- sions in their respective subcommit- billions of dollars of loss to the econ- ator from Maine. This is a very essen- tees. Each should be congratulated for omy in this country for the shutdown tial investment, an increase in spend- their study and hard work, together of computers. ing, if we are ever to hope to maintain with their ranking members. Second, there is the creation of an in- just a 300-ship Navy. I urge my colleagues to support rapid stitute for defense computer security It authorizes $98.2 million for mili- passage of this bill. We need to send a and information protection to conduct tary space programs and technologies, strong signal of support to our Armed research and critical technology devel- $22 million for strategic nuclear deliv- Forces in the field, at sea, and those opment and to facilitate the exchange ery vehicle modernization, and $190 who have gone before them in the line of information between the govern- million for national and military intel- of duty. We are trustees of this great ment and the private sector, and shar- ligence programs. Nation and we are given that trust by ing of information to try and meet this We support the Army transformation generation after generation after gen- common threat. initiative and we add additional re- eration of Americans who have gone Further, we added $418 million for sources that support research and de- from the shores of our Nation to defend ballistic missile defense programs, in- velopment efforts designed to lead to the cause of freedom in farflung places cluding $129 million for National Mis- the future development of that force. of the world. These are outstanding sile Defense Risk Reduction, $92.4 mil- Congress has to help the Army. They men and women now serving in uni- lion for the Air Forces Airborne Laser have some very bold initiatives, but form. We have an obligation to them as Program, $60 million for the Navy The- the funding profile for these initiatives previous Congresses have had obliga- ater-Wide Missile Defense Program, $15 in the outyears has a degree of uncer- tions to other generations, engaged in million for the Atmospheric Inter- tainty which troubles this Senator. the preserving of our freedom. ceptor Technology Program, $8 million But we will try to do our best to work I, once again, thank my distin- for the Arrow System Improvement with the distinguished Chief of Staff, guished colleague, the senior Senator Program, $15 million for the Tactical the Secretary, and others, in trying to from Michigan, for his work on this High Energy Laser Program, and $30 move the Army along in its projected committee—indeed, nonpartisan hard million for the Space-Based Laser Pro- transformation program. work—and the wonderful staff. We put gram. We included provisions supporting, this bill together. This is a serious threat to our home- under certain conditions, the agree- I thank the Senator and yield the land, the intercontinental ballistic ment reached between the Department floor. missiles. We are forging ahead. I wish of Defense and the government of Puer- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- we could be stronger in our efforts. to Rico that is intended to restore rela- ator from Michigan. I will, with others, try everlastingly tions between the people of Vieques Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I am to increase our strength to try to ap- and the Navy and provide for the con- pleased to join with the chairman of proach these things and solve these tinuation of live fire training on this the Armed Services Committee in problems—because we are defenseless. island. I commend the former Pre- bringing the National Defense Author- Americans think we spent $300.9 billion siding Officer, the Senator from Okla- ization Act for fiscal year 2001 to the this year and $300 billion previous homa, for his unrelenting efforts, many floor. The bill is the product of several years and that we have some defense. visits down to that region to work on months of bipartisan work on the part We do not. We are absolutely defense- this problem. of our committee. I am, indeed, pleased less against these intercontinental bal- We increased funding for military to join with him in bringing this bill to listic missiles, particularly the ones construction and family housing pro- the floor. that might be fired by a rogue state or grams by $430 million to $8.46 billion. This year the President added $12 bil- terrorist state or, indeed, an accidental We authorized $1.27 billion for the en- lion in defense spending to last year’s firing. It could decimate any of our vironmental restoration accounts to appropriated levels. The congressional great cities or, indeed, rural areas. enhance environmental cleanup of budget resolution added an additional (Mr. HAGEL assumed the chair.) military facilities. $4.5 billion. For the most part, the Mr. WARNER. Last, we added $25 We required the Secretary of Defense, committee chose to spend the money million for five additional Weapons of in consultation with the Secretary of wisely. More than three-quarters of the Mass Destruction-Civil Support teams Energy, to: money added by the budget resolution formerly known as RAID teams. This No. 1, develop long-range plans for would be used to meet needs that are will result in a total of 32 of these the sustainment and modernization for identified as priorities by the Joint teams by the end of fiscal year 2001. It U.S. strategic nuclear forces and; Chiefs, or to accelerate items that are is the committee’s intent to support No. 2, to conduct a comprehensive re- included in the future years’ defense the establishment of these teams for view of the nuclear posture of the plan. each State and territory. I commend United States for the next 5 to 10 years. I may not agree with every provision this committee, particularly the sub- That is an essential program. We in the bill—I do not—but S. 2549 overall committee that handles this under must get that evaluation. We have not is a sound bill that basically continues Senator ROBERTS, for their relentless done one since 1994. This was of great the bipartisan partnership between the initiative to drive and get these teams concern to me. While I commend the Congress and the administration. This in place. The Department of Defense President—he did the best he could at bill would build on the budget that was

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.000 S06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 9485 presented by the Department of De- of the former Soviet Union. These pro- ernor of Puerto Rico which establishes fense to improve the quality of life for grams serve as one of the cornerstones an orderly process for what we all hope the men and women of our Armed of our relationship with Russia and will be the resumption of such train- Forces and their families, and to trans- play an important role in our national ing. As of today, the Commonwealth of form our military to ensure they are security by reducing the threat of pro- Puerto Rico has lived up to its obliga- capable of meeting the threats to liferation of weapons of mass destruc- tions under the agreement. The Navy American security in the 21st century. tion from Russia or from rogue nations training on Vieques has been cleared of I am particularly pleased the bill with which Russia may otherwise be protesters with the assistance of the would implement the administration’s tempted to form closer ties in the ab- government of Puerto Rico, and the proposal to address shortcomings in sence of these programs. Navy training exercises have now re- the health care we provide for our mili- While some restrictive language has sumed on the island with the use of tary personnel and retirees. Indeed, the been included in the bill, I am hopeful inert ordnance as provided in the bill would go a step further than the this language will not undermine the agreement. administration proposed and provide a effectiveness of the programs. I am dis- During the course of our markup, the prescription drug benefit for military appointed the committee chose not to committee considered proposed legisla- retirees. provide $100 million for a new, long- tion which would have been incon- I am appalled, and I hope most of us term Russian nonproliferation program sistent with this agreement. In my are appalled, by the rising cost of phar- at the Department of Energy. view, unilateral changes to or actions maceuticals in this country and by the This program would allow the De- in violation of the terms of the agree- growing gap between the prices paid for partment of Energy to accelerate the ment at a time when the government drugs by our citizens and people who closure of portions of Russian nuclear of Puerto Rico is living up to its obli- live in other countries. We have taken weapons complexes and secure addi- gations under the agreement would an important first step in this bill in tional nuclear materials. I am hopeful, have sent exactly the wrong signal. agreeing to address the problem for with the help of other Senators, we can Such changes would have offended military retirees. But it is my hope, address this issue in the course of our many citizens of Vieques and others perhaps during the course of this bill, debate on the Senate floor or perhaps throughout Puerto Rico, undermining and surely before the end of this Con- in conference. the efforts of the Navy and this com- gress, we will be able to provide a simi- The committee bill would authorize mittee to eventually resume live-fire lar benefit for Medicare beneficiaries $85 million of military construction training on Vieques. In the end, the committee included whether they are military retirees or sought in fiscal year 2001 by the admin- legislation that would implement the otherwise. All of our seniors—all of our istration to begin construction of a na- provisions of the agreement that call seniors—should have an opportunity to tional missile defense site. The Presi- for limited economic assistance and purchase prescription drugs and not be dent’s budget explains this request as holding a referendum on the island of precluded by an inability to pay the follows: Vieques. With regard to the other ele- outrageous costs which prescription The budget includes sufficient funding so ment of the agreement—the transfer of drugs now present to too many of our that if the administration decides in 2000 to specific land to Puerto Rico under cer- proceed with deployment of a limited sys- seniors. tain circumstances—the legislation is The committee also made the right tem, the resources will be available to quick- silent, deferring congressional action decision in supporting the Army trans- ly proceed toward a 2005 initial capability. I emphasize the word ‘‘if.’’ It is my until a later date. formation plan that was put forward by While I would have preferred to fully understanding that this funding is pro- Secretary of the Army Caldera, and implement the agreement between the vided consistent with the President’s Army Chief of Staff General Shinseki. President and the Governor of Puerto request in the event the President de- The committee concluded the Army Rico at this time, avoiding unilateral needs to transform itself into a lighter, cides to proceed with the deployment changes to the terms of the agreement more lethal, survivable and tactically of a limited national missile defense. was the next best outcome. In light of mobile force, and we approved all the As indicated in the President’s budget, the position taken on the floor of the funds that were requested by the Army this decision will be based on an assess- House, I expect we will have an oppor- for that purpose. In fact, we even added ment of four factors: one, the assess- tunity to further consider this issue in some research money that the Army ment of the threat; two, the status of conference. said would help the long-term trans- technology based on an initial series of One area where I am very dis- formation process. flight tests and the proposed system’s appointed with the outcome of the At the same time, we have instructed operational effectiveness; three, the markup is the organization of the De- the Army to prepare a detailed road- cost of the system; and four, the impli- partment of Energy. Last year, the Na- map for the transformation initiative, cations of going forward with a na- tional Defense Authorization Act con- and to conduct appropriate testing and tional missile defense deployment in tained provisions reorganizing the De- experimentation to ensure the trans- terms of the overall strategic environ- partment of Energy’s nuclear weapons formation effort is successful. ment and our arms control objectives, complex by creating a new ‘‘semi-au- The Department has made a strong including efforts to achieve further re- tonomous’’ National Nuclear Security commitment to the Joint Strike Fight- ductions in strategic nuclear arms Administration, NNSA, within the De- er Program and the committee sup- under START II and III. partment of Energy. These provisions, ports that effort. While our bill recog- As our chairman said, the committee which were added in conference, were nizes that slippage in the test schedule spent a great deal of time addressing inconsistent with legislation passed in is virtually certain to result in a delay the status of training exercises by the Senate by a vote of 96–1 and went of the next milestone decision, we re- Navy and Marine Corps personnel on far beyond anything that was even con- main open to reprogramming of funds the island of Vieques. As we all know, sidered by the House. to enable the Department to make that training on Vieques was suspended last The Secretary of Energy dual-hatted decision in the year 2001, if it proves year after the tragic death of a secu- a number of key NNSA employees, au- possible to meet a tighter schedule. rity guard at the training range. The thorizing them to serve concurrently I am also pleased the bill reported by Secretary of the Navy, the Chief of in both NNSA positions and DOE posi- the Armed Services Committee pro- Naval Operations, and others have tes- tions outside the NNSA. Although the vides full funding for the Department tified before the committee that there provisions establishing the NNSA did of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduc- is no adequate substitute for the live- not contain any provision prohibiting tion Program and the three ongoing fire training on the island of Vieques. dual-hatting, many members of our Department of Energy cooperative pro- Earlier this year, the President en- committee believed this approach was grams with Russia and other countries tered into an agreement with the Gov- inconsistent with the legislation.

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.000 S06JN0 9486 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 6, 2000 This bill responds to that perceived more base closures. Authorizing a new us today. I believe he was absent dur- violation of the statute with provisions round of base closures is an issue of po- ing the picture, for reasons with which that would, one, prohibit the Depart- litical will to meet our long-term secu- we are familiar. In that case, I am won- ment of Energy from paying any NNSA rity needs. In the course of our debate dering whether or not, because of the officials who are dual-hatted and, two, on this bill, Senator MCCAIN and I plan Budget Act implications of this amend- prohibit the Secretary of Energy from to again offer an amendment to allow ment, the Senator might be willing to changing the organization of the NNSA more base closures. set this aside so we can determine if in any way. These are unprecedented Finally, I will mention two other there are ways of achieving these im- restrictions on the ability of a Cabinet issues. First, the bill contains a provi- portant goals consistent with the Secretary to manage his own Depart- sion that would replace the School of Budget Act. ment and undermine our ability to the Americas with a new Western Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I say to hold Secretary Richardson and his suc- Hemisphere Institute for Professional my good friend, I will try to accommo- cessors accountable for the activities Education and Training which would date you on that because it is a very of the Department of Energy. provide a broad curriculum of studies, important amendment. I would like to Dual-hatting is commonplace including human rights training, to discuss with you just perhaps the fol- throughout the Government and has both military and civilian leaders of lowing procedure: That we have the op- been legally permissible since we re- democratic countries. I hope this step portunity to have a colloquy and make pealed the Dual Office Holding Act of will allow us to put the controversial some presentations about the amend- 1894 more than 35 years ago. Moreover, history of this institution behind us ment, and then at that time I will con- the Secretary provided our committee while we look instead to the future. sider laying it aside. I would like to with a legal opinion which concluded Second, the bill contains an amend- have that opportunity this afternoon. I that such dual-hatting is permissible. ment I offered to prohibit the Depart- would very much appreciate the com- In any case, the prohibition on reor- ment of Defense from selling to the ments of my colleague. ganization is completely unnecessary general public any armor-piercing am- It had been my intention to give it to in light of the express prohibition on munition or armor-piercing compo- you a little earlier today, but I think it dual-hatting. The reorganization prohi- nents that may have been declared ex- began to get to your people around 11 bition would go far beyond its stated cess to the Department’s needs. or 12 o’clock. It had been my intention purpose of addressing dual-hatting, and This prohibition was enacted on a 1- to bring it up. That is not a fact in any it would prohibit the Secretary of En- year basis in last year’s Defense Appro- way I wish to conceal. But anyway, ergy from even establishing, altering, priations Act, and Senator DURBIN has that did not come to the attention of or consolidating any organizational introduced a bill in the Senate to make the Senator from Michigan. unit, component, or function of the the ban permanent. There is no pos- So, yes, we will work on this because NNSA regardless of demands of effi- sible justification for selling armor- in fairness to our colleagues—and I an- ciency or accountability. piercing ammunition to the general ticipate an overwhelming majority of Last year, the President’s Foreign public. I am pleased that we have the Senate would like to support the Intelligence Advisory Board reported taken this step toward enacting the objectives of this amendment—we that the Department of Energy’s nu- ban into permanent law. should address what could be done to clear weapons complex had become or- Again, I thank Senator WARNER for the amendment. ganizationally ‘‘dysfunctional.’’ Much his work as chairman of the com- I acknowledge that a point of order of this organization remains unchanged mittee. There are a lot of provisions in does lie, and at the appropriate time I despite its transfer to the new NNSA. the bill, and there will be, I am sure, a would ask for the waiver. Yes. The an- Yet the provision added in our com- lot of amendments which will be of- swer is, we will see what we can do. So mittee would prohibit the Secretary fered in the course of our deliberations I suggest as follows, that we allow from addressing that problem. on the Senate floor. I think we all look other colleagues—the President pro In short, the Department of Energy forward to a full debate on all of the tempore, a member of our committee, organization provisions not only fail to issues that will be presented to us. the former chairman wishes to address address the problems identified by its I am wondering if Senator WARNER is the bill, and the Senator from Colorado sponsors, which is the dual-hatting on the floor. wishes to address the bill. There may problem, but go way beyond that and Mr. WARNER. Yes. be others. thereby undermine the ability of the Mr. LEVIN. I make a parliamentary So let us have some brief opening Secretary of Energy to address many of inquiry as to whether or not amend- statements by our two colleagues, and the concerns that led to the enactment ment No. 3173, which is the pending I will adjust the procedure at the re- of last year’s legislation in the first amendment, is subject to a point of quest of the Senator from Michigan. place. order and, if so, what point of order. Mr. LEVIN. That procedure would be I am also disappointed that the bill The PRESIDING OFFICER. The fine. I welcome hearing from our good does not contain a base closure provi- pending amendment that the Senator friends, including our former chairman, sion. Last year, as this year, the top inquires on violates section 302(f) of the and then perhaps we will lay this aside military and civilian leadership of the Budget Act. so we can try to make it in compliance, Department of Defense came to us and Mr. LEVIN. This amendment was if possible, with the Budget Act. I wel- told us that more base closures are presented to us this morning. I think come the comments of the chairman. critical to saving billions of dollars we should make an effort to see if we The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- needed to meet our future national se- can’t bring this amendment somehow ator from South Carolina. curity needs. Year after year, some or other into compliance with the Mr. THURMOND. Mr. President, as Members express concerns about short- Budget Act so we can accomplish the the Senate begins consideration of the falls in the defense budget and then re- important provisions that are in this national defense authorization bill for ject the one measure that would do the amendment. This is a goal which has fiscal year 2001, I join my colleagues on most to help the Department address been sought on a bipartisan basis to try the Armed Services Committee in con- those shortfalls in the long term. to improve the provision of health care gratulating Chairman WARNER and the Secretary Cohen said recently his services to our retirees. ranking member, Senator LEVIN, on biggest disappointment as Secretary I think it is in all of our interests to their leadership in preparing a strong has been that the Department of De- see if we can’t find a way that we can bipartisan defense bill, which passed fense still has too much overhead and make this come into compliance with the Committee by an overwhelming 19– that he has not been able to persuade the Budget Act. I am particularly sen- 1 vote. his former colleagues—meaning us— sitive to the Budget Act’s provisions. I The national defense authorization that they are going to have to have am not sure Senator DOMENICI is with bill for fiscal year 2001 ensures that our

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.000 S06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 9487 Armed Forces can continue to carry Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I thank cerned about the lack of funding for out their global responsibilities by fo- Chairman WARNER for allowing me the the research and development tech- cusing on readiness, future national se- opportunity to speak in strong support nology programs. That is why in this curity threats, and quality of life. I am of this essential bill for our men and bill we recommend substantial in- especially pleased with the focus on the women in the armed services. I believe creases in funding for ballistic missile quality of life issues. Our military per- it to be very fitting that we bring up S. defense programs and technologies. sonnel and their families are expected 2549, the fiscal year 2001 Department of We also had a hearing regarding our to make great sacrifices and they de- Defense Authorization Act, only 9 days national security space issues where we serve adequate compensation. There- after Memorial Day. identified a number of areas in which fore, I strongly support the 3.7 percent This bill should always be more than budget constraints have caused DOD to pay raise, the significant improve- just a funding mechanism for today’s insufficiently fund key space programs ments in military health care, espe- military but a fitting tribute and to and technologies and technology devel- cially those impacting our military re- show our appreciation for those who opment. We also learned from our ex- tirees and their families. These are served, are serving, and will serve in tensive post-Kosovo conflict hearings critical provisions, which when coupled the future. that intelligence processing and dis- with the additional family housing and The Defense bill is entirely too im- semination was insufficient to meet barracks construction, will result in a portant to be mired in politics. We some of our warfighting requirements. well-earned improvement in the stand- must respect our military and provide That is why we recommended funding ard of living for all our military per- them the best Defense authorization increases for the National Imagery and sonnel. bill we can. Mapping Agency to improve the im- The defense bill before us continues The fiscal year 2001 Defense Author- agery tasking, processing, exploitation the improvements in the readiness ization Act is a bipartisan effort, and I and dissemination process. issues identified by our Service Chiefs. believe we all did some essential heavy The Strategic Subcommittee also has The committee added over $700 million lifting in committee for our oversight over two-thirds of the De- for programs identified as shortfalls warfighters. partment of Energy’s budget, including during the Kosovo conflict. It increased For the second year in a row, we have the newly created and much needed Na- key readiness programs such as ammu- reversed the downward trend in defense tional Nuclear Security Administra- nition, spare parts, base operations and spending by increasing this year’s tion or the NNSA. The subcommittee training by more than $1.5 billion. Al- funding by $4.5 billion over the Presi- also authorized funds for the Defense though these are significant improve- dent’s request, for a funding level of Nuclear Facility Safety Board, an inde- ments, we cannot be satisfied with $309.8 billion. This results in a 4.4 per- pendent agency responsible for exter- these increases and must ensure con- cent increase in real growth from last nal oversight of safety at DOE defense tinued robust funding increases for year’s appropriated level. nuclear facilities. these programs in future bills. Last year as the Personnel Sub- We held the first congressional hear- Since the fall of the Berlin Wall our committee chairman, I had the oppor- ing to assess the programs of the newly Nation has faced ever changing tunity to oversee the first major pay established National Nuclear Security threats. Among these are the spread of Administration or the NNSA. We re- raise for our military in almost 20 nuclear weapons and other weapons of main concerned about the science- years. Now, I have the great privilege mass destruction, international ter- based stockpile stewardship program to serve as the chairman of the Stra- rorism, and the ever increasing sophis- and the fact that it could be 15 years tegic Subcommittee. While it is a tall tication of weapons in the hands of before the DOE stockpile stewardship order to fill the shoes of Senator BOB countries throughout the world. To program can be evaluated as an accept- SMITH as subcommittee chair, I believe counter these threats the committee able substitute for underground nu- the subcommittee has had a very suc- added $78.8 million in the Emerging clear testing. We are also concerned cessful and productive session. Just Threats Subcommittee accounts. These about the slow pace in re-establishing like last year with Senator CLELAND, it resources will fund critical research pit manufacturing and tritium produc- into new technology, while at the same is always rewarding to have a dedi- tion capabilities and any long-term re- time provide for the reduction and se- cated ranking member like Senator quirements or plans for modernization curity of the nuclear and chemical ar- LANDRIEU. I want to thank her, as well of its aging weapon production plans. senals of the former Soviet Union. It is as all the members of the sub- The fourth hearing was in the area of money wisely spent and deserves our committee, for all the hard work they environmental management. I am en- full support. put into this bill. couraged that DOE continues to make I have previously congratulated the The Strategic Subcommittee has progress in focusing its resources on chairman and ranking member for oversight and program authority over closure of a limited number of sites and their work on this bill. Before closing, the following areas: (1) ballistic and facilities. However, just like in the I want to congratulate each of the sub- cruise missile defense; (2) national se- area of space and missile defense, I am committee chairmen—Senator INHOFE, curity space; (3) strategic nuclear de- very concerned that funding requests Senator SNOWE, Senator SANTORUM, livery systems; (4) military intel- for science and technology develop- Senator ROBERTS, Senator ALLARD and ligence; and (5) Department of energy ment continues to drop. DOE needs a Senator HUTCHINSON—and their rank- (DOE) activities regarding the nuclear vigorous research and development ing members for their contribution to weapons stockpile, nuclear waste program in order to meet its acceler- this bill. Their leadership and work cleanup, and other defense activities. ated cleanup and closure goals. provided the foundation for this legis- During the last year, the sub- In response to these needs, the Stra- lation. Finally, I believe it is impor- committee held four hearings. tegic Subcommittee has a net budget tant that we recognize Les Brownlee The first was on our national and authority increase of $266.7 million and David Lyles for their leadership of theater missile defense programs which above the President’s budget. This in- a very professional and bipartisan showed that the DOD continues to have cludes an increase of $530.3 million to staff. a funding-constrained ballistic missile the DOD account and a decrease of This national defense authorization defense (BMD) program. In this year’s $263.6 million to DOE accounts. bill is a strong and sound bill. I intend budget, the administration finally in- In the DOD accounts, there is a net to support it and urge my colleagues to creased the funding for the National increase of $418.6 billion for the Bal- join me in showing our strong support Missile Defense (NMD) program, but we listic Missile Defense programs, an in- for the bill and our men and women in found that all of the Ballistic Missile crease of $98.2 million for advanced uniform. Defense Organization’s or BMDO’s space technology, an increase of $190.0 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- major acquisition programs remain un- million for tactical and national intel- ator from Colorado. derfunded. Plus, we were very con- ligence programs, and an increase of

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.000 S06JN0 9488 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 6, 2000 approximately $22 million for strategic gram for active duty family members. Finally, one of Congresses main re- forces. The bill includes a comprehensive re- sponsibilities is to provide for the com- There are two provisions which I tail and national mail order pharmacy mon defense of the United States and I would like to highlight which pertain program for eligible beneficiaries, with am proud of what this bill provides for to the future of our nuclear forces. no enrollment fees or deductible. This our men and women in uniform. We First, we have a provision which re- results in the first medical entitlement must not be blinded by political mo- quires the Secretary of Defense, in con- for the military Medicare eligible pop- tives when it comes to our men and sultation with the Secretary of Energy, ulation. I am also very happy with the women in the Armed Services. I look to conduct an updated nuclear posture extensions and expansions of the Medi- forward to moving this bill through the review. It has been since 1994 since the care subvention program to major med- Senate, out of conference and to the last nuclear posture review. This is im- ical centers and in the number of sites President in order to quickly provide portant piece of the puzzle when deter- for the Federal Employees Health Ben- the much needed and much deserved re- mining the future shape of our nuclear efit demonstration program. sources for our military. To our Armed forces. Lastly, I would like to point out a Services, I say this bill is a tribute to The second provision requires the few items specific to Colorado. The De- your dedication and hard work. Secretary of Defense, in consultation fense Authorization Act fully funds I yield the floor. with the Secretary of Energy, to de- Rocky Flats at $673 million. Plus, we The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- velop a long range plan for the require that all safeguard and security ator from Virginia. sustainment and modernization of the activities to be managed by Rocky Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I thank U.S. strategic nuclear forces. We are Flats, and not at DOE headquarter or- my distinguished colleague. It is a concerned that neither Department has ganization, in order to ensure that fu- great pleasure to work with him. He a long term vision beyond their current ture savings will be used for additional has one of the toughest assignments as modernization efforts. Rocky Flats cleanup. There is also a subcommittee chairman, and he does it A few budget items I would like to provision asking for a report on, as very ably. I thank him. highlight include: an increase of $92.4 Mr. ALLARD. I thank the chairman. well as encouraging the Secretary of The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- million for the Airborne Laser program Energy to use, the authority provided ator from Arkansas. that requires the Air Force to stay on in last years DOD authorization bill Mr. HUTCHINSON. Mr. President, I the budgetary path for a 2003 lethal which allowed him to use prior year rise to strongly support the speedy demonstration and a 2007 initial oper- unobligated balances to accelerate adoption of the National Defense Au- ational capability; an increase of $30 cleanup at Rocky Flats. Lastly, we thorization Act for fiscal year 2001. million for the Space Based Laser pro- also provide employee incentives for I join my colleagues on the com- gram; a $129 million increase for NMD retention and separation of federal em- mittee in expressing my appreciation risk reduction; an increase of $60 mil- ployees at closure project facilities. to Chairman WARNER for the out- lion for Navy Theater Wide; and extra These incentives are needed in order to standing job he has done in his work on $8 million for the Arrow System Im- mitigate the anticipated high attrition this bill. provement Program; and for the Tac- rate of certain federal employees with I commend Senator ALLARD for the tical High Energy Program an increase critical skills. great work he has done as chairman of of $15 million. Also, the bill fully funds the Chem- the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, For the Department of Energy pro- ical Demilitarization Program at over for the work he did on the Personnel grams, the budget structure we have $1 billion, while fully funding the mili- Subcommittee prior to my ascension to proposed for DOE is slightly different tary construction for the Pueblo Chem- that post, and for the assistance he has from the Administration’s request. We ical Depot at $10.6 million. For Pueb- given me; I express my appreciation for recommend that all activities of the lo’s destruction of their chemical that. NNSA appear in a single budgetary agents, there is a provision which pro- As chairman of the Personnel Sub- provision, as required by section 3251 of vides for the destruction of the chem- committee, I worked closely with Sen- the National Defense Authorization ical agents at Pueblo either by inciner- ator MAX CLELAND, our ranking mem- Act of FY 2000. The bill has an increase ation or any technology through the ber, to develop a package that is re- of $87 million to the programs within Assembled Chemical Weapons Assess- sponsive to the manpower readiness the NNSA, which is an increase of ment on or before May 1, 2000. The pro- needs of the military services, that $331.0 million over last year. vision is to expedite the destruction ac- supports the numerous quality of life In DOE’s Environmental Manage- tivities by using one of the tech- improvements for our service men and ment account, we decrease the author- nologies listed in the National Envi- women, their families, and their retire- ization by $132.0 million. However, I ronmental Policy Act documents for ment communities, and that reflects want to stress that this bill still in- the Pueblo Chemical Depot. the budget realities we have today and creases the environmental manage- Plus, there are $34 million for the will face in the future. ment account by more than $350 mil- procurement of precision targeting The subcommittee focused on the lion over last year’s appropriated pods for the Air National Guard and I challenges of recruiting and retention amount. In addition, we decrease the expect these funds to be used for such during each of our hearings this year. other defense account by $88.8 million procurement. Even the health care hearing really fo- and move the Formerly Utilized Sites Mr. President, I want to thank Chair- cused on that area of recruitment and Remedial Action Program account to a man WARNER for the opportunity to retention and the impact of what we do non-defense account, reflecting a de- point out some of the highlights in the in the area of health care on our future crease of $140 million. Finally, the bill bill which the Strategic Subcommittee retention and recruiting ability. also provides $34 million to continue has oversight and to congratulate him This bill will have a positive impact progress on restoring tritium produc- and Senator LEVIN in the bipartisan on both recruiting and retention as tion. way this bill was developed and ask those who might serve and those who I would like to mention an important that all Senators strongly support S. are serving see our commitment to pro- highlight of the Authorization bill out- 2549. I also want to thank Eric vide the health care benefits promised side of the Strategic Subcommittee. Thoemmes, Paul Longsworth, Tom to those who serve with a full military I want to commend the new Per- McKenzie, and Tom Moore of the Stra- career. sonnel Subcommittee chairman, Sen- tegic Subcommittee, all the Armed I am very pleased with this bill. I am ator HUTCHINSON, for his work on the Services Committee staff, and Doug proud of this bill. I believe these initia- comprehensive health care provisions Flanders of my staff for all their long tives will result in improved recruiting in the bill. There are many significant hours and hard work they put into this and retention within the military serv- improvements to the TRICARE pro- important bill. ices.

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The bill supports the administra- expand the JROTC programs. We com- I again thank Chairman WARNER for tion’s request for an active duty end bine it with the funds in the budget re- his leadership in putting this bill to- strength of 1,381,600, and reserve quest. This will maximize the services’ gether. strength of 847,436, more than this ad- ability to expand JROTC during fiscal The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. GOR- ministration requested. year 2001. TON). The Senator from Virginia. On military personnel policy, there I am proud to be able to support Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I thank are a number of recommendations in- these important programs that teach my colleague for his thoughtful re- tended to support the recruiting and responsibility, leadership, and ethics marks, most particularly the remarks retention and personnel management and assist the military in recruiting. In directed at the staff and other mem- of the services. Among the most note- fact, it has been one of the most effec- bers of the committee. He is a hard- worthy is a provision, that would be ef- tive tools the military has in recruit- working subcommittee chairman, and fective July 1, 2002, requiring high ing high school students. he is tackling the problem of recruit- schools to provide military recruiters Our major recommendations include ing and retention. We will hear further the same access to the campus, to stu- a 3.7-percent pay raise for military per- from the Senator as we proceed with dent directors, to student lists and in- sonnel and a revision of the basic al- this bill. formation as they provide the colleges, lowance for housing to permit the Sec- I ask unanimous consent we proceed universities, and private sector em- retary of Defense to pay 100 percent of briefly to discuss the pending amend- ployers unless its governing body, the the average local housing costs and en- ment, and then we will proceed to an school board, decides by a majority sure that housing allowance rates are amendment to be offered by Senator vote to deny military recruiters access not reduced while permitting increases MCCAIN on food stamps, if that is to the high school. that local housing costs dictate. agreeable as procedure. I say to my col- Currently, there are literally hun- The bill directs the Secretary of De- league, we are moving expeditiously, dreds of high schools that have made fense to implement the Thrift Savings with Senator ROBERT KERREY anxious decisions—usually on the basis of the Plan for active and reserve forces not to come to the floor. superintendent or the principal—to later than 180 days after enactment. I am not suggesting we will vote on deny access to military recruiters. For Making mandatory the provision of the the Warner amendment. We will dis- those school boards that do not vote to Thrift Savings Plan will be a very posi- cuss it, and when Senator MCCAIN limit access to military recruiters, the tive recruiting and retention tool in as- comes to the floor, we will take up that proposed modification in the bill re- sisting the military services in attract- amendment. My understanding is he tains the original requirement that the ing highly qualified personnel and en- desires less than half an hour. The Sen- services must send a general or flag of- couraging them to remain until retire- ator can indicate the time the other ficer to visit high schools within 120 ment. side desires, and then we will proceed days of the denial of access to military This year, the committee focused on to rollcall vote and possibly go to the recruiters. If the high school continues improving health care for active, re- Kerrey amendment. to deny equal access to military re- serve, and retired military personnel Mr. LEVIN. That is fine. cruiters, the Secretary of Defense will and their families. In health care, there AMENDMENT NO. 3173 then send a letter to the Governor no- are a number of key recommendations. Mr. WARNER. I thank the Senator tifying him of the denial and request- The foremost of these provisions is the from Michigan. He indicated to the ing assistance in obtaining access for pharmacy benefit for Medicare-eligible Senator from Virginia that the pending military recruiters. beneficiaries to which Senator ALLARD amendment, in our collective judg- If, after the efforts of the Secretary alluded in his remarks. This is the first ment, is subject to a budget point of of Defense and the Governor, the high time Medicare-eligible military retir- order. I have shared with his senior school continues to deny access to ees have an entitlement to military staff that corrective measures were military recruiters, the Secretary of health care. taken to try to bring that amendment Defense will notify the congressional In addition, prescription drugs rep- within the strictures of the budget delegation of the high school that has resent the largest unmet need of Medi- amendment so it would not be subject not complied with the statute we will care-eligible beneficiaries. I will be to a point of order. We will show imme- enact with the passage of this bill. Of speaking on the Warner-Hutchinson diately what we intend to do. course, if the school board votes not to amendment, when that is offered, re- In the meantime, I will discuss the restrict access of military recruiters, garding health care and what we are amendment until Senator MCCAIN the services and the Secretary of De- doing for our men and women in uni- comes to the floor. fense will not be required to go through form. I have introduced this amendment the procedures I just described. I am very proud of this bill and today to change the existing military I believe requiring school boards to pleased with what the committee has medical program to encompass in the take that affirmative vote and to do so put together. It will provide the re- future retirees over 65. This amend- publicly in the light of their constitu- sources the military services need to ment provides uninterrupted access to encies will really eliminate this prob- maximize their readiness and to im- both TRICARE and CHAMPUS for lem that has posed such an obstacle to prove the quality of life for active and military retirees and their families our military recruiters. In our hear- retired military personnel and their without regard to age. ings, we heard from frontline military families. Let me use the term ‘‘retirees.’’ recruiters that the biggest obstacle I express my gratitude to Charlie Those following this debate might not they have is actually having access to Abell, committee staff, for the out- fully understand. We are talking about be able to make their case to young standing work he has done in the past men and women in the Armed Forces people in our schools today. and for the service he has again per- who put in the necessary number of Another initiative to support recruit- formed to our country and to the com- years of active service or reserve serv- ing is a pilot program in which the mittee. I appreciate his work, along ice or guard service, whatever the case Army could use motor sports to pro- with other members of the committee may be, to meet the criteria of the var- mote recruiting, implement a program staff. I especially thank my personal ious frameworks of law to qualify them of recruiting in conjunction with voca- staff, Michael Ralsky, for the work he for a retirement for such services as tional schools and community colleges, has done not only on behalf of our they render. That is the class of indi- and a pilot program using contract per- country and our national security but viduals being referred to. It does not sonnel to supplement active recruiters. for the State of Arkansas. This is a include persons, such as myself, who Another important recommendation good bill worthy of the support of the have short tours of military duties; it in this mark is the expansion of JROTC Senate. I am pleased to be supporting does not apply to me. When we use the programs. We have added $12 million to it. term ‘‘retirees,’’ it is only for those

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.000 S06JN0 9490 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 6, 2000 who, by virtue of their services, met bers of the committee acknowledge In town hall meetings, as I said, I lis- the statutory requirements and are eli- their gratitude, for what the military tened carefully to the health care con- gible to receive retirement benefits. retirees did in bringing to our atten- cerns of the military, particularly Beginning in World War II, promises tion certain inadequacies of steps we those over 65. We have all done that. were made to military members that had taken. Step by step, we have im- The constant theme that runs through they and their families would be pro- proved the benefits, in this particular their requests is that once they have vided health care if they served a full phase of legislation, in this fiscal year. reached the point at which they are eli- career. Of course, we certainly included We are going to achieve a very signifi- gible for Medicare, they are no longer active duty and to some limited extent cant improvement to the health care guaranteed care from the military the reserve and guard for military benefit, particularly if that amend- health care system. This discrimina- health care. We are talking about that ment is adopted by the Senate. tory characteristic of our current category of persons I have just de- The amendment I bring to the floor health care system has been in effect scribed. repeals the restriction barring 65 or since 1964. It reduces retiree medical Subsequent legislation was enacted older military retirees and their fami- benefits and requires a significant which cut off medical benefits for those lies from continued access to the mili- change in the manner in which health over age 65, leaving them to depend on tary health care system. If included, care is obtained at a point in the lives the Medicare system, which, in their this provision will provide an equal of our older military retirees when sta- judgment and in the judgment of oth- benefit for all military health care sys- bility and confidence and respect and ers, has proven insufficient, and in tem beneficiaries, retirees, reservists, indeed the love of the community is other ways it is a breach of promise. guardsmen, and their families. This most needed. This is an amendment So there are many underlying rea- puts all beneficiaries in the same class. which in effect repeals the 1964 law. sons for the legislation I am proposing It is expensive, but I think it is es- In order to permit the Department of and the most important is equity. The sential we do this to keep the faith Defense to plan for restoring the health reputation of those in the military who with military retirees. I have had care benefit to all retirees, my provi- gave the promise—not knowing there many meetings with both active and sion would be effective on October 1, wasn’t any statutory foundation— retired military on the health care 2001. While some may advocate an ear- made promises concerning medical issue. I conducted town hall meetings, lier effective date, it is simply not fea- care to induce individuals to provide a discussions with groups who have come sible to expand the medical coverage to minimum, say, 20 years of service in to my office, and I have listened to the 1.8 million Medicare-eligible retir- most instances, to enable them to have those who have attended the Armed ees overnight. a career in the U.S. military. Services Committee hearings regarding The amendment eliminates the con- Not meeting the commitment to pro- their views. They filled the room on a fusing and ineffective transfer of funds vide medical care is a breach of prom- number of occasions. They have come from Medicare to the Department of ise made on behalf of our Nation. We from all areas of the country to talk Defense. Military retirees will not be have to correct it. These individuals about this. They are not seeking it required to pay the high cost of addi- devoted a significant portion of their solely for themselves. They are seeking tional basic or supplemental insurance lives, their careers, in service to our to preserve the image of the U.S. mili- premiums to ensure their health care country. I recognize with profound sor- tary so the young people today who are needs. Military readiness will not be row how we broke the promise to these considering joining at the recruiting adversely impacted, and our commit- retirees, certainly when we passed leg- stations—going through our ROTC, ment to those who serve their full ca- islation in the early 1960s. We rectify it NROTC, the AROTC, all of these pro- reer will be fulfilled. today. grams—will consider a military career. What is apparent to me is that the I have examined these issues. There When they go back home they hear will of the Congress, reflecting the will is no statutory foundation providing the oldtimers say: Watch out, they of the Nation, is that now is the time for entitlement to military health care broke a promise to me on health care. to act on this issue. Access to military benefits. It simply does not exist, in You are thinking about devoting 20 health care has reached a crisis point. my judgment. It is mythical in terms years of your life to this, or more— With the reduction in the number of of a foundation law. But good-faith rep- watch out. military hospitals and with the growth resentations were made to these mem- We are going to get rid of the, in the retiree population, addressing bers. Who made the commitment is ir- ‘‘Watch out.’’ That is what we are try- the health care needs of our older retir- relevant. ing to do, get rid of it, because the ees has become increasingly difficult. I have some personal recollection. I military retirees are the most cost-ef- These beneficiaries should be assured was on active duty for a brief time to- fective recruiters that we have in that their health care needs will be ward the conclusion of World War II, America today. They do not cost us met. and then I had a second tour of active anything. Yet it is those ladies and I am well aware of the legislative al- duty during the Korean conflict— gentlemen who served this Nation who ternatives that have been proposed to again, less than 2 years. Nevertheless, I go out and talk to the youngsters. The address military retiree health care was surrounded by military people. I youngsters look up to them. The needs. I have struggled to examine the remember well the inducements given youngsters trust them. They look up to most acute needs of these beneficiaries at the conclusion of World War II when the veterans. They have been there. and have struggled to develop a plan so many desired to return to civilian They have done it. They help tremen- that equally benefits all our retirees, life, requests to stay on active duty; dously helpful in recruiting. So there not just those fortunate enough to live the same thing during the Korean con- are many reasons for making these near a military medical facility, or flict—stay on active duty; continue; health care improvements. those fortunate enough to be selected give the military the opportunity to The amendment is a quantum leap through some sort of lottery to be al- show you a career pattern. Part of ahead of the provisions already in com- lowed to participate in the various those representations included the mittee markup at the desk. While the pilot programs now underway. My goal health care package. markup includes the comprehensive is to provide health care through a Our committee has made a deter- drug benefit regardless of age, the means that is available to all bene- mination—and indeed it is a bipartisan amendment goes further and provides ficiaries, in an equitable and complete decision—that we would fix the issue of uninterrupted access to complete manner. health care for our retirees this year. health care services. As a result of As I have made it clear throughout We started with a series of bills, step these initiatives, all military retirees, the year, improving the military by step by step. I have acknowledged irrespective of age, will now enjoy the health care has been the Committee’s my gratitude, and indeed other mem- same health care benefits. top quality of life initiative this year.

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.000 S06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 9491 We have listened. We have, with bipar- This is a good, solid, and positive ef- mation security for the Department of tisan support, enhanced our earlier leg- fort in behalf of our national defense. Defense will have far-reaching and, islation to include full pharmacy bene- As a subcommittee chairman, I am par- most important, positive effects in this fits. The amendment now before the ticularly proud of the work we were situation. Congress complements those earlier ef- able to accomplish in the sub- Second, I want to talk about the ter- forts and provides an equitable medical committee that we call the Emerging rorist threats to our citizens and our benefit, one that is not based on age. It Threats and Capabilities Sub- service members. It shows no sign of is time to act. committee. I would like to review the diminishing. Especially in regard to At the suggestion of my distin- key provisions contained in this act the weeks that led up to the millen- guished colleague, to avoid a point of that fell under the jurisdiction of the nium celebration, numerous individ- order, I am looking at not changing the Emerging Threats Subcommittee. uals who were suspected of planning fundamental provisions in the amend- As the chairman has pointed out, as terrorist attacks directed at U.S. citi- ment but limiting it to two or possibly well as the distinguished Senator from zens were arrested in the United States three fiscal years. That will bring us Michigan, in the last year, what we and abroad. within the constraints of the budget call information warfare, and what This is a threat from state actors and resolution. That is an important step. I some call cyberthreats—and the Amer- nonstate actors all over the world; and appreciate my colleague bringing this ican public is certainly becoming much with the proliferation of weapons of to our attention. more aware of that situation—to the mass destruction, the threat of a ter- It will have another effect. It will en- United States, including the Depart- rorist attack with a chemical, biologi- able the Congress, and initially our ment of Defense, have increased very cal, or nuclear weapon is increasing at committee, to go in, in depth, and dramatically. The Department of De- an alarming rate. study this amendment because it is fense reported that these attacks on We asked the experts who came be- going to have a very significant impact Defense Department systems increased fore the Emerging Threats Sub- on the existing infrastructure that is from under 6,000 in 1998, only 2 years committee, the experts whose job it is caring for the existing active duty and ago, to over 22,000 in 1999. That figure to determine what represents a vital military retirees under 65. We cannot is doing nothing but dramatically in- national security risk: What keeps you fully calculate, no matter how hard we creasing and there is every indication up at night? What makes you really look into this, what that impact would that this trend is going to continue. worry in regard to a vital national se- be. In my own judgment, it will require From a national economic standpoint curity threat? the Congress to step forward and pro- in regard to private industry, we are Their response was largely along two vide funds, maybe some legislation, to very susceptible and we are very vul- lines of concern: one, in regard to the help the existing infrastructure absorb nerable. In regard to our national secu- cyberattacks which we are already ex- the over-65 retirees as they return to rity, we are very vulnerable. I remain periencing in private industry and the what was justly promised them when concerned that many important, what Pentagon experiences every day, and they signed up. we call information assurance pro- the other one was biological attacks. It So this amendment has the advan- grams, designed to protect against is so easy to use, whether it be a state tages of laying it out, giving a reason- such cyberattacks, basically remain actor or a nonstate actor or anybody able period of time for the Department underfunded by the Department of De- connected with organized crime or any and for the Congress to examine it and fense. For example, at the hearing be- individual who wants to cause a great determine what we have to give by way fore the Subcommittee on Emerging deal of trouble. of additional support. Threats and Capabilities, as of this We, as a nation, must continue to de- Also—I say this with no political mo- spring witnesses from the Department tect and try to deter such attacks, but tive whatsoever—it should become and once again confirmed that such funding if such an attack happens, we must be will become, in my judgment, an issue prepared to deal with the con- in the Presidential campaign. I am shortfalls remain significant and pre- quite certain the retirees will say to sented a list of almost $500 million in sequences. We call this consequence both candidates: Look here, the Senate unfunded requirements in this area. management. We in Kansas, just to the of the United States included this pro- Obviously that is a considerable north of Oklahoma City, full well know vision. It went over to the conference amount of money. When you compare what kind of a tragedy can occur in re- with the House. It survived. It was it to the ever-increasing threats and gard to consequence management. Stop signed into law by the President. But it vuneralabilities, you can see just how and think a minute about a terrorist ends. It ends in, say, 2003. I want to important this is. threat and what could happen in our hear what the Presidential candidate For these reasons, we have included urban areas or, for that matter, any- has to say about this program and $76.8 million in this bill not only for to- where in the country, and my col- whether he will support it, support it day’s underfunded requirements but leagues can understand the seriousness in the sense of extending it beyond also to really try to initiate programs of this problem. 2003, support it in the budget requests such as training and education. Let me Our subcommittee will continue to to provide the additional funds and really underscore the word, in regard play a leading role in ensuring the De- whatever is necessary to make the in- to education, in something called partment of Defense is adequately frastructure of our military able to ‘‘cybersecurity,’’ that will continue to funded and structured to perform its support this program. provide meaningful solutions far into critical role in the overall U.S. Govern- That is what we are working on. Mo- the future. Senator WARNER’s initia- ment effort to, again, deter, detect, and mentarily I will ask my amendment be tive—what I refer to as the Roberts- combat terrorism. The bill contains an modified. I yield the floor. Warner initiative, and the distin- additional $35 million for these efforts. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- guished chairman refers to it as the This year we continue a comprehen- ator from Kansas. Warner-Roberts initiative—he has em- sive review, initiated last year, of the Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. President, it is barked through his leadership and activities of the Department of Defense my intention to speak for about 10 through his research on a whole series to combat terrorism. Obviously, our minutes in reference to the National of scholarships in information security goal is to make the Department efforts Defense Authorization Act. I thank the to attract our young people, the best in this critical area more visible and distinguished chairman of the Armed and brightest; not to rely on those who certainly better organized. In fact, at a Services Committee, Senator WARNER, come to us from foreign countries with subcommittee hearing, leading Depart- for his outstanding leadership in the ever-increasing higher immigration ment of Defense witnesses testified to, past year. I also thank the distin- quotas. We must bring the next genera- No. 1, what their jurisdiction is; No. 2, guished ranking member, Senator tion on to have this expertise. So these what they have been doing; No. 3, what LEVIN, for his leadership as well. Warner scholarships in regard to infor- they plan to do and what their budget

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.001 S06JN0 9492 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 6, 2000 requirements are; and if, in fact, they share of the costs of these programs, than 9 percent over the President’s could ask us for their priority con- and we are certainly working in that budget. She does an amazing job. cerns, what would they be. regard with our Russian counterparts; I would also like to thank Ed Edens Before this hearing, I asked them to Russia’s basic reluctance to provide and Joe Sixeas, who is affectionately sit in the order of their chain of com- the United States with needed access called Andy, for their work in regard to mand to figure out who was in charge to its sensitive facilities. I was in Rus- the counterterrorism efforts we are and is this effort being properly coordi- sia last August attempting to gain conducting, more especially with the nated and shared, and what about com- greater access. We will continue those RAID teams that we now say are CST munication. They looked at one an- efforts. teams; Chuck Alsup in regard to the other. There were four witnesses and To help solve those problems, this joint experimentation initiative; Cord nobody knew who was at the top of the mark contains several initiatives to Sterling, who has been in Central chain of command. Hello, we have a big obtain greater Russian commitment America, South America, virtually problem in that respect. and necessary access to ensure these every country where we have a threat We included in the markup a provi- programs will have a greater chance of in regard to drugs, working overtime. sion to address this. When I say ‘‘we,’’ attaining their stated objectives, and if In regard to cyberattacks, Eric I include the distinguished ranking we do that, these programs will attain Thoemmes, does an outstanding job. He member of the subcommittee, Senator even further widespread support and really has to keep up with that and has BINGAMAN, and the distinguished Sen- they can be a success. done a super job. Then on the coopera- ator whose efforts, in part, led to the I call the attention of my colleagues tive threat reduction programs, Mary creation of the subcommittee, Senator to a modest, but extremely important, Alice Hayward. LIEBERMAN. initiative in this bill with widespread All of these folks have done an out- We have also worked to increase the bipartisan interest that will lead to a standing job. Their minority counter- capabilities of the Department of De- major joint field experiment in 2002. I parts have done likewise. We are only fense to assist in the event of a ter- do not know of any commitment that as good as our staff. In this regard, I rorist attack on U.S. soil involving the will be undertaken in the future by any want to pay personal thanks to the use of a weapon of mass destruction. of our military services that will not staff. This bill also authorizes over $1 bil- be joint. I urge the adoption of this legisla- lion, again to support the Russian This experiment will evaluate visions tion. threat reduction and nonproliferation of our military services for future com- Mr. President, I yield the floor. efforts. During the post-cold-war dec- bat forces and ensure they can be The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ade, the U.S. Government has spent—I brought together effectively for joint ator from Arizona. do not think too many of my col- military operations to deter and Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, I have leagues recognize this; I know not too counter the emerging threats to our an amendment. many of our American citizens under- national security. I am talking about Mr. WARNER. Before the Senator stand this, but during the post-cold- the fact that we lack interoperability. proceeds, I express my gratitude to our war decade, the U.S. Government has I know the services and the service distinguished chairman of the Emerg- spent over $4.7 billion in the former So- chiefs say we have this interoper- ing Threats Subcommittee for a mar- viet Union to reduce the threat posed ability. With all due respect to the velous job. I commend the Senator for by the possible proliferation of weap- service chiefs and others, we do not giving his staff due recognition for ons of mass destruction and weapons- have that ability to the degree we need their wonderful work. It is a vital sub- usable nuclear materials and scientific it. That is why we feel we must press committee. It is on the absolute cut- expertise. After nearly a decade of ahead with a major joint field experi- ting edge of everything we have to be working in Russia and the other states ment if we possibly can. It is abso- doing in the Senate. of the former Soviet Union, commit- lutely essential. I thank the Senator and yield the ting ourselves to future efforts, we Finally, my colleagues will find in floor. thought it was important for us to re- this recommendation an affirmation of Mr. ROBERTS. I thank the Senator. view what these programs have the subcommittee’s strong support of AMENDMENT NO. 3179 achieved. the Defense Science and Technology (Purpose: To establish a special subsistence Senator LEVIN has spoken eloquently Program. This bill includes an in- allowance for certain members of the uni- of the need for the continuation of this crease—I emphasize, an increase—of formed services who are eligible to receive effort and the intent of the effort. I $446 million to science and technology. food stamp assistance) share his commitment, but I am con- That is a 9-percent increase over the Mr. MCCAIN. I have amendment No. cerned that for all the good intentions President’s budget request. It is this 3179 at the desk and ask for its imme- and all the significant investment that investment that will provide for future diate consideration. has been made, the return of reducing capabilities to deal with emerging The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there the threat has been too small relative threats to our national security. objection to laying aside the pending to the $4.7 billion. We can do better. This is a solid effort; it is a positive amendment? For example, the General Accounting effort. It will meet the objective within Without objection, it is so ordered. Office found that $481.2 million has the constraints of the defense budget The clerk will report the amendment. been spent since fiscal year 1993 on a for the work assigned to the Emerging The bill clerk read as follows: program designed to secure the weap- Threats and Capabilities Sub- The Senator from Arizona [Mr. MCCAIN] ons-usable nuclear material in Russia committee. I urge approval of this leg- proposes an amendment numbered 3179. and the states of the former Soviet islation. Mr. MCCAIN. I ask unanimous con- Union, but only 7 percent of the total I join our able chairman in thanking sent that reading of the amendment be nuclear material identified as being at the majority and minority committee dispensed with. risk has been secured. I am troubled by staff, my subcommittee staff, and my The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without this progress achieved in light of this personal staff for a job well done. I spe- objection, it is so ordered. significant investment. We are not cifically mention Pam Farrell. If one The amendment is as follows: going to scrap the program, but we puts charming and tenacious together, On page 206, between lines 15 and 16, insert must do better. it might be considered an oxymoron. It the following: In March, the GAO testified that the is not the case with Ms. Farrell. With- SEC. 610. SPECIAL SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE FOR MEMBERS ELIGIBLE TO RE- costs associated with achieving the out her leadership and expertise and CEIVE FOOD STAMP ASSISTANCE. threat reduction will continue to in- being just as tenacious as she can be, (a) ALLOWANCE.—(1) Chapter 7 of title 37, crease due primarily to the following we would never have increased the United States Code, is amended by inserting facts: Russia’s inability to pay its science and technology budget by more after section 402 the following new section:

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.001 S06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 9493 ‘‘§ 402a. Special subsistence allowance submit to Congress a report setting forth the elsewhere: Military salaries, never substan- ‘‘(a) ENTITLEMENT.—(1) Upon the applica- number of members of the uniformed serv- tial, often fall far short of what they need. tion of an eligible member of a uniformed ices who are eligible for assistance under the ‘‘We’re talking about the basics of life service described in subsection (b), the Sec- Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.). here, and they don’t have it,’’ said Lisa retary concerned shall pay the member a (2) In preparing the report, the Comptroller Joles, a Marine wife who created the volun- special subsistence allowance for each month General shall consult with the Secretary of teer network two years ago. ‘‘Sometimes, for which the member is eligible to receive Defense, the Secretary of Transportation they don’t have a thing. I didn’t know how food stamp assistance. (with respect to the Coast Guard), the Sec- large the problem was until I got to ‘‘(2) In determining the eligibility of a retary of Health and Human Services (with Quantico.’’ member to receive food stamp assistance for respect to the commissioned corps of the Of the 40,000 enlisted soldiers, Marines, purposes of this section, the amount of any Public Health Service), and the Secretary of sailors and airmen based in the area, many special subsistence allowance paid the mem- Commerce (with respect to the commis- feel compelled to work part-time or even ber under this section shall not be taken into sioned officers of the National Oceanic and full-time civilian jobs to supplement what account. Atmospheric Administration), who shall pro- their country pays them, according to mili- ‘‘(b) COVERED MEMBERS.—An enlisted mem- vide the Comptroller General with any infor- tary families and officials. Hundreds more, ber referred to in subsection (a) is an en- mation that the Comptroller General deter- especially low-ranking troops with families, listed member in pay grade E–5 or below. mines necessary to prepare the report. rely on food stamps or other forms of federal ‘‘(c) TERMINATION OF ENTITLEMENT.—The (3) No report is required under this sub- assistance. Many depend on the charity of entitlement of a member to receive payment section after March 1, 2005. their fellow troops. ‘‘How can we send members of the military of a special subsistence allowance termi- Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, I ask for nates upon the occurrence of any of the fol- to Kosovo and expect them to do their job if the yeas and nays on the amendment. they’re concerned about the family being lowing events: The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a ‘‘(1) Termination of eligibility for food able to afford new school shoes?’’ said Syd- stamp assistance. sufficient second? ney Hickey, a spokesman for the National ‘‘(2) Payment of the special subsistence al- There is a sufficient second. Military Family Association in Alexandria. lowance for 12 consecutive months. The yeas and nays were ordered. Since 1982, military salaries have fallen ‘‘(3) Promotion of the member to a higher Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, this nearly 14 percent behind civilian pay, ac- grade. amendment would provide the funding cording to federal figures. Congress has ten- ‘‘(4) Transfer of the member in a perma- necessary to end the food stamp mili- tatively approved a 4.8 percent pay raise to take effect Jan. 1; many service members nent change of station. tary. I come to the floor with this pro- ‘‘(d) REESTABLISHED ENTITLEMENT.—(1) will receive a second raise six months later. posal which I introduced in March. Two But the raises still will leave a military-ci- After a termination of a member’s entitle- months ago, I offered an amendment to ment to the special subsistence allowance vilian gap of more than 11 percent, according under subsection (c), the Secretary con- the congressional budget resolution for to studies. The situation is particularly hard cerned shall resume payment of the special fiscal years 2001 through 2005. The Sen- of families—and 53 percent of the enlisted subsistence allowance to the member if the ate adopted an amendment then to se- force nationally is married. ‘‘A single Marine, with due diligence, can Secretary determines, upon further applica- cure funding to end the ‘‘food stamp get by,’’ said Thomas Loughlin, who heads tion of the member, that the member is eli- military’’ by a vote of 99–0. the Marine Corps Community Services at gible to receive food stamps. I would expect a similar vote, but I Quantico. ‘‘The real problem is people with ‘‘(2) Payments resumed under this sub- think it is important that we get Mem- families. It’s a sad indictment of society that section shall terminate under subsection (c) somebody who’s willing to give his life for upon the occurrence of an event described in bers on record to try to rectify what is his country gets paid close to minimum that subsection after the resumption of the really a very deplorable and unaccept- wage.’’ payments. able situation, and that is, our junior Pentagon officials acknowledge that some ‘‘(3) The number of times that payments enlisted service personnel, mostly in service members face severe hardships, not are resumed under this subsection is unlim- the pay grades E1 through E5 are on only in the Washington area but also in ited. food stamps. other parts of the country. But they insist ‘‘(e) DOCUMENTATION OF ELIGIBILITY.—A Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- that such cases do not reflect conditions for member of the uniformed services applying sent that several articles in the Wash- the vast majority of troops, and they point for the special subsistence allowance under to statistics showing that junior enlisted this section shall furnish the Secretary con- ington Post, and several other news- service members earn more than the general cerned with such evidence of the member’s papers—the Memphis Commercial Ap- population of high school-educated 18- to 23- eligibility for food stamp assistance as the peal, the London Sunday Telegraph—be year-olds. Secretary may require in connection with ECORD printed in the R . At the same time, the officials said that the application. There being no objection, the mate- improving pay is critical to Pentagon efforts ‘‘(f) AMOUNT OF ALLOWANCE.—The monthly rial was ordered to be printed in the to solve problems in retaining people in the amount of the special subsistence allowance RECORD, as follows: armed forces. ‘‘A lot of our troops are wait- under this section is $180. ing to see what happens with the pay pack- ‘‘(g) RELATIONSHIP TO BASIC ALLOWANCE [From the Washington Post, July 20, 1999] age,’’ said Rudy de Leon, undersecretary of FOR SUBSISTENCE.—The special subsistence FEELING THE PINCH OF A MILITARY SALARY; defense for personnel and readiness. allowance under this section is in addition to FOR SOME FAMILIES, PAY DOESN’T COVER Military pay varies considerably by rank, the basic allowance for subsistence under THE BASICS length of service and other factors. A single section 402 of this title. (By Steve Vogel) Marine private first class, for example, ‘‘(h) FOOD STAMP ASSISTANCE DEFINED.—In On a muggy Saturday at Quantico Marine would earn base pay of $1,075 a month, plus this section, the term ‘food stamp assist- Corps Base, about two dozen Marines and a subsistence allowance of $225 a month for ance’ means assistance under the Food family members quietly poked through piles food. Those living off base also receive a Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.). of discarded furniture, clothing and house- housing allowance that varies by jurisdiction ‘‘(i) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—No spe- hold goods in what has become a weekly rit- cial subsistence allowance may be made and would be $612 for someone living near ual at the big Northern Virginia installation. under this section for any month beginning Quantico. Those who defend the nation were trying In addition, members of the armed forces after September 30, 2005.’’. to make ends meet. receive some benefits, such as medical care, (2) The table of sections at the beginning of At 8 a.m., the patch of lawn was covered at a fraction of the cost for most civilians. such chapter is amended by inserting after with beds, tables, dressers and desks. Within Commissaries offer items that are 30 percent the item relating to section 402 the fol- 45 minutes, almost all the furniture was cheaper than at civilian stores, according to lowing: gone. The price was right—everything was Pentagon figures. Service members also do ‘‘402a. Special subsistence allowance.’’. free. not pay federal taxes on their food and hous- (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 402a of title The items had been gathered by volunteers ing allowances. 37, United States Code, shall take effect on who go ‘‘trashing’’ every Tuesday, scouring A recent Pentagon study found that, over- the first day of the first month that begins garbage left at curbs on the base. Every Sat- all, only 450 of the 1.4 million members of the on or after the date of the enactment of this urday, they give away what they collect to armed forces were living at or below the na- Act. needy, eager Marine families. tional poverty level, which is $13,332 for a (c) ANNUAL REPORT.—(1) Not later than Their efforts reflect a cold reality for thou- family of three. March 1 of each year after 2000, the Comp- sands of low-ranking men and women in uni- But advocates for military families said troller General of the United States shall form assigned to high-priced Washington and that the statistics and benefits do not reflect

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.001 S06JN0 9494 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 6, 2000 how difficult it is for many men and women say it is not enough to cope with area rents, ian jobs. The defense-oriented Center for to both serve their country and live com- and many end up living 40 or 50 miles from Strategic and Budgetary Assessments be- fortably in peacetime. their duty stations. lieves the gap is exaggerated but concludes ‘‘We believe there are an awful lot of fami- ‘‘The cost of living will eat you alive,’’ said that increasing pay and benefits to some de- lies who are living at the wire, and fre- Sgt. Edna Jackson-Jones, a Marine at gree is a reasonable response to recruitment quently fall over it,’’ Hickey said. Quantico who tried to find affordable hous- problems. Several evenings each week, as soon as he ing near the base but instead lives with her The Defense Department has ordered an- finishes duty at Quantico, Lance Cpl. Harry three children in an apartment in Fred- other study on its food stamp families, the Schein darts off base, picks up his 14-month- ericksburg. ‘‘I had to go further south be- third since 1991. Defense spokesman Susan old son from day care and drops him off with cause it’s cheaper down there.’’ Hansen said incremental pay raises sched- the boy’s mother. Quantico offers classes in budgeting and uled through 2005 and a proposed major boost Then he drives up I–95 to Arlington and buying cars and directs needy Marines to in the housing allowance should help allevi- joins a group of Marines who moonlight by emergency aid, but officials say it is difficult ate cost-of-living problems for everyone. moving office furniture until about 11 p.m. to assist all those facing difficulties. ‘‘But I think we’ve seen in the past that On Saturdays and Sundays, he works from 4 ‘‘We have a lot of problems reaching out to the food stamp issue is more a function of p.m. until midnight as a security guard in them, because many times, they don’t want larger families for junior personnel than Alexandria. you to know they have a problem,’’ said Maj. other demographic groups,’’ Hansen said. ‘‘Most of the Marines I know are living Kim Hunter, deputy director of Marine Com- Food stamp recipient Shauntrel Linton check to check and barely making it by and munity Services. ‘‘It’s not their nature.’’ says her husband joined the Army specifi- have to get some kind of supplement,’’ said One result is that members of the military cally because she was pregnant with their Schein, whose pretax paycheck is $2,168 a routinely work second jobs, often without first child. Her father was in the military, month, including housing and food allow- permission from superiors, military officials and they assumed joining the Army would ances. That, he said, does not cover his $595- acknowledged. Enlisted men and women sell cover their young family’s costs. ‘‘I think I a-month apartment in Dale City; gas; car in- goods at Potomac Mills, flip hamburgers at thought he’d be making the same amount as surance; and day care, clothes and food for fast-food restaurants, do construction work, my dad,’’ she said. his son, Devantre. deliver packages for UPS. The military doesn’t want to encourage On top of his part-time work, Schein has ‘‘Seems like everybody who’s been here a people who are young and at low levels in had to turn to the government’s Women, In- while has a part-time job,’’ said Marine the military to have many children, said fants and Children nutrition program, which Lance Cpl. Robert Hayes, who has a second Steven Kosiak of the defense-oriented Center provides federal vouchers so he can buy for- job as a mover. ‘‘You really don’t have for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. mula, juice and baby cereal. The Navy-Ma- enough money to make it to the next pay- Although raising all military salaries costs rine Corps Relief Society also gave him sev- check otherwise.’’ more than just taking care of the food-stamp eral hundred dollars in commissary vouchers population, targeting special financial con- to buy food. [From the Commercial Appeal, Memphis, sideration to potential food-stamp recipients ‘‘All the pride in the world, all the awe TN, Mar. 5, 2000] creates the problem of different pay for the people have when they see a Marine, all that ON HOME FRONT, MILITARY FAMILIES same work. ‘‘But having said that, nobody isn’t going to pay the bills,’’ said Schein, 22. STRUGGLE WITH LOW PAY wants to think there are military people who The Queens, N.Y., native said that he (By Kim Cobb, Houston Chronicle) are so underpaid they are resorting to food joined the Marines to make his parents stamps,’’ Kosiak said. ‘‘This is not an Quotesha Austin is tired of being poor. It is unsolvable problem, but it is complicated.’’ proud but that he is likely to leave when his not what she expected as an Army wife. enlistment runs out next year. ‘‘As much as The last Defense Department study, con- Her husband, Pfc, Gary Austin, spends his ducted in 1995, found that 59 percent of mili- I love being a Marine, monetarily, I can’t,’’ days training at sprawling Fort Hood, where he said. tary food stamp recipients were living on the he drives a lumbering, tank-like vehicle base. Most of that group would not be eligi- Military installations do not generally called a Bradley. He is paid $1,171 a month track how many troops receive public assist- ble for food stamps, the study speculated, if before taxes, a couple hundred dollars in sub- the agencies that administer them were able ance. But many officials who work with low- sistence pay and a housing subsidy that does income service members in the Washington to fully measure ‘‘hidden compensation,’’ not cover the rent for his family. like on-post housing. area said that the problem is significant and ‘‘That spells broke,’’ Quotesha Austin says has grown worse in recent years. Those conducting the study found that an dryly. They can’t afford a car, and she can’t additional 41 percent of recipients were col- Many soldiers ‘‘can only afford food, cloth- find a job that pays enough to cover day care ing and shelter and getting to work,’’ said lecting food stamps even though they lived for her two children. off base and their housing allowances were Brenda Robbins, an Army Community Serv- In November, she began collecting food ices worker at Walter Reed Army Medical calculated as part of their gross pay. The stamps, and the Austins joined the list of an study determined that of 4,900 food stamp Center. ‘‘Saving is almost obsolete.’’ estimated 12,000 military families who do the A recent survey of 165 soldiers at Walter families living off base, only 1,100 should same. qualify for food stamps, based on income and Reed found that 41 percent were using some More than $13 million in food stamps was form of public or private charity, according family size. redeemed last year in military com- At the lowest end of the scale, an enlisted to Bill Swisher, a spokesman. missaries. There is no way to measure how Commissaries at Fort Belvoir, Fort Meade, man or woman at the pay grade of E–1 earns many were redeemed by military families in $1,005.49 per month in base pay. The largest Fort Myer, Andrews Air Force Base, civilian supermarkets. Quantico and Patuxent River Naval Air Sta- percentage of servicemen and women draw- Although food stamp recipients are less ing food stamps are at the slightly higher E– tion collected more than $800,000 worth of than 1 percent of the nation’s 1.4 million food stamps and WIC vouchers last year, ac- 4 pay grade, which starts at $1,242.90 per service members, the issue has embarrassed month for those with less than two years of cording to the Defense Commissary Agency. some officials who claim to be supporters of More than $21 million worth of WIC vouch- service. the military and has erupted as an emotional The military got a 4.8 percent raise in Jan- ers were redeemed at military commissaries campaign topic for GOP presidential hope- uary for every person in uniform. Seventy- last year, according to Pentagon figures. fuls George W. Bush and John McCain. five percent of all service members will re- Nearly 12,000 service members—less than 1 They argue it is an outrage that men and ceive another pay increase in July, although percent of the force—received food stamps in women who put their lives on the line for it’s targeted to midgrade and noncommis- 1995, the last year a study was conducted. their country must seek help to feed their sioned officers. ‘‘I think it stinks, really, that a member of families. the armed forces has to go to food stamps,’’ For its part, the Defense Department has [From the London Sunday Telegraph, Oct. said Lance Cpl. Damon Durre, 25. But that’s studied the food stamp issue and dismissed it 31, 1999] what the Quantico Marine did after finding as too costly to fix in light of the relatively he could not support his wife and two chil- small number of military families eligible U.S. SOLDIERS RELY ON CHARITY TO SUPPORT dren on his take-home pay. for food stamps. FAMILIES Service members in this area do not re- But the military has another problem— (By David Wastell) ceive cost-of-living adjustments in their pay, how to recruit and retain good people when Thousands of American soldiers serving in unlike those in New York, San Francisco and jobs are plentiful and the economy is strong. the world’s most powerful armed forces are Boston. Washington does not qualify as a The Senate Armed Services Committee met so poorly paid that they are having to de- high-cost area under a formula used by the recently to discuss the subject. pend on charity to provide their families military. Many advocates for better military pay with basic household necessities. Housing allowances are adjusted according point to a 13 percent gap between overall The spectacle of America’s defenders to jurisdiction, but many service members military pay and that for comparable civil- standing in line at social service offices, or

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.001 S06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 9495 raking through discarded furniture to find sprawling, 10 square-mile base with a small he could not support his wife and two chil- beds for themselves and toys for their chil- civilian town at its centre. Although the dren on his take-home pay. dren, has horrified the nation and is emerg- base boasts a marina and a leafy golf course, In the London Sunday Telegraph ing as a potent issue in the forthcoming frequented by the marines’ upper echelons, there is a story: presidential election. living conditions for lower ranks are more Although military authorities insist that down-to-earth. Food stamps worth $142 a month have the problem is small, and only affecting In one case a young soldier, his wife and helped eke out the $1,000 monthly pay check young men with unusually large families, their baby lived without furniture in their on which L/Cpl Bradshaw, his wife Tenille soldiers’ wives and welfare organisations say newly-allotted house for three weeks before and their two young children must live in a that many more service personnel are strug- contacting a voluntary group in desperation. small, tin house in the middle of the base. gling to make ends meet—but are too proud Tobias Miller, 18, who arrived at the base Mrs. Bradshaw said: ‘‘Without food stamps to seek the help which they need. in March from Missouri with her husband my children would not be having much of a Tony Bradshaw, a 19-year-old lance-cor- Mike, a lance-corporal, shortly after he com- Christmas.’’ But the system can be humiliating. De- poral at Quantico, a US Marine base 30 miles pleted his basic training, said: ‘‘We slept on spite having no other means of paying, L/Cpl south of Washington, who has been receiving the floor for three weeks before I got up the Bradshaw was not allowed to buy a loaf of food stamps—vouchers that can be ex- guts to call someone.’’ Almost all the fur- bread at the base’s military supermarket re- changed for goods at shops—for the past two niture in their two-bedroom home was subse- cently because although he had his food months, said: ‘‘It’s very hard to realise and quently given to them by an organization stamps, he did not have with him an official admit it. I have to do whatever I can to pro- called Help—Help Enlisted Lives Prosper. card stating he was entitled to them. vide for my family. But I did not expect it to Mrs. Miller and her husband also reluc- be like this when I joined up.’’ tantly decided to apply for food stamps. But These are just demonstrations of a A family of three—with one child and the after three separate visits to a social serv- situation that exists in our Armed wife not working—would qualify for food ices office outside the base, during the last of Forces today; that is, that approxi- stamps if their pre-tax income is less than which they were forced to wait for three mately 6,300 service members receive $873 (£528) per month. A two-child family hours, they gave up because they could not food stamps. That is an unofficial DOD endure the humiliation. would qualify on income less than $1,176 report, while the General Accounting (£705) per month, rising to $2086 (pounds 1252) Mrs. Miller said: ‘‘My mother was on food for a family with five children. stamps and I never wanted to be on them Office and Congressional Research Food stamps worth $142 a month have myself. This isn’t what my husband’s re- Service place the number at nearly helped eke out the $1,000 monthly pay cheque cruiter led us to expect.’’ Lisa Joles, 35, the 13,500. There is some disparity with the on which L/Cpl Bradshaw, his wife Tenille energetic founder of Help and the wife of a numbers, but the fact is that there are and their two young children must live in a local marine, has become an unofficial wel- still thousands on food stamps. Obvi- small, tin house in the middle of the base. fare officer for many of the young families ously, I believe this is a national dis- Mrs. Bradshaw said: ‘‘Without food stamps who arrive on the base, often to set up home grace and it needs to be repaired. for the first time. my children would not be having much of a The amendment will cost approxi- Christmas.’’ She encourages them to apply for food But the system can be humiliating. De- stamps and other welfare benefits. She has mately $28 million over 5 years. That is spite having no other means of paying, L/Cpl also worked hard to publicise the problem, an average of less than $6 million per Bradshaw was not allowed to buy a loaf of something which has not endeared her to the year, to pay for an additional allow- bread at the base’s military supermarket re- marines’ authorities. They have their own ance of $180 a month to military fami- cently because although he had his food support system which Mrs. Joles insists she lies who are eligible for food stamps. stamps, he did not have with him an official is trying to complement. They point out Additionally, the Congressional Budget card stating he was entitled to them. A long that any problems are not unique to Office estimates that this amendment Quantico. line of other shoppers, many of them fellow would save millions of dollars in the marines, saw him being refused. Most weekends Mrs. Joles and her hus- Denis McFeely, food stamps programme band, Baron, an infantryman, distribute Food Stamp Program by removing manager at the nearest social services office large quantities of furniture, clothing and service members from the food stamp to the base, said: ‘‘The coupons identify an other household goods which have been do- rolls for good. individual in a check-out queue as being on nated either by better-off marines or by As we know, in recent years military a low income. Other people look to see what sympathisers. pay increases have barely kept pace is being bought with their tax dollars. The Families like the Bradshaws and the Mil- with inflation. But last year there was programme has a sigma attached to it.’’ lers have equipped most of their homes that a significant increase, including a pay That is one reason why the true number of way. Last week L/Cpl Eric Clay and his fam- ily—wife Alisha and children Kelsey, aged raise for admirals and generals, who re- US servicemen and their families entitled to ceived a 17-percent pay raise last year. receive food stamps is almost certainly far three and one-year-old Emily—were praising higher than the 12,000 who actually do so. Mrs. Joles as they sifted through the mound And enlisted families continue to line The problem for young recruits to the of material she had gathered in a shed be- up for free food and furniture. American forces is that many in the junior hind her house. I was pleased to hear the prospective enlisted ranks earn only just over $1,000 a Mrs. Joles also organises small squads of Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral month before tax. Even after allowing for wives to do temporary work for local em- Vern Clark, support a food stamp sti- free—if rudimentary—housing and other ben- ployers, helping boost their families; income. pend when he testified before the Sen- efits, a package that may be adequate for But she is no soft touch: if the women do not learn how to manage the extra money they ate Armed Services Committee on May single soldiers puts those with even small 16. Admiral Clark was asked by Chair- families well below the official American earn she will not ask them back. She said: ‘‘I poverty line. don’t want them coming back two weeks man WARNER if he was concerned that Military pay has fallen behind the rest of later saying they don’t have enough money a food stamp stipend would create an the American economy as a result of budget to buy diapers. inequity between service members who squeezes over the last decade, and a recent ‘‘I am teaching them to take care of their qualify for food stamps and those who vote by Congress to grant a 4.8 per cent in- young man—that he belongs to the country— do not. Admiral Clark stated: and if the country needs him, he will go. If crease from January still leaves a wide gap. My view is that it is far, far more impor- Senator John McCain, who is trying to beat his family is in chaos the marines are not getting 100 per cent from him.’’ tant to not have our people on food stamps George W. Bush for the republican presi- than it is to have a small inequity.... This dential nomination, is repeatedly raising the Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, these are is the kind of thing that speaks volumes, subject in his election campaign. stories concerning the lifestyles of the much more than a few dollars that are in- He said: ‘‘These enlisted service members service men and women in the mili- volved in it, about . . . how important we proudly wear their uniforms on our behalf, tary. One in the Washington Post arti- think they are. I support any measure that ready to make the ultimate sacrifice. They cle of July 20 concerns Quantico Ma- would put us in a position where we do not are the very same Americans sent into rine Corps Base in Virginia. One of the ever have to have a single Sailor on food harm’s way in recent years in Somalia, Bos- stamps. nia, Haiti, Kosovo and now East Timor. They enlisted marines says: have a right to a decent salary.’’ I think it stinks, really, that a member of I commend Admiral Clark for his It is a sentiment shared by many at the armed forces has to go to food stamps,’’ clear thinking and his support of a Quantico, where 7,200 marines, many of them said Lance Cpl. Damon Durre, 25. But that is measure that will reflect whether or officers in training, live and work inside the what the Quantico Marine did after finding not we care fundamentally for our

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.001 S06JN0 9496 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 6, 2000 service members. Admiral Clark is Now we add a certain sum of money, were of the same time or even less time right. We need to rectify this problem. which the Senator proposes, and the in the military because they had spe- There is no provision in the bill at this salary of the private is coming right up cial skills. And they are today, and time concerning the food stamp issue. very close to the salary of the ser- were then, receiving higher pay be- I might point out, this amendment is geant. Now, the Senator knows from cause of the special skills and the need supported by The American Legion, the his long experience in the military— to retain those people with special Veterans of Foreign Wars, the National and my experience is far more modest skills. Association for Uniformed Services, than our distinguished colleague from I have always felt that the backbone the Disabled American Veterans, The Arizona, but having served in the De- of the Navy was the bosun’s mate. Yet Retired Officer’s Association, and partment of Defense, I have watched we find in the Navy that the bosun’s every enlisted association or organiza- for many years this question of pay be- mate is the lowest paid, while the elec- tion that specifically supports enlisted cause pay has a tremendous signifi- tronic technician, the computer spe- service member issues in the Military cance not only to the military person cialist, and others, who are of equal Coalition and in the National Military/ who wears the uniform, but to the wife rank—or rate, to be accurate—receive Veterans Alliance. These associations and family. It is a matter of pride. It is a much higher salary. We did that for include the Non Commissioned Officers recognition for his length of service, practical reasons, which was that it Association, The Retired Enlisted As- for his professionalism, which by virtue was an absolute criticality of main- sociation, the Fleet Reserve Associa- of that length of service is greater than taining people in the Navy and other tion, the Air Force Sergeants Associa- the younger people coming on. How do branches of the military who had these tion, the U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty we address that? What guidance do we critical skills. We are sort of doing the Officers Association, the Enlisted Asso- give, say, the officer corps and senior same thing here. We are trying to cor- ciation of the National Guard of the noncoms who have to deal with this rect the morale problem that exists United States, and the Naval Enlisted issue, on the assumption that Congress when the word spreads throughout the Reserve Association. passes it? military and in our recruiting efforts During the budget resolution, I Mr. MCCAIN. I thank my colleague. I in high schools all over America that if talked for a long time about this prob- am sure the Senator from Virginia is you are going to join an organization, lem in the military. We are talking aware, as he points out, that this is a i.e., the U.S. military, and you have about, I believe, a $290-some billion au- problem, although the reason why we children, you may still be on food thorization. We are talking about now chose $180 a month was so that while it stamps. I think there is some com- an additional $6 million a year to han- would not completely close the gap, parability between those two situa- dle a problem which has received enor- which is higher than that between the tions, although not an absolute one. I mous publicity, enormous visibility. In two ranks he just stated, far more im- hope the chairman takes my point the view of officers and enlisted alike, portant than that—I can only quote here. it is a problem that has caused a great the prospective Chief of Naval Oper- Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I do. Of impact on the morale of the men and ations, Admiral Vern Clark, when course, that is strictly a question of women in the military, whether they asked by Chairman WARNER this past professionalism in the aviation com- happen to be on food stamps or not. May 16, a few weeks ago, about this munity to which the Senator has given I urge adoption of the amendment. exact issue he raises. The response of a lifetime of service. It is critical that I thank my colleague, Senator WAR- the prospective Chief of Naval Oper- they get higher pay, not only for flight NER, the chairman of the committee, ations was: but for retention purposes, than other for allowing me to offer this amend- My view is that it is far, far more impor- officer segments. I have to chuckle. In ment at this time. tant to not have our people on food stamps what little military experience I have, Mr. President, I yield the floor. than it is to have a small inequity.... This I was an electrician’s mate third class. is the kind of thing that speaks volumes, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- much more than a few dollars that are in- I am not sure I could have qualified for ator from Virginia. volved in it, about . . . how important we a bosun’s mate. Mr. WARNER. I thank my colleague. think they are. I support any measure that Mr. MCCAIN. Today, you could have This is an initiative on which he has would put us in a position where we do not a lieutenant who is an aviator making worked for some time. ever have to have a single Sailor on food more money than a nonaviator officer, I wish to ask him a question or two. stamps. an E1 or E2 ranked senior to that per- I intend to support it. I think we need Also, as I mentioned in my remarks son because of the criticality of keep- a little clarification on one or two earlier, every enlisted association: the ing those people in the Navy. points. Noncommissioned Officers Association, Mr. WARNER. The Senator is right, I commend him for bringing this up. the Retired Enlisted Association, the the electronic technician people, and I commend him for his determination Fleet Reserve Association, the Air so forth. to address this issue, and not only this Force Sergeants Association, et cetera, The second question is—and it is in- year but in past years. who are also aware of this situation, teresting—you were quoting from the It was passed by our committee, this still because of the gravity of the prob- future Chief of Naval Operations—in- basic language, in last year’s bill; am I lems, support this $180-a-month in- deed, an outstanding professional. He not correct? crease for those who are on food says he would rather not have people Mr. MCCAIN. That is basically cor- stamps. on food stamps. Isn’t that what he rect. Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I thank said? Mr. WARNER. Fine. my colleague. Indeed, we will have to Mr. MCCAIN. He said: Mr. MCCAIN. I ask unanimous con- call upon those organizations to help My view is that it is far, far more impor- sent to engage in a brief colloquy with explain this because it is going to pose tant to not have our people on food stamps the chairman. some problems. But like others, we than it is to have a small inequity.... The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without have to deal with it. The Commandant of the Marine objection, it is so ordered. Mr. MCCAIN. If I may respond briefly Corps and the current Chief of Naval Mr. WARNER. This question of pay to my friend, Senator WARNER was in- Operations also share those views. inversion, let me just sort of describe volved in this many years ago when we Mr. WARNER. It is important as part it. You have a sergeant who has served had enormous retention problems in of this colloquy that we lay the founda- 5 or 6 years. He has a wife and two chil- the military, especially in what we call tion that the Senator was very careful dren. And then a private comes into his critical rates—those who had special- in arriving at his pay levels—not to platoon, and he has a number of chil- ized skills and talents. The chairman bump sergeant, or jump over it, which dren, which enables him to qualify for was involved in this because we decided I think was wise. In doing so, would I food stamps. we would give higher pay to people who not be correct in saying you will not

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.001 S06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 9497 eliminate all food stamp cases? In all level for food stamps. Yet, because that The PRESIDING OFFICER. The probability, the efforts, if adopted and housing allowance may be inadequate clerk will call the roll. signed into law, will still leave some on to pay for housing, he may actually be The senior assistant bill clerk pro- food stamps. Would I be correct? in greater need for the food stamps ceeded to call the roll. Mr. MCCAIN. It is not clear because than the person who is on base. How- Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask we have gotten two or three different ever, that is something we will just unanimous consent that the order for estimates, I say to the Senator from have to try to work with. We have to the quorum call be rescinded. Virginia. Several experts say this will try to make this work the best we pos- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without largely eliminate the problem. There sibly can to reduce the number of fur- objection, it is so ordered. are others who say there will still be a ther service members who are receiv- Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, the few remaining, but all agree this would ing food stamps. managers will address the question of eliminate the overwhelming majority Again, I thank Senator MCCAIN for how we proceed from here at the con- of service members on food stamps. his constancy, his commitment, his clusion of the vote on the McCain Mr. WARNER. It is going to have my dedication, and his passion to this amendment. Let us proceed. I would support. Mr. President, those are the issue. He is right, as he so often is in suggest the yeas and nays have been questions I had in mind. I thank the terms of what this goal must be, which ordered. Senator for the colloquy. is to remove members in the services The PRESIDING OFFICER. The yeas The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- from receiving food stamps. They and nays have been ordered. ator from Michigan is recognized. should not need food stamps. We ought Mr. WARNER. Let’s proceed with the Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I com- to be able to pay them enough and give vote. mend my good friend from Arizona for them enough of a housing allowance so The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there his tremendous sensitivity to the issue there is no need for them to receive further debate? If not, the question is that he raises. We still have service food stamps. on agreeing to the McCain amendment. members who are receiving food I commend him. I will be supporting The yeas and nays have been ordered. stamps and that should not be the case. this amendment. The clerk will call the roll. If there is good news here—and there The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- The assistant legislative clerk called is—it is that, since 1991, the number of ator from Arizona. the roll. service members on food stamps has Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, I thank Mr. NICKLES. I announce that the been dramatically reduced, as well as the chairman and the ranking member Senator from New Mexico (Mr. DOMEN- the percentage in the total force has for their support of this amendment. I ICI) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. gone down dramatically since 1991. In think the remarks of both pointing out CRAPO) are necessarily absent. 1991, there were 19,400 service members that this is not a perfect fix but is a Mr. REID. I announce that the Sen- receiving food stamps. That number significant step in the right direction ator from Delaware (Mr. BIDEN), the went to 11,900 in 1995, and then in 1999 is entirely appropriate. Obviously, we Senator from Louisiana (Mr. BREAUX), it went to 6,300. That number—which is will have to review the situation after the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. the latest we have—does not include we see what the result of this amend- DODD), the Senator from Louisiana the fiscal year 1999 or a later pay raise. ment is once it is enacted into law. (Ms. LANDRIEU), and the Senator from So we have at least some good news in I thank both Senator WARNER and New Jersey (Mr. LAUTENBERG) are nec- this area, which is that the number of Senator LEVIN. I yield the floor. essarily absent. service personnel on food stamps has The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. L. been reduced by about two-thirds since ator from Virginia. CHAFEE). Are there any other Senators 1991. Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, mo- in the Chamber who desire to vote? As a percentage of our total force, mentarily I believe the Senator from The result was announced—yeas 93, the percentage has been cut roughly in Arizona will ask for the yeas and nays. nays 0, as follows: half, from .9 percent in 1991 to .45 per- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The yeas [Rollcall Vote No. 116 Leg.] cent in 1999. So there has been signifi- and nays have already been ordered. YEAS—93 cant improvement. Senator MCCAIN is Mr. WARNER. I thank the Senator. absolutely right. We still have 6,300 Abraham Fitzgerald McCain I want to work with Senator LEVIN to Akaka Frist McConnell service members on food stamps. We see if we can order the sequencing of Allard Gorton Mikulski should not be in that situation. He is amendments this afternoon to accom- Ashcroft Graham Moynihan pointing out to this body again that we modate the Senate. We will have the Baucus Gramm Murkowski Bayh Grams Murray should try to do something about it. McCain vote. We will decide on that Bennett Grassley Nickles The informal estimate we get is that time in a few minutes. I have talked to Bingaman Gregg Reed his amendment will help. It will not our distinguished colleague from Ne- Bond Hagel Reid eliminate the number of people who we Boxer Harkin Robb braska, Mr. KERREY. He has a very im- Brownback Hatch Roberts have on food stamps, but it will reduce portant amendment. He just indicated Bryan Helms Rockefeller by somewhat that number of 6,300. I am to this manager that he is willing to Bunning Hollings Roth going to support it on that basis. bring it up and have a vote on it to- Burns Hutchinson Santorum Byrd Hutchison Sarbanes Again, I commend the Senator from night. Is that correct? Campbell Inhofe Schumer Arizona for his constant raising of this Mr. KERREY. That is correct, unless Chafee, L. Inouye Sessions issue until we can try to finally resolve the chairman is going to accept the Cleland Jeffords Shelby this problem. Cochran Johnson Smith (NH) amendment. Collins Kennedy Smith (OR) There is one little wrinkle in here Mr. WARNER. I am not prepared to Conrad Kerrey Snowe which is sort of an irony, I guess. accept the amendment. Coverdell Kerry Specter Maybe that is the best it is. For in- Mr. KERREY. Perhaps we can avoid Craig Kohl Stevens Daschle Kyl Thomas stance, if you take a typical E4 with the vote after he hears my argument. I DeWine Leahy Thompson three dependents who lives on base in am prepared to send an amendment to Dorgan Levin Thurmond Government housing, he will get the the desk and schedule a vote on it this Durbin Lieberman Torricelli food stamps because he doesn’t have a evening. That is fine. I am ready to go Edwards Lincoln Voinovich Enzi Lott Warner housing allowance. The person under as soon as we vote on the McCain Feingold Lugar Wellstone this proposal who might be a similar amendment. Feinstein Mack Wyden E4 with the same number of dependents Mr. WARNER. I ask my colleague if NOT VOTING—7 gets a housing allowance if he lives off he has any comment to make. Biden Dodd Lautenberg base, and it is that housing allowance Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I suggest Breaux Domenici which pushes him above the eligibility the absence of a quorum. Crapo Landrieu

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.001 S06JN0 9498 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 6, 2000 The amendment (No. 3179) was agreed reached the following recommendation lives of the people of my home State of to. in the form of a UC request. Washington. Mr. WARNER. I move to reconsider I ask unanimous consent that the Many of my colleagues have heard the vote. Senator from Virginia be recognized to me talk on the Senate floor about pipe- Mr. LEVIN. I move to lay that mo- modify his amendment, and following line safety. tion on the table. the modification of the amendment, Today I want to remind everyone of The motion to lay on the table was the amendment be laid aside and Sen- the reason I have become such a strong agreed to. ator ROBERT KERREY be recognized to advocate for improving pipeline safety. June 10—one year ago, coming up AMENDMENT NO. 3173, AS MODIFIED offer an amendment relative to stra- tegic forces, and immediately following this Saturday—will be the first anni- Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, first, I versary of a horrible pipeline accident modify the pending amendment, the the reporting by the clerk, the Senator from Virginia be recognized to offer a in Bellingham, WA. Warner amendment No. 3173. I send to In that accident, a gasoline pipeline second-degree amendment. the desk the amendment, as modified. ruptured and released more than 275,000 I further ask consent that following The PRESIDING OFFICER. The gallons of gasoline into Whatcom the debate tonight, there be 90 minutes amendment is so modified. Creek. That gasoline caught fire and additional beginning at 9:30 a.m. on the The amendment, as modified, is as sent a fireball racing 11⁄2 miles down follows: strategic forces issue, to be equally di- the creek side. It created a plume of Strike sections 701 through 704 and insert vided in the usual form, and following black smoke that rose more than 20,000 the following: that debate, the amendments be laid feet into the air. SEC. 701. CONDITIONS FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR aside. Two 10-year-old boys and a young CHAMPUS UPON THE ATTAINMENT I also ask consent that following that man were enjoying the outdoors on OF 65 YEARS OF AGE. debate, the Senate resume the amend- that quiet summer afternoon. Trag- (a) ELIGIBILITY OF MEDICARE ELIGIBLE PER- ment of the Senator from Virginia, ically, they died as a result of that SONS.—Section 1086(d) of title 10, United amendment No. 3173, and it be laid States Code, is amended— pipeline rupture. aside in order for Senator JOHNSON to (1) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting Three families in Bellingham, WA, the following: offer a similar amendment, and there will never be the same because of the ‘‘(2) The prohibition contained in para- be 2 hours, equally divided, total, for events that took place on June 10, 1999. graph (1) shall not apply to a person referred debate on both amendments, and fol- As we mark this anniversary, we can to in subsection (c) who— lowing that debate, the Senate proceed never forget the lives that were lost. ‘‘(A) is enrolled in the supplementary med- to vote in relation to the amendments. For just a moment I want to ask my ical insurance program under part B of such I also ask consent that there be no colleagues and the American people to title (42 U.S.C. 1395j et seq.); and amendments in order to either of the pay tribute to those young lives; Wade ‘‘(B) in the case of a person under 65 years four amendments described above, or King, Stephen Tsiorvas, and Liam of age, is entitled to hospital insurance bene- the language proposed to be stricken, Wood. I also want to honor their par- fits under part A of title XVIII of the Social Security Act pursuant to subparagraph (A) and there be 2 minutes for explanation ents—who have endured a loss that no or (C) of section 226(b)(2) of such Act (42 prior to each vote. The voting order for family should have to experience. U.S.C. 426(b)(2)) or section 226A(a) of such tomorrow would be as follows: Warner They have shown such strength and Act (42 U.S.C. 426–1(a)).’’; and amendment No. 3173; Johnson amend- courage. They have led the charge for (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘paragraph ment; Warner second degree to Kerrey; safer pipelines, and their advocacy has (1) who satisfy only the criteria specified in Kerrey first degree, as amended, if made a difference. subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2), amended. Their courage was clear to everyone but not subparagraph (C) of such paragraph,’’ The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there who attended the Senate Commerce and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (B) of para- Committee field hearing in Bellingham graph (2) who do not satisfy the condition objection? Mr. LEVIN. Reserving the right to on March 13 and to everyone who heard specified in subparagraph (A) of such para- them testify just last month here in graph’’. object, and I will not, I just want to be Washington, DC, before the Commerce (b) EXTENSION OF TRICARE SENIOR PRIME clear that the Senator from Wash- DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.—Paragraph (4) of ington would be recognized prior to Committee. They came to Washington, DC, to ask section 1896(b) of the Social Security Act (42 Senator KERREY, and that that time for one thing. They want this Congress U.S.C. 1395ggg(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘3- would not come out of any time indi- to improve pipeline standards this year period beginning on January 1, 1998’’ cated. and inserting ‘‘period beginning on January year. This Congress—this year. Mr. WARNER. I have no objection to 1, 1998, and ending on December 31, 2001’’. I believe we have a moral obligation that. (c) EFFECTIVE DATES.—(1) The amendments to do everything we can to meet the made by subsection (a) shall take effect on The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without parents’ wishes and to protect every- October 1, 2001 and terminates September 30, objection, it is so ordered. one else from pipeline hazards. That is 2004. Mr. WARNER. I thank the Chair and (2) The amendment made by subsection (b) why I have been working to raise the thank my colleagues for working out safety standards for oil and gas pipe- shall take effect on the date of the enact- this UC. ment of this Act. lines. If I could just make an announce- There are 2.2 million miles of pipe- Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I be- ment, in light of this agreement, there lines running across the country. They lieve my distinguished colleague from will be no further votes tonight. How- run near our schools, our homes, and Michigan has a request, and then I will ever, Members should be aware that at our communities. present a UC request to the Senate. least two, and up to four, back-to-back They perform a vital service. They Mr. LEVIN. I ask unanimous consent votes will occur sometime tomorrow bring us the energy we need to fuel our that the Senator from Washington be commencing at around 12:30 p.m. cars and heat our homes. recognized for 8 minutes as in morning The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- But at the same time, they are not as business. ator from Washington. safe as they could be. We have a re- Mr. WARNER. Could I put in a UC re- Mrs. MURRAY. I thank the Chair and sponsibility to pass a bill this year quest before that? thank my colleagues for yielding me that will protect families from the dan- Would the Senator forbear and allow this time. gers of unsafe pipelines. me to put in a UC request? f To be honest, I—like many Ameri- Mr. President, in consultation with cans—was not aware of those dangers the majority leader, the Democratic ANNIVERSARY OF THE until the accident in my State. leader, and my colleague, Senator BELLINGHAM PIPELINE ACCIDENT But as I spent months learning about LEVIN—while I had hoped we could con- Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I rise pipelines, I found that the accident in tinue with votes tonight—we have now today to mark a solemn occasion in the my State was not a rare event.

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.001 S06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 9499 Since 1986, there have been more State after the accident, and DOT In- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- than 5,700 pipeline accidents in this spector General Kenneth Mead, who ator from Virginia. country, 325 deaths, 1,500 injuries, and issued a report at my request on the AMENDMENT NO. 3184 TO AMENDMENT NO. 3183 almost $1 billion in environmental Office of Pipeline Safety. Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I send a damage. I also thank the President and the second-degree amendment to the desk On average there is one pipeline acci- Vice President for their leadership. and ask for its immediate consider- dent every day in this country, and 6 In particular, the Vice President ation. took the time to learn about this issue million hazardous gallons are spilled The PRESIDING OFFICER. The when he was in my State. He recog- into our environment every year. clerk will report. nizes its importance, and he sent the That is why back in January I intro- The legislative clerk read as follows: duced my own pipeline safety bill—the administration’s pipeline safety bill to The Senator from Virginia [Mr. WARNER] Pipeline Safety Act of 2000. I want to the Senate. I also thank the rest of the Wash- proposes an amendment numbered 3184 to thank the Members who have signed on amendment No. 3183. as cosponsors—Senators INOUYE, GOR- ington State delegation—which has come together across party lines to ad- Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask TON, WYDEN, LAUTENBERG, and BAYH. unanimous consent that reading of the I want my colleagues to know, in the dress this issue—particularly my col- league Senator GORTON, along with amendment be dispensed with. 4 months since I introduced my pipe- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without line safety bill, at least 20 States have Representatives from our delegtion. And of course, I want to recognize objection, it is so ordered. experienced pipeline accidents. In addi- The amendment is as follows: tion to my bill, pipeline safety meas- Washington State Governor, Gary ures have been offered by Senate Com- Locke, for the work he has done to In lieu of the language proposed to be in- raise pipeline standards in our State. serted, insert the following: merce Committee Chairman JOHN Mr. President, one year has passed ‘‘SEC. 1017. CORRECTION OF SCOPE OF WAIVER MCCAIN and by the administration. since the accident in Bellingham, WA, AUTHORITY FOR LIMITATION ON RE- I am pleased that all of the current that you can see on the chart behind TIREMENT OR DISMANTLEMENT OF proposals touch on five key areas of STRATEGIC NUCLEAR DELIVERY me. pipeline safety. First, all of these bills SYSTEMS; AUTHORITY TO WAIVE We have made some progress, but we LIMITATION recognize the need to improve pipeline need to finish the job. ‘‘(a) Section 1302(b) of the National Defense inspection and accident prevention We need to pass a strong pipeline Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Pub- practices, second, they recognize the safety bill this year. We owe it to the lic Law 105–85; 111 Stat. 1948), as amended by need to develop and invest in new safe- people of Bellingham, the victim’s fam- section 1501(a) of the National Defense Au- ty and inspection technology, third— ilies, and to the American people. As thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public and importantly—they expand the we mark the 1-year anniversary of the Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 806), is further amended by striking ‘‘the application of the limita- Public’s right to know about problems Bellingham explosion, we must answer with pipelines in their neighborhoods, tion in effect under paragraph (1)(B) or (3) of the call of the families with a strong subsection (a), as the case may be,’’ and in- fourth, they recognize that States can bill. Nothing can ease the pain of this serting ‘‘the application of the limitation in be better partners in improving pipe- anniversary for so many people in my effect under subsection (a) to a strategic nu- line safety. Finally, these bills increase State, but we can and we must use this clear delivery system’’. funding for new State and Federal pipe- occasion to enact stronger pipeline ‘‘(b) AUTHORITY TO WAIVE LIMITATION ON line safety programs. safety standards. RETIREMENT OR DISMANTLEMENT OF STRA- I thank Senator MCCAIN for the I yield the floor. TEGIC NUCLEAR DELIVERY SYSTEMS.—After the submission of the report on the results of strong personal interest he has taken f in this issue. I thank him for the very the nuclear posture review to Congress under NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZA- section 1015(c)— effective way he has worked to move ‘‘(1) the Secretary of Defense shall, taking this legislation forward. The Senate TION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001—Continued into consideration the results of the review, Commerce Committee has tentatively submit to the President a recommendation scheduled a markup session for June The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- regarding whether the President should 15. ator from Nebraska is recognized. waive the limitation on the retirement or Senator GORTON and I are working AMENDMENT NO. 3183 dismantlement of strategic nuclear delivery with both the majority and minority (Purpose: To repeal a limitation on retire- systems in section 1302 of the National De- members of the Senate Commerce ment and dismantlement of strategic nu- fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 Committee to come up with a man- clear delivery systems) (Public Law 105–85; 111 Stat. 1948); and ‘‘(2) the President, taking into consider- ager’s package that will meet the Mr. KERREY. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk and ask for ation the results of the review and the rec- standards we have outlined and will be ommendation made by the Secretary of De- acceptable to as many members as pos- its immediate consideration. fense under paragraph (1), may waive the sible. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The limitation referred to in that paragraph if As we work here in the Senate on clerk will report. the President determines that it is in the na- this important legislation, I want to The legislative clerk read as follows: tional security interests of the United States encourage my colleagues in the House The Senator from Nebraska [Mr. KERREY], to do so.’’. of Representatives to move forward for himself, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. DASCHLE, Mr. Mr. KERREY. Mr. President, I ask HARKIN, Mr. KERRY, and Mr. DURBIN, pro- for the yeas and nays on this amend- quickly on their legislation so this poses an amendment numbered 3183. Congress can pass a bill this year. ment. Mr. KERREY. Mr. President, I ask One of the things that has been so The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a unanimous consent that reading of the important over the past year is that so sufficient second? amendment be dispensed with. There is a sufficient second. many people have come together to im- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The yeas and nays were ordered. prove pipeline safety. And while I don’t objection, it is so ordered. have time to thank them all, I do want The amendment is as follows: The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- to mention a few. Strike section 1017 and insert the fol- ator from Nebraska is recognized. First among them is Bellingham’s lowing: Mr. KERREY. Mr. President, in 1998, Mayor Mark Asmundson, who has done SEC. 1017. REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON RETIRE- the Congress, for the first time in the more to educate the public and legisla- MENT OR DISMANTLEMENT OF history of strategic nuclear weapons tors about pipeline safety than anyone STRATEGIC NUCLEAR DELIVERY policy, imposed upon a President a lim- SYSTEMS IN EXCESS OF MILITARY I know. REQUIREMENTS. itation on what that President could I also want to recognize Transpor- Section 1302 of the National Defense Au- do in terms of reducing nuclear weap- tation Secretary Rodney Slater who thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public ons. It imposed a floor at the START I stationed a pipeline inspector in my Law 105–85; 111 Stat. 1948) is repealed. levels, which is roughly 6,000 strategic

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.001 S06JN0 9500 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 6, 2000 nuclear weapons. It said the President comments, which I found to be very For the mark he made, stays, fresh on us, could not go below 6,000, unless and striking and very encouraging, indicate Although his heart has stilled. until the Duma ratified START II. a significant shift in our policy if the Though the years pursue their relentless Last year, when I attempted to elimi- Republican nominee has any influence course, nate this restriction—which I believe is over the Republican Party platform. And images are replaced, putting a position upon an Executive Governor George Bush, surrounded And memories grow dim and fade, by the preeminent thinkers on the Re- And time obscures that familiar face, that would be very difficult to sustain And even a name be forgot, if we were discussing this in the clear publican side on nuclear strategy— And the things he said, and did, light of day, if it was understood by the former National Security Chief Brent And lives more noble may come and go, American people that this was what we Scowcroft, former Chairman of the But what he was cannot be hid. were doing—many people on that side Joint Chiefs Colin Powell, former Sec- The lessons he unknowingly taught, of the aisle said: We believe this lan- retary of State George Shultz, and By being what he was, guage will put pressure upon the Duma former Secretary of State Henry Kis- Have certainly changed the lives he met, to ratify START II. The argument car- singer—they were all there standing As his life touched ours. ried the day in a close vote of 54–46; the with Governor Bush as he said the fol- So that the course which they now take, current policy was sustained. The lan- lowing: Points somehow higher than before, guage in the current law is section 1302 America should rethink the requirements A true and gently comrade, of the National Defense Authorization for nuclear deterrence in a new security en- Has opened an unknown door. Act. It references that section 1017 of vironment. The premise of the Cold War nu- So although his life on Earth is done, this particular legislation we are con- clear targeting should no longer dictate the His heritage will not rust, size of our arsenal. As President, I will ask For parts of him, that was, remain, sidering right now was held in law. And live on as part of us. Well, since that time, the Duma has the Secretary of Defense to conduct an as- sessment of our nuclear force posture and de- ratified START II. I expected to bring I thank the Chair. I made a commit- termine how best to meet our security needs. ment to repeat that here on the floor of this language to the floor this year While the exact number of weapons can only with open arms. It worked. We put in a the Senate. I appreciate the time. come from such assessment, I will pursue the Mr. KERREY. Mr. President, it is floor and said the United States could lowest possible numbers consistent with our somewhat difficult to get back to the not go any lower, declared victory, and national security. somewhat arcane subject of how many the Duma ratified START II. Instead, If Governor Bush were President nuclear weapons are needed after lis- we have an alternative proposal the today, he would not think very kindly tening to the recitation of the Senator Senator from Virginia has offered that of Congress coming along and saying: from Alaska of a short, very moving has a certain amount of appeal because We don’t think you have been in office statement that in many ways gets to it requires a strategic review of our nu- long enough; 9 years is not long the heart of the mood we ought to be in clear force structure. After that re- enough, so we are going to ask you to when we are discussing our defense au- view, it gives the President authority, do an additional review before you do thorization bill, which is not just try- subject to what the review says, to what you say you are going to do here. ing to answer the question how we au- waive the provisions of 1302 if the It is an interference on the part of Con- thorize and defend the United States of President says it is in the national se- gress at a time, in my view, that the America but how we give honor to curity interest to do so. President ought to be doing exactly those who have given the highest and It still puts us in a position—whether what Governor Bush is suggesting; that most in service to this country. it is President Clinton or, if Vice Presi- is, to break out of the Cold War think- I appreciate very much the presen- dent GORE wins the election, President ing, and has us saying we have to tation by the Senator from Alaska of GORE or, if Governor Bush wins, Presi- maintain our parity with the Russians; that memorial because I think it puts dent Bush—the President will be pre- otherwise, it is not going to be possible us indeed in the correct mood, which vented by Congress from reducing nu- to get the kind of arms control agree- is, we ought to be writing this law so as clear weapons below the START I lev- ments we want to get. to enable all of us to take action to de- els, below 6,000, unless the President of I must say, I find much to be com- fend the United States of America the United States can accelerate a mended in many things I have heard on against all enemies, foreign and domes- strategic review. I guess that is pos- the other side of the aisle having to do tic, without regard to some previous sible. I would like to find out from the with missile defense, believing that in ideology that we have held onto for a authors of this second degree if that is an era when we begin to reduce nuclear long time. their understanding. In other words, weapons, accidental and unauthorized We ought to do the right thing and could President Clinton satisfy the re- launches from rogue nations, or the not worry about whether or not we are quirements of this amendment by say- threat of them, are likely to increase going to find ourselves subject to criti- ing: My Secretary of Defense and Sec- as we draw down our nuclear forces. cism as a consequence of some group retary of Energy are going to do an ac- Missile defense becomes, in my judg- saying we didn’t do enough, or we have celerated review? ment at least, an even more compelling done too much, and so on and so forth. This language has to be concurrent part of our arsenal. It is that kind of thinking that is re- with the quadrennial review and sub- Mr. President, I yield to the Senator quired if we are going to get the right mitted no later than December 2001. from Alaska. number of nuclear weapons. We spend Could the President accelerate that re- Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I $15 billion to $20 billion a year on our view on this particular question? If thank the Senator. nuclear weapons force structure. It is not, whoever the next President is, A MEMORIAL DAY OBLIGATION an oppressive effort. they are going to be held up at least Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I I happen to have the privilege of not until December of 2001 from doing so. would like to carry out an obligation I just serving the people of the State of That makes complete sense for Amer- made on Memorial Day at the Arling- Nebraska but in the State of Nebraska ica to do, in my judgment. ton National Cemetery services. is an effort and an organization known One of the most compelling things This statement was presented at the as STRATCOM. STRATCOM’s entire that happened on this subject prior to Arlington National Cemetery memo- mission is to operate the strategic nu- our leaving for our Memorial Day re- rial service by the Flying Tigers of the clear force. The current STRATCOM cess was a remarkable speech given by 14th Air Force Association. It was in CINC and I have a very good relation- the likely Republican nominee for the form of a prayer that was entitled, ship, as I have with all other CINCs, be- President, Governor Bush, followed by ‘‘Empty Cockpit; To our Departed cause this mission is very important to a speech at the Naval Academy given Comrade.’’ the people of the State of Nebraska and by Vice President GORE, the likely His is a place no one can take, to the people of the United States of Democratic nominee for President. The The void he leaves cannot be filled, America. I have had the opportunity on

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.001 S06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 9501 many occasions to be briefed, and I can is not the Soviet Union. It is Russia we dreds, or perhaps in the thousands, state to my colleagues that we get our are talking about. based upon a warning that may be in- money’s worth. These men and women No. 2, everybody who assesses Russia accurate. work very hard. They are tireless in right now understands that as a con- We are increasing the risk when we the execution of their duties. They sequence of the catastrophic failure of force the President to maintain at a want to make certain they follow the the Communist economic system, and START I level at a time when the Rus- command and the orders that are given as a consequence of a number of other sians are saying we can’t afford to by the people’s leaders—in this case, things associated with the decisions maintain at that level and begging us the Commander in Chief—who instruct made by their political leaders, they to come to some kind of an agreement STRATCOM on what to do through a have barely enough money to be able that enables them to go to lower levels. Presidential directive. They are fol- to make payroll for a dramatically re- The last argument: Again, if you lowing orders. duced military, let alone be able to al- take a commonsense approach to this They put together target require- locate the resources—though they are and just say what the targeting re- ments. They put together a list of re- modernizing in certain areas—and quirements are. quirements that are called SIOP. SIOP their ability to provide the early warn- A long time ago, or 6 months ago, determines what targeting is being ing that is necessary is woefully defi- much of this was classified. But in- done. Then it comes back to us, and it cient and is weakening every single creasing amounts of it are making says this is what we need in order to day, leading up to the possibility of in- their way into the public record. follow the civilian orders. They come creasing the likelihood of a false warn- It is a very interesting problem be- to us and say these are the resources ing to their leadership. cause, again, the number of nuclear we need in order to be able to accom- One of the things the President and warheads begins as a consequence of a plish that objective. President Putin agreed on is that we Presidential directive. It goes to It is very important for us to follow are going to have this site in Russia for STRATCOM. That Presidential direc- that because often times it will turn to the first time. But the Russians are tive is then fairly precise language. the military. We turn to the going to be provided data that comes But it still doesn’t tell the exact num- STRATCOM and say such things as: from U.S. computer analysis. They are ber. It gives them a set of instructions Tell us the minimum level of deter- not going to get it through their own that they then follow. They produce rence. They come back and say: The system, or through their own overhead what is called a SIOP. That SIOP has minimum level is 2,500. We have to system, or through their own elec- been read by a very small number of have 2,500 warheads. tronic surveillance; they are going to elected representatives. Very few elect- Remember, that 2,500 number comes get it from us. ed people look at the targeting require- as a consequence of an order they have It is likely to give them slightly ment. been given by a Presidential directive. more confidence. But it is not going to Recently, we have seen in published They have been given an order. That is give them the kind of confidence that accounts some information which gives where it comes from. Change those re- is necessary when decisions have to be us some idea of the size of our capacity quirements and the number of war- made very rapidly not to put a launch and the deadliness of our capacity. heads is going to be changed. It may be against the United States even though I believe as well it is an unwise con- that a Presidential directive comes and the warning they get may be a false clusion that we ought to maintain at says we need more. I do not know. But warning. our current level. right now, without the lengthy re- The second thing colleagues need to The Russian nuclear target of a 2,500 view—I appreciate the lengthy force understand as we think about impos- force structure would be slightly under structure review that is in this author- ing—that was a fundamental change in the START II. START II would take us ization. That is basically the sub- 1998—for the first time on the Presi- to 3,000. The Pentagon says we need stitute—that we have a lengthy review dent that ‘‘thou’’ cannot go below the 2,500 warheads. Again, that is based that is going to be done. START I agreements, even though I urge my colleagues to think of sev- upon the Pentagon taking the Presi- President Bush did it very successfully eral things. dential directive they have been given One, the Russians, first of all, are no in 1991, is that we were not going to at 2,500. longer the military threat they were in allow this President to do it in last We have 1,100 nuclear weapons we the cold war. It is a democratic nation. year’s debate. It was because we were would put on nuclear sites, 3,500 on They have had three elections. They putting pressure on the Duma to rat- conventional weapon sites, 160 on lead- just elected their second President. We ify. This year, it is a different argu- ership, and 500 nuclear weapons on war- have partnerships with them in many ment that is being used; we are impos- supporting industry. different areas. We want their experi- ing upon the President an unusual and These numbers tend to dull our ment in democracy and free markets to unprecedented restriction at a time thinking, making it difficult to assess succeed. when Russia is not able to come up just what it is we are talking about. The chairman of the Armed Services with the resources they need to main- Let’s reverse it. Say the Russians Committee said earlier he believes the tain the level at 6,000. They are begging have targeted American territory with No. 1 threat to the United States of us to go to 1,500. 160 nuclear weapons. They don’t have a America is political instability. It is It may not be in our interest to go to nuclear weapon in the strategic arsenal uniquely the case. In Russia, that is 1,500, but it is unquestionably in our in- that is less than the 15-kiloton weapon the case. Our mood toward the Rus- terest to assist them to go to lower lev- dropped on Hiroshima. We dropped two sians ought to be that we want to part- els since they can’t maintain the levels weapons in 1945 that ended the war in ner with them and help them be suc- they have now. It increases, in a para- the Pacific. We had a vested interest in cessful in making this transition from doxical fashion, the likelihood of an that. My uncle was killed in the Phil- an economy run by a central govern- unauthorized accidental launch and de- ippines. My father was part of an occu- ment—a Politburo—to a political sys- creases the likely effectiveness, if we pation, instead of invasion force. I be- tem that is not limited to a single are going to have one, of an effective lieve Truman did the right thing. party but one that has selected its missile defense system because the Nonetheless, it is impressive that two leadership. They are trying to make a Russians aren’t going to launch 10 or 15-kiloton weapons ended the war in successful transition. They need the 20. The Russians aren’t going to launch the Pacific. We are talking about hun- partnership and they need the assist- a relatively small number of not very dreds in this case. ance of the world’s leading democracy accurate missiles, as rogue nations Imagine the Russians are only going to make that likely to occur. might. They have very highly accurate to hit the United States with 160 nu- No. 1, we are dealing with a dramati- missile systems and large numbers of clear weapons averaging 150 to 300 kilo- cally different political situation. This them. They would launch in the hun- tons each. I don’t need a complicated,

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.001 S06JN0 9502 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 6, 2000 detailed year-long strategic review to I said earlier to the distinguished level of reduction to the lowest level determine that 160 nuclear weapons Senator from Virginia, I was hoping that still protects the security inter- hitting the United States of America perhaps my amendment would be ac- ests of this country. But George W. would not just do slight damage; they cepted, declare victory, and we shake Bush would only do that after he had would cause massive damage to our hands and say we had a good argument received the advice and counsel of the economy, to our political structures, to and there is no need to go further. In- Department of Defense, and presum- our social structures. They would deed, I ask the Senator from Virginia, ably his own Secretary. But Members produce monstrous losses to us. it may be that what I ought to do is of the Joint Chiefs would still be car- Ask Alan Greenspan what it would do vote for the Senator’s substitute, de- rying forward, a number of them, from to the economy. He seems to be the pending on what it is the Senator pro- one administration to the other, and he most trusted person right now in try- posed to do. In this amendment, it ap- would carefully counsel with them as ing to get American people to be con- pears to be that the President would he moved forward. cerned about things going on in the have the authority to waive the re- My point is, that study cannot be world. It would produce tremendous strictions of 1302 after a comprehensive done in 30, 60, or 90 days, in my judg- and devastating losses. review was done. However, in the lan- ment, nor should it be done. Let’s face The same is true with Russia. Mr. guage of the Senator’s amendment, it it; we have elections coming this No- President, 160 nuclear weapons inside merely says this is supposed to be done vember. We have the heat that accom- of Russia would reduce Russia to a concurrently with the quadrennial re- panies any election from the debates state of chaos. It wouldn’t just damage view and due to operate in 2001. that take place between the candidates their leadership and eliminate their Does the Senator mean, therefore, and, most specifically, the Presidential leadership. It would do exactly the op- that President Clinton couldn’t ask candidates. To try to overlay a deci- posite, in my view, of what we would Secretary Cohen and Secretary Rich- sion of that magnitude and try to have desire. It would produce the very polit- ardson to do an accelerated comprehen- a report generated in 30, 40, 60, 90 days ical instability and chaos we seek to sive review of the nuclear force struc- is not, in my judgment, the wise thing avoid. As a consequence, it likely ture, and, as a consequence of that re- to do. would not be selected as an option, view, say perhaps the President says: I Mr. KERREY. I appreciate that, but thereby producing, again, one of the want to go to 5500, I want to go below there is nothing in the Senator’s great paradoxes of maintaining a de- because I think on that basis I could amendment that would prevent—— fense system where we authorize $15 to get the Russians to agree to accept Mr. WARNER. I beg your pardon? $20 billion of scarce resources. Mr. KERREY. Let’s say Governor The chairman of the committee changes in ABM that might even be ac- Bush is elected and he comes into of- talked earlier about the possible need ceptable to the Senator from Virginia fice and says I have Brent Scowcroft, to allocate additional money for retir- —would that sort of accelerated review Henry Kissinger, George Schultz, and ees’ medical care. There is no question be possible? It appears it would be in Colin Powell. They have done a review we look across the current conven- the language of the Senator’s amend- from November to January and they tional forces and we don’t have to look ment. have made a recommendation to go to far to find a situation where we are fly- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. AL- ing the wings off the planes. We are LARD). The Senator from Virginia. lower levels. Does the amendment of having a difficult time sustaining lev- Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I thank the Senator allow a President-elect els of readiness. We are short on the my colleague. Bush to do that in short order? Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, there is conventional side. At a time when we I remember so well when the Senator are short, I don’t believe we ought to brought this up last year. This is a se- no constraint on the next President, be be expending precious resources into rious effort by one of the most serious, it President Bush or President Gore, areas that are likely to be unnecessary conscientious Senators with whom I within which time—I mean it is not or that are unlikely to be used. have ever been privileged to serve and next December. He can do it before I am arguing the President ought to one for whom I have the highest per- next December. go to lower levels. The President may sonal and professional regard. As I said Mr. KERREY. If that is the case, if it disagree with me. In fact, up until now, some months ago, this Senator, too, does not restrict the next President, it the President has disagreed with me will miss him. does not restrict this President. He and hasn’t gone to lower levels. That is We are not trying to abridge, so to could also do it. I have had a briefing why I was pleasantly surprised at that speak, the right of President Clinton. on the review that was done in 1997, part of Governor Bush’s speech prior to He is the President of the United prior to the Helsinki meeting between the Memorial Day recess where he said States. Until the last day, the last President Clinton and President we ought to scrap the old cold war hour, the last minute of his term of of- Yeltsin. That was a detailed review on thinking. I agree. We need to assess fice, he is entitled to exercise the pow- the minimal deterrent level necessary, what kind of weapons system we need ers given to him under the Constitu- done by General Shalikashvili. I be- to keep the people of the United States tion. As the Senator knows so well, lieve the chairman has had a briefing of America safe in light of the new po- being a student of foreign and inter- of that as well. That was a pretty in- litical realities—not in light of the old national affairs, the Constitution des- depth review, was it not? Do you regard mutual assured destruction reality, in ignates the President of the United that as a good review? light of the new political realities. States as that individual who is our Mr. WARNER. I am not here to pre- I believe without extensive and ex- chief foreign policy advisor, nego- judge that review. I think it was done pensive nuclear review, we would reach tiator, the home realm authority that very carefully. But let me bring to the a conclusion of significantly lowering. goes with the Presidency. attention of my distinguished col- I don’t believe this Congress under any I don’t wish to be critical, but I will league, who spent great heroism in his circumstance, whether the President be factual. The President simply did career in the military himself, you agrees with me or not, should be im- not, in the course of his administra- should not try to make a decision with posing this kind of restriction. It ties tion, avail himself of the opportunity reference to the strategic capabilities the President’s hands. It limits the to do the indepth type of study that I of this country without reference, as President. It forces the President to do and other colleagues think is necessary needed in the quadrennial review, to something that up until 1998 we had before any decision of the type the Sen- the convention. In other words, you not required the President of the ator describes be made. cannot just look at that in isolation. It United States of America to do. Again As the Republican candidate, George has to be examined in the context of there was an argument last year made W. Bush said he would move in some of the totality of our military assets, and that this would get the Duma to ratify the directions President Clinton has in- the quadrennial review has to be done START II on that basis. dicated in terms of trying to seek that and upgraded.

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.001 S06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 9503 Mr. KERREY. I presume General is they simply do not have the finan- number of warheads is 2,500. The reason Shalikashvili, in 1997, made that re- cial resources to maintain their exist- we need 2,500 is, according to the peo- view. ing arsenals—the readiness, the safety, ple who do the targeting—again, they Mr. WARNER. I am not in a position all aspects of those existing arsenals. are doing the targeting based upon a to say what he did or did not do. That is the 1997 assessment. I would Presidential directive, presumably Mr. KERREY. I would be very sur- not accept that. I would not think evaluated by the Congress after we do prised, if the Chairman of the Joint President Clinton would want to accept the directing and tell them what needs Chiefs of Staff, in 1997, reviewing the it. to be done—there are 2,260 vital Rus- minimal deterrent level, did not ref- What I am telling the Senator is that sian nuclear targets. erence that minimal deterrent level to I would like to reply in totality to the These are on active alert. We are the rest of the conventional forces. Senator’s question by giving my state- ready to attack. We are not talking This is a conventional Army officer ment and then we can perhaps continue about the kinds of missiles that might who is the Chairman of the Joint this colloquy. Is that an option? miss by a couple of miles. These things Chiefs of Staff. My guess is that was a Mr. KERREY. That would be an op- are going to hit. They are very accu- pretty detailed review. In fact, he came tion for me. rate; they are very sophisticated; and to the conclusion at that time that Mr. President, let me finish my they are very reliable. We have 1,100 2,500 is the minimal level that is nec- statement, and I will yield to the Sen- nuclear targets. That is to say the Rus- essary. ator from Virginia. sians hold nuclear weapons. So 1,100 of Mr. WARNER. The Senator repeat- Mr. WARNER. Fine. our nuclear warheads —and we do not edly says he presumes. I am not here to Mr. KERREY. I am anxious to hear have one under 100 kilotons—are going act on presumptions. What I do know is the statement. As I said, it may be—ex- to be targeted on 1,100 Russian nuclear the realities, and particularly the po- pecting that the chairman, the Senator sites. litical realities that face this Nation of from Virginia, after listening to last Then there are conventional sites, an election and a new President. In my year’s debate, would merely this year conventional weapons sites—500 tar- opinion, it is the wiser course of action declare victory and allow this provi- gets; 500 targets. I urge my colleagues to defer such decisions as this until the sion to be struck, it may be I should to get a map out of Russia and try to next President is in office; he has his declare victory and accept this amend- come up with 500 targets on top of 1,100 quadrennial review; he has his detailed ment, if it does not restrict the Com- targets of nuclear weapon sites. Part of study of our strategic arsenal. Then mander in Chief who has had plenty of this debate needs to be done in the those decisions. time to review it—and he may not. As open so we can do a commonsense Mr. KERREY. Let me get this cor- I said, up to now he hasn’t agreed that check as to whether or not we have rectly. So the intent of this amend- going to lower levels in exchange for more than we actually need, again ment is to prevent President Clinton ABM is a good strategy—and he may forcing the Russians to maintain more from making any decision and to—— not. It may all be moot as far as I than they can control. Mr. WARNER. We cannot block this know. But if it does not restrict this Mr. President, 160 leadership targets. President. Nor would we try. President, or the incoming President, These are the guys to whom we talk. Mr. KERREY. That is precisely what to make a determination prior to De- We have a meeting with them: Presi- section 1302 does. Section 1302 says the cember 2001, it may be that I should de- dent Putin, would you agree to modify President cannot go below the START clare victory and go home as well. ABM? And oh, by the way, we have 160 I levels. For the first time, it restricted I want to repeat something I tried nuclear weapons of 100 kilotons or and tied the hands of a President in his earlier to discuss. I do not think it is more targeted on you and all the rest own decisionmaking about strategic very well understood by many Mem- of the Russian leadership. Try to come forces. That is what it did. I sought to bers of Congress. I certainly do not up with 160 targets. Get a Russian map strike it last year and was told the think it is very well understood by the out and put 160 targets up, or 500 tar- concern was the Duma might not ratify American people. I say that with great gets, on something called war-sup- START II. They have done that. respect. It has been a voyage that has porting industry. This is all published It seems to me the language gives the produced some surprising discoveries accounts. This is not me coming out of President, this President—I am asking on my part as well. I am not suggesting the Intelligence Committee or some the question because it affects whether I am smarter, more informed than any- top secret briefing; this is now pub- or not I simply just declare victory body else. I am merely saying I spent lished accounts of this targeting. It is myself and support your second-degree time on this. vital for the American people to under- amendment. If your second-degree I am deeply concerned that the stand that; otherwise they are going to amendment gives the President the threat to the United States of America say to the Congress: Just keep doing flexibility to waive, if he says, ‘‘I have of an accidental and unauthorized what you are doing; it seems to be already done that review and I will launch from Russia goes up every sin- working. submit to Congress the review that was gle day that we maintain the force The longer we continue doing what done by General Shalikashvili in 1997,’’ structure as high as we currently have. we are doing, the more likely it is that it may be we have agreement here. But We have plenty of safety. We have the horrible, unimaginable disaster oc- if you are saying the intent of the plenty of redundancy. We have plenty curs and that is an accidental unau- amendment is to say President Clin- of capacity to tell whether we are actu- thorized launch against the United ton, after having been Commander in ally being attacked or whether the sig- States of America on the people of Chief for 7 years, is not sufficiently nals are false. America and that the people suffer as a prepared to make this decision, we The Russians do not have any of that result. need a further review before he can or they have a declining amount of it. I have no idea if President Clinton make it, then I couldn’t support the We are forcing them to maintain at would do an expedited review and say: second degree. levels, in my view, that are increasing I am going to try to strike a deal with Mr. WARNER. I certainly cannot the danger to the people of the United President Putin that will allow us to rely on a 1997 review as being up to States of America. The danger is en- go to lower levels of ABM to solve the date. Much has occurred in those 2 hanced as a consequence of our sort of stalemate we have over missile de- years, indeed over 2 years, to where we presuming maybe there is no real risk. fense. He may not take the option. are today. I put these numbers out. This is the Whether he takes the option or not, I Let me give one example. The Rus- minimal level. This is what the Pen- believe it is unwise for us to be tying sians are strapped financially. One of tagon said in 1997. It is what the Pen- the hands of President Clinton. I think the principal motivations to go to a tagon is currently saying is still valid: it would be unwise to tie the hands of lower level, on behalf of the Russians, That the minimal level we need in the President Gore, President Bush, or any

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There may have been to retire or dismantle, any of the following evant course of action whereby the a compelling argument prior to the strategic nuclear delivery systems below the next President has the opportunity to specified levels: Duma’s ratification of START II, but (1) 71 B–52H bomber aircraft. address this situation in the context of there is no longer a compelling argu- (2) 18 Trident ballistic missile submarines. a fresh QDR and a fresh up-to-date ment, in my view, and it would be a I note that under current law, I be- analysis of all the strategic threats, mistake for us to have this continuing lieve you have given flexibility to go what the other nations possess, and the limitation. from 18 to 14; at least you have allowed like. That is effectively what I am try- I yield the floor. it to happen. ing to do. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Mr. KERREY. By effectively doing (3) 500 Minuteman III intercontinental bal- ENZI). The Chair recognizes the Sen- listic missiles. that, you are also saying that the cur- ator from Virginia. (4) 50 Peacekeeper intercontinental bal- rent QDR, the current evaluation, is Mr. WARNER. I thank the distin- listic missiles. not valid; that the analysis that was guished Presiding Officer. All of which total, by my rough cal- done in 1997 by General Shalikashvili is Mr. President, I am thoroughly en- culation, slightly more than 6,000, not valid? joying this opportunity. It is an impor- which is the START limitation. Mr. WARNER. I say it is outdated. tant amendment. Let me start by al- Mr. WARNER. Wouldn’t the distin- Mr. President, 1994 is when the last as- lowing those who are following the guished colleague from Nebraska say sessment was made. amendment to understand what it is that there Congress expressed its will Mr. KERRY. Will my colleague per- our distinguished colleague wishes to and put limitations on the powers of mit a question? do. By his amendment, he wishes to re- the President? Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I also peal the limitation on retirement or Mr. KERREY. Yes, I do. owe the Senator an answer on a proce- dismantlement of strategic nuclear de- Mr. WARNER. Fine, and that is pre- dural matter which I am prepared to, livery systems in excess of military re- cisely what the Senator wants to take regrettably, give, but I will give it to quirements. ‘‘Section 1302 of the Na- out. him. tional Defense Authorization Act for Mr. KERREY. Yes. Mr. KERRY. I thank the distin- fiscal year 1998 is repealed.’’ Mr. WARNER. Let us frame the argu- guished Senator. The thrust of what he is trying to re- ment from that. Congress has already I want to follow up on what the Sen- peal limits the President of the United done it. The question is: Should we ator from Nebraska said, and I strongly States to certain levels of strategic continue, if we put this into permanent support what the Senator from Ne- systems. Are we agreed on that? Does law now, so it is permanent? Am I not braska is trying to achieve. I ask the the Senator have a copy? correct on that? Senator from Virginia if he will agree Mr. KERREY. My amendment simply Mr. KERREY. The Senator is correct. that START II was signed by the says: Mr. WARNER. The Senator from Vir- United States of America and was rati- Strike section 1017 and insert the fol- ginia comes along and says there could fied. lowing: be merit in waiving this and a future Mr. WARNER. Factual. Sec. 1017. Repeal of Limitation on Retire- President should have the option to Mr. KERRY. And the Senator agrees ment or Dismantlement— waive it, provided he does certain pre- that now START II has also been rati- Mr. WARNER. Does the Senator have liminary steps as outlined in the fied by the Russian Duma. a copy of section 1017 he can print in amendment of the Senator of Virginia. Mr. WARNER. But with certain ap- the RECORD? Are we agreeable with that interpreta- pendages thereto. Mr. KERREY. It is 1017 of the author- tion? Mr. KERRY. I agree. I understand. ization— Mr. KERREY. No, I would be agree- The Senator is correct. The Russian Mr. WARNER. I understand that. The able if the Senator from Virginia Duma ratified START II with the un- repeal of the limitation in a previous says—— derstanding that they had to have the authorization act of 1998—does the Sen- Mr. WARNER. We may not agree, but successor states to the ABM Treaty ul- ator have a copy of 1998? do we understand that is what I am en- timately recognized by the United Mr. KERREY. Section 1302 of the De- deavoring to do? States, and there are a series of bilat- fense Authorization Act. Mr. KERREY. That may be what you eral agreements they want us to ratify, Mr. WARNER. Section 1302 of 1998. I are endeavoring to do, but I am not and because the Senator from North left mine in the office inadvertently. sure your amendment does it. You are Carolina, the chairman of the Foreign Mr. KERREY. Staff is searching, try- saying with your amendment that you Relations Committee, is fundamentally ing to get an answer. I do have it. want to make certain President Clin- opposed to these changes, we are stuck. Mr. WARNER. My distinguished ton cannot do it but future Presidents But the larger interests of the United ranking member is always prepared. could. States of America are to make the We want to make sure the Senator Mr. WARNER. What I am saying, world and this country safer. from Nebraska has a copy. practically speaking, is I do not think We decided, as a matter of policy, I Mr. KERREY. The answer is yes. The President Clinton can do it in a judi- say to the Senator from Virginia, that Senator from Virginia and I are look- cious and effective way, given the time the world will be safer if we move to re- ing at, I believe, the same thing. limitations between now and the end of duce weapons to the levels of START Mr. WARNER. That is correct. We his term of office. II. In fact, it is the policy of the United are looking at the conference report for Mr. KERREY. That is an interpreta- States of America now to engage in ne- the 1998 authorization bill on page 330, tion on which perhaps we should have a gotiations toward START III, but no section 1302, ‘‘Limitation on Retire- colloquy. If we can reach a conclusion one whom I know, who is rational at ment or Dismantlement of Strategic that the President could do an effective least—and I absolutely include the dis- Nuclear Delivery Systems.’’ review in short order, it may be, as I tinguished chairman of the Armed Mr. KERREY. I am looking at the said, that I am going to declare victory Services Committee as among the most public law. and go home and maybe support your rational and most thoughtful people on Mr. WARNER. It is the same thing. second-degree amendment. this subject—nobody is suggesting that Mr. KERREY. My guess is it is pretty Mr. WARNER. In the first place, the we would not want to reduce from the close. law of the land is still intact until the level of 6,000-plus warheads and try to Public Law 105–85 says: Senate and, indeed, the House are in move in the direction of START II. I (a) Funding Limitation.—Funds available conference and the President signs this assume the Senator agrees. to the Department of Defense may not be ob- bill. At the moment, the law of the Mr. WARNER. I simply say to my ligated or expended during fiscal year 1998 land precludes him from doing that. distinguished colleague, before this

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.001 S06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 9505 Senator expresses a view on that, I dent begins to make an assessment of a brought up the amendment, vigorously want to see a new quadrennial review, magnitude such as this, they better argued it, and it was defeated. So Con- as well as a new analysis of our stra- have in place an up-to-date analysis. gress did it again. tegic system. I will not commit to any That is essentially what I am saying. Mr. KERRY. There was a reason, Mr. numbers at this time until I see that. For the record, I would like to read President. It is because the Russian That is essentially what our candidate from the George W. Bush statement: Duma had not ratified. Everybody un- George W. Bush has said. As President, I will ask the Secretary of derstood the rationale for that. But Mr. KERRY. I interpret what the Defense to conduct an assessment on our nu- now they have ratified it. And the only candidate, George W. Bush, said some- clear posture and determine how best to restraint on our moving to a safer what differently, and I read his speech meet our security needs. While the exact number of weapons can come only from such world is the fact that the Senate For- closely the other day. an assessment, I will pursue the lowest pos- eign Relations chairman is unwilling It was my understanding he said he is sible number consistent with our national to bring it to the floor. prepared to unilaterally reduce weap- security. Mr. WARNER. I am not going to sin- ons no matter what the Russians do. Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, it is iron- gle out the Foreign Relations chair- He also wants to accompany that with ic that a Democrat would be here inter- man, but I make the following observa- a fairly robust national missile defense preting the words of the putative Re- tion. That is, this is the law of the system. publican nominee. But let me say to land. We are giving the opportunity to I again say to my colleague, I think my colleague, he very clearly talked the next President to do the necessary the Senator from Nebraska is on tar- about unilateral reductions. His father, studies. get. Look, the former Soviet Union, President Bush, also was supportive of Supposing President Clinton took what remains of it, Russia, has an ex- and negotiated the policy of START II such actions, which under the Con- traordinarily weak command and con- and wanted to move in that direction. stitution I presume he can—except trol system. Now START II takes us down to 3,000 that the law is pretty explicit here, un- As a current member of the Intel- warheads. I do not know anybody in less it is repealed—and laid down a set ligence Committee, and the Senator the world of nuclear assessments—you of numbers which the next President, from Virginia shares that, we know full look at the SIOPs. I think there are whomever it may be, finds unaccept- well that one of the greatest single public targeting figures that do not able after he does the requisite studies, threats to the United States of Amer- violate classification. But I will be not only of the nuclear posture but ica today is threat reduction efforts. careful with this because I do not want also the conventional. You have to do To suggest that the United States, that to violate it. them together. Then what happens? our citizens, are safer with more war- Let me just say that the Senator well The next President is faced with the heads and more active missiles being knows that the SIOPs plans of the dilemma of trying to refute what Presi- left in place, with an army that is not United States have a number of targets dent Clinton did. That would be the being paid, with command and control that are well taken care of by the cur- worst of both worlds. that is disintegrating and degrading, is rent levels of START II, which is why Mr. KERRY. May I ask the distin- a very hard thing for me to understand. the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Pentagon, guished Senator from Virginia, with all Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, if I and everybody signed off on it. his years of experience—he has been on might reply, I raised that issue earlier. In today’s world, in a non-cold-war the inside of these negotiations; there One of the reasons, motivations for the world, the greatest threat is a rusty is nobody with a stronger career with Russians to drive to lower figures as freighter hobbling its way into New respect to this—can he really say to soon as they can possibly get there is York Harbor, or nearby, and has the me, in this current climate, with the the inability fiscally to maintain their potential to launch a cruise missile at problems of the Russians in reducing own structure in a readiness posture, us, or the greater threat is some group and maintaining their current weap- which equates to what they have had in of terrorists assembling in New York ons, he can really envision the scenario years past. the multiple parts of a nuclear weapon which would require us to reverse a Mr. KERRY. I agree. and holding us hostage, or, as we saw builddown to the 3,000 level? Mr. WARNER. That is a risk. in Japan with the sarin gas attack, ter- Mr. WARNER. First, I thank my col- Mr. KERRY. But I ask my colleague, rorists who want to cripple the commu- league for his comments with regard to if you understand their economic need, nity through chemical or biological me. But, No. 1, I never commented on because they cannot maintain the war- warfare. heads properly, and we are worried Those threats chill me far more than SIOPs. I think that is a classification about accidental launch, how can you the concept of reducing to 3,000 weap- that should not in any way be then want to prohibit the President of ons over the course of the next years. breached. the United States from conceivably It is going to happen. No matter what Mr. ALLARD. Will the Senator from making us safer by wanting to mutu- the Senator from Virginia says about Virginia yield? ally move to a level where we are both the next quadrennial review, I am will- Mr. WARNER. Let me finish. Then, safer because we have a number of mis- ing to bet my seat in the Senate that not addressing the SIOPs in any way— siles that are able to be maintained this country is going to move, together I think you understand why we should properly and the balance of power is with others, to reduce the levels of not do that—I believe that it is unwise, correct? weapons to at least 3,000. The debate given the current posture of the studies Mr. WARNER. I give to my colleague today is not whether we ought to be at and the fact that on the face they are two responses: No. 1—and I am not try- 3,000. The debate today is whether or not up to date—certainly there has ing to be critical of this President’s ad- not 1,000, 1,500, 2,200 to 2,500 are the ap- been no revelation that these studies ministration—why didn’t they do that propriate levels. are up to date—that we should be mak- several years ago? Because the deterio- So why on Earth we would want to ing decisions with regard to numbers ration of the infrastructure and the fi- hobble the ability of the President of at this time. I simply will not put my nancial situation in Russia has been an the United States to make this country finger on any particular number. Your ongoing situation for several years. It safer by reducing to the level already assumption is reasonable, but I am not commenced under Yeltsin. agreed upon by Republican and Demo- going to accede to it. Mr. KERRY. Absolutely. crat negotiators alike is absolutely be- Mr. KERRY. Let me say to my Mr. WARNER. Why didn’t your Presi- yond me. friend, he talks about the law of the dent take those initiatives several Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I sim- land. When you sign a treaty and the years ago? ply say to my colleague, the Congress Senate has ratified it, it is the law of What I am saying to you now is, be- has done it. Why do we want to hobble? the land. Technically speaking, under fore this President or any other Presi- They did it. Last year our colleague international law, it is the law of the

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.001 S06JN0 9506 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 6, 2000 land when you sign it. When it is rati- rious business. I don’t think this deci- committee or full committee that I re- fied, it is even more so the law of the sion should be made by one person. call. land. That is why we have set up this posture Mr. LEVIN. If the Senator will yield I realize that technically speaking review process. We suggested it in the on that narrow point, this language the SALT II does not, in effect, go into bill we have introduced in the full com- was significantly amended in com- full effect until we pass on the codicils. mittee and now it is part of the bill. mittee, if I may say so. It wasn’t of- But that is such a technicality in the Apparently, this sort of mantle was fered in that form. It was amended. context of what we are trying to picked up by Presidential candidate This language here is not the issue. achieve in the world. We are the leader George W. Bush. An important part of The issue is that the amendment of the of the free world. We used to be the his comments is that there be a pos- Senator from Virginia says that this most important force in the world for ture review, a careful analysis of where President and the next President can- nonproliferation efforts. We used to we are with our nuclear forces. I think not take an action until after a certain make the most important efforts to try your amendment is carrying forward action is taken at the end of 2001. That to encourage other countries to toe the with what the Strategic Subcommittee was never discussed in committee. It is line on nuclear weapons. suggests and the Armed Services Com- not part—— If we are now going to suggest that mittee and even candidate for the Pres- Mr. WARNER. Any time before. It having put into law and ratified a trea- idency George W. Bush. doesn’t limit it to the end of 2001. It ty, we are unwilling to reduce these I support the chairman in his amend- could be done earlier on. levels of nuclear weapons at a time we ment to ask for a posture review before Mr. LEVIN. Oh, it can be? Mr. WARNER. With the next Presi- know Russia is growing more and more we move forward. If I am not a cospon- dent. unsafe in its capacity to maintain sor on that amendment, I will ask that I be added because I think it is very Mr. KERREY. Mr. President, if the them, we are not acting in the inter- Senator will yield on that, the lan- ests of the American people and mak- important. No matter who is President, I don’t think one single person should guage of the Senator’s amendment ing them safer. doesn’t say that. That was the question I say respectfully to my friend from be making these decisions without a careful review from those people who I was going to ask the Senator from Virginia, in the next 6 months there is Colorado. It doesn’t preclude the Presi- ample opportunity for any President to know what they are doing in the De- partment of Defense. dent from doing a review before De- step in, a new President, and say: I do cember 2001. The Senator from Virginia not want to continue these levels. But As I understand the chairman’s was saying so long as it is GORE or we have an opportunity here to make amendment, it does call for that very careful review. There is one thing I Bush, it is OK; but if it is Clinton, it is the law of the land on this bill in effect not. carry through properly. I strongly hope would like to comment on before I yield. The Warner substitute amend- This is June 6, the day Franklin my colleagues will do so because it is ment, as I understand it, would provide Delano Roosevelt, while going through the right thing to do. a Presidential campaign, authorized I thank the Senator from Nebraska. authority for the President to waive the limitations in current law regard- the landing on the beaches of Nor- Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I have mandy. There was bipartisan support enjoyed my colloquy with my distin- ing the retirement of strategic nuclear delivery systems once the Secretary of for it. He was running against Dewey guished colleague from Massachusetts. at the time, and he was courageous I would like to present my amend- Defense has completed the Nuclear Posture Review required by section enough to say we were going to have a ment at an appropriate time. Has the bipartisan foreign policy. presentation of the presenter, the dis- 1015, which I referred to earlier in my comments. The amendment of the Sen- The thing that concerns me is that tinguished Senator from Nebraska, ator from Nebraska, as I understand it, we are losing that. We are saying concluded? President Clinton can’t do it. If it is Is this an appropriate juncture, be- would not be consistent with the policy enunciated by Governor Bush, nor Bush or GORE, fine, they can do it, but cause I don’t want to encroach on the would it satisfy the concerns that Con- Clinton can’t. I think that is a signal opportunity for him to fully give his gress has raised for the last 5 years. It that we are not willing—for example, presentation? would lead to misguided and unin- the Senator said earlier President Bush Mr. KERREY. The Senator is not en- formed reductions, in my view, rather signed START II after the November croaching. I stand by and look forward than a force posture based on careful election and authorized troops to go to to his argument. review of all our strategic require- Somalia late in his term. We under- Mr. WARNER. I see the distinguished ments and how these relate to our stood it was late in his term and that chairman of the subcommittee on stra- overall national military policy. I he might not have won the election, tegic affairs seeking some recognition. think the chairman is headed in the but, by gosh, the President had the au- I would like to accommodate him. I right direction. thority to make these decisions right have had more than adequate oppor- Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, if I up to the end of his term. This amend- tunity to debate these points. may, I will make one observation and ment seems to be saying, although I Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I want then I will step back. This provision in think the language of the amend- to point out that the Strategic Sub- the bill that is currently before the ment—I am trying to ascertain wheth- committee, which I chair, has been re- Senate was done in, first, the sub- er or not I should vote for this amend- alizing that times are changing and we committee of which the Senator is ment because it appears the language need to reevaluate and reassess our nu- chairman. would allow the President to do an ex- clear forces. In fact, if you look in the Mr. ALLARD. That is correct. pedited review. It doesn’t say he can’t bill, we have set up a couple of studies: Mr. WARNER. It was brought to a have it done earlier. It may be that the a revised nuclear posture review in sec- markup, at which time any Senators Senator’s intent is to prevent Presi- tion 1015. Another is a plan for a long- on that side of the aisle could have ob- dent Clinton from doing it. But I don’t term sustainment of modernization of jected to it. There was no objection. In believe the language of the amendment U.S. strategic nuclear forces in section fact, as I have looked at the record, it does that. 1016. was accepted and voted on unani- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- We recognize that times are chang- mously by the entire committee, rec- ator from Colorado has the floor. ing. But this is very serious business. ognizing the importance of having such Mr. ALLARD. I thought the Senator When you are talking about a balance a review done timely before any anal- from Virginia was controlling the time. of power between the United States ysis could be made as to future levels Mr. KERREY. I ask the Senator from and the rest of the world—and in this of weaponry; am I not correct? Colorado, is it his understanding that particular case, Russia, the former Mr. ALLARD. That is correct. This this language would prevent a Presi- U.S.S.R.—we are talking about very se- issue was not brought up in sub- dent Bush from doing a review that

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.001 S06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 9507 could be done in 60 days from, let’s say, here. If the answer is yes, as it appears begin to draft it immediately and hope either the time of his election or the to be, you may not want President he can accept some. time he is sworn in as President? Clinton to make the decision. By the Mr. KERREY. Mr. President, it is not Would it prevent an expedited review? way, I think it is unlikely that he will. desirable, if the Senator from Virginia Say he has Colin Powell or former Na- He hasn’t thus far. seeks to get additional support. I am tional Security Adviser Brent Scow- I just think it would not be a good saying that as long as he keeps the lan- croft and Henry Kissinger and George thing for us to say that we are going to guage the way it is right now, I can in- Shultz advising him, and the four of put a restriction on this President that terpret this in a way that allows Presi- them say we believe he ought to go to we are not going to put on the Presi- dent Clinton to do so if he chooses. 5,000, and the Secretary of Energy is dent-elect, whoever that happens to be. Again, I say to my good friends on that going to notify Bush on February 1; Mr. ALLARD. I would like to respond side that President Clinton hasn’t indi- would your amendment preclude that? to that. On page 4 of the Warner cated any desire to do so. Mr. ALLARD. In my view, and the amendment, it says after submission of Why would we want to draft this way I read the amendment—and I a report, consult with the new Con- amendment so that it prevented an ex- think you are missing the main point gress in subsection (c). isting President from doing something of the amendment—is that you have a I think if those positions are met, we that a new President could do if the ex- careful review before making a deci- can move forward. isting President hasn’t demonstrated sion. From a practical standpoint, Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, if I any willingness to do so in the first hopefully, it is not going to be an easy might interject myself, as this is place? decision arrived at. If you are using drawn, I can easily amend it so that It seems to me if Congress is saying February as an example, I think it may the next President can bring about the we just do not trust this particular be possible, because if you look into it, necessary infrastructure of studies and President, and we are not going to it says after the quadrennial review of have them completed on a timetable to allow him to do that, it is a very bad 2001. accelerate it so it is not tied to Decem- signal. It signals to people that may Mr. KERREY. No. It says concurrent, ber. The way this is drawn, it is due in have a bad intent toward the United which, as I read the language of this December. But I do not interpret that States of America that they might be amendment, would cause me not to to preclude an earlier assessment by able to get away with things. They vote for it. It doesn’t preclude Presi- the next President. might be able to do things in this cur- dent Clinton or Bush or GORE from say- What I say to the Senator most re- rent environment as a consequence of ing we can finish that part of the re- spectfully is, practically speaking, Congress not willing to allow what nor- view faster than the rest of the review under the current administration you mally the Commander in Chief would and have the Secretary of Energy sub- have several years in which to do this be allowed to do. mit it to Congress for congressional work and bring it up to date. It simply The PRESIDING OFFICER. The consideration. By the way, you can has not been done. Chair recognizes the Senator from Ari- strike this provision and there is no I just think, practically speaking, zona. guarantee at all that President Clinton this President would be ill-advised to Mr. KYL. Mr. President, as a cospon- is going to take any action. He hasn’t try in the remaining period of a few sor of the Warner amendment, maybe I thus far. He hasn’t asked for authority. months to do this type of important can offer a little solace to my col- Mr. ALLARD. The important point is thing and to have these studies sud- league from Nebraska, which I think is that we have careful review of our nu- denly brought up. consistent with the intent of the chair- clear posture. I think it should be done Mr. KERREY. First of all, I think it man of the Armed Services Committee. with a lot of consultation with a lot of would be a very unwise thing to do. First of all, as the Senator from Col- different people, other than only the Again, as I indicated earlier, Presi- orado pointed out, the primary point of President and his immediate sur- dent Bush took action on START II the Warner amendment is to ensure rounding staff. I think the amendment after the election of 1992. President that two specific studies are done; that of Senator WARNER does that. I think Bush committed troops to Somalia late this cannot be done just on the certifi- it is certainly compatible and con- in his term without getting my objec- cation of the President. That is the pri- sistent with what the committee has tion to do it. I wasn’t going to draw a mary distinction between this amend- been thinking in terms of the studies line in the sand late in his term if he ment and the amendment from the they think are necessary, both in long- saw a threat to this Nation. And if he Senator from Nebraska. term as well as short-term posturing had a policy, I would agree with that With respect to those two studies, with the nuclear forces. Personally, I policy. I was not going to prevent him one of them is the quadrennial review. think probably there is going to be an from doing it simply because it would That is the review that Congress now opportunity for us to reduce some of be late. I think that would be inadvis- requires of the President every 4 years. our nuclear forces. But it has to be able. It is a very long set of requirements done with a lot of forethought and I look at the language of the amend- that take all of the defense needs of the careful study. I don’t think we are ment. I don’t see any need to do in the country into account in a coordinated, going to solve that on the Senate floor. amendment what the Senator is say- structured way. I think it is going to take people who ing. It seems to me that the language It is in that context that I believe, know and understand all the details of of the amendment says it has to be incidentally, Governor Bush would the program—both ours as well as submitted by December 2001, but also probably want to have this review throughout the world—to make this there is language in there precluding done. I can’t speak for Governor Bush. decision. I don’t think it can be made President Clinton, if he could, to accel- But I am certain after having talked to quickly. erate a review if he chose to. him that he has in mind approaching Mr. KERREY. The Senator’s answer I am trying to get the Senator to our defense structure generally in a is yes, for a new President. He could do talk me into voting for his amendment somewhat different way than the past it as long as he is satisfied with the because it seems to me the language of administration has. He has some dif- definition of ‘‘careful review.’’ He could his amendment would allow the Presi- ferent strategies in mind. do it prior to December of 2001. Accord- dent, if he chose to, to do the review My guess is that he would want the ing to this amendment, it has to be just as President-elect Bush or Presi- nuclear review to be done consistent submitted by 2001. So a careful review dent-elect GORE could do. with the quadrennial review so that could be done before December 2001. Mr. WARNER. I think the Senator the Nuclear Posture Review would be I am trying to get the Senator to from Nebraska has carefully pointed coordinated with the quadrennial re- talk me into voting for his amendment. out that some clarification of this De- view. That is precisely what the War- That is what I am attempting to do cember timeframe is desirable. I will ner amendment calls for. It says:

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.001 S06JN0 9508 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 6, 2000 The secretary of defense shall submit to those forces in Kosovo, and before that sense for America. The world is dif- Congress in unclassified and classified forms we did it in the gulf war. In both cases ferent now than it used to be. The as necessary a report on the result of the Nu- we used our bomber forces. President ought to, upon proper re- clear Posture Review concurrently with the Some of these bomber forces, such as view, determine the size of our nuclear Quadrennial Defense Review due in Decem- ber of 2001. the B–2 bomber, clearly count in terms strategic forces. of strategic warheads. If we were to Where I think perhaps we may have a The Senator from Nebraska is quite bring the strategic warheads down too disagreement, although perhaps he now correct. That report would be acceler- far, the result of that would be to take is convinced, is that rather than sim- ated some. As a practical matter, how- ply saying the President can have that ever, it is not going to be accelerated out of service bombers which we need not just for strategic purposes but for authority and can exercise it irrespec- to the point that would occur in the tive of what the Congress did last year year 2000, and as a result it would, in conventional purposes as well. That is why this gets to be a pretty in passing the law that said no, rather fact, occur during the next administra- complicated matter and why it than taking that approach, it makes tion—not this administration, the way shouldn’t be done quickly. It certainly much more sense to ensure that the the amendment is written, at least as I shouldn’t be done merely for political President makes this decision with the read it. reasons. I am not suggesting that any calm, cool reflection of the quadrennial While it does not tie the Nuclear Pos- review and the strategic nuclear pos- ture Review to a specific date, it does President would do that. That is why clearly a Nuclear Pos- ture review having been done. When say that it should be submitted concur- ture Review is critical to any proposal those two things are done and sub- rently with the QDR, whenever that that the President would make in this mitted concurrently, it will be an ap- happens to be submitted. regard or any decision he would an- propriate time for the President then I think that is the answer to the Sen- to make this decision. ator’s question. I think this is a very nounce. Because you are talking about the interrelationship between conven- Mr. KERREY. First, I appreciate reasonable approach. I hope the Sen- very much the statement of the Sen- ator will support the amendment for tional and strategic forces, you should tie this to the QDR as well. ator from Arizona. We have been to- that reason. gether on a number of occasions before I again go back to primarily the That is why the Warner amendment very wisely says the Nuclear Posture the intelligence committee and in the point that was made, and that is that public environment talking about the we have two different approaches. One Review, and the quadrennial review should be submitted concurrently, and threat of the missiles, especially from relies on just the certification of the rogue states. I have enjoyed those asso- President that he thinks this is a good that when they are, the President could make a decision to reduce our ciations very much. thing to do. The other specifically re- He is quite right; the systems are ex- warheads below that called for by this quires him to do the Nuclear Posture tremely complicated. We do talk about agreement. Review and the quadrennial review and warheads and we ought to focus on the One more point in response to a point to submit those two concurrently. platforms. One of the problems is that that the Senator from Massachusetts Then the President can, if need be, it is very rare we have a chance to made earlier. The inference of his re- bring the force structure down. focus on any of these. It is debated too marks was now that START II has I would like to make one other point, little, in my view. These are not bul- been ratified by both the United States if I could. If the Senator from Nebraska lets; these are very complicated sys- and Russia, there is no reason why we wishes to interrupt me, that is fine. tems. If you are the STRATCOM, you can’t bring these warhead numbers The second point I want to make is have a Presidential directive that tells down. But that is not true. START II this: There is a tendency to speak in you what you are supposed to do. just sort of hypothetical terms about has not been ratified unconditionally Again, that is where it all begins, with numbers: Well, 6,000 is a lot or 3,000 by the Duma. The Duma in Russia rati- a Presidential directive and a PPD 60 seems more reasonable. fied START II with conditions, and that was updated during the Clinton What everyone really needs to under- until those conditions are satisfied, administration. You set forth talents. stand is that we are talking about one Russia will not submit its articles of You are the CINC in charge of this. of the most complex sets of inter- ratification. They will not become ef- You have ICBMs, submarine launch related considerations that exist in our fective. Until they are deposited with ballistic missiles; you have your bomb- defense strategic posture. the appropriate international body, ers at your disposal; and you are calcu- The Senator from Nebraska, as the and I believe it is Geneva, Switzerland, lating whether they will be reliable, vice chairman of the Intelligence Com- the Duma ratification of START II is whether they are available, whether mittee until very recently, appreciates not effective. It is conditional upon they will be able to do what that Presi- this point as well as anyone. I know two things that the U.S. won’t approve: dential directive says you have to do. I that. Among the things that have to be the so-called multilateralization agree- am challenging the Presidential direc- considered, for example, in bringing ment and another agreement which tive, the policy itself. the number of warheads down, are two limits the way in which our tactical As I understand it, I thought earlier things: First, though we all talk in missile defenses could be arrayed. we could have some flexibility in this terms of warheads, the Senator from We are at a stalemate in terms of amendment. I am uncomfortable tying Nebraska knows and the chairman of START II. That is why it is inaccurate this thing to quadrennial review. I the Armed Services Committee knows to argue that since both countries have don’t want to speak for the administra- that isn’t what we really count. We now ratified START II, the President tion. I am not on the Armed Services count delivery systems. Those delivery might as well bring the numbers down. Committee so I haven’t been there systems include ICBMs, missiles on That is not true. There may be good when they made the presentations, but submarines, and bombers, which are reason to bring those numbers down ir- I have, as a consequence of being pro- the three legs of the triad that deliver respective of START II, but it is not an voked to do so, requested a briefing the warheads. argument that because both countries from STRATCOM that was given to Here is just one consideration that have ratified START II, now the Presi- General Shalikashvili in 1997 and was goes into this equation. The United dent should bring the warhead numbers presented to the Armed Services Com- States has a need to project its conven- down. In point of fact, START II has mittee. I believe both the chairman tional forces. We are the superpower of not yet been legally ratified by Russia. and ranking member received that the world. We try to keep peace in The bottom line is I agree with Presi- briefing, as well. I am satisfied that is parts of the world when other nations dent Bush. I take it, to some extent a current analysis. I am satisfied that cannot do so because among other based upon what I know of Senator it needs relatively little attention. things, we have the reach to get to KERREY’s comments, that we ought to I don’t agree with what the chairman those places. We recently involved make a determination which makes has said, saying that the President has

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.001 S06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 9509 not been evaluating this over the last 7 However, I think I agree with what friend from Nebraska points out, in years. He has arms control negotiators. the Senator from Virginia suggested 1997 there was an additional review. I In fact, he has resisted pressure from before, which is if that Quadrennial De- do not think any of us want to suggest this side of the aisle to do the very fense Review and Nuclear Posture Re- the chiefs did not do a thoughtful re- thing I am talking about right now. He view is submitted before December of view in 1997, saying we could safely go, has been unwilling to do it; he has been 2001, at that point this waiver could be in a START III agreement, to a lower unwilling to go lower, to do the thing exercised by a President. level than START II. But we are stuck that President Bush did in 1991. Mr. KYL. That is exactly my under- at START I. We are at START I levels. I am not certain, even if this section standing, too. That is precisely the Now we are saying we will let the next were stricken, that the President way I think it reads. President go to a lower level than would take any action, but I am not Mr. LEVIN. Will the Senator yield START I, but not this, because we willing to accept that there hasn’t been for a question? want it to be thoughtful, when we had a sufficient amount of review done on Mr. KERREY. I am pleased to yield. a thoughtful review in 1994. We will not this, and I think it would be unwise, as Mr. LEVIN. What is interesting to let them go on. We had a thoughtful re- I hear now, not only restricting Presi- me is that there has been an argument view in 1997 to which we won’t let him dent Clinton but restricting President- from the Senator from Virginia and go. elect Bush or President-elect GORE. our good friend from Arizona that Of course, it should be thoughtful. Earlier in a colloquy with the author there should be a review; until there is We have had two of them right in the of the amendment, it seemed there was a review, there should not be a reduc- RECORD, right before us, that we are some flexibility. But I hear the Senator tion in our force from START I levels. saying, in the Kerrey amendment, to from Arizona saying, no, there is not; Mr. WARNER. That is correct. which we ought to allow a Commander it would have to be submitted concur- Mr. LEVIN. There was a review in in Chief to go. We have the Chiefs say- rent with the quadrennial review, 1994—1994. In 1994, the START II level ing they want the option to go to the which is expected in December of 2001, was deemed to be adequate by the START II levels. Unless we say the and it may not be done 2001. It could chiefs. There was a nuclear posture re- chiefs do not act thoughtfully—and I take longer than December of 2001. We view in 1994. do not think anybody in this Chamber are saying that the current President Then, in 1996, we come along and say wants to take that position—then it and future Presidents could not, if they you can’t go to START II levels. You seems to me we should allow a Com- got an attractive offer from the Rus- have to stay with START I levels, we mander in Chief to go to the thoughtful sians to accept the kind of modifica- said, by law—by law. Posture Review level of 1994 and the tions in ABM that permit a vigorous So we had this thoughtful Nuclear thoughtful 1997 level. deployment of missile defense along Posture Review that took place in 1994, So the first thing we need to do is in- the lines of what Governor Bush is but we won’t let a Commander in Chief terpret what this amendment means. I talking about, this would prohibit Gov- implement that Nuclear Posture Re- do not know if Senator WARNER agrees ernor Bush from doing that unless we view, which was thoughtfully carried with this, but I think Senator KYL has came in and changed the law again. out and which supported the START II suggested the way I phrased that inter- I think we should not be tying the levels in 1994 because we came along a pretation was accurate. I would be ask- hands of the President in these kinds of year and a half later and said you have ing a question, even though Senator negotiations. What current law does, as to stick with the START I levels. KERREY has the floor, of Senator WAR- modified by the Senator from Virginia, Now the chiefs are very much op- NER, whether he agrees with Senator is to untie it slightly, but as I under- posed to that requirement in law that KYL’s interpretation of the Warner stand it now and if the Senator from restricts us to START I levels, the amendment. Virginia agrees regarding the expla- higher levels, and doesn’t allow a Com- Mr. KERREY. Let me ask Senator nation of the Senator from Arizona in mander in Chief to go to the START II WARNER the question. an earlier evaluation, that could not be levels. They have written us, and they Mr. WARNER. I ask my colleague to done, but only submitted concurrent have testified. Here is General Shelton: restate his position for clarity, and with the submission of the quadrennial I would definitely oppose inclusion of any then I will clearly indicate. review. language that mandates specific force struc- Mr. KERREY. In answering the ques- Mr. LEVIN. Will the Senator yield? ture levels. tion of the Senator from Michigan, Mr. KERREY. I yield. General Shelton: that portion that was directed to me at Mr. LEVIN. My understanding is the The Service Chiefs and I feel it is time to least, first of all I say you are right. I Senator from Arizona and the Senator consider options that will reduce the stra- think the question is, Do we need an from Virginia would have to make a tegic forces to the levels recommended by additional review, more than we have decision on this because it is his the Nuclear Posture Review. already had, to support a President if amendment. But my understanding is That was 1994. He went on: the President decides to go at lower that the decision of the President to The START I legislative restraint will levels? That is what this amendment lower the force structure—what he ne- need to be removed before we can pursue says. This amendment says we need ad- gotiates is a totally different issue. We these options. Major costs will be incurred if ditional review and it needs to be more are not limiting what the President we remain at START I levels. thoughtful than we have had thus far. can negotiate in terms of a treaty So we required that they stick at I am prepared to say, with the little which will then be submitted to the START I levels, in 1996. And then some I know—you know more than I on this Senate. of us now are critical of the Com- subject—that we have had thoughtful We are talking about a force struc- mander in Chief for not going to a dif- and serous review done. What the ture which has to be maintained, sub- ferent force structure. We are saying: amendment does is it ties the hands of ject to being changed either by treaty Well, that’s the law. We passed the law. a President, this President and the when ratified becomes the law of the We require him to stay at the START President-elect, if we have to wait for land, or by a subsequent law. I levels. And now some of us criticize it to be submitted concurrently with What this language does, as I under- him for trying to do something precipi- the quadrennial review, and it weakens stand it, and I think I partly agree tously, without adequate study. him as a consequence. It says to the with the Senator from Arizona, is that There was an adequate study. It was people who are negotiating with him, if he could not lower the force structure called a Nuclear Posture Review in an offer is put on the table by this until that Quadrennial Defense Review 1994, which said the START II levels President that is different from what and Nuclear Posture Review are sub- were adequate for the security of this the current law allows, he cannot do it. mitted. I think that is the way the country. We will not let him go to the He can’t sit down and negotiate with amendment reads. START II levels. Then, as my good President Putin to go to lower levels in

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.001 S06JN0 9510 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 6, 2000 exchange for a modification of ABM be- have narrowed, for the benefit of the league, and I am going to now send an cause the law prevents him from doing Senate, where the differences are on amendment to the desk and ask for its it. the two sides. immediate consideration. It weakens an incumbent President. Unless my colleague from Colorado The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without That is exactly what it does. I think has further to say on this amendment, objection, the clerk will report. that is what it is intended to do. That I will proceed to do another amend- The bill clerk read as follows: is what it will successfully accomplish. ment at this time. The Senator from Virginia [Mr. WARNER], I don’t think—in fact, I know—from Mr. LEVIN. Will the Senator yield for himself, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. THURMOND, Mr. my experience of the Senator from Vir- for just one procedural question? INOUYE, Mr. HOLLINGS, Mr. STEVENS, Mr. ginia that is precisely the opposite of Mr. WARNER. Yes, of course. ROTH, Mr. HELMS, Mr. MOYNIHAN, Mr. LAU- the sort of thing he would want. He Mr. LEVIN. Is it the intention, then, TENBERG, Mr. GORTON, Mr. AKAKA, and Mr. KERREY, proposes an amendment numbered would avoid it. I am going to listen to of the Senator from Virginia to modify 3189. the answer of the Senator from Vir- his pending amendment? Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask ginia and then come back in the morn- Mr. WARNER. I thank the Senator unanimous consent that reading of the ing to hear even more. from Michigan. It is not my intention amendment be dispensed with. to modify the amendment of the Sen- But in the spirit of bipartisanship, I The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ator from Virginia at the desk at this understand the Senator from Virginia objection, it is so ordered. is going to be offering later, perhaps, time. The amendment is as follows: an amendment that would provide Mr. LEVIN. The modification I was referring to was not a technical modi- On page 613, after line 12, insert the fol- some resources for the operation of a lowing: fication to comply with the unanimous World War II memorial. SEC. 3403. DISPOSAL OF TITANIUM. Mr. WARNER. That is my intention. consent agreement. The modification I (a) DISPOSAL REQUIRED.—Subject to sub- Mr. KERREY. I would like to be was referring to is whether the Senator section (b), the President shall, by Sep- added as a cosponsor of that. from Virginia is intending to modify tember 30, 2010, dispose of 30,000 short tons of Mr. WARNER. At long last, he is any of the language relative to that titanium contained in the National Defense joining me. I am going to do that as 2001 date. Stockpile so as to result in receipts to the soon as the opportunity presents itself. Mr. WARNER. At this time I do not United States in a total amount that is not I yield the floor. think it is necessary. I will ask the less than $180,000,000. (b) MINIMIZATION OF DISRUPTION AND The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Chair, for the purposes of clarity, is the LOSS.—The President may not dispose of ti- ator from Arizona. amendment of the Senator from Vir- tanium under subsection (a) to the extent Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I believe the ginia in order? that the disposal will result in— question of the Senator from Michigan The PRESIDING OFFICER. Yes, it is. (1) undue disruption of the usual markets through the Senator from Nebraska to Mr. WARNER. There was some con- of producers, processors, and consumers of the Senator from Virginia is whether cern, technically, heretofore that it titanium; or he agreed with me. was not. (2) avoidable loss to the United States. My interpretation is simply the lan- Mr. LEVIN. That is correct. (c) TREATMENT OF RECEIPTS.—Notwith- Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, we will standing section 9 of the Strategic and Crit- guage of the amendment which says ical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. that the Nuclear Posture Review shall lay aside this amendment for the time 98h), funds received as a result of the dis- be submitted concurrently with the being. posal of titanium under subsection (a) shall quadrennial review, which is due in De- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The be applied as follows: $174,000,000 to defray cember—— unanimous consent agreement we are the costs of health care benefit improvement Mr. WARNER. No later than. operating under at the present time for retired military personnel; and $6,000,000 Mr. KYL. No later than December does not contemplate any additional for transfer to the American Battle Monu- 2001. It could be, therefore, submitted amendments, so it would require unan- ments Commission for deposit in the fund es- prior to that date. It all depends upon imous consent. tablished under section 2113 of title 36, United States Code, for the World War II me- when the QDR would be submitted. But Mr. WARNER. That is correct. I am morial authorized by section 1 of Public Law it does have to be at the same time. simply at this point in time asking my 103–32 (107 Stat. 90). If I could just make one other point, colleague for unanimous consent that I (d) WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL.—(1) The I am advised by staff that the last can send to the desk an amendment re- amount transferred to the American Battle quadrennial review did not include a lating to the World War II veterans me- Monuments Commission under subsection (c) review of the nuclear posture. So the morial. shall be used to complete all necessary re- last Nuclear Posture Review was in The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there quirements for the design of, ground break- objection? ing for, construction of, maintenance of, and fact in 1994. dedication of the World War II memorial. Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, my col- Mr. LEVIN. Reserving the right to The Commission shall determine how the league is correct on that. I can verify object, we just need a few minutes to amount shall be apportioned among such that. And I agree with his interpreta- look at it. We just received it. purposes. tion of my amendment. It is as simple Mr. WARNER. Why don’t we put in a (2) Any funds not necessary for the pur- as that. brief quorum call, Mr. President. poses set forth in paragraph (1) shall be Mr. LEVIN. I think I did say the Nu- I suggest the absence of a quorum. transferred to and deposited in the general clear Posture Review of 1994, which was The PRESIDING OFFICER. The fund of the Treasury. (e) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER DISPOSAL AU- a thoughtful review which supports clerk will call the roll. THORITY.—The disposal authority provided in START II levels. The Commander has The bill clerk proceeded to call the subsection (a) is new disposal authority and been precluded from going to that by roll. is in addition to, and shall not affect, any our law. Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask other disposal authority provided by law re- Mr. WARNER. It comes down to a unanimous consent that the order for garding materials in the National Defense very practical application, that we be- the quorum call be rescinded Stockpile. lieve strongly—and this amendment re- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. AL- Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, our be- cites it—that certain steps should be LARD). Without objection, it is so or- loved former colleague, former major- taken before any President makes such dered. ity leader, Senator Dole, and others important decisions with regard to the AMENDMENT NO. 3189 have been very active in raising funds numbers in our future arsenals. (Purpose: To require the disposal of a certain to build a memorial to those who Mr. President, under the unanimous quantity of titanium from the National served in World War II. I have been in consent agreement, this debate can Defense Stockpile) consultation with him, as have other continue tomorrow. I think we have Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I have Members of the Senate, with regard to had an excellent debate. I think we consulted with my distinguished col- the success of this memorial effort.

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.001 S06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 9511 It has been successful. Today Senator This is a recognition of the contribu- Congress, is, and reflects where the Dole was proud to receive a donation tion of millions of Americans, upwards American people are because they from the private sector in excess of of 16 million who wore the uniform in would, I think, applaud what the good some $14 million. What a fitting day, that period, and treble that amount at Senator from Virginia is doing here to- the 56th anniversary of D-Day. I called home were involved in the industrial night, and I am happy to join. I thank Senator Dole, after consultation with a base, all of the activities to support him. He points out many things that I number of my colleagues, most specifi- those who were on the battlefronts in won’t amplify, given the hour, except cally those colleagues in addition to the Pacific and in Europe. to say it is surely the right day today, myself who served in World War II, to So it was America’s generation of this 56th anniversary of D-Day. get their concurrence in a decision that uniformed and those civilians here at When he talks about how the Amer- I had made sometime earlier to the ef- home who fought courageously and ican people who participated in that ef- fect that I thought Congress should sacrificed in so many ways to make fort are all being honored, surely first participate in the funding of a portion victory assured against tyranny. and foremost are our veterans, but all of this memorial, a relatively small The memorial campaign currently is the American people who are behind portion that remains to be raised to progressing toward raising the $139.6 them; it is such an important point for reach the goal. I asked Senator Dole to million needed to build this lasting me- all of us to remember. come today, which he did several hours morial to the generation that con- I remember as a kid the minute, lit- ago. We met. We reached concurrence quered tyranny in the 20th century. tle contribution we kids were making, on the following language, which I will While the campaign is very close to the going around the streets looking for address to the Senate. goal, we in the Congress now have an wrappers that we could peel off the foil, This is becoming a campaign to build opportunity to show our support and put it together in a little ball of metal, this memorial. It is all America. It is add our shoulder to the wheel. and then, with all the little balls of extraordinary. I was very heavily in- The site on The National Mall has metal, put together a tank or an air- volved in the funding, the legislation been chosen, preliminary design ap- plane. But first and foremost, obvi- and other aspects of the Vietnam Vet- proved, and the intent is to break ously, it is the veterans, those who erans Memorial, spent 2 or 3 years be- ground on Veterans Day weekend, this didn’t come back and those who did. fore, in fact, or more working with the November. Since the private sector is I thank the Senator from Virginia for courageous group that envisioned that generously donating the funds needed doing this. I don’t know if he listed all magnificent memorial. I can remember to design, construct, and maintain the the cosponsors. when it was just a glimmer in our eyes, memorial—over $120 million as of Mr. WARNER. I was about to do that. the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. I today—I believe it is appropriate for It is so hard for the current generation think there were 10,000 different de- Congress also to support the memorial of people to remember that period. signs that came in. I remember going campaign. Both of us do. I happen to have been in out to Andrews Air Force Base where The amendment I introduce tonight, uniform. I remember where we had a all the designs for the Vietnam Vet- together with my distinguished col- little book of stamps, savings bonds, erans Memorial were posted. We had a league from Michigan, Mr. LEVIN, will and you put your quarter stamps in. group of experts examine them. show the support of Congress for this You were rationing butter, meat, shoes Finally, the experts came down on important project. Specifically, the and clothing. We never thought about the design which is the current wall. It amendment provides for $6 million to it. It was our way of backing the men was designed by a young architectural the American Battle Monuments Com- and women in uniform. I remember it student or just a graduate, 21 years old. mission from the revenues of sale of ti- was 3 gallons, I think, a week of gaso- It was as if the hand of providence tanium from the national defense line that you had. My father was a doc- reached down and touched those indi- stockpile—nonappropriated funds, Mr. tor, and I remember that doctors had viduals who started that campaign, President. The $6 million should be an additional allocation of gasoline so who saw it through at times when we used to complete all necessary require- they could make hospital calls and didn’t have $5 in the bank and we ments for the design of, visit homes. It was just an extraor- worked to rescue it. Then this brilliant groundbreaking for, construction of, dinary hour in America, the way there woman, Maya Lin, created the design maintenance of, and dedication of the was a total effort. out of 10,000 submissions. So much for World War II memorial. Mr. LEVIN. All the way down to the that history. The Commission plans to complete kids. I have a very modest association construction and dedicate the memo- Mr. WARNER. Yes. I remember pick- with Senator Dole and others who are rial on Veterans Day, 2002. We cannot ing up little bits off the cigarette packs working on this, but I am happy to wait a moment longer to show our sup- and the tin foil. present this to the Senate tonight as port for this project. It is astonishing Mr. LEVIN. We used to flatten cans. America’s campaign. Citizens across that over 1,000 men and women each After we were done with a can of food, our land, corporations, foundations, day who proudly wore the uniform, of we would take off the other end that veterans groups, civic, fraternal, pro- that 16 million total, are passing on to hadn’t been opened, put it in a box, fessional organizations and State legis- their great rewards—1,000 a day who flatten the can, and carry in the boxes latures, yes, indeed, State legislatures, die. Now it is the hour for Congress to of tins. have generously contributed to this act and put our shoulder to the wheel Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, does important cause. Hundreds of thou- to give our expression, along with all the Senator remember the collection of sands of individual Americans, young other Americans, for this great project. scrap metal? I will never forget it. In and old, are rallying behind the oppor- I yield the floor. those days, the Nation’s Capital, where tunity to say thank you to a genera- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- we lived, had great big trash trucks, tion of Americans from the World War ator from Michigan is recognized. and the trucks ran overtime. They II generation. It is to the military men Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I con- would come down the street, and peo- and women who wore the uniforms, but gratulate and thank the Senator from ple would come out and put all kinds of I, as a young person who went into the Virginia for his leadership in this mat- scrap metal in the trucks. I remember service in January 1945, remember the ter. This is a relatively small contribu- the person who lived across from me war was raging, the Battle of the Bulge tion from the people, acting through came out with an armful of magnifi- had not been completed yet. The cam- its Congress. The private sector is cent guns—shotguns and rifles that be- paign in Iwo Jima was about to start. funding 95 percent of this effort. This is longed to her husband—and the trash The whole of America was involved in really symbolic almost, but it is an im- guys looked at them and just threw that war, whether you were in uniform portant contribution. It symbolizes them in the truck. I don’t know that or whether you were on the home front. where the heart of this institution, this those guns ever got to the scrap heap,

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.001 S06JN0 9512 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 6, 2000 but I remember that as if it were yes- Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I urge diers who clearly saw the approaching terday. adoption of the amendment. storm clouds. They pushed the nation Mr. LEVIN. I saw letters of President The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there toward an unprecedented level of pre- Roosevelt the other day thanking peo- is no further debate on the amendment, war preparedness that arguably saved ple for their donations—I think it was the amendment is agreed to. lives and formed the very foundations of telescopes; I am not sure. It was The amendment (No. 3189) was agreed of the great victories of democracy something which people just put into to. that were to follow. the war effort, either scrapped or used Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I move With the end of the war, the ROA re- in some way. to reconsider the vote. sumed its normal operations, raising This is a special tribute to those of Mr. LEVIN. I move to lay that mo- and maintaining the nation’s aware- our colleagues, including yourself, who tion on the table. ness of the role and contributions of its were in World War II. I know you are The motion to lay on the table was military forces in the uneasy post-war going to list them. But as this honor agreed to. world. It was in these tense days, in roll of heroes is read by the Senator Mr. WARNER. I thank my distin- June 1950, that the Congress granted from Virginia, I think we are all going guished colleague for joining me and the ROA the formal charter that estab- to stand very proud that we have so for his kind remarks about our col- lished the association’s object and pur- many Members still in this body who leagues. pose. That formulation was clear and served in World War II and, of course, Mr. President, we have made some direct, unambiguous and unequivocal: many who did serve in this body who accomplishments today. The hour is 8 ROA was ‘‘to support a military policy served in World War II who are also o’clock, and we started promptly at for the United States that will provide being honored. Senator Dole, of course, about 2:45. I thank all who participated adequate national security and to pro- is very much in the lead in this effort, in moving this. We have an order for mote the development and execution but so many others came before us who tomorrow which lays out the work. thereof.’’ are currently in this body who served. f For 50 years, the ROA has followed How many are there who served in that guidance, and taken the lead in this body? MORNING BUSINESS rigorously advocating a strong and via- Mr. WARNER. I have spoken to every Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask ble national defense posture for our na- one of them today. I will read their unanimous consent that the Senate tion. The ROA has worked to support names in the order of seniority of the proceed to a period of morning business concepts that have strengthened our Senate: Senator THURMOND, who with Senators permitted to speak up to ability to preserve our freedom and to crossed the beaches on D-Day. He did it 10 minutes each. advance our national interests across in a glider, and it crashed, he was in- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without the world. It worked to revitalize and jured, but he went on and took up his objection, it is so ordered. fund the Selective Service System, duties despite that. Senator INOUYE is f support our Cold War allies, and focus one of the most highly decorated Mem- the weight of public opinion in favor of TRIBUTE TO THE RESERVE OFFI- bers of the Senate. The President up- our national commitment during the CERS ASSOCIATION OF THE graded his decoration from the Distin- Gulf War and expanding NATO. It has UNITED STATES ON THE OCCA- guished Service Cross to the Medal of played a major role in persuading the SION OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY Honor; is that correct? Congress to provide more than $15 bil- OF THE ASSOCIATION’S CON- Mr. LEVIN. That is correct. It will be lion in critically needed equipment for GRESSIONAL CHARTER presented in a ceremony this month at our nation’s Reserve components. In the White House. That was something Mr. THURMOND. Mr. President, it is addition, the ROA has also clearly un- Senator INOUYE was not even aware of with a great deal of professional pleas- derstood that not all ideas are good until he read about it. ure and personal pride that I rise today ideas. It successfully opposed efforts to Mr. WARNER. No. There is not a to honor an organization in which I am combine the Army Reserve and Na- more modest Member of the Senate. a life member and served as the 21st tional Guard, and to disestablish the Mr. LEVIN. So true. national president nearly 50 years ago. Coast Guard, and Air Force Reserves, Mr. WARNER. What a great strength The organization of which I speak is as well as the Selective Service System he has been to national defense in the our neighbor across First Street, the and the commissioned officer corps of 22 years we have worked on this. Reserve Officers Association of the the National Oceanic and Atmospheric FRITZ HOLLINGS was in the European United States, though it is perhaps Administration. campaign. Senator STEVENS was an Air best known simply by its initials— Mr. President, the ROA has, for the Corps pilot, before there was an Air ROA. The association was organized in past 78 years, proven itself to be a Force; he flew in the Pacific. Senator 1922, at the instigation of General of strong and articulate voice in the halls BILL ROTH was in the Army. Senator the Armies John J. Pershing, who was of Congress and the corridors of gov- HELMS was in the Navy. Senator MOY- then serving as the Army’s Chief of ernment for all our service members. It NIHAN was in the Navy, and he was Staff. Like many others who served in has lived up to its charter and sup- proud to call me Secretary of the Navy. uniform in World War I, General Per- ported the cause of national defense in I was just a petty officer third class. shing was convinced that the war could seasons when it has not been popular to Senator LAUTENBERG served. Senator have been significantly shortened or do so. It has established an enviable GORTON served in the Army right at avoided altogether if an adequate pool reputation for nonpartisan expertise the end. Senator AKAKA served. I was a of trained officers had existed at the and even-handed advocacy, a reputa- young sailor, and we were trained dur- time. Taking his sentiments to heart, tion that has grown and flourished as ing the invasion of Japan, and the war 140 Reserve officers met at Washing- defense issues have become ever more ended very precipitously. ton’s Willard Hotel and organized the complex in these days of the Total Mr. LEVIN. Senator Bob KERREY also Reserve Officers Association. It was Force Policy. The ROA enjoys the con- wanted to be added as a cosponsor. largely through the dedicated efforts of fidence of the Congress and of the De- Mr. WARNER. Senator Robert this voluntary organization and its partment of Defense. Its successful leg- KERREY is a Medal of Honor winner. We members that the United States estab- islative efforts have made it a valued will add him as a cosponsor. I ask lished its Officer Reserve Corps, which partner in the formulation and devel- unanimous consent that they all be was to supply the great majority of opment of the annual defense bills and made cosponsors, along with myself America’s trained officers in the days in building broad, bipartisan support and Senator LEVIN. leading up to World War II. It is appro- for our men and women in uniform. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without priate for the Senate to note that these Over the years I have learned that seri- objection, it is so ordered. first ROA members were citizen-sol- ous debate on any issue dealing with

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.001 S06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 9513 our Reserve forces is not complete changes with senior Russian nuclear University of Mississippi Law School. until we have heard from the ROA. As commanders built a legacy of respect, After graduating third in his class and the number of members of Congress mutual understanding and cooperation. earning his Juris Doctorate degree in with personal military experience has The general’s insight in planning and 1966, Bob Khayat entered private prac- declined, the importance of ROA’s con- evaluating the command’s communica- tice in Pascagoula, Mississippi. In 1969 tribution to developing our military tion capabilities assured the nation he became a law professor at Ole Miss. policy has increased exponentially. The that the communication between the From 1980 to 1981, Bob Khayat took a ROA has played and will continue to President, Secretary of Defense, Joint leave of absence to pursue a Masters of play a crucial role in shaping the de- Chiefs and men and women at the helm Law degree, which he received from bate over the appropriate roles and of ballistic missile submarines, inter- Yale Law School. Returning to teach missions of our Armed Forces. The na- continental ballistic missiles and nu- at Ole Miss Law School, he was pro- tion is most fortunate to have such an clear bombers remained intact despite moted to Associate Dean before serving asset to call upon. We should all be Y2K concerns. His efforts will have an as Vice Chancellor for University Af- grateful. enduring, positive impact on strategic fairs in 1984. In 1994 he served as in- Mr. President, I urge all Senators to stability for many years to come. terim athletic director before becom- join me in congratulating the Reserve Lieutenant General Ford and his ing the University of Mississippi’s 15th Officers Association of the United wife, Kris leave the military after a Chancellor. States on the fiftieth anniversary of distinguished 34 year career serving Chancellor Robert Khayat plays an the granting of its congressional char- their nation. The people of the United instrumental role for the State of Mis- ter. States salute General Ford and Mrs. sissippi. He is known for his tireless f Ford and wish them well as they begin leadership which he has exemplified as a new chapter of their lives after mili- a student, an athlete, a professor and TRIBUTE TO LIEUTENANT tary service. finally as Chancellor of the University GENERAL PHILLIP J. FORD, USAF f of Mississippi. Chancellor Khayat’s Mr. KERREY. Mr. President, I rise character is a tremendous asset to Ole today to pay tribute to a life of service RECOGNITION OF CHANCELLOR Miss. As a person, he is a role model for devoted to defending the values and ROBERT KHAYAT’S INDUCTION all who know him. ideals of our nation. On July 1, 2000 the INTO THE MISSISSIPPI SPORTS Mr. President, on behalf of my fellow country will lose to retirement its Dep- HALL OF FAME Mississippians, I would like to com- uty Commander in Chief of the United Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I rise today mend Chancellor Khayat for his leader- States Strategic Command, Lieutenant to congratulate my close friend, Robert ship, his accomplishments, and his con- General Phillip J. Ford, USAF. Khayat. On March 9, 2000, Chancellor tinued dedication to making our home Through his leadership, General Ford Khayat was inducted into the Mis- state a better place. While I am recog- has taken the United States and U.S. sissippi Sports Hall of Fame. I want to nizing Chancellor Khayat for his induc- Strategic Command into a new world recognize Chancellor Khayat not just tion into the Mississippi Sports Hall of environment. During his career, his because of his recent induction into Fame, his many talents and abilities guidance and foresight helped see the this prestigious group, but also for his distinguish him in countless other U.S. Military into the new millennium. dedication to the State of Mississippi. areas as well. Throughout a career that spans four Robert Khayat played college base- f decades, General Ford has commanded ball and football at our mutual alma the 8th Air Force, the 384th Bomb mater, the University of Mississippi. IN MEMORY OF DR. WALTER Wing, and the 524th Bomb Squadron. As Playing catcher for Ole Miss, he led the WASHINGTON commander of the 384th at McConnell team to two consecutive SEC Baseball Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, today I rise Air Force Base, Kansas, he transformed Championships. A two-time All SEC to remember an admirable person and a and entire installation to bring in and player, Bob Khayat earned three let- devoted educator, Dr. Walter Wash- support a new B–1 bomber wing. Gen- ters in his sophomore, junior, and sen- ington. Dr. Washington served as a eral Ford has also served as com- ior years. classroom teacher, assistant principal, mandant of the Air Command and Staff During Bob Khayat’s college football Dean of Utica Junior College, Presi- College and held key staff positions at career he demonstrated a definitive dent of Utica Junior College for twelve the Headquarters of the U.S. Air Force, leadership role. At the position of years, and served as President of Military Airlift Command, Air Mobil- place-kicker, ‘‘Golden Toe,’’ as he was Alcorn State University from 1969 to ity Command and Strategic Air Com- called, led the Rebels’ extraordinary 1994. Dr. Washington retired as Presi- mand. football team to many a victory. His dent of Alcorn State University on As the nation’s top bomber com- name is forever in the University of June 30, 1994, and was subsequently mander supporting the United States Mississippi’s history books as one of named President Emeritus by the Mis- Central Command, General Ford di- the greatest place kickers to set foot sissippi Board of Trustees of State In- rected an unprecedented global power on the Ole Miss campus. Coach John stitutions of Higher Learning. strike against Iraq during Operation Vaught’s team secured many victories During his tenure as both an educa- DESERT FOX. Despite tactical and because of Bob Khayat’s athletic abil- tor and administrator, Dr. Washington weapon system limitations, his bomb- ity. He was selected as the place-kicker was a leader in the State of Mississippi ers succeeded in retargeting their air on the Ole Miss Team of the Century. and throughout the country. He was a launched cruise missiles while airborne After graduating from Ole Miss, Bob mentor to all who met him, and he set and en route to their targets. His Khayat played professional football for a high standard for his successors. His forces delivered their weapons on time the Washington Redskins. In his time impact on Mississippi was evident in and on target, guaranteeing mission with the Redskins he scored 204 points, his work as a representative of the success. tied the all-time Redskins record for state on several national commissions. As Deputy Commander in Chief of most field goals made in a single game, As a man of many talents, he served the United States Strategic Command, and was voted into the Pro Bowl. In on the Advisory Council of the Na- and as a strong proponent of an endur- recognition of his great achievements, tional Urban League’s Black Executive ing, stable, strategic relationship with the NFL presented Bob Khayat with Exchange Program and the U.S. Presi- Russia, General Ford championed the the 1998 Career Achievement Award for dent’s Advisory Council on Historically Defense Department’s cooperative his accomplishments on and off the Black Colleges and Universities. In threat reduction activities, to include field. 1982, he was awarded the Outstanding military-to-military contacts. General While performing in the NFL, Robert Presidential Cluster Citation by Presi- Ford’s historic military-to-military ex- Khayat pursued his law degree at the dent Ronald Reagan.

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.001 S06JN0 9514 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 6, 2000 Dr. Washington was a member of sev- old. At first, her fingers and toes access to innovative medical treat- eral professional organizations, includ- swelled up and sent sharp pains into ments for older women and urged Con- ing Kappa Delta Phi, Phi Delta Kappa, her arms and shoulders. Over the next gress to recognize that ‘‘73% of women and Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society. He few years, she had multiple surgeries on Medicare have two or more concur- served as president of the Mississippi to place artificial knuckles in her fin- rent chronic conditions, which often Teachers Association and held mem- gers, to fuse her thumbs, and to replace lead to limitations in the activities of bership in the Mississippi Association both of her wrists with steel rods. Her daily living and the need for long-term of Educators and the national Edu- feet have also been affected. Judith had care. In order to improve the health of cation Association. six surgeries on her feet because bone women suffering with chronic diseases Dr. Washington married his college deterioration made walking very dif- . . . Congress should extend Medicare sweetheart, the former Carolyn Carter, ficult and painful. She now wears a size coverage to self-administered inject- in 1949. In addition to his devotion to 2 shoe because so much bone has been ables.’’ his wife, he was involved in many com- removed from her feet. Unfortunately, Mr. President, we must ensure that munity organizations. Dr. Washington Judith’s suffering did not end with the Medicare beneficiaries have access to received the Silver Beaver Award from surgeries. During recovery, her hands promising and innovative new thera- the Boy Scouts of America, the Distin- had to be placed in cages in order to pies. This legislation will help thou- guished Service Award and Distin- heal properly—which made her com- sands of people living with chronic con- guished Alumni Award from Peabody pletely dependent on others for daily ditions like RA, MS, and Hepatitis C College, and the Service to Humanity activities. On a scale of 1 to 10, Judith live better, happier, and more produc- Award from Mississippi College. He was rated her daily pain as an 8. tive lives. I urge my colleagues to join listed among Ebony’s 100 Most Influen- In January of 1999, Judith’s doctor Senators GORTON, MURRAY, myself and tial Black Americans in 1974, 1975, and prescribed a new self-injectable drug the other co-sponsors in supporting it. 1976, and was selected Mississippi Man- called Enbrel, which had just been ap- f of-the-Year in Education in 1981. proved by the Food and Drug Adminis- Dr. Washington passed away on De- tration (FDA) for the treatment of ad- THE VERY BAD DEBT BOXSCORE cember 1, 1999, but his legacy will live vanced RA. I am proud to add that the Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, at the on as an eternal flame. I was deeply Johns Hopkins University’s Division of close of business yesterday, Monday, saddened to hear the news of his death. Rheumatology was instrumental in the June 5, 2000, the Federal debt stood at Dr. Washington’s reputation for hard development of this breakthrough ther- $5,642,401,863,301.59 (Five trillion, six work and academic excellence set an apy as one of its clinical trial sites. Ju- hundred forty-two billion, four hundred example which will continue to inspire dith says that, within five weeks, she one million, eight hundred sixty-three greatness in the men and women of had less swelling in her fingers and she thousand, three hundred one dollars Mississippi. Such a reputation is the had more energy. As she puts it, she is and fifty-nine cents). greatest tribute to a man’s life. His in- in ‘‘go mode.’’ I am happy to report Five years ago, June 5, 1995, the Fed- sight on predicting the needs of future that Judith has resumed writing, takes eral debt stood at $4,903,928,000,000 students helped to mold Alcorn State daily walks with her family without (Four trillion, nine hundred three bil- University into one of Mississippi’s stopping at every street corner, and lion, nine hundred twenty-eight mil- great universities. truly believes that this treatment has lion). Mr. President, Mississippians and changed her life. Ten years ago, June 5, 1990, the Fed- Americans are grateful for Dr. Wash- Judith is fortunate in that her insur- eral debt stood at $3,127,410,000,000 ington’s public service, and I commend ance plan covers the cost of Enbrel, (Three trillion, one hundred twenty- him for his leadership and accomplish- with a small co-payment. Medicare, on seven billion, four hundred ten mil- ments. the other hand, does not allow cov- lion). f erage of self-administered injectable Fifteen years ago, June 5, 1985, the drugs. It covers only drugs that are ad- Federal debt stood at $1,776,269,000,000 ACCESS TO INNOVATION FOR ministered in a physician’s office. That (One trillion, seven hundred seventy- MEDICARE PATIENTS ACT means that many Medicare bene- six billion, two hundred sixty-nine mil- Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, we ficiaries are going without treatment lion). are so fortunate to live in an era when because they can’t afford it them- Twenty-five years ago, June 5, 1975, modern medical breakthroughs are an selves, or that they are treated with a the Federal debt stood at almost common occurrence. Every day therapy that is covered but may not be $522,954,000,000 (Five hundred twenty- brings new research and insight into the most appropriate or effective treat- two billion, nine hundred fifty-four the human body and diseases that, un- ment. That doesn’t make sense. I am million) which reflects a debt increase fortunately, affect our friends, fami- very proud that most of the break- of more than $5 trillion— lies, co-workers, and ourselves. For ex- throughs in medicine today were in- $5,119,447,863,301.59 (Five trillion, one ample, there are several wonderful new vented in the United States. But break- hundred nineteen billion, four hundred therapies that help people with chronic throughs alone aren’t enough—I be- forty-seven million, eight hundred diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, lieve that every American ought to sixty-three thousand, three hundred multiple sclerosis, and Hepatitis C live have access to those breakthroughs. one dollars and fifty-nine cents) during more active and pain-free lives. I am Medicare patients are certainly no ex- the past 25 years. proud to be an original co-sponsor of ception. f the Access to Innovation for Medicare It is gratifying that this legislation Patients Act (S. 2644), which would ex- is supported by a broad range of ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS tend Medicare coverage to new self-in- women, senior, minority, religious, jected biological therapies for these rural, and health professional organiza- chronic diseases. tions like the Alliance for Aging Re- A RETROSPECTIVE ON RACE One of the most important things I search, the American Public Health As- ∑ Mr. GRAMM. Mr. President, I wish to do as a United States Senator is listen sociation, the National Farmers Union, share with my colleagues a moving to the people and the stories of their the Older Women’s League (OWL), the autobiographical article written by lives. The story of one of my constitu- National Hispanic Council on Aging, Ward Connerly. Mr. Connerly’s intel- ents, Judith Levinson of Rockville, and more than a dozen other organiza- ligence and personal experience with Maryland, is a compelling example of tions. OWL, the only national member- racism blend together into a truly in- the power of these new therapies. Ju- ship organization that works on the sightful analysis and I encourage my dith was diagnosed with rheumatoid issues unique to midlife and older colleagues to read about Mr. arthritis (RA) when she was 40 years women, has stressed the importance of Connerly’s uniquely American story.

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.001 S06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 9515 Mr. President, I ask that the article Yet, I know that race is a scar in America. I called Mom the day after and told her. which appeared in the June 2000 edition I first saw this scar at the beginning of my She apologized for what she’d said earlier. of The American Enterprise be printed life in the segregated South. Black people Ilene’s parents were not so quick to alter should not deny that this mark exists: it is their position. For months, the lines of com- in the RECORD. part of our connection to America. But we munication were down. Sometimes I came LAYING DOWN THE BURDEN OF RACE should also resist all of those, black and home from work and found Ilene sitting on (By Ward Connerly) white, who want to rip open that scar and the couch crying. Not long ago, after I’d given a speech in make race a raw and angry wound that con- Finally her parents agreed to see her, but Hartford, Connecticut, I saw a black man tinues to define and divide us. not me. I drove her up to their house and with a determined look on his face working Left to their own devices, I believe, Ameri- waited in the car while she went in. As the his way toward me through the crowd. I cans will eventually merge and melt into hours passed, I seethed. At one point I start- steeled myself for another abrasive encoun- each other. Throughout our history, there ed the engine and took off, but I didn’t know ter of the kind I’ve come to expect over the has been a constant intermingling of peo- the area and so, after circling the block, past few years. But once this man reached ple—even during the long apartheid of seg- came back and parked again. When Ilene fi- me he stuck out his hand and said thought- regation and Jim Crow. It is malicious as nally came out of the house, she just cried fully, ‘‘You know, I was thinking about some well as unreasonable not to acknowledge for nearly the entire return trip. of the things you said tonight. It occurred to that in our own time the conditions for Today, people would rush to hold Ilene’s me that black people have just got to learn anger have diminished and the conditions for parents guilty of racism. But even when I was smoldering with re- to lay down the burden. It’s like we grew up connection have improved. sentment, I knew it wasn’t that simple. carrying a bag filled with heavy weights on We all know the compelling statistics These were good people—hard working, seri- our shoulders. We just have to stop totin’ about the improvements in black life: in- ous, upstanding. They were people, more- that bag.’’ creased social and vocational mobility, in- over, who had produced my wife, a person I agreed with him. I knew as he did exactly creased personal prestige and political without a racist bone in her body. In a sense, what was in this bag: weakness and guilt, power. But of all the positive data that have I could sympathize with my new in-laws; anger, and self-hatred. accumulated since the Civil Rights Act of I have made a commitment not to tote ra- 1964—when America finally decided to leave there were no blacks in their daily life, and cial grievances, because the status of victim its racial past behind—the finding that gives they lived in a small town where everyone is so seductive and so available to anyone me most hope is the recent survey showing knew everything about everyone else. Our with certain facial features or a certain cast that nearly 90 percent of all teenagers in marriage was a leap nothing in her parents’ to his skin. But laying down these burdens America report having at least one close per- lives had prepared them to take. But their reaction to me still rankled. can be tricky, as I was reminded not long sonal friend of another race. After having to wait in the car that after- after this Connecticut meeting. I had just My wife Ilene is white. I have two racially noon I vowed never to go near their house checked into the St. Francis Hotel in San mixed children and three grandchildren, two of whose bloodlines are even more mixed as again. Francisco to attend an annual dinner as For a long time we didn’t see Ilene’s par- a result of my son’s marriage to a woman of master of ceremonies. After getting to my ents. But we did see her Aunt Markeeta and half-Asian descent. So my own personal ex- room, I realized that I’d left my briefcase in Uncle Glen. They were wonderful people. perience tells me that the passageway to the car and started to go back to the hotel Glen, dead now, was a salt-of-the-earth type that place where all racial division ends goes parking garage for it. As I was getting off who worked in a sawmill, and Markeeta had directly through the human heart. the basement elevator, I ran into a couple of a personality as piquant as her name. They Not long ago, Mike Wallace came to Cali- elderly white men who seemed a little dis- integrated us into their circle of friends, who fornia to interview Ilene and me for a seg- oriented. When they saw me, one of them became our friends too. In those healing ment on ‘‘60 Minutes.’’ He seemed shocked said, ‘‘Excuse me, are you the man who days, we all functioned as an extended fam- when I told him that race wasn’t a big topic unlocks the meeting room?’’ ily. I did an intellectual double-take and then, in our family. He implied that we were some- If I had to pick the moment when our fam- with my racial hackles rising, answered with how disadvantaging the kids. But Ilene and I ily problems began to resolve themselves if as much irritation as I could pack into my decided a long time ago to let our kids find would be the day our son Marc was born. voice: ‘‘No, I’m not the man who unlocks the their way in this world without toting the Not long after, we were invited to come for rooms.’’ bag of race. They are lucky, of course, to a visit. This time I was included in the invi- The two men shrank back and I walked on, have grown up after the great achievements tation. I remember sitting stiffly through fuming to myself about how racial profiling of the civil rights movement, which changed the event, which had the tone of the recently is practiced every day in subtle forms by America’s heart as much as its laws. But we released film, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? people who would otherwise piously condemn have made sure that the central question for I was supremely uncomfortable, but I also it in state troopers working the New Jersey our children, since the moment they came sensed that the fever had broken. And in- Turnpike. As I stalked toward the garage, I into this world, has always been who are deed, a peace process was in place. The visits didn’t feel uplifted by my righteous anger. you, not what are you. When we ignore ap- became more frequent. The frigid tolerance On the contrary, I felt crushed by it. It was peals to group identity and focus instead on gradually thawed into welcome. a heavy burden, so heavy, in fact, that I individuals and their individual humanity, There was no single dramatic moment that stopped and stood there for a minute, sag- we are inviting the principles of justice completed the reconciliation; no cathartic ging under its weight. Then I tried to see present since the American founding to come conversation in which we all explored our myself through the eyes of the two old men inside our contemporary American homes. guilt and misconceptions. Instead, we just I’d just run into: someone who was black, I won’t pretend this is always easy. While got on with our lives, nurturing the relation- yes, but more importantly, someone without a senior at college, I fell in love with an ef- ship that had been born along with my son. luggage, striding purposefully out of the ele- fervescent white woman named Ilene. When It grew faster than he did. Within a year we vator as if on a mission, dressed in a semi- Ilene’s parents first learned how serious we were on our way to becoming what we are uniform of blazer and gray slacks. were about each other, they reacted with dis- now—a close-knit, supportive family. Today, I turned around and retraced my steps. may and spent long hours on the phone try- my relationship with my in-laws could not ‘‘What made you think I was the guy who ing to keep the relationship from developing be better. I love them very much, and they unlocks the meeting rooms?’’ I asked when I further. Hoping for support from my own rel- let me know that the feeling is mutual. caught up with them. atives, I went home one weekend and told The moral is clear. Distance exaggerates ‘‘You were dressed a little like a hotel em- Mom (the grandmother who had raised me) difference and breeds mistrust; closeness ployee, sir,’’ the one who had spoken earlier about Ilene. She was cold and negative. breaks down suspicion and produces connec- said in a genuinely deferential way. ‘‘Believe ‘‘Why can’t you find yourself a nice colored tion. My life so far tells me that our future me, I meant no insult.’’ girl?’’ she blurted out. I walked out of the as a nation is with connection. ‘‘Well, I hope you’ll forgive me for being house and didn’t contact her for a long time Most people call me a black man. In fact, abrupt,’’ I said, and after a quick handshake afterward. I’m black in the same way that Tiger Woods I headed back to the garage, feeling im- Ilene and I now felt secretive and embat- and so many other Americans are black—by mensely relieved. tled. Marrying ‘‘outside your race’’ was no the ‘‘one drop of blood’’ rule used by yester- If we are to lay this burden down for good, easy decision in 1962. I knew that Ilene had day’s segregationists and today’s racial we must be committed to letting go of racial no qualms about challenging social norms, ideologues. In my case, the formula has more classifications—not getting beyond race by but I was less sure that she could deal with or less equal elements of French Canadian, taking race more into account, as Supreme exclusion by her family, which seemed to me Choctaw, African, and Irish American. But Court Justice Harry Blackmun disastrously a real possibility. Nonetheless, she said yes just reciting the fractions provides no in- advised, but just getting beyond race period when I proposed, and we were married, with sight about the richness of life produced by as a foundation for public policy. no family members present. the sum of the parts.

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.001 S06JN0 9516 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 6, 2000 A journalist for the New York Times once my relatives with hard feelings that never 50 years. Then, just a couple of years ago, a described my bloodline as being right out of really went away. During the campaign for writer doing a profile on me for the New a Faulkner novel. He was right. And my fam- California’s Proposition 209, for instance, York Times called one day. ily was always trying to understand how the when I was being accused of selling out ‘‘my ‘‘Are you sitting down?’’ he asked melo- strands of DNA dangling down through his- people,’’ my Aunt Bert got annoyed one day dramatically. tory had created their individual selves. and said, ‘‘When we lived back in Leesville, I asked him what was up. He said that in They had their share of guilty secrets and they didn’t want to be our ‘‘brothers and sis- his research about my background he had agonized over the consequences of bad blood, ters’; they didn’t own us as ‘their people’ discovered that my father was still alive, 84 whatever its racial origin. But in their ac- then; so why do they think we owe them years old, and living in Leesville. The writer tions, they, like Faulkner’s characters, something now because of skin color? gave me his phone number. treated race and other presumed borders be- My biological mother Grace, Bert’s little I didn’t do anything about it for a long tween people as being permeable. sister, was the youngest of Mom’s children. I time. Then, in the fall of 1998, I was invited I grew up with my mother’s people. My wish I had more memories of her. I have only to debate former Congressman William Gray maternal grand-father was Eli Soniea, a one sharp image in my mind: a face resting at Tulane University in New Orleans. One of mixed-blood Cajun born in the tiny Lou- in satin in a casket. Old photographs show the things that made me accept was how isiana town of Sulphur. He eventually set- my mother as a beautiful woman with a full, close it was to Leesville. But I didn’t actu- tled in Leesville, not far from the Texas bor- exotic face. But she wasn’t beautiful lying ally decide to go there until after the speech. der, a sleepy town with hazy foothills there with a waxy, preserved look, certainly I came back to the hotel, rented a car, and stretching behind it like a movie backdrop. not to a terrified four-year-old dragged up to got directions from the concierge. Eli died ten years before I was born, and I the front of the church to pay his last re- It was a four-hour drive in a dreary rain. I never knew him. But photographs of him spects. I still remember standing there look- warned myself not to surrender to counter- have always intrigued me. He was light ing at her with my cousin Ora holding my feit sentiment that would make a fool of skinned, had straight black hair, and a seri- hand to keep me from bolting as the pande- both me and my father. ous look. I’ve been told he spoke a pidgin monium of a Southern black funeral—women I stopped on the outskirts of town and French and English and was an ambitious yelling, crying, fainting, and lying palsied on called from a convenience store. My father’s man. He worked as a carpenter, sometimes the floor—rose to a crescendo all around me. wife Clementine answered. I told her who I ran a construction gang, and amassed According to family legend, she died of a was and asked if I could come by and see enough money to buy some land and build a stroke. But I suspect that this claim was him. There were muffled voices on the other restaurant and bar in Leesville, He was evi- really just my family’s way of explaining end of the line, then she came back on and dently a no-nonsense type who didn’t like away something infinitely more complex. said that I should stay put and she’d send anyone, especially his own kin, putting on Two other facts about my mother’s life may someone out to lead me to the house. airs. have had something to do with her early A few minutes later, a couple of young men Eli’s wife, my grandmother Mary Smith— passing. First, she had been in a serious car in a beat-up blue car came by and motioned or ‘‘Mom,’’ as I always called her—was half accident that left her with a steel plate in at me. I followed them down the main street Irish and half Choctaw. This latter element her head. And secondly, she had been phys- and over railroad tracks to a run-down was clearly evident in her high cheekbones ically abused by my father. neighborhood of narrow houses and potholed and broad features, and in the bloom of her I didn’t find this out until I was in my fif- roads without sidewalks. young womanhood she was sometimes re- ties. The information accidentally escaped We got out of the car and went into a tiny, ferred to as an ‘‘Indian Princess.’’ Mom was during a conversation with my Aunt Bert, shuttered house whose living room was born and raised in Texas. She married Eli who said, when the subject of my father illumined only by a small television set. I in- Soniea as a result of an ‘‘arrangement’’ bro- came up, ‘‘You know, your Uncle Arthur troduced myself to Clementine, and we kered by her parents, after which he brought once said, excuse the expression, ‘That son of talked about my father for a minute or two. her to Louisiana. a bitch once took out a gun and shot at She emphasized that the man I was about to In their early life together, the two of me!’ ’’ meet was very old, quite ill, and easily con- them lived in that part of Leesville known as I asked her why. fused. ‘‘Dago Quarters’’ because of the large num- ‘‘Because Arthur told your father that if he When she led me into the bedroom, I saw ber of Italian immigrants. After Eli’s early ever beat your mother again he’d kill him, him, sunk down in the mattress, a bag of death—when I was growing up you didn’t ask and your father got out a gun.’’ bones. His hands and feet were gnarled and why or how someone died; the mere fact of it I guess Roy Connerly was what they called knobby with arthritis, but in his face I saw ended all discussion—Mary’s only income a ‘‘fancy man’’ back then. Judging from his my own reflection. was from the restaurant and bar he had photos, he was quite handsome, with light I touched his arm: ‘‘How are you feeling built, which she leased to people who did skin and a wicked smile, and a reputation as today?’’ business with the servicemen from the near- a gambler, a drinker, and a womanizer. He He looked up at me uncomprehendingly: by Army base. Because money was tight, she worked odd jobs, but it seems that his real ‘‘All right.’’ moved the family to a less expensive neigh- profession was chasing women. I’ve been told ‘‘You know who I am?’’ borhood, the predominantly black ‘‘Bartley so many times about the day he got tired of Seeing that he was lost in a fog, Clem- Quarters.’’ me and my mother and turned us in at my entine said, ‘‘It’s Billy,’’ using my childhood The complexions of Mom’s own six children grandmother’s house that it has come to feel nickname. He looked at her, then at me. ranged from light to dark. (William, for in- like my own legitimate memory. ‘‘Oh, Billy,’’ the voice was thin and waver- stance, was always known as ‘‘Red,’’ because He arrived there one afternoon with the ing. ‘‘How long you’re staying?’’ of this Indian look and coloring.) But what- two of us and with his girlfriend of the mo- I told him I couldn’t stay long. ever their exact coloration or facial charac- ment, a woman named Lucy. My Aunt Bert There was an awkward silence as I waited teristics, they all had ‘‘colored’’ on their was watering the lawn when he walked into for him to say something. But he just stared birth certificates. In Louisiana in those the yard. at me. We looked at each other for what days, being ‘‘colored’’ was not just a matter ‘‘Is Miss Mary here?’’ my father asked. seemed like a very long time. Finally, a life- of blood; it was also a question of what Bert said yes. time’s worth of questions came tumbling neighborhood you lived in and what people ‘‘Go get her,’’ he ordered. out. you associated with. ‘‘Colored’’ is on my Bert went in to get Mom, who appeared on ‘‘Did you ever care how I was doing?’’ I birth certificate. the porch wiping her hands on her apron. asked him. The Sonieas’ race problem came not only ‘‘I’m giving them back to you, Miss Mary,’’ ‘‘No,’’ he replied uncertainly. from whites but from blacks too. Leesville’s Roy said, gesturing at my sobbing mother ‘‘Did you ever try and get in touch with social boundaries were reasonably porous, and at me, the miserable child in her arms. me?’’ but if you were falling down through the ‘‘I want to be with Lucy.’’ ‘‘No,’’ he looked at me blankly. cracks rather than moving up, as the Always composed in a crisis, Mom looked ‘‘Did you ever even care what happened to Sonieas were doing after Eli died, you at- at him without visible emotion and said, me?’’ tracted notice. My grandmother often re- ‘‘Thank you for bringing them.’’ ‘‘No.’’ called how her new neighbors in Bartley A few days later he brought my red wagon At this point Clementine intervened: ‘‘I Quarters called her and her children ‘‘high over. Then Roy Connerly vanished from my don’t even think he knows what you’re ask- yellers,’’ a term coined by white Southern life. ing.’’ racists but used with equal venom by blacks Later on I learned that Roy Connerly even- I stood there a moment, resigning myself too. In fact, Mom’s kids had so much trouble tually got rid of Lucy and, at the age of 39, to the situation. I would never get an expla- that officials tried to convince them to entered a relationship with a 15-year-old girl nation for his absence from my life. Then Jo- transfer out of the school to escape the ra- named Clementine and had a couple of kids seph, one of the young men who’d guided me cial animosity. This experience left some of by her. But nothing more than that for over to the house and who I now realized was my

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.001 S06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 9517 half-brother, beckoned me out of the room. including Winterthur Museum, Hagley Hardy, Michigan State Police, Detroit In the hallway, he asked if I’d like to visit Museum and Longwood Gardens, but Post, Trooper Rick Lee Johnson, some of my other relatives living nearby. I also historic villages, numerous inns, Michigan State Police, Paw Paw Post, said yes and he took me outside. We crossed farms, parks and mills. Within the Officer Gary Priess, DeWitt Township the street to a narrow house where an elder- ly woman was waiting for us. Joseph intro- Kennett Pike Corridor, over 30 sites are Police. duced her to me as my Aunt Ethel. She cor- already listed on the National Register I do this not only on behalf of myself, dially invited us in. of Historic Places, with many more but on behalf of all of my constituents, Ethel had married my father’s brother and sites in the corridor also eligible for as a symbol of our appreciation and our served as the family’s unofficial archivist the historic designation. gratitude for the work that law en- and historian. As we talked, she asked if I In addition to its historic and cul- forcement officers do every day knew anything about my father’s family. I tural relevance, the Kennett Pike has throughout the State of Michigan. said no. Ethel showed me some photos. She been designated a greenway by the While this is a small gesture, I hope it told me that his mother, born in 1890, was named Fannie Self Conerly, and that they State of Delaware. A ride along the will hold some meaning to their fami- spelled it with one n then. She said that Pike reveals a beautiful landscape of lies and their fellow officers.∑ Fannie’s mother was Sarah Ford Lovely, rolling hills, forests and a state park. f who had died at the age of 98, when I was a The Kennett Pike is truly a gem boy. This woman, my great-grandmother, among the ever increasingly populated TRIBUTE TO JOHN P. SPUTZ had been born a slave. suburban landscape of the middle At- ∑ Mr. LAUTENBERG. Mr. President, it After I walked back to my father’s house lantic region. is a distinct honor for me to pay trib- and sat for a while beside him. I stood and In the Fall of 1999, the State of Dela- ute to John P. Sputz on the occasion of said, ‘‘I’ve got to be going. You take care of yourself.’’ ware received a grant from the Federal his retirement from BAE Systems ‘‘You too,’’ he said to me. ‘‘You ever com- Highway Administration, in the North America. ing back this way again, Billy?’’ amount of $140,000, to establish a state Mr. President, for more than four I smiled and waved and left without an- scenic byways program. A roadway can decades, John has devoted his life to swering, and without asking him the one only be nominated for a national scenic serving this country’s defense needs. question that was still on my mind: Did you byway designation after it has been Under John’s leadership, he and I beat my mother like they say? Did you has- designated on the state level. worked together to further the efforts ten her death and thus deprive me of both of of the Link-16 program. This program, you? It is my hope that the State will act On the drive back to New Orleans I quickly and implement its scenic by- which includes systems that use se- thought about my discoveries—this sickly ways program, so I can continue my ef- cure, anti-jam, line-of-sight data radio old man who was my life’s most intimate forts to see that Route 52, the Kennett communications, has moved from the stranger; the fact that his blood and mine Pike, is designated the first national research phase in 1971 to a major De- had once been owned by another human scenic byway in the State of Dela- fense Department program in the 1990s. being. I felt subtly altered, but still the ware.∑ Thanks to John, this program is about same. My father’s gift to me, if you could to go into service for the Army, Navy call it that, was a deeper realization that it f and Air Force as well as for our allies is not the life we’re given that counts, but A TRIBUTE TO LAW the life we make of the life we’re given.∑ in NATO and elsewhere. ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS John was also responsible for devel- f ∑ Mr. ABRAHAM. Mr. President, on oping and expanding programs like the DELAWARE RT. 52—KENNETT PIKE, June 9, 2000, at the annual State Con- F–22 advanced tactical fighter pro- NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY DES- ference of the Fraternal Order of Police gram, the Joint Striker Fighter Pro- IGNATION in Lansing, Michigan, there will be a gram and the programmable digital ∑ Mr. BIDEN. Mr. President, I rise memorial service honoring seventy- radio technologies that will one day re- today to offer my continued endorse- four law enforcement officers who have place all legacy radios with cost-effec- ment for the Federal Highway Admin- died over the past year, four of whom tive and flexible communications sys- istration’s National Scenic Byways died in the line of duty. I rise today in tems. Program, and to express my support their memory, and to thank them post- Mr. President, John’s commitment to for the Kennett Pike Preservation humously for their many courageous BAE Systems North America is unsur- Committee’s efforts to seek both state efforts. passed. Even after retiring, John will and federal scenic byways designation There is perhaps no greater sign of continue serving his company as Presi- for Route 52, the Kennett Pike, in New dedication to a community than risk- dent of MIDSCO, a multi-national joint Castle County, Delaware. ing one’s life to protect it. Law en- venture company which helped manage The National Scenic Byways Pro- forcement officers do this on a daily the development of the MIDS Program. gram recognizes roadways that exhibit basis. They risk their lives to ensure I hope the example that John set will outstanding examples of scenic, his- that our streets and our neighborhoods inspire BAE Systems North America to toric, recreational, cultural, archeo- are safe. We must not let ourselves for- achieve even higher goals. I know I logical or natural qualities along their get the incredible dedication that these speak for everyone who knows John routes. The Kennett Pike boasts a men and women have to the people when I thank him for his dedication to number of cultural, scenic, historic and they protect. Theirs should not be a our country and wish him the very best recreational values that I believe make thankless job. in the future.∑ it an excellent candidate for federal Mr. President, the comfort, the pro- f designation as a national scenic byway. tection, and the safety that we enjoy Originally constructed in the 1700’s often comes at a very high price to the AMERICAN SPORTFISHING ASSO- and named Doe Run, the Kennett Pike law enforcement officers themselves. CIATION LIFETIME ACHIEVE- maintains much of its original char- Last year, in the State of Michigan, MENT AWARD acter, despite more than 200 years of four officers were killed in the line of ∑ Mr. ASHCROFT. Mr. President, I am steady development in the area. During duty. In the name of protecting our pleased to recognize the winner of the the Revolutionary War, General George communities, and our families, they American Sportfishing Association’s Washington and his troops were left behind their own communities, and Lifetime Achievement Award, Mr. thought to have marched along the their own families. Johnny Morris, who is also a friend of road, and, during the Civil War, sol- As a tribute to these four officers, mine. This award is being given to diers settled at Camp Brandywine, now Mr. President, I would like to have Johnny today in recognition of his out- the location of an intersection on the their names inserted into the CONGRES- standing lifetime contribution to Pike. SIONAL RECORD: sportfishing. Along its route, not only will you Officer Leslie (Les) Keely of the Flint Johnny Morris is the founder of Bass find world renown tourist attractions, Police Department, Trooper Frederick Pro Shops, which offers anglers and

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.001 S06JN0 9518 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 6, 2000 sportsmen the same equipment that and associate members of the F.O.P. In jobs in four Parks including Golden the tournament professionals use. His addition, four law enforcement officers Gate National Recreation Area, Point business has expanded from its original who gave the ultimate sacrifice, dying Reyes National Seashore and Virgin Is- store to include eight additional shops, in the line of duty, will also be hon- lands National Park where he made a catalog, a line of Bass Pro products ored. I rise today in their memory, and substantial contributions to improving and a wholesale operation that supplies to thank them posthumously for their park facilities, protecting park re- more than 7,000 independent sporting many courageous efforts. sources and developing highly profes- goods stores in the United States and There is perhaps no greater sign of sional work forces. several foreign countries. dedication to a community than risk- I came to know Marc in 1993 shortly Since 1970, Johnny has provided a ing one’s life to protect it. Law en- after he came to Maryland from Virgin place for sportsmen, and the entire forcement officers do this on a daily Islands National Park. I had invited In- family, to outfit their outdoor and basis. They risk their lives to ensure terior Secretary Bruce Babbitt to join sporting activities. Because of my love that our streets and our neighborhoods me on a tour of Assateague Island and for the outdoors and fishing, the Bass are safe. We must not let ourselves for- to officially dedicate the Beach-to-Bay Pro Shops has long been one of my fa- get the incredible dedication that these Indian Trail as a National Recreational vorite places in Springfield to visit. I men and women have to the people Trail. Marc served as host and Master am not alone. The Bass Pro Shops is they protect. Theirs should not be a of Ceremonies for the visit and I was one of Missouri’s top tourist sites, at- thankless job. immediately impressed not only by his tracting over three and a half million Mr. President, the comfort, the pro- professionalism, but by the knowledge visitors a year. tection, and the safety that we enjoy and vision which he had for Assateague In addition to outfitting anglers, often comes at a very high price to the after such a short period on the job. Johnny donates ten percent of Bass law enforcement officers themselves. Over the past seven years, I have had Pro Shops’ earnings to conservation ef- Last year, in the State of Michigan, the opportunity and privilege to work closely with Superintendent Koenings forts, which benefit fishing areas far four officers were killed in the line of and members of his staff at Assateague beyond Missouri’s borders. Johnny be- duty. In the name of protecting our in efforts to restore the north end of lieves ‘‘the future of the sport and of communities, and our families, they the island, construct a new pedestrian/ our business depends more on conserva- left behind their own communities, and bicycle bridge, protect the seashore tion and how we manage our natural their own families. from encroaching development, and de- resources than absolutely anything As a tribute to these four officers, velop the new Coastal Ecology Teach- else.’’ To further that belief, Johnny is Mr. President, I would like to have ing and Research Laboratory. I know an outspoken supporter of not-for-prof- their names inserted into the CONGRES- from personal experience that these it and youth organizations that sup- SIONAL RECORD: Officer Leslie (Les) initiatives would not be taking place, port or raise awareness of conservation Keely of the Flint Police Department, but for his persistent efforts, energy issues. Organizations such as the Mis- Trooper Frederick Hardy, Michigan and innovation. In addition to these souri Beautification Association, which State Police, Detroit Post, Trooper projects, under Marc’s leadership, helps clean up trash along Missouri’s Rick Lee Johnson, Michigan State Po- Assateague’s barrier island visitors roadways and riverbanks, and ‘‘Oper- lice, Paw Paw Post, Officer Gary center was expanded and improved, a ation Game Thief,’’ a program Priess, DeWitt Township Police. new Administrative facility was con- launched to curb poaching in Missouri, I do this not only on behalf of myself, structed, and new partnerships were have benefitted from Johnny Morris’ but on behalf of all of my constituents, formed to develop water trails and pro- support. In March 1998, the first ever as a symbol of our appreciation and our mote other eco-tourism opportunities World’s Fishing Fair was hosted by gratitude for the work that law en- in the area. Bass Pro Shops, and the proceeds were forcement officers do every day The efforts of Marc Koenings given to Missouri forests and fisheries. throughout the State of Michigan. throughout his career in the National I personally have witnessed Johnny’s While this is a small gesture, I hope it Park Service have had a lasting effect commitment to his community will hold some meaning to their fami- not only on the parks he has worked to through the many educational events lies and their fellow officers.∑ protect, but on the people with whom which Bass Pro Shops hosts. Great Out- f he has come in contact. He has earned doors Day, for example, brings together TRIBUTE TO MARC KOENINGS the respect and admiration of his col- families to learn more about hiking, leagues in the Park Service as well as ∑ fishing, archery, shooting and con- Mr. SARBANES. Mr. President, I rise the visitors and citizens in the local servation through hands-on experience. today to pay tribute to an accom- communities surrounding the parks. It He also hosts Kids’ Fishing Fun Day in plished and respected steward of our is my firm conviction that public serv- Springfield, an event that brings thou- National Park System, Marc Koenings, ice is one of the most honorable sands of young participants to a local Superintendent of Assateague Island callings, one that demands the very pond to try their hand at sportfishing. National Seashore. Marc has recently best, most dedicated efforts of those His efforts show that individual initia- been selected to head Gateway Na- who have the opportunity to serve tive to preserve one’s local environ- tional Recreation Area in New York their fellow citizens and country. ment for future generations is not only and New Jersey and I want to wish him Throughout his career Marc Koenings responsible citizenship but just plain well with this important new assign- has exemplified a steadfast commit- good sense. ment and thank him for the terrific job ment to meeting this demand. I want I commend Johnny Morris both for he did in managing Assateague over to extend my personal congratulations receiving this award and for his efforts the past seven years. and thanks for his many years of hard to enrich the fishing experience for all Throughout his 29-year career in pub- work and dedication to the principal Americans and to promote conserva- lic service, Marc Koenings has distin- conservation mission of the National tion through the Bass Pro Shops.∑ guished himself as a leader in natural Park Service and join with his friends f and cultural resource management and and coworkers in wishing him and his conservation at the local, national and family well with his new endeavors.∑ A TRIBUTE TO LAW international levels. Beginning with f ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS the Peace Corps in 1971, Marc also ∑ Mr. ABRAHAM. Mr. President, on served for nine years in a variety of po- TRIBUTE TO KENTUCKY’S TOYOTA June 9, 2000, at the annual State Con- sitions with the Heritage Recreation MOTOR MANUFACTURING TEAM ference of the Fraternal Order of Police and Conservation Service before join- MEMBERS in Lansing, Michigan, there will be a ing the National Park Service. He ∑ Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I memorial service honoring 70 active quickly advanced to top management rise today to express congratulations

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.002 S06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 9519 to all of the team members at the Toy- students. In addition to weekly one-on- the other 563 Smurfit facilities world ota assembly plant in Georgetown, one sessions, the mentoring plan also wide and defined themselves as being Kentucky, on being recognized by J.D. includes a toastmasters club, in which able to increase productivity and re- Power and Associates for the high students practice speaking in front of duce operating costs while actually im- quality of vehicles which they have audiences, and a great books program, proving safety and the quality of pro- produced. which introduces students to famous duction. It is my understanding that the books and authors. These accomplishments were worker Georgetown assembly plant is the only In its ten years, the program has ex- driven and accompanied a 20% reduc- plant in North America to win this perienced continual expansion, as addi- tion of OSHA incidents last year. Some award this year. Moreover, I under- tional activities have been added for times efficiency comes at the expense stand that all of the cars produced at the students. There is an awards dinner of safety or environmental responsi- the Georgetown plant have been each year at Second Grace to recognize bility. This is not the case at the Mis- ranked best in their category in this students who have attained high levels soula plant. In addition to reducing in- year’s J.D. Power and Associates sur- of academic achievement. Christmas juries, the plant was able to increase vey of the best cars and trucks. Not and Easter parties are held each year, paper efficiency while reducing waste, only is it an outstanding achievement as well as the Dixon School Spring energy consumption and maintenance to be chosen by J.D. Power—whose Cleanup and Flower Planting Day. costs. While Montana’s wood products rankings are widely considered to be Church members also participate in industry relies on renewable natural the industry standard for new car qual- school functions, including career day resources, we are keenly aware that ity—to receive a Gold Plant Quality and musical programs. Finally, what these resources must be conserved and Award in recognition of outstanding began as a summer field trip has used responsibly. Smurfit-Stone con- vehicle quality, but to receive this evolved into monthly Saturday field tainer consistently looks for ways to honor for the fourth time in ten years trips for the mentors and their pupils. make the fiber available to them go as is a truly remarkable accomplishment. Mr. President, the partners are far as possible. It makes sense from I commend you and all of your hard pleased with how the Adopt-a-School both a business and an environmental standpoint, and it is a goal that makes work in earning this award. Program has developed in the last ten News of the announcement by J.D. years. The program has touched the them one of the top employers in Mon- tana. Power of the Georgetown plant’s award lives of over 300 students at Dixon Ele- As I mentioned, Montana has been follows closely on the announcement mentary School, and there is no meas- hit extremely hard by federal restric- by Toyota that the company hit a ure for success like that. The partners tions on the wood products industry. milestone with a record-breaking pro- look forward to its continued develop- As a result we have lost 17 mills in duction of 1 million vehicles in North ment in the coming years. In addition, Montana over the last decade. These America. A significant amount of the efforts will be made by the two church- mills provided jobs for thousands of credit for this accomplishment, too, es, along with Dixon Elementary families and numerous communities. belongs to the hard-working folks at School, to develop a training program While times are extremely tough, Mon- the Georgetown facility, and I want to to share the Adopt-a-School program tanans involved in the industry still congratulate you on this achievement, with other faith-based communities in- take great pride in what they do. This as well. terested in serving our children in is reflected in the honor recently be- I am proud of the relationship be- urban schools. stowed on the Missoula Smurfit-Stone tween Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mr. President, I applaud the efforts Container paper mill. Clearly, this mill and the Commonwealth of Kentucky. of the many people whose hard work deserves recognition not only by their Since Kentucky made its original in- over the last ten years has made this parent group, but by Congress as well.∑ vestment in Toyota in 1986, the state birthday celebration possible. Each has realized a 36.8 percent annual rate year, when the partners renew their f of return, and has benefited greatly commitment to this program, it is a NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF from the more than $5 billion which testament to the bridges that can be WOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS Toyota has invested statewide. Most of built when people simply reach out to GREATER DETROIT CHAPTER all, though, I am proud of the work one another. On behalf of the entire CELEBRATES ITS 20TH ANNIVER- being done by the Kentuckians who United States Senate, I would like to SARY work at the Toyota plant. On behalf of wish the Adopt-a-School Program a ∑ Mr. ABRAHAM. Mr. President, I rise myself and my colleagues in the United happy 10th Anniversary, and continued today to recognize the National Asso- States Senate, congratulations again success in the future.∑ ciation of Women Business Owners on your significant achievement.∑ f Greater Detroit Chapter, which tonight will celebrate its 20th Anniversary. f SMURFIT-STONE CONTAINER’S Since 1980, members of the Greater De- 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MISSOULA MILL NAMED PLANT troit Chapter have maintained their ADOPT-A-SCHOOL PROGRAM OF THE YEAR commitment not only to helping fellow ∑ Mr. ABRAHAM. Mr. President, in ∑ Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, I rise women business owners throughout May of 1990, the Second Grace United today to bring your attention to the Michigan, but also to helping the com- Methodist Church of Detroit and the fact that the Smurfit-Stone Container munities in which these businesses re- First United Methodist Church of Plant in Missoula, Montana has re- side. Northville collaborated to ‘‘adopt’’ a ceived the Jefferson Smurfit Group In its twenty years, the Greater De- Detroit Public School, Dixon Elemen- Worldwide Award as plant of the year. troit Chapter, originally the Michigan tary School. On June 16, 2000, the two As you know, Montana’s wood prod- Chapter, has done much to publicize churches, one metropolitan and one ucts industry has been hit extremely the efforts of women business owners, suburban, will celebrate the tenth an- hard with federal regulation and the and to create alliances between women niversary not only of the Adopt-a- lack of available federal fiber to keep business owners in the State of Michi- School Program, but also of their our mills running. Despite these hard- gan. In 1982, chapter members orga- unique relationship. I rise today to ships, our mill workers and managers nized the first statewide conference for commemorate this occasion. continue to take great pride in their women business owners, during which The primary emphasis of the Adopt- work and continue to do the best with awards were given to women business a-School Program is the mentoring the hand they have been dealt. owners in the following categories: Pio- plan. Adults from both of the churches, The result is that Missoula’s neer, Innovator, Dedication to Women as well as the local community, pro- Smurfit-Stone Container employees Business Owners and Community Serv- vide tutoring and role modeling for the have ensured that their mill rose above ice.

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.002 S06JN0 9520 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 6, 2000 In bringing women business owners Mr. President, these standards have MEASURES PLACED ON THE together from throughout the state, to change. There are too many women CALENDAR the chapter makes it easier for mem- in this nation working too hard, only The following bills were read the sec- bers to work together on a local level. to not find the proper support from ond time, and placed on the calendar: In 1994, NAWBO North, a networking Washington. Earlier this week, I co- S. 2645. A bill to provide for the application group of Northern Oakland County sponsored Senate Resolution 311, a res- of certain measures to the People’s Republic members, was formed. In the years olution urging the President to adopt a of China in response to the illegal sale, since, following the successful model of policy in support of the five percent transfer, or misuse of certain controlled NAWBO North, satellites have been es- federal procurement goal, and to en- goods, services, or technology, and for other tablished in Plymouth, Detroit, Ster- courage the heads of the federal depart- purposes. H.R. 3244. An act to combat trafficking of ling Heights, Brighton, Southfield and ments and agencies to undertake a con- Ann Arbor. Involvement in a satellite persons, especially into the sex trade, slav- certed effort to meet this five percent ery, and slavery-like conditions in the allows chapter members to work with goal before the end of the fiscal year United States and countries around the one another to benefit the community. 2000. I strongly hope that this action on world through prevention, through prosecu- Currently, 89 percent of chapter mem- my part and the part of my colleagues tion and enforcement against traffickers, bers donate money to charities, 76 per- will lead to an increased procurement and through protection and assistance to cent volunteer their time to local orga- for women owned businesses this fiscal victims of trafficking. nizations, 65 percent serve on local year. f boards, and 61 percent mentor other Mr. President, I applaud the many EXECUTIVE AND OTHER women. members of the National Association of COMMUNICATIONS The Greater Detroit Chapter of the Women Business Owners Greater De- NAWBO has also established many pro- The following communications were troit Chapter on the great work they laid before the Senate, together with grams to assist women owned busi- are doing for women business owners nesses. In 1990, the Greater Detroit accompanying papers, reports, and doc- throughout the State of Michigan. I Chapter helped to launch the EXCELI uments, which were referred as indi- feel that there is much more we can do (The Initiative for Entrepreneurial Ex- cated: here in Washington to support them, cellence) Project in Detroit, along with EC–9119. A communication from the Okla- and I hope that changes will be made, corporate partner Deloitte and Touche, homa City National Memorial Trust trans- and followed through upon, in this re- the Small Business Administration, mitting, pursuant to law, the report of a gard. On behalf of the entire United final rule entitled ‘‘Rules and Regulations NAWBO’s National Foundation and the States Senate, I wish the greater De- for Oklahoma City National Memorial’’, re- YWCA. In 1994, the chapter took over troit Chapter a happy 20th Anniver- ceived May 22, 2000; to the Committee on En- sole responsibility of this program. ergy and Natural Resources. In 1993, Huntington Banks of Michi- sary, and continued success in the fu- ∑ EC–9120. A communication from the Office gan entered into a partnership with the ture. of Surface Mining, Department of the Inte- chapter to offer market-rate financing f rior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the re- to chapter member companies through port of a rule entitled ‘‘Indiana Regulatory a special lending process for service MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT Program’’ (SPATS No. IN–147–FOR), received businesses. And in June of 1996, May 23, 2000; to the Committee on Energy Messages from the President of the and Natural Resources. Comerica Bank announced its Power United States were communicated to EC–9121. A communication from the Office Perks Program, in which ideas, re- the Senate by Ms. Evans, one of his of Surface Mining, Department of the Inte- sources, and benefits are provided ex- secretaries. rior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the re- clusively to NAWBO members. Over port of a rule entitled ‘‘Oklahoma Regu- EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED the next two years, Comerica invested latory Program’’ (SPATS No. OK–027–FOR), As in executive session the Presiding approximately $10 million in the pro- received May 23, 2000; to the Committee on Officer laid before the Senate messages gram. Energy and Natural Resources. Mr. President, women-owned small from the President of the United EC–9122. A communication from the Bu- States submitting a withdrawal and reau of Export Administration, Department businesses are the fastest growing seg- of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, ment of the business community. By sundry nominations which were re- ferred to the appropriate committees. the report of a final rule entitled ‘‘Revisions the year 2010, they will make up more and Clarifications to the Export Administra- than one-half of all businesses in the (The nominations received today are tion Regulations; Commerce Control List’’ United States. Traveling through the printed at the end of the Senate pro- (RIN0694–AB86), received May 22, 2000; to the State of Michigan I know that women ceedings.) Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. business owners are working very hard f to be successful. The twentieth anni- EC–9123. A communication from the Legis- lative and Regulatory Activities Division, versary of the National Association of MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Women Business Owners Greater De- RECEIVED ON MAY 30, 2000 transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of troit Chapter is certainly evidence of ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED a final rule entitled ‘‘Privacy of Consumer this. A message from the House of Rep- Financial Information’’ (RIN1557–AB77), re- And this incredible growth has been ceived May 22, 2000; to the Committee on resentatives, delivered during the ad- accomplished in spite of some dis- Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. journment of the Senate, announced advantages. For example, it is clear EC–9124. A communication from the Agri- that the Speaker has signed the fol- that the federal government does not cultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vege- do business with a representative per- lowing enrolled bills: table Programs, Department of Agriculture H.R. 4489. An act to amend section 110 of transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of centage of women-owned businesses. a rule entitled ‘‘Milk in the New England This issue was brought to my attention the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immi- grant Responsibility Act of 1996, and for and Other Marketing Areas; Order Amending by NAWBO members at a Small Busi- other purposes. the Orders; Correction’’ (Docket Number ness Committee meeting I held last Au- H.R. 3293. An act to amend the law that au- DA–97–12), received May 22, 2000; to the Com- gust in Troy, Michigan. thorized the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For- Mr. President, in 1994, the Federal authorize the placement within the site of estry. Acquisition Streamlining Act estab- the memorial of a plaque to honor those EC–9125. A communication from the Agri- lished a modest five percent goal of Vietnam veterans who died after their serv- cultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vege- table Programs, Department of Agriculture federal procurement dollars for women- ice in the Vietnam war, but as a direct result of that service. transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of owned businesses. Last year, though, a rule entitled ‘‘Marketing Order Regulating women-owned businesses received only The enrolled bills were signed subse- the Handling of Spearmint Oil Produced in 2.4 percent of the total dollar value of quently by the President pro tempore the Far West; Revision of the Salable Quan- all prime federal contracts. (Mr. THURMOND). tity and Allotment Percentage for Class 3

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.002 S06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 9521 (Native) Spearmint Oil for the 1999–2000 Mar- to the Committee on Environment and Pub- S. 1507: A bill to authorize the integration keting Year’’ (Docket Number FV00–985–3 lic Works. and consolidation of alcohol and substance FIR), received May 22, 2000; to the Com- EC–9133. A communication from the Office programs and services provided by Indian mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For- of Regulatory Management and Information, tribal governments, and for other purposes estry. Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, (Rept. No. 106–306). EC–9126. A communication from the Office Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- f of Regulatory Management and Information, ting, pursuant to law, the report of a final Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, rule entitled ‘‘Removal of the Maximum INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- Contaminant Level Goal for Chloroform JOINT RESOLUTIONS ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- from the National Primary Drinking Water The following bills and joint resolu- titled ‘‘Tebufenozide; Benzoic Acid, 3,5- Regulations’’ (FRL # 6705–4), received May dimethyl1 - (1,1 ,-dimethylethyl) -2 - (4- 22, 2000; to the Committee on Environment tions were introduced, read the first ethylbenzoyl) hydrazide; Pesticide Toler- and Public Works. and second times by unanimous con- ance’’ (FRL # 6555–1), received May 19, 2000; EC–9134. A communication from the Office sent, and referred as indicated: to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, of Regulatory Management and Information, By Mr. WARNER: and Forestry. Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, S. 2669. A bill to amend title 10, United EC–9127. A communication from the Office Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- States Code, to extend to persons over age 64 of Regulatory Management and Information, ting, pursuant to law, the report of a final eligibility for medical care under CHAMPUS Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, rule entitled ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of and TRICARE; to extend the TRICARE Sen- Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- Implementation Plans; Oregon’’ (FRL # 6601– ior Prime demonstration program in con- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a final 1), received May 22, 2000; to the Committee junction with the extension of eligibility rule entitled ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of on Environment and Public Works. under CHAMPUS and TRICARE to such per- Air Quality Implementation Plans; Colorado; EC–9135. A communication from the Fed- sons, and for other purposes; to the Com- Designation of Areas for Air Quality Plan- eral Trade Commission transmitting a report mittee on Armed Services. ning Purposes, Canon City’’ (FRL # 6706–5), entitled ‘‘Privacy Online: Fair Information By Mr. THOMAS: received May 23, 2000; to the Committee on Practices in the Electronic Marketplace’’; to S. 2670. A bill to amend chapter 8 of title 5, Environment and Public Works. the Committee on Commerce, Science, and United States Code, to require major rules of EC–9128. A communication from the Office Transportation. agencies to be approved by Congress in order of Regulatory Management and Information, EC–9136. A communication from the Fed- to take effect, and for other purposes; to the Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, eral Aviation Administration, Department of Committee on Governmental Affairs. Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to By Mr. ASHCROFT: ting, pursuant to law, the report of a final law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Standard S. 2671. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- rule entitled ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of Instrument Approach Procedures; Miscella- enue Code of 1986 to promote pension oppor- Implementation Plans; California State Im- neous Amendments (44); Amdt. No. 1989 (5–4/ tunities for women, and for other purposes; plementation Plan Revision, Bay Area Air 5–18)’’ (RIN2120–AA65) (2000–0027), received to the Committee on Finance. Quality Management District, South Coast May 18, 2000; to the Committee on Com- By Mrs. FEINSTEIN: Air Quality Management District, San Diego merce, Science, and Transportation. S. 2672. A bill to provide for the convey- County Air Pollution Control District, and EC–9137. A communication from the Fed- ance of various reclamation projects to local Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control eral Aviation Administration, Department of water authorities; to the Committee on En- District’’ (FRL # 6585–9), received May 23, Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to ergy and Natural Resources. 2000; to the Committee on Environment and law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Standard By Mr. REID: Public Works. Instrument Approach Procedures; Miscella- S. 2673. A bill to direct the Secretary of the EC–9129. A communication from the Office neous Amendments (127); Amdt. No. 1990 (5–4/ Interior to convey certain land to Eureka of Regulatory Management and Information, 5–18)’’ (RIN2120–AA65) (2000–0026), received County, Nevada, for continued use as ceme- Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, May 18, 2000; to the Committee on Com- teries; to the Committee on Energy and Nat- Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- merce, Science, and Transportation. ural Resources. ting, pursuant to law, the report of a final EC–9138. A communication from the Fed- By Mr. VOINOVICH (for himself and rule entitled ‘‘National Emission Standards eral Aviation Administration, Department of Mr. DEWINE): for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source Cat- Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to S. 2674. A bill to amend title 5, United egories’’ (FRL # 6706–1), received May 23, law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Standard States Code to provide for realignment of the 2000; to the Committee on Environment and Instrument Approach Procedures; Miscella- Department of Defense workforce; to the Public Works. neous Amendments (87); Amdt. No. 1992 (5–18/ Committee on Governmental Affairs. EC–9130. A communication from the Office 5–22)’’ (RIN2120–AA65) (2000–0028), received By Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Ms. MI- of Regulatory Management and Information, May 18, 2000; to the Committee on Com- KULSKI): Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, merce, Science, and Transportation. S. 2675. A bill to establish an Office on Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- EC–9139. A communication from the Fed- Women’s Health within the Department of ting, pursuant to law, the report of a final eral Aviation Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; to the Com- rule entitled ‘‘National Emission Standards Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source Cat- law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Prohibi- Pensions. egories’’ (FRL # 6706–2), received May 23, tion Against Certain Flights Within the Ter- By Mr. HUTCHINSON (for himself, Mr. 2000; to the Committee on Environment and ritory and Airspace of Ethiopia; Docket No. GREGG, Mr. ENZI, Mr. HAGEL, Mr. Public Works. 2000–7340 (5–16/5–18)’’ (RIN2120–AH01), received SESSIONS, Mrs. HUTCHISON, Mr. KYL, EC–9131. A communication from the Office May 18, 2000; to the Committee on Com- Mr. NICKLES, Mr. HELMS, Mr. ALLARD, of Regulatory Management and Information, merce, Science, and Transportation. Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire, and Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, EC–9140. A communication from the Fed- Mr. INHOFE): Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- eral Aviation Administration, Department of S. 2676. A bill to amend the National Labor ting, pursuant to law, the report of a final Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to Relations Act to provide for inflation adjust- rule entitled ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Revision ments to the mandatory jurisdiction thresh- State Air Quality Plans for Designated Fa- to the Legal Description of the Hayward Air olds of the National Labor Relations Board; cilities and Pollutants; Allegheny County, Termination Class D Airspace Area, CA; to the Committee on Health, Education, Pennsylvania; Control of Emissions from Ex- Docket No. 00–AWP–4 (5–2/5–22)’’ (RIN2120– Labor, and Pensions. isting Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste In- AA66) (2000–0115), received May 22, 2000; to By Mr. FRIST (for himself, Mr. FEIN- cinerators; Correction’’ (FRL # 6705–7), re- the Committee on Commerce, Science, and GOLD, and Mr. HELMS): ceived May 22, 2000; to the Committee on En- Transportation. S. 2677. A bill to restrict assistance until vironment and Public Works. certain conditions are satisfied and to sup- f EC–9132. A communication from the Office port democratic and economic transition in of Regulatory Management and Information, REPORTS OF COMMITTEES Zimbabwe; to the Committee on Foreign Re- Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, lations. Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- The following reports of committees By Mr. BRYAN (for himself, Mr. MUR- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a final were submitted: KOWSKI, Mr. REID, and Mr. ALLARD): rule entitled ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of By. Mr. CAMPBELL, from the Committee S. 2678. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- Implementation Plans; Ohio; Designation of on Indian Affairs, with an amendment in the enue Code of 1986 to treat gold, silver, and Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes, nature of a substitute and an amendment to platinum, in either coin or bar, in the same Ohio’’ (FRL # 6701–8), received May 22, 2000; the title: manner as stocks and bonds for purposes of

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00060 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.002 S06JN0 9522 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 6, 2000 the maximum capital gain rate for individ- LEGISLATION REGARDING MEDICARE-ELIGIBLE Medicare, they are no longer guaran- uals; to the Committee on Finance. MILITARY RETIREES teed care from the military health care By Mr. DASCHLE (for Mr. BREAUX): Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, today I system. This discriminatory char- S. 2679. A bill to suspend temporarily the am introducing a bill, S. 2669, to afford acteristic of our current system—that duty on stainless steel rail car body shells; members the opportunity to examine to the Committee on Finance. has been in effect since 1964—reduces By Mrs. HUTCHISON: the issues related to the complicated retiree medical benefits and requires a S. 2680. A bill to authorize such sums as military medical program. We desire to significant change in the manner in may be necessary for a Balkan Stabilization change the existing program to encom- which health care is obtained at a Conference as convened by the United States pass, in the future, retirees over age 65. point in the lives of our older military and to express the sense of Congress that the Beginning in World War II promises retirees when stability and confidence president should convene such a conference were made to military members that are most important. This bill, in effect, to consider all outstanding issues related to they and their families would be pro- repeals the 1964 law. the execution of the Dayton Accords and the vided health care if they served a full peace agreement with Serbia that ended Op- The bill that I am proposing today eration Allied Force; to the Committee on career. Subsequent legislation was en- would eliminate the current discrimi- Foreign Relations. acted which cut off medical benefits at nation based on age and would permit By Mr. DASCHLE (for Mr. BREAUX): age 65, leaving them to depend on the military retirees and their dependents S. 2681. A bill to suspend temporarily the Medicare system, which has provided to be served by the military health duty on stainless steel rail care body shells; to be inefficient. This is a breach of care system throughout their lives. to the Committee on Finance. promise made on behalf of our country Under my proposal, it would not mat- By Mr. BIDEN (for himself and Mrs. to retirees who devoted a significant ter whether the military retiree is 47 BOXER): portion of their lives with careers in S. 2682. A bill to authorize the Broad- years old or 77 years old. He or she will casting Board of Governors to make avail- service to their country. I recognize be covered by the military health care able to the Institute for Media Development with profound sorrow how we broke system while on active duty and certain materials of the Voice of America; to this promise to these retirees. throughout their retirement. No new the Committee on Foreign Relations. I have gone back and carefully exam- systems will be required, although the By Ms. SNOWE: ined these issues. There is no statutory existing military system may require S. 2683. A bill to deauthorize a portion of foundation providing for entitlement assistance from the Congress to the project for navigation, Kennebunk River, to military health care benefits. It does strengthen its ability to serve all retir- Maine; to the Committee on Environment not exist. It is a myth. But good faith ees. This bill eliminates the confusing and Public Works. representation was made to these By Ms. SNOWE: and ineffective transfer of funds from S. 2684. A bill to redesignate and reauthor- members. Who made the commitment Medicare to the Department of De- ize as anchorage certain portions of the is irrelevant. I know personally that fense. Military retirees will not be re- project for navigation, Narraguagus River, these representations were made. I quired to pay the high cost of addi- Milbridge, Maine; to the Committee on Envi- served in the military and heard the tional basic or supplemental insurance ronment and Public Works. same promises. premiums to ensure their health care By Mr. THURMOND: My Committee has made a deter- needs are met. Military readiness will S.J. Res. 46. A joint resolution commemo- mination, a bipartisan decision, that not be adversely impacted and our rating the 225th Birthday of the United we would fix the issue of health care States Army; to the Committee on the Judi- commitment to those who served a full ciary. for our older retirees, this year. We career will be fulfilled. By Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire: have started with a series of bills, In order to permit the Department of S.J. Res. 47. A joint resolution dis- strengthening them as we went along, Defense to plan for restoring the health approving the extension of the waiver au- listening to those beneficiaries who use care benefit to all retirees, my bill thority contained in section 402(c) of the the system. The legislation I bring to would be effective on October 1, 2001. Trade Act of 1974 with respect to Vietnam; to the floor today repeals the restriction While some may advocate an earlier ef- the Committee on Finance. barring 65 and older military retirees fective date, it is simply not feasible to f and their families from continued ac- expand the medical coverage to the 1.8 cess to the military health care sys- million Medicare-eligible retirees over- SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND tem. If enacted, this legislation will night. SENATE RESOLUTIONS provide an equal benefit for all mili- What is apparent to me is that the The following concurrent resolutions tary health care system beneficiaries, will of the Congress, reflecting the will and Senate resolutions were read, and retirees, reservists, guardsmen and of the Nation, is that now is the time referred (or acted upon), as indicated: families. This puts all beneficiaries in to act on this issue. My bill would By Mr. GORTON (for himself, Mr. FEIN- the same class. It is fairly expensive, eliminate the discriminatory practice GOLD, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mrs. HUTCHISON, but we need to do it. that caused concern among our mili- Mr. LIEBERMAN, and Mr. SESSIONS): The legislation is a quantum leap tary retirees and will restore full bene- S. Con. Res. 119. A concurrent resolution over the provisions included in the fits of the military health care system commending the Republic of Croatia for the Committee markup of the annual De- to all retirees. conduct of its parliamentary and presi- fense bill. While the markup includes a Access to military health care has dential elections; to the Committee on For- comprehensive drug benefit regardless reached a crisis point. With the reduc- eign Relations. of age, the legislation goes further and tion in the number of military hos- f provides uninterrupted access to com- pitals and with the growth in the re- plete health care services. tiree population, addressing the health STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED As a result of my initiatives, all mili- care needs of our older retirees has be- BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS tary retirees, irrespective of age, will come increasingly difficult. These By Mr. WARNER: now enjoy the same health care ben- beneficiaries should be assured that S. 2669. A bill to amend title 10, efit. their health care needs will be met. United States Code, to extend to per- In Town Hall meetings, I have lis- They were promised a healthcare ben- sons over age 64 eligibility for medical tened carefully to the health care con- efit, they served to earn a benefit, and care under CHAMPUS and TRICARE; cerns of military retirees—particularly our country needs to fulfill the com- to extend the TRICARE Senior Prime those over age 65 who have lost their mitments that were made to them. demonstration program in conjunction entitlement to health care within the I am well aware of the legislative al- with the extension of eligibility under current military health care system. ternatives that have been proposed to CHAMPUS and TRICARE to such per- The constant theme that runs through address military retiree health care sons, and for other purposes; to the their requests is that, once they reach needs. I have struggled to examine the Committee on Armed Services. the point at which they are eligible for most acute needs of these beneficiaries

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00061 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.002 S06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 9523 and have struggled to develop a plan Defense Authorization Bill, would pro- sector have been estimated to be $200– that equally benefits all our retirees, vide a complete health care benefit for $800 billion annually. The pace and not just those fortunate enough to live all military retirees. I urge my col- scope of over-regulation has acceler- near a military medical facility, or leagues to support this important leg- ated under the Clinton Administration. those fortunate enough to be selected islation. For example, the IRS has tried to raise through some sort of lottery to be al- Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- taxes administratively, the EPA has lowed to participate in the various sent that the bill and my statement be exceeded its authority with the Clean pilot programs now underway. My goal printed in the RECORD. Water Action Plan and the National is to provide health care through a There being no objection, the bill was Park Service is trying to eliminate means that is available to all bene- ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as snowmobile use in our national parks, ficiaries, in an equitable and complete follows: all without congressional authoriza- manner. S. 2669 tion. Increasingly, we have found that As I have made it clear throughout Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- this administration tries to advance the year, improving the military resentatives of the United States of America in through regulation and executive order health care system has been the Com- Congress assembled, an agenda it cannot get done through mittee’s top quality of life initiative SECTION 1. CONDITIONS FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR the normal legislative process. In fact, CHAMPUS UPON THE ATTAINMENT this year. My Committee has held OF 65 YEARS OF AGE. there are currently 137 major regula- hearings and listened to a variety of (a) ELIGIBILITY OF MEDICARE ELIGIBLE PER- tions in the works that will each have beneficiary representatives. I have SONS.—Section 1086(d) of title 10, United at least a $100 million cost. That means traveled throughout my state and lis- States Code, is amended— these new regulations will impose at tened to the concerns of retirees. I con- (1) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting least a $13.7 billion yearly impact on ducted an extensive town hall meeting the following: the economy. in Norfolk in March. I have met with ‘‘(2) The prohibition contained in para- Unfortunately, Congress has allowed many retirees and their representa- graph (1) shall not apply to a person referred this to happen. For years Congress has to in subsection (c) who— tives at my office, during my travels, ‘‘(A) is enrolled in the supplementary med- delegated its most fundamental respon- and even in social settings. I have lis- ical insurance program under part B of such sibility—the creation of laws—to the tened. title (42 U.S.C. 1395j et seq.); and executive branch. Consequently, rather This extensive review has allowed me ‘‘(B) in the case of a person under 65 years than just enforce laws, these unelected to examine carefully how to approach of age, is entitled to hospital insurance bene- bureaucrats now also write the laws. this issue. The number one priority I fits under part A of title XVIII of the Social These regulatory bureaucracies have heard from retirees was the importance Security Act pursuant to subparagraph (A) often been called the fourth branch of of access to pharmaceuticals. This in- or (C) of section 226(b)(2) of such Act (42 Government. This fourth branch has spired me to develop S. 2087, which pro- U.S.C. 426(b)(2)) or section 226A(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 426–1(a)).’’; and misinterpreted, undercut and directly vided a mail order pharmacy benefit (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘paragraph contradicted the will of Congress time for all military beneficiaries, includ- (1) who satisfy only the criteria specified in and time again. It is well past time to ing—for the first time—all Medicare el- subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2), end this ‘‘regulation without represen- igible retirees. S. 2087 also addressed a but not subparagraph (C) of such paragraph,’’ tation.’’ number of other issues with the mili- and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (B) of para- As many of my colleagues know, tary health care system including some graph (2) who do not satisfy the condition Congress passed the Congressional Re- critical improvements to the TRICARE specified in subparagraph (A) of such para- view Act in 1996 in an attempt to slow program for both active duty and retir- graph’’. the executive regulatory machine. For (b) EXTENSION OF TRICARE SENIOR PRIME ees and their family members. I appre- DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.—Paragraph (4) of the first time, this law established a ciate the bipartisan support of so many section 1896(b) of the Social Security Act (42 process by which Congress can review of my colleagues in crafting and intro- U.S.C. 1395ggg(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘3- and disapprove virtually all federal ducing this critical first step. year period beginning on January 1, 1998’’ agency rules. Unfortunately, the prom- In my many meetings with retirees, and inserting ‘‘period beginning on January ise of the Act has not been fulfilled. and through discussions with my col- 1, 1998, and ending on December 31, 2002’’. Between 1996 and 1999, 12,269 non- leagues, I came to understand the need (c) REPEAL OF RELATED DEMONSTRATION major rules and 186 major rules were PROGRAM.—Section 702 of the National De- to further enhance S. 2087. I proposed fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 submitted to Congress by federal agen- amendments to the budget resolution (Public Law 102–484; 106 Stat. 2431; 10 U.S.C. cies. Only seven joint resolutions of to increase the funding available to ad- 1079 note) is repealed. disapproval were introduced, per- dress retiree health care needs. Then, (d) EFFECTIVE DATES.—(1) Except as pro- taining to five rules. None passed ei- again with bipartisan support, I crafted vided in paragraph (2), the amendments ther House. In fact, none have even a new piece of legislation which im- made by this section shall take effect on Oc- been debated on the floor of either proved and enhanced the pharmacy tober 1, 2001. House. (2) The amendment made by subsection (b) The legislation I introduce today will provisions of the original legislation. shall take effect on the date of the enact- With special assistance from Senator ment of this Act. address the flaws in the Congressional SNOWE and Senator KENNEDY, the new Review Act and restore the proper bal- S. 2486 included an enhanced pharmacy By Mr. THOMAS: ance between the congressional and ex- benefit with no enrollment fees, that S. 2670. A bill to amend chapter 8 of ecutive branches when it comes to included both retail and mail order title 5, United States Code, to require rule-making. The Congressional Regu- programs. This improved legislation major rules of agencies to be approved latory Review Reform Act will require addressed the major unmet need of re- by Congress in order to take effect, and all major rules (those with a $100 mil- tirees, access to pharmaceuticals, and for other purposes; to the Committee lion annual impact as defined by the provides an equitable benefit, one that on Governmental Affairs. Office of Management in consultation is not discriminatory based on age. THE CONGRESSIONAL REGULATORY REVIEW with GAO) to be approved by Congress This legislation was included during REFORM ACT OF 2000 before they take effect. If Congress dis- Committee consideration of the Fiscal ∑ Mr. THOMAS. Mr. President, I rise approves a rule, an agency will be pre- Year 2001 National Defense Authoriza- today to introduce legislation to curb cluded from proposing the same or tion Bill, with the overwhelming sup- Federal over-regulation by the execu- similar rule for a period of 6 months. A port of Committee members. tive branch of Government and to re- rule may be given interim effectiveness The bill now before the Congress store congressional accountability for if the President determines and cer- compliments my earlier efforts and the regulatory process. tifies that a rule should take effect be- those of the Committee. This bill, in The annual regulatory costs of the cause of an imminent threat to health conjunction with the provisions in the Federal Government on the private and safety or emergency (this decision

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00062 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.002 S06JN0 9524 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 6, 2000 is not judicially reviewable). Finally, twice as likely as older men to be liv- contributions in the years leading up the president is authorized to estab- ing near or below the federal poverty to retirement. This bill also requires lish, by executive order a program for threshold. Further, the poverty rates employers to vest employees earlier, so the systematic review of agency rules. for widows, divorced women, and never- that women, who have shorter average I believe that congressional review married women are significantly high- job tenures, can accrue pension bene- and accountability for federal regula- er than the rate for all elderly women. fits earlier. tions will improve efficiency and lessen The 20 million elderly American The bill’s third section eases port- federal government intervention in the women—including 440,000 in Missouri— ability of pensions among workers who daily lives of the American people. carry an extremely high risk of pov- switch jobs. The bill eases rollovers Congress cannot allow the Executive erty. and requires that rollovers apply to all Branch to continue to legislate The causes for this risk can be found retirement plans. In addition, the bill through rules and regulations. Con- in the tax code and pension rules. One extends pension rollovers to include gress must be responsible. Congress of the key elements of pension building post-tax as well as pre-tax distribu- must take back its constitutionally is called vesting. Employees cannot tions, and calls for the post-tax dis- granted authority over the rule-mak- build pension assets until they vest, or tributions to be accounted for sepa- ing process. serve at a particular job for a redeter- rately. This is not a partisan issue. Supreme mined amount of time, often 5 years. These provisions are not controver- Court Justice Stephen Breyer sug- Employers have a perfectly good rea- sial. They have all passed both the Sen- ate and the House of Representatives gested this idea as long ago as 1984. Nor son for vesting requirements—they as part of the Taxpayer Refund and Re- is the purpose of this legislation to want to encourage job stability—and lief Act. President Clinton vetoed that overturn a great number of rules sub- there is no inherent bias in these re- earlier bill. I disagree with the Presi- mitted by agencies. It is intended to in- quirements. But the effect of these re- dent, but he is entitled to his opinion. crease incentives regulators have to re- quirements is to make it harder for On these provisions, however, it is im- spond to the views of the general pub- women to build up pension assets. The possible to claim that these female- lic, rather than narrow interests and to reason for this is that the median job friendly provisions will cost too much make Congress and the president more tenure for women is 3.8 years, well money. The provisions in this bill will politically accountable for the result- below the median job tenure for men, help all workers save more for retire- ing rules. as well as the 5 years most pension ment, and develop larger pensions for Mr. President, I am hopeful my col- plans require for vesting. their golden years. leagues will join me in supporting this Another problem women face is that This bill will particularly help commonsense, good government re- 59 percent of women have not figured women, who face a much greater risk form.∑ out how much they need to save for re- of poverty. While the POWER Act will tirement. When workers, men and help both women and men save for re- By Mr. ASHCROFT: women alike, are younger, they are fre- tirement, it will correct specific pen- S. 2671. A bill to amend the Internal quently not thinking of how much they sion inequalities in the current law Revenue Code of 1986 to promote pen- need to save for retirement. Younger that particularly hurt women. Mis- sion opportunities for women, and for workers are concerned with mortgages, souri’s nearly 900,000 working women other purposes; to the Committee on school loans, children’s needs. When certainly will benefit through en- Finance. these workers get older, and start hanced opportunities to create finan- THE PENSION OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN’S thinking about retirement, they often cial security for retirement. In Mis- EQUALITY IN RETIREMENT ACT increase the amount of money they souri, 65 percent of working age women Mr. ASHCROFT. Mr. President, I rise will put away for retirement. Unfortu- are in the paid labor force. According today to introduce the Pension Oppor- nately women, who have often spent to the Missouri Women’s Council, only tunities for Women’s Equality in Re- less time in the workplace, have less 26 percent of older women receive a tirement (POWER) Act of 2000. This time in which to make the required pension, compared with 47 percent of legislation is important because the ‘catch-up’ contributions that will help men. In addition, the pensions that current tax code often fails to give create a stable and secure retirement. women do receive are significantly less women—especially women who take This process is made even harder by ex- than those of men—$4,200 for women, time off to raise children—sufficient isting rules that limit the amounts of on average, compared with $7,800 for opportunities to earn a large enough the catch-up contributions. men. pension to guarantee their financial se- Given the difficulties women, espe- I hope that the Senate will take curity in retirement. cially unmarried women, face in their quick action on this matter, to help The facts demonstrate that women retirement years, I believe that it is American women provide for safe and need help in building pensions for their time for the Congress to step up and to secure retirements. future. In America today, two-thirds of ensure that retirement security law women over 65 have no pension other By Mrs. FEINSTEIN: provides for higher contribution limits S. 2672. A bill to provide for the con- than Social Security. This translates for working women, easier catch-up to veyance of various reclamation into 300,000 women in my home state of make up for years women missed in the projects to local water authorities; to Missouri and 14 million women nation- labor force, and increased portability the Committee on Energy and Natural wide. At the same time, the median in- of pensions. Resources. come from assets for women age 65 and The POWER Act of 2000 will do three THE SUGAR PINE DAM AND RESERVOIR over is only $860 a year. Retirement is major things: First, the bill will in- CONVEYANCE ACT often compared to a three-legged stool, crease contribution limits, allowing ∑ Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, I with the three legs being pensions, sav- workers to contribute more money to am pleased to introduce this bill today ings, and Social Security. Now, every- retirement accounts during their work- which will provide for the transfer of one knows what happens to a three ing years, thereby ensuring that their the Sugar Pine Dam and Reservoir legged stool when one of the legs is retirements will be more secure. Project in the Central Valley Project missing: it falls over. But these statis- For workers who are over fifty, the to the Forest Hills Public Utility Dis- tics shows that many, too many, Amer- bill allows additional pension contribu- trict. I continue to support the transfer ican women are trying to manage their tions of up to 50 percent more than al- of the Bureau of Reclamation projects retirements on only one leg of the lowed under current law. This provi- to the local water districts which oper- stool. sion is particularly helpful to women ate and benefit from them. As a result of the lack of pensions who leave the labor force to raise their This bill is important in one other and relatively low savings among children, and then want to ‘‘catch-up’’ way. The language in this bill will cor- American women, older women are when they are older by increasing their rect the financial inequity that affects

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00063 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.002 S06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 9525 CVP beneficiaries. Some of the costs of (1) the historical use by settlers and trav- Government—the Department of De- constructing Bureau of Reclamation elers since the late 1800’s of the cemetery fense—get a head start in addressing projects have been allocated to other known as ‘‘Maiden’s Grave Cemetery’’ in its future workforce needs. Our bill, CVP contractors even though the Beowawe, Nevada, predates incorporation of the ‘‘Department of Defense Civilian the land on which the cemetery is situated Workforce Realignment Act of 2000,’’ projects have never been operationally within the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land integrated into the CVP. Thus, Irriga- Management; and provides the Department of Defense tion and Municipal and Industrial (2) it is appropriate that that use be con- with greater flexibility to adequately (M&I) contractors such as Contra Costa tinued through local public ownership of the manage its civilian workforce and Water District, East Bay MUD, Santa parcel rather than through the permitting align its human capital to meet the de- Clara Valley Water District, Sac- process of the Federal agency. mands of the post-cold-war environ- ramento MUD, City of Fresno and a SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE TO EUREKA COUNTY, NE- ment. number of others have incurred sub- VADA. During the last decade, the Depart- stantial costs without ever receiving (a) CONVEYANCE.—The Secretary of the In- ment of Defense underwent a massive terior, acting through the Director of the civilian workforce downsizing program any benefit. Bureau of Land Management (referred to in This bill has the bipartisan support that saw a cut of more than 280,000 po- this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’), shall con- sitions. In addition, the Defense De- of Congressman GEORGE MILLER and vey, without consideration, subject to valid JOHN DOOLITTLE in the House. And I existing rights, to Eureka County, Nevada partment—like other federal depart- can think of no opposition to assisting (referred to in this section as the ‘‘county’’), ments—was subject to hiring restric- Forest Hills Public Utility District and all right, title, and interest of the United tions. Taken together, these two fac- other M&I contractors with this legis- States in and to the parcel of land described tors have inhibited the development of lation.∑ in subsection (b). mid-level career, civilian professionals; (b) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The parcel of the men and women who serve a vital By Mr. REID: land referred to in subsection (a) is the par- role in the management and develop- cel of public land (including any improve- S. 2673. A bill to direct the Secretary ment of our nation’s military. The ex- ments on the land) known as ‘‘Maiden’s tent of this problem is exhibited in the of the Interior to convey certain land Grave Cemetery’’, consisting of approxi- to Eureka County, Nevada, for contin- mately 10 acres and more particularly de- fact that right now, the Department is ued use as cemeteries, to the Com- scribed as S1/2NE1/4SW1/4SW1/4, N1/2SE1/ seriously understaffed in certain key mittee on Energy and Natural Re- 4SW1/4SW1/4 of section 10, T.31N., R.49E., occupations, such as computer experts sources. Mount Diablo Meridian. and foreign language specialists. The (c) USE OF LAND.— lack of such professionals has the po- THE EUREKA COUNTY CEMETERY CONVEYANCE (1) IN GENERAL.—The county shall continue ACT tential to affect the Defense Depart- the use of the parcel conveyed under sub- Mr. REID. Mr. President, I rise today ment’s ability to respond effectively section (a) as a cemetery. and rapidly to military threats to our to introduce the Eureka County Ceme- (2) REVERSION.—If the Secretary, after no- tery Conveyance Act. tice to the county and an opportunity for a nation. The need to address the pending The settlement of Beowawe, Nevada hearing, makes a finding that the county has human capital crisis in the federal was destination and home to pioneers discontinued the use of the parcel conveyed workforce is increasingly apparent, as that settled the isolated high desert of under subsection (a) as a cemetery, title to more and more leaders acknowledge the central Great Basin. The inhab- the parcel shall revert to the Secretary. (d) RIGHT-OF-WAY.—At the time of the con- that our past policies did not consider itants of this community set aside a veyance under subsection (a), the Secretary future federal workforce needs. Indeed, specific community cemetery to pro- shall grant the county a right-of-way allow- in testimony before the Oversight of vide the final resting place for friends ing access for persons desiring to visit the Government Management Sub- and family who passed away. The early cemetery and other cemetery purposes over committee, which I chair, the head of settlers established and managed the an appropriate access route. the General Accounting Office, Comp- cemetery in the late 1800’s. The By Mr. VOINOVICH (for himself troller General David Walker, stated, Beowawe cemetery is on land currently ‘‘(I)n cutting back on the hiring of new managed by the Bureau of Land Man- and Mr. DEWINE): S. 2674. A bill to amend title 5, staff in order to reduce the number of agement (BLM). their employees, agencies also reduced The site of these historic cemetery United States Code to provide for re- alignment of the Department of De- the influx of new people with the new was established prior to the creation of competencies needed to sustain excel- the BLM as an agency. The BLM was fense workforce; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. lence.’’ created in 1946. Under current law, the The bill that Senator DEWINE and I agency must sell the encumbered land THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN are introducing today will help respond at fair market value to this commu- WORKFORCE REALIGNMENT ACT OF 2000 to these concerns by giving the Depart- ∑ nity. My bill provides for conveyance Mr. VOINOVICH. Mr. President, the ment of Defense the assistance it needs of this cemetery to Eureka County, at Federal Government is facing a little- to shape the ‘‘skills mix’’ of the cur- no cost. It is unconscionable to me known, yet serious problem that jeop- rent workforce in order to address that this community would have to ardizes its ability to provide services to shortfalls brought about by years of buy their ancestors back from the Fed- the American people—a crisis in downsizing. Our bill will also help the eral government. human capital. The federal workforce Department meet its needs for new I sincerely hope that members of has endured years of downsizing, hiring skills in emerging technological and Congress recognize the benefit to the freezes, and inadequate investment in professional areas. local community that the conveyances the dedicated men and women who Another area of concern for the De- would provide and pass this legislation. comprise the federal civil service. As a partment of Defense—as well as many I ask unanimous consent that the result, the Federal Government is ill- other federal agencies—is the serious full text of the bill be printed in the equipped to compete with the private demographic challenges that exist in RECORD. sector for a new generation of tech- its workforce. The average Defense De- There being no objection, the bill was nology-savvy workers to replace the partment employee is 45 years old, and ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as nearly 900,000 ‘‘baby boomers’’ who will more than a third of the Department’s follows: be eligible for retirement from the civil workforce is age 51 or older. In the De- S. 2673 service in the next 5 years. partment of the Air Force, for example, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- To meet that challenge, I rise today 45 percent of the workforce will be eli- resentatives of the United States of America in to introduce legislation, along with my gible for either regular retirement or Congress assembled, friend and colleague from Ohio, Sen- early retirement by 2005. SECTION 1. FINDINGS. ator MIKE DEWINE, that will help one Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Congress finds that— critical department of our Federal Dayton, OH, is an excellent example of

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00064 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.002 S06JN0 9526 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 6, 2000 the demographic challenge facing mili- Thank you, Mr. President. I ask ‘‘(B) For the purposes of paragraph tary installations across the country. unanimous consent that the bill be (2)(A)(i), a separation for failure to accept a directed reassignment to a position outside Wright-Patterson is the headquarters printed in full in the RECORD. the commuting area of the employee con- of the Air Force Materiel Command, There being no objection, the bill was cerned or to accompany a position outside of and employs 22,700 civilian federal ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as such area pursuant to a transfer of function workers. By 2005, 60 percent of the follows: may not be considered to be a removal for Base’s civilian workforce will be eligi- S. 2674 cause. ‘‘(3) An employee referred to in paragraph ble for either regular retirement or Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- (1) is eligible for an immediate annuity early retirement. Although a mass exo- resentatives of the United States of America in under this paragraph if the employee satis- Congress assembled, dus of all retirement-eligible employ- fies all of the following conditions: ees is not anticipated, there is a gen- SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. ‘‘(A) The employee is separated from the uine concern that a significant portion This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department service voluntarily during a period in which of the Wright-Patterson civilian work- of Defense Civilian Workforce Realignment the organization within the Department of force, including hundreds of key lead- Act of 2000’’. Defense in which the employee is serving is ers and employees with crucial exper- SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR VOL- undergoing a major organizational adjust- UNTARY SEPARATIONS IN REDUC- ment, as determined by the Secretary of De- tise, could decide to retire, leaving the TIONS IN FORCE. remaining workforce without experi- fense. Section 3502(f)(5) of title 5, United States ‘‘(B) The employee has been employed con- enced leadership and absent essential Code, is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, tinuously by the Department of Defense for institutional knowledge. 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2005’’. more than 30 days before the date on which This combination of factors poses a SEC. 3. EXTENSION, REVISION, AND EXPANSION the head of the employee’s organization re- serious challenge to the long-term ef- OF AUTHORITIES FOR USE OF VOL- quests the determinations required under fectiveness of the civilian component UNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE subparagraph (A). PAY AND VOLUNTARY EARLY RE- of the Defense Department, and by im- TIREMENT. ‘‘(C) The employee is serving under an ap- pointment that is not limited by time. plication, the national security of the (a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Subsection United States. (e) of section 5597 of title 5, United States ‘‘(D) The employee is not in receipt of a de- Military base leaders, and indeed the Code, is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, cision notice of involuntary separation for entire Defense establishment, need to 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2005’’. misconduct or unacceptable performance. ‘‘(E) The employee is within the scope of be given the flexibility to hire new em- (b) REVISION AND ADDITION OF PURPOSES FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE VSIP.—Sub- an offer of voluntary early retirement, as de- ployees so they can begin to develop fined on the basis of one or more of the fol- another generation of civilian leaders section (b) of such section is amended by in- serting after ‘‘transfer of function,’’ the fol- lowing objective criteria: and employees who will be able to pro- lowing: ‘‘restructuring of the workforce (to ‘‘(i) One or more organizational units. vide critical support to our men and meet mission needs, to achieve one or more ‘‘(ii) One or more occupational groups, se- women in uniform. strength reductions, to correct skill imbal- ries, or levels. That is the purpose of the legislation ances, or to reduce the number of high-grade, ‘‘(iii) One or more geographical locations. we are introducing today. The Depart- managerial, or supervisory positions),’’. ‘‘(iv) Any other similar criteria that the (c) INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS.—Subsection Secretary of Defense determines appropriate. ment of Defense Civilian Workforce Re- ‘‘(4) The determinations necessary for es- (d) of such section is amended— alignment Act addresses the current tablishing the eligibility of a person for an (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting imbalance between the federal work- immediate annuity under paragraph (2) or (3) the following: shall be made in accordance with regulations force and the skills needed to run the ‘‘(1) shall be paid in a lump-sum or in in- prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. Federal Government in the 21st cen- stallments;’’; tury, as well as the age imbalance be- ‘‘(5) In this subsection, the term ‘major or- (2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para- ganizational adjustment’ means any of the tween new employees and the potential graph (3); following: mass retirement of senior public em- (3) by striking the period at the end of ‘‘(A) A major reorganization. ployees in the next 5 years. If we wait paragraph (4) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and ‘‘(B) A major reduction in force. for this ‘‘retirement bubble’’ to burst (4) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(C) A major transfer of function. before we begin to hire new employees, ‘‘(5) if paid in installments, shall cease to ‘‘(D) A workforce restructuring— be paid upon the recipient’s acceptance of then not only will we be woefully ‘‘(i) to meet mission needs; employment by the Federal Government as ‘‘(ii) to achieve one or more reductions in understaffed in a number of key areas, described in subsection (g)(1).’’. but we will have fewer seasoned indi- strength; SEC. 4. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EMPLOYEE ‘‘(iii) to correct skill imbalances; or viduals left in the federal workforce VOLUNTARY EARLY RETIREMENT ‘‘(iv) to reduce the number of high-grade, who can provide training and men- AUTHORITY. managerial, supervisory, or similar posi- toring. (a) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.— tions.’’. The provisions in our bill will allow Section 8336 of title 5, United States Code, is (b) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYS- the Defense Department to conduct a amended— TEM.—Section 8414 of such title is amended— (1) in subsection (d)(2), by inserting ‘‘ex- smoother transition by bringing new (1) in subsection (b)(1)(B), by inserting ‘‘ex- cept in the case of an employee described in cept in the case of an employee described in employees into the Department over subsection (o)(1),’’ after ‘‘(2)’’; and the next 5 years. The new employees subsection (d)(1),’’ after ‘‘(B)’’; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (2) by adding at the end the following: will have the opportunity to work with ‘‘(o)(1) An employee of the Department of ‘‘(d)(1) An employee of the Department of and learn from their more experienced Defense who, before October 1, 2005, is sepa- Defense who, before October 1, 2005, is sepa- colleagues, and invaluable institu- rated from the service after completing 25 rated from the service after completing 25 tional knowledge will be passed along. years of service or after becoming 50 years of years of service or after becoming 50 years of While this proposal does not address age and completing 20 years of service is en- age and completing 20 years of service is en- all of the human capital needs of the titled to an immediate annuity under this titled to an immediate annuity under this subchapter if the employee is eligible for the Defense Department, it will help en- subchapter if the employee is eligible for the annuity under paragraph (2) or (3). annuity under paragraph (2) or (3). sure that the Department of Defense ‘‘(2)(A) An employee referred to in para- ‘‘(2)(A) An employee referred to in para- recruits and retains a quality civilian graph (1) is eligible for an immediate annu- graph (1) is eligible for an immediate annu- workforce so that our Armed Forces ity under this paragraph if the employee— ity under this paragraph if the employee— may remain the best in the world. It is ‘‘(i) is separated from the service involun- ‘‘(i) is separated from the service involun- extremely important to the future vi- tarily other than for cause; and tarily other than for cause; and tality of the Department’s civilian ‘‘(ii) has not declined a reasonable offer of ‘‘(ii) has not declined a reasonable offer of workforce and the national security of another position in the Department of De- another position in the Department of De- fense for which the employee is qualified, fense for which the employee is qualified, the United States that we address the which is not lower than 2 grades (or pay lev- which is not lower than 2 grades (or pay lev- human capital crisis while we have the els) below the employee’s grade (or pay els) below the employee’s grade (or pay opportunity. I urge my colleagues to level), and which is within the employee’s level), and which is within the employee’s support this legislation. commuting area. commuting area.

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00065 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.002 S06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 9527 ‘‘(B) For the purposes of paragraph stitution not accredited by a national or re- pool of talented experts in critical re- (2)(A)(i), a separation for failure to accept a gional accrediting body (except in the case of search and development fields. As I directed reassignment to a position outside a course or institution for which standards have often said, Wright-Patterson is the commuting area of the employee con- for accrediting do not exist or are deter- the brain power behind our air power, cerned or to accompany a position outside of mined by the head of the employee’s agency such area pursuant to a transfer of function as being inappropriate), regardless of wheth- and is the central reason why our Air may not be considered to be a removal for er the course is provided by means of class- Force is second to none in techno- cause. room instruction, electronic instruction, or logical and aeronautical superiority. ‘‘(3) An employee referred to in paragraph otherwise.’’. Wright-Patterson has already lost a (1) is eligible for an immediate annuity (b) WAIVER OF RESTRICTION ON DEGREE significant number of people who con- under this paragraph if the employee satis- TRAINING.—Subsection (b)(1) of such section stituted that brain power as a result of fies all of the following conditions: is amended by striking ‘‘if necessary’’ and all Cold War downsizing. In the last decade ‘‘(A) The employee is separated from the that follows through the end and inserting alone, 8,000 positions at Wright-Patter- service voluntarily during a period in which ‘‘if the training provides an opportunity for the organization within the Department of an employee of the agency to obtain an aca- son have been lost. For the entire De- Defense in which the employee is serving is demic degree pursuant to a planned, system- partment of Defense, approximately undergoing a major organizational adjust- atic, and coordinated program of profes- 280,000 positions were lost during the ment, as determined by the Secretary of De- sional development approved by the head of same period. At the same time we were fense. the agency.’’. downsizing, hiring restrictions pre- ‘‘(B) The employee has been employed con- (c) CONFORMING AND CLERICAL AMEND- vented the Defense Department from tinuously by the Department of Defense for MENTS.—The heading for such section is establishing a foundation of younger more than 30 days before the date on which amended to read as follows: innovators. In short, the combination the head of the employee’s organization re- ‘‘§ 4107. Restrictions’’. quests the determinations required under of downsizing, retirement, and a hiring (3) The item relating to such section in the freeze has left a shallow talent pool of subparagraph (A). table of sections at the beginning of chapter ‘‘(C) The employee is serving under an ap- young skilled workers. 41 of title 5, United States Code, is amended The statistics tell the story. Today, pointment that is not limited by time. to read as follows: ‘‘(D) The employee is not in receipt of a de- for example, nearly one out of 10 civil- cision notice of involuntary separation for ‘‘4107. Restrictions.’’. ian workers at Wright-Patterson’s misconduct or unacceptable performance. SEC. 6. STRATEGIC PLAN. Aeronautical Systems Center are under ‘‘(E) The employee is within the scope of (a) REQUIREMENT FOR PLAN.—Not later than six months after the date of the enact- the age of 35, while more than one- an offer of voluntary early retirement, as de- third of the workforce is over the age fined on the basis of one or more of the fol- ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense lowing objective criteria: shall submit to the appropriate committees of 50. In less than five years, more than ‘‘(i) One or more organizational units. of Congress a strategic plan for the exercise half of this workforce will be eligible ‘‘(ii) One or more occupational groups, se- of the authorities provided or extended by for retirement, but only 2.5 percent ries, or levels. the amendments made by this Act. The plan will be under the age of 35. This trend ‘‘(iii) One or more geographical locations. shall include an estimate of the number of is typical for all civilian functions at ‘‘(iv) Any other similar criteria that the Department of Defense employees that would Wright-Patterson. Secretary of Defense determines appropriate. be affected by the uses of authorities as de- The Department of Defense Civilian scribed in the plan. ‘‘(4) The determinations necessary for es- Workforce Realignment Act would ex- tablishing the eligibility of a person for an (b) CONSISTENCY WITH DOD PERFORMANCE immediate annuity under paragraph (2) or (3) AND REVIEW STRATEGIC PLAN.—The strategic tend, revise and expand the Defense De- shall be made in accordance with regulations plan submitted under subsection (a) shall be partment’s limited authority to use prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. consistent with the strategic plan of the De- voluntary incentive pay and voluntary ‘‘(5) In this subsection, the term ‘major or- partment of Defense that is in effect under early retirement. Our bill would allow ganizational adjustment’ means any of the section 306 of title 5, United States Code. for the Department to utilize the added following: (c) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES.—For the authority to restructure the civilian ‘‘(A) A major reorganization. purposes of this section, the appropriate committees of Congress are as follows: workforce to meet missions needs and ‘‘(B) A major reduction in force. to correct skill imbalances. Given the ‘‘(C) A major transfer of function. (1) The Committee on Armed Services and ‘‘(D) A workforce restructuring— the Committee on Governmental Affairs of significant numbers of eligible federal ‘‘(i) to meet mission needs; the Senate. retirees the Department will face in ‘‘(ii) to achieve one or more reductions in (2) The Committee on Armed Services and just a few short years, this legislation strength; the Committee on Government Reform of would give the Department the ability ‘‘(iii) to correct skill imbalances; or the House of Representatives.∑ to better manage this extraordinary ‘‘(iv) to reduce the number of high-grade, Mr. DEWINE. Mr. President, today transition period. Just as important, managerial, supervisory, or similar posi- Senator VOINOVICH and I are intro- this smoother transition period would tions.’’. ducing the Department of Defense Ci- allow for better and more effective de- (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section vilian Workforce Realignment Act of 8339(h) of such title is amended by striking velopment of our younger workers, who out ‘‘or ( j)’’ in the first sentence and insert- 2000. This legislation is designed to will have a better chance to learn and ing ‘‘( j), or (o)’’. give the Department of Defense some gain from the expertise of the older (2) Section 8464(a)(1)(A)(i) of such title is of the administrative flexibility it generation of innovators. amended by striking out ‘‘or (b)(1)(B)’’ and ‘‘, needs to shape the civilian workforce The legislation we are introducing, (b)(1)(B), or (d)’’. to meet the tremendous national de- fundamentally for Wright-Patterson (d) EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY.—The fense challenges that face our nation Air Force Base, is about maintaining amendments made by this section— well into this century. technological superiority. That superi- (1) shall take effect on October 1, 2000; and My colleague from Ohio and I, along (2) shall apply with respect to an approval ority is the foundation of future Air for voluntary early retirement made on or with our Ohio colleagues in the House, Force dominance in the skies. It’s that after that date. Mr. HOBSON and Mr. HALL have been simple. Weakening that foundation SEC. 5. RESTRICTIONS ON PAYMENTS FOR ACA- working on this issue for almost two places the lives of our pilots and the se- DEMIC TRAINING. years. What has fostered this bipar- curity of our nation at risk. Our legis- (a) SOURCES OF POSTSECONDARY EDU- tisan unity is the current workforce lation is a positive step toward rebuild- CATION.—Subsection (a) of section 4107 of situation at Wright-Patterson Air ing and strengthening that foundation title 5, United States Code, is amended— Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. What we with an investment in those who will (1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph have seen there is a rather large micro- make tomorrow’s discoveries and (1); cosm of a current and growing problem (2) by striking the period at the end of breakthroughs that will keep our pilots paragraph (2) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and that affects the civilian workforce safe and our nation secure. (3) by adding at the end the following: throughout our defense infrastructure. I am pleased that the Department of ‘‘(3) any course of postsecondary education At Wright-Patterson, this problem the Air Force and the Department of that is administered or conducted by an in- threatens to diminish significantly the Defense have expressed the need for

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00066 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.002 S06JN0 9528 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 6, 2000 workforce realignment legislation. I health care, and we have a long way to trials, but our commitment to women’s believe the legislation Senator go. Knowledge about appropriate health this is not about quotas and VOINOVICH and I are introducing today courses of treatment for women lags numbers. It is about real scientific ad- will meet the concerns they have ex- far behind that for men for many dis- vances that will improve our knowl- pressed not just to us, but also to other eases. For years, research into diseases edge about women’s health. At a time members of the House and Senate. that predominantly affect women, such when we are on track to double funding I want to thank Senator VOINOVICH as breast cancer, went grossly under- for NIH, it is troubling that the agency for his efforts and leadership on his leg- funded. And many women do not have has still failed to fully implement both islation, and also want to extend my access to reproductive and other vital its own guidelines and Congress’s direc- appreciation to his staff, especially health services. tive for sex-based analysis. And as a re- Aric Newhouse and Andrew Richard- Throughout my tenure in the House sult, women continue to be short- son, for their hard work. The Miami and Senate, I have worked hard to ex- changed by federal research efforts. Valley community also has been of pose and eliminate this health care The crux of the matter is that NIH’s great help in demonstrating the impor- gender gap and improve women’s ac- problems exist despite the fact that it tance of this issue not just to Wright- cess to affordable, quality health serv- has an Office of Women’s Health that is Patterson but also to the entire region ices. Ten years, ago, as co-chairs of the codified in law. If NIH is having prob- and the nation. Congressional Caucus for Women’s lems, imagine the difficulties we will I urge my colleagues to support this Issues (CCWI), Representative Pat have in continuing the focus on wom- legislation. Schroeder and I, along with Represent- en’s health in offices that don’t have ative HENRY WAXMAN, called for a GAO this legislative mandate, and that may By Ms. SNOWE (for herself and investigation into the inclusion of change focus with a new HHS Sec- Ms. MIKULSKI): women and minorities in medical re- retary or Agency Director. S. 2675. A bill to establish an Office search at the National Institutes of Offices of Women’s Health across the on Women’s Health within the Depart- Health. Public Health Service are charged with ment of Health and Human Services; to This study documented the wide- coordinating women’s health activities the Committee on Health, Education, spread exclusion of women from med- and monitoring progress on women’s Labor, and Pensions. ical research, and spurred the Caucus health issues within their respective WOMEN’S HEALTH OFFICE ACT OF 2000 to introduce the first Women’s Health agencies, and they have been successful ∑ Ms. SNOWE. Mr. President, I rise Equity Act (WHEA) in 1990. This com- in making federal programs and poli- today to introduce the Women’s Health prehensive legislation provided Con- cies more responsive to women’s health Office Act of 2000 and I am pleased to gress with its first broad, forward-look- issues. Unfortunately, all of the good be joined on this legislation by my ing health agenda designed to redress work these offices are doing is not the historical inequities that face friend and colleague, Senator BARBARA guaranteed in Public Health Service women in medical research, prevention MIKULSKI. Companion legislation to authorizing law. Providing statutory this bill has been introduced in the and services. authorization for federal women’s Three years later Congress enacted House by Congresswomen CONNIE health offices is a critical step in en- legislation mandating the inclusion of MORELLA and CAROLYN MALONEY. suring that women’s health research women and minorities in clinical trials The Women’s Health Office Act of will continue to receive the attention at NIH through the National Institutes 2000 provides permanent authorization of Health Revitalization Act of 1993 it requires in future years. for offices of women’s health in five Codifying these offices of women’s (P.L. 103–43). Also included in the NIH federal agencies: the Department of health is important for several reasons: Revitalization Act was language estab- Health and Human Services (HHS); the First, it re-emphasizes Congress’s com- lishing the NIH Office of Research on Centers for Disease Control and Pre- mitment to focusing on women’s Women’s Health—language based on vention (CDC); the Agency for Health health. Second, it ensures that Agen- my original Office of Women’s Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ); the bill that was introduced in the 104th cies will enact Congress’s intent with Health Resources and Services Admin- Congress. good faith. Finally, it ensures that ap- istration (HRSA); and the Food and And yet, despite all the progress that propriations will be available in future Drug Administration (FDA). we have made, there is still a long way years to fulfill these commitments. Currently, only two women’s health to go on women’s health care issues. By statutorily creating Offices of offices in the federal government have Last month, the GAO released a re- Women’s Health, the Deputy Assistant statutory authorization: the Office of port—a ten-year update—on the status Secretary for Women’s Health will be Research on Women’s Health at the of women’s research at NIH (‘‘NIH Has able to better monitor various Public National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Increased Its Efforts to Include Women Health Service agencies and advise the Office for Women’s Services within in Research,’’ published on May 2, them on scientific, legal, ethical and the Substance Abuse and Mental 2000). This report found that since the policy issues. Agencies would establish Health Services Administration first GAO report and the 1993 legisla- a Coordinating Committee on Women’s (SAMHSA). tion, NIH has made significant progress Health to identify and prioritize which For too many years, women’s health toward including women as subjects in women’s health projects should be con- care needs were ignored or poorly un- both intramural and external clinical ducted. This will also provide a mecha- derstood, and women were systemati- trials. nism for coordination within and cally excluded from important health However, the report notes that the across these agencies, and with the pri- research. One famous medical study on Institutes have made less progress in vate sector. But most importantly, this breast cancer examined hundreds of implementing the requirement that bill will ensure the presence of endur- men. Another federally-funded study certain clinical trials be designed and ing offices dedicated to addressing the examined the ability of aspirin to pre- carried out to permit valid analysis by ongoing needs and gaps in research pol- vent heart attacks in 20,000 medical sex, which could reveal whether inter- icy, programs, and education and train- doctors, all of whom were men, despite ventions affect women and men dif- ing in women’s health. the fact that heart disease is the lead- ferently. The GAO found that NIH re- Improving the health of American ing cause among women. searchers will include women in their women requires a far greater under- Today, Members of Congress and the trials—but then they will either not do standing of women’s health needs and American public understand the impor- analysis on the basis of sex, or if no dif- conditions, and ongoing evaluation in tance of ensuring that both genders ference was found, they will not pub- the areas of research, education, pre- benefit equally from medical research lish the sex-based results. vention, treatment and the delivery of and health care services. Unfortu- NIH has done a good job of improving services. I urge my colleagues to join nately, equity does not yet exist in participation of women in clinical Senator MIKULSKI and me in supporting

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00067 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.002 S06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 9529 this legislation, to help ensure that have women’s health offices. How are make recommendations to the head of women’s health will never again be a these other agencies addressing wom- the agency. The FDA office would also missing page in America’s medical en’s health? Only NIH and the Sub- have specific duties regarding women textbook.∑ stance Abuse and Mental Health Serv- and clinical trials. All the offices, in- ∑ Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, I rise ices Administration (SAMHSA) have cluding the HHS Office beginning no to join my good friend and colleague, statutory authorization for offices later than Jan. 31. 2002, would submit a Senator SNOWE, to introduce the Wom- dedicated to women’s health. Other report every two years to the appro- en’s Health Office Act of 2000. I’m agencies in HHS have a hodgepodge of priate Congressional committees docu- pleased to join Senator SNOWE in intro- women’s health offices or advisors/co- menting activities accomplished. In ad- ducing this bill because it establishes ordinators, some of whom have experi- dition, the bill authorizes appropria- an important framework to address enced cuts in their funding. For exam- tions for all the offices through 2005 women’s health within the Department ple, funding for the Food and Drug Ad- I believe that this bill will establish of Health and Human Services (DHHS). ministration’s (FDA) Office of Women’s a valuable and consistent framework Historically, women’s health needs Health has decreased from $2 million in for addressing women’s health in the were ignored or inadequately addressed Fiscal Year 1995 to $1.6 million in Fis- Department of Health and Human by the medical establishment and the cal Year 2000. In addition, funding for Services. It will help to ensure that government. It is really only in the the Centers for Disease Control and women’s health research will continue last ten years that the health of Prevention’s (CDC) Office of Women’s to have the resources it needs in the women has begun to receive more at- Health was cut more than 10% between coming years. This bill is a priority of tention. A 1990 General Accounting Of- Fiscal Year 1999 and Fiscal Year 2000. the Women’s Health Research Coali- fice (GAO) report acknowledged the I believe we need a consistent and tion. The Coalition is comprised of historical pattern of neglect of women comprehensive approach to address the nearly three dozen academic centers, in health research, and especially the needs of women’s health in the DHHS. voluntary health associations and exclusion of women as research sub- This bill that I join Senator SNOWE in membership organizations with a jects in many clinical trials. This was introducing today would do just that. strong focus on women’s health re- unacceptable. Women make up half or The Women’s Health Office Act of 2000 search and gender-based biology. I en- more of the population and must be would provide authorization for wom- courage my colleagues to join Senator adequately included in clinical re- en’s health offices in DHHS, CDC, the SNOWE and myself in supporting and search. That’s why I fought to estab- FDA, the Agency for Healthcare Re- cosponsoring this important legislation lish the Office of Research on Women’s search and Quality (AHRQ), and the for women.∑ Health (ORWH) at the National Insti- Health Resources and Serivces Admin- tutes of Health (NIH) ten years ago. We istration (HRSA). By Mr. HUTCHINSON (for him- needed to ensure that women were in- This legislation establishes an impor- self, Mr. GREGG, Mr. ENZI, Mr. cluded in clinical research, so that we tant framework and build on existing HAGEL, Mr. SESSIONS, Mrs. would know how treatments for a par- efforts. The HHS Office on Women’s HUTCHISON, Mr. KYL, Mr. NICK- ticular disease or condition would af- Health would take over all functions LES, Mr. HELMS, Mr. ALLARD, fect women. Would men and women which previously belonged to the cur- Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire, react the same way to a particular rent Office of Women’s Health of the and Mr. INHOFE): treatment for heart disease? We had no Public Health Service. The HHS Office S. 2676. A bill to amend the National way of knowing because women were would be headed by a Deputy Assistant Labor Relations Act to provide for in- not being included in clinical trials. Secretary for Women’s Health who flation adjustments to the mandatory While the ORWH began its work in would also chair an HHS Coordinating jurisdiction thresholds of the National 1990, I wanted to ensure that it stayed Committee on Women’s Heath. The re- Labor Relations Board; to the Com- at NIH and had the necessary authority sponsibilities of the HHS Office would mittee on Health, Education, Labor, to carry out its mission of ensuring include establishing short and long- and Pensions. that women were included in clinical term goals, advising the Secretary of LEGISLATION REGARDING INFLATION ADJUST- research. That’s why I authored legis- HHS on women’s health issues, moni- MENTS TO MANDATORY JURISDICTION THRESH- lation in 1990 and 1991 to formally es- toring and facilitating coordination OLDS OF THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS tablish the ORWH in the Office of the and stimulating HHS activities on BOARD Director of NIH. These provisions were women’s health, establishing a na- ∑ Mr. HUTCHINSON. Mr. President, I later enacted into law in the NIH Revi- tional Women’s Health Information ask unanimous consent that the bill talization Act of 1993. Center to facilitate exchange of and ac- and additional material be printed in Last year, Senator HARKIN, Senator cess to women’s health information, the RECORD. SNOWE, and I requested that GAO ex- and coordinating private sector efforts There being no objection, the mate- amine how well the NIH and ORWH to promote women’s health. rial was ordered to be printed in the was carrying out the mandates under Under this legislation, the Offices of RECORD, as follows: the NIH Revitalization Act of 1993. The Women’s Health in CDC, FDA, HRSA, S. 2676 results were mixed. While NIH had and AHRQ would be housed in the of- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- made substantial progress in ensuring fice of the head of each agency and be resentatives of the United States of America in the inclusion of women in clinical re- headed by a Director appointed by the Congress assembled, search, it had made less progress in en- head of the respective agency. The of- SECTION 1. INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS TO MAN- couraging the analysis of study find- fices would assess the current level of DATORY JURISDICTION THRESH- activity on women’s health in the OLDS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELA- ings by sex. This means that women TIONS BOARD. are being included in clinical trials, agency; establish short-term and long- Section 14(c)(1) of the National Labor Rela- but we are not able to fully reap the term goals for women’s health and co- tions Act (29 U.S.C. 164(c)(1)) is amended to benefits of inclusion because analysis ordinate women’s health activities in read as follows: of how interventions affect men and the agency; identify women’s health ‘‘(c)(1)(A) MANDATORY JURISDICTION.—The women is not being done. While the projects to support or conduct; consult Board shall assert jurisdiction over any NIH is taking steps to address this, we with appropriate outside groups on the labor dispute involving any class or category are missing information from research agency’s policy regarding women; serve of employers over which it would assert ju- on HHS’ Coordinating Committee on risdiction under the standards prevailing on done over the last few years about how August 1, 1959, with the financial threshold the outcomes of the research varied or Women’s Health; and establish and amounts adjusted for inflation under sub- not for men and women. head a coordinating committee on paragraph (B). NIH is but one agency in the DHHS. women’s health within the agency to ‘‘(B) INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS.—The Board, Other agencies in DHHS do not even identify womens’ health needs and beginning on October 1, 2000, and not less

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00068 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.002 S06JN0 9530 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 6, 2000 often than every 5 years thereafter, shall ad- The federal government’s case against shrewd maneuver to disguise behind just each of the financial threshold amounts Microsoft attacks all three principles. the veil of a racial drama his relentless referred to in subparagraph (A) for inflation, Instead of the self-regulating competition attack on the democratic institutions that has enabled Microsoft to lead the tech- using as the base period the later of (i) the and rule of law in Zimbabwe. By suc- most recent calendar quarter ending before nology industry to its current heights, the the financial threshold amount was estab- government favors either breaking up the cessfully casting the issue as one of lished, or (ii) the calendar quarter ending company or regulating away its freedom to race rather than his own lawlessness. June 30, 1959. The inflation adjustments shall innovate and compete. The federal govern- President Mugabe has paralyzed the be determined using changes in the Con- ment’s ‘‘remedy’’ would insert bureaucrats very forces which should otherwise call sumer Price Index for all urban consumers into the technology market in ways never his bluff. published by the Department of Labor and before imagined. Those Washington bureau- Most notable among the paralyzed shall be rounded to the nearest $10,000. The crats would be involved in questions of prod- are other African heads of state—and Board shall prescribe any regulations nec- uct design and marketing. That would em- Kofi Annan. The deliberate introduc- essary for making the inflation adjust- power pencil-pushing Beltway bureaucrats to tion of a racial element to the con- ments.’’. second-guess innocent computer program- mers and entrepreneurs. The new arrange- troversy has left them in an untenable [From the Dallas Morning News, Apr. 28, ment would enable regulators to pick win- position: if they dare criticize behavior 2000] ners and losers in the marketplace, stripping they find outrageous or even dan- MIKE HUCKABEE: GOVERNMENT’S FLAWED consumers of their rights. gerous, they would seemingly side PURSUIT OF MICROSOFT In a free market, it is consumers, not bu- against black Africans on behalf of (By Mike Huckabee, Governor of Arkansas) reaucrats, who should control the destinies ‘‘colonial’’ whites. Thus neighboring of individual industries and companies. In re- heads of state—some of whom have As a lifelong Southerner, I am proud our sponse to consumers’ influence over the mar- region is known for its hospitality and com- ket, companies have lowered prices, created shown great commitment to democ- mon sense. It seems the Justice Department new products and focused on customer serv- racy and racial reconciliation in their could use a little of both in the handling of ices. The government’s scheme would negate own countries—are unhappily muted, its antitrust suit against the Microsoft Corp. even seemingly compelled to support When Federal Judge Thomas Penfield those market forces. It also would preclude Jackson recently issued his ruling, he gave the industry and the government from work- President Mugabe’s antics. credence to the flawed logic upon which the ing together to bridge the digital divide, Yet the near paralysis of the United government has built its case. since the industry probably would be forced States is of greatest concern. Over That flawed logic should have precluded to raise prices to account for new regulatory 10,000 Zimbabwean troops from the thin the federal government from bringing the compliance costs. Higher prices would pro- green line which keeps Laurent Kabila case in the first place. Washington bureau- hibit low-income families from enjoying in power in the Democratic Republic of crats shouldn’t be in the business of choosing newer technologies, so poor families would remain behind the technological curve. Congo. The volatile Kabila, in turn, de- winners and losers in the private sector. termines whether or not the war in That responsibility belongs to consumers. The Justice Department has wasted the The government’s theory behind the case taxpayers’ money and attacked the interests Congo ends peacefully—a goal to which is that America’s high-technology industry of consumers, from the case’s inception to the administration has staked consid- has been victimized by Microsoft’s stifling the intentional failure of government law- erable political capital during ‘‘the competition and squelching innovation. yers to settle the case to the reckless break- month of Africa’’ at the United Na- Every piece of the federal government’s the- up scheme it hatched to punish Microsoft. tions. Thus, President Mugabe has pre- ory is an insult to the free-enterprise system The suit is a deliberate attempt by the gov- sented us with a ludicrous choice be- and the will of consumers. ernment to circumvent the economic author- First, there is no more competitive indus- ity of consumers and entrepreneurs in the tween support for democracy in try in the world than America’s high-tech free market. It seems the least the federal Zimbabwe and the chance to prevent market. That is as true today as it was be- government could show the American people Kabila from plunging Congo back into fore the federal government’s five-year, $30 would be a little bit of hospitality and com- full scale war. The United States is fro- million attempt to regulate free enterprise. mon sense on this issue.∑ zen lest we provoke them. There are thousands of companies selling Relatively small Zimbabwe’s ability software products today, far more than at By Mr. FRIST (for himself and to direct the fate of Congo and the en- the start of the trial. Mr. FEINGOLD): tire central African region is testa- And in the time since the federal govern- S. 2677. A bill to restrict assistance ment and 19 state attorneys general filed ment to its weight on the continent until certain conditions are satisfied and why its internal chaos is reason for their suit, America’s technology industry and to support democratic and eco- has produced one-third of the nation’s eco- great concern. Zimbabwe can be a force nomic growth. nomic transition in Zimbabwe; to the for good or bad in southern Africa, the Those facts hardly would support the gov- Committee on Foreign Relations. region which will in turn, drive either ernment’s characterization of the informa- LEGISLATION TO PROMOTE POLITICAL AND the progress or further demise of the tion technology industry as a shell of its ECONOMIC REFORM IN ZIMBABWE entire continent south of the Sahara. former self. ∑ Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, on its sur- As for innovation, consider the change in Zimbabwe is currently a driving force face, the turmoil and death toll of for its demise. The best chance to re- the simple matter of personal computing Zimbabwe’s brutal farm invasions is an since 1995. In 1995, the personal computer was verse that is through support for the just starting to have its potential realized economic and racial battle. At its core, democratic forces challenging a leader with the development—among other innova- it is an engineered effort to distract whose increasingly destructive acts im- tions—of Windows 95. Just as Windows 95 has from the government’s assault on a be- peril the continent. The United States’ since been rendered obsolete by Microsoft sieged democratic opposition move- policy imperative in Zimbabwe could itself, so now is the debate beginning about ment. The crisis in Zimbabwe has pro- not be clearer, but we are seemingly the future of the personal computer as we found implications for Africa far be- unprepared to take the necessary steps know it. Many believe the PC soon will be re- yond the killings and lawlessness nec- to aggressively defend democracy and placed by Internet-based appliances in essary to sustain it. It has the poten- phones, televisions and hand-held computing our national interests. devices. The technology industry in 2000 tial to fundamentally compromise the First, the United States must be will- looks nothing like it did in 1995. future of the entire region and the ing to ‘‘decouple’’ our support for de- Just as many of the technologies of the United States’ most basic interests mocracy in Zimbabwe from the war in mid-’90s now are obsolete, so are the issues there. But it is a crisis which we are Congo. As in any hostage situation, the government has raised in this case. The ill-prepared to address, and time is not you never let the captor dictate the high-tech market has moved—and will con- on our side. terms. That will require commitment tinue to move—too quickly for any govern- President Robert Mugabe’s orches- of considerable political capital and ment to keep tabs on it through regulation. tration and blessing of the invasions of By the time federal bureaucrats get around diplomatic muscle. It will require tak- to fixing rules, the market will change them. predominantly white-owned commer- ing some necessary risks. That is the way of the new economy, built on cial farms—the backbone of Second, the United States should not competition, innovation and customer serv- Zimbabwe’s export economy—by so- wait until after ballots are cast for par- ice. called war veterans is actually a liament on June 24 and 25 to declare

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00069 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.002 S06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 9531 whether the elections were ‘‘free and port programs. It authorizes a legal as- to democracy, including real land re- fair’’ or even ‘‘flawed but representa- sistance fund for individuals and insti- form based on equitable distribution tive.’’ The government’s attempt to tutions which are suffering under the and title to the land. steal the election now through vio- breakdown of rule of law. The legal fees In the end, President Mugabe may lence, intimidation, and brazen manip- for torture victims, independent media simply dismiss all international and in- ulation of procedures are in daily news supporting free speech and other demo- ternal pressure. He has both the power reports. Silence on that point makes us cratic institutions challenging election to do so and increasingly seems to have accomplices in its attempts to main- results or undemocratic laws can be the inclination, despite the costs. Even tain its grip on power and false pre- paid from the funds. so, the United States cannot be intimi- tense of democracy. More insidious, the It provides new authority for broad- dated or compromised. We must act de- world is helping to pave the way for casting of objective and reliable news cisively and quickly to support the the same deception and violence in the to listeners in Zimbabwe. democratic institutions upon which he critical 2002 presidential elections by It doubles next year’s funding for de- is waging war. It is upon the fate of essentially demonstrating how little mocracy programs in Zimbabwe. those institutions and individuals we expect when it comes to democracy It expresses the sense of the Senate which so much of Africa’s future de- in Africa. It stands in shameful con- that the United States should support pends.∑ trast to our expectations and actions election observers to the parliamen- in South Africa in 1994. tary and presidential elections. By Mr. BIDEN (for himself and Third, we must explicitly link inter- It prepares the United States to act Mrs. BOXER): S. 2682. A bill to authorize the Broad- national financial support and coopera- decisively to support democracy. If the casting Board of Governors to make tion with Zimbabwe to the fate of its President certifies to Congress that available to the Institute for Media De- democratic institutions. With the vir- rule of law has been restored, freedom velopment certain materials of the tual end of support from international of speech and association is respected, Voice of America; to the Committee on lending institutions and economic aid, free elections have been conducted, Foreign Relations. we have precious few ‘‘sticks’’ at our Zimbabwe is pursuing an equitable and LEGISLATION REGARDING THE VOICE OF disposal. The ‘‘carrots’’ are real, legal land reform program, and the through. We must use them to commu- AMERICA/AFRICA ARCHIVES army is under civilian control, a series ∑ nicate that democracy brings imme- Mr. BIDEN. Mr. President, today I of programs to support democratic am introducing, along with Senator diate benefits and to entice and gener- transition and aggressively promote ously shore up any gains made, includ- BOXER, a bill to authorize the Broad- economic recovery are initiated: casting Board of Governors to make ing progress on real land reform. In the Suspended assistance is restored. 20 years since independence, land re- available to a private entity archival The Secretary of Treasury is directed materials from the Africa Division of form, which is broadly supported in to undertake a review of Zimbabwe’s Zimbabwe and among donors, has been the Voice of America. This bill is also bilateral debt for the purposes of elimi- being introduced today in the other slow and has benefitted ruling party in- nation of that debt to the greatest ex- body by Representative CYNTHIA siders. tent possible. It is critical that the United States MCKINNEY, who initiated this proposal It directs the U.S. executive directors and asked me to introduce the Senate be clear about its support for peaceful at the multilateral institutions to pro- democratic transition in Zimbabwe. version of the bill. pose and support programs for the The bill authorizes the Broadcasting That fact must be communicated to elimination of Zimbabwe’s multilateral the Zimbabwean government in no un- Board of Governors to make available debt, and that those institutions ini- to the Institute for Media Develop- certain terms, and to the Zimbabwean tiate programs to support rapid eco- people. They should know that we back ment, a non-profit organization, archi- nomic recovery and the stabilization of val materials of the Africa Division of them in their struggle for democracy. the Zimbabwe dollar. But it must be more than just words. the Voice of America (VOA). These ma- It allocates an initial US$16 million The United States should be prepared terials, currently stored at the VOA in for alternative land reform programs to meet the needs of those fighting for analog form, will be put into modern under the Inception Phase of the Land democracy, and to be there to assist digital form and made available to Reform and Resettlement Program— them should they have the opportunity scholars through the University of including acquisition and resettlement to govern. California, Los Angeles, and any other Mr. President, to that end, Senators costs. institution of higher learning approved It directs the establishment of a FEINGOLD and HELMS have joined me in by the Board. introducing the Zimbabwe Democracy ‘‘Southern Africa Finance Center’’ in I believe this is a very useful public- Act. The legislation contains several Zimbabwe which will serve as a joint private partnership that will result in critical democratic support mecha- office for the Export-Import Bank, the a positive benefit to scholars of African nisms which we should act quickly to Overseas Private Investment Corpora- studies. As I am sure my colleagues are put in place. tion, and the Trade Development Agen- aware, the Voice of America is not First, it unequivocally states the pol- cy to pursue, facilitate and underwrite broadcast in the United States. Pro- icy of the United States is to support American private investment in grams which may be of interest to stu- the people of Zimbabwe in their strug- Zimbabwe and the region. dents and scholars of African politics, gles to effect peaceful, democratic Mr. President, the future stability of history, literature and foreign policy change, achieve broad-based and equi- Zimbabwe is in the United States na- are often inaccessible. Moreover, there table economic growth, and restore the tional interest. That future is depend- is no systematic means, much less the rule of law. ent on the viability of the democratic funds, to make such archival material It suspends bilateral assistance to legal and economic institutions in available. And once the programs are the government of Zimbabwe; suspends Zimbabwe which are currently under aired, there is no guarantee that the any debt reduction measures for the assault. It is clear that the United analog tape on which they are recorded government of Zimbabwe; and in- States must support those individuals will be preserved. History may literally structs the U.S. executive directors of and institutions, both during the cur- be lost, if news shows and interviews the multilateral lending institutions to rent assaults and especially if they with prominent figures in various Afri- vote against the extension of any cred- gain in elections. can countries are not preserved. Stor- it or benefits to the government of This legislation offers clear support ing these recordings in a central ar- Zimbabwe until rule of law and demo- for democratic institutions and the chive should prove invaluable in years cratic institutions are restored. rule of law now, and it provides aggres- to come. It includes explicit exceptions for hu- sive future United States economic and There will be no cost to the U.S. Gov- manitarian, health and democracy sup- institutional support for a transition ernment. The bill requires that the

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00070 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.002 S06JN0 9532 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 6, 2000 government be reimbursed for any ex- use of the materials results in violation of which go in and out of the busy harbor penses it incurs in making such mate- the copyright laws of the United States (in- area throughout the spring, summer rials available, and for the indem- cluding international copyright conventions and fall months. Anyone who has been nification of the government in the to which the United States is a party); to the ‘‘Port’’ during the heavy tourist (D) the authority of the Board to termi- event that the materials are used in a nate the agreement if the provisions of para- season can tell you it is a very popular manner that violates the copyright graph (1) are violated; and attraction, particularly the tour boat laws of the United States. I would not (E) any other terms and conditions relat- trips that take tourists out past the anticipate that such copyright viola- ing to the materials that the Board considers breakwater for a view of the Maine tions will occur, because the bill also appropriate. coastline. The New England District makes clear that materials made avail- (c) CREDITING OF REIMBURSEMENTS TO Corps has given its approval for the de- able may be used only for academic and BOARD APPROPRIATIONS ACCOUNT.—Any reim- authorization as has the town and the bursement of the Board under subsection (b) research purposes and may not be used Joint River Commission. shall be deposited as an offsetting collection I look forward to the speedy passage for public or commercial broadcast to the currently applicable appropriation ac- purposes. count of the Board. of these two non-controversial bills I am pleased that the chairman of SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY. separately and to support their inclu- the Committee on Foreign Relations The authority provided under this Act sion into legislation reauthorizing the has agreed to place this legislation on shall cease to have effect on the date that is Water Resources Development Act, or the agenda of the committee later this 5 years after the date of enactment of this WRDA, for which passage is being con- week. I hope the Committee, and then Act.∑ sidered in this Congress.∑ the full Senate, will give its approval. By Ms. SNOWE: I ask unanimous consent that the bill By Mr. THURMOND: S. 2683. A bill to deauthorize a por- S.J. Res. 46. A joint resolution com- be printed at this point in the RECORD. tion of the project for navigation, There being no objection, the bill was memorating the 225th birthday of the Kennebunk River, Maine; to the Com- United States Army; to the Committee ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as mittee on Environment and Public follows: on the Judiciary. Works. COMMEMORATING JUNE 6, 2000, AS THE UNITED S. 2682 STATES ARMY’S 225TH BIRTHDAY Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- By Ms. SNOWE: Mr. THURMOND. Mr. President, resentatives of the United States of America in S. 2684. A bill to redesignate and re- today on the anniversary of D–Day, Congress assembled, authorize as anchorage certain por- SECTION 1. AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN MATE- June 6th, 1944, I have the great privi- RIALS OF THE VOICE OF AMERICA. tions of the project for navigation, lege to introduce a joint resolution (a) AUTHORITY.— Narraguagus River, Milbridge, Maine; honoring the United States Army on (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the provisions to the Committee on Environment and its 225th birthday. of this Act, the Broadcasting Board of Gov- Public Works. Before there was a United States of ernors (in this Act referred to as the LEGISLATION REGARDING MAINE RIVER America, there was an American Army, ‘‘Board’’) is authorized to make available to NAVIGATION PROJECTS born on June 14th, 1775. On the town the Institute for Media Development (in this ∑ Ms. SNOWE. Mr. President, I rise square of Cambridge, Massachusetts, a Act referred to as the ‘‘Institute’’), at the re- today to introduce two bills that are quest of the Institute, previously broadcast small group of American colonists audio and video materials produced by the important to my State of Maine. The came together to form an army, under Africa Division of the Voice of America. first piece of legislation pertains to the the authority of the Continental Con- (2) DEPOSIT OF MATERIALS.—Upon the re- Narraguagus River dredge in Milbridge gress. This June 14th, we will look quest of the Institute and the approval of the and will reauthorize former Corps back over those 225 years and see clear- Board, materials made available under para- project areas so as to design a portion ly that the forming of the colonial graph (1) may be deposited with the Univer- of the 11-foot channel as anchorage. Army was the prelude to the birth of sity of California, Los Angeles, or such other The town has provided the Corps with our nation. As the Army’s slogan for appropriate institution of higher education harbor use data that indicates that the (as defined in section 101(a) of the Higher this commemoration says, it was the Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)) that 11-foot channel need only be dredged to ‘‘Birth of an army and the birth of free- is approved by the Board for such purpose. 9 feet. dom.’’ (3) SUPERSEDES EXISTING LAW.—Materials I have already requested $30,000 for Like Members of this body, to be a made available under paragraph (1) may be FY01 Energy and Water appropriations soldier is to believe in something other provided notwithstanding section 501 of the to complete plans and specifications than what we can achieve for ourselves United States Information and Educational for a maintenance dredge of the 11-, as individuals. I am proud to help cele- Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1461) and sec- 9-, and 6-foot channel from brate the Army birthday, marking tion 208 of the Foreign Relations Authoriza- Narraguagus Bay to the town landings more than two centuries of selfless tion Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 (22 U.S.C. and the 6-foot anchorages in Milbridge. 1461–1a). service to the United States of Amer- (b) LIMITATIONS.— The project serves the important com- ica. More than 42 million Americans (1) AUTHORIZED PURPOSES.—Materials made mercial fishing and lobstering fleet, have raised their right hands to take available under this Act shall be used only acquaculture operations, and fish pack- an oath, both in times of crisis and in for academic and research purposes and may ing facility, and a small recreational times of peace. not be used for public or commercial broad- fleet. As I introduce this resolution, I ask cast purposes. The second bill concerns the that each of you please join me next (2) PRIOR AGREEMENT REQUIRED.—Before Kennebunk River in Kennebunkport month to extend the heartfelt thanks making available materials under subsection that deauthorizes a small elongated (a)(1), the Board shall enter into an agree- of this Congress to each and every sol- ment with the Institute providing for— section of the Federal Navigation dier for their outstanding service to (A) reimbursement of the Board for any ex- Channel. Not only would this allow our nation! penses involved in making such materials much needed moorings from a nearby Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- available; marina to remain where they have sent that the text of the joint resolu- (B) the establishment of guidelines by the been positioned, but most importantly, tion be printed in the RECORD. Institute for the archiving and use of the the deauthorization would be the last There being no objection, the joint materials to ensure that copyrighted works piece needed so that the important resolution was ordered to be printed in contained in those materials will not be used dredge project can go forward. the RECORD, as follows: in a manner that would violate the copyright This is a very active channel, Mr. Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I want laws of the United States (including inter- national copyright conventions to which the President, and the dredge is extremely to take a moment to note that Senator United States is a party); important for the safe passage not only THURMOND, who took the floor and in- (C) the indemnification of the United for fishermen, but also for the tour troduced a joint resolution com- States by the Institute in the event that any boats, transporting up to 150 people, mending our Armed Forces, is someone

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The Government continued which the American soldier lives and serves; As we consider the construction of Whereas while no one can predict the to repress basic political and some reli- the museum in New Orleans, LA, to cause, location, or magnitude of future bat- gious freedoms and to commit numer- pay tribute to those soldiers and all tles, there is one certainty — American sol- ous abuses . . . the Government arbi- those involved in the D–Day invasion, diers of character, selflessly serving the Na- trarily arrested and detained citizens, we should take a moment on the floor tion, will continue to be the credentials of including detention for peaceful ex- of the Senate to pay tribute to our col- our Army; pression of political and religious views league from South Carolina, who had Whereas the Army is prepared to answer . . . The Government significantly re- the Nation’s call, and such calls have been stricts freedom of speech, the press, as- such a distinguished career in the mili- increasing in number and disparity in recent tary. It is almost inconceivable to years; sembly, and association . . . The Gov- think he was there as a volunteer to fly Whereas the threats are less distinct and ernment restricts freedom of religion a glider into the D–Day invasion—prob- less predictable than the past, but more com- and significantly restricts the oper- ably one of the more dangerous assign- plex and just as real and dangerous; ation of religious organizations other ments of the men and women in uni- Whereas our Army, the world’s most capa- than those entities approved by the form who made that invasion such a ble and respected ground force, is in the State . . . Citizens’ access to passports success. The fact that he is here today midst of an unparalleled transformation as it frequently was constrained by factors prepares for the new challenges of the next outside the law, such as bribery and is a tribute to not only his longevity, century and a different world; but his continued dedication to this Whereas future forces will be prepared to corruption. Refugee and immigrant country. conduct quick, decisive, highly sophisticated visa applicants sometimes encountered On behalf of a generation—frankly, I operations anywhere, anytime; and local officials who arbitrarily delayed wasn’t born when that occurred but Whereas our Army will be ready to fight or denied passports based on personal have been the beneficiary of that vic- and win our Nation’s call to service at home animosities or on the officials’ percep- tory—I say to my colleague from South and abroad: Now, therefore, be it tion that an applicant did not meet Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep- program criteria or in order to extort a Carolina that we are in deepest debt to resentatives of the United States of America in him for his personal service to this Congress assembled, That Congress— bribe.’’ The list of violations outlined country, and for his courage in partici- (1) recognizes the valor, commitment, and by our State Department goes on, but I pating in that D–Day invasion. I com- sacrifice that American soldiers have made will stop here. mend not only him but also all of those throughout the history of the Nation; Mr. President, the resolution I have who made that invasion such a success, (2) commends the United States Army and introduced keeps faith with the origi- and hope that on this 56th anniversary American soldiers for 225 years of selfless nal Congressional intent of the Trade all of the people involved, and their service; and Act of 1974. Our dedication to funda- (3) calls upon the President to issue a proc- mental human rights must be resolute, families who waited expectantly to lamation recognizing the 225th birthday of hear the results of that invasion, will the United States Army and calling upon the even when it means one powerful inter- be remembered in the thoughts and people of the United States to observe that est group or another does not get its prayers of every American family. anniversary with appropriate ceremonies and way. Unfortunately, the President’s de- Mr. THURMOND. Mr. President, I activities. cision to grant this waiver once again thank the Senator for his kind words. I undermines the United States’ long- would do it again, if necessary. By Mr. SMITH of New Hamp- standing dedication to human rights Mr. DURBIN. There is no doubt in shire: and sends a message to the rest of the the mind of any Member of the Senate S.J. Res. 47. A joint resolution dis- world that the United States is more that Senator THURMOND would volun- approving the extension of the waiver interested in profits over principles. teer again, as he just promised that he authority contained in section 402(c) of Finally, rewarding Communist Viet- would. I thank the Senator again. the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to nam by allowing U.S. tax dollars to Vietnam; to the Committee on Fi- S.J. RES. 46 subsidize business operations in Hanoi, nance. Whereas on June 14, 1775, the Second Con- while at the same time their leaders tinental Congress, representing the citizens LEGISLATION REGARDING THE TRADE ACT OF 1974 hold back key POW/MIA records from of 13 American colonies, authorized the es- WITH RESPECT TO VIETNAM the war, is a disgrace to the men and tablishment of the Continental Army; ∑ Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire. Mr. women who valiantly served our coun- Whereas the collective expression of the President, I rise to introduce a resolu- try and were honored just last week on pursuit of personal freedom that caused the tion concerning our trade relationship Memorial Day. This Presidential waiv- authorization and organization of the United with the Socialist Republic of Viet- er should be overturned by the Con- States Army led to our Nation’s Declaration nam. On June 2, 2000, the President of ∑ of Independence and the codification of our gress, as is our right under the law. basic principles and values in the Constitu- the United States formally rec- f ommended a waiver of the application tion of the United States; ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS Whereas for the past 225 years, our Army’s of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to central purpose has been to fight and win Vietnam. I am deeply troubled by the S. 459 wars that were typically fought and won on President’s decision to grant this waiv- At the request of Mr. BAUCUS, his distant, foreign battlefields, while at home, er in light of Vietnam’s continuing name was added as a cosponsor of S. the Army provided for the Nation’s security; poor record on human rights. One need 459, a bill to amend the Internal Rev- Whereas whatever the mission, the Nation only look at the 1999 U.S. State De- enue Code of 1986 to increase the State turns to its Army for decisive victory, re- ceiling on private activity bonds. gardless of whether those are measured in partment report on human rights prac- the defeat of foreign Army forces or the tices in Vietnam to recognize that the S. 620 timely delivery of humanitarian assistance Vietnamese Government once again At the request of Mr. SARBANES, the at home or abroad; has failed to meet recognized standards name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Whereas the 172 battle streamers carried with respect to such fundamental COLLINS) was added as a cosponsor of S. on the Army’s flag are testament to the rights as freedom of emigration, free- 620, a bill to grant a Federal charter to valor, commitment, and sacrifice of those dom of speech and freedom of religion, Korean War Veterans Association, In- who have served and fought under its banner; to name only a few, which are so often corporated, and for other purposes. Whereas Valley Forge, New Orleans, Mex- ico City, Gettysburg, Verdun, Bataan, Nor- taken for granted in our great country. S. 656 mandy, Pusan, Ia Drang Valley, Grenada, I would like to quote from this re- At the request of Mr. REED, the Panama, and Kuwait are but a few of the vealing report to emphasize my point. names of the Senator from Rhode Is- places where American soldiers have won ex- The State Department declared the fol- land (Mr. L. CHAFEE) and the Senator

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from Louisiana (Ms. LANDRIEU) were medical assistance under the medical ensure that seniors are given an oppor- added as cosponsors of S. 656, a bill to program, and for other purposes. tunity to serve as mentors, tutors, and provide for the adjustment of status of S. 1446 volunteers for certain programs. certain nationals of Liberia to that of At the request of Mr. LOTT, the name S. 1883 lawful permanent residence. of the Senator from Arizona (Mr. KYL) At the request of Mr. BINGAMAN, the S. 784 was added as a cosponsor of S. 1446, a names of the Senator from Wisconsin At the request of Mr. ROCKEFELLER, bill to amend the Internal Revenue (Mr. FEINGOLD) and the Senator from the names of the Senator from Indiana Code of 1986 to allow an additional ad- Vermont (Mr. LEAHY) were added as co- (Mr. LUGAR) and the Senator from vance refunding of bonds originally sponsors of S. 1883, a bill to amend title Rhode Island (Mr. REED) were added as issued to finance governmental facili- 5, United States Code, to eliminate an cosponsors of S. 784, a bill to establish ties used for essential governmental inequity on the applicability of early a demonstration project to study and functions. retirement eligibility requirements to provide coverage of routine patient S. 1487 military reserve technicians. care costs for medicare beneficiaries At the request of Mr. AKAKA, the S. 1900 with cancer who are enrolled in an ap- names of the Senator from Massachu- At the request of Mr. LAUTENBERG, proved clinical trial program. setts (Mr. KERRY), the Senator from the name of the Senator from Iowa S. 818 Idaho (Mr. CRAPO), and the Senator (Mr. HARKIN) was added as a cosponsor At the request of Mr. DEWINE, the from Illinois (Mr. DURBIN) were added of S. 1900, a bill to amend the Internal name of the Senator from South Caro- as cosponsors of S. 1487, a bill to pro- Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit lina (Mr. THURMOND) was added as a co- vide for excellence in economic edu- to holders of qualified bonds issued by sponsor of S. 818, a bill to require the cation, and for other purposes. Amtrak, and for other purposes. Secretary of Health and Human Serv- S. 1709 S. 1941 ices to conduct a study of the mor- At the request of Mr. KYL, the name At the request of Mr. DODD, the name tality and adverse outcome rates of of the Senator from Texas (Mr. GRAMM) of the Senator from Montana (Mr. medicare patients related to the provi- was added as a cosponsor of S. 1709, a BURNS) was added as a cosponsor of S. sion of anesthesia services. bill to provide Federal reimbursement 1941, a bill to amend the Federal Fire S. 1016 for indirect costs relating to the incar- Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to At the request of Mr. DEWINE, the ceration of illegal aliens and for emer- authorize the Director of the Federal name of the Senator from North Da- gency health services furnished to un- Emergency Management Agency to kota (Mr. DORGAN) was added as a co- documented aliens. provide assistance to fire departments sponsor of S. 1016, a bill to provide col- S. 1716 and fire prevention organizations for lective bargaining for rights for public At the request of Mr. TORRICELLI, the the purpose of protecting the public safety officers employed by States or name of the Senator from Connecticut and firefighting personnel against fire their political subdivisions. (Mr. DODD) was added as a cosponsor of and fire-related hazards. S. 1020 S. 1716, a bill to amend the Federal In- S. 2003 At the request of Mr. GRASSLEY, the secticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide At the request of Mr. JOHNSON, the name of the Senator from Minnesota Act to require local educational agen- names of the Senator from Missouri, (Mr. GRAMS) was added as a cosponsor cies and schools to implement inte- (Mr. ASHCROFT) and the Senator from of S. 1020, a bill to amend chapter 1 of grated pest management systems to Maine (Ms. COLLINS) were added as co- title 9, United States Code, to provide minimize the use of pesticides in sponsors of S. 2003, a bill to restore for greater fairness in the arbitration schools and to provide parents, guard- health care coverage to retired mem- process relating to motor vehicle fran- ians, and employees with notice of the bers of the uniformed services. chise contracts. use of pesticides in schools, and for S. 2061 S. 1110 other purposes. At the request of Mr. BIDEN, the At the request of Mr. LOTT, the name S. 1717 name of the Senator from Massachu- of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. ROB- At the request of Mr. BOND, the setts (Mr. KENNEDY) was added as a co- ERTS) was added as a cosponsor of S. names of the Senator from Missouri sponsor of S. 2061, a bill to establish a 1110, a bill to amend the Public Health (Mr. ASHCROFT) and the Senator from crime prevention and computer edu- Service Act to establish the National Alabama (Mr. SHELBY) were added as cation initiative. Institute of Biomedical Imaging and cosponsors of S. 1717, a bill to amend S. 2062 Engineering. title XXI of the Social Security Act to At the request of Mr. DEWINE, the S. 1159 provide for coverage of pregnancy-re- name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. At the request of Mr. STEVENS, the lated assistance for targeted low-in- SNOWE) was added as a cosponsor of S. names of the Senator from New Mexico come pregnant women. 2062, a bill to amend chapter 4 of title (Mr. DOMENICI), the Senator from Geor- S. 1805 39, United States Code, to allow postal gia (Mr. CLELAND), the Senator from At the request of Mr. KENNEDY, the patrons to contribute to funding for Maryland (Ms. MIKULSKI), and the Sen- name of the Senator from North Da- organ and tissue donation awareness ator from West Virginia (Mr. ROCKE- kota (Mr. DORGAN) was added as a co- through the voluntary purchase of cer- FELLER) were added as cosponsors of S. sponsor of S. 1805, a bill to restore food tain specially issued United States 1159, a bill to provide grants and con- stamp benefits for aliens, to provide postage stamps. tracts to local educational agencies to States with flexibility in administering S. 2078 initiate, expand, and improve physical the food stamp vehicle allowance, to At the request of Mr. BUNNING, the education programs for all kinder- index the excess shelter expense deduc- name of the Senator from New Mexico, garten through 12th grade students. tion to inflation, to authorize addi- (Mr. BINGAMAN) was added as a cospon- S. 1227 tional appropriations to purchase and sor of S. 2078, a bill to authorize the At the request of Mr. L. CHAFEE, the make available additional commodities President to award a gold medal on be- name of the Senator from Minnesota under the emergency food assistance half of Congress to Muhammad Ali in (Mr. WELLSTONE) was added as a co- program, and for other purposes. recognition of his outstanding athletic sponsor of S. 1227, a bill to amend title S. 1851 accomplishments and enduring con- IV of the Personal Responsibility and At the request of Mr. CAMPBELL, the tributions to humanity, and for other Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. purposes. of 1996 to provide States with the op- GRASSLEY) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2084 tion to allow legal immigrant pregnant S. 1851, a bill to amend the Elementary At the request of Mr. LUGAR, the women and children to be eligible for and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to name of the Senator from Michigan

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(Mr. LEVIN) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2357 compensation and other benefits for S. 2084, a bill to amend the Internal At the request of Mr. REID, the name employees of the Department of En- Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. ergy, its contractors, subcontractors, amount of the charitable deduction al- CONRAD) was added as a cosponsor of S. and certain vendors who sustain illness lowable for contributions of food inven- 2357, a bill to amend title 38, United or death related to exposure to beryl- tory, and for other purposes. States Code, to permit retired mem- lium, ionizing radiation, silica, or haz- S. 2274 bers of the Armed Forces who have a ardous substances in the performance At the request of Mr. GRASSLEY, the service-connected disability to receive of their duties, and for other purposes. names of the Senator from North Da- military retired pay concurrently with S. 2585 kota (Mr. DORGAN), the Senator from veterans’ disability compensation. At the request of Mr. GRAHAM, the Missouri (Mr. BOND), the Senator from S. 2365 names of the Senator from New York Florida (Mr. GRAHAM), and the Senator At the request of Ms. COLLINS, the (Mr. MOYNIHAN), the Senator from Min- from Hawaii (Mr. AKAKA) were added as name of the Senator from Virginia (Mr. nesota (Mr. WELLSTONE), the Senator cosponsors of S. 2274, a bill to amend WARNER) was added as a cosponsor of S. from New York (Mr. SCHUMER), and the title XIX of the Social Security Act to 2365, a bill to amend title XVII of the Senator from Maryland (Mr. SARBANES) provide families and disabled children Social Security Act to eliminate the 15 were added as cosponsors of S. 2585, a with the opportunity to purchase cov- percent reduction in payment rates bill to amend titles IV and XX of the erage under the medicaid program for under the prospective payment system Social Security Act to restore funding such children. for home health services. for the Social Security Block Grant, to 2308 S. 2390 restore the ability of the States to At the request of Mr. MOYNIHAN, the At the request of Mr. DEWINE, the transfer up to 10 percent of TANF funds name of the Senator from North Caro- name of the Senator form Nebraska to carry out activities under such lina (Mr. HELMS) was added as a co- (Mr. HAGEL) was added as a cosponsor block grant, and to require an annual sponsor of S. 2308, a bill to amend title of S. 2390, a bill to establish a grant report on such activities by the Sec- XIX of the Social Security Act to as- program that provides incentives for retary of Health and Human Services. sure preservation of safety net hos- States to enact mandatory minimum S. 2586 sentences for certain firearms offenses, pitals through maintenance of the At the request of Mrs. FEINSTEIN, the Medicaid disproportionate share hos- and for other purposes. name of the Senator from Minnesota pital program. S. 2408 (Mr. WELLSTONE) was added as a co- S. 2311 At the request of Mr. BINGAMAN, the sponsor of S. 2586, a bill to reduce the At the request of Mr. JEFFORDS, the names of the Senator from New Mexico backlog in the processing of immigra- names of the Senator from Texas (Mrs. (Mr. DOMENICI) and the Senator from tion benefit applications and to make HUTCHISON), the Senator from Oregon Texas (Mrs. HUTCHISON) were added as improvements to infrastructure nec- (Mr. SMITH), the Senator from Missouri cosponsors of S. 2408, a bill to authorize essary for the effective provision of im- (Mr. BOND), the Senator from Pennsyl- the President to award a gold medal on migration services, and for other pur- vania (Mr. SANTORUM), and the Senator behalf of the Congress to the Navajo poses. Code Talkers in recognition of their from Maine (Ms. SNOWE) were added as S. 2589 cosponsors of S. 2311, supra. contributions to the Nation. At the request of Mr. JOHNSON, the At the request of Mr. LEAHY, his S. 2413 name of the Senator from Nebraska name was added as a cosponsor of S. At the request of Mr. LEAHY, the (Mr. HAGEL) was added as a cosponsor 2311, supra. name of the Senator from North Caro- of S. 2589, a bill to amend the Federal At the request of Mr. KENNEDY, the lina (Mr. EDWARDS) was added as a co- Deposit Insurance Act to require peri- names of the Senator from California sponsor of S. 2413, a bill to amend the odic cost of living adjustments to the (Mrs. BOXER) and the Senator from Omnibus Crime Control and Safe maximum amount of deposit insurance West Virginia (Mr. ROCKEFELLER) were Streets Act of 1968 to clarify the proce- available under the Act, and for other added as cosponsors of S. 2311, a bill to dures and conditions for the award of purposes. revise and extend the Ryan White matching grants for the purchase of CARE Act programs under title XXVI armor vests. S. 2601 of the Public Health Service Act, to At the request of Mr. CAMPBELL, the At the request of Mr. ASHCROFT, the improve access to health care and the name of the Senator from Texas (Mrs. names of the Senator from Michigan quality of health care under such pro- HUTCHISON) was added as a cosponsor of (Mr. ABRAHAM) and the Senator from grams, and to provide for the develop- S. 2413, supra. Georgia (Mr. COVERDELL) were added as ment of increased capacity to provide S. 2459 cosponsors of S. 2601, a bill to amend health care and related support serv- At the request of Mr. MOYNIHAN, the the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ices to individuals and families with name of the Senator from Virginia (Mr. exclude from the gross income of an HIV disease, and for other purposes. ROBB) was added as a cosponsor of S. employee any employer provided home S. 2322 2459, a bill to provide for the award of computer and internet access. At the request of Mr. MCCAIN, the a gold medal on behalf of the Congress S. 2617 name of the Senator from Massachu- to former President Ronald Reagan and At the request of Mr. BAUCUS, the setts, (Mr. KERRY) was added as a co- his wife Nancy Reagan in recognition name of the Senator from Vermont sponsor of S. 2322, a bill to amend title of their service to the Nation. (Mr. LEAHY) was added as a cosponsor 37, United States Code, to establish a S. 2514 of S. 2617, a bill to lift the trade embar- special subsistence allowance for cer- At the request of Mr. GRAMS, the go on Cuba, and for other purposes. tain members of the uniformed services name of the Senator from Arizona (Mr. S. 2621 who are eligible to receive food stamp MCCAIN) was added as a cosponsor of S. At the request of Mr. FEINGOLD, the assistance, and for other purposes. 2514, a bill to improve benefits for name of the Senator from Minnesota S. 2330 members of the reserve components of (Mr. WELLSTONE) was added as a co- At the request of Mr. ROTH, the name the Armed Forces and their depend- sponsor of S. 2621, a bill to continue the of the Senator from Maine (Ms. COL- ants. current prohibition of military co- LINS) was added as a cosponsor of S. S. 2519 operation with the armed forces of the 2330, a bill to amend the Internal Rev- At the request of Mr. VOINOVICH, the Republic of Indonesia until the Presi- enue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise name of the Senator from Minnesota dent determines and certifies to the tax on telephone and other commu- (Mr. WELLSTONE) was added as a co- Congress that certain conditions are nication services. sponsor of S. 2519, a bill to authorize being met.

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RES. 119 of the Department of Defense, for mili- At the request of Ms. COLLINS, the Whereas the fourth Croatian parliamen- tary construction, and for defense ac- names of the Senator from Missouri tary elections, held on January 3, 2000, tivities of the Department of Energy, (Mr. ASHCROFT), the Senator from Mis- marked Croatia’s progress toward meeting to prescribe personnel strengths for souri (Mr. BOND) and the Senator from its commitments as a participating state of such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, the Organization on Security and Coopera- Wyoming (Mr. ENZI) were added as co- and for other purposes; as follows: tion in Europe (OSCE) and as a member of sponsors of S. 2625, a bill to amend the the Council of Europe; Strike sections 701 through 704 and insert Public Health Service Act to revise the Whereas Croatia’s third presidential elec- the following: performance standards and certifi- tions were conducted smoothly and profes- SEC. 701. CONDITIONS FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR cation process for organ procurement sionally and concluded on February 7, 2000, CHAMPUS UPON THE ATTAINMENT organizations. with the landslide election of Stipe Mesic as OF 65 YEARS OF AGE. (a) ELIGIBILITY OF MEDICARE ELIGIBLE PER- S. CON. RES. 53 the new President of the Republic of Croatia; Whereas the free and fair elections in Cro- SONS.—Section 1086(d) of title 10, United At the request of Mrs. FEINSTEIN, the atia, and the following peaceful and orderly States Code, is amended— names of the Senator from Michigan transfer of power from the old government to (1) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting (Mr. ABRAHAM) and the Senator from the new, is an example of democracy to the the following: Minnesota (Mr. WELLSTONE) were added people of other nations in the region and a ‘‘(2) The prohibition contained in para- as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 53, a con- major contribution to the democratic devel- graph (1) shall not apply to a person referred current resolution condemning all prej- opment of southeastern Europe; and to in subsection (c) who— Whereas the people of Croatia have made ‘‘(A) is enrolled in the supplementary med- udice against individuals of Asian and ical insurance program under part B of such Pacific Island ancestry in the United clear that they want Croatia to take its rightful place in the family of European de- title (42 U.S.C. 1395j et seq.); and States and supporting political and mocracies and to develop a closer and more ‘‘(B) in the case of a person under 65 years civic participation by such individuals constructive relationship with the Euro-At- of age, is entitled to hospital insurance bene- throughout the United States. lantic community of democratic nations: fits under part A of title XVIII of the Social S. CON. RES. 113 Now, therefore, be it Security Act pursuant to subparagraph (A) Resolved by the Senate (the House of Rep- or (C) of section 226(b)(2) of such Act (42 At the request of Mr. MOYNIHAN, the U.S.C. 426(b)(2)) or section 226A(a) of such name of the Senator from Maryland resentatives concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that— Act (42 U.S.C. 426–1(a)).’’; and (Ms. MIKULSKI) was added as a cospon- (1) the people of the Republic of Croatia (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘paragraph sor of S. Con. Res. 113, a concurrent are to be congratulated on the successful (1) who satisfy only the criteria specified in resolution expressing the sense of the elections and the outgoing Government of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2), Congress in recognition of the 10th an- Croatia is to be commended for the demo- but not subparagraph (C) of such paragraph,’’ niversary of the free and fair elections cratic standards with which it managed the and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (B) of para- in Burma and the urgent need to im- elections; graph (2) who do not satisfy the condition (2) the United States should support the ef- specified in subparagraph (A) of such para- prove the democratic and human rights graph’’. of the people of Burma. forts of the new Government of Croatia to increase its work on refugee return, privat- (b) EXTENSION OF TRICARE SENIOR PRIME S. CON. RES. 118 ization reform, media reform, and further co- DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.—Paragraph (4) of At the request of Mr. HELMS, the operation with the International Criminal section 1896(b) of the Social Security Act (42 names of the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to U.S.C. 1395ggg(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘3- year period beginning on January 1, 1998’’ FITZGERALD) and the Senator from set an example to other countries in the re- and inserting ‘‘period beginning on January Michigan (Mr. ABRAHAM) were added as gion; (3) the Congress strongly supports Cro- 1, 1998, and ending on December 31, 2002’’. cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 118, a con- (c) EFFECTIVE DATES.—(1) The amendments current resolution commemorating the atia’s commitment to democracy and will give its full support to the efforts of the new made by subsection (a) shall take effect on 60th anniversary of the execution of Government of Croatia to fully implement October 1, 2001. Polish captives by Soviet authorities democratic reforms; (2) The amendment made by subsection (b) in April and May 1940. (4) the United States should continue to shall take effect on the date of the enact- ment of this Act. S. RES. 260 promote Croatian-American economic, polit- At the request of Mr. BOND, the ical, and military relations and to recognize names of the Senator from Connecticut Croatia as a loyal partner in south central DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Europe; and APPROPRIATIONS ACT 2001 (Mr. DODD), the Senator from North (5) taking into consideration Croatia’s con- Carolina (Mr. EDWARDS), the Senator tributions as a committed partner in the re- from South Dakota (Mr. JOHNSON), and gion, the Congress recommends establishing the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. a strategic partnership with the Republic of COLLINS AMENDMENTS NOS. 3174– 3178 WELLSTONE) were added as cosponsors Croatia and supports the serious consider- of S. Res. 260, a resolution to express ation of Croatia’s candidacy for membership (Ordered to lie on the table.) the sense of the Senate that the Fed- in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s Ms. COLLINS submitted five amend- eral investment in programs that pro- Partnership for Peace program and its can- ments intended to be proposed by her didacy for accession into the World Trade vide health care services to uninsured Organization. to the bill (S. 2593) making appropria- and low-income individuals in medi- tions for the Department of Defense for cally under served areas be increased in f the fiscal year ending September 30, order to double access to care over the AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED 2001, and for other purposes; as follows: next 5 years. AMENDMENT NO. 3174 f On page 109, between lines 11 and 12, insert NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZA- the following: SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLU- TION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 SEC. 8126. Of the total amount appropriated TION 119—COMMENDING THE RE- by title II under the heading ‘‘AIRCRAFT PRO- PUBLIC OF CROATIA FOR THE CUREMENT, ARMY’’ for the procurement of C– CONDUCT OF ITS PARLIAMEN- WARNER (AND OTHERS) 212 short takeoff and landing, fixed-wing air- TARY AND PRESIDENTIAL ELEC- AMENDMENT NO. 3173 craft, $15,000,000 may be used for the procure- TIONS ment of C–212 short takeoff and landing, Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. LOTT, fixed-wing aircraft for the Army National Mr. GORTON (for himself, Mr. FEIN- Mr. HUTCHINSON, Mr. THURMOND, Mr. Guard for the use of Special Forces Groups of GOLD, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mrs. HUTCHISON, INHOFE, Ms. SNOWE, Mr. KERRY, Mrs. the Army National Guard. Mr. LIEBERMAN, and Mr. SESSIONS) sub- HUTCHISON, and Mr. MURKOWSKI) pro- mitted the following concurrent resolu- posed an amendment to the bill (S. AMENDMENT NO. 3175 tion; which was referred to the Com- 2549) to authorize appropriations for On page 109, between lines 11 and 12, insert mittee on Foreign Relations: fiscal year 2001 for military activities the following:

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SEC. 8126. In addition to other amounts ap- SEC. 610. SPECIAL SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE ‘‘(h) FOOD STAMP ASSISTANCE DEFINED.—In propriated by title IV under the heading FOR MEMBERS ELIGIBLE TO RE- this section, the term ‘food stamp assist- ‘‘RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVAL- CEIVE FOOD STAMP ASSISTANCE. ance’ means assistance under the Food UATION, NAVY’’, there is hereby appropriated (a) ALLOWANCE.—(1) Chapter 7 of title 37, Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.). United States Code, is amended by inserting for the purposes under that heading ‘‘(i) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—No spe- after section 402 the following new section: $2,000,000: Provided, That such amount shall cial subsistence allowance may be made be available for continued design and anal- ‘‘§ 402a. Special subsistence allowance under this section for any month beginning ysis under the reentry systems applications ‘‘(a) ENTITLEMENT.—(1) Upon the applica- after September 30, 2005.’’. program for the advanced technology vehi- tion of an eligible member of a uniformed (2) The table of sections at the beginning of cle. service described in subsection (b), the Sec- such chapter is amended by inserting after retary concerned shall pay the member a the item relating to section 402 the fol- special subsistence allowance for each month AMENDMENT NO. 3176 lowing: for which the member is eligible to receive On page 109, between lines 11 and 12, insert food stamp assistance. ‘‘402a. Special subsistence allowance.’’. the following: ‘‘(2) In determining the eligibility of a SEC. 8126. In addition to other amounts ap- (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 402a of title member to receive food stamp assistance for 37, United States Code, shall take effect on propriated by title IV under the heading purposes of this section, the amount of any the first day of the first month that begins ‘‘RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVAL- special subsistence allowance paid the mem- on or after the date of the enactment of this UATION, DEFENSE-WIDE’’, there is hereby ap- ber under this section shall not be taken into Act. propriated for the purposes under that head- account. ing $6,000,000: Provided, That such amount ‘‘(b) COVERED MEMBERS.—An enlisted mem- (c) ANNUAL REPORT.—(1) Not later than shall be available for the initial production ber referred to in subsection (a) is an en- March 1 of each year after 2000, the Comp- of units of the ALGL / STRIKER to facilitate listed member in pay grade E–5 or below. troller General of the United States shall early fielding of the ALGL / STRIKER to spe- ‘‘(c) TERMINATION OF ENTITLEMENT.—The submit to Congress a report setting forth the cial operations forces. entitlement of a member to receive payment number of members of the uniformed serv- of a special subsistence allowance termi- ices who are eligible for assistance under the AMENDMENT NO. 3177 nates upon the occurrence of any of the fol- Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.). On page 109, between lines 11 and 12, insert lowing events: (2) In preparing the report, the Comptroller the following: ‘‘(1) Termination of eligibility for food General shall consult with the Secretary of SEC. 8126. In addition to other amounts ap- stamp assistance. Defense, the Secretary of Transportation propriated by title IV under the heading ‘‘(2) Payment of the special subsistence al- (with respect to the Coast Guard), the Sec- ‘‘RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVAL- lowance for 12 consecutive months. retary of Health and Human Services (with UATION, NAVY’’, there is hereby appropriated ‘‘(3) Promotion of the member to a higher respect to the commissioned corps of the for the purposes under that heading grade. Public Health Service), and the Secretary of $2,000,000: Provided, That such amount shall ‘‘(4) Transfer of the member in a perma- Commerce (with respect to the commis- be available for the Marine Corps advanced nent change of station. sioned officers of the National Oceanic and technology demonstration program for the ‘‘(d) REESTABLISHED ENTITLEMENT.—(1) Atmospheric Administration), who shall pro- delivery of the prototype units of the ALGL / After a termination of a member’s entitle- vide the Comptroller General with any infor- ment to the special subsistence allowance STRIKER for testing and evaluation by the mation that the Comptroller General deter- under subsection (c), the Secretary con- Marine Corps that, except for this section, mines necessary to prepare the report. cerned shall resume payment of the special would otherwise be an unfunded requirement (3) No report is required under this sub- subsistence allowance to the member if the of the Marine Corps. section after March 1, 2005. Secretary determines, upon further applica- tion of the member, that the member is eli- AMENDMENT NO. 3178 gible to receive food stamps. On page 109, between lines 11 and 12, insert ‘‘(2) Payments resumed under this sub- MCCAIN AMENDMENTS NOS. 3180– the following: section shall terminate under subsection (c) 3182 SEC. 8126. In addition to other amounts ap- upon the occurrence of an event described in propriated by title III under the heading that subsection after the resumption of the (Ordered to lie on the table.) ‘‘PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE’’, there is payments. Mr. MCCAIN submitted three amend- hereby appropriated for the purposes under ‘‘(3) The number of times that payments ment intended to be proposed by him that heading $7,000,000: Provided, That such are resumed under this subsection is unlim- to the bill, S. 2549, supra; as follows: amount shall be available for the procure- ited. ment of the integrated bridge system for spe- ‘‘(e) DOCUMENTATION OF ELIGIBILITY.—A AMENDMENT NO. 3180 cial warfare rigid inflatable boats under the member of the uniformed services applying On page 206, between lines 15 and 16, insert Special Operations Forces Combatant Craft for the special subsistence allowance under the following: Systems program. this section shall furnish the Secretary con- cerned with such evidence of the member’s SEC. 610. RESTRUCTURING OF BASIC PAY TABLES eligibility for food stamp assistance as the FOR CERTAIN ENLISTED MEMBERS. NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZA- Secretary may require in connection with (a) IN GENERAL.—The table under the head- TION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 the application. ing ‘‘ENLISTED MEMBERS’’ in section ‘‘(f) AMOUNT OF ALLOWANCE.—The monthly 601(c) of the National Defense Authorization amount of the special subsistence allowance Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 105–65; MCCAIN AMENDMENT NO. 3179 under this section is $180. 113 Stat. 648) is amended by striking the ‘‘(g) RELATIONSHIP TO BASIC ALLOWANCE amounts relating to pay grades E–7, E–6, and Mr. MCCAIN proposed an amendment FOR SUBSISTENCE.—The special subsistence E–5 and inserting the amounts for the cor- to the bill, S. 2549, supra; as follows: allowance under this section is in addition to responding years of service specified in the On page 206, between lines 15 and 16, insert the basic allowance for subsistence under following table: the following: section 402 of this title. ENLISTED MEMBERS Years of service computed under section 205 of title 37, United States Code

Pay Grade 2 or less Over 2 Over 3 Over 4 Over 6

E–7 ...... 1,765.80 1,927.80 2,001.00 2,073.00 2,148.60 E–6 ...... 1,518.90 1,678.20 1,752.60 1,824.30 1,899.40 E–5 ...... 1,332.60 1,494.00 1,566.00 1,640.40 1,715.70

Over 8 Over 10 Over 12 Over 14 Over 16

E–7 ...... 2,277.80 2,350.70 2,423.20 2,495.90 2,570.90 E–6 ...... 2,022.60 2,096.40 2,168.60 2,241.90 2,294.80 E–5 ...... 1,821.00 1,893.00 1,967.10 1,967.60 1,967.60

Over 18 Over 20 Over 22 Over 24 Over 26

E–7 ...... 2,644.20 2,717.50 2,844.40 2,926.40 3,134.40

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Pay Grade 2 or less Over 2 Over 3 Over 4 Over 6

E–6 ...... 2,332.00 2,332.00 2,335.00 2,335.00 2,335.00 E–5 ...... 1,967.60 1,967.60 1,967.60 1,967.60 1,967.60

(b) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.—The to which the member or former member ‘‘(ii) An election to insure none of the amendments made by subsection (a) shall would have been entitled if the member had member’s children under this subchapter. take effect as of October 1, 2000, and shall been entitled to that pay based upon a re- ‘‘(3)(A) Subject to an election under sub- apply with respect to months beginning on tirement under section 1201 of this title (if paragraph (B), the amount for which a per- or after that date. on active duty for more than 30 days when son is insured under this subchapter is as fol- the member died) or section 1204 of this title lows: AMENDMENT NO. 3181 (if on active duty for 30 days or less when the ‘‘(i) In the case of a member, $200,000. On page 236, between lines 6 and 7, insert member died) for a disability rated as total. ‘‘(ii) In the case of a member’s spouse, the the following: ‘‘(B) BENEFICIARY 62 YEARS OF AGE OR amount equal to 50 percent of the amount for which the member is insured under this sub- SEC. 646. POLICY ON INCREASING MINIMUM SUR- OLDER.— VIVOR BENEFIT PLAN BASIC ANNU- ‘‘(i) GENERAL RULE.—If the person receiv- chapter. ITIES FOR SURVIVING SPOUSES AGE ing the annuity (other than a dependent ‘‘(iii) In the case of a member’s child, 62 OR OLDER. child) is 62 years of age or older when the $10,000. It is the sense of Congress that there member or former member dies, the monthly ‘‘(B) A member may elect in writing to be should be enacted during the 106th Congress annuity shall be the amount equal to 35 per- insured or to insure an insurable dependent legislation that increases the minimum cent of the retired pay imputed to the mem- in an amount less than the amount provided basic annuities provided under the Survivor ber or former member as described in clause under subparagraph (A). The amount of in- Benefit Plan for surviving spouses of mem- (i) or (ii) of the second sentence of subpara- surance so elected shall, in the case of a bers of the uniformed services who are 62 graph (A). member or spouse, be evenly divisible by $10,000 and, in the case of a child, be evenly years of age or older. ‘‘(ii) RULE IF BENEFICIARY ELIGIBLE FOR SO- divisible by $5,000. SEC. 647. SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN ANNUITIES CIAL SECURITY OFFSET COMPUTATION.—If the ‘‘(4) No dependent of a member is insured FOR SURVIVORS OF ALL MEMBERS beneficiary is eligible to have the annuity WHO DIE ON ACTIVE DUTY. under this chapter unless the member is in- computed under subsection (e) and if, at the sured under this subchapter. (a) ENTITLEMENT.—(1) Subsection (d)(1) of time the beneficiary becomes entitled to the ‘‘(5) The insurance shall be effective with section 1448 of title 10, United States Code, is annuity, computation of the annuity under respect to a member and the member’s de- amended to read as follows: that subsection is more favorable to the ben- pendents on the first day of active duty or ‘‘(1) SURVIVING SPOUSE ANNUITY.—The Sec- eficiary than computation under clause (i), active duty for training, or the beginning of retary concerned shall pay an annuity under the annuity shall be computed under that a period of inactive duty training scheduled this subchapter to the surviving spouse of— subsection rather than under clause (i).’’. in advance by competent authority, or the ‘‘(A) a member who dies on active duty (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the first day a member of the Ready Reserve after— amendments made by this section shall take meets the qualifications set forth in section ‘‘(i) becoming eligible to receive retired effect on October 1, 2000, and shall apply with 1965(5)(B) of this title, or the date certified pay; respect to deaths occurring on or after that by the Secretary to the Secretary concerned ‘‘(ii) qualifying for retired pay except that date. as the date Servicemembers’ Group Life In- he has not applied for or been granted that SEC. 648. FAMILY COVERAGE UNDER surance under this subchapter for the class pay; or SERVICEMEMBERS’ GROUP LIFE IN- or group concerned takes effect, whichever is ‘‘(iii) completing 20 years of active service SURANCE. the later date.’’. but before he is eligible to retire as a com- (a) INSURABLE DEPENDENTS.—Section 1965 (2) Subsection (c) of such section is amend- missioned officer because he has not com- of title 38, United States Code, is amended by ed by striking out the first sentence and in- pleted 10 years of active commissioned serv- adding at the end the following: serting the following: ‘‘If a person eligible ice; or ‘‘(10) The term ‘insurable dependent’, with for insurance under this subchapter is not so ‘‘(B) a member not described in subpara- respect to a member, means the following: insured, or is insured for less than the max- graph (A) who dies on active duty, except in ‘‘(A) The member’s spouse. imum amount provided for the person under the case of a member whose death, as deter- ‘‘(B) A child of the member for so long as subparagraph (A) of subsection (a)(3), by rea- mined by the Secretary concerned— the child is unmarried and the member is son of an election made by a member under ‘‘(i) is a direct result of the member’s in- providing over 50 percent of the support of subparagraph (B) of that subsection, the per- tentional misconduct or willful neglect; or the child.’’. son may thereafter be insured under this ‘‘(ii) occurs during a period of unauthorized (b) INSURANCE COVERAGE.—(1) Subsection subchapter in the maximum amount or any absence.’’. (a) of section 1967 of title 38, United States lesser amount elected as provided in such (2) The heading for subsection (d) of such Code, is amended to read as follows: subparagraph (B) upon written application section is amended by striking ‘‘RETIREMENT- ‘‘(a)(1) Subject to an election under para- by the member, proof of good health of each ELIGIBLE’’. graph (2), any policy of insurance purchased person to be so insured, and compliance with (b) AMOUNT OF ANNUITY.—Section 1451(c)(1) by the Secretary under section 1966 of this such other terms and conditions as may be of such title is amended to read as follows: title shall automatically insure the fol- prescribed by the Secretary.’’. ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an annuity lowing persons against death: (c) TERMINATION OF COVERAGE.—(1) Sub- provided under section 1448(d) or 1448(f) of ‘‘(A) In the case of any member of a uni- section (a) of section 1968 of such title is this title, the amount of the annuity shall be formed service on active duty (other than ac- amended— determined as follows: tive duty for training)— (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), ‘‘(A) BENEFICIARY UNDER 62 YEARS OF AGE.— ‘‘(i) the member; and by inserting ‘‘and any insurance thereunder If the person receiving the annuity is under ‘‘(ii) each insurable dependent of the mem- on any insurable dependent of such a mem- 62 years of age or is a dependent child when ber. ber,’’ after ‘‘any insurance thereunder on any the member or former member dies, the ‘‘(B) Any member of a uniformed service on member of the uniformed services,’’; monthly annuity shall be the amount equal active duty for training or inactive duty (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para- to 55 percent of the retired pay imputed to training scheduled in advance by competent graph (3); the member or former member. The retired authority. (C) by striking the period at the end of pay imputed to a member or former member ‘‘(C) Any member of the Ready Reserve of paragraph (4) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and is as follows: a uniformed service who meets the qualifica- (D) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(i) Except in a case described in clause tions set forth in section 1965(5)(B) of this ‘‘(5) with respect to an insurable dependent (ii), the retired pay to which the member or title. of the member— former member would have been entitled if ‘‘(2)(A) A member may elect in writing not ‘‘(A) upon election made in writing by the the member or former member had been en- to be insured under this subchapter. member to terminate the coverage; or titled to that pay based upon his years of ac- ‘‘(B) A member referred to in subparagraph ‘‘(B) on the earlier of— tive service when he died. (A) may also make either or both of the fol- ‘‘(i) the date of the member’s death; ‘‘(ii) In the case of a deceased member re- lowing elections in writing: ‘‘(ii) the date of termination of the insur- ferred to in subparagraph (A)(iii) or (B) of ‘‘(i) An election not to insure a dependent ance on the member’s life under this sub- section 1448(d)(1) of this title, the retired pay spouse under this subchapter. chapter;

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BILLETING SERVICES FOR RESERVE (2) Subsection (b)(1)(A) of such section is national interest that the President provide MEMBERS TRAVELING FOR INAC- amended by inserting ‘‘(to insure against funds for the reserve components of the TIVE DUTY TRAINING. death of the member only)’’ after ‘‘converted Armed Forces (including the National Guard (a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Chapter 1217 of title to Veterans’ Group Life Insurance’’. and Reserves) that are sufficient to ensure 10, United States Code, is amended by adding (d) PREMIUMS.—Section 1969 of such title is that the reserve components meet the re- at the end the following new section: amended by adding at the end the following: quirements specified for the reserve compo- ‘‘§ 12604. Attendance at inactive-duty training ‘‘(g)(1) During any period in which any in- nents in the National Military Strategy, in- assemblies: billeting in Department of De- surable dependent of a member is insured cluding military training. fense facilities under this subchapter, there shall be de- SEC. 672. TRAVEL BY RESERVES ON MILITARY ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY FOR BILLETING ON SAME ducted each month from the member’s basic AIRCRAFT. BASIS AS ACTIVE DUTY MEMBERS TRAVELING or other pay until separation or release from (a) SPACE-REQUIRED TRAVEL FOR TRAVEL TO UNDER ORDERS.—The Secretary of Defense active duty an amount determined by the DUTY STATIONS INCONUS AND OCONUS.—(1) shall prescribe regulations authorizing a Re- Secretary (which shall be the same for all Subsection (a) of section 18505 of title 10, serve traveling to inactive-duty training at a such members) as the premium allocable to United States Code, is amended to read as location more than 50 miles from the Re- the pay period for providing that insurance follows: serve’s home to be eligible for billeting in coverage. ‘‘(a) A member of a reserve component Department of Defense facilities on the same ‘‘(2)(A) The Secretary shall determine the traveling to a place of annual training duty basis as a member of the armed forces on ac- premium amounts to be charged for life in- or inactive-duty training (including a place tive duty who is traveling under orders away surance coverage for dependents of members other than the member’s unit training as- from the member’s duty station. under this subchapter. sembly if the member is performing annual ‘‘(b) PROOF OF REASON FOR TRAVEL.—The ‘‘(B) The premium amounts shall be deter- training duty or inactive-duty training in Secretary shall include in regulations under mined on the basis of sound actuarial prin- another location) may travel in a space-re- subsection (a) means for establishing that a ciples and shall include an amount necessary quired status on aircraft of the armed forces Reserve seeking billeting in Department of to cover the administrative costs to the in- between the member’s home and the place of Defense facilities under that subsection is surer or insurers providing such insurance. such duty or training.’’. traveling for attendance at inactive-duty ‘‘(C) Each premium rate for the first policy (2) The heading of such section is amended training at a location more than 50 miles year shall be continued for subsequent policy to read as follows: from the Reserve’s home.’’. years, except that the rate may be adjusted (2) The table of sections at the beginning of for any such subsequent policy year on the ‘‘§ 18505. Reserves traveling to annual train- ing duty or inactive-duty training: author- such chapter is amended by adding at the basis of the experience under the policy, as end the following new item: determined by the Secretary in advance of ity for space-required travel’’. that policy year. (b) SPACE-AVAILABLE TRAVEL FOR MEMBERS ‘‘12604. Attendance at inactive-duty training ‘‘(h) Any overpayment of a premium for in- OF SELECTED RESERVE AND DEPENDENTS.— assemblies: billeting in Depart- surance coverage for an insurable dependent Chapter 1805 of such title is amended by add- ment of Defense facilities.’’. of a member that is terminated under sec- ing at the end the following new section: (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 12604 of title tion 1968(a)(5) of this title shall be refunded ‘‘§ 18506. Space-available travel: Selected Re- 10, United States Code, as added by sub- to the member.’’. serve; dependents section (a), shall apply with respect to peri- ods of inactive-duty training beginning more (e) PAYMENTS OF INSURANCE PROCEEDS.— ‘‘(a) ELIGIBILITY FOR SPACE-AVAILABLE Section 1970 of such title is amended by add- than 180 days after the date of the enactment TRAVEL.—The Secretary of Defense shall pre- of this Act. ing at the end the following: scribe regulations to allow persons described ‘‘(h) Any amount of insurance in force on in subsection (b) to receive transportation on SEC. 674. INCREASE IN MAXIMUM NUMBER OF RESERVE RETIREMENT POINTS an insurable dependent of a member under aircraft of the Department of Defense on a this subchapter on the date of the depend- THAT MAY BE CREDITED IN ANY space-available basis under the same terms YEAR. ent’s death shall be paid, upon the establish- and conditions (including terms and condi- Section 12733(3) of title 10, United States ment of a valid claim therefor, to the mem- tions applicable to travel outside the United Code, is amended by striking ‘‘but not more ber or, in the event of the member’s death States) as apply to members of the armed than’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘but before payment to the member can be made, forces entitled to retired pay. not more than— then to the person or persons entitled to re- ‘‘(b) PERSONS ELIGIBLE.—Subsection (a) ap- ‘‘(A) 60 days in any one year of service be- ceive payment of the proceeds of insurance plies to a person who is a member of the Se- fore the year of service that includes Sep- on the member’ life under this subchapter.’’. lected Reserve in good standing (as deter- tember 23, 1996; (f) EFFECTIVE DATE AND INITIAL IMPLEMEN- mined by the Secretary concerned). ‘‘(B) 75 days in the year of service that in- TATION.—(1) This section and the amend- ‘‘(c) DEPENDENTS.—A dependent of a person cludes September 23, 1996, and in any subse- ments made by this section shall take effect described in subsection (b) may be provided quent year of service before the year of serv- on the first day of the first month that be- transportation under this section on the ice that includes the date of the enactment gins more than 120 days after the date of the same basis as dependents of members of the of the National Defense Authorization Act enactment of this Act, except that paragraph armed forces entitled to retired pay. for Fiscal Year 2001; and (2) shall take effect on the date of the enact- ‘‘(d) LIMITATION ON REQUIRED IDENTIFICA- ‘‘(C) 90 days in the year of service that in- ment of this Act. TION.—Neither the ‘Authentication of Re- cludes the date of the enactment of the Na- (2) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in serve Status for Travel Eligibility’ form (DD tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal consultation with the Secretaries of the Form 1853), nor or any other form, other Year 2001.’’. military departments, the Secretary of than the presentation of military identifica- Transportation, the Secretary of Commerce SEC. 675. AUTHORITY FOR PROVISION OF LEGAL tion and duty orders upon request, or other SERVICES TO RESERVE COMPONENT and the Secretary of Health and Human methods of identification required of active MEMBERS FOLLOWING RELEASE Services, shall take such action as is nec- duty personnel, shall be required of reserve FROM ACTIVE DUTY. essary to ensure that each member of the component personnel using space-available (a) LEGAL SERVICES.—Section 1044(a) of uniformed services on active duty (other transportation within or outside the conti- title 10, United States Code, is amended— than active duty for training) during the pe- nental United States under this section.’’. (1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para- riod between the date of the enactment of (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of graph (5); and this Act and the effective date determined sections at the beginning of such chapter is (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol- under paragraph (1) is furnished an expla- amended by striking the item relating to lowing new paragraph (4): nation of the insurance benefits available for section 18505 and inserting the following new ‘‘(4) Members of a reserve component not dependents under the amendments made by items: covered by paragraph (1) or (2), but only dur- this section and is afforded an opportunity ‘‘18505. Reserves traveling to annual training ing a period, following a release from active before such effective date to make elections duty or inactive-duty training: duty under a call or order to active duty for that are authorized under those amendments authority for space-required more than 29 days under a mobilization au- to be made with respect to dependents. travel. thority (as determined by the Secretary of ‘‘18506. Space-available travel: Selected Re- Defense), that is not in excess of twice the AMENDMENT NO. 3182 serve; dependents.’’. length of time served on active duty.’’. On page 239, after line 22, add the fol- (d) IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS.—Regula- (b) DEPENDENTS.—Paragraph (5) of such lowing: tions under section 18506 of title 10, United section, as redesignated by subsection (a), is

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amended by striking ‘‘and (3)’’ and inserting SEC. 1210. ADJUSTMENT OF COMPOSITE THEO- AMENDMENT NO. 3187 ‘‘(3), and (4)’’. RETICAL PERFORMANCE LEVELS OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTERS. On page 545, following line 22, add the fol- (c) IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS.—Regula- lowing: tions to implement the amendments made (a) LAYOVER PERIOD FOR NEW PERFORMANCE by subsections (a) and (b) shall be prescribed LEVELS.—Section 1211 of the National De- PART IV—OTHER CONVEYANCES not later than 180 days after the date of the fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 SEC. 2876. LAND CONVEYANCE, FORMER NA- enactment of this Act. (50 U.S.C. App. 2404 note) is amended— TIONAL GROUND INTELLIGENCE (1) in the second sentence of subsection (d), CENTER, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIR- GINIA. KERREY (AND OTHERS) by striking ‘‘180’’ and inserting ‘‘60’’; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Admin- AMENDMENT NO. 3183 ‘‘(g) CALCULATION OF 60-DAY PERIOD.—The istrator of General Services may convey, Mr. KERREY (for himself, Mr. LEVIN, 60-day period referred to in subsection (d) without consideration, to the City of Char- Mr. DASCHLE, Mr. HARKIN, Mr. KERRY, shall be calculated by excluding the days on lottesville, Virginia (in this section referred and Mr. DURBIN) proposed an amended which either House of Congress is not in ses- to as the ‘‘City’’), all right, title, and inter- to the bill, S. 2549, supra; as follows: sion because of an adjournment of the Con- est of the United States in and to a parcel of gress sine die.’’. real property, including any improvements Strike section 1017 and insert the fol- (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments thereon, formerly occupied by the National lowing: made by subsection (a) shall apply to any Ground Intelligence Center and known as the SEC. 1017. REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON RETIRE- new composite theoretical performance level Jefferson Street Property. MENT OR DISMANTLEMENT OF established for purposes of section 1211(a) of (b) AUTHORITY TO CONVEY WITHOUT CONSID- STRATEGIC NUCLEAR DELIVERY ERATION.—The conveyance authorized by SYSTEMS IN EXCESS OF MILITARY the National Defense Authorization Act for REQUIREMENTS. Fiscal Year 1998 that is submitted by the subsection (a) may be made without consid- Section 1302 of the National Defense Au- President pursuant to section 1211(d) of that eration if the Administrator determines that thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Act on or after the date of the enactment of the conveyance on that basis would be in the Law 105–85; 111 Stat. 1948) is repealed. this Act. best interests of the United States. (c) PURPOSE OF CONVEYANCE.—The convey- ance authorized by subsection (a) shall be for WARNER AMENDMENT NO. 3184 ROBB AMENDMENTS NOS. 3186–3187 the purpose of permitting the City to use the Mr. WARNER proposed an amend- parcel, directly or through an agreement ment to amendment No. 3183 proposed (Ordered to lie on the table.) with a public or private entity, for economic by Mr. KERREY to the bill, S. 2549, Mr. ROBB submitted two amend- development purposes. supra; as follows: ments intended to be proposed by him (d) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—If, during the to the bill, S. 2549, supra; as follows: 5-year period beginning on the date the Ad- In lieu of the language proposed to be in- ministrator makes the conveyance author- serted, insert the following: AMENDMENT NO. 3186 ized by subsection (a), the Administrator de- ‘‘SEC. 1017. CORRECTION OF SCOPE OF WAIVER On page ll, between lines ll and ll, termines that the conveyed real property is AUTHORITY FOR LIMITATION ON RE- insert the following: not being used for a purpose specified in sub- TIREMENT OR DISMANTLEMENT OF STRATEGIC NUCLEAR DELIVERY SEC. . DEFENSE TRAVEL SYSTEM. section (c), all right, title, and interest in SYSTEMS; AUTHORITY TO WAIVE (a) REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT.—Not later and to the property, including any improve- LIMITATION. than November 30, 2000, the Secretary of De- ments thereon, shall revert to the United ‘‘(a) Section 1302(b) of the National Defense fense shall submit to the congressional de- States, and the United States shall have the Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Pub- fense committees a report on the Defense right of immediate entry onto the property. lic Law 105–85; 111 Stat. 1948), as amended by Travel System. (e) INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PROPERTY section 1501(a) of the National Defense Au- (b) CONTENT OF REPORT.—The report shall MANAGEMENT LAWS.—The conveyance au- thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public include the following: thorized by subsection (a) shall not be sub- Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 806), is further amended (1) A detailed discussion of the develop- ject to the following: by striking ‘‘the application of the limita- ment, testing, and fielding of the system, in- (1) Sections 2667 and 2696 of title 10, United tion in effect under paragraph (1)(B) or (3) of cluding the performance requirements, the States Code. subsection (a), as the case may be,’’ and in- evaluation criteria, the funding that has (2) Section 501 of the Stewart B. McKinney serting ‘‘the application of the limitation in been provided for the development, testing, Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11411). effect under subsection (a) to a strategic nu- and fielding of the system, and the funding (3) Sections 202 and 203 of the Federal clear delivery system. that is projected to be required for com- Property and Administrative Services Act of ‘‘(b) AUTHORITY TO WAIVE LIMITATION ON pleting the development, testing, and field- 1949 (40 U.S.C. 483, 484). RETIREMENT OR DISMANTLEMENT OF STRA- ing of the system. (f) LIMITATION ON CERTAIN SUBSEQUENT TEGIC NUCLEAR DELIVERY SYSTEMS.—After (2) The schedule that has been followed for CONVEYANCES.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the submission of the report on the results of the testing of the system, including the ini- if at any time after the Administrator makes the nuclear posture review to Congress under tial operational test and evaluation and the the conveyance authorized by subsection (a) section 1015(c)— final operational testing and evaluation, to- the City conveys any portion of the parcel ‘‘(1) the Secretary of Defense shall, taking gether with the results of the testing. conveyed under that subsection to a private into consideration the results of the review, (3) The cost savings expected to result entity, the City shall pay to the United submit to the President a recommendation from the deployment of the system and from States an amount equal to the fair market regarding whether the President should the completed implementation of the sys- value (as determined by the Administrator) waive the limitation on the retirement or tem, together with a discussion of how the of the portion conveyed at the time of its dismantlement of strategic nuclear delivery savings are estimated and the expected conveyance under this subsection. systems in section 1302 National Defense Au- schedule for the realization of the savings. (2) Paragraph (1) applies to a conveyance thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public (4) An analysis of the costs and benefits of described in that paragraph only if the Ad- Law 105–85; 111 Stat. 1948); and fielding the front-end software for the sys- ministrator makes the conveyance author- ‘‘(2) the President, taking into consider- tem throughout all 18 geographical areas se- ized by subsection (a) without consideration. ation the results of the review and the rec- lected for the original fielding of the system. (3) The Administrator shall cover over into ommendation made by the Secretary of De- (c) LIMITATIONS.—(1) Not more than 25 per- the general fund of the Treasury as miscella- fense under paragraph (1), may waive the cent of the amount authorized to be appro- neous receipts any amounts paid the Admin- limitation referred to in that paragraph if priated under section ll for the Defense istrator under this subsection. the President determines that it is in the na- Travel System may be obligated or expended (g) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact tional security interests of the United States before the date on which the Secretary sub- acreage and legal description of the real to do so.’’. mits the report required under subsection property to be conveyed under subsection (a) (a). shall be determined by a survey satisfactory BENNETT AMENDMENT NO. 3185 (2) Funds appropriated for the Defense to the Administrator. The cost of the survey (Ordered to lie on the table). Travel System pursuant to the authorization shall be borne by the City. of appropriations referred to in paragraph (1) (h) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— Mr. BENNETT submitted an amend- may not be used for a purpose other than the The Administrator may require such addi- ment intended to be proposed by him Defense Travel System unless the Secretary tional terms and conditions in connection to the bill, S. 2549, supra; as follows: first submits to Congress a written notifica- with the conveyance as the Administrator On page 462, between lines 2 and 3, insert tion of the intended use and the amount to considers appropriate to protect the inter- the following: be so used. ests of the United States.

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00079 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.002 S06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 9541 KERREY AMENDMENT NO. 3188 RYAN WHITE CARE ACT Sec. 130. Increase in minimum allotment. AMENDMENTS OF 2000 Sec. 131. Set-aside for infants, children, and (Ordered to lie on the table.) women. Mr. KERREY submitted an amend- Subtitle C—Amendments to Part C (Early ment intended to be proposed by him JEFFORDS (AND OTHERS) Intervention Services) to the bill, S. 2549, supra; as follows: AMENDMENT NO. 3190 Sec. 141. Amendment of heading; repeal of formula grant program. On page 368, between lines 21 and 22, insert Mr. WARNER (for Mr. JEFFORDS (for Sec. 142. Planning and development grants. the following: himself, Mr. KENNEDY, and Mr. FRIST)) Sec. 143. Authorization of appropriations for (7) The ability of the United States to proposed an amendment to the bill (S. categorical grants. deter a nuclear attack with strategic forces 2311) to revise and extend the Ryan Sec. 144. Administrative expenses ceiling; at the levels proposed for a third treaty be- White CARE Act programs under title quality management program. tween the United States and the Russian XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, Sec. 145. Preference for certain areas. Sec. 146. Technical amendment. Federation on the reduction and limitation to improve access to health care and Subtitle D—Amendments to Part D (General of strategic offensive arms, with consider- the quality of health care under such ation being given to the estimated effect on Provisions) programs, and to provide for the devel- the Russian Federation of a nuclear retalia- Sec. 151. Research involving women, infants, tion by the United States. opment of increased capacity to pro- children, and youth. vide health care and related support Sec. 152. Limitation on administrative ex- services to individuals and families penses. with HIV disease, and for other pur- Sec. 153. Evaluations and reports. WARNER AMENDMENT NO. 3189 poses; as follows: Sec. 154. Authorization of appropriations for grants under parts A and B. Mr. WARNER proposed an amend- Strike all after the enacting clause and in- ment to the bill, S. 2549, supra; as fol- sert the following: Subtitle E—Amendments to Part F (Demonstration and Training) lows: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ryan White Sec. 161. Authorization of appropriations. On page 613, after line 12, insert the fol- CARE Act Amendments of 2000’’. TITLE II—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS lowing: SEC. 2. REFERENCES; TABLE OF CONTENTS. Sec. 201. Institute of Medicine study. SEC. 3403. DISPOSAL OF TITANIUM. (a) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise ex- TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO HIV HEALTH pressly provided, whenever in this Act an CARE PROGRAM (a) DISPOSAL REQUIRED.—Subject to sub- amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of Subtitle A—Amendments to Part A section (b), the President shall, by Sep- an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or (Emergency Relief Grants) tember 30, 2010, dispose of 30,000 short tons of other provision, the reference shall be con- titanium contained in the National Defense sidered to be made to a section or other pro- SEC. 101. DUTIES OF PLANNING COUNCIL, FUND- Stockpile so as to result in receipts to the vision of the Public Health Service Act (42 ING PRIORITIES, QUALITY ASSESS- MENT. United States in a total amount that is not U.S.C. 201 et seq.). Section 2602 (42 U.S.C. 300ff–12) is amend- less than $180,000,000. (b) Table of Contents.—The table of con- ed— tents of this Act is as follows: (b) MINIMIZATION OF DISRUPTION AND (1) in subsection (b)— LOSS.—The President may not dispose of ti- Sec. 1. Short title. (A) in paragraph (2)(C), by inserting before tanium under subsection (a) to the extent Sec. 2. References; table of contents. the semicolon the following: ‘‘, including that the disposal will result in— TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO HIV HEALTH providers of housing and homeless services’’; (1) undue disruption of the usual markets CARE PROGRAM and of producers, processors, and consumers of Subtitle A—Amendments to Part A (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘shall—’’ titanium; or (Emergency Relief Grants) and all that follows and inserting ‘‘shall (2) avoidable loss to the United States. have the responsibilities specified in sub- Sec. 101. Duties of planning council, funding section (d).’’; and (c) TREATMENT OF RECEIPTS.—Notwith- priorities, quality assessment. (2) by adding at the end the following: standing section 9 of the Strategic and Crit- Sec. 102. Quality management. ‘‘(d) DUTIES OF PLANNING COUNCIL.—The ical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. Sec. 103. Funded entities required to have planning council established under sub- 98h), funds received as a result of the dis- health care relationships. section (b) shall have the following duties: posal of titanium under subsection (a) shall Sec. 104. Support services required to be ‘‘(1) PRIORITIES FOR ALLOCATION OF be applied as follows: $174,000,000 to defray health care-related. FUNDS.—The council shall establish prior- the costs of health care benefit improvement Sec. 105. Use of grant funds for early inter- ities for the allocation of funds within the el- for retired military personnel; and $6,000,000 vention services. igible area, including how best to meet each for transfer to the American Battle Monu- Sec. 106. Replacement of specified fiscal such priority and additional factors that a ments Commission for deposit in the fund es- years regarding the sunset on grantee should consider in allocating funds tablished under section 2113 of title 36, expedited distribution require- under a grant, based on the following fac- United States Code, for the World War II me- ments. tors: morial authorized by section 1 of Public Law Sec. 107. Hold harmless provision. ‘‘(A) The size and demographic characteris- 103–32 (107 Stat. 90). Sec. 108. Set-aside for infants, children, and tics of the population with HIV disease to be women. (d) WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL.—(1) The served, including, subject to subsection (e), amount transferred to the American Battle Subtitle B—Amendments to Part B (Care the needs of individuals living with HIV in- Monuments Commission under subsection (c) Grant Program) fection who are not receiving HIV-related shall be used to complete all necessary re- Sec. 121. State requirements concerning health services. quirements for the design of, ground break- identification of need and allo- ‘‘(B) The documented needs of the popu- ing for, construction of, maintenance of, and cation of resources. lation with HIV disease with particular at- dedication of the World War II memorial. Sec. 122. Quality management. tention being given to disparities in health The Commission shall determine how the Sec. 123. Funded entities required to have services among affected subgroups within amount shall be apportioned among such health care relationships. the eligible area. purposes. Sec. 124. Support services required to be ‘‘(C) The demonstrated or probable cost health care-related. and outcome effectiveness of proposed strat- (2) Any funds not necessary for the pur- Sec. 125. Use of grant funds for early inter- egies and interventions, to the extent that poses set forth in paragraph (1) shall be vention services. data are reasonably available. transferred to and deposited in the general Sec. 126. Authorization of appropriations for ‘‘(D) Priorities of the communities with fund of the Treasury. HIV-related services for women HIV disease for whom the services are in- (e) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER DISPOSAL AU- and children. tended. THORITY.—The disposal authority provided in Sec. 127. Repeal of requirement for com- ‘‘(E) The availability of other govern- subsection (a) is new disposal authority and pleted Institute of Medicine re- mental and non-governmental resources, in- is in addition to, and shall not affect, any port. cluding the State medicaid plan under title other disposal authority provided by law re- Sec. 128. Supplement grants for certain XIX of the Social Security Act and the State garding materials in the National Defense States. Children’s Health Insurance Program under Stockpile. Sec. 129. Use of treatment funds. title XXI of such Act to cover health care

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U.S.C. 300ff–15(a)) is amended— U.S.C. 300ff–14(b)(1)), as amended by section ‘‘(2) COMPREHENSIVE SERVICE DELIVERY (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through 104(a), is further amended by adding at the PLAN.—The council shall develop a com- (6) as paragraphs (5) through (8), respec- end the following: prehensive plan for the organization and de- tively; and ‘‘(D) EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES.—Early livery of health and support services de- (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol- intervention services as described in section scribed in section 2604. Such plan shall be lowing: 2651(b)(2), with follow-through referral, pro- compatible with any existing State or local ‘‘(3) that the chief elected official of the el- vided for the purpose of facilitating the ac- plans regarding the provision of such serv- igible area will satisfy all requirements cess of individuals receiving the services to ices to individuals with HIV disease. under section 2604(c);’’. HIV-related health services, but only if the ‘‘(3) ASSESSMENT OF FUND ALLOCATION EFFI- SEC. 103. FUNDED ENTITIES REQUIRED TO HAVE entity providing such services— CIENCY.—The council shall assess the effi- HEALTH CARE RELATIONSHIPS. ‘‘(i)(I) is receiving funds under subpara- ciency of the administrative mechanism in (a) USE OF AMOUNTS.—Section 2604(e)(1) (42 graph (A) or (C); or rapidly allocating funds to the areas of U.S.C. 300ff–14(d)(1)) (as so redesignated by ‘‘(II) is an entity constituting a point of greatest need within the eligible area. section 102(a)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and access to services, as described in section ‘‘(4) STATEWIDE STATEMENT OF NEED.—The the State Children’s Health Insurance Pro- 2605(a)(4), that maintains a relationship with council shall participate in the development gram under title XXI of such Act’’ after ‘‘So- an entity described in subclause (I) and that of the Statewide coordinated statement of cial Security Act’’. is serving individuals at elevated risk of HIV need as initiated by the State public health (b) APPLICATIONS.—Section 2605(a) (42 disease; agency responsible for administering grants U.S.C. 300ff–15(a)) is amended by inserting ‘‘(ii) demonstrates to the satisfaction of under part B. after paragraph (3), as added by section the chief elected official that Federal, State, ‘‘(5) COORDINATION WITH OTHER FEDERAL 102(b), the following: or local funds are inadequate for the early GRANTEES.—The council shall coordinate ‘‘(4) that funded entities within the eligible intervention services the entity will provide with Federal grantees providing HIV-related area that receive funds under a grant under with funds received under this subparagraph; services within the eligible area. section 2601(a) shall maintain appropriate re- and ‘‘(6) COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.—The coun- lationships with entities in the area served ‘‘(iii) demonstrates to the satisfaction of cil shall establish methods for obtaining that constitute key points of access to the the chief elected official that funds will be input on community needs and priorities health care system for individuals with HIV utilized under this subparagraph to supple- which may include public meetings, con- disease (including emergency rooms, sub- ment not supplant other funds available for ducting focus groups, and convening ad-hoc stance abuse treatment programs, detoxi- such services in the year for which such panels. fication centers, adult and juvenile deten- funds are being utilized. ‘‘(e) PROCESS FOR ESTABLISHING ALLOCA- tion facilities, sexually transmitted disease (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO APPLICA- TION PRIORITIES.— clinics, HIV counseling and testing sites, TION REQUIREMENTS.—Section 2605(a)(1) (42 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 24 months mental health programs, and homeless shel- U.S.C. 300ff–15(a)(1)) is amended— after the date of enactment of the Ryan (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘serv- White CARE Act Amendments of 2000, the ters) and other entities under section 2652(a) ices to individuals with HIV disease’’ and in- Secretary shall— for the purpose of facilitating early interven- serting ‘‘services as described in section ‘‘(A) consult with eligible metropolitan tion for individuals newly diagnosed with areas, affected communities, experts, and HIV disease and individuals knowledgeable 2604(b)(1)’’; and other appropriate individuals and entities, to of their status but not in care;’’. (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘serv- develop epidemiologic measures for estab- SEC. 104. SUPPORT SERVICES REQUIRED TO BE ices for individuals with HIV disease’’ and in- lishing the number of individuals living with HEALTH CARE-RELATED. serting ‘‘services as described in section HIV disease who are not receiving HIV-re- (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2604(b)(1) (42 2604(b)(1)’’. lated health services; and U.S.C. 300ff–14(b)(1)) is amended— SEC. 106. REPLACEMENT OF SPECIFIED FISCAL ‘‘(B) provide advice and technical assist- (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph YEARS REGARDING THE SUNSET ON (A), by striking ‘‘HIV-related—’’ and insert- EXPEDITED DISTRIBUTION RE- ance to planning councils with respect to the QUIREMENTS. process for establishing priorities for the al- ing ‘‘HIV-related services, as follows:’’; (2) in subparagraph (A)— Section 2603(a)(2) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–13(a)(2)) is location of funds under subsection (d)(1). amended by striking ‘‘for each of the fiscal XCEPTION.—Grantees under this part (A) by striking ‘‘outpatient’’ and all that ‘‘(2) E years 1996 through 2000’’ and inserting ‘‘for a shall not be required to establish priorities follows through ‘‘substance abuse treatment fiscal year’’. for individuals not in care until epidemio- and’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘OUT- logic measures are developed under para- PATIENT HEALTH SERVICES.—Outpatient and SEC. 107. HOLD HARMLESS PROVISION. graph (1).’’. ambulatory health services, including sub- Section 2603(a)(4) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–13(a)(4)) is amended to read as follows: SEC. 102. QUALITY MANAGEMENT. stance abuse treatment,’’; and ‘‘(4) LIMITATION.—With respect to each of (a) FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR QUALITY MAN- (B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a pe- fiscal years 2001 through 2005, the Secretary AGEMENT.—Section 2604 (42 U.S.C. 300ff–14) is riod; amended— (3) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘(B) in- shall ensure that the amount of a grant (1) by redesignating subsections (c) patient case management’’ and inserting made to an eligible area under paragraph (2) through (f) as subsections (d) through (g), re- ‘‘(C) INPATIENT CASE MANAGEMENT SERV- for such a fiscal year is not less than an spectively; and ICES.—Inpatient case management’’; and amount equal to 98 percent of the amount (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol- (4) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the the eligible area received for the fiscal year lowing: following: preceding the year for which the determina- ‘‘(c) QUALITY MANAGEMENT.— ‘‘(B) OUTPATIENT SUPPORT SERVICES.—Out- tion is being made.’’. ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—The chief elected offi- patient and ambulatory support services (in- SEC. 108. SET-ASIDE FOR INFANTS, CHILDREN, cial of an eligible area that receives a grant cluding case management), to the extent AND WOMEN. under this part shall provide for the estab- that such services facilitate, enhance, sup- Section 2604(b)(3) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–14(b)(3)) is lishment of a quality management program port, or sustain the delivery, continuity, or amended— to assess the extent to which medical serv- benefits of health services for individuals (1) by inserting ‘‘for each population under ices provided to patients under the grant are and families with HIV disease.’’. this subsection’’ after ‘‘council’’; and consistent with the most recent Public (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO APPLICA- (2) by striking ‘‘ratio of the’’ and inserting Health Service guidelines for the treatment TION REQUIREMENTS.—Section 2605(a) (42 ‘‘ratio of each’’. of HIV disease and related opportunistic in- U.S.C. 300ff–15(a)), as amended by section Subtitle B—Amendments to Part B (Care fection and to develop strategies for im- 102(b), is further amended— Grant Program) provements in the access to and quality of (1) in paragraph (7) (as so redesignated), by SEC. 121. STATE REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING medical services. striking ‘‘and’’ at the end thereof; IDENTIFICATION OF NEED AND AL- ‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—From amounts re- (2) in paragraph (8) (as so redesignated), by LOCATION OF RESOURCES. ceived under a grant awarded under this striking the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; (a) GENERAL USE OF GRANTS.—Section 2612 part, the chief elected official of an eligible and (42 U.S.C. 300ff–22) is amended— area may use, for activities associated with (3) by adding at the end the following: (1) by striking ‘‘A State’’ and inserting its quality management program, not more ‘‘(9) that the eligible area has procedures ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A State’’; and than the lesser of— in place to ensure that services provided (2) in the matter following paragraph (5)—

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00081 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.002 S06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 9543 (A) by striking ‘‘Services’’ and inserting: (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and (42 U.S.C. 300ff–27(b)(2)), as amended by sec- ‘‘(b) DELIVERY OF SERVICES.—Services’’; (F) as subparagraphs (F) and (G), respec- tion 121(b), is further amended by inserting (B) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and insert- tively; after subparagraph (D) the following: ing ‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’; and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (D), the ‘‘(E) an assurance that the State has proce- (C) by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and insert- following: dures in place to ensure that services pro- ing ‘‘subsection (a)(2) and section 2613’’; ‘‘(E) an assurance that the State, through vided with funds received under this section systems of HIV-related health services pro- meet the criteria specified in section (b) APPLICATION.—Section 2617(b) (42 U.S.C. vided under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of sec- 300ff–27(b)) is amended— 2604(b)(1)(B); and’’. tion 2612(a), has considered strategies for (1) in paragraph (1)(C)— SEC. 125. USE OF GRANT FUNDS FOR EARLY working with providers to make optimal use INTERVENTION SERVICES. (A) by striking clause (i) and inserting the of financial assistance under the State med- Section 2612(a) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–22(a)), as following: icaid plan under title XIX of the Social Secu- amended by section 121, is further amended— ‘‘(i) the size and demographic characteris- rity Act, the State Children’s Health Insur- (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at tics of the population with HIV disease to be ance Program under title XXI of such Act, the end; served, except that by not later than October and other Federal grantees that provide HIV- (2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period 1, 2002, the State shall take into account the related services, to maximize access to qual- and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and needs of individuals not in care, based on epi- ity HIV-related health and support services; (3) by adding at the end the following: demiologic measures developed by the Sec- (4) in subparagraph (F), as so redesignated, ‘‘(6) to provide, through systems of HIV-re- retary in consultation with the State, af- by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; and lated health services provided under para- fected communities, experts, and other ap- (5) in subparagraph (G), as so redesignated, graphs (1), (2), and (3), early intervention propriate individuals (such State shall not be by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’. services, as described in section 2651(b)(2), required to establish priorities for individ- (b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR QUALITY with follow-up referral, provided for the pur- uals not in care until such epidemiologic MANAGEMENT.— pose of facilitating the access of individuals measures are developed);’’; (1) AVAILABILITY OF GRANT FUNDS FOR PLAN- receiving the services to HIV-related health (B) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the NING AND EVALUATION.—Section 2618(c)(3) (42 services, but only if the entity providing end; and U.S.C. 300ff–28(c)(3)) is amended by inserting such services— (C) by adding at the end the following: before the period ‘‘, including not more than ‘‘(A)(i) is receiving funds under section ‘‘(v) the availability of other governmental $3,000,000 for all activities associated with its 2612(a)(1); or and non-governmental resources; quality management program’’. ‘‘(ii) is an entity constituting a point of ac- ‘‘(vi) the capacity development needs re- (2) EXCEPTION TO COMBINED CEILING ON cess to services, as described in section sulting in gaps in the provision of HIV serv- PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION FUNDS FOR 2617(b)(4), that maintains a referral relation- ices in historically underserved low-income STATES WITH SMALL GRANTS.—Paragraph (6) ship with an entity described in clause (i) and rural low-income communities; and of section 2618(c) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–28(c)(6)) is and that is serving individuals at elevated ‘‘(vii) the efficiency of the administrative amended to read as follows: risk of HIV disease; mechanism in rapidly allocating funds to the ‘‘(6) EXCEPTION FOR QUALITY MANAGE- ‘‘(B) demonstrates to the State’s satisfac- areas of greatest need within the State;’’; MENT.—Notwithstanding paragraph (5), a tion that other Federal, State, or local funds and State whose grant under this part for a fiscal are inadequate for the early intervention (2) in paragraph (2)— year does not exceed $1,500,000 may use not services the entity will provide with funds (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ to exceed 20 percent of the amount of the received under this paragraph; and at the end; grant for the purposes described in para- ‘‘(C) demonstrates to the satisfaction of (B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as graphs (3) and (4) if— the State that funds will be utilized under subparagraph (F); and ‘‘(A) that portion of the amount that may this paragraph to supplement not supplant (C) by inserting after subparagraph (B), the be used for such purposes in excess of 15 per- other funds available for such services in the following: cent of the grant is used for its quality man- year for which such funds are being uti- ‘‘(C) an assurance that capacity develop- agement program; and lized.’’. ment needs resulting from gaps in the provi- ‘‘(B) the State submits and the Secretary sion of services in underserved low-income SEC. 126. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS approves a plan (in such form and containing FOR HIV-RELATED SERVICES FOR and rural low-income communities will be such information as the Secretary may pre- WOMEN AND CHILDREN. addressed; and scribe) for use of funds for its quality man- Section 2625(c)(2) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–33(c)(2)) is ‘‘(D) with respect to fiscal year 2003 and agement program.’’. amended by striking ‘‘fiscal years 1996 subsequent fiscal years, assurances that, in SEC. 123. FUNDED ENTITIES REQUIRED TO HAVE through 2000’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2001 the planning and allocation of resources, the HEALTH CARE RELATIONSHIPS. through 2005’’. State, through systems of HIV-related Section 2617(b)(4) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–27(b)(4)), SEC. 127. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR COM- health services provided under paragraphs as amended by section 122(a), is further PLETED INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE (1), (2), and (3) of section 2612(a), will make amended by adding at the end the following: REPORT. appropriate provision for the HIV-related ‘‘(H) that funded entities maintain appro- Section 2628 (42 U.S.C. 300ff–36) is repealed. health and support service needs of individ- priate relationships with entities in the area SEC. 128. SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS FOR CERTAIN uals who have been diagnosed with HIV dis- served that constitute key points of access STATES. ease but who are not currently receiving to the health care system for individuals Subpart I of part B of title XXVI of the such services, based on the epidemiologic with HIV disease (including emergency Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300ff–11 measures developed under paragraph rooms, substance abuse treatment programs, et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the (1)(C)(i);’’. detoxification centers, adult and juvenile de- following: SEC. 122. QUALITY MANAGEMENT. tention facilities, sexually transmitted dis- ‘‘SEC. 2622. SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS. ease clinics, HIV counseling and testing ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall (a) STATE REQUIREMENT FOR QUALITY MAN- sites, mental health programs, and homeless award supplemental grants to States deter- AGEMENT.—Section 2617(b)(4) (42 U.S.C. 300ff– shelters), and other entities under section mined to be eligible under subsection (b) to 27(b)(4)) is amended— 2652(a), for the purpose of facilitating early enable such States to provide comprehensive (1) by striking subparagraph (C) and insert- intervention for individuals newly diagnosed services of the type described in section ing the following: with HIV disease and individuals knowledge- 2612(a) to supplement the services otherwise ‘‘(C) the State will provide for— able of their status but not in care.’’. provided by the State under a grant under ‘‘(i) the establishment of a quality manage- this subpart in emerging communities with- ment program to assess the extent to which SEC. 124. SUPPORT SERVICES REQUIRED TO BE HEALTH CARE-RELATED. in the State that are not eligible to receive medical services provided to patients under (a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section grants under part A. the grant are consistent with the most re- 3(c)(2)(A)(iii) of the Ryan White CARE Act ‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive cent Public Health Service guidelines for the Amendments of 1996 (Public Law 104–146) is a supplemental grant under subsection (a) a treatment of HIV disease and related oppor- amended by inserting ‘‘before paragraph (2) State shall— tunistic infections and to develop strategies as so redesignated’’ after ‘‘inserting’’. ‘‘(1) be eligible to receive a grant under for improvements in the access to and qual- (b) SERVICES.—Section 2612(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. this subpart; ity of medical services; and 300ff–22(a)(1)), as so designated by section ‘‘(2) demonstrate the existence in the State ‘‘(ii) a periodic review (such as through an 121(a), is amended by striking ‘‘for individ- of an emerging community as defined in sub- independent peer review) to assess the qual- uals with HIV disease’’ and inserting ‘‘, sub- section (d)(1); and ity and appropriateness of HIV-related ject to the conditions and limitations that ‘‘(3) submit the information described in health and support services provided by enti- apply under such section’’. subsection (c). ties that receive funds from the State under (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO STATE AP- ‘‘(c) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—A State this part;’’; PLICATION REQUIREMENT.—Section 2617(b)(2) that desires a grant under this section shall,

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00082 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.002 S06JN0 9544 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 6, 2000 as part of the State application submitted ease Control and Prevention for the five year dividuals at or below 200 percent of the Fed- under section 2617, submit a detailed descrip- period preceding the year for which the eral poverty line. tion of the manner in which the State will grant is being awarded. ‘‘(2) CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall de- use amounts received under the grant and of ‘‘(2) TRIGGER OF FUNDING.—This section velop criteria for the awarding of grants the severity of need. Such description shall shall be effective only for fiscal years begin- under paragraph (1) to States that dem- include— ning in the first fiscal year in which the onstrate a severe need. In determining the ‘‘(1) a report concerning the dissemination amount appropriated under 2677 to carry out criteria for demonstrating State severity of of supplemental funds under this section and part B, excluding the amount appropriated need, the Secretary shall consider eligibility the plan for the utilization of such funds in under section 2618(b)(2)(H), exceeds by at standards and formulary composition. the emerging community; least $20,000,000 the amount appropriated ‘‘(3) STATE REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary ‘‘(2) a demonstration of the existing com- under 2677 to carry out part B in fiscal year may not make a grant to a State under this mitment of local resources, both financial 2000, excluding the amount appropriated subsection unless the State agrees that— and in-kind; under section 2618(b)(2)(H). ‘‘(A) the State will make available (di- ‘‘(3) a demonstration that the State will ‘‘(3) MINIMUM AMOUNT IN FUTURE YEARS.— rectly or through donations from public or maintain HIV-related activities at a level Beginning with the first fiscal year in which private entities) non-Federal contributions that is equal to not less than the level of amounts provided for emerging communities toward the activities to be carried out under such activities in the State for the 1-year pe- under paragraph (1)(A) equals $5,000,000 and the grant in an amount equal to $1 for each riod preceding the fiscal year for which the under paragraph (1)(B) equals $5,000,000, the $4 of Federal funds provided in the grant; and State is applying to receive a grant under Secretary shall ensure that amounts made ‘‘(B) the State will not impose eligibility this part; available under this section for the types of requirements for services or scope of benefits ‘‘(4) a demonstration of the ability of the emerging communities described in each limitations under subsection (a) that are State to utilize such supplemental financial such paragraph in subsequent fiscal years is more restrictive than such requirements in resources in a manner that is immediately at least $5,000,000. effect as of January 1, 2000. responsive and cost effective; ‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTION.—The amount of a grant ‘‘(4) USE AND COORDINATION.—Amounts ‘‘(5) a demonstration that the resources awarded to a State under this section shall made available under a grant under this sub- will be allocated in accordance with the be determined by the Secretary based on the section shall only be used by the State to local demographic incidence of AIDS includ- formula described in section 2618(b)(2), ex- provide HIV/AIDS-related medications. The ing appropriate allocations for services for cept that in applying such formula, the Sec- State shall coordinate the use of such infants, children, women, and families with retary shall— amounts with the amounts otherwise pro- HIV disease; ‘‘(A) substitute ‘1.0’ for ‘.80’ in subpara- vided under this section in order to maxi- ‘‘(6) a demonstration of the inclusiveness graph (A)(ii)(I) of such section; and mize drug coverage. of the planning process, with particular em- ‘‘(B) not consider the provisions of sub- ‘‘(5) FUNDING.— phasis on affected communities and individ- paragraphs (A)(ii)(II) and (C) of such sec- ‘‘(A) RESERVATION OF AMOUNT.—The Sec- uals with HIV disease; and tion.’’. retary shall reserve 3 percent of any amount ‘‘(7) a demonstration of the manner in SEC. 129. USE OF TREATMENT FUNDS. referred to in section 2618(b)(2)(H) that is ap- which the proposed services are consistent (a) STATE DUTIES.—Section 2616(c) (42 propriated for a fiscal year, to carry out this with local needs assessments and the state- U.S.C. 300ff–26(c)) is amended— subsection. wide coordinated statement of need. (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), ‘‘(B) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—In providing ‘‘(d) DEFINITION OF EMERGING COMMUNITY.— by striking ‘‘shall—’’ and inserting ‘‘shall grants under this subsection, the Secretary In this section, the term ‘emerging commu- use funds made available under this section shall ensure that the amount of a grant to a nity’ means a metropolitan area— to—’’; State under this part is not less than the ‘‘(1) that is not eligible for a grant under (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through amount the State received under this part in part A; and (5) as subparagraphs (A) through (E), respec- the previous fiscal year, as a result of grants ‘‘(2) for which there has been reported to tively and realigning the margins of such provided under this subsection.’’. the Director of the Centers for Disease Con- subparagraphs appropriately; (c) SUPPLEMENT AND NOT SUPPLANT.—Sec- trol and Prevention a cumulative total of be- (3) in subparagraph (D) (as so redesig- tion 2616 (42 U.S.C. 300ff–26(c)), as amended tween 500 and 1999 cases of acquired immune nated), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; by subsection (b), is further amended by add- deficiency syndrome for the most recent pe- (4) in subparagraph (E) (as so redesig- ing at the end the following: riod of 5 calendar years for which such data nated), by striking the period and inserting are available. ‘‘(f) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Notwith- ‘‘; and’’; and ‘‘(e) FUNDING.— standing any other provision of law, (5) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), amounts made available under this section with respect to each fiscal year beginning ‘‘(F) encourage, support, and enhance ad- shall be used to supplement and not supplant with fiscal year 2001, the Secretary, to carry herence to and compliance with treatment other funding available to provide treat- out this section, shall utilize— regimens, including related medical moni- ments of the type that may be provided ‘‘(A) the greater of— toring.’’; under this section.’’. ‘‘(i) 25 percent of the amount appropriated (6) by striking ‘‘In carrying’’ and inserting SEC. 130. INCREASE IN MINIMUM ALLOTMENT. the following: under 2677 to carry out part B, excluding the (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2618(b)(1)(A)(i) (42 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying’’; and amount appropriated under section U.S.C. 300ff–28(b)(1)(A)(i)) is amended— (7) by adding at the end the following: 2618(b)(2)(H), for such fiscal year that is in (1) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘$100,000’’ ‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.— excess of the amount appropriated to carry and inserting ‘‘$200,000’’; and ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—No State shall use funds out such part in fiscal year preceding the fis- (2) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘$250,000’’ under paragraph (1)(F) unless the limitations cal year involved; or and inserting ‘‘$500,000’’. on access to HIV/AIDS therapeutic regimens ‘‘(ii) $5,000,000; (b) TERRITORIES.—Section 2618(b)(1)(B) (42 as defined in subsection (e)(2) are eliminated. to provide funds to States for use in emerg- U.S.C. 300ff–28(b)(1)(B)) is amended by insert- ‘‘(B) AMOUNT OF FUNDING.—No State shall ing ‘‘the greater of $50,000 or’’ after ‘‘shall ing communities with at least 1000, but less use in excess of 10 percent of the amount set- be’’. than 2000, cases of AIDS as reported to and aside for use under this section in any fiscal confirmed by the Director of the Centers for year to carry out activities under paragraph (c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section Disease Control and Prevention for the five (1)(F) unless the State demonstrates to the 2618(b)(3)(B) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–28(b)(3)(B)) is year period preceding the year for which the Secretary that such additional services are amended by striking ‘‘and the Republic of grant is being awarded; and essential and in no way diminish access to the Marshall Islands’’ and inserting ‘‘, the ‘‘(B) the greater of— therapeutics.’’. Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Fed- ‘‘(i) 25 percent of the amount appropriated (b) SUPPLEMENT GRANTS.—Section 2616 (42 erated States of Micronesia, and the Repub- under 2677 to carry out part B, excluding the U.S.C. 300ff–26) is amended by adding at the lic of Palau, and only for purposes of para- amount appropriated under section end the following: graph (1) the Commonwealth of Puerto 2618(b)(2)(H), for such fiscal year that is in ‘‘(e) SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS FOR THE PROVI- Rico’’. excess of the amount appropriated to carry SION OF TREATMENTS.— SEC. 131. SET-ASIDE FOR INFANTS, CHILDREN, out such part in fiscal year preceding the fis- ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From amounts made AND WOMEN. cal year involved; or available under paragraph (5), the Secretary Section 2611(b) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–21(b)) is ‘‘(ii) $5,000,000; shall award supplemental grants to States amended— to provide funds to States for use in emerg- determined to be eligible under paragraph (2) (1) by inserting ‘‘for each population under ing communities with at least 500, but less to enable such States to increase access to this subsection’’ after ‘‘State shall use’’; and than 1000, cases of AIDS reported to and con- therapeutics to treat HIV disease as provided (2) by striking ‘‘ratio of the’’ and inserting firmed by the Director of the Centers for Dis- by the State under subsection (c)(1)(B) for in- ‘‘ratio of each’’.

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00083 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.002 S06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 9545 Subtitle C—Amendments to Part C (Early (1) in paragraph (3), to read as follows: the Director and the manner in which the Intervention Services) ‘‘(3) the applicant will not expend more conclusions based on those findings can be SEC. 141. AMENDMENT OF HEADING; REPEAL OF than 10 percent of the grant for costs of ad- addressed.’’. FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM. ministrative activities with respect to the (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— (a) AMENDMENT OF HEADING.—The heading grant;’’; Section 2671(j) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–71(j)) is of part C of title XXVI is amended to read as (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period amended by striking ‘‘fiscal years 1996 follows: and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and through 2000’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2001 ‘‘PART C—EARLY INTERVENTION AND PRIMARY (3) by adding at the end the following: through 2005’’. CARE SERVICES’’. ‘‘(5) the applicant will provide for the es- SEC. 152. LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EX- PENSES. (b) REPEAL.—Part C of title XXVI (42 tablishment of a quality management pro- U.S.C. 300ff–41 et seq.) is amended— gram to assess the extent to which medical Section 2671 (42 U.S.C. 300ff–71) is amend- (1) by repealing subpart I; and services funded under this title that are pro- ed— (2) by redesignating subparts II and III as vided to patients are consistent with the (1) by redesignating subsections (i) and (j), subparts I and II. most recent Public Health Service guidelines as subsections (j) and (k), respectively; and (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— for the treatment of HIV disease and related (2) by inserting after subsection (h), the (1) INFORMATION REGARDING RECEIPT OF opportunistic infections and that improve- following: SERVICES.—Section 2661(a) (42 U.S.C. 300ff– ments in the access to and quality of medical ‘‘(i) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EX- 61(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘unless—’’ and services are addressed.’’. PENSES.— ETERMINATION BY SECRETARY all that follows through ‘‘(2) in the case of’’ SEC. 145. PREFERENCE FOR CERTAIN AREAS. ‘‘(1) D .—Not later than 12 months after the date of enact- and inserting ‘‘unless, in the case of’’. Section 2651 (42 U.S.C. 300ff–51) is amended ment of the Ryan White Care Act Amend- (2) ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS.—Section 2664 by adding at the end the following: ments of 2000, the Secretary, in consultation (42 U.S.C. 300ff–64) is amended— ‘‘(d) PREFERENCE IN AWARDING GRANTS.—In with grantees under this part, shall conduct (A) in subsection (e)(5), by striking ‘‘2642(b) awarding new grants under this section, the a review of the administrative, program sup- or’’; Secretary shall give preference to applicants port, and direct service-related activities (B) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ‘‘2642(b) that will use amounts received under the that are carried out under this part to ensure or’’; and grant to serve areas that are determined to that eligible individuals have access to qual- (C) by striking subsection (h). be rural and underserved for the purposes of ity, HIV-related health and support services SEC. 142. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT providing health care to individuals infected and research opportunities under this part, GRANTS. with HIV or diagnosed with AIDS.’’. (a) ALLOWING PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT and to support the provision of such services. SEC. 146. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT. GRANT TO EXPAND ABILITY TO PROVIDE PRI- ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.— MARY CARE SERVICES.—Section 2654(c) (42 Section 2652(a) (42 U.S.C. 300ff-52(a)) is ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days U.S.C. 300ff–54(c)) is amended— amended— after the expiration of the 12-month period (1) in paragraph (1), to read as follows: (1) striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and in- referred to in paragraph (1) the Secretary, in ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may pro- serting the following: consultation with grantees under this part, vide planning and development grants to ‘‘(1) health centers under section 330;’’; and shall determine the relationship between the public and nonprofit private entities for the (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through costs of the activities referred to in para- purpose of— (6) as paragraphs (2) through (5), respec- graph (1) and the access of eligible individ- ‘‘(A) enabling such entities to provide HIV tively. uals to the services and research opportuni- early intervention services; or Subtitle D—Amendments to Part D (General ties described in such paragraph. ‘‘(B) assisting such entities to expand the Provisions) ‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—After a final determina- capacity, preparedness, and expertise to de- SEC. 151. RESEARCH INVOLVING WOMEN, IN- tion under subparagraph (A), the Secretary liver primary care services to individuals FANTS, CHILDREN, AND YOUTH. may not make a grant under this part unless with HIV disease in underserved low-income (a) ELIMINATION OF REQUIREMENT TO EN- the grantee complies with such requirements communities on the condition that the funds ROLL SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF WOMEN AND as may be included in such determination.’’. are not used to purchase or improve land or CHILDREN.—Section 2671(b) (42 U.S.C. 300ff– SEC. 153. EVALUATIONS AND REPORTS. to purchase, construct, or permanently im- 71(b)) is amended— Section 2674(c) (42 U.S.C. 399ff–74(c)) is prove (other than minor remodeling) any (1) in paragraph (1), by striking subpara- amended by striking ‘‘1991 through 1995’’ and building or other facility.’’; and graphs (C) and (D); and inserting ‘‘2001 through 2005’’. (2) in paragraphs (2) and (3) by striking (2) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4). SEC. 154. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ each place that such appears (b) INFORMATION AND EDUCATION.—Section FOR GRANTS UNDER PARTS A AND B. and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)’’. 2671(d) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–71(d)) is amended by Section 2677 (42 U.S.C. 300ff–77) is amended (b) AMOUNT; DURATION.—Section 2654(c) (42 adding at the end the following: to read as follows: U.S.C. 300ff–54(c)), as amended by subsection ‘‘(4) The applicant will provide individuals ‘‘SEC. 2677. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA- (a), is further amended— with information and education on opportu- TIONS. (1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para- nities to participate in HIV/AIDS-related ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated— graph (5); and clinical research.’’. ‘‘(1) such sums as may be necessary to (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol- (c) QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ADMINISTRATIVE carry out part A for each of the fiscal years lowing: EXPENSES CEILING.—Section 2671(f) (42 U.S.C. 2001 through 2005; and ‘‘(4) AMOUNT AND DURATION OF GRANTS.— 300ff–71(f)) is amended— ‘‘(2) such sums as may be necessary to ‘‘(A) EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES.—A (1) by striking the subsection heading and carry out part B for each of the fiscal years grant under paragraph (1)(A) may be made in designation and inserting the following: 2001 through 2005.’’. an amount not to exceed $50,000. ‘‘(f) ADMINISTRATION.— Subtitle E—Amendments to Part F ‘‘(B) CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT.— ‘‘(1) APPLICATION.—’’; and (Demonstration and Training) ‘‘(i) AMOUNT.—A grant under paragraph (2) by adding at the end the following: (1)(B) may be made in an amount not to ex- SEC. 161. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. ‘‘(2) QUALITY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.—A ceed $150,000. (a) SCHOOLS; CENTERS.—Section 2692(c)(1) grantee under this section shall implement a ‘‘(ii) DURATION.—The total duration of a (42 U.S.C. 300ff–111(c)(1)) is amended by strik- quality management program.’’. grant under paragraph (1)(B), including any ing ‘‘fiscal years 1996 through 2000’’ and in- (d) COORDINATION.—Section 2671(g) (42 renewal, may not exceed 3 years.’’. serting ‘‘fiscal years 2001 through 2005’’. (c) INCREASE IN LIMITATION.—Section U.S.C. 300ff–71(g)) is amended by adding at (b) DENTAL SCHOOLS.—Section 2692(c)(2) (42 2654(c)(5) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–54(c)(5)), as so redes- the end the following: ‘‘The Secretary acting U.S.C. 300ff–111(c)(2)) is amended by striking ignated by subsection (b), is amended by through the Director of NIH, shall examine ‘‘fiscal years 1996 through 2000’’ and inserting striking ‘‘1 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘5 per- the distribution and availability of ongoing ‘‘fiscal years 2001 through 2005’’. cent’’. and appropriate HIV/AIDS-related research (c) DENTAL SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS.—Sec- SEC. 143. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS projects to existing sites under this section tion 2692(b) of the Public Health Service Act FOR CATEGORICAL GRANTS. for purposes of enhancing and expanding vol- (42 U.S.C. 300ff-111(b)) is amended— Section 2655 (42 U.S.C. 300ff–55) is amended untary access to HIV-related research, espe- (1) in paragraph (1), by striking by striking ‘‘1996’’ and all that follows cially within communities that are not rea- ‘‘777(b)(4)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘777(b)(4)(B) (as through ‘‘2000’’ and inserting ‘‘2001 through sonably served by such projects. Not later such section existed on the day before the 2005’’. than 12 months after the date of enactment date of enactment of the Health Professions SEC. 144. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES CEILING; of the Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of Education Partnerships Act of 1998 (Public QUALITY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. 2000, the Secretary shall prepare and submit Law 105-392)) and dental hygiene programs Section 2664(g) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–64(g)) is to the appropriate committees of Congress a that are accredited by the Commission on amended— report that describes the findings made by Dental Accreditation’’; and

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00084 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.003 S06JN0 9546 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 6, 2000 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking campus of the College of Southern PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR ‘‘777(b)(4)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘777(b)(4)(B) (as Idaho, Twin Falls, Idaho. Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask such section existed on the day before the The purpose of this hearing is to con- unanimous consent that the staff mem- date of enactment of the Health Professions duct oversight on the proposed expan- Education Partnerships Act of 1998 (Public bers of the Committee on Armed Serv- Law 105-392))’’. sion of the Craters of the Moon Na- ices appearing on the list I send to the tional Monument. TITLE II—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS desk be extended the privilege of the Those who wish to submit written floor during consideration of S. 2549, SEC. 201. INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE STUDY. statements should write to the Com- (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days and further, that David Hahn, a mili- after the date of enactment of this Act, the mittee on Energy and Natural Re- tary fellow serving in my Senate office Secretary of Health and Human Services sources, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. be granted floor privileges for the dura- shall enter into a contract with the Institute 20510. For further information, please tion of S. 2549. of Medicine for the conduct of a study con- call Mike Menge (202) 224–6170. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without cerning the appropriate epidemiological SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER AND POWER measures and their relationship to the fi- objection, it is so ordered. nancing and delivery of primary care and Mr. SMITH of Oregon. Mr. President, The list is as follows: health-related support services for low-in- I would like to announce for the infor- Charles S. Abell, Charles W. Alsup, Judith come, uninsured, and under-insured individ- mation of the Senate and the public A. Ansley, John R. Barnes, Beth Ann uals with HIV disease. that a joint legislative hearing has Barozie, Romie L. Brownlee, Courtney A. (b) REQUIREMENTS.— been scheduled before the Sub- Burke, Christine E. Cowart, Daniel J. Cox, (1) COMPLETION.—The study under sub- committee on Water and Power, and Jr., Madelyn R. Creedon, Richard D. section (a) shall be completed not later than the Committee on Indian Affairs. The DeBobes, Marie Fabrizio Dickinson, Kristin 21 months after the date on which the con- A. Dowley, Edward E. Edens IV, Pamela L. tract referred to in such subsection is en- purpose of the hearing is to receive tes- Farrell, Richard W. Fieldhouse. tered into. timony on S. 2508, the Colorado Ute In- Mickie Jan Gordon, Creighton Greene, Wil- (2) ISSUES TO BE CONSIDERED.—The study dian Water Rights Settlement Act liam C. Greenwalt, Gary M. Hall, Mary Alice conducted under subsection (a) shall con- Amendments of 2000. A. Hayward, Shekinah Z. Hill, Larry J. Hoag, sider— The hearing will take place on Lawrence J. Lanzillotta, George W. Lauffer, (A) the availability and utility of health Wednesday, June 7, 2000 at 2:30 p.m. in Gerald J. Leeling, Peter K. Levine, Patricia outcomes measures and data for HIV pri- room SR–485 of the Russell Senate Of- L. Lewis, Paul M. Longsworth, David S. mary care and support services and the ex- fice Building in Washington, D.C. Lyles, Thomas L. MacKenzie. tent to which those measures and data could Michael J. McCord, Ann M. Mittermeyer, be used to measure the quality of such fund- SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER AND POWER Thomas C. Moore, Jennifer L. Naccari, David ed services; Mr. SMITH of Oregon. Mr. President, P. Nunley, Cindy Pearson, Sharen E. Reaves, (B) the effectiveness and efficiency of serv- I would like to announce for the infor- Suzanne K.L. Ross, Anita H. Rouse, Joseph ice delivery (including the quality of serv- mation of the Senate and the public T. Sixeas, Cord A. Sterling, Madeline N. ices, health outcomes, and resource use) that the oversight hearing regarding Stewart, Scott W. Stucky, Eric H. within the context of a changing health care the National Marine Fisheries Serv- Thoemmes, Michele A. Traficante, Roslyne D. Turner. and therapeutic environment as well as the ice’s draft Biological Opinion and its changing epidemiology of the epidemic; potential impact on the Columbia Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask (C) existing and needed epidemiological unanimous consent that Senator data and other analytic tools for resource River operations, which has been pre- viously scheduled for Wednesday, June MCCAIN’s legislative fellow, Navy planning and allocation decisions, specifi- Comdr. Douglas J. Denneny, be granted cally for estimating severity of need of a 14, 2000 at 2:30 p.m. in room SD–366 of floor privileges during consideration of community and the relationship to the allo- the Dirksen Senate Office Building in cations process; and Washington, D.C. has been indefinitely S. 2549. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without (D) other factors determined to be relevant postponed. to assessing an individual’s or community’s objection, it is so ordered. ability to gain and sustain access to quality f Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask HIV services. AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO unanimous consent that Mike Daly, a (c) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after MEET fellow in the office of Senator ABRA- the date on which the study is completed HAM, be granted floor privileges during COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC under subsection (a), the Secretary of Health consideration of S. 2549. and Human Services shall prepare and sub- WORKS mit to the appropriate committees of Con- Mr. GRAMS. Mr. President, I ask The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without gress a report describing the manner in unanimous consent that the Com- objection, it is so ordered. Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask which the conclusions and recommendations mittee on Environment and Public unanimous consent that Doug Flanders of the Institute of Medicine can be addressed Works be authorized to meet on Tues- and implemented. of my staff have floor privileges during day, June 6, at 10:00 a.m., to conduct a f the entire debate of S. 2549. hearing to receive testimony on S. 1311, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without NOTICES OF HEARINGS to establish Region XI of the Environ- objection, it is so ordered. COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS mental Protection Agency. Mr. KERREY. Mr. President, I ask Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, I The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without unanimous consent that privileges of would like to announce that the Com- objection, it is so ordered. the floor be granted to the following mittee on Indian Affairs will meet dur- COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS member of Senator EDWARDS’ staff: ing the session of the Senate on Mr. GRAMS. Mr. President, I ask Bob Morgan. Wednesday, June 7, 2000 at 2:30 p.m. to unanimous consent that the Com- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without conduct a hearing on S. 2508, the Colo- mittee on Foreign Relations be author- objection, it is so ordered. rado Ute Indian Water Rights Settle- ized to meet on Tuesday, June 6, 2000, Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I ask unani- ment Act Amendments of 2000. The at 11:00 a.m. mous consent Martha McSally, a fellow hearing will be held in room 485, Rus- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without in my office, be granted floor privileges sell Senate Building. objection, it is so ordered. during the Defense authorization bill, SUBCOMMITTEE ON FORESTS AND PUBLIC LAND Mr. GRAMS. Mr. President, I ask S. 2549. MANAGEMENT unanimous consent that the Sub- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I would committee on Administrative Over- objection, it is so ordered. like to announce for the public that a sight and the Courts be authorized to f hearing has been scheduled before the meet to conduct a hearing on Tuesday, Subcommittee on Forests and Public June 6, 2000, at 11:00 a.m., in 226 Dirk- MEASURE INDEFINITELY Land Management. sen. POSTPONED—S. 1650 The hearing will take place on Satur- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask day, June 17, 2000, at 9:00 a.m. on the objection, it is so ordered. unanimous consent that the Senate

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00085 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.003 S06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 9547 passage of S. 1650 be vitiated; further, Armed Forces have provided to such mem- after the enacting clause and insert in the bill be indefinitely postponed. bers during their service and how such sup- lieu thereof the following: The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without port strengthens the vitality of our Nation is SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. objection, it is so ordered. important. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ryan White (6) Recognizing the role that the United CARE Act Amendments of 2000’’. f States Armed Forces plays in maintaining SEC. 2. REFERENCES; TABLE OF CONTENTS. the superiority of the United States as a na- JOINT REFERRAL (a) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise ex- tion and in contributing to world peace will pressly provided, whenever in this Act an Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, as if in increase awareness of all contributions made amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an executive session, I ask unanimous by such Forces. amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other consent that the nomination of Robert (7) It is appropriate to recognize the impor- provision, the reference shall be considered to be tance of maintaining a strong, equipped, S. Larussa, of Maryland, to be Under made to a section or other provision of the Pub- well-educated, well-trained military for the Secretary of Commerce for Inter- lic Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.). United States to safeguard freedoms, hu- national Trade, received on May 25, (b) Table of Contents.—The table of contents manitarianism, and peacekeeping efforts 2000, be jointly referred to the Com- of this Act is as follows: around the world. mittee on Finance and the Committee (8) It is proper to foster and cultivate the Sec. 1. Short title. on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af- honor and pride that citizens of the United Sec. 2. References; table of contents. fairs. States feel towards members of the United TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO HIV HEALTH The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without States Armed Forces for the protection and CARE PROGRAM objection, it is so ordered. service that such members provide. Subtitle A—Amendments to Part A (Emergency (9) Recognizing the many sacrifices made f Relief Grants) by members of the United States Armed Sec. 101. Duties of planning council, funding NATIONAL MILITARY Forces is important. priorities, quality assessment. APPRECIATION MONTH (10) It is proper to recognize and honor the Sec. 102. Quality management. dedication and commitment of members of Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask Sec. 103. Funded entities required to have the United States Armed Forces, and to health care relationships. unanimous consent that the Judiciary show appreciation for all contributions made Sec. 104. Support services required to be health Committee be discharged from further by such members since the inception of such care-related. consideration of S. 1419, and the Senate Forces. Sec. 105. Use of grant funds for early interven- then proceed to its immediate consid- (b) NATIONAL MILITARY APPRECIATION tion services. eration. MONTH.—Chapter 1 of part A of subtitle I of Sec. 106. Replacement of specified fiscal years The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without title 36, United States Code, is amended by regarding the sunset on expedited objection, it is so ordered. adding at the end the following: distribution requirements. ‘‘§ 144. National Military Appreciation Month Sec. 107. Hold harmless provision. The clerk will report the bill by title. Sec. 108. Set-aside for infants, children, and ‘‘The President shall issue each year a The assistant legislative clerk read women. as follows: proclamation— ‘‘(1) designating May as ‘National Military Subtitle B—Amendments to Part B (Care Grant A bill (S. 1419) to amend title 36, United Appreciation Month’; and Program) States Code, to designate May as ‘‘National ‘‘(2) calling on the people of the United Sec. 121. State requirements concerning identi- Military Appreciation Month.’’ States to honor the dedicated service pro- fication of need and allocation of There being no objection, the Senate vided by the members of the United States resources. proceeded to consider the bill. Armed Forces and to observe the month with Sec. 122. Quality management. Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask appropriate ceremonies and activities.’’. Sec. 123. Funded entities required to have unanimous consent the bill be read a (c) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of con- health care relationships. tents in chapter 1 of part A of subtitle I of Sec. 124. Support services required to be health third time and passed, the motion to care-related. reconsider be laid upon the table, and title 36, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section Sec. 125. Use of grant funds for early interven- any statements relating to the bill be 143 the following new item: tion services. printed in the RECORD. Sec. 126. Authorization of appropriations for The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ‘‘144. National Military Appreciation HIV-related services for women Month.’’. objection, it is so ordered. and children. The bill (S. 1419) was read a third f Sec. 127. Repeal of requirement for completed RYAN WHITE CARE ACT Institute of Medicine report. time and passed, as follows: Sec. 128. Supplement grants for certain States. S. 1419 AMENDMENTS OF 2000 Sec. 129. Use of treatment funds. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask Sec. 130. Increase in minimum allotment. resentatives of the United States of America in unanimous consent that the Senate Sec. 131. Set-aside for infants, children, and Congress assembled, now proceed to the consideration of women. SECTION 1. NATIONAL MILITARY APPRECIATION Calendar 548, S. 2311. Subtitle C—Amendments to Part C (Early MONTH. Intervention Services) The PRESIDING OFFICER. The (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the fol- clerk will report the bill by title. Sec. 141. Amendment of heading; repeal of for- lowing findings: mula grant program. (1) The freedom and security that citizens The assistant legislative clerk read Sec. 142. Planning and development grants. of the United States enjoy today are direct as follows: Sec. 143. Authorization of appropriations for results of the vigilance of the United States A bill (S. 2311) to revise and extend the categorical grants. Armed Forces. Ryan White CARE Act programs under title Sec. 144. Administrative expenses ceiling; qual- (2) Recognizing contributions made by XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, and ity management program. members of the United States Armed Forces for other purposes. Sec. 145. Preference for certain areas. Sec. 146. Technical amendment. will increase national awareness of the sac- There being no objection, the Senate rifices that such members have made to pre- proceeded to consider the bill (S. 2311) Subtitle D—Amendments to Part D (General serve the freedoms and liberties that enrich Provisions) this Nation. to amend the Ryan White CARE Act to improve access to health care and the Sec. 151. Research involving women, infants, (3) It is important to preserve and foster children, and youth. admiration and respect for the service pro- quality of care under such programs, Sec. 152. Limitation on administrative expenses. vided by members of the United States and to provide for the development of Sec. 153. Evaluations and reports. Armed Forces. increased capacity to provide health Sec. 154. Authorization of appropriations for (4) It is vital for youth in the United States care and related support services to in- grants under parts A and B. to understand that the service provided by dividuals and families with HIV dis- Subtitle E—Amendments to Part F members of the United States Armed Forces (Demonstration and Training) has secured and protected the freedoms that ease, and for related purposes, which United States citizens enjoy today. had been reported from the Committee Sec. 161. Authorization of appropriations. (5) Recognizing the unfailing support that on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen- TITLE II—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS families of members of the United States sions, with an amendment to strike all Sec. 201. Institute of Medicine study.

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00086 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 6343 E:\BR00\S06JN0.003 S06JN0 9548 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 6, 2000 TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO HIV HEALTH CARE Act Amendments of 2000, the Secretary SEC. 104. SUPPORT SERVICES REQUIRED TO BE CARE PROGRAM shall— HEALTH CARE-RELATED. Subtitle A—Amendments to Part A ‘‘(A) consult with eligible metropolitan areas, (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2604(b)(1) (42 U.S.C. (Emergency Relief Grants) affected communities, experts, and other appro- 300ff–14(b)(1)) is amended— priate individuals and entities, to develop epi- (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), SEC. 101. DUTIES OF PLANNING COUNCIL, FUND- ING PRIORITIES, QUALITY ASSESS- demiologic measures for establishing the number by striking ‘‘HIV-related—’’ and inserting MENT. of individuals living with HIV disease who are ‘‘HIV-related services, as follows:’’; Section 2602 (42 U.S.C. 300ff–12) is amended— not receiving HIV-related health services; and (2) in subparagraph (A)— (1) in subsection (b)— ‘‘(B) provide advice and technical assistance (A) by striking ‘‘outpatient’’ and all that fol- (A) in paragraph (2)(C), by inserting before to planning councils with respect to the process lows through ‘‘substance abuse treatment and’’ the semicolon the following: ‘‘, including pro- for establishing priorities for the allocation of and inserting the following: ‘‘OUTPATIENT viders of housing and homeless services’’; and funds under subsection (d)(1). HEALTH SERVICES.—Outpatient and ambulatory (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Grantees under this part health services, including substance abuse treat- ‘‘shall—’’ and all that follows and inserting shall not be required to establish priorities for ment,’’; and ‘‘shall have the responsibilities specified in sub- individuals not in care until epidemiologic meas- (B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a pe- section (d).’’; and ures are developed under paragraph (1).’’. riod; (2) by adding at the end the following: SEC. 102. QUALITY MANAGEMENT. (3) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘(B) in- ‘‘(d) DUTIES OF PLANNING COUNCIL.—The (a) FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR QUALITY MANAGE- patient case management’’ and inserting ‘‘(C) planning council established under subsection MENT.—Section 2604 (42 U.S.C. 300ff–14) is INPATIENT CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.—Inpa- (b) shall have the following duties: amended— tient case management’’; and ‘‘(1) PRIORITIES FOR ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.— (1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (4) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the The council shall establish priorities for the al- (f) as subsections (d) through (g), respectively; following: location of funds within the eligible area, in- and ‘‘(B) OUTPATIENT SUPPORT SERVICES.—Out- cluding how best to meet each such priority and (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol- patient and ambulatory support services (in- additional factors that a grantee should con- lowing: cluding case management), to the extent that sider in allocating funds under a grant, based ‘‘(c) QUALITY MANAGEMENT.— such services facilitate, enhance, support, or on the following factors: ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—The chief elected official sustain the delivery, continuity, or benefits of ‘‘(A) The size and demographic characteristics of an eligible area that receives a grant under health services for individuals and families with of the population with HIV disease to be served, this part shall provide for the establishment of HIV disease.’’. including, subject to subsection (e), the needs of a quality management program to assess the ex- individuals living with HIV infection who are (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION tent to which medical services provided to pa- REQUIREMENTS.—Section 2605(a) (42 U.S.C. not receiving HIV-related health services. tients under the grant are consistent with the ‘‘(B) The documented needs of the population 300ff–15(a)), as amended by section 102(b), is most recent Public Health Service guidelines for further amended— with HIV disease with particular attention the treatment of HIV disease and related oppor- being given to disparities in health services (1) in paragraph (7) (as so redesignated), by tunistic infection and to develop strategies for striking ‘‘and’’ at the end thereof; among affected subgroups within the eligible improvements in the access to and quality of area. (2) in paragraph (8) (as so redesignated), by medical services. striking the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and ‘‘(C) The demonstrated or probable cost and ‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—From amounts received (3) by adding at the end the following: outcome effectiveness of proposed strategies and under a grant awarded under this part, the ‘‘(9) that the eligible area has procedures in interventions, to the extent that data are rea- chief elected official of an eligible area may use, place to ensure that services provided with sonably available. for activities associated with its quality manage- funds received under this part meet the criteria ‘‘(D) Priorities of the communities with HIV ment program, not more than the lesser of— specified in section 2604(b)(1).’’. disease for whom the services are intended. ‘‘(A) 5 percent of amounts received under the ‘‘(E) The availability of other governmental grant; or SEC. 105. USE OF GRANT FUNDS FOR EARLY and non-governmental resources, including the ‘‘(B) $3,000,000.’’. INTERVENTION SERVICES. State medicaid plan under title XIX of the So- (b) QUALITY MANAGEMENT REQUIRED FOR ELI- (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2604(b)(1) (42 U.S.C. cial Security Act and the State Children’s GIBILITY FOR GRANTS.—Section 2605(a) (42 300ff–14(b)(1)), as amended by section 104(a), is Health Insurance Program under title XXI of U.S.C. 300ff–15(a)) is amended— further amended by adding at the end the fol- such Act to cover health care costs of eligible in- (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through lowing: dividuals and families with HIV disease. (6) as paragraphs (5) through (8), respectively; ‘‘(D) EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES.—Early ‘‘(F) Capacity development needs resulting and intervention services as described in section from gaps in the availability of HIV services in (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol- 2651(b)(2), with follow-through referral, pro- historically underserved low-income commu- lowing: vided for the purpose of facilitating the access nities. ‘‘(3) that the chief elected official of the eligi- of individuals receiving the services to HIV-re- ‘‘(2) COMPREHENSIVE SERVICE DELIVERY ble area will satisfy all requirements under sec- lated health services, but only if the entity pro- PLAN.—The council shall develop a comprehen- tion 2604(c);’’. viding such services— sive plan for the organization and delivery of SEC. 103. FUNDED ENTITIES REQUIRED TO HAVE ‘‘(i)(I) is receiving funds under subparagraph health and support services described in section (A) or (C); or 2604. Such plan shall be compatible with any ex- HEALTH CARE RELATIONSHIPS. ‘‘(II) is an entity constituting a point of ac- isting State or local plans regarding the provi- (a) USE OF AMOUNTS.—Section 2604(e)(1) (42 cess to services, as described in section sion of such services to individuals with HIV U.S.C. 300ff–14(d)(1)) (as so redesignated by sec- 2605(a)(4), that maintains a relationship with disease. tion 102(a)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and the an entity described in subclause (I) and that is ‘‘(3) ASSESSMENT OF FUND ALLOCATION EFFI- State Children’s Health Insurance Program serving individuals at elevated risk of HIV dis- CIENCY.—The council shall assess the efficiency under title XXI of such Act’’ after ‘‘Social Secu- ease; of the administrative mechanism in rapidly allo- rity Act’’. ‘‘(ii) demonstrates to the satisfaction of the cating funds to the areas of greatest need within (b) APPLICATIONS.—Section 2605(a) (42 U.S.C. chief elected official that Federal, State, or local the eligible area. 300ff–15(a)) is amended by inserting after para- funds are inadequate for the early intervention ‘‘(4) STATEWIDE STATEMENT OF NEED.—The graph (3), as added by section 102(b), the fol- council shall participate in the development of lowing: services the entity will provide with funds re- the Statewide coordinated statement of need as ‘‘(4) that funded entities within the eligible ceived under this subparagraph; and initiated by the State public health agency re- area that receive funds under a grant under sec- ‘‘(iii) demonstrates to the satisfaction of the sponsible for administering grants under part B. tion 2601(a) shall maintain appropriate relation- chief elected official that funds will be utilized ‘‘(5) COORDINATION WITH OTHER FEDERAL ships with entities in the area served that con- under this subparagraph to supplement not sup- GRANTEES.—The council shall coordinate with stitute key points of access to the health care plant other funds available for such services in Federal grantees providing HIV-related services system for individuals with HIV disease (includ- the year for which such funds are being uti- within the eligible area. ing emergency rooms, substance abuse treatment lized.’’. ‘‘(6) COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.—The council programs, detoxification centers, adult and ju- (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO APPLICA- shall establish methods for obtaining input on venile detention facilities, sexually transmitted TION REQUIREMENTS.—Section 2605(a)(1) (42 community needs and priorities which may in- disease clinics, HIV counseling and testing sites, U.S.C. 300ff–15(a)(1)) is amended— clude public meetings, conducting focus groups, mental health programs, and homeless shelters) (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘services and convening ad-hoc panels. and other entities under section 2652(a) for the to individuals with HIV disease’’ and inserting ‘‘(e) PROCESS FOR ESTABLISHING ALLOCATION purpose of facilitating early intervention for in- ‘‘services as described in section 2604(b)(1)’’; and PRIORITIES.— dividuals newly diagnosed with HIV disease and (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘services ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 24 months individuals knowledgeable of their status but for individuals with HIV disease’’ and inserting after the date of enactment of the Ryan White not in care;’’. ‘‘services as described in section 2604(b)(1)’’.

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REPLACEMENT OF SPECIFIED FISCAL planning and allocation of resources, the State, served that constitute key points of access to the YEARS REGARDING THE SUNSET ON through systems of HIV-related health services health care system for individuals with HIV dis- EXPEDITED DISTRIBUTION RE- provided under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of ease (including emergency rooms, substance QUIREMENTS. section 2612(a), will make appropriate provision abuse treatment programs, detoxification cen- Section 2603(a)(2) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–13(a)(2)) is for the HIV-related health and support service ters, adult and juvenile detention facilities, sex- amended by striking ‘‘for each of the fiscal needs of individuals who have been diagnosed ually transmitted disease clinics, HIV coun- years 1996 through 2000’’ and inserting ‘‘for a with HIV disease but who are not currently re- seling and testing sites, mental health programs, fiscal year’’. ceiving such services, based on the epidemiologic and homeless shelters), and other entities under SEC. 107. HOLD HARMLESS PROVISION. measures developed under paragraph (1)(C)(i);’’. section 2652(a), for the purpose of facilitating Section 2603(a)(4) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–13(a)(4)) is SEC. 122. QUALITY MANAGEMENT. early intervention for individuals newly diag- amended to read as follows: (a) STATE REQUIREMENT FOR QUALITY MAN- nosed with HIV disease and individuals knowl- ‘‘(4) LIMITATION.—With respect to each of fis- AGEMENT.—Section 2617(b)(4) (42 U.S.C. 300ff– edgeable of their status but not in care.’’. cal years 2001 through 2005, the Secretary shall 27(b)(4)) is amended— SEC. 124. SUPPORT SERVICES REQUIRED TO BE ensure that the amount of a grant made to an (1) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting HEALTH CARE-RELATED. eligible area under paragraph (2) for such a fis- the following: (a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section cal year is not less than an amount equal to 98 ‘‘(C) the State will provide for— 3(c)(2)(A)(iii) of the Ryan White CARE Act percent of the amount the eligible area received ‘‘(i) the establishment of a quality manage- Amendments of 1996 (Public Law 104–146) is for the fiscal year preceding the year for which ment program to assess the extent to which med- amended by inserting ‘‘before paragraph (2) as the determination is being made.’’. ical services provided to patients under the so redesignated’’ after ‘‘inserting’’. SEC. 108. SET-ASIDE FOR INFANTS, CHILDREN, grant are consistent with the most recent Public (b) SERVICES.—Section 2612(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. AND WOMEN. Health Service guidelines for the treatment of 300ff–22(a)(1)), as so designated by section Section 2604(b)(3) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–14(b)(3)) is HIV disease and related opportunistic infections 121(a), is amended by striking ‘‘for individuals amended— and to develop strategies for improvements in with HIV disease’’ and inserting ‘‘, subject to (1) by inserting ‘‘for each population under the access to and quality of medical services; the conditions and limitations that apply under this subsection’’ after ‘‘council’’; and and such section’’. (2) by striking ‘‘ratio of the’’ and inserting ‘‘(ii) a periodic review (such as through an (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO STATE APPLI- ‘‘ratio of each’’. independent peer review) to assess the quality CATION REQUIREMENT.—Section 2617(b)(2) (42 Subtitle B—Amendments to Part B (Care and appropriateness of HIV-related health and U.S.C. 300ff–27(b)(2)), as amended by section Grant Program) support services provided by entities that receive 121(b), is further amended by inserting after funds from the State under this part;’’; SEC. 121. STATE REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING subparagraph (D) the following: (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and ‘‘(E) an assurance that the State has proce- IDENTIFICATION OF NEED AND AL- (F) as subparagraphs (F) and (G), respectively; LOCATION OF RESOURCES. dures in place to ensure that services provided (3) by inserting after subparagraph (D), the (a) GENERAL USE OF GRANTS.—Section 2612 (42 with funds received under this section meet the following: criteria specified in section 2604(b)(1)(B); and’’. U.S.C. 300ff–22) is amended— ‘‘(E) an assurance that the State, through (1) by striking ‘‘A State’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) IN systems of HIV-related health services provided SEC. 125. USE OF GRANT FUNDS FOR EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES. GENERAL.—A State’’; and under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section Section 2612(a) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–22(a)), as (2) in the matter following paragraph (5)— 2612(a), has considered strategies for working amended by section 121, is further amended— (A) by striking ‘‘Services’’ and inserting: with providers to make optimal use of financial (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the ‘‘(b) DELIVERY OF SERVICES.—Services’’; assistance under the State medicaid plan under end; (B) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and inserting title XIX of the Social Security Act, the State (2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period ‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’; and Children’s Health Insurance Program under and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and (C) by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and inserting title XXI of such Act, and other Federal grant- ‘‘subsection (a)(2) and section 2613’’; (3) by adding at the end the following: ees that provide HIV-related services, to maxi- ‘‘(6) to provide, through systems of HIV-re- (b) APPLICATION.—Section 2617(b) (42 U.S.C. mize access to quality HIV-related health and 300ff–27(b)) is amended— lated health services provided under paragraphs support services;’’; (1), (2), and (3), early intervention services, as (1) in paragraph (1)(C)— (4) in subparagraph (F), as so redesignated, described in section 2651(b)(2), with follow-up (A) by striking clause (i) and inserting the fol- by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; and referral, provided for the purpose of facilitating lowing: (5) in subparagraph (G), as so redesignated, the access of individuals receiving the services ‘‘(i) the size and demographic characteristics by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’. of the population with HIV disease to be served, (b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR QUALITY to HIV-related health services, but only if the except that by not later than October 1, 2002, MANAGEMENT.— entity providing such services— the State shall take into account the needs of (1) AVAILABILITY OF GRANT FUNDS FOR PLAN- ‘‘(A)(i) is receiving funds under section individuals not in care, based on epidemiologic NING AND EVALUATION.—Section 2618(c)(3) (42 2612(a)(1); or measures developed by the Secretary in con- U.S.C. 300ff–28(c)(3)) is amended by inserting ‘‘(ii) is an entity constituting a point of access sultation with the State, affected communities, before the period ‘‘, including not more than to services, as described in section 2617(b)(4), experts, and other appropriate individuals (such $3,000,000 for all activities associated with its that maintains a referral relationship with an State shall not be required to establish priorities quality management program’’. entity described in clause (i) and that is serving for individuals not in care until such epidemio- (2) EXCEPTION TO COMBINED CEILING ON PLAN- individuals at elevated risk of HIV disease; logic measures are developed);’’; NING AND ADMINISTRATION FUNDS FOR STATES ‘‘(B) demonstrates to the State’s satisfaction (B) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the WITH SMALL GRANTS.—Paragraph (6) of section that other Federal, State, or local funds are in- end; and 2618(c) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–28(c)(6)) is amended to adequate for the early intervention services the (C) by adding at the end the following: read as follows: entity will provide with funds received under ‘‘(v) the availability of other governmental ‘‘(6) EXCEPTION FOR QUALITY MANAGEMENT.— this paragraph; and and non-governmental resources; Notwithstanding paragraph (5), a State whose ‘‘(C) demonstrates to the satisfaction of the ‘‘(vi) the capacity development needs resulting grant under this part for a fiscal year does not State that funds will be utilized under this in gaps in the provision of HIV services in his- exceed $1,500,000 may use not to exceed 20 per- paragraph to supplement not supplant other torically underserved low-income and rural low- cent of the amount of the grant for the purposes funds available for such services in the year for income communities; and described in paragraphs (3) and (4) if— which such funds are being utilized.’’. ‘‘(vii) the efficiency of the administrative ‘‘(A) that portion of the amount that may be SEC. 126. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS mechanism in rapidly allocating funds to the used for such purposes in excess of 15 percent of FOR HIV-RELATED SERVICES FOR areas of greatest need within the State;’’; and the grant is used for its quality management WOMEN AND CHILDREN. (2) in paragraph (2)— program; and Section 2625(c)(2) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–33(c)(2)) is (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at ‘‘(B) the State submits and the Secretary ap- amended by striking ‘‘fiscal years 1996 through the end; proves a plan (in such form and containing such 2000’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2001 through (B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub- information as the Secretary may prescribe) for 2005’’. paragraph (F); and use of funds for its quality management pro- SEC. 127. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR COM- (C) by inserting after subparagraph (B), the gram.’’. PLETED INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE following: SEC. 123. FUNDED ENTITIES REQUIRED TO HAVE REPORT. ‘‘(C) an assurance that capacity development HEALTH CARE RELATIONSHIPS. Section 2628 (42 U.S.C. 300ff–36) is repealed. needs resulting from gaps in the provision of Section 2617(b)(4) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–27(b)(4)), as SEC. 128. SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS FOR CERTAIN services in underserved low-income and rural amended by section 122(a), is further amended STATES. low-income communities will be addressed; and by adding at the end the following: Subpart I of part B of title XXVI of the Public ‘‘(D) with respect to fiscal year 2003 and sub- ‘‘(H) that funded entities maintain appro- Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300ff–11 et seq.) is sequent fiscal years, assurances that, in the priate relationships with entities in the area amended by adding at the end the following:

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‘‘SEC. 2622. SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS. 2000, cases of AIDS as reported to and confirmed ‘‘(e) SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS FOR THE PROVI- ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award by the Director of the Centers for Disease Con- SION OF TREATMENTS.— supplemental grants to States determined to be trol and Prevention for the five year period pre- ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From amounts made avail- eligible under subsection (b) to enable such ceding the year for which the grant is being able under paragraph (5), the Secretary shall States to provide comprehensive services of the awarded; and award supplemental grants to States determined type described in section 2612(a) to supplement ‘‘(B) the greater of— to be eligible under paragraph (2) to enable such the services otherwise provided by the State ‘‘(i) 25 percent of the amount appropriated States to increase access to therapeutics to treat under a grant under this subpart in emerging under 2677 to carry out part B, excluding the HIV disease as provided by the State under sub- communities within the State that are not eligi- amount appropriated under section section (c)(1)(B) for individuals at or below 200 ble to receive grants under part A. 2618(b)(2)(H), for such fiscal year that is in ex- percent of the Federal poverty line. ‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a cess of the amount appropriated to carry out ‘‘(2) CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall develop supplemental grant under subsection (a) a State such part in fiscal year preceding the fiscal year criteria for the awarding of grants under para- shall— involved; or graph (1) to States that demonstrate a severe ‘‘(1) be eligible to receive a grant under this ‘‘(ii) $5,000,000; need. In determining the criteria for dem- subpart; to provide funds to States for use in emerging onstrating State severity of need, the Secretary ‘‘(2) demonstrate the existence in the State of communities with at least 500, but less than shall consider eligibility standards and for- an emerging community as defined in subsection 1000, cases of AIDS reported to and confirmed mulary composition. (d)(1); and by the Director of the Centers for Disease Con- ‘‘(3) STATE REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary may ‘‘(3) submit the information described in sub- trol and Prevention for the five year period pre- not make a grant to a State under this sub- section (c). ceding the year for which the grant is being section unless the State agrees that— ‘‘(c) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—A State that awarded. ‘‘(A) the State will make available (directly or desires a grant under this section shall, as part ‘‘(2) TRIGGER OF FUNDING.—This section shall through donations from public or private enti- of the State application submitted under section be effective only for fiscal years beginning in ties) non-Federal contributions toward the ac- 2617, submit a detailed description of the man- the first fiscal year in which the amount appro- tivities to be carried out under the grant in an ner in which the State will use amounts received priated under 2677 to carry out part B, exclud- amount equal to $1 for each $4 of Federal funds under the grant and of the severity of need. ing the amount appropriated under section provided in the grant; and Such description shall include— 2618(b)(2)(H), exceeds by at least $20,000,000 the ‘‘(B) the State will not impose eligibility re- ‘‘(1) a report concerning the dissemination of amount appropriated under 2677 to carry out quirements for services or scope of benefits limi- supplemental funds under this section and the part B in fiscal year 2000, excluding the amount tations under subsection (a) that are more re- plan for the utilization of such funds in the appropriated under section 2618(b)(2)(H). strictive than such requirements in effect as of emerging community; ‘‘(3) MINIMUM AMOUNT IN FUTURE YEARS.—Be- January 1, 2000. ‘‘(2) a demonstration of the existing commit- ginning with the first fiscal year in which ‘‘(4) USE AND COORDINATION.—Amounts made ment of local resources, both financial and in- amounts provided for emerging communities available under a grant under this subsection kind; under paragraph (1)(A) equals $5,000,000 and shall only be used by the State to provide HIV/ ‘‘(3) a demonstration that the State will main- under paragraph (1)(B) equals $5,000,000, the AIDS-related medications. The State shall co- tain HIV-related activities at a level that is Secretary shall ensure that amounts made avail- ordinate the use of such amounts with the equal to not less than the level of such activities able under this section for the types of emerging amounts otherwise provided under this section in the State for the 1-year period preceding the communities described in each such paragraph in order to maximize drug coverage. fiscal year for which the State is applying to re- in subsequent fiscal years is at least $5,000,000. ‘‘(5) FUNDING.— ‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTION.—The amount of a grant ‘‘(A) RESERVATION OF AMOUNT.—The Sec- ceive a grant under this part; retary shall reserve 3 percent of any amount re- ‘‘(4) a demonstration of the ability of the State awarded to a State under this section shall be ferred to in section 2618(b)(2)(H) that is appro- to utilize such supplemental financial resources determined by the Secretary based on the for- priated for a fiscal year, to carry out this sub- in a manner that is immediately responsive and mula described in section 2618(b)(2), except that section. cost effective; in applying such formula, the Secretary shall— ‘‘(A) substitute ‘1.0’ for ‘.80’ in subparagraph ‘‘(B) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—In providing grants ‘‘(5) a demonstration that the resources will be (A)(ii)(I) of such section; and under this subsection, the Secretary shall ensure allocated in accordance with the local demo- ‘‘(B) not consider the provisions of subpara- that the amount of a grant to a State under this graphic incidence of AIDS including appro- graphs (A)(ii)(II) and (C) of such section.’’. part is not less than the amount the State re- priate allocations for services for infants, chil- SEC. 129. USE OF TREATMENT FUNDS. ceived under this part in the previous fiscal dren, women, and families with HIV disease; (a) STATE DUTIES.—Section 2616(c) (42 U.S.C. year, as a result of grants provided under this ‘‘(6) a demonstration of the inclusiveness of 300ff–26(c)) is amended— subsection.’’. the planning process, with particular emphasis (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by (c) SUPPLEMENT AND NOT SUPPLANT.—Section on affected communities and individuals with striking ‘‘shall—’’ and inserting ‘‘shall use 2616 (42 U.S.C. 300ff–26(c)), as amended by sub- HIV disease; and funds made available under this section to—’’; section (b), is further amended by adding at the ‘‘(7) a demonstration of the manner in which (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through end the following: the proposed services are consistent with local (5) as subparagraphs (A) through (E), respec- ‘‘(f) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Notwith- needs assessments and the statewide coordi- tively and realigning the margins of such sub- standing any other provision of law, amounts nated statement of need. paragraphs appropriately; made available under this section shall be used ‘‘(d) DEFINITION OF EMERGING COMMUNITY.— (3) in subparagraph (D) (as so redesignated), to supplement and not supplant other funding In this section, the term ‘emerging community’ by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; available to provide treatments of the type that means a metropolitan area— (4) in subparagraph (E) (as so redesignated), may be provided under this section.’’. ‘‘(1) that is not eligible for a grant under part by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; SEC. 130. INCREASE IN MINIMUM ALLOTMENT. A; and and (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2618(b)(1)(A)(i) (42 ‘‘(2) for which there has been reported to the (5) by adding at the end the following: U.S.C. 300ff–28(b)(1)(A)(i)) is amended— Director of the Centers for Disease Control and ‘‘(F) encourage, support, and enhance adher- (1) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘$100,000’’ and Prevention a cumulative total of between 500 ence to and compliance with treatment regi- inserting ‘‘$200,000’’; and mens, including related medical monitoring.’’; and 1999 cases of acquired immune deficiency (2) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘$250,000’’ syndrome for the most recent period of 5 cal- (6) by striking ‘‘In carrying’’ and inserting the following: and inserting ‘‘$500,000’’. endar years for which such data are available. ERRITORIES ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying’’; and (b) T .—Section 2618(b)(1)(B) (42 ‘‘(e) FUNDING.— U.S.C. 300ff–28(b)(1)(B)) is amended by inserting ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), (7) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.— ‘‘the greater of $50,000 or’’ after ‘‘shall be’’. with respect to each fiscal year beginning with ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—No State shall use funds (c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section fiscal year 2001, the Secretary, to carry out this under paragraph (1)(F) unless the limitations on 2618(b)(3)(B) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–28(b)(3)(B)) is section, shall utilize— access to HIV/AIDS therapeutic regimens as de- amended by striking ‘‘and the Republic of the ‘‘(A) the greater of— fined in subsection (e)(2) are eliminated. Marshall Islands’’ and inserting ‘‘, the Republic ‘‘(i) 25 percent of the amount appropriated ‘‘(B) AMOUNT OF FUNDING.—No State shall use of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of under 2677 to carry out part B, excluding the in excess of 10 percent of the amount set-aside Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau, and amount appropriated under section for use under this section in any fiscal year to only for purposes of paragraph (1) the Common- 2618(b)(2)(H), for such fiscal year that is in ex- carry out activities under paragraph (1)(F) un- wealth of Puerto Rico’’. cess of the amount appropriated to carry out less the State demonstrates to the Secretary that SEC. 131. SET-ASIDE FOR INFANTS, CHILDREN, such part in fiscal year preceding the fiscal year such additional services are essential and in no AND WOMEN. involved; or way diminish access to therapeutics.’’. Section 2611(b) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–21(b)) is ‘‘(ii) $5,000,000; (b) SUPPLEMENT GRANTS.—Section 2616 (42 amended— to provide funds to States for use in emerging U.S.C. 300ff–26) is amended by adding at the (1) by inserting ‘‘for each population under communities with at least 1000, but less than end the following: this subsection’’ after ‘‘State shall use’’; and

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00089 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 6333 E:\BR00\S06JN0.003 S06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 9551 (2) by striking ‘‘ratio of the’’ and inserting (1) in paragraph (3), to read as follows: striking ‘‘fiscal years 1996 through 2000’’ and in- ‘‘ratio of each’’. ‘‘(3) the applicant will not expend more than serting ‘‘fiscal years 2001 through 2005’’. Subtitle C—Amendments to Part C (Early 10 percent of the grant for costs of administra- SEC. 152. LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EX- Intervention Services) tive activities with respect to the grant;’’; PENSES. (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period SEC. 141. AMENDMENT OF HEADING; REPEAL OF Section 2671 (42 U.S.C. 300ff–71) is amended— FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM. and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and (1) by redesignating subsections (i) and (j), as (a) AMENDMENT OF HEADING.—The heading of (3) by adding at the end the following: subsections (j) and (k), respectively; and part C of title XXVI is amended to read as fol- ‘‘(5) the applicant will provide for the estab- (2) by inserting after subsection (h), the fol- lows: lishment of a quality management program to lowing: assess the extent to which medical services fund- ‘‘(i) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EX- ‘‘PART C—EARLY INTERVENTION AND PRIMARY ed under this title that are provided to patients PENSES.— CARE SERVICES’’. are consistent with the most recent Public ‘‘(1) DETERMINATION BY SECRETARY.—Not (b) REPEAL.—Part C of title XXVI (42 U.S.C. Health Service guidelines for the treatment of later than 12 months after the date of enactment 300ff–41 et seq.) is amended— HIV disease and related opportunistic infections of the Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of (1) by repealing subpart I; and and that improvements in the access to and 2000, the Secretary, in consultation with grant- (2) by redesignating subparts II and III as quality of medical services are addressed.’’. ees under this part, shall conduct a review of subparts I and II. SEC. 145. PREFERENCE FOR CERTAIN AREAS. the administrative, program support, and direct (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— service-related activities that are carried out (1) INFORMATION REGARDING RECEIPT OF SERV- Section 2651 (42 U.S.C. 300ff–51) is amended by under this part to ensure that eligible individ- ICES.—Section 2661(a) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–61(a)) is adding at the end the following: uals have access to quality, HIV-related health amended by striking ‘‘unless—’’ and all that fol- ‘‘(d) PREFERENCE IN AWARDING GRANTS.—In and support services and research opportunities lows through ‘‘(2) in the case of’’ and inserting awarding new grants under this section, the under this part, and to support the provision of ‘‘unless, in the case of’’. Secretary shall give preference to applicants such services. (2) ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS.—Section 2664 (42 that will use amounts received under the grant ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.— U.S.C. 300ff–64) is amended— to serve areas that are determined to be rural (A) in subsection (e)(5), by striking ‘‘2642(b) and underserved for the purposes of providing ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days or’’; health care to individuals infected with HIV or after the expiration of the 12-month period re- (B) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ‘‘2642(b) diagnosed with AIDS.’’. ferred to in paragraph (1) the Secretary, in con- sultation with grantees under this part, shall or’’; and SEC. 146. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT. determine the relationship between the costs of (C) by striking subsection (h). Section 2652(a) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–52(a)) is the activities referred to in paragraph (1) and SEC. 142. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT amended— the access of eligible individuals to the services GRANTS. (1) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and in- and research opportunities described in such (a) ALLOWING PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT serting the following: paragraph. GRANT TO EXPAND ABILITY TO PROVIDE PRI- ‘‘(1) health centers under section 330;’’; and ‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—After a final determination MARY CARE SERVICES.—Section 2654(c) (42 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through under subparagraph (A), the Secretary may not U.S.C. 300ff–54(c)) is amended— (6) as paragraphs (2) through (5), respectively. make a grant under this part unless the grantee (1) in paragraph (1), to read as follows: Subtitle D—Amendments to Part D (General ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may provide complies with such requirements as may be in- Provisions) planning and development grants to public and cluded in such determination.’’. nonprofit private entities for the purpose of— SEC. 151. RESEARCH INVOLVING WOMEN, IN- SEC. 153. EVALUATIONS AND REPORTS. ‘‘(A) enabling such entities to provide HIV FANTS, CHILDREN, AND YOUTH. Section 2674(c) (42 U.S.C. 399ff–74(c)) is early intervention services; or (a) ELIMINATION OF REQUIREMENT TO ENROLL amended by striking ‘‘1991 through 1995’’ and ‘‘(B) assisting such entities to expand the ca- SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF WOMEN AND CHIL- inserting ‘‘2001 through 2005’’. DREN pacity, preparedness, and expertise to deliver .—Section 2671(b) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–71(b)) is SEC. 154. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS primary care services to individuals with HIV amended— FOR GRANTS UNDER PARTS A AND B. disease in underserved low-income communities (1) in paragraph (1), by striking subpara- Section 2677 (42 U.S.C. 300ff–77) is amended to on the condition that the funds are not used to graphs (C) and (D); and read as follows: (2) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4). purchase or improve land or to purchase, con- ‘‘SEC. 2677. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA- struct, or permanently improve (other than (b) INFORMATION AND EDUCATION.—Section TIONS. minor remodeling) any building or other facil- 2671(d) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–71(d)) is amended by ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated— ity.’’; and adding at the end the following: ‘‘(1) such sums as may be necessary to carry (2) in paragraphs (2) and (3) by striking ‘‘(4) The applicant will provide individuals out part A for each of the fiscal years 2001 ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ each place that such appears with information and education on opportuni- through 2005; and and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)’’. ties to participate in HIV/AIDS-related clinical ‘‘(2) such sums as may be necessary to carry (b) AMOUNT; DURATION.—Section 2654(c) (42 research.’’. out part B for each of the fiscal years 2001 U.S.C. 300ff–54(c)), as amended by subsection (c) QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ADMINISTRATIVE through 2005.’’. (a), is further amended— EXPENSES CEILING.—Section 2671(f) (42 U.S.C. Subtitle E—Amendments to Part F (1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para- 300ff–71(f)) is amended— (Demonstration and Training) graph (5); and (1) by striking the subsection heading and (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol- designation and inserting the following: SEC. 161. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. lowing: ‘‘(f) ADMINISTRATION.— (a) SCHOOLS; CENTERS.—Section 2692(c)(1) (42 ‘‘(4) AMOUNT AND DURATION OF GRANTS.— ‘‘(1) APPLICATION.—’’; and U.S.C. 300ff–111(c)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘(A) EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES.—A grant (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘fiscal years 1996 through 2000’’ and inserting under paragraph (1)(A) may be made in an ‘‘(2) QUALITY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.—A ‘‘fiscal years 2001 through 2005’’. amount not to exceed $50,000. grantee under this section shall implement a (b) DENTAL SCHOOLS.—Section 2692(c)(2) (42 ‘‘(B) CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT.— quality management program.’’. U.S.C. 300ff–111(c)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘(i) AMOUNT.—A grant under paragraph (d) COORDINATION.—Section 2671(g) (42 U.S.C. ‘‘fiscal years 1996 through 2000’’ and inserting (1)(B) may be made in an amount not to exceed 300ff–71(g)) is amended by adding at the end the ‘‘fiscal years 2001 through 2005’’. $150,000. following: ‘‘The Secretary acting through the (c) DENTAL SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS.—Section ‘‘(ii) DURATION.—The total duration of a Director of NIH, shall examine the distribution 2692(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 grant under paragraph (1)(B), including any re- and availability of ongoing and appropriate U.S.C. 300ff-111(b)) is amended— newal, may not exceed 3 years.’’. HIV/AIDS-related research projects to existing (1) in paragraph (1), by striking (c) INCREASE IN LIMITATION.—Section sites under this section for purposes of enhanc- ‘‘777(b)(4)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘777(b)(4)(B) (as 2654(c)(5) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–54(c)(5)), as so redes- ing and expanding voluntary access to HIV-re- such section existed on the day before the date ignated by subsection (b), is amended by strik- lated research, especially within communities of enactment of the Health Professions Edu- ing ‘‘1 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘5 percent’’. that are not reasonably served by such projects. cation Partnerships Act of 1998 (Public Law SEC. 143. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS Not later than 12 months after the date of enact- 105–392)) and dental hygiene programs that are FOR CATEGORICAL GRANTS. ment of the Ryan White CARE Act Amendments accredited by the Commission on Dental Accred- Section 2655 (42 U.S.C. 300ff–55) is amended by of 2000, the Secretary shall prepare and submit itation’’; and striking ‘‘1996’’ and all that follows through to the appropriate committees of Congress a re- (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘2000’’ and inserting ‘‘2001 through 2005’’. port that describes the findings made by the Di- ‘‘777(b)(4)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘777(b)(4)(B) (as SEC. 144. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES CEILING; rector and the manner in which the conclusions such section existed on the day before the date QUALITY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. based on those findings can be addressed.’’. of enactment of the Health Professions Edu- Section 2664(g) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–64(g)) is (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Sec- cation Partnerships Act of 1998 (Public Law amended— tion 2671(j) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–71(j)) is amended by 105–392))’’.

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00090 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 6333 E:\BR00\S06JN0.003 S06JN0 9552 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 6, 2000 TITLE II—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS our efforts on the range of health cases declined 74% in the U.S. In this SEC. 201. INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE STUDY. issues that come before the Senate. I bill, I have continued to support efforts (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days want to recognize Senator DODD for his to reach women in need of care for after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec- unwavering support for this legislation their HIV disease and have included retary of Health and Human Services shall enter and people living with HIV and AIDS. provisions to ensure that women, in- into a contract with the Institute of Medicine Finally, I want to acknowledge Sen- fants and children receive resources in for the conduct of a study concerning the ap- accordance with the prevalence of the propriate epidemiological measures and their re- ator ENZI’s recognition of the growing lationship to the financing and delivery of pri- burden that AIDS and HIV have placed infection among them. mary care and health-related support services on rural communities throughout the Another key success has been the for low-income, uninsured, and under-insured country and the need to address those AIDS Drug Assistance Program. This individuals with HIV disease. gaps in services. program has provided people with HIV (b) REQUIREMENTS.— Since its inception in 1990, the Ryan and AIDS access to newly developed, (1) COMPLETION.—The study under subsection White program has enjoyed broad bi- highly effective therapeutics. Because (a) shall be completed not later than 21 months partisan support. During the last reau- of these drugs, people are maintaining after the date on which the contract referred to their health and living longer. The in such subsection is entered into. thorization of the Ryan White CARE (2) ISSUES TO BE CONSIDERED.—The study con- Act in 1996, the measure garnered a AIDS death rate and the number of ducted under subsection (a) shall consider— vote of 97 to 3 on its final passage. As new AIDS cases have been dramati- (A) the availability and utility of health out- evidence that strong bipartisan support cally reduced. From 1996 to 1998, deaths comes measures and data for HIV primary care continues, I am happy to report that from AIDS dropped 54% while new and support services and the extent to which last month this reauthorization bill AIDS cases have been reduced by 27%. those measures and data could be used to meas- was passed unanimously out of com- However, these treatments are very ex- ure the quality of such funded services; (B) the effectiveness and efficiency of service mittee. The bipartisan support for this pensive, do not provide a cure, and do delivery (including the quality of services, important legislation underlines the not work for everyone. health outcomes, and resource use) within the critical need for the assistance this Act AIDS, HIV, the people it infects and context of a changing health care and thera- provides across the nation. families that it has affected are not in peutic environment as well as the changing epi- With this reauthorization, we mark the news today as often as they have demiology of the epidemic; the ten years through which the Ryan been in the past. But for too many of (C) existing and needed epidemiological data White CARE Act has provided needed us, this lack of bad news has created a and other analytic tools for resource planning health care and support services to HIV false sense of complacency. While the and allocation decisions, specifically for esti- rate of decline in new AIDS cases and mating severity of need of a community and the positive people around the country. Ti- relationship to the allocations process; and tles I and II have provided much needed deaths is leveling off, HIV infection (D) other factors determined to be relevant to relief to cities and states hardest hit rates continue to rise in many areas; assessing an individual’s or community’s ability by this disease, while Titles III and IV becoming increasingly prevalent in to gain and sustain access to quality HIV serv- have had a direct role in providing rural and underserved urban areas; and ices. healthcare services to underserved also among women, youth, and minor- (c) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the communities. Ryan White program dol- ity communities. Local and state date on which the study is completed under sub- lars provide the foundation of care so healthcare systems face an increasing section (a), the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall prepare and submit to the appro- necessary in fighting this epidemic and burden of disease, despite our success priate committees of Congress a report describ- have allowed States and communities in treating and caring for people living ing the manner in which the conclusions and around the country to successfully ad- with HIV and AIDS. Unfortunately, recommendations of the Institute of Medicine dress the needs of people affected by rural and underserved urban areas are can be addressed and implemented. HIV disease. often unable to address the complex AMENDMENT NO. 3190 In a recently released report, the medical and support services needs of Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, Sen- General Accounting Office found that people with HIV infection. Thus, Ryan ator JEFFORDS has an amendment at CARE Act funds are reaching the in- White programs remain as vital to the the desk for himself and others. fected groups that have typically been public health of this nation as it was in The PRESIDING OFFICER. The underserved, including the poor, the 1990 and in 1996. As the AIDS epidemic clerk will report. uninsured, women, and ethnic minori- reaches into rural areas and into un- The assistant legislative clerk read ties. In fact, these groups form a ma- derserved urban communities across as follows: jority of CARE Act clients and are the country, this legislation will allow The Senator from Virginia (Mr. WARNER), being served by the CARE Act in high- us to adapt our care systems to meet for Mr. JEFFORDS, Mr. KENNEDY and Mr. er proportions than their representa- the most urgent needs in the commu- FRIST, proposes an amendment numbered tion in the AIDS population. The GAO nities hardest hit by the epidemic. 3190. also found that CARE Act funds sup- The bill being considered today was (The text of the amendment is print- port a wide array of primary care and developed on a bipartisan basis, work- ed in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Amend- support services, including the provi- ing with other Committee Members, ments Submitted.’’) sion of powerful therapeutic regimens community stakeholders and elected Mr. JEFFORDS. Mr. President, it for people with HIV/AIDS that have officials at the state and local levels gives me great pleasure today that the dramatically reduced AIDS diagnoses from whom we sought input to ensure Senate is considering the Ryan White and deaths. that we addressed the most important Comprehensive AIDS Resources and Much has occurred to change the problems facing communities of people Emergency Act Amendments of 2000, a course of the AIDS epidemic since the with HIV infection. I held a hearing in measure that will reauthorize a na- last reauthorization. During the last March before the Committee on tional program providing primary reauthorization, Congressman Coburn Health, Education, Labor and Pensions health care services to people living and our colleague, Senator FRIST, fo- to learn whether the program has been with HIV and AIDS. I especially want cused our attention on the needs of successful and whether it needed to be to commend Senators HATCH and KEN- women living with HIV/AIDS and the changed. We received testimony from NEDY for the leadership they have pro- problems associated with perinatal Ryan White’s mother, Jeanne White, vided since the inauguration of the leg- transmission of HIV. Since then, the from Surgeon General David Satcher, islation establishing the Ryan White CARE Act has helped to dramatically from a person living with AIDS, as well programs over a decade ago. I also reduce mother-to-child transmission as state and local officials familiar want to commend Senator FRIST whose through more effective outreach, coun- with the importance of this program. I medical expertise played a critical role seling, and voluntary testing of moth- especially want to commend Dr. Chris in key provisions of the bill and con- ers at risk for HIV infection. Between Grace of Vermont who testified as to tinues to be an invaluable resource to 1993 and 1998, perinatal-acquired AIDS the particular challenges of providing

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00091 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S06JN0.003 S06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 9553 care to people living with HIV/AIDS in Policy and Program Development; amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of rural, and sometimes remote, parts of Doug Morgan, Director of the Division an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or the country. It was clear from our wit- of Service Systems; and Howard other provision, the reference shall be con- nesses’ statements that, despite the Lerner, Principal Adviser for Tele- sidered to be made to a section or other pro- vision of the Public Health Service Act (42 successes, challenges remain. health and International Collabora- U.S.C. 201 et seq.). To address these challenges, we have tion, HIV/AIDS. All of the groups (b) Table of Contents.—The table of con- developed a bill that will improve ac- united under the umbrella of the Na- tents of this Act is as follows: cess to care in underserved urban and tional Organizations Responding to Sec. 1. Short title. rural areas. My bill will double the AIDS (NORA) deserve recognition. Rep- Sec. 2. References; table of contents. minimum base funding available to resenting a diverse community of peo- TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO HIV HEALTH states through the CARE Act to assist ple with AIDS, CARE Act service pro- CARE PROGRAM them in developing systems of care for viders, and administrative agencies, Subtitle A—Amendments to Part A people struggling with HIV and AIDS. NORA clearly and effectively commu- (Emergency Relief Grants) The bill also includes a new supple- nicated to Congress the needs and pri- Sec. 101. Duties of planning council, funding mental state grant to target assistance orities of their constituents. priorities, quality assessment. to small and mid-sized metropolitan I also want to thank several staff Sec. 102. Quality management. areas to help them address the increas- members who have worked long and Sec. 103. Funded entities required to have ing number of people with HIV/AIDS hard to craft this bill and to address health care relationships. living outside of urban areas that re- the concerns and needs of the affected Sec. 104. Support services required to be ceive assistance under Title I of the communities. Sean Donohue and Wil- health care-related. Act. Rural and underserved areas re- liam Oscar Fleming have guided this Sec. 105. Use of grant funds for early inter- ceive a preference for planning, early effort from the beginning, building vention services. intervention, and capacity develop- consensus across the many policy Sec. 106. Replacement of specified fiscal ment grants under title III. In order to issues, resulting in a bill that meets years regarding the sunset on expedited distribution require- assist states in expanding access to ap- the pressing needs of people with HIV ments. propriate HIV/AIDS therapeutics to and AIDS and enjoys broad bipartisan Sec. 107. Hold harmless provision. low-income people with HIV/AIDS, a support. Stephanie Robinson and Idalia Sec. 108. Set-aside for infants, children, and supplemental grant has been added to Sanchez, for Senator KENNEDY, were women. the AIDS Drug Assistance Program. key to reaching agreement on this bill Subtitle B—Amendments to Part B (Care The bill remains primarily a system and have provided invaluable assist- Grant Program) of grants to State and local jurisdic- ance and support throughout the devel- Sec. 121. State requirements concerning tions, thereby ensuring that grantees opment of this legislation. I would also identification of need and allo- can respond to local needs. States, like to recognize Dave Larson and cation of resources. EMAs, and the affected communities Mary Sumpter Johnson, of Senator Sec. 122. Quality management. will still decide how to best prioritize FRIST’s office, for their support for the Sec. 123. Funded entities required to have and address the healthcare needs of needs of rural and underserved commu- health care relationships. their HIV-positive citizens. This bill nities throughout the nation. Simi- Sec. 124. Support services required to be reinforces the ability of States and larly, Jeannie Ireland with Senator health care-related. Sec. 125. Use of grant funds for early inter- EMAs to identify and meet local needs. DODD’s office, Helen Rhee, working for vention services. Finally, in recognition of the chang- Senator DEWINE, Libby Rolfe, for Mr. Sec. 126. Authorization of appropriations for ing nature of the epidemic, I have SESSIONS, and Raissa Geary and Mary HIV-related services for women asked the Institute of Medicine to com- Jordan in Senator ENZI’s office, pro- and children. plete a study of the financing and de- vided valuable input. Without the ef- Sec. 127. Repeal of requirement for com- livery of primary care and support forts of these staff members, we would pleted Institute of Medicine re- services for low income, uninsured, and not have such a strong, well-balanced, port. under-insured individuals with HIV dis- and targeted reauthorization bill be- Sec. 128. Supplement grants for certain ease, within 21 months after the enact- fore us today. States. ment of this Act. Changes in HIV sur- Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask Sec. 129. Use of treatment funds. veillance and case reporting, and the unanimous consent that the amend- Sec. 130. Increase in minimum allotment. Sec. 131. Set-aside for infants, children, and effects of these changes on program ment be agreed to, the committee sub- women. funding, will be included in this study. stitute be agreed to, as amended, the bill be read a third time and passed, Subtitle C—Amendments to Part C (Early The recommendations from this study Intervention Services) will help Congress and the Secretary of the motion to reconsider be laid upon Health and Human Services to ensure the table, and that any statements re- Sec. 141. Amendment of heading; repeal of formula grant program. the most effective and efficient use of lating to the bill be printed in the Sec. 142. Planning and development grants. Federal funds for HIV and AIDS care RECORD. Sec. 143. Authorization of appropriations for and support. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without categorical grants. I intend to see this bill become law objection, it is so ordered. Sec. 144. Administrative expenses ceiling; this year so that the people struggling The amendment (No. 3190) was agreed quality management program. to overcome the challenges of HIV and to. Sec. 145. Preference for certain areas. AIDS continue to benefit from high The committee amendment in the Sec. 146. Technical amendment. quality medical care and access to life- nature of a substitute, as amended, was Subtitle D—Amendments to Part D (General saving drugs. We have made incredible agreed to. Provisions) progress in the fight against HIV/AIDS The bill (S. 2311), as amended, was Sec. 151. Research involving women, infants, and I want to be sure that every person read a third time and passed, as fol- children, and youth. in America in need of assistance bene- lows: Sec. 152. Limitation on administrative ex- fits from our tremendous advances. S. 2311 penses. Many groups and individuals have Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Sec. 153. Evaluations and reports. contributed significantly to crafting resentatives of the United States of America in Sec. 154. Authorization of appropriations for this bill, but I want to acknowledge Congress assembled, grants under parts A and B. those at the Health Resources and SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. Subtitle E—Amendments to Part F This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ryan White (Demonstration and Training) Services Administration, especially Dr. CARE Act Amendments of 2000’’. Sec. 161. Authorization of appropriations. Joseph O’Neill, Associate Adminis- SEC. 2. REFERENCES; TABLE OF CONTENTS. trator of the HIV/AIDS bureau; John (a) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise ex- TITLE II—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Palenicek, Director of the Office of pressly provided, whenever in this Act an Sec. 201. Institute of Medicine study.

VerDate jul 14 2003 13:58 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00092 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0655 E:\BR00\S06JN0.003 S06JN0 9554 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 6, 2000 TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO HIV HEALTH input on community needs and priorities that constitute key points of access to the CARE PROGRAM which may include public meetings, con- health care system for individuals with HIV Subtitle A—Amendments to Part A ducting focus groups, and convening ad-hoc disease (including emergency rooms, sub- (Emergency Relief Grants) panels. stance abuse treatment programs, detoxi- SEC. 101. DUTIES OF PLANNING COUNCIL, FUND- ‘‘(e) PROCESS FOR ESTABLISHING ALLOCA- fication centers, adult and juvenile deten- ING PRIORITIES, QUALITY ASSESS- TION PRIORITIES.— tion facilities, sexually transmitted disease MENT. ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 24 months clinics, HIV counseling and testing sites, Section 2602 (42 U.S.C. 300ff–12) is amend- after the date of enactment of the Ryan mental health programs, and homeless shel- ed— White CARE Act Amendments of 2000, the ters) and other entities under section 2652(a) (1) in subsection (b)— Secretary shall— for the purpose of facilitating early interven- (A) in paragraph (2)(C), by inserting before ‘‘(A) consult with eligible metropolitan tion for individuals newly diagnosed with the semicolon the following: ‘‘, including areas, affected communities, experts, and HIV disease and individuals knowledgeable providers of housing and homeless services’’; other appropriate individuals and entities, to of their status but not in care;’’. and develop epidemiologic measures for estab- SEC. 104. SUPPORT SERVICES REQUIRED TO BE (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘shall—’’ lishing the number of individuals living with HEALTH CARE-RELATED. and all that follows and inserting ‘‘shall HIV disease who are not receiving HIV-re- (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2604(b)(1) (42 have the responsibilities specified in sub- lated health services; and U.S.C. 300ff–14(b)(1)) is amended— section (d).’’; and ‘‘(B) provide advice and technical assist- (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (2) by adding at the end the following: ance to planning councils with respect to the (A), by striking ‘‘HIV-related—’’ and insert- ‘‘(d) DUTIES OF PLANNING COUNCIL.—The process for establishing priorities for the al- ing ‘‘HIV-related services, as follows:’’; planning council established under sub- location of funds under subsection (d)(1). (2) in subparagraph (A)— section (b) shall have the following duties: ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Grantees under this part (A) by striking ‘‘outpatient’’ and all that ‘‘(1) PRIORITIES FOR ALLOCATION OF shall not be required to establish priorities follows through ‘‘substance abuse treatment FUNDS.—The council shall establish prior- for individuals not in care until epidemio- and’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘OUT- ities for the allocation of funds within the el- logic measures are developed under para- PATIENT HEALTH SERVICES.—Outpatient and igible area, including how best to meet each graph (1).’’. ambulatory health services, including sub- such priority and additional factors that a stance abuse treatment,’’; and SEC. 102. QUALITY MANAGEMENT. grantee should consider in allocating funds (B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a pe- (a) FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR QUALITY MAN- under a grant, based on the following fac- riod; AGEMENT.—Section 2604 (42 U.S.C. 300ff–14) is tors: (3) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘(B) in- amended— ‘‘(A) The size and demographic characteris- patient case management’’ and inserting (1) by redesignating subsections (c) tics of the population with HIV disease to be ‘‘(C) INPATIENT CASE MANAGEMENT SERV- through (f) as subsections (d) through (g), re- served, including, subject to subsection (e), ICES.—Inpatient case management’’; and spectively; and the needs of individuals living with HIV in- (4) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol- fection who are not receiving HIV-related following: lowing: health services. ‘‘(B) OUTPATIENT SUPPORT SERVICES.—Out- ‘‘(c) QUALITY MANAGEMENT.— ‘‘(B) The documented needs of the popu- patient and ambulatory support services (in- ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—The chief elected offi- lation with HIV disease with particular at- cluding case management), to the extent cial of an eligible area that receives a grant tention being given to disparities in health that such services facilitate, enhance, sup- under this part shall provide for the estab- services among affected subgroups within port, or sustain the delivery, continuity, or lishment of a quality management program the eligible area. benefits of health services for individuals ‘‘(C) The demonstrated or probable cost to assess the extent to which medical serv- and families with HIV disease.’’. and outcome effectiveness of proposed strat- ices provided to patients under the grant are (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO APPLICA- egies and interventions, to the extent that consistent with the most recent Public TION REQUIREMENTS.—Section 2605(a) (42 data are reasonably available. Health Service guidelines for the treatment U.S.C. 300ff–15(a)), as amended by section ‘‘(D) Priorities of the communities with of HIV disease and related opportunistic in- 102(b), is further amended— HIV disease for whom the services are in- fection and to develop strategies for im- (1) in paragraph (7) (as so redesignated), by tended. provements in the access to and quality of striking ‘‘and’’ at the end thereof; ‘‘(E) The availability of other govern- medical services. (2) in paragraph (8) (as so redesignated), by mental and non-governmental resources, in- ‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—From amounts re- striking the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; cluding the State medicaid plan under title ceived under a grant awarded under this and XIX of the Social Security Act and the State part, the chief elected official of an eligible (3) by adding at the end the following: Children’s Health Insurance Program under area may use, for activities associated with ‘‘(9) that the eligible area has procedures title XXI of such Act to cover health care its quality management program, not more in place to ensure that services provided costs of eligible individuals and families than the lesser of— with funds received under this part meet the with HIV disease. ‘‘(A) 5 percent of amounts received under criteria specified in section 2604(b)(1).’’. ‘‘(F) Capacity development needs resulting the grant; or SEC. 105. USE OF GRANT FUNDS FOR EARLY from gaps in the availability of HIV services ‘‘(B) $3,000,000.’’. INTERVENTION SERVICES. in historically underserved low-income com- (b) QUALITY MANAGEMENT REQUIRED FOR (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2604(b)(1) (42 munities. ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANTS.—Section 2605(a) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–14(b)(1)), as amended by section ‘‘(2) COMPREHENSIVE SERVICE DELIVERY U.S.C. 300ff–15(a)) is amended— 104(a), is further amended by adding at the PLAN.—The council shall develop a com- (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through end the following: prehensive plan for the organization and de- (6) as paragraphs (5) through (8), respec- ‘‘(D) EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES.—Early livery of health and support services de- tively; and intervention services as described in section scribed in section 2604. Such plan shall be (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol- 2651(b)(2), with follow-through referral, pro- compatible with any existing State or local lowing: vided for the purpose of facilitating the ac- plans regarding the provision of such serv- ‘‘(3) that the chief elected official of the el- cess of individuals receiving the services to ices to individuals with HIV disease. igible area will satisfy all requirements HIV-related health services, but only if the ‘‘(3) ASSESSMENT OF FUND ALLOCATION EFFI- under section 2604(c);’’. entity providing such services— CIENCY.—The council shall assess the effi- SEC. 103. FUNDED ENTITIES REQUIRED TO HAVE ‘‘(i)(I) is receiving funds under subpara- ciency of the administrative mechanism in HEALTH CARE RELATIONSHIPS. graph (A) or (C); or rapidly allocating funds to the areas of (a) USE OF AMOUNTS.—Section 2604(e)(1) (42 ‘‘(II) is an entity constituting a point of greatest need within the eligible area. U.S.C. 300ff–14(d)(1)) (as so redesignated by access to services, as described in section ‘‘(4) STATEWIDE STATEMENT OF NEED.—The section 102(a)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and 2605(a)(4), that maintains a relationship with council shall participate in the development the State Children’s Health Insurance Pro- an entity described in subclause (I) and that of the Statewide coordinated statement of gram under title XXI of such Act’’ after ‘‘So- is serving individuals at elevated risk of HIV need as initiated by the State public health cial Security Act’’. disease; agency responsible for administering grants (b) APPLICATIONS.—Section 2605(a) (42 ‘‘(ii) demonstrates to the satisfaction of under part B. U.S.C. 300ff–15(a)) is amended by inserting the chief elected official that Federal, State, ‘‘(5) COORDINATION WITH OTHER FEDERAL after paragraph (3), as added by section or local funds are inadequate for the early GRANTEES.—The council shall coordinate 102(b), the following: intervention services the entity will provide with Federal grantees providing HIV-related ‘‘(4) that funded entities within the eligible with funds received under this subparagraph; services within the eligible area. area that receive funds under a grant under and ‘‘(6) COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.—The coun- section 2601(a) shall maintain appropriate re- ‘‘(iii) demonstrates to the satisfaction of cil shall establish methods for obtaining lationships with entities in the area served the chief elected official that funds will be

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utilized under this subparagraph to supple- ‘‘(vii) the efficiency of the administrative ‘‘(6) EXCEPTION FOR QUALITY MANAGE- ment not supplant other funds available for mechanism in rapidly allocating funds to the MENT.—Notwithstanding paragraph (5), a such services in the year for which such areas of greatest need within the State;’’; State whose grant under this part for a fiscal funds are being utilized. and year does not exceed $1,500,000 may use not (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO APPLICA- (2) in paragraph (2)— to exceed 20 percent of the amount of the TION REQUIREMENTS.—Section 2605(a)(1) (42 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ grant for the purposes described in para- U.S.C. 300ff–15(a)(1)) is amended— at the end; graphs (3) and (4) if— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘serv- (B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as ‘‘(A) that portion of the amount that may ices to individuals with HIV disease’’ and in- subparagraph (F); and be used for such purposes in excess of 15 per- serting ‘‘services as described in section (C) by inserting after subparagraph (B), the cent of the grant is used for its quality man- 2604(b)(1)’’; and following: agement program; and (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘serv- ‘‘(C) an assurance that capacity develop- ‘‘(B) the State submits and the Secretary ices for individuals with HIV disease’’ and in- ment needs resulting from gaps in the provi- approves a plan (in such form and containing serting ‘‘services as described in section sion of services in underserved low-income such information as the Secretary may pre- 2604(b)(1)’’. and rural low-income communities will be scribe) for use of funds for its quality man- SEC. 106. REPLACEMENT OF SPECIFIED FISCAL addressed; and agement program.’’. YEARS REGARDING THE SUNSET ON ‘‘(D) with respect to fiscal year 2003 and SEC. 123. FUNDED ENTITIES REQUIRED TO HAVE EXPEDITED DISTRIBUTION RE- subsequent fiscal years, assurances that, in HEALTH CARE RELATIONSHIPS. QUIREMENTS. the planning and allocation of resources, the Section 2617(b)(4) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–27(b)(4)), Section 2603(a)(2) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–13(a)(2)) is State, through systems of HIV-related as amended by section 122(a), is further amended by striking ‘‘for each of the fiscal health services provided under paragraphs amended by adding at the end the following: years 1996 through 2000’’ and inserting ‘‘for a (1), (2), and (3) of section 2612(a), will make ‘‘(H) that funded entities maintain appro- fiscal year’’. appropriate provision for the HIV-related priate relationships with entities in the area SEC. 107. HOLD HARMLESS PROVISION. health and support service needs of individ- served that constitute key points of access Section 2603(a)(4) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–13(a)(4)) is uals who have been diagnosed with HIV dis- to the health care system for individuals amended to read as follows: ease but who are not currently receiving with HIV disease (including emergency ‘‘(4) LIMITATION.—With respect to each of such services, based on the epidemiologic rooms, substance abuse treatment programs, fiscal years 2001 through 2005, the Secretary measures developed under paragraph detoxification centers, adult and juvenile de- shall ensure that the amount of a grant (1)(C)(i);’’. tention facilities, sexually transmitted dis- made to an eligible area under paragraph (2) SEC. 122. QUALITY MANAGEMENT. ease clinics, HIV counseling and testing for such a fiscal year is not less than an (a) STATE REQUIREMENT FOR QUALITY MAN- sites, mental health programs, and homeless amount equal to 98 percent of the amount AGEMENT.—Section 2617(b)(4) (42 U.S.C. 300ff– shelters), and other entities under section the eligible area received for the fiscal year 27(b)(4)) is amended— 2652(a), for the purpose of facilitating early preceding the year for which the determina- (1) by striking subparagraph (C) and insert- intervention for individuals newly diagnosed tion is being made.’’. ing the following: with HIV disease and individuals knowledge- SEC. 108. SET-ASIDE FOR INFANTS, CHILDREN, ‘‘(C) the State will provide for— able of their status but not in care.’’. AND WOMEN. ‘‘(i) the establishment of a quality manage- Section 2604(b)(3) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–14(b)(3)) is SEC. 124. SUPPORT SERVICES REQUIRED TO BE ment program to assess the extent to which HEALTH CARE-RELATED. amended— medical services provided to patients under (a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section (1) by inserting ‘‘for each population under the grant are consistent with the most re- 3(c)(2)(A)(iii) of the Ryan White CARE Act this subsection’’ after ‘‘council’’; and cent Public Health Service guidelines for the Amendments of 1996 (Public Law 104–146) is (2) by striking ‘‘ratio of the’’ and inserting treatment of HIV disease and related oppor- amended by inserting ‘‘before paragraph (2) ‘‘ratio of each’’. tunistic infections and to develop strategies as so redesignated’’ after ‘‘inserting’’. Subtitle B—Amendments to Part B (Care for improvements in the access to and qual- (b) SERVICES.—Section 2612(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. Grant Program) ity of medical services; and 300ff–22(a)(1)), as so designated by section SEC. 121. STATE REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING ‘‘(ii) a periodic review (such as through an 121(a), is amended by striking ‘‘for individ- IDENTIFICATION OF NEED AND AL- independent peer review) to assess the qual- uals with HIV disease’’ and inserting ‘‘, sub- LOCATION OF RESOURCES. ity and appropriateness of HIV-related ject to the conditions and limitations that (a) GENERAL USE OF GRANTS.—Section 2612 health and support services provided by enti- apply under such section’’. (42 U.S.C. 300ff–22) is amended— ties that receive funds from the State under (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO STATE AP- (1) by striking ‘‘A State’’ and inserting this part;’’; PLICATION REQUIREMENT.—Section 2617(b)(2) ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A State’’; and (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and (42 U.S.C. 300ff–27(b)(2)), as amended by sec- (2) in the matter following paragraph (5)— (F) as subparagraphs (F) and (G), respec- tion 121(b), is further amended by inserting (A) by striking ‘‘Services’’ and inserting: tively; after subparagraph (D) the following: ‘‘(b) DELIVERY OF SERVICES.—Services’’; (3) by inserting after subparagraph (D), the ‘‘(E) an assurance that the State has proce- (B) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and insert- following: dures in place to ensure that services pro- ing ‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’; and ‘‘(E) an assurance that the State, through vided with funds received under this section (C) by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and insert- systems of HIV-related health services pro- meet the criteria specified in section ing ‘‘subsection (a)(2) and section 2613’’; vided under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of sec- 2604(b)(1)(B); and’’. (b) APPLICATION.—Section 2617(b) (42 U.S.C. tion 2612(a), has considered strategies for SEC. 125. USE OF GRANT FUNDS FOR EARLY 300ff–27(b)) is amended— working with providers to make optimal use INTERVENTION SERVICES. (1) in paragraph (1)(C)— of financial assistance under the State med- Section 2612(a) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–22(a)), as (A) by striking clause (i) and inserting the icaid plan under title XIX of the Social Secu- amended by section 121, is further amended— following: rity Act, the State Children’s Health Insur- (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at ‘‘(i) the size and demographic characteris- ance Program under title XXI of such Act, the end; tics of the population with HIV disease to be and other Federal grantees that provide HIV- (2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period served, except that by not later than October related services, to maximize access to qual- and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 1, 2002, the State shall take into account the ity HIV-related health and support services; (3) by adding at the end the following: needs of individuals not in care, based on epi- (4) in subparagraph (F), as so redesignated, ‘‘(6) to provide, through systems of HIV-re- demiologic measures developed by the Sec- by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; and lated health services provided under para- retary in consultation with the State, af- (5) in subparagraph (G), as so redesignated, graphs (1), (2), and (3), early intervention fected communities, experts, and other ap- by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’. services, as described in section 2651(b)(2), propriate individuals (such State shall not be (b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR QUALITY with follow-up referral, provided for the pur- required to establish priorities for individ- MANAGEMENT.— pose of facilitating the access of individuals uals not in care until such epidemiologic (1) AVAILABILITY OF GRANT FUNDS FOR PLAN- receiving the services to HIV-related health measures are developed);’’; NING AND EVALUATION.—Section 2618(c)(3) (42 services, but only if the entity providing (B) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the U.S.C. 300ff–28(c)(3)) is amended by inserting such services— end; and before the period ‘‘, including not more than ‘‘(A)(i) is receiving funds under section (C) by adding at the end the following: $3,000,000 for all activities associated with its 2612(a)(1); or ‘‘(v) the availability of other governmental quality management program’’. ‘‘(ii) is an entity constituting a point of ac- and non-governmental resources; (2) EXCEPTION TO COMBINED CEILING ON cess to services, as described in section ‘‘(vi) the capacity development needs re- PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION FUNDS FOR 2617(b)(4), that maintains a referral relation- sulting in gaps in the provision of HIV serv- STATES WITH SMALL GRANTS.—Paragraph (6) ship with an entity described in clause (i) ices in historically underserved low-income of section 2618(c) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–28(c)(6)) is and that is serving individuals at elevated and rural low-income communities; and amended to read as follows: risk of HIV disease;

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(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), received under this paragraph; and ‘‘(d) DEFINITION OF EMERGING COMMUNITY.— by striking ‘‘shall—’’ and inserting ‘‘shall ‘‘(C) demonstrates to the satisfaction of In this section, the term ‘emerging commu- use funds made available under this section the State that funds will be utilized under nity’ means a metropolitan area— to—’’; this paragraph to supplement not supplant ‘‘(1) that is not eligible for a grant under (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through other funds available for such services in the part A; and (5) as subparagraphs (A) through (E), respec- year for which such funds are being uti- ‘‘(2) for which there has been reported to tively and realigning the margins of such lized.’’. the Director of the Centers for Disease Con- subparagraphs appropriately; SEC. 126. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS trol and Prevention a cumulative total of be- (3) in subparagraph (D) (as so redesig- FOR HIV-RELATED SERVICES FOR tween 500 and 1999 cases of acquired immune nated), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; WOMEN AND CHILDREN. deficiency syndrome for the most recent pe- (4) in subparagraph (E) (as so redesig- Section 2625(c)(2) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–33(c)(2)) is riod of 5 calendar years for which such data nated), by striking the period and inserting amended by striking ‘‘fiscal years 1996 are available. ‘‘; and’’; and through 2000’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2001 ‘‘(e) FUNDING.— (5) by adding at the end the following: through 2005’’. ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), ‘‘(F) encourage, support, and enhance ad- SEC. 127. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR COM- with respect to each fiscal year beginning herence to and compliance with treatment PLETED INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE with fiscal year 2001, the Secretary, to carry regimens, including related medical moni- REPORT. out this section, shall utilize— toring.’’; Section 2628 (42 U.S.C. 300ff–36) is repealed. ‘‘(A) the greater of— (6) by striking ‘‘In carrying’’ and inserting SEC. 128. SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS FOR CERTAIN ‘‘(i) 25 percent of the amount appropriated the following: STATES. under 2677 to carry out part B, excluding the ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying’’; and Subpart I of part B of title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300ff–11 amount appropriated under section (7) by adding at the end the following: et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 2618(b)(2)(H), for such fiscal year that is in ‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.— following: excess of the amount appropriated to carry ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—No State shall use funds out such part in fiscal year preceding the fis- under paragraph (1)(F) unless the limitations ‘‘SEC. 2622. SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS. cal year involved; or on access to HIV/AIDS therapeutic regimens ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award supplemental grants to States deter- ‘‘(ii) $5,000,000; as defined in subsection (e)(2) are eliminated. mined to be eligible under subsection (b) to to provide funds to States for use in emerg- ‘‘(B) AMOUNT OF FUNDING.—No State shall enable such States to provide comprehensive ing communities with at least 1000, but less use in excess of 10 percent of the amount set- services of the type described in section than 2000, cases of AIDS as reported to and aside for use under this section in any fiscal 2612(a) to supplement the services otherwise confirmed by the Director of the Centers for year to carry out activities under paragraph provided by the State under a grant under Disease Control and Prevention for the five (1)(F) unless the State demonstrates to the this subpart in emerging communities with- year period preceding the year for which the Secretary that such additional services are in the State that are not eligible to receive grant is being awarded; and essential and in no way diminish access to grants under part A. ‘‘(B) the greater of— therapeutics.’’. ‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive ‘‘(i) 25 percent of the amount appropriated (b) SUPPLEMENT GRANTS.—Section 2616 (42 a supplemental grant under subsection (a) a under 2677 to carry out part B, excluding the U.S.C. 300ff–26) is amended by adding at the State shall— amount appropriated under section end the following: ‘‘(1) be eligible to receive a grant under 2618(b)(2)(H), for such fiscal year that is in ‘‘(e) SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS FOR THE PROVI- this subpart; excess of the amount appropriated to carry SION OF TREATMENTS.— ‘‘(2) demonstrate the existence in the State out such part in fiscal year preceding the fis- ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From amounts made of an emerging community as defined in sub- cal year involved; or available under paragraph (5), the Secretary section (d)(1); and ‘‘(ii) $5,000,000; shall award supplemental grants to States ‘‘(3) submit the information described in to provide funds to States for use in emerg- determined to be eligible under paragraph (2) subsection (c). ing communities with at least 500, but less to enable such States to increase access to ‘‘(c) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—A State than 1000, cases of AIDS reported to and con- therapeutics to treat HIV disease as provided that desires a grant under this section shall, firmed by the Director of the Centers for Dis- by the State under subsection (c)(1)(B) for in- as part of the State application submitted ease Control and Prevention for the five year dividuals at or below 200 percent of the Fed- under section 2617, submit a detailed descrip- period preceding the year for which the eral poverty line. tion of the manner in which the State will grant is being awarded. ‘‘(2) CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall de- use amounts received under the grant and of ‘‘(2) TRIGGER OF FUNDING.—This section velop criteria for the awarding of grants the severity of need. Such description shall shall be effective only for fiscal years begin- under paragraph (1) to States that dem- include— ning in the first fiscal year in which the onstrate a severe need. In determining the ‘‘(1) a report concerning the dissemination amount appropriated under 2677 to carry out criteria for demonstrating State severity of of supplemental funds under this section and part B, excluding the amount appropriated need, the Secretary shall consider eligibility the plan for the utilization of such funds in under section 2618(b)(2)(H), exceeds by at standards and formulary composition. the emerging community; least $20,000,000 the amount appropriated ‘‘(3) STATE REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary ‘‘(2) a demonstration of the existing com- under 2677 to carry out part B in fiscal year may not make a grant to a State under this mitment of local resources, both financial 2000, excluding the amount appropriated subsection unless the State agrees that— and in-kind; under section 2618(b)(2)(H). ‘‘(A) the State will make available (di- ‘‘(3) a demonstration that the State will ‘‘(3) MINIMUM AMOUNT IN FUTURE YEARS.— rectly or through donations from public or maintain HIV-related activities at a level Beginning with the first fiscal year in which private entities) non-Federal contributions that is equal to not less than the level of amounts provided for emerging communities toward the activities to be carried out under such activities in the State for the 1-year pe- under paragraph (1)(A) equals $5,000,000 and the grant in an amount equal to $1 for each riod preceding the fiscal year for which the under paragraph (1)(B) equals $5,000,000, the $4 of Federal funds provided in the grant; and State is applying to receive a grant under Secretary shall ensure that amounts made ‘‘(B) the State will not impose eligibility this part; available under this section for the types of requirements for services or scope of benefits ‘‘(4) a demonstration of the ability of the emerging communities described in each limitations under subsection (a) that are State to utilize such supplemental financial such paragraph in subsequent fiscal years is more restrictive than such requirements in resources in a manner that is immediately at least $5,000,000. effect as of January 1, 2000. responsive and cost effective; ‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTION.—The amount of a grant ‘‘(4) USE AND COORDINATION.—Amounts ‘‘(5) a demonstration that the resources awarded to a State under this section shall made available under a grant under this sub- will be allocated in accordance with the be determined by the Secretary based on the section shall only be used by the State to local demographic incidence of AIDS includ- formula described in section 2618(b)(2), ex- provide HIV/AIDS-related medications. The ing appropriate allocations for services for cept that in applying such formula, the Sec- State shall coordinate the use of such infants, children, women, and families with retary shall— amounts with the amounts otherwise pro- HIV disease; ‘‘(A) substitute ‘1.0’ for ‘.80’ in subpara- vided under this section in order to maxi- ‘‘(6) a demonstration of the inclusiveness graph (A)(ii)(I) of such section; and mize drug coverage. of the planning process, with particular em- ‘‘(B) not consider the provisions of sub- ‘‘(5) FUNDING.— phasis on affected communities and individ- paragraphs (A)(ii)(II) and (C) of such sec- ‘‘(A) RESERVATION OF AMOUNT.—The Sec- uals with HIV disease; and tion.’’. retary shall reserve 3 percent of any amount

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referred to in section 2618(b)(2)(H) that is ap- ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may pro- ‘‘(1) health centers under section 330;’’; and propriated for a fiscal year, to carry out this vide planning and development grants to (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through subsection. public and nonprofit private entities for the (6) as paragraphs (2) through (5), respec- ‘‘(B) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—In providing purpose of— tively. grants under this subsection, the Secretary ‘‘(A) enabling such entities to provide HIV Subtitle D—Amendments to Part D (General shall ensure that the amount of a grant to a early intervention services; or Provisions) State under this part is not less than the ‘‘(B) assisting such entities to expand the SEC. 151. RESEARCH INVOLVING WOMEN, IN- amount the State received under this part in capacity, preparedness, and expertise to de- FANTS, CHILDREN, AND YOUTH. liver primary care services to individuals the previous fiscal year, as a result of grants (a) ELIMINATION OF REQUIREMENT TO EN- with HIV disease in underserved low-income provided under this subsection.’’. ROLL SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF WOMEN AND communities on the condition that the funds (c) SUPPLEMENT AND NOT SUPPLANT.—Sec- CHILDREN.—Section 2671(b) (42 U.S.C. 300ff– are not used to purchase or improve land or tion 2616 (42 U.S.C. 300ff–26(c)), as amended 71(b)) is amended— to purchase, construct, or permanently im- by subsection (b), is further amended by add- (1) in paragraph (1), by striking subpara- prove (other than minor remodeling) any ing at the end the following: graphs (C) and (D); and building or other facility.’’; and ‘‘(f) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Notwith- (2) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4). (2) in paragraphs (2) and (3) by striking standing any other provision of law, (b) INFORMATION AND EDUCATION.—Section amounts made available under this section ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ each place that such appears 2671(d) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–71(d)) is amended by shall be used to supplement and not supplant and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)’’. adding at the end the following: (b) AMOUNT; DURATION.—Section 2654(c) (42 other funding available to provide treat- ‘‘(4) The applicant will provide individuals ments of the type that may be provided U.S.C. 300ff–54(c)), as amended by subsection (a), is further amended— with information and education on opportu- under this section.’’. nities to participate in HIV/AIDS-related SEC. 130. INCREASE IN MINIMUM ALLOTMENT. (1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para- graph (5); and clinical research.’’. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2618(b)(1)(A)(i) (42 (c) QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ADMINISTRATIVE (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol- U.S.C. 300ff–28(b)(1)(A)(i)) is amended— EXPENSES CEILING.—Section 2671(f) (42 U.S.C. lowing: (1) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘$100,000’’ 300ff–71(f)) is amended— ‘‘(4) AMOUNT AND DURATION OF GRANTS.— and inserting ‘‘$200,000’’; and (1) by striking the subsection heading and ‘‘(A) EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES.—A (2) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘$250,000’’ designation and inserting the following: grant under paragraph (1)(A) may be made in and inserting ‘‘$500,000’’. ‘‘(f) ADMINISTRATION.— an amount not to exceed $50,000. (b) TERRITORIES.—Section 2618(b)(1)(B) (42 ‘‘(1) APPLICATION.—’’; and ‘‘(B) CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT.— U.S.C. 300ff–28(b)(1)(B)) is amended by insert- (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(i) AMOUNT.—A grant under paragraph ing ‘‘the greater of $50,000 or’’ after ‘‘shall ‘‘(2) QUALITY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.—A (1)(B) may be made in an amount not to ex- be’’. grantee under this section shall implement a ceed $150,000. (c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section quality management program.’’. ‘‘(ii) DURATION.—The total duration of a 2618(b)(3)(B) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–28(b)(3)(B)) is (d) COORDINATION.—Section 2671(g) (42 amended by striking ‘‘and the Republic of grant under paragraph (1)(B), including any U.S.C. 300ff–71(g)) is amended by adding at the Marshall Islands’’ and inserting ‘‘, the renewal, may not exceed 3 years.’’. the end the following: ‘‘The Secretary acting (c) INCREASE IN LIMITATION.—Section Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Fed- through the Director of NIH, shall examine 2654(c)(5) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–54(c)(5)), as so redes- erated States of Micronesia, and the Repub- the distribution and availability of ongoing ignated by subsection (b), is amended by lic of Palau, and only for purposes of para- striking ‘‘1 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘5 per- and appropriate HIV/AIDS-related research graph (1) the Commonwealth of Puerto cent’’. projects to existing sites under this section Rico’’. for purposes of enhancing and expanding vol- SEC. 143. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS SEC. 131. SET-ASIDE FOR INFANTS, CHILDREN, FOR CATEGORICAL GRANTS. untary access to HIV-related research, espe- AND WOMEN. Section 2655 (42 U.S.C. 300ff–55) is amended cially within communities that are not rea- Section 2611(b) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–21(b)) is by striking ‘‘1996’’ and all that follows sonably served by such projects. Not later amended— through ‘‘2000’’ and inserting ‘‘2001 through than 12 months after the date of enactment (1) by inserting ‘‘for each population under 2005’’. of the Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of this subsection’’ after ‘‘State shall use’’; and SEC. 144. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES CEILING; 2000, the Secretary shall prepare and submit (2) by striking ‘‘ratio of the’’ and inserting QUALITY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. to the appropriate committees of Congress a ‘‘ratio of each’’. Section 2664(g) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–64(g)) is report that describes the findings made by Subtitle C—Amendments to Part C (Early amended— the Director and the manner in which the Intervention Services) (1) in paragraph (3), to read as follows: conclusions based on those findings can be addressed.’’. SEC. 141. AMENDMENT OF HEADING; REPEAL OF ‘‘(3) the applicant will not expend more (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM. than 10 percent of the grant for costs of ad- Section 2671(j) (42 U.S.C. 300ff–71(j)) is (a) AMENDMENT OF HEADING.—The heading ministrative activities with respect to the amended by striking ‘‘fiscal years 1996 of part C of title XXVI is amended to read as grant;’’; through 2000’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2001 follows: (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and through 2005’’. ‘‘PART C—EARLY INTERVENTION AND PRIMARY (3) by adding at the end the following: SEC. 152. LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EX- CARE SERVICES’’. ‘‘(5) the applicant will provide for the es- PENSES. (b) REPEAL.—Part C of title XXVI (42 tablishment of a quality management pro- Section 2671 (42 U.S.C. 300ff–71) is amend- U.S.C. 300ff–41 et seq.) is amended— gram to assess the extent to which medical ed— (1) by repealing subpart I; and services funded under this title that are pro- (1) by redesignating subsections (i) and (j), (2) by redesignating subparts II and III as vided to patients are consistent with the as subsections (j) and (k), respectively; and subparts I and II. most recent Public Health Service guidelines (2) by inserting after subsection (h), the (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— for the treatment of HIV disease and related following: (1) INFORMATION REGARDING RECEIPT OF opportunistic infections and that improve- ‘‘(i) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EX- SERVICES.—Section 2661(a) (42 U.S.C. 300ff– ments in the access to and quality of medical PENSES.— 61(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘unless—’’ and services are addressed.’’. ‘‘(1) DETERMINATION BY SECRETARY.—Not all that follows through ‘‘(2) in the case of’’ SEC. 145. PREFERENCE FOR CERTAIN AREAS. later than 12 months after the date of enact- and inserting ‘‘unless, in the case of’’. Section 2651 (42 U.S.C. 300ff–51) is amended ment of the Ryan White Care Act Amend- (2) ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS.—Section 2664 by adding at the end the following: ments of 2000, the Secretary, in consultation (42 U.S.C. 300ff–64) is amended— ‘‘(d) PREFERENCE IN AWARDING GRANTS.—In with grantees under this part, shall conduct (A) in subsection (e)(5), by striking ‘‘2642(b) awarding new grants under this section, the a review of the administrative, program sup- or’’; Secretary shall give preference to applicants port, and direct service-related activities (B) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ‘‘2642(b) that will use amounts received under the that are carried out under this part to ensure or’’; and grant to serve areas that are determined to that eligible individuals have access to qual- (C) by striking subsection (h). be rural and underserved for the purposes of ity, HIV-related health and support services SEC. 142. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT providing health care to individuals infected and research opportunities under this part, GRANTS. with HIV or diagnosed with AIDS.’’. and to support the provision of such services. (a) ALLOWING PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SEC. 146. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT. ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.— GRANT TO EXPAND ABILITY TO PROVIDE PRI- Section 2652(a) (42 U.S.C. 300ff-52(a)) is ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days MARY CARE SERVICES.—Section 2654(c) (42 amended— after the expiration of the 12-month period U.S.C. 300ff–54(c)) is amended— (1) striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and in- referred to in paragraph (1) the Secretary, in (1) in paragraph (1), to read as follows: serting the following: consultation with grantees under this part,

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And I personally express my ap- costs of the activities referred to in para- ice delivery (including the quality of serv- preciation to the Presiding Officer and graph (1) and the access of eligible individ- ices, health outcomes, and resource use) others who enabled us to go well into uals to the services and research opportuni- within the context of a changing health care the night. ties described in such paragraph. and therapeutic environment as well as the There being no objection, the Senate, ‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—After a final determina- changing epidemiology of the epidemic; tion under subparagraph (A), the Secretary (C) existing and needed epidemiological at 8:04 p.m., recessed until Wednesday, may not make a grant under this part unless data and other analytic tools for resource June 7, 2000, at 9:30 a.m. the grantee complies with such requirements planning and allocation decisions, specifi- f as may be included in such determination.’’. cally for estimating severity of need of a SEC. 153. EVALUATIONS AND REPORTS. community and the relationship to the allo- NOMINATIONS Section 2674(c) (42 U.S.C. 399ff–74(c)) is cations process; and (D) other factors determined to be relevant Executive nominations received by amended by striking ‘‘1991 through 1995’’ and the Senate June 6, 2000: inserting ‘‘2001 through 2005’’. to assessing an individual’s or community’s SEC. 154. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS ability to gain and sustain access to quality THE JUDICIARY FOR GRANTS UNDER PARTS A AND B. HIV services. K. GARY SEBELIUS, OF KANSAS, TO BE UNITED STATES Section 2677 (42 U.S.C. 300ff–77) is amended (c) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS, VICE G. the date on which the study is completed THOMAS VAN BEBBER, RETIRING. to read as follows: KENNETH O. SIMON, OF ALABAMA, TO BE UNITED ‘‘SEC. 2677. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA- under subsection (a), the Secretary of Health STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT TIONS. and Human Services shall prepare and sub- OF ALABAMA VICE SAM C. POINTER, JR., RETIRED. mit to the appropriate committees of Con- JOHN E. STEELE, OF FLORIDA, TO BE UNITED STATES ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated— DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLOR- ‘‘(1) such sums as may be necessary to gress a report describing the manner in IDA VICE A NEW POSITION CREATED BY PUBLIC LAW 106– carry out part A for each of the fiscal years which the conclusions and recommendations 113, APPROVED NOVEMBER 29, 1999. 2001 through 2005; and of the Institute of Medicine can be addressed DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY and implemented. ‘‘(2) such sums as may be necessary to LISA GAYLE ROSS, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TO carry out part B for each of the fiscal years f BE AN ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, VICE 2001 through 2005.’’. NANCY KILLEFER, RESIGNED. LISA GAYLE ROSS, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TO Subtitle E—Amendments to Part F ORDERS FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, BE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, DEPARTMENT OF THE (Demonstration and Training) 2000 TREASURY, VICE NANCY KILLEFER, RESIGNED. SEC. 161. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask IN THE AIR FORCE (a) SCHOOLS; CENTERS.—Section 2692(c)(1) unanimous consent that when the Sen- THE FOLLOWING AIR NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED (42 U.S.C. 300ff–111(c)(1)) is amended by strik- STATES OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE RESERVE ate completes its business today, it OF THE AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER ing ‘‘fiscal years 1996 through 2000’’ and in- stand in recess until 9:30 a.m. on TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: serting ‘‘fiscal years 2001 through 2005’’. To be brigadier general (b) DENTAL SCHOOLS.—Section 2692(c)(2) (42 Wednesday, June 7. I further ask unan- U.S.C. 300ff–111(c)(2)) is amended by striking imous consent that on Wednesday, im- COL. BRUCE S. ASAY, 0000 ‘‘fiscal years 1996 through 2000’’ and inserting mediately following the prayer, the THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDI- ‘‘fiscal years 2001 through 2005’’. Journal of proceedings be approved to CATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: (c) DENTAL SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS.—Sec- date, the morning hour be deemed ex- To be major general tion 2692(b) of the Public Health Service Act pired, and the time for the two leaders BRIG. GEN. PAUL W. ESSEX, 0000 (42 U.S.C. 300ff-111(b)) is amended— be reserved for their use later in the (1) in paragraph (1), by striking IN THE ARMY day. I further ask unanimous consent ‘‘777(b)(4)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘777(b)(4)(B) (as THE FOLLOWING ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OF THE such section existed on the day before the that the Senate then resume consider- UNITED STATES OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE RE- date of enactment of the Health Professions ation of S. 2549, the Department of De- SERVE OF THE ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: Education Partnerships Act of 1998 (Public fense authorization bill under the pre- Law 105-392)) and dental hygiene programs vious order. To be major general that are accredited by the Commission on The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without BRIG. GEN. WAYNE D. MARTY, 0000 Dental Accreditation’’; and objection, it is so ordered. THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT (2) in paragraph (2), by striking IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED f WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND ‘‘777(b)(4)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘777(b)(4)(B) (as RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 601: such section existed on the day before the PROGRAM To be lieutenant general date of enactment of the Health Professions Education Partnerships Act of 1998 (Public Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, for the MAJ. GEN. DAN K. MCNEILL, 0000 Law 105-392))’’. THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT information of all Senators, the Senate IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED TITLE II—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS will convene at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow and UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: SEC. 201. INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE STUDY. resume debate on the Defense author- To be brigadier general (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days ization bill. Under the order, there are COL. LLOYD J. AUSTIN III, 0000 after the date of enactment of this Act, the 90 minutes of debate remaining on the COL. VINCENT E. BOLES, 0000 Secretary of Health and Human Services COL. GARY L. BORDER, 0000 Kerrey amendment and the Warner sec- COL. THOMAS P. BOSTICK, 0000 shall enter into a contract with the Institute ond-degree amendment, both regarding COL. HOWARD B. BROMBERG, 0000 of Medicine for the conduct of a study con- strategic forces. Following the use or COL. JAMES A. COGGIN, 0000 cerning the appropriate epidemiological COL. MICHAEL L. COMBEST, 0000 yielding back of time, there will be up COL. WILLIAM C. DAVID, 0000 measures and their relationship to the fi- COL. MARTIN E. DEMPSEY, 0000 nancing and delivery of primary care and to 2 hours of debate on the Johnson and COL. JOSEPH F. FIL, JR., 0000 health-related support services for low-in- Warner amendments regarding COL. BENJAMIN C. FREAKLEY, 0000 COL. JOHN D. GARDNER, 0000 come, uninsured, and under-insured individ- CHAMPUS and TRICARE. If all time is COL. BRIAN I. GEEHAN, 0000 uals with HIV disease. used, Senators can expect to cast up to COL. RICHARD V. GERACI, 0000 (b) REQUIREMENTS.— COL. GARY L. HARRELL, 0000 four votes at approximately 1 p.m. Fur- COL. JANET E. A. HICKS, 0000 (1) COMPLETION.—The study under sub- ther amendments are expected to be of- COL. JAY W. HOOD, 0000 section (a) shall be completed not later than COL. KENNETH W. HUNZEKER, 0000 21 months after the date on which the con- fered and debated throughout the day. COL. CHARLES H. JACOBY, JR., 0000 Therefore, additional votes could be COL. GARY M. JONES, 0000 tract referred to in such subsection is en- COL. JASON K. KAMIYA, 0000 tered into. anticipated. COL. JAMES A. KELLEY, 0000 (2) ISSUES TO BE CONSIDERED.—The study COL. RICKY LYNCH, 0000 f COL. BERNARDO C. NEGRETE, 0000 conducted under subsection (a) shall con- COL. PATRICIA L. NILO, 0000 sider— RECESS UNTIL 9:30 A.M. COL. F. JOSEPH PRASEK, 0000 (A) the availability and utility of health TOMORROW COL. DAVID C. RALSTON, 0000 outcomes measures and data for HIV pri- COL. DON T. RILEY, 0000 Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, if there COL. DAVID M. RODRIGUEZ, 0000 mary care and support services and the ex- COL. DONALD F. SCHENK, 0000 tent to which those measures and data could is no further business to come before COL. STEVEN P. SCHOOK, 0000 the Senate, I now ask that the Senate COL. GRATTON O. SEALOCK II, 0000 be used to measure the quality of such fund- COL. STEPHEN M. SEAY, 0000 ed services; stand in recess under the previous COL. JEFFREY A. SORENSON, 0000

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COL. GUY C. SWAN III, 0000 JIMMY R. DANIELS, 0000 DE *DEBORAH M. CANADA, 0000 MS COL. DAVID P. VALCOURT, 0000 RANDY N. DAVIS, 0000 DE *JOHN L. CANADY, II, 0000 AN COL. ROBERT M. WILLIAMS, 0000 MICHAEL G. DORAN, 0000 DE *REAGON P. CARR, 0000 MS COL. W. MONTAGUE WINFIELD, 0000 JOSEPH J. DRABICK, 0000 MC *RENE W. CARRIGAN, 0000 MS COL. RICHARD P. ZAHNER, 0000 STEVEN L. EIKENBERG, 0000 DE *MICHELLE C. CARROLL, 0000 MS DAVID C. ELLIOTT, 0000 MC THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT *NAOMI S. CHILDRES, 0000 AN ROBERT B. ELLIS, 0000 MC IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED *MARY R. CHIZMAR, 0000 MS WILLIAM C. ELTON, 0000 DE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: *STEPHEN A. CIMA, 0000 MS WILLIAM S. EVANS, JR, 0000 MC *MICHAEL N. CLEMENSHAW, 0000 MS To be major general *MICHAEL E. FARAN, 0000 MC *EDDRICK B. CLYATT, 0000 MS BRIAN H. FEIGHNER, 0000 MC *CHRISTOPHER COLACICCO, 0000 MS BRIG. GEN. LAWRENCE R. ADAIR, 0000 TRENT C. FILLER, 0000 DE *ROBERT C. CONRAD, 0000 MS BRIG. GEN. BUFORD C. BLOUNT III, 0000 JOSEPH P. FRENO, JR, 0000 DE *MICHAEL R. COOPER, 0000 AN BRIG. GEN. STEVEN W. BOUTELLE, 0000 WILLIAM B. GAMBLE, 0000 MC *NORMANDIA J. COSME, 0000 MS BRIG. GEN. JAMES D. BRYAN, 0000 JOHN M. GRIFFIES, 0000 DE *KATHLEEN E. COUGHLIN, 0000 AN BRIG. GEN. EDDIE CAIN, 0000 STEVEN R. GRIMES, 0000 MC *JOEL S. CRADDOCK, 0000 MS BRIG. GEN. JOHN P. CAVANAUGH, 0000 JEFFREY L. HAIUM, 0000 DE *DEBORAH J. CRAWFORD, 0000 AN BRIG. GEN. BANTZ J. CRADDOCK, 0000 KEVIN L. HALL, 0000 MC *DAISY M. DAVIS, 0000 AN BRIG. GEN. KEITH W. DAYTON, 0000 DAVID K. HAYES, 0000 MC *EARL D. DAVIS, 0000 AN BRIG. GEN. KATHRYN G. FROST, 0000 RICHARD D. HEEKIN, 0000 MC *MICHAEL B. DAVIS, 0000 MS BRIG. GEN. LARRY D. GOTTARDI, 0000 DAVID R. HILL, 0000 DE *PAUL J. DAVIS, 0000 MS BRIG. GEN. NICHOLAS P. GRANT, 0000 STEVEN D. HOKETT, 0000 DE *KENNETH E. DESPAIN, 0000 VC BRIG. GEN. STANLEY E. GREEN, 0000 *ISMAIL JATOI, 0000 MC *PAUL R. DICKINSON, 0000 AN BRIG. GEN. CRAIG D. HACKETT, 0000 JOHN A. JOHNSON, 0000 MC *GEORGETTE M. DIGGS, 0000 AN BRIG. GEN. FRANKLIN L. HAGENBECK, 0000 DAVID L. JONES, 0000 MC *PAULA DOULAVERIS, 0000 MS THOMAS A. JORDAN, 0000 DE BRIG. GEN. HUBERT L. HARTSELL, 0000 *SHANDRA R. DRAYTON, 0000 AN DANIEL S. JORGENSON, 0000 MC BRIG. GEN. GEORGE A. HIGGINS, 0000 *RICHARD P. DUNCAN, 0000 MS RICHARD W. KRAMP, 0000 MC BRIG. GEN. WILLIAM J. LESZCZYNSKI, 0000 *RAYMOND DURANT, 0000 MS MARGOT R. KRAUSS, 0000 MC BRIG. GEN. MICHAEL D. MAPLES, 0000 *ROBERT P. DURKEE, 0000 AN *STEVEN G. LANG, 0000 MC BRIG. GEN. THOMAS F. METZ, 0000 *CHRISTINE L. EDWARDS, 0000 SP STEVEN B. LARSON, 0000 MC BRIG. GEN. DANIEL G. MONGEON, 0000 *SCOTT G. EHNES, 0000 MS JAMES G. MADISON, III, 0000 DE BRIG. GEN. WILLIAM E. MORTENSEN, 0000 *ROBERT A. ELIESON, 0000 AN JAMES R. MALCOLM, 0000 MC BRIG. GEN. ERIC T. OLSON, 0000 *SAMUEL L. ELLIS, 0000 MS DAVID W. MARTIN, 0000 MC BRIG. GEN. RICHARD J. QUIRK III, 0000 *BENJAMIN H. ERVIN, 0000 MS ROBERT R. MARTIN, 0000 MC BRIG. GEN. RICARDO S. SANCHEZ, 0000 *FRANKIE L. EVANS, 0000 AN MARK E. MCCLARY, 0000 DE BRIG. GEN. GARY D. SPEER, 0000 *ANDREW J. FABRIZIO, 0000 SP GEORGE B. MC CLURE, 0000 MC BRIG. GEN. MITCHELL H. STEVENSON, 0000 *SCOTT H FISCHER, 0000 MS PETER L. MC EVOY, 0000 MC BRIG. GEN. CHARLES H. SWANNACK, JR., 0000 *WILLIAM S. FLOURNOY, 0000 VC GEORGE W. MC MILLIAN, 0000 DE BRIG. GEN. TERRY L. TUCKER, 0000 *DARREN K. FONG, 0000 MS DALIA R. MERCEDBRUNO, 0000 MC BRIG. GEN. JOHN R. WOOD, 0000 *LISA A. FORSYTH, 0000 MS GORDON B. MILLER, JR, 0000 MC *ELIZABETH A. FRALEY, 0000 AN IN THE NAVY JULIA A. MORGAN, 0000 MC *PETER M. FRANCO, 0000 MS DAVID D. MUKAI, 0000 MC THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT *ELLEN H. GALLOWAY, 0000 MS CRIS P. MYERS, 0000 MC IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED *VIVIAN B. GAMBLES, 0000 AN STEVEN A. OLDER, 0000 MC WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND *DAWN M. GARCIA, 0000 AN DAVID T. ORMAN, 0000 MC RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 601: *PATRICK M. GARMAN, 0000 MS VERNON C. PARMLEY, 0000 MC *ROGER S. GEERTSEMA, 0000 VC PHILLIP H. PATRIDGE, 0000 DE To be vice admiral *WILLIAM E. GEESEY, 0000 MS ALAN D. PEARSON, 0000 MC *JOHN P. GERBER, 0000 SP VICE ADM. WALTER F. DORAN, 0000 RUSSELL C. PECK, 0000 DE *NORMAN F. GLOVER, 0000 AN PATRICIA A. POWERS, 0000 MC THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT *AGUSTIN S. GOGUE, 0000 MS JON A. PROCTOR, 0000 MC IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED *KERRIE J. GOLDEN, 0000 SP THOMAS J. REID III, 0000 MC WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND *RAOUL F. GONZALES, 0000 VC PAUL C. REYNOLDS, 0000 MC RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 601: *JOSE L. GONZALEZ, 0000 AN THOMAS A. ROZANSKI, 0000 MC *CHAD B. GOODERHAM, 0000 AN To be vice admiral ARTHUR C. SCOTT, 0000 DE *KEVIN M. GOPON, 0000 MS ROBERT L. SHEFFLER, 0000 MC REAR ADM. JOSEPH W. DYER, 0000 *SONG H. GOTIANGCO, 0000 MS KARL C. STAJDUHAR, 0000 MC *MARY P. GOVEKAR, 0000 MS WELLINGTON SUN, 0000 MC IN THE AIR FORCE *PATRICK W. GRADY, 0000 MS GEOFFREY A. THOMPSON, 0000 DE *LILLIAN GREEN, 0000 AN THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT *MICHAEL B. TIERNEY, 0000 MC *EVERETT W. GREGORY, JR., 0000 MS TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE AIR ROBERT A. TONEY, 0000 DE *SARAH L. HALE, 0000 VC FORCE UNDER TITLE 10 U.S.C., SECTION 12203: GEORGE C. TSOKOS, 0000 MC *CAROL F. HALLE, 0000 AN DEAN S. UYENO, 0000 DE *LAWRENCE W. HALLSTROM, 0000 MS To be colonel DAVID W. VAUGHN, 0000 MC *JAMES P. HANLON, 0000 MS DOUGLAS N. WADE, 0000 DE CATHERINE T. BACON, 0000 *LARRY G. HARRIS, 0000 SP VAN E. WAHLGREN, 0000 MC KARIN G. MURPHY, 0000 *MENDALOSE O. HARRIS, 0000 AN PAUL G. WELCH, 0000 MC *MICHAEL L. HARRIS, 0000 AN IN THE ARMY *SHARON A. WEST, 0000 MC *LORI D. HENNESSY, 0000 SP THE FOLLOWING NAMED ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OF THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT *JEFFREY S. HILLARD, 0000 MS THE UNITED STATES OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY *LARRY W. HOFF, 0000 SP THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE ARMY AND FOR REGULAR APPOINTMENT IN THE MEDICAL *SUSAN M. HOLLIDAY, 0000 AN UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 12211: SERVICE CORPS (MS), MEDICAL SPECIALIST CORPS (SP), *REBECCA K. HOLT, 0000 VC VETERINARY CORPS (VC) AND NURSE CORPS (AN) (IDEN- *RICHARD W. HOYT, JR., 0000 MS To be colonel TIFIED BY AN ASTERISK(*)) UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SEC- *VERA L. HUDGENS, 0000 MS TIONS 624, 531, AND 3064: BRENT M. BOYLES, 0000 *JENNIFER L. HUMPHRIES, 0000 MS EMILE R. DUPERE, 0000 To be major *JOHN E. HURLEY III, 0000 SP WILLIAM A. HOSE, 0000 *JOSELITO S. IGNACIO, 0000 MS MEADE G. LONG III, 0000 *ROBIN M. ADAMS-MC CALLUM, 0000 AN *PATRICK M. JENKINS, 0000 AN JACK T. OGLE, 0000 *WADE K. ALDOUS, 0000 MS *LOUISE D. JOHNSON, 0000 AN FRANK J. TODERICO, 0000 *ANTHONY M. ARMSTRONG, 0000 MS *JEAN M. JONES, 0000 AN *LLOYNETTA H. ARTIS, 0000 AN *LAMONT G. KAPEC, 0000 MS THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT *DAVID A. AUT, 0000 MS *MICHAEL J. KAPP, 0000 AN TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY *MARVELLA BAILEY, 0000 AN *JAMES R. KELLEY, 0000 MS AND FOR REGULAR APPOINTMENT IN THE MEDICAL *DEAN S. BANCROFT, 0000 MS *MICHAEL D. KENNEDY, 0000 SP CORPS OR DENTAL CORPS (IDENTIFIED BY AN ASTER- *WILLIAM P. BARRAS, 0000 AN *LYLE D. KEPLINGER, JR., 0000 AN ISK(*)) UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C. SECTIONS 624, 531 AND 3064: *RICHARD E. BAXTER, 0000 SP *DENNIS B. KILIAN, 0000 MS To be colonel *JOHN C. BEACH, 0000 VC *JOHN D. KING, 0000 AN *JAMES R. BEAN, 0000 SP *RICHARD J. KING, 0000 MS *ROBERT S. ADAMS, JR, 0000 MC *DAVID P. BEAUCHENE, 0000 MS *LINDA M. KNAPP, 0000 MS YVONNE M. ANDEJESKI, 0000 MC *THOMAS A. BELL, 0000 MS *BRIAN K. KONDRAT, 0000 AN VINCENT C. BENTLEY, 0000 MC *STEPHEN M. BENTZ, 0000 MS *KAREN M. KOPYDLOWSKI, 0000 MS BENJAMIN W. BERG, 0000 MC *REX A BERGGREN, 0000 MS *STUART R. KOSER, 0000 AN KENNETH A. BERTRAM, 0000 MC *KENNETH J. BETHARDS, 0000 AN *JOYCE M. KRAIMER, 0000 MS MARK D. BRISSETTE, 0000 MC *JAMIE A. BLOW, 0000 MS *KATHLEEN M. KRAL, 0000 VC JAMES E. BRUCKART, 0000 MC *WILLA R. BOBBITT, 0000 SP *MARK D. KRUEGER, 0000 MS RALF P. BRUECKNER, 0000 MC *ROBERT S. BOHAM, 0000 MS *RANDY J. LANDRY, 0000 AN CHRISHON S. BURT, 0000 DE *ANTHONY J. BOHLIN, 0000 AN *HEIDI M. LANG, 0000 VC JOHN J. BUYER, JR, 0000 DE *SCOTT D. BORMANIS, 0000 VC *WILLIE H. LATTIMORE, 0000 MS KEVIN J. CARLIN, 0000 MC *TIMOTHY G. BOSETTI, 0000 MS *STEVE R. LAWRENCE, 0000 VC JOHN D. CASLER, 0000 MC *SHARON W. BOWERS, 0000 MS *LISA A. LEHNING, 0000 AN EDWARD CATHRIGHT, JR, 0000 DE *JAMES C. BOXMEYER, 0000 MS *PETER A. LEHNING, 0000 MS WILLIAM M. CHAMBERLIN, 0000 MC *ROBERT E. BOYLES, 0000 SP *VINCENT L. LETO, 0000 AN EDWARD R. CHESLA, 0000 DE *TODD J. BRIERE, 0000 MS *ANGELIQUE R. LIKELY, 0000 AN *RYO S. CHUN, 0000 MC *MATTHEW S. BROOKS, 0000 MS *STEPHEN J. LINCK, 0000 AN ELIZABETH E. CORRENTI, 0000 MC *MURIEL L. BROWN, 0000 MS *DAVID T. LINDBLAD, 0000 SP MARC G. COTE, 0000 MC *WILLIAM D. BRUNSON, JR., 0000 MS *BRIDGET E. LITTLE, 0000 AN LEMUEL L. COVINGTON, 0000 DE *THOMAS S. BUNDT, 0000 MS MARK B. LITTLE, 0000 MS TIMOTHY W. CRAIN, 0000 MC *NELSON BURGOSVIERA, 0000 AN *JEFFREY LOCKWOOD, 0000 AN STEVEN E. CROSS, 0000 DE *CHARLES L. BURTON, 0000 MS PAULA C. LODI, 0000 MS DAVID F. CRUDO, 0000 MC *JOSEPH T. CABELL, 0000 AN *JULIE C. LOMAX, 0000 AN CHARLENE A. CZUSZAK, 0000 DE *THOMAS G. CAHILL, 0000 AN *ANTHONY J. LOPICCOLO, JR., 0000 MS

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*JOHN H. LOREY, 0000 MS *WAYNE H. WHITE, 0000 MS ROGER K. FINCHER, 0000 MC *SHANNON M. LYNCH, 0000 SP *WAYNE K. WHITTENBERG, 0000 AN LOUIS N. FINELLI, 0000 MC *JENNY M. MAC DONALD, 0000 MS *EVELYN J. WILLIAMS, 0000 AN WALTER A. FINK, JR., 0000 MC *ROSEMARY A. MACKEY, 0000 AN *KANDACE J. WOLF, 0000 AN ERIC J. FISHER, 0000 MC *PETER J. MARINICH, 0000 AN *BRIDGET C. WOLFE, 0000 AN THOMAS R. FITZSIMMONS, 0000 MC RICK L. MARTIN, 0000 AN *COLLEEN D. WOLFORD, 0000 AN CHRISTIAN M. FLYNN, 0000 MC STEVEN R. MATSON, 0000 MS *STEPHEN C. WOOLDRIDGE, 0000 MS DAVID A. FOHRMAN, 0000 MC GORDON D. MAYES, 0000 MS *EDWARD E. YACKEL, 0000 AN KAMALA P. FOSTER, 0000 MC SCOTT D. MC DANNOLD, 0000 AN TOU T. YANG, 0000 MS CHARLES J. FOX, 0000 MC *TERENCE S. MC DOWELL, 0000 MS ESMERALDO ZARZABAL, JR., 0000 MS STEPHANIE R. FUGATE, 0000 MC *BRUCE G. MC LENNAN, 0000 SP THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT DOMINIC R. GALLO, 0000 MC *DANNY J. 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MARK K. MC PHERSON, 0000 MC LADD A. TREMAINE, 0000 MC JOHN A. MULLIN, 0000 MARLA R. MELENDEZ, 0000 MC FERNANDO C. TRESPALACIOS, 0000 MC JOHN J. NEYLON, 0000 RENE F. MELENDEZ, 0000 MC DAWN C. UITHOL, 0000 MC SEAN P. ODOHERTY, 0000 JULIE A. MESSNER, 0000 MC MARISOL VEGADERUCK, 0000 MC BENJAMIN J. PATRICK, 0000 MELLISSA A. MEYER, 0000 MC RICARDO J. VENDRELL, 0000 DE DAVID R. PRISLIN, 0000 MICHAEL S. MEYER, 0000 MC ADA M. VENTURA, 0000 MC TRAVIS M. PROVOST, 0000 ROBERT L. MILLER, 0000 MC DAVID M. WALLACE, 0000 MC THOMAS P. SAMMEL, 0000 TIMOTHY P. MONAHAN, 0000 MC PAULA M. WALLACE, 0000 MC THOMAS P. SIMON, 0000 JAIME L. MONTILLASOLER, 0000 MC MICHAEL J. WALTS, 0000 MC DAVID N. VANDIVORT, 0000 KEVIN E. MOORE, 0000 MC ANDREW J. WARGO, 0000 DE GROVER L. WRIGHT, JR., 0000 ROBERT W. MOORE, 0000 MC KURT R. WASHBURN, 0000 MC To be captain KIMBERLY A. MORAN, 0000 MC BRUCE K. WEATHERS, 0000 MC MICHAEL D. MOREHOUSE, 0000 DE CHARLES W. WEBB, 0000 MC CHARLES C. ABERCROMBIE III, 0000 JAMES J. 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DUFFER, 0000 ALVIN Y. TIU, 0000 MC ROBERTO J. GOMEZ, 0000 GREGORY S. DUFLO, 0000 STEVEN K. TOBLER, 0000 MC BRIAN J. KAPPLE, 0000 JAN R. DURHAM, 0000 RAYMOND F. TOPP, 0000 MC MICHAEL F. KENNY, 0000 CURTIS V. EBITZ, JR., 0000 ROLANDO TORRES, 0000 MC DOUGLAS C. KLEMM, 0000 LARRY R. ECK, 0000 MARY A. TRAN, 0000 MC DOUGLAS J. KUMBALEK, 0000 EDDIE J. EDMONDSON, JR., 0000

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GEORGES T. EGLI, 0000 JOHN J. LUZAR, 0000 CHRISTOPHER W. ROE, 0000 PETER J. EPTON, 0000 WILLIAM R. LYNCH, 0000 DALE S. ROLEN, 0000 TIMOTHY R. ETHERTON, 0000 VICTOR I. MADUKA, 0000 NICHOLAS ROSADO, 0000 JAKE J. FALCONE, 0000 STEPHANIE L. MALMANGER, 0000 DANIEL N. RUBEL, JR., 0000 GREG A. FEROLDI, 0000 EUGENE A. MAMAJEK, JR., 0000 HAROLD J. RUDDY, 0000 JOHN M. FIELD, 0000 MICHAEL P. MANDEL, 0000 MICHAEL P. RUFFING, 0000 MICHAEL J. FITZGERALD, 0000 KIRK E. MARSTON, 0000 BRIAN R. RUSH, 0000 DARREN C. FLEMING, 0000 ROBERT E. MARTIN, 0000 BRIAN J. RUTHERFORD, 0000 CRAIG R. FLUENT, 0000 VINCE R. MARTINEZ, 0000 EDWARD M. SAGER III, 0000 GORDON W. FORD, 0000 DEMETRIUS F. MAXEY, 0000 NORMA SALAS, 0000 LEON J. FRANCIS, 0000 MATTHEW M. MAZURKIWECZ, 0000 PHILLIP D. SANCHEZ, 0000 PHILIP H. FRAZETTA, 0000 BENJAMIN W. MC CAFFERY, 0000 REX W. SAPPENFIELD, 0000 FRANK I. FRITTMAN, 0000 FRANK L. MCCLINTICK, 0000 CHARLES G. SASSER, 0000 ALEX K. FULFORD, 0000 MATTHEW G. MCCLYMONDS, 0000 WILLIAM R. SAUERLAND, JR., 0000 KELVIN W. GALLMAN, 0000 MICHAEL T. MCCOMAS, 0000 BRETON L. SAUNDERS, 0000 ANTHONY E. GALVIN, 0000 JAMES F. MCCOY, JR., 0000 JOHN L. SCHAURES, 0000 MATTHEW C. GANLEY, 0000 DONALD B. MCDANIEL, 0000 DAVID J. SCHEINBLUM, 0000 SEAN B. GARICK, 0000 RYAN F. MCDONALD, 0000 TIMOTHY L. SCHNEIDER, 0000 SANDY J. GASPER, 0000 ERIK P. MCDOWELL, 0000 WILLIAM F. SCHOEN, JR., 0000 DANA A. GEMMINGEN, 0000 ROGER T. MCDUFFIE, 0000 LOUIS M. SCHOTEMEYER, 0000 ADAM C. GERBER, 0000 MICHAEL R. MCGAHEE, 0000 RAYMOND J. SCHREINER, 0000 HIETH D. GIBLER, 0000 WILLIAM H. MCHENRY II, 0000 WILLIAM M. SCHUCK, JR., 0000 EDMUND L. GIBSON, JR., 0000 DANIEL J. MCMICHAEL, 0000 GREGORY A. SCOTT, 0000 GEOFFREY S. GILLILAND, 0000 JOHN L. MEDEIROS, JR., 0000 GREGORY G. SEAMAN, 0000 ERIC A. GILLIS, 0000 JOSE R. MEDINA, 0000 BRIAN F. SEIFFERT, 0000 THOMAS R. GLUECK, JR., 0000 JAMES E. MEEK, 0000 ANDROY D. SENEGAR, 0000 HOWARD L. GORDON III, 0000 DOWAL E. MEGGS, JR., 0000 THEODORE W. SHACKLETON, 0000 PAUL A. GOSDEN, 0000 CHARLES C. MERKEL, 0000 JAMES L. SHELTON, JR., 0000 EDWARD C. GREELEY, 0000 JONATHAN E. MICHAELS, 0000 MATTHEW R. SHENBERGER, 0000 DARRY W. GROSSNICKLE, 0000 MICHAEL W. MIDDLETON, 0000 DALE E. SHORT, 0000 SHAWN D. HANEY, 0000 JAMES R. MILLER, 0000 DONALD L. SHOVE, 0000 JEFFREY C. HANIFORD, 0000 TIMOTHY P. MILLER, 0000 PHILIP R. SLEDZ, 0000 DOUGLAS J. HANLEY, JR., 0000 TERRY S. MILNER, 0000 ANDREW Q. SMITH, 0000 ANTHONY A. HARDINA, 0000 THOMAS P. MITALSKI, 0000 RAHMAN K. SMITH, 0000 ELIAS B. HARMAN, 0000 ANDREW W. MOLITOR, 0000 BRYAN M. SMYLIE, 0000 AVONZO L. HARRISON, 0000 MICHAEL J. MOONEY, 0000 THOMAS M. SONGSTER II, 0000 GARY C. HARRISON, JR., 0000 MARTY A. MOORE, 0000 JOHN W. SPAID, 0000 GARY D. HARRISON, 0000 SAMUEL K. MOORE, 0000 DEMETRY P. SPIROPOULOS, 0000 CHRISTIAN D. HARSHBERGER, 0000 ROBERT S. MORGAN, 0000 JASON V. SPRIGMAN, 0000 BRETT A. HART, 0000 KAREN L. MORRISROE, 0000 GARRY T. STEFFEN, 0000 KEVIN M. HEARTWELL, 0000 JAMES D. MOSELEY, 0000 MATTHEW W. STERNI, 0000 CARL C. HENGER, 0000 CHARLES J. MOSES, 0000 DAVID E. STRAUB, 0000 VINCENT B. HEPPNER, 0000 MICHAEL M. MOTLEY, 0000 CHAD D. SWAN, 0000 KISHA M. HILL, 0000 ANDREW D. MUHS, 0000 BRIAN P. SWEENEY, 0000 ERIC HIMLER, 0000 MICHAEL B. MULLINS, 0000 ROBERT T. SWEGINNIS, 0000 MICHAEL R. HODSON, 0000 BRENDAN S. MULVANEY, 0000 WILLIAM M. TALANSKY, 0000 CHRISTOPHER J. HOFSTETTER, 0000 ANDREW J. MUNRO, 0000 ANTHONY D. TAYLOR, 0000 MITCHELL L. HOINES, 0000 JAMES A. MURPHY, 0000 JAMES T. TAYLOR, 0000 TODD L. HOLDER, 0000 JOHN C. MURRAY, 0000 CHRISTOPHER J. TEAGUE, 0000 SEANAN R. HOLLAND, 0000 MICAH T. MYERS, 0000 MICHAEL R. TEUBNER, 0000 THOMAS M. HOLLEY, 0000 STEVEN K. NELSON, 0000 JAMES C. THEISEN, 0000 EVAN N. HOLT, 0000 KEVIN R. NETHERTON, 0000 MARK R. THRASHER, 0000 CHARLES B. HOTCHKISS III, 0000 CHRISTOPHER J. NOEL, 0000 ROBERT B. TIFFT, 0000 CHARLES T. HUNT, 0000 BERNARD J. NOWNES II, 0000 WILLIAM H. TORRICO, 0000 SEAN M. HURLEY, 0000 THOMAS F. OATES, 0000 BRADLEY S. TRAGER, 0000 ADAM E. HYAMS, 0000 SEAN M. OBRIEN, 0000 SCOTT R. TRUJILLO, 0000 SCOTT D. HYDE, 0000 THOR C. O CONNELL, 0000 ERIC B. TURNER, 0000 ROBBI L. HYLAND, 0000 THOMAS P. O LAUGHLIN, 0000 STEVEN R. TURNER, 0000 DANIEL M. IVANOVIC, 0000 CHRISTOPHER H. OLIVER, 0000 MICHAEL S. TYSON, 0000 LEONARDO M. JAIME, 0000 ERIC R. OLSON, 0000 LES P. VERNON, 0000 PETER J. JANOW, 0000 MICHAEL J. O NEIL, 0000 MICHAEL H. VILLAR, 0000 EDWARD L. JEEP, 0000 NEIL J. OWENS, 0000 SCOTT A. VOIGTS, 0000 DARRYL L. JELINEK, 0000 RAMON A. OZAMBELA, 0000 MICHAEL G. VOSE, 0000 ERIC J. JESSEN, 0000 STEVEN J. PACHECO, 0000 KENT E. WALSH, 0000 MICHAEL S. JOHNSON, 0000 KEVIN L. PAETZOLD, 0000 RICHARD J. WEAVER, JR., 0000 CHERISH M. JOOSTBERNS, 0000 GEORGE E. PAPPAS, 0000 CORY R. WECK, 0000 MICHAEL A. JUENGER, 0000 RICHARD A. PARADISE, 0000 ROBERT S. WEILER, 0000 JASON W. JULIAN, 0000 SEAN P. PATAK, 0000 ANDREW J. WEIS, 0000 JEREMY N. JUNGREIS, 0000 JEFFERY S. PAULL, 0000 BRADLEY C. WESTON, 0000 STEPHEN P. KAHN, 0000 JEFFREY M. PAVELKO, 0000 JEROME S. WHALEN, 0000 MICHAEL P. KANE, 0000 CORNELL A. PAYNE, 0000 BENJAMIN D. WILD, 0000 SEKOU S. KAREGA, 0000 JABARI A. PAYNE, 0000 JUSTIN P. WILHELMSEN, 0000 JOHN D. KAUFFMAN, 0000 DANIEL K. PENCE, 0000 MARK A. WILKINSON, 0000 PATRICK T. KAUFMANN, 0000 CHRISTOPHER R. PERRY, 0000 JAMES H. WILLIAMS, 0000 GERALD W. KEARNEY, JR., 0000 GEOFFREY S. PETERS, 0000 JOSEPH D. WILLIAMS, 0000 JASON T. KEEFER, 0000 ROBERT W. PETERS III, 0000 KRISTIAN R. WILLIAMS, 0000 AARON P. KEENAN, 0000 ERIC J. PETERSON, 0000 LABIN O. WILSON, 0000 JAMES A. KEISLER, 0000 JOHN D. PETERSON, 0000 ERIC S. WOLF, 0000 KEVIN B. KELLIHER, 0000 DAVID H. PETTERSSON, 0000 RONALD S. WOOD, 0000 JOHN J. KELLY, JR., 0000 MATTHEW H. PHARES, 0000 JASON G. WOODWORTH, 0000 NICOLE A. KELSEY, 0000 BLANDON N. PICL, 0000 MATTHEW J. WORSHAM, 0000 LYLE R. KENDOLL, 0000 SCOTT E. PIERCE, 0000 ELLYN M. WYNNE, 0000 JEFFREY R. KENNEY, 0000 DONNA L. PLEMONS, 0000 RANDALL S. YEARWOOD, 0000 JOHN C. KETCHERSIDE, 0000 GREGORY T. POLAND, 0000 JUDY J. YODER, 0000 JOHN F. KIDD, 0000 TRAVIS L. POWERS, 0000 ERNEST B. YOUNG, 0000 MICHAEL B. KIDD, 0000 TIMOTHY R. POWLEDGE, 0000 BRENDA YSASAGA, 0000 KEITH P. KINCANNON, 0000 TODD E. PRESCOTT, 0000 PHILLIP M. ZEMAN, 0000 DAVID B. KIRK, 0000 SCOTT T. PROFFITT, 0000 ANTHONY M. ZENDER, 0000 ANDREW S. KLEVEN, 0000 JAMES M. QUIRK, 0000 RICHARD J. ZENDER, 0000 RICHARD A. KLUNK, 0000 EDWARD J. RAPISARDA, 0000 WAYNE R. ZUBER, 0000 ANTHONY G. KNIGHT, 0000 ARCH RATLIFF III, 0000 To be first lieutenant ERIC J. KNOWLTON, 0000 RICHARD R. RAY, JR., 0000 MELANIE A. KORTH, 0000 MICHAEL T. RECCE, 0000 MARTIN L. ABREU, 0000 DANIEL R. KREIDER, 0000 JOSEPH D. REEDY III, 0000 ERIC J. ADAMS, 0000 KENT L. KROEKER, 0000 JACKSON L. REESE, 0000 JOHN B. ADAMS, 0000 KEVIN J. KRONOVETER, 0000 BRENT C. REIFFER, 0000 RICHARD D. ALBER, 0000 KARL H. KUGA, 0000 JOHN REPS, 0000 JOSHUA P. ANDERSON, 0000 JOHN P. LAGANA, JR., 0000 ROBERT E. RHODE III, 0000 GEORGE ANIKOW, 0000 CHARLES B. LAKEY, 0000 ANDREW M. RICE, 0000 JOSEPH J. ATHERALL, 0000 GEORGE LAMBERT, 0000 THOMAS W. RICHTER, 0000 THOMAS A. ATKINSON, 0000 MARK C. LARSEN, 0000 BRIAN T. RIDEOUT, 0000 MIGUEL A. AYALA, 0000 RONAN J. LASSO II, 0000 DEAN R. RIDGWAY, 0000 MICHAEL J. BABILOT, 0000 CHRISTIAN J. LEEUW, 0000 ROBERT J. RITCHIE, 0000 RACHEL E. BARNEY, 0000 BRIAN R. LEWIS, 0000 PATRICK B. RIVERA, 0000 KENNETH C. BARR, 0000 GLENN E. LIGHT, 0000 WILFRED RIVERA, 0000 FRANCIS A. BARTH III, 0000 GLEN P. LINDSTROM, 0000 MELINDA L. RIZER, 0000 KENNETH W. BATTAGLIA, 0000 DANIEL R. LINGMAN, 0000 CHESTER ROACH, 0000 CHRISTOPHER D. BEASLEY, 0000 BRIAN L. LIPIEC, 0000 ANTHONY J. ROBINSON, 0000 STEPHANI M. BECK, 0000 GARY J. LOBERG, 0000 CHRISTOPHER C. ROBINSON, 0000 BRIAN M. BELL, 0000 DAVID W. LOCKNER, 0000 STEVEN ROBINSON, 0000 THEODORE C. BETHEA II, 0000 JOHN P. LONGSHORE, 0000 MICHAEL E. RODGERS, 0000 BRENT W. BLAND, 0000 ERIK C. LOQUIST, 0000 FRANCISCO J. RODRIGUEZ, 0000 ALDRICK C. BLUNT, 0000

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ROBERT J. BODISCH, JR., 0000 MICHAEL D. HICKS, 0000 DAVID E. SCHNEIDER, 0000 JAMES A. BOERIGTER, 0000 DALE A. HIGHBERGER, 0000 PHILIP P. SCHRODE, 0000 KENNETH P. BOHO, 0000 GARY E. HILL, 0000 KARL C. SCHUMACHER, 0000 MEREDITH M. BOOKER, 0000 WILLIAM D. HILL, 0000 CHRISTOPHER B. SHERIN, 0000 GARY A. BOURLAND, 0000 CRAIG P. HIMEL, 0000 JOHN T. SILVA, 0000 LIA B. BOWLER, 0000 THOMAS A. HODGE, 0000 FRANK L. SIMMONS, 0000 KEVIN J. BOYCE, 0000 VALERIE L. HODGSON, 0000 MATTHEW R. SIMMONS, 0000 BRADLY L. BOYD, 0000 LUKE T. HOLIAN, 0000 ELIESER R. SMITH, 0000 JOHN M. BRADBURY, 0000 ALFRED C. HOLLIMON, 0000 GARY L. SMITH, 0000 JASON L. BRADFORD, 0000 TERRELL D. HOOD, 0000 JAMES R. SMITH, 0000 FRANK J. BROGNA III, 0000 ARTHUR C. HOUGHTBY II, 0000 KEITH D. SMITH, 0000 RAY E. BROOKS, 0000 JEFFREY S. HOUSTON, 0000 MIRANDA D. SMITH, 0000 GREGORY L. BROWN, 0000 DAVID K. HUNT, 0000 STEVEN C. SNEE, 0000 MICHAEL D. BROYAN, 0000 ROBERT M. HUTTO, 0000 PETER R. SOLANO, 0000 ALVIN L. BRYANT, JR., 0000 CHRISTOPHER J. IAZZETTA, 0000 ROBERT B. SOTIRE II, 0000 ROBERT B. BURGESS III, 0000 FRANCINE M. IPPOLITO, 0000 PAUL M. SPONHOLZ, 0000 GAREY W. BURRILL, JR., 0000 STEVEN M. JACKSON, 0000 JARED A. SPURLOCK, 0000 MICHAEL J. BUTLER, 0000 RESHANDA L. JENNINGS, 0000 MAJOR L. STAPLES, 0000 SEAN K. BUTLER, 0000 GEORGE W. JOHNSON, 0000 JASON C. STAR, 0000 GREGORY S. CARL, 0000 DERRICK L. JONES, 0000 MICHAEL W. STEHLE, 0000 MARK E. CARLTON, 0000 ERIC W. KELLY, 0000 WILLIAM C. STOPHEL, 0000 FREDERICK J. CATCHPOLE, 0000 DALLAS G. KEY, 0000 RONALD D. STORER, 0000 LEE K. CLARE, 0000 JAMES S. KIMBER, 0000 JONATHAN J. STRASBURG, 0000 JESUS M. CLAUDIO, 0000 WILFRID A. KIRKBRIDE, 0000 ROBERT A. SUCHER, 0000 GREGORY H. CLAYTON, 0000 JOSHUA KISSOON, 0000 ERIC N. SWIFT, 0000 SCOTT E. COBB, 0000 CURT R. KNOWLES, 0000 COLON TAYLOR III, 0000 DANIEL E. COLVIN, JR., 0000 EDWARD C. KOOKEN, 0000 THOMAS M. TENNANT, 0000 ADAM S. CONWAY, 0000 CONSTANTINE KOUTSOUKOS, 0000 GREGORY A. THIELE, 0000 JOHN COOK, 0000 JASON J. LATONA, 0000 RAYMON F. THOMAS, JR., 0000 HEATHER J. COTOIA, 0000 GABRIEL E. LEAL, 0000 NICHOLAS A. THOMPSON, 0000 BRIAN P. COYNE, 0000 ALAN J. LECOMPTE, JR., 0000 VIRGIL E. TINKLE, 0000 CHRISTOPHER J. CRIMI, 0000 JONATHAN E. LEE, 0000 EDMUND B. TOMLINSON, 0000 JEFFREY L. CROCKER, 0000 KATHY R. LEE, 0000 ADOLFO TORRES, 0000 COLIN A. CROSBY, 0000 WILSON S. LEECH III, 0000 JOSEPH M. TURGEON, 0000 HENRY L. CRUSOE, 0000 MATTHEW D. LERNER, 0000 TRAY A. TURNER, 0000 CHRISTOPHER J. CURTIN, 0000 LEONARD J. LEVINE, 0000 CHRISTOPHER G. VEAL, 0000 THOMAS DANIELSEN, 0000 SHANE M. LONG, 0000 BENJAMIN M. VENNING, 0000 JON W. DAVENPORT, 0000 CHARLES B. LYNN III, 0000 CHARLIE R. VONBERGEN, 0000 ARTHUR L. DAVIDSON, JR., 0000 WILLIAM R. MAKEPEACE IV, 0000 BRIAN J. VONHERBULIS, 0000 JOHN S. DAVIDSON, 0000 MICHAEL C. MARGOLIS, 0000 MICHAEL L. WAGNER, 0000 SAMUEL D. DAVIS, 0000 DELBERT L. MARRIOTT, 0000 WALTER J. WALLACE, 0000 SHALISA W. DAVIS, 0000 DANIEL L. MARTIN, 0000 BRANDON M. WALLER, 0000 MANUEL J. DELAROSA, 0000 DAWN M. MARTIN, 0000 LAWRENCE M. WALZER, 0000 JOHN Y. DELATEUR, 0000 JAMES T. MARTIN, 0000 GREGORY J. WARDMAN, JR., 0000 PATRICIA R. DEYONG, 0000 RICHARD S. MARTIN, 0000 DAREN V. WASHINGTON, 0000 WILBERT DICKENS, 0000 ANDREW V. MARTINEZ, 0000 KEITH S. WATSON, 0000 JOHN J. DIETRICH, JR., 0000 BRETT E. MATTHEWS, 0000 KEITH S. WEINSAFT, 0000 FRANK DIORIO, JR., 0000 CRAIG S. MAYER, 0000 APRIL K. WHITESCARVER, 0000 STEVEN A. DOLPHIN, 0000 MICHAEL C. MC CARTHY, 0000 MICHAEL S. WILBUR, 0000 BERNADETTE DOLSON, 0000 KENYA MC CLAIN, 0000 WILLIAM T. WILBURN, JR., 0000 JOSEPH E. DONALD III, 0000 DAVID A. MC COMBS, 0000 DARBY R. WILER, 0000 DAVID A. DOUCETTE, 0000 KENNEY MC COMBS, 0000 JOHN D. WILKERSON, 0000 ERIC J. DOUGHERTY, 0000 LYLE L. MC DANIEL, JR., 0000 JERRY D. WILLINGHAM, 0000 TROY M. DOWNING, 0000 ARIC A. MC KENNA, 0000 PETER A. WILSON, 0000 MATTHEW J. DREIER, 0000 BRIAN P. MC LAUGHLIN, 0000 CRAIG A. WOLFENBARGER, 0000 AARON S. DUESING, 0000 PATRICK C. MC RAE, 0000 KENNETH P. WOODS, 0000 RICHARD E. DUNN, 0000 TODD A. MENKE, 0000 TOMMY R. WRIGHT, 0000 MICHAEL A. DURHAM II, 0000 NATHAN A. MENTINK, 0000 JAMES L. ZEPKO, 0000 PATRYCK J. DURHAM, 0000 ANDREW A. MERZ, 0000 THOMAS G. ZIEGLER, JR., 0000 JAMES C. EDGE, 0000 DANIEL R. MILLANE, 0000 To be second lieutenant JAMES F. EDWARDS III, 0000 BRETT M. MILLER, 0000 JHAKE ELMAMUWALDI, 0000 DAVID H MILLS, 0000 WILLIAM B. ALLEN IV, 0000 BRUCE J. ERHARDT, JR., 0000 JAMES W. MINGUS, 0000 DAVID W. BAAS, 0000 KYRL A. ERICKSON, 0000 BRUCE L. MORALES, 0000 JOHN W. BLACK, 0000 EDWARD ESPOSITO, 0000 STEVEN B. MURPHY, 0000 MARK D. BORTNEM, 0000 BRIAN L. FANCHER, 0000 STEVEN R. MURPHY, 0000 TRENT L. BOTTIN, 0000 ROBERT A. FARIAS, 0000 TIMOTHY I. MURRAY, 0000 VINTON C. BRUTON IV, 0000 JOSEPH A. FARLEY, 0000 BARTON K. NAGLE, 0000 WALTER G. CARR, 0000 KRISTOPHER L. FAUGHT, 0000 ANTHONOL L. NEELY, 0000 CLINT A. CASCADEN, 0000 THOMAS P. FAVOR, 0000 SHANNON J. NELLER, 0000 GEORGE O. CHRISTEL, 0000 MELVIN FERDINAND, 0000 EDWARD T. NEVGLOSKI, 0000 DOUGLAS A. COOK, 0000 BETH A. FERLAND, 0000 NICHOLAS C. NUZZO, 0000 BILLY R. CORNELL, 0000 MICHAEL D. FERRITTO, 0000 DEREK S. OST, 0000 JEFFREY W. DAVIS, JR., 0000 JOSE R. FIERRO, 0000 RANDALL A. PAPE, 0000 JOHN D. DIXON, 0000 PAUL F. FILLMORE, 0000 DWAYNE E. PARKER, 0000 TIMOTHY P. DORAN, 0000 CHRISTOPHER M. FLANAGAN, 0000 HENRY J. PARRISH, 0000 JAMES W. EAGAN III, 0000 TIMOTHY M. FLYNN, 0000 VICTOR A. PASTOR, 0000 DAVID C. EMMEL, 0000 DUANE C. FORSBERG, 0000 TODD A. PATTERSON, 0000 ROY H. EZELL III, 0000 VICTOR A. FRAUSTO, 0000 EDWARD J. PAVELKA, 0000 DONALD W. FAUL II, 0000 STEVIE L. FRAZIER, 0000 ELIZABETH D. PEREZ, 0000 JEREMY S. FILKO, 0000 IAN C. GALBRAITH, 0000 NICHOLAS R. PERKINS, 0000 BRADLEY R. FITZPATRICK, 0000 JOSEPH E. GALVIN, 0000 LAURA M. PERRONE, 0000 SHANE R. FLOYD, 0000 VINH V. GERALD, 0000 CRAIG O. PETERSEN, 0000 ANTHONY E. GIARDINO, 0000 KATE I. GERMANO, 0000 DAVID W. PINION, 0000 KENNETH K. GOEDECKE, 0000 JEREMY L. GETTINGS, 0000 RICHARD H. PITCHFORD, 0000 CHRISTOPHER M. HAAR, 0000 THOMAS H. GILLEY, IV, 0000 KEVIN J. PRINDIVILLE, 0000 JONATHAN B. HAMILTON, 0000 SEAN M. GLEASON, 0000 CRAIG T. RALEIGH, 0000 JACOB R. HARRIMAN, 0000 ARMANDO GONZALEZ, 0000 OMAR J. RANDALL, 0000 BENJAMIN R. HERNANDEZ, JR., 0000 JEFFREY D. GOODELL, 0000 JOHN G. RANDOLPH, 0000 EDMUND B. HIPP, 0000 REBECCA L. GOODRICHHINTON, 0000 MARK L. RANEY, 0000 JAMES T. HOFFMANN, 0000 BRADLEY V. GORDON, 0000 GREGORY A. RATZLAFF, 0000 JOHN H. HOUSAND, JR., 0000 WILLIAM S. GOURLEY, 0000 JORDAN D. REECE, 0000 JEFFREY A. HUBLEY, 0000 CRAIG A. GRANT, 0000 KARL C. RENNE, 0000 IVAN F. INGRAHAM, 0000 SHANNON L. GREEN, 0000 BRIAN A. REYNALDO, 0000 KEVIN A. JACOBS, 0000 STEVE GRGAS, 0000 RICHARD J. RIGHTER, 0000 CHRISTOPHER R. KNARR, 0000 DANIEL B. GRIFFITHS, 0000 MARK W. RODGERS, 0000 JAMES M. KOEHLER, 0000 JAIME L. GUTIERREZ, 0000 RUPERT S. RODRIGUEZ, 0000 ROBERT O. KOENIG, 0000 JOHN T. GUTIERREZ, 0000 SCOTT M. ROLPH, 0000 RUSSELL S. LASCINK, 0000 MATTHEW B. HAKOLA, 0000 THOMAS J. ROPEL III, 0000 WILLIAM M. LENNON, 0000 MARK A. HALEY, JR., 0000 SAM L. ROY, 0000 RONALD L. LOBATO, 0000 MARGARET J. HALL, 0000 RICHARD A. ROYSE, 0000 JOHN M. MAYBERRY, 0000 DAVID W. HANDY, 0000 JUSTIN R. RUMPS, 0000 BRYAN R. MC CLUNE, 0000 SEAN M. HANKARD, 0000 LEE M. RUSH, 0000 WILLIAM J. MITCHELL, 0000 RICHARD A. HARNEY, 0000 FREDERICK W. RUSSELL III, 0000 PHILIP T. O HARA, 0000 DARIN K. HARPER, 0000 CHARLES W. RYAN, 0000 KYLE G. PHILLIPS, 0000 CHARLES M. HARRIS, 0000 CHRISTI L. SADDLER, 0000 JOSHUA M. PIECZONKA, 0000 ROBERT C. HAWKINS, 0000 JOHN H. SAITTA, 0000 JASON M. POPOWSKI, 0000 BRENDAN G. HEATHERMAN, 0000 MATTHEW D. SAMS, 0000 DONALD J. PRITCHARD, 0000 MICHAEL E. HERNANDEZ, 0000 ROBERT M. SANCHEZ, 0000 JAMES S. PRYOR, 0000 LARRY J. HERRING, 0000 DONALD R. SANDERS, 0000 KEVIN R. ROOT, 0000 RALPH HERSHFELT III, 0000 ROLAND G. SARINO, 0000 RICHARD M. RUSNOK, 0000 CHERRONE A. HESTER, 0000 GLENN SCHMID, 0000 JESSE L. SJOBERG, 0000

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The House met at 10:30 a.m. and was of equal justice. May their determina- nication from Darwin Cusack, Chief of called to order by the Speaker pro tem- tions be honored and respected, and Staff to the Honorable CHARLES F. pore (Mrs. BIGGERT). renew the hope of freedom in the heart BASS, Member of Congress: of the world. f HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, In You we place our trust, for we be- Washington, DC, May 30, 2000. DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO lieve You have called us to serve this Hon. J. DENNIS HASTERT, TEMPORE Nation. By Your divine inspiration we Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives, Wash- ington, DC. The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- will reach the destiny You have in DEAR MR. SPEAKER: This is to formally no- fore the House the following commu- mind for us, for You live now and for- ever. Amen. tify you, pursuant to rule VIII of the Rules nication from the Speaker: of the House of Representatives, that I have WASHINGTON, DC, f been served with a grand jury subpoena for June 6, 2000. THE JOURNAL documents issued by the U.S. District Court I hereby appoint the Honorable JUDY for the District of New Hampshire. BIGGERT to act as Speaker pro tempore on The SPEAKER pro tempore. The After consultation with the Office of Gen- this day. Chair has examined the Journal of the eral Counsel, I have determined that compli- J. DENNIS HASTERT, last day’s proceedings and announces ance with the subpoena is consistent with Speaker of the House of Representatives. to the House her approval thereof. the precedents and privileges of the House. Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- Sincerely, f nal stands approved. DARWIN CUSACK, Chief of Staff. MORNING HOUR DEBATES f The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE f ant to the order of the House of Janu- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER ary 19, 1999, the Chair will now recog- gentleman from Texas (Mr. LAMPSON) PRO TEMPORE nize Members from lists submitted by come forward and lead the House in the the majority and minority leaders for The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Pledge of Allegiance. morning hour debates. The Chair will Chair desires to announce that pursu- Mr. LAMPSON led the Pledge of Alle- ant to clause 4 of rule I, the Speaker alternate recognition between the par- giance as follows: ties, with each party limited to not to pro tempore signed the following en- I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the exceed 30 minutes, and each Member, rolled bills on Thursday, June 1, 2000: United States of America, and to the Repub- H.R. 3293, to amend the law that au- except the majority leader, the minor- lic for which it stands, one nation under God, ity leader, or the minority whip, lim- indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. thorized the Vietnam Veterans Memo- rial to authorize the placement within ited to not to exceed 5 minutes. f the site of the Memorial of a plaque to f COMMUNICATION FROM THE honor those Vietnam veterans who died RECESS CLERK OF THE HOUSE after their service in the Vietnam war, The SPEAKER pro tempore. There The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- but as a direct result of that service; being no requests for morning hour de- fore the House the following commu- H.R. 4489, to amend section 110 of the bates, pursuant to clause 12, rule I, the nication from the Clerk of the House of Illegal Immigration Reform and Immi- Chair declares the House in recess until Representatives: grant Responsibility Act of 1996, and noon today. OFFICE OF THE CLERK, for other purposes. Accordingly (at 10 o’clock and 31 U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, f minutes a.m.) the House stood in recess Washington, DC, May 30, 2000. Hon. J. DENNIS HASTERT, TRIBUTE TO BOB HOPE until noon. The Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives, (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given f Washington, DC. DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Pursuant to the per- permission to address the House for 1 b 1200 mission granted in clause 2(h) of rule II of minute and to revise and extend his re- the Rules of the U.S. House of Representa- marks.) AFTER RECESS tives, the Clerk received the following mes- Mr. GIBBONS. Madam Speaker, The recess having expired, the House sage from the Secretary of the Senate on today we honor the U.S. servicemen was called to order by the Speaker pro May 26, 2000 at 11:10 a.m. That the Senate passed without amend- who participated in the invasion of tempore (Mrs. BIGGERT) at noon. ment H.R. 3293; that the Senate passed with- Western Europe by the Allies on June f out amendment H.R. 4489; that the Senate 6, 1944. It is only fitting, however, that passed without amendment H. Con. Res. 280; we pay special tribute to a gentleman PRAYER that the Senate passed without amendment who is admired by millions of our vet- The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. H. Con. Res. 302. erans. Coughlin, offered the following prayer: With best wishes, I am Bob Hope is beloved for his tireless Sincerely, God and Father of all nations, con- JEFF TRANDAHL, efforts to entertain U.S. troops around tinue to guide the destiny of these Clerk of the House. the globe, from World War II to the United States. Bless the Members of Persian Gulf War. f this House. You are their Counselor As one of the countless soldiers that and Guide. Give them satisfaction in COMMUNICATION FROM STAFF he entertained during Vietnam and their work, for You are the joy of those MEMBER OF THE HONORABLE Desert Storm, I know personally of the who are faith-filled, and the glory of CHARLES F. BASS, MEMBER OF positive impact that his visits made to the humble. CONGRESS uplift our spirits. May all their deliberations give rise The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- Last week, Americans were saddened to understanding and further the cause fore the House the following commu- to learn of the legendary entertainer’s

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VerDate jul 14 2003 14:01 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\H06JN0.000 H06JN0 9566 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE June 6, 2000 illness requiring a stay at the Eisen- Beam me up. Those two Libyans may The beginnings of the Washington hower Medical Center, near his home, have been mules in general, but they Opera were unusual, as it was founded in Palm Springs. are scapegoats specifically. by a music critic, Day Thorpe, of the With his devoted and loving wife, I yield back the fact that from Waco now defunct Washington Star, along Delores, by his side, Mr. Hope is recov- to Ruby Ridge to now Pan Am 103, the with a few others who decided that the ering, and the family has asked that Justice Department just cannot handle Nation’s capital should have an oper- everyone keep Mr. Hope in their pray- the truth. I also yield back the fact, atic enterprise of its own. ers. my colleagues, that if these two Liby- In the early years, the Washington Mr. Hope, from those of us who were ans masterminded the bombing of Pan Opera was limited by financial and blessed by your courage and commit- Am 103, they would have choked on a practical constraints to no more than ment to our efforts around the globe, chicken bone years ago in Kadafi’s cell. one or two productions per year. Since may God bless you. And, Mr. Hope, we f that time, the Washington Opera has all hope that you get well soon, and grown and prospered. Today, it is the ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER our best wishes go out to you and your resident opera company of the Kennedy PRO TEMPORE family. Center, due primarily to the artistic The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- excellence of the ensemble. f ant to clause 8 of rule XX, the Chair In addition to performances, the INTERNATIONAL ABDUCTION announces that she will postpone fur- Washington Opera has created several (Mr. LAMPSON asked and was given ther proceedings today on each motion education and community programs permission to address the House for 1 to suspend the rules on which a re- that serve a broad and diverse popu- minute.) corded vote or the yeas and nays are lation. These outreach programs are Mr. LAMPSON. Madam Speaker, I ordered, or on which the vote is ob- dedicated to enhancing the lives and rise today to talk about the issue of jected to under clause 6 of rule XX. learning of the children and adults of international child abduction. For 3 Any record votes on postponed ques- the greater Washington region, devel- months now, I have been coming to the tions will be taken after debate has oping future audiences, and making the floor to tell the story of children who concluded on all motions to suspend experience of opera available to those have been abducted abroad. I have also the rules but not before 6 p.m. today. who otherwise have limited access to been holding public events and intro- f this art form. duced a resolution with my friend the Through these programs, the Wash- DESIGNATING WASHINGTON ington Opera has made extensive out- gentleman from Ohio (Mr. CHABOT). OPERA IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AS Well, all of this work is beginning to reach to the Washington, D.C. area NATIONAL OPERA pay off. On Tuesday, May 22, the House public schools and to the community passed H. Con. Res. 293, urging signato- Mr. GOODLING. Madam Speaker, I at large. These programs have reached ries to the Hague Convention to abide move to suspend the rules and pass the more than 150,000 individuals and have by that agreement. Just within the bill (H.R. 4542) to designate the Wash- been driven by the idea that ‘‘learning past 3 weeks, I have heard amazing ington Opera in Washington, D.C., as by doing’’ is a highly effective way to spark young children’s interest in the news from two different parents whose the National Opera. arts. cases this Congress has brought to The Clerk read as follows: H.R. 4542 The number and scope of program- light. ming has grown to 22 programs that One of those parents, Jim Rinnaman, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- resentatives of the United States of America in provide performance experiences, cur- saw his daughter 3 weeks ago for the riculum enhancement activities, in- first time in 4 years. Another, Paul Congress assembled, SECTION 1. DESIGNATION. school artist and docent visits, profes- Marinkovich, is bringing his son home sional development opportunities for after 3 years of searching. The Washington Opera, organized under the laws of the District of Columbia, is des- teachers and young artists, interactive Madam Speaker, these parents are ignated as the ‘‘National Opera’’. family-oriented presentations, and being reunited with their children be- SEC. 2. REFERENCES. more. cause of the work that Congress is Any reference in a law, map, regulation, Under the stewardship of Artistic Di- doing and the pressure that these coun- document, paper or other record of the rector Placido Domingo, the Wash- tries are feeling from our Government United States to the Washington Opera re- ington Opera has achieved the stature and from the media. ferred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be of a world-class company and plays to On behalf of American parents, I a reference to the ‘‘National Opera’’. standing-room-only audiences at the want to thank my colleagues for pass- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Kennedy Center Opera House and Ei- ing H. Con. Res. 293 and urge them to ant to the rule, the gentleman from senhower Theater. continue working with me on this very Pennsylvania (Mr. GOODLING) and the I would like to mention a personal important issue. By continuing to take gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. note about this Artistic Director action and raise awareness, we can FATTAH) each will control 20 minutes. Placido Domingo. When my daughter, bring our children home. The Chair recognizes the gentleman at 17, was playing the professional f from Pennsylvania (Mr. GOODLING). tour, I did not have the money to send GENERAL LEAVE a coach or anybody in the family, so I JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CANNOT Mr. GOODLING. Madam Speaker, I gave her a lot of advice about not pay- HANDLE TRUTH ask unanimous consent that all Mem- ing too much attention to anybody, (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was bers may have 5 legislative days within particularly men, as she moved from given permission to address the House which to revise and extend their re- the Italian Open to the Swiss Open to for 1 minute and to revise and extend marks on H.R. 4542. the German Open and then to the his remarks.) The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there French Open. And when she was leav- Mr. TRAFICANT. Madam Speaker, objection to the request of the gen- ing the French Open to go to the Paris an Iranian defector said Iran was re- tleman from Pennsylvania? Open, she apparently was standing sponsible for the bombing of Pan Am There was no objection. there in tears and this gentleman 103, not Libya. Mr. GOODLING. Madam Speaker, I asked her what was her problem? And No kidding, Sherlock. The whole yield myself such time as I may con- she said, well, my luggage went the world was told that years ago, but the sume. other way and I have to play the first Justice Department turned their back. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of round of the French Open as soon as I Reports said that Iran hired the Syr- H.R. 4542, to designate the Washington get to Paris. ians and the Syrians recruited terror- Opera in Washington, D.C., as the Na- The gentleman said, well, the first ists from all around the world. tional Opera. thing we have to do is put you in first

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:01 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\H06JN0.000 H06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 9567 class because you cannot be cramped Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- has been a leader through its commit- up back there and then go play tennis. ance of my time. ment to sustain new American operas Well, if the father had known that, Mr. FATTAH. Madam Speaker, I by presenting them in crucial second he really would have been upset about yield myself such time as I may con- productions, giving these new works some man moving her to first class. sume. life beyond the short span of their pre- When she got to Paris, the gentleman Madam Speaker, it is an honor to be miers. It leads by championing lesser- gave her a hundred dollars. And she able to rise in support of the legisla- known works of significant musical said, Well, I cannot take that. And he tion of my colleague. H.R. 4542, which worth rarely presented on today’s said, well, how will you play? You only would change the name of the Wash- opera stages. It has been hailed for its have your racket and your sneakers. ington Opera to the National Opera, is work with operas on the epic scale. As You will have to buy clothing. a piece of legislation that our side sup- the British magazine Opera now re- When she came back and we were sit- ports wholeheartedly. cently stated, ‘‘The Washington Opera ting there as a family watching tele- is carving out a new area of expertise, b 1215 vision, Placido Domingo and Johnny staging grand spectacles to exacting Denver were doing a couple of the This opera was born in 1956, which standards with precision and power not duets that they have done, and she was the year I was born. It has moved often seen at the world’s top houses.’’ said, Dad, that is the man that put me from two performances to now over 80 The company is also renowned for in first class and that is the man who performances a year with an attend- the number and quality of its produc- gave me the $100. And it was Placido ance rate of 98 percent or better, and I tions, its discovery and nurturing of Domingo. And I understand that is typ- want to compliment my chairman for important young talent and the inter- ical of him. offering this legislation. I think it is an national collaboration system it has The Washington Opera has earned its appropriate designation to change the pioneered with leading foreign compa- position of leadership in the musical name. nies. world without the government support It is a world-renowned opera; and to One of the greatest contributions to typical in most world capitals. The have the designation of the National the D.C. metro area have come from company has been a leader through its Opera, I think, is most appropriate. the company’s educational outreach commitment to sustain new American Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- program. Reaching out beyond the operas by presenting them in crucial ance of my time. bounds of the opera community, the second productions, giving these new Mr. GOODLING. Madam Speaker, I Washington Opera has made a con- works life beyond the short span of yield such time as he may consume to certed effort to bring the arts to stu- their premieres. It leads by cham- the gentleman from Northern Virginia dents around the region. As budgets for pioning the lesser known works of sig- (Mr. DAVIS), an opera buff. arts education have continually nificant musical work rarely presented Mr. DAVIS of Virginia. Madam shrunk, it is more important than ever on today’s opera stages. Speaker, I rise today to support H.R. that private institutions have what It has been hailed for its work with operas 4542, the bill to designate the Wash- limited government support can be pro- on the epic scale. As the British magazine ington Opera as the National Opera. vided to reach our school-aged chil- Opera Now recently stated, ‘‘The Washington Since its founding in 1956, the Opera dren. It is with that goal in mind that Opera is carving out a new area of expertise has been providing enrichment and arts I strongly support the passage of H.R. . . . staging grand spectacles to exacting education to the Washington Metro- 4542 and ask my colleagues to do the same. I want to thank the gentleman standards with precision and power not often politan area. from Pennsylvania (Mr. GOODLING) for seen even at the world’s top houses.’’ The From its humble beginnings under his leadership on this issue and shep- company is also renowned for the number and the stewardship of music critic Day Thorpe, when a lack of funds limited herding this bill to the House floor. quality of its new productions, its discovery Mr. FATTAH. Madam Speaker, I and nurturing of important young talent, and them to two performances a year, the Opera has consistently grown both in yield such time as she may consume to the international collaboration system it has pi- the gentlewoman from the District of oneered with leading foreign companies. stature and in size. In 1980, the Wash- Columbia (Ms. NORTON). ington Opera had a total of 16 perform- Since 1980, the company has grown from a Ms. NORTON. Madam Speaker, I ances of four operas with an operating total of 16 yearly performances of four operas thank the gentleman from Pennsyl- budget of $2 million. Throughout the to 80 yearly performances of eight operas, vania (Mr. FATTAH) for yielding me the while the budget has increased from $2 million 1990s, the Opera has truly emerged as a time. Madam Speaker, may I say that to more than $25 million per year. The com- world class institution and has grown the chairman of the committee intro- pany has averaged 98 percent attendance to 80 performances of eight operas with duced the last speaker as an opera buff; over the last fourteen seasons—a remarkable an annual budget of more than $25 mil- the gentleman is better known in this sales record. It now earns approximately 65 lion. House as a baseball buff, but we are percent of its total budget through ticket sales, The great success the company has pleased to rank the gentleman to the raising the remaining 35 percent through con- enjoyed is a credit both to its manage- rank of opera lovers. tributions from the individuals, corporations, ment and the support it has received In any case, Madam Speaker, great and foundations. A sign of fiscal strength, this from the Washington metropolitan capitals normally have great cultural ratio of earned to contributed income is the community. Over the last 14 seasons, institutions. I regret to say that for a highest of any opera company in the country. the company has averaged a remark- very long time, the Nation’s capital did The Washington Opera has requested this able 98 percent attendance, with 65 per- not have great cultural institutions. As legislation designating it as the ‘‘National cent of its revenue coming from ticket a fourth generation Washingtonian, I Opera.’’ There are precedents for granting pri- sales. The remaining 35 percent of the must say that growing up in the Na- vate or quasi-private entities a ‘‘national’’ des- budget is provided by individual and tion’s capital was like growing up in a ignation. For example, the National Aquarium corporate donations. The ratio of 65 cultural desert. The only great com- in Baltimore and the National Aviary in Pitts- earned to 35 contributed is evidence of pany was the National Symphony Or- burgh both received their ‘‘national’’ designa- the company’s fiscal strength and is chestra, and I am pleased that now the tion through acts of Congress. Such a des- the highest in the Nation. Congress would name the Washington ignation does not bring with it federal funding The Washington Opera has earned its Opera the National Opera. or a federal subsidy. Rather, it grants the enti- position of leadership in the musical I think this is most appropriate, par- ty national prominence, which may increase world without the crucial government ticularly when we consider that this is ticket sales and improve fundraising pros- support that is typical in most world not a Nation that subsidizes the arts pects. capitals, in a city without the strong very greatly; and the very least, it I urge my colleagues to support this legisla- business base that helps fund many seems to me that we can do is recog- tion and to vote ‘‘yes’’ on final passage. U.S. opera companies. The company nize the arts in this way.

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:01 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\H06JN0.000 H06JN0 9568 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE June 6, 2000 Twenty-five million visitors come to islation hopefully will provide addi- Giving performances in the 2,200 seat Opera the Nation’s capital every year, many tional impetus for those who want to House and the more intimate 1,100 seat Ei- of them the constituents of Members of support the continuation of a great senhower theaters allow the company to per- the House and Senate. As the Wash- cultural institution. I want to com- form in settings that reflect each opera’s prop- ington Opera becomes the National pliment, again, the gentleman from er acoustical ambiance. Opera, I believe that the national Pennsylvania and also the gentle- Along with providing quality entertainment, Opera will set an example for the coun- woman from the District of Columbia The Washington Opera contributes to the edu- try and will welcome millions who for this legislation. cation and diversity of the community. The would otherwise not be inclined to at- Mr. HOYER. Madam Speaker, I rise in sup- Education and Community Programs serve a tend the opera. port of H.R. 4542, a bill designating the Wash- diverse population of public, private and the Throughout the world, the reputation ington Opera in Washington, DC, as the Na- home school students that are 31% Anglo, of this company, particularly since tional Opera. This opera company is known 27% African-American, 33% Latino, and 8% Placido Domingo became the artistic for the number and quality of new productions, Asian. Roughly 70% of those served by Wash- director, is generally regarded as a discovery and nurturing of important young tal- ington Opera programs are students between world-class company. It plays to stand- ent, and an international collaboration system the ages 5 to 18 of various needs and abili- ing-room-only audiences. It raises its with leading foreign companies. ties. Adults constitute the remaining 30%, of own money. Now it asks very little of The Washington Opera has achieved the which 40% are senior citizens. us. It asks that we give it a name that stature of a world class company and plays to Among other programs, The Washington will help it raise more of its own standing-room only audiences at the Kennedy Opera has developed teaching methods that money. I would like to bring to the at- Center Opera House and Eisenhower Theater. provide educators with tools to engage stu- tention of Members something of what Like so many other institutions in Washington, dents in the learning process. At a young age, the Washington Opera Company does in the opera attracts, entertains, and educates students learn about the value of the arts. its immediate area because it has very people from all over the world. There are 22 programs each providing per- energetic education and community The company has averaged 98% attend- formance experiences, curricular enhancement programs that serve public, private, ance over the last fourteen season. It now activities and professional development oppor- and home-schooled students through- earns approximately 65% of its total budget tunities for both teachers and young artists. out the region, 31 percent Anglo, 27 through ticket sales, raising the remaining These programs foster enthusiasm and help percent African American, 33 percent 35% through contributions from individuals, enrich our youths’ educational experience. Latino, 8 percent Asian, roughly re- corporations, and foundations. Under the jurisdiction of Artistic Director flecting the population of the region. 70 A sign of fiscal strength, this ratio of earned Placido Domingo, The Washington Opera’s percent of those served by these edu- to contributed income is the highest of any reputation continues to increase. The Wash- cation and community programs are opera company in the country. Beyond the ington Opera plays to standing-room-only au- between the ages of 5 and 18. Of the re- value of music itself, increasing evidence clari- diences at the Kennedy Center Opera House maining 30 percent who are adults, 40 fies the role of music in the intellectual and so- and Eisenhower Theater. The Washington percent are senior citizens. cial development of our community. Opera has earned its position of leadership in Here is an opera company which has The opera allows people to cross language the musical world without the critical govern- reached to every age group, every eth- and cultural barriers, increase understanding, mental support typically offered to most world nic group, and every section of the re- and build tolerance in a multi-cultural setting. capitals, in a city without the strong business gion. Now as the National Opera Com- The Washington Opera remains true to its base that helps fund many U.S.. opera com- pany, it will welcome people to come mission of presenting the highest quality opera panies. from all over the country. Its edu- in the Nation’s Capital, broadening public un- The Washington Opera has requested this cation and community programs target derstanding and awareness of opera, and legislation to designate The Washington adults and students throughout the maintaining opera as a living art form. Opera as the ‘‘National Opera.’’ There are grades K through 12 and particularly Madam Speaker, for over 40 years this precedents for granting private entities a ‘‘na- underserved populations. 40 percent are opera company has been a beacon of light not tional’’ designation. For example, the National from the District, 35 percent are from only for the Washington, DC community, but Aquarium in Baltimore and the National Aviary Maryland, 25 percent are from Virginia. also for the entire Nation. People from all over in Pittsburgh both received their ‘‘national’’ It is particularly appropriate that the United States and the world realize this designation through acts of Congress. Such a the chairman would rise to support opera company is a reflection of our Nation’s designation does not bring with it federal fund- this bill, because this is in many ways commitment to the arts. ing or a federal subsidy. a quintessential educational enter- As a cosponsor of H.R. 4542, I stand in This change will grant the group further prise. We now know increasingly as we support of this bill to designate the Wash- prominence, which, in turn, may expand ticket learn more about the brain and its ington Opera as the National Opera and urge sales, improve fundraising capabilities and functions that music can be important my colleagues to support this legislation. most importantly, broaden the opera’s commu- in the intellectual as well as the social Mr. DICKS. Madam Speaker, I rise in sup- nity programs in an effort to influence a great- development of students. When the port of H.R. 4542, a bill to designate the er breadth of individuals. Washington Opera Company comes to Washington Opera in Washington, DC, as the Mrs. MORELLA. Madam Speaker, I rise in the Congress of the United States not National Opera. The Washington Opera has support of H.R. 4542, a bill to designate the with its hands out for money but to an impressive history that has earned its posi- Washington Opera in Washington, D.C., as ask that it be given a name that will tion as one of opera’s premier venues. the National Opera. help it raise money, I strongly urge The Washington Opera continued to grow When first approached about the redesigna- that the Congress give it the public and flourish. In 1980, the company has grown tion by Artistic Director Placido Domingo, I recognition that will help the Wash- from a total of 16 performances and 4 operas thought of the Bard’s famous line, ‘‘What’s in ington Opera Company grow as a na- to 80 performances and 8 operas, while the a name? That which we call a rose by any tional opera company and will help it budget has increased from $2 million to more other name would smell as sweet.’’ bring opera to increasing millions of than $25 million. In 1980, the opera did not However, this ‘‘national’’ designation will aid citizens of the United States. own a single opera set; by the spring of 2000 the Washington Opera in furthering their posi- Mr. FATTAH. Madam Speaker, I the company had originated and built 61 new tion of leadership in the musical world. Found- yield myself such time as I may con- productions, becoming one of the most prolific ed in 1956, the Washington Opera has sume. producing companies in the United States. achieved the stature of a world class company I would like to just reiterate my sup- The Washington Opera prides itself by pro- and plays to standing room only audiences at port for this legislation. This opera viding world-class productions for its audi- the Kennedy Center Opera House and the Ei- raises over $25 million annually in pri- ences. The Washington Opera became the senhower Theater. vate support, but I do believe that the first American Opera Company to produce a In the spring of 2000, the company had new designation as provided in this leg- repertory season in two separate theaters. originated 61 new productions, becoming one

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:01 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 9920 E:\BR00\H06JN0.000 H06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 9569 of the most prolific producing companies in the Whereas on May 20, 1998, the United States Congressional Philharmonic Society United States. In addition, the company has Congressional Choral Society debuted at St. and its dual mission, promoting musi- averaged 98 percent attendance over the last Joseph’s Church on Capitol Hill, with stand- cal excellence throughout the edu- ing ovations following its rendition of the fourteen seasons. ‘‘Song of Democracy’’ and the ‘‘Battle Hymn cational system and encouraging peo- The Washington Opera has always recog- of the Republic’’; ple of all ages to commit to the love nized that their service to the nation does not Whereas on March 13, 1999, the United and expression of musical performance. end with each production. Instead, Wash- States Congressional Philharmonic Orches- In February 1996, several Members of ington Opera’s Education and Community Pro- tra String Quartet played before the Ambas- Congress participated in the perform- grams department dedicates itself to enhanc- sador to the United States from Canada at ance of the Broadway musical 1776, a ing the lives and learning of children and the Embassy of Canada in the District of Co- story depicting the signing of the Dec- adults by making the experience of opera lumbia; laration of Independence. I practiced available to those who otherwise have limited Whereas on March 19, 1999, the United and rehearsed and then was unable to access to the art form. The Washington Opera States Congressional Choral Society ap- peared in performance at the Washington participate. The Members of Congress has made extensive outreach efforts to area National Cathedral; so enjoyed this experience that as an public schools and to the greater Washington Whereas on May 13, 1999, the United States outgrowth, the United States Congres- community at large. Through their OperAccess Congressional Philharmonic Orchestra sional Choral Society was founded in program, they have actively involved members String Quartet played before a gathering of April 1996. The Congressional Choral of our community who are visually, physically, Ambassadors at the Benjamin Franklin Dip- Society is composed of Members, staff or audibly impaired. By devoting themselves to lomatic Reception Room of the United and friends of the United States Con- broadening the public’s understanding and States Department of State; gress. In fact, I have also performed Whereas the United States Congressional awareness of opera, the company has served with the choral society. as the leader in maintaining opera as a living Philharmonic Society is approved as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization under the In- On May 20, 1998, the Congressional art form in America. ternal Revenue Code and is a corporation in Choral Society debuted along with the The National Opera designation will serve to good standing under the laws of the State of Washington Symphony Orchestra at facilitate the company’s fundraising efforts and Delaware; St. Joseph’s Church on Capitol Hill ticket sales, as well as oblige the company, Whereas the United States Congressional with standing ovations following their even more than in the past, to become the Philharmonic Society will offer free concerts rendition of the Song of Democracy cradle for American opera. to the public in the Washington metropoli- and the Battle Hymn of the Republic. I urge my colleagues to please support H.R. tan area; The marriage of the Congressional Cho- 4542 and to designate the Washington Opera Whereas the United States Congressional Philharmonic Society will encourage the de- ral Society and the Washington Sym- as the National Opera. phony Orchestra gave birth to the idea Mr. FATTAH. Madam Speaker, I velopment of young musical talent across and the eventual reality of a congres- yield back the balance of my time. the United States by providing educational programs for schools across the nation and sional Philharmonic orchestra. The Mr. GOODLING. Madam Speaker, I establishing internships and scholarships; United States Congressional Phil- yield back the balance of my time. and The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. harmonic Society is the institution Whereas the United States Congressional principally responsible for the forma- BIGGERT). The question is on the mo- Philharmonic Society envisions holding a se- tion, development, and operation of the tion offered by the gentleman from ries of concerts focusing on themes such as United States Congressional Phil- Pennsylvania (Mr. GOODLING) that the Celebrations of America, Salutes to the House suspend the rules and pass the States, a Great Americans series, and an harmonic Orchestra and the United bill, H.R. 4542. International Congressional Concert series: States Congressional Choral Society The question was taken; and (two- Now, therefore, be it which, I might add, I have chaired in Resolved by the House of Representatives (the all 15 years of its existence. thirds having voted in favor thereof) Senate concurring), That it is the sense of the the rules were suspended and the bill The vision of the Congressional Phil- Congress that the United States Congres- harmonic Society is to become the ar- was passed. sional Philharmonic Society should be ap- A motion to reconsider was laid on plauded— tistic voice of America through the the table. (1) for organizing two musical groups, the international language of music. The society will do that by encouraging f United States Congressional Choral Society and the United States Congressional Phil- congressional Members, staff, and SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING harmonic Orchestra; friends of the United States Congress CONGRESSIONAL PHILHARMONIC (2) for having as its mission the promotion to use their musical resources and tal- SOCIETY of patriotism, freedom, democracy, and un- ents. Given those talents and re- derstanding of American culture through sources, the society can accept invita- Mr. GOODLING. Madam Speaker, I sponsorship, management, and support of move to suspend the rules and agree to these groups and their derivative ensembles tions to present musical programs and the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. as they communicate through the inter- intends to present musical perform- 229) expressing the sense of Congress national language of music in concerts and ances that will enrich lives all across regarding the United States Congres- other multimedia performances in the Dis- America with patriotic and classical sional Philharmonic Society and its trict of Columbia and throughout the United presentations. mission of promoting musical excel- States and the world; and The mission of the Congressional lence throughout the educational sys- (3) for promoting musical excellence Philharmonic Society is to promote throughout the educational system, from patriotism, freedom, democracy, un- tem and encouraging people of all ages pre-school through post-graduate, and en- to commit to the love and expression of couraging people of all ages to commit to the derstanding, and world peace through musical performance. love and expression of musical performance. music. That mission will be accom- The Clerk read as follows: The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- plished by sponsoring, managing, and H. CON. RES. 229 ant to the rule, the gentleman from supporting the Congressional Choral Whereas in February 1996, several Senators Pennsylvania (Mr. GOODLING) and the Society and the Congressional Sym- and members of the House of Representa- gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. phony Orchestra as they communicate tives participated in a performance of the FATTAH) each will control 20 minutes. through the international language of Broadway musical ‘‘1776’’, a story depicting The Chair recognizes the gentleman music in concerts and other multi- the signing of the Declaration of Independ- media performances. ence; from Pennsylvania (Mr. GOODLING). Mr. GOODLING. Madam Speaker, I House Concurrent Resolution 229 is Whereas in April 1996 several Senators and simple and straightforward. It notes members of the House of Representatives yield myself such time as I may con- met with Maestro Martin Piecuch, the music sume. that the Congressional Philharmonic director of the musical ‘‘1776’’, and formed I rise in support of House Concurrent Society is approved as a 501(c)3 non- the United States Congressional Choral Soci- Resolution 229 expressing the sense of profit organization under the Internal ety; Congress regarding the United States Revenue Code, offers free concerts to

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:01 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\H06JN0.000 H06JN0 9570 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE June 6, 2000 the public in the Washington metro- The United States Congressional The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. politan area, and encourages the devel- Philharmonic Society has created its BIGGERT). The question is on the mo- opment of young musical talent across own unique and appropriate mission tion offered by the gentleman from the United States by providing intern- which promotes patriotism, freedom, Pennsylvania (Mr. GOODLING) that the ships, scholarships, and educational democracy, and understanding of House suspend the rules and agree to programs for schools across the Nation. American culture through sponsorship, the concurrent resolution, H. Con. Res. This resolution states that it is the sense of management, and support of these 229. the Congress that the United States Congres- groups and their derivative ensembles The question was taken; and (two- sional Philharmonic Society should be ap- as they communicate through the thirds having voted in favor thereof) plauded for having as its mission the pro- international language of music in con- the rules were suspended and the con- motion of patriotism, freedom, democracy, and certs and other multimedia perform- current resolution was agreed to. understanding of American culture through the ances in the United States and the A motion to reconsider was laid on international language of music; and for pro- world. the table. Under the organization of Maestro moting musical excellence throughout the edu- f cational system, and encouraging people of all Martin Piecuch, the Congressional GENERAL LEAVE ages to commit to the love and expression of Philharmonic Society has quickly es- musical performance. tablished itself as a voice of freedom Mr. GOODLING. Madam Speaker, I I would like to thank the gentleman from Vir- and democracy through the art of ask unanimous consent that all Mem- ginia—Mr. DAVIS—for introducing this resolu- music. Maestro Piecuch can be credited bers may have 5 legislative days within tion, and I would urge my colleagues to sup- with planting the seed for the Congres- which to revise and extend their re- port House Concurrent Resolution 229 and the sional Philharmonic Society when he marks on H. Con. Res. 229. Congressional Philharmonic Society. directed the Broadway musical 1776 at The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there DAR Constitution Hall in March of 1995 objection to the request of the gen- b 1230 in which 12 Members of Congress tleman from Pennsylvania? Mr. GOODLING. Madam Speaker, I played roles as the Founding Fathers There was no objection. reserve the balance of my time. of this great Nation. f Mr. FATTAH. Madam Speaker, I As the music director and conductor yield myself such time as I may con- of the Washington Symphony Orches- RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE sume. tra, the maestro has played a great OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSIC I rise in support of H. Con. Res. 229, role in the world of music for the citi- Mr. GOODLING. Madam Speaker, I and I am again amazed at the multi- zens of Northern Virginia. He has move to suspend the rules and agree to talented nature of the chairman of the served as resident conductor, orchestra the resolution (H. Res. 509) recognizing Committee on Education and the manager, and chorus manager at Wolf the importance of African-American Workforce. I was not aware that he Trap Farm Park for the Performing music to global culture and calling on also performed in these organizations Arts and held the position of music di- the people of the United States to beyond his work on the committee of rector and conductor with the Alexan- study, reflect on, and celebrate Afri- setting a national education policy, dria Choral Society. can-American music, as amended. but he is truly a Renaissance man. The United States Congressional The Clerk read as follows: Madam Speaker, I support the legis- Philharmonic Society has developed a concert series to promote democracy H. RES. 509 lation and the prime sponsor of it, the Whereas artists, songwriters, producers, gentleman from Virginia (Mr. DAVIS). and peace throughout the world. Most recently, on May 13, 2000, the String engineers, educators, executives, and other We came to the Congress together, and professionals in the music industry provide I hold him in high esteem. Quartet of the United States Congres- inspiration and leadership through their cre- Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal- sional Philharmonic Orchestra per- ation of music, dissemination of educational ance of my time. formed in the United States Depart- information, and financial contributions to Mr. GOODLING. Madam Speaker, I ment of State Diplomatic Reception charitable and community-based organiza- yield such time as he may consume to Room before the ambassadors to Amer- tions; Whereas African-American music is indige- the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. ica representing the South African De- velopment countries. nous to the United States and originates DAVIS). I would also like to thank former from African genres of music; Mr. DAVIS of Virginia. Madam United States Senator Charles Percy Whereas African-American genres of music Speaker, I thank the gentleman for such as gospel, blues, jazz, rhythm and blues, for his support of the Congressional rap, the Motown sound, and hip-hop have yielding me this time, and I appreciate Philharmonic Society. Senator Percy’s his efforts in bringing this bill to the their roots in the African-American experi- leadership and guidance have played a ence; floor. great role in Society’s formation. I rise today as the proud sponsor of Whereas African-American music has a Madam Speaker, the United States pervasive influence on dance, fashion, lan- H. Con. Res. 229, which expresses the Congressional Philharmonic Society is guage, art, literature, cinema, media, adver- sense of Congress regarding the United a living example of how our country’s tisements, and other aspects of culture; States Philharmonic Society and its principles of freedom and liberty can Whereas the prominence of African-Amer- mission of promoting musical excel- be showcased to the entire world ican music in the 20th century has reawak- lence throughout the educational sys- through music. I urge all Members to ened interest in the legacy and heritage of tem and encouraging people of all ages the art form of African-American music; join us in supporting this resolution. Whereas African-American music embodies to commit to the joy and expression of Mr. GOODLING. Madam Speaker, I musical performance. the strong presence of, and significant con- yield myself such time as I may con- tributions made by, African-Americans in I believe that all Americans should sume. the music industry and society as a whole; have the opportunity to participate in I do want to mention that the Cap- Whereas the multibillion dollar African- music and art programs. Arts edu- itol Hill Choral Society which I chair American music industry contributes great- cation programs and, specifically, was the brainchild of Betty Buchanan ly to the domestic and worldwide economy; music education programs have a posi- who has been our director for 13 years, Whereas African-American music has a tive impact on the lives of our chil- and she is the wife of our former col- positive impact on and broad appeal to di- dren. Music education is a valuable les- league, Congressman John Buchanan. verse groups, both nationally and inter- son that serves to enrich our children nationally; and We have given many concerts with jun- Whereas in 1979 President Carter recog- and our society, and the United States ior high choruses throughout Wash- nized June as African-American Music Congressional Philharmonic Society ington, D.C. Month, and President Clinton subsequently plays a vital role in accomplishing Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal- recognized June as African-American Music these goals. ance of my time. Month: Now, therefore, be it

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:01 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\H06JN0.000 H06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 9571 Resolved, That the House of Representa- Madam Speaker, this resolution is ture. I would like to thank the gentleman from tives— very simple. We want to rightly recog- Pennsylvania, Chairman GOODLING, and the (1) recognizes the importance of the con- nize and celebrate the magnificent con- gentleman from Pennsylvania, Mr. FATTAH, for tributions of African-American music to tributions that African-American their fine work in crafting this resolution and global culture and the positive impact of Af- rican-American music on global commerce; music has provided, not only in shap- also for allowing me to insert language into and ing the social and political fabric of this bill recognizing the importance of the (2) calls on the people of the United States our Nation, but to the global culture as Motown Sound. to take the opportunity to study, reflect on, well. Motown, as many of us will remember, and celebrate the majesty, vitality, and im- I commend the gentleman from Madam Speaker, is the recording label started portance of African-American music. Pennsylvania for his leadership in au- in Detroit, Michigan back in 1959. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- thoring this legislation, and I urge my The Motown story is the story of Berry ant to the rule, the gentleman from colleagues to vote in its support. Gordy, Jr., who was born in Detroit, Michigan Pennsylvania (Mr. GOODLING) and the Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- on November 28, 1929. He was the seventh gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. ance of my time. of eight children of Berry, Sr. and Bertha FATTAH) each will control 20 minutes. Mr. FATTAH. Madam Speaker, I Gordy who themselves moved to Detroit from The Chair recognizes the gentleman yield myself such time as I may con- the South. After being drafted into the Army in from Pennsylvania (Mr. GOODLING). sume. 1951, he obtained his high school equivalency GENERAL LEAVE I rise in support of H. Res. 509. I degree while in the Army. When Berry got out Mr. GOODLING. Madam Speaker, I would like to thank the chairman of of the Army 1953, he opened a jazz-oriented ask unanimous consent that all Mem- the committee for facilitating this leg- record store called the 3–D Record Mart with bers may have 5 legislative days within islation’s appearance here on the floor, his family’s help. By 1955, the store had failed which to revise and extend their re- and I would share with him again that and Berry was working on the Ford auto- marks on H. Res. 509. we look forward to welcoming the Re- mobile assembly line. While working on the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there publican National Convention in Phila- line, Berry constantly wrote songs, submitting objection to the request of the gen- delphia. It is the first time our city them to magazines, contests, and singers. His tleman from Pennsylvania? will be hosting a convention in the last first break as a songwriter came in 1957 when There was no objection. 50 years. Jackie Wilson recorded ‘‘Reet Petite’’, a song Mr. GOODLING. Madam Speaker, I Philadelphia is an appropriate place he, his sister Gwen and Billy Davis (under the yield myself such time as I may con- for either of our national parties to pseudonym of Tyran Carlo) had written. ‘‘Reet sume. meet because it is the founding city of Petite’’ became a modest hit and netted Berry I rise today in support of H. Res. 509 our country in which the document $1,000 for the song. The rest, as they say, is offered by the gentleman from Penn- that was referred to earlier, the Dec- history—a wonderful history of African-Amer- sylvania (Mr. FATTAH), a very impor- laration of Independence, was penned. ican contributions to American music and cul- tant member of our Committee on Edu- Notwithstanding a few people who do ture. cation and the Workforce. I particu- not live in our city who may come to a The list of entertainers that share their roots larly want to call to all of my col- sporting event and not act appro- in Motown is long and incredibly distinguished. leagues’ attention that the gentleman priately, the citizens of our city have Their music forms an integral part of the has indicated that we will have a most agreed that they are going to be Re- American experience. This list includes Jackie memorable and enjoyable meeting in publicans for a whole week when they Wilson, the Miracles, the Four Tops, the City of Brotherly Love when our come for the convention. Marvelettes, Martha and the Vandellas, convention meets there. He has assured Then, on this particular legislation, Supremes, the Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Mary Wells, Mickey Steven- me that the bad name that the city Philadelphia has played and continues son, Smokey Robinson, Holland-Dozier-Hol- gets on sporting events from time to to play, a very important role in the land, the Funk Brothers, Gladys Knight and time has nothing to do with the people development of African-American the Pips, the Isley Brothers, Diana Ross and of the City of Brotherly Love. I think music from the Philadelphia Sound, the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, he said they come from across the and Marian Anderson, and a host of the Jackson 5, the Commodores, and Lionel river, the ones that cause the trouble. others. This year I have introduced Ritchie to name only a few. Motown afforded Now he is in trouble with the people this resolution, particularly in honor these and many other talented performers the across the river. of the late great Grover Washington, opportunity to showcase their music to all of Madam Speaker, African-American Jr. and Curtis Mayfield who both have America. music has been a part of the American passed, but the contributions of Afri- In 1970 Motown established a new sub- and global culture for decades. From can Americans in the field of music are sidiary label called Black Forum that released glorious gospel blues, jazz, rhythm and well known; and they go through all of the historical speeches of Dr. Martin Luther blues to rap and hip-hop, African- the different types of music, from gos- King Jr., Stokely Carmichael and black poets American music has influenced all as- pel to jazz to hip-hop and the like. such as Langston Hughes and Margaret Dan- pects of our society in the form of Madam Speaker, I want to thank the ner. The Motown label continues to thrive dance, fashion, language, art, lit- majority, particularly the chairman, today, ensuring that future generations will be erature, cinema, media, and advertise- for allowing this resolution. It is im- able to enjoy this rich musical tradition. ments. portant because, in this month of June For ready information about Motown I would Throughout time, African-American under the leadership of the Inter- like to express a special thank you to Mike artists, songwriters, educators, and national Association of African-Amer- Callahan and his web page, http:// other professionals in the music indus- ican Music under the leadership of www.bsnpubs.com/motownstory.html. I would try have provided inspiration and lead- Diana Williams, there will be an impor- also like to recommend and thank the web site ership through their creation of music, tant acknowledgment, and this dates of the Recording Institute Of Detroit at http:// dissemination of educational informa- back decades now from Jimmy Carter www.recordingeq.com/motown.htm. There you tion, and financial contributions to up through President Bill Clinton, ac- can find a photo essay tour of the Motown charitable and community-based orga- knowledging this month, and I think it Historical Museum guided by Robert Dennis, nizations that had allowed African- is appropriate that the Congress does Former Mastering Supervisor, Motown. For the American music to embody the strong likewise. I want to thank all of my col- museum’s excellent photos I would like to presence of and significant contribu- leagues and hope for favorable consid- thank Nick David for REQ and the Motown tions made by African Americans. All eration of this resolution. Historical Museum. An in-person visit is al- in all, African-American music has Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Madam Speaker. I ways better. You can contact the museum at made a positive impact on and a broad rise today to express my support for House (313) 875–2264. appeal to diverse groups, both nation- Resolution 509 which extolls the contributions The Motown Historical Museum is housed in ally and internationally. of African-American music to American cul- two adjacent and connected buildings at 2648

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:01 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 9920 E:\BR00\H06JN0.000 H06JN0 9572 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE June 6, 2000 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan. over 20 years as their elected represent- Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal- These are the two original buildings out of the ative. During his time in Congress, he ance of my time. eight West Grand Boulevard buildings that was a credit to this institution we now Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Madam Motown owned on the boulevard in the serve in. A former U.S. Army captain, Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gen- 1960’s—before the company moved its head- Aspin served as the chairman of the tleman from Wisconsin (Mr. PETRI). quarters to a ten-story office building on Committee on Armed Services from Mr. PETRI. Madam Speaker, I thank Woodward Avenue in downtown Detroit. The 1985 to 1993. When the President called my colleague, the gentleman from Wis- Motown Studio A remained at Hitsville, USA. on him, Aspin continued his hard work consin, for yielding time to me. In light of Motown’s historic musical con- to improve our Nation’s security by I would like to commend him for tak- tribution, I felt it necessary that we include rec- serving as the U.S. Secretary of De- ing the leadership to bring this meas- ognition of the Motown Sound in this resolu- fense from 1993 to 1994. This dedicated ure before the House today to honor a tion and highlight a fantastic chapter of the public servant passed away, unfortu- distinguished son of the State of Wis- Detroit area’s place in history. Congratulations nately, on May 21, 1995 at the age of 56. consin and a friend of mine, Les Aspin. While a member of the Democratic and thank you to Motown! Wisconsinites are very proud of Con- Mr. FATTAH. Madam Speaker, I gressman Aspin and all that he has Party, Les was a person who took his yield back the balance of my time. done for Wisconsin’s First District and responsibilities as a United States Rep- Mr. GOODLING. Madam Speaker, I the Nation. I believe that it would be resentative, not as a party representa- encourage all of my colleagues to sup- appropriate to honor the late Congress- tive, seriously. He often broke party ranks to take actions that he felt were port this legislation, and I yield back man Aspin by naming the U.S. Post Of- right, and his leadership influenced the balance of my time. fice in Janesville, Wisconsin, my own many others in this body, so that it The SPEAKER pro tempore. The hometown, as the Les Aspin Post Office ended up being quite effective. question is on the motion offered by Building. Aspin’s former Janesville of- I can remember myself wondering the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. fice had been housed in the old Janes- ville Post Office downtown, which is whether it made sense for us to get in- GOODLING) that the House suspend the volved in military action in the Gulf at rules and agree to the resolution, H. now the Keeley Pharmacy, for over 2 decades. the time of that crisis, when Kuwait Res. 509, as amended. was invaded, or whether we should, as The question was taken. As the Congressman who currently serves the First Congressional District, many counseled at the time, rely on an Mr. GOODLING. Madam. Speaker, on embargo, which is still in effect, to that I demand the yeas and nays. and as a member of the opposite party that Congressman Aspin served from, I bring down Saddam Hussein and roll The yeas and nays were ordered. back the troops. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- believe that this still would be a fitting tribute to Congressman Aspin, espe- Les took the well of this House and ant to clause 8 of rule XX and the repeatedly urged us to use military Chair’s prior announcement, further cially since this marks the 30th anni- versary to the year he was first elected force, overwhelming military force, proceedings on this motion will be and predicted that if we marshalled postponed. to this congressional seat. Les Aspin embodied honest public that force it would not be effectively f service and his example continues to resisted, and we would have, and gasps LES ASPIN POST OFFICE inspire Members of Congress today. I went from the crowd, if any casualties, BUILDING thank the gentleman from New York casualties in the hundreds, not the thousands. Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Madam (Mr. MCHUGH), the chairman of the Subcommittee on Postal Service, and At the time, people were predicting a Speaker, I move to suspend the rules quagmire and tens of thousands of the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. BUR- and pass the bill (H.R. 4241) to des- American troops and allied troops los- ignate the facility of the United States TON), the chairman of the Committee on Government Reform, for their co- ing their lives. While it did not seem to Postal Service located at 1818 Milton many that plausible at the time, Les Avenue in Janesville, Wisconsin, as the operation and leadership in bringing this bill to the floor today, and I would proved to be absolutely right. His coun- ‘‘Les Aspin Post Office Building’’. sel by a narrow vote was followed, and urge my colleagues to honor a great The Clerk read as follows: we did roll back the invasion of Ku- American statesman who gave much to H.R. 4241 wait, and set an example that we hope this institution and to support H.R. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- will deter others from taking similar resentatives of the United States of America in 4241. Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- action. Congress assembled, He broke ranks from the military ance of my time. SECTION 1. LES ASPIN POST OFFICE BUILDING. community in opposing the B–2 weap- (a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the b 1245 ons system. He broke ranks again with United States Postal Service located at 1818 Mr. FATTAH. Madam Speaker, I party orthodoxy in supporting, but in a Milton Avenue in Janesville, Wisconsin, moderate way, the SDI, Strategic De- shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Les yield myself such time as I may con- Aspin Post Office Building’’. sume. fense Initiative, feeling that we should (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, Madam Speaker, I rise in support of not try in Congress to cut it off, we map, regulation, document, paper, or other H.R. 4241, joining my colleague, the should not throw money at it, but we record of the United States to the facility re- gentleman from the great State of Wis- should invest in research in that area, ferred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to consin (Mr. RYAN). as we could prudently and as the de- be a reference to the ‘‘Les Aspin Post Office Les Aspin was a leader here in this fense community indicated could be Building’’. Congress for many, many years dealing absorbed. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- with issues related to national defense He was well respected, a former edu- ant to the rule, the gentleman from and the Armed Forces, but moreover, cator, an economist at the Marquette Wisconsin (Mr. RYAN) and the gen- was a public servant who provided an University, and a person who has been tleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. extraordinary level of leadership to our honored by Marquette University; FATTAH) each will control 20 minutes. Nation. He is someone who, as is obvi- there is the Aspin Institute here in this The Chair recognizes the gentleman ous by the sponsorship of this bill, who city, which trains many young people from Wisconsin (Mr. RYAN). enjoyed respect and support on both who come out to learn about govern- Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Madam sides of the aisle. I would like to com- ment. I have been pleased to have a Speaker, I yield myself such time as I pliment the gentleman for the intro- number of Aspin Institute scholars in may consume. duction. my own office. Others in Congress I Former Congressman Les Aspin Madam Speaker, we look forward to think can say the same. faithfully served the people of Wiscon- favorable, if not unanimous, support I really am very, very pleased that sin’s First Congressional District for for this bill. my colleague and the worthy successor

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:01 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\H06JN0.000 H06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 9573 of former Defense Secretary and Congressional District for 22 years; such weighty issues as base closures, a former Representative Les Aspin, served as Secretary of Defense, was a shrinking Pentagon budget, and the growing former chairman of the Committee on scholar, was a professor and academic. threat of regional conflicts. As Secretary, Les Armed Services, has chosen to honor He was known as a good statesman, as will always be remembered for instituting the Mr. Aspin in this way. an honest man. ‘‘bottom-up’’ review which took the first hard Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Madam Whether we agreed or disagreed on a look at the organizational structure of the mili- Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gen- given issue with Les Aspin, we always tary in a post-Cold War world. tlewoman from Maryland (Mrs. knew that he thought issues through, After leaving the Pentagon in early 1994, MORELLA). and that he was going to give good Les joined the faculty of Marquette University’s Mrs. MORELLA. Madam Speaker, I service to the First Congressional Dis- international affairs program in Washington, thank the gentleman for yielding time trict of Wisconsin. He was a gifted D.C. In March 1995, be became a member of to me, and for introducing this resolu- statesman. His memory will live on for the Commission on Roles and Missions. In tion to name the building for somebody quite a while. May, President Clinton chose him as chairman with whom many of us did serve in this We thought it would be especially fit- of the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advi- House of Representatives who truly ting that the Janesville, Wisconsin, sory Board. In March 1995, he began work as was a great statesman. Post Office be renamed after Les Aspin, chairman of still another study group, this on He started off with a great education, given the fact that his own office was the Roles and Capabilities of the Intelligence certainly, having gone through the housed in the old Janesville Post Office Community. Shortly thereafter, on May 21, Milwaukee schools, entering higher for a good 20 years. I might add, 1995, he died of a stroke. education, and then he became a pro- Madam Speaker, that the Janesville Les was a brilliant man who, through his tre- fessor, serving very well. He went City Council has passed a resolution af- mendous energy and work ethic, worked tire- through the staff positions where he firming the designation of this Post Of- lessly to shape this nation’s vision for defense worked for Senator Proxmire. He also fice. policy and armed forces to meet the changing worked for Walter Heller, who was the Madam Speaker, I ask passage of this demands of the 21st century. His intellect and chairman of President Kennedy’s Coun- measure. perspective are sorely missed. cil on Economic Advisors. Mr. KIND. Madam Speaker, I rise in strong Wisconsin has sent a number of nationally Also, he served as a captain in the support of H.R. 4241, legislation designating known historical leaders to represent them in United States Army. He was an eco- the United States Post Office in Janesville, Washington. Robert LaFollette, Melvin Laird, nomic adviser to the Secretary of De- Wisconsin as the ‘‘Les Aspin Post Office Bill Proxmire and Gaylord Nelson to name just fense. Then he was elected to the House Building.’’ a few. Without question, Les Aspin’s name of Representatives in the 92nd Con- Les Aspin was a larger-than-life political must be certainly added to this list. gress. Then he was reelected to the 11 icon who represented Wisconsin’s 1st Con- Madam Speaker, I am proud to join my col- succeeding Congresses, serving, there- gressional District in the U.S. House of Rep- leagues in paying tribute to former Congress- fore, from 1971 in January until he re- resentatives from 1971 to 1993. After being man, Les Aspin. signed in January of 1993. successfully reelected in 1992, Les was ap- Mr. ORTIZ. Madam Speaker, I rise today in While serving here in Congress, he pointed by President Bill Clinton to become support of H.R. 4241, to rename the Janes- was a member of the Committee on this nation’s 18th Secretary of Defense, a po- ville, Wisconsin, Post Office the Les Aspin Armed Forces, and he was its chairman sition he held until February 3, 1994. Post Office Building. from the 99th through the 102nd Con- Les accomplished much in his nearly 57 I served with Les from 1985 until 1993, gresses. We then know he became Sec- years. Born in Milwaukee, Les received a B.A. when he left to serve the Clinton Administra- retary of Defense until his resignation from Yale University in 1960, an M.A. from tion as Secretary of Defense. Les was an in- in 1994. Oxford University in 1962 where he was a credibly talented public servant with a mind Additionally, from August, 1994, until Rhodes Scholar, and earned a Ph.D. in eco- that worked quickly and saw the complexity of his death at the age of 57 in 1995, he nomics from MIT in 1965. As an officer in the problems, both near-term and long-term. He was professor of international policy, U.S. Army from 1966 to 1968, Les served as was an amazing man who never lost touch Washington Center for Government, a systems analyst in the Pentagon under Sec- with the people he represented. He could talk Marquette University. He was also retary of Defense Robert McNamara. In 1970, to farmers and mechanics as easily as he chair of the Foreign Intelligence Advi- after first contemplating running for other state talked to presidents and prime ministers, a sory Board and of the Commission on offices, Les was elected to the House of Rep- trait I greatly admire. He never lost a political the Roles and Capabilities of the resentatives, where he served for the next 22 race and worked his entire life to make this United States Intelligence Community. years. country a better place to live. I want to point out, Madam Speaker, Once in the House, Les soon developed a I think he surprised us all when he chal- that here is a man who, from the begin- special interest and expertise in defense mat- lenged Mel Price for the Chairmanship of the ning of his career until the very end at ters. In 1985, as a junior member of the House Armed Services Committee, but for the age 57, devoted himself in so many House Committee on Armed Services, Les face of the House Representatives, it was in- ways to the greatness of our country. leap-frogged Members much more senior to deed a good thing. Les brought a new mind- He was indeed a patriot and a public become chair of this powerful committee. As set and new way of thinking to the different servant. chair, Les proved to be a straight shooter, not problems that we faced as a country in the I want to congratulate our colleague, one to always toe his party’s political line. Les aftermath of the Cold War. He served in the the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. was a strong early supporter of the Persian Army for 2 years and understood the nature of RYAN), sponsor of the legislation, hav- Gulf War, predicting in advance that the U.S.’s the animal. ing introduced it in recognition of his military force would drive the Iraqis from Ku- As the Secretary of Defense, he led the ef- predecessor, Les Aspin, who served this wait. In a paper written prior to the war, Les forts to address the Quadrennial Defense Re- Nation and his constituency for many stated that the United States could win a quick view to assess the needs of our military on a years with great ability, dedication, military victory with light casualties. The accu- regular basis. From this effort came the philos- and finesse. I think he is indeed deserv- racy of his prediction lent credence to his al- ophy that the United States may well need to ing of having the Post Office located on ready strong reputation. As chair, Les’ sentinel fight two wars in the not-too-distant future and 1818 Milton Avenue in Janesville, Wis- work on reshaping the Armed Forces after the in the course of that scenario, a rogue state consin, named after him. I urge all our demise of the Soviet Union was instrumental could easily attack the United States or exer- colleagues to support this measure. in the formation of post-Cold War strategies cise acts of terrorism against us. Les dubbed Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Madam and policies for this nation. the U.S. strategy scenario in this instance as Speaker, I yield myself such time as I In turn, Presidential candidate Bill Clinton ‘‘win-hold-win.’’ If the U.S. was indeed in the may consume. relied on Les for his wisdom and once elected two-war scenario, Les devised a strategy that Just to briefly reiterate, Madam named him as his first defense secretary. Dur- would win one war, hold our ground on a sec- Speaker, Les Aspin served the First ing his tenure at the Pentagon, Les dealt with ond war, and win the third.

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Is there mittee operated and changed the way the Center for Government, recognized his service objection to the request of the gentle- United States assessed threats and disposed to this program. woman from Maryland? There was no objection. of resources. Secretary Aspin brought his love for his Mrs. MORELLA. Madam Speaker, I Les Aspin made this a better country and work and his sense of humor into her personal yield myself such time as I may con- was wholly dedicated to public service. I am life as well. As an avid dog lover, my fellow sume. proud that we will be naming the Janesville Wisconsinite named his dog ‘‘Junket,’’ and Madam Speaker, our distinguished Post Office after this great American. I hope Junket was equally comfortable and welcome colleague, the gentleman from New Les Aspin’s name on the building will inspire in the office and at home. York (Mr. HINCHEY), has introduced the pride in the young people in his community I believe that H.R. 4241 is a fitting tribute to bill before us, H.R. 3030. Pursuant to who did not have the opportunity to know this a man who gave tirelessly to the people he the policy of the Committee on Gov- politically savvy, academically gifted creative represented in Wisconsin during his tenure as ernment Reform, the entire House dele- thinker. Congressman and the country during his ten- gation of the State of New York has co- Mr. KLECZKA. Madam Speaker, I rise today ure as Secretary of Defense. I am honored to sponsored this legislation. in support of H.R. 4241, legislation which will speak in support of H.R. 4241 and believe that The bill designates the facility of the rename the post office in Janesville, Wis- the recognition it would lend to Secretary United States Postal Service located at consin, as the ‘‘Les Aspin Post Office Build- Aspin, is well deserved. 757 Warren Road in Ithaca, New York, ing.’’ Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Madam as the Matthew F. McHugh Post Office. One of Wisconsin’s favorite son’s Les Aspin Speaker, I yield back the balance of The Congressional Budget Office has served his home state with distinction during my time. reviewed H.R. 3030 and estimates that his eleven terms as Congressman from the The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. the enactment of the bill would have First District. He went on to serve the Clinton BIGGERT). The question is on the mo- no significant impact on the Federal Administration as its first Secretary of De- tion offered by the gentleman from budget. Spending by the Postal Service fense. He served his home state and his Wisconsin (Mr. RYAN) that the House is classified as off-budget, and thus is country with great honor. suspend the rules and pass the bill, not subject to pay-as-you-go proce- Les began and ended his professional ca- H.R. 4241. dures. reer as a professor at Marquette University in The question was taken. Mr. McHugh studied at Mount St. Milwaukee. The university’s Washington pro- Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Madam Mary’s College in Emmitsburg, Mary- gram, which brings students to our Nation’s Speaker, on that I demand the yeas land, the State that I represent. He capitol to experience firsthand the way our and nays. graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1960 government works, was renamed in 1996 the The yeas and nays were ordered. and was the President of the student The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Les Aspin Center for Government in his honor. body. He then received his Juris Doctor ant to clause 8 of rule XX and the I know Les would be proud to know that the from Villanova Law School, where he Chair’s prior announcement, further institute which bears his name is building upon was the editor of the Law Review. He proceedings on this motion will be his legacy by teaching future generations of was city prosecutor in Ithaca, prac- postponed. leaders about the values of civic involvement ticed law in Ithaca, New York, and was and public service. f district attorney in Tompkins County, New York. Madam Speaker, throughout Les’ service to MATTHEW F. MCHUGH POST Matthew McHugh was the prede- his country, his love and commitment to his OFFICE cessor of the gentleman from New York home state remained deep and unwavering. Mrs. MORELLA. Madam Speaker, I (Mr. HINCHEY) to Congress, and rep- Today we have the opportunity to further rec- move to suspend the rules and pass the resented the 27th and 28th Congres- ognize the outstanding achievements of one of bill (H.R. 3030) to designate the facility sional Districts of New York. Rep- our former colleagues who left us far too soon. of the United States Postal Service lo- resentative McHugh was elected to Renaming the post office in Janesville as the cated at 757 Warren Road in Ithaca, Congress in 1975 and he served until Les Aspin Post Office Building is a fitting trib- New York, as the ‘‘Matthew F. McHugh 1992. He served on the Committee on ute to a man who served Wisconsin so well. Post Office’’. Appropriations, the Subcommittee on Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Madam Speaker, I The Clerk read as follows: Foreign Operations, Export Financing rise today as an original cosponsor and strong H.R. 3030 and Related Programs, and the Sub- support of H.R. 4241 which designates the fa- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- committee on Rural Development, Ag- cility of the U.S. Postal Service located at resentatives of the United States of America in riculture and Related Agencies from 1818 Milton Avenue in Janesville, Wisconsin, Congress assembled, 1978 to 1992. as the Les Aspin Post Office Building. SECTION 1. DESIGNATION. He served on numerous other com- I had the distinguished honor of serving with (a) IN GENERAL.—The facility of the United mittees and organizations while in the Mr. Aspin. As a fellow Wisconsinite, I admired States Postal Service located at 757 Warren House, such as the Permanent Select his dedication to public service that was evi- Road in Ithaca, New York, shall be known Committee on Intelligence, where he and designated as the ‘‘Matthew F. McHugh dent throughout his tenure; not only as a was chairman of the Subcommittee on Member of the House of Representatives, but Post Office’’. (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, Legislation. He was acting chairman of as Secretary of Defense and Chairman of the map, regulation, document, paper, or other the Committee on Standards of Official President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, to record of the United States to the facility re- Conduct, and he served on the Select name just a few. ferred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to Committee on Children, Youth, and Secretary Aspin did not begin his life’s de- be a reference to the ‘‘Matthew F. McHugh Families; the Committee on Veterans votion to the public in the political arena. He Post Office’’. Affairs; the Committee on Agriculture; served this country in the U.S. Army from The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- the Committee on the Interior; the 1966 to 1968. He then entered politics and ant to the rule, the gentlewoman from Arms Control and Foreign Policy Cau- went on to served in this body from 1971 to Maryland (Mrs. MORELLA) and the gen- cus; and as the chairman of the Demo- 1993. He served as the Chairman of the tleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. cratic Study Group. House Armed Services Committee from 1985 FATTAH) each will control 20 minutes. After leaving the House, Mr. McHugh to 1993. He was then appointed by President The Chair recognizes the gentle- continued his participation in improv- Clinton as his first Secretary of Defense. woman from Maryland (Mrs. MORELLA). ing our Nation and the world. He is

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presently the counselor to the presi- which would rename the new post of- TON), our friend and colleague, in whose dent of the World Bank in Washington, fice building in Ithaca, New York, in district the post office lies, as well as D.C., a position he assumed in 1993. honor of former Representative Mat- to the gentleman from New York Prior to that, he was vice president, thew F. McHugh. (Chairman MCHUGH) for his assistance university counsel, and secretary to Matt was my predecessor in the in bringing this bill to the House. The the Corporation of Cornell University House, and I know many people here gentleman from New York (Mr. HOUGH- in Ithaca, New York. He continues to who served with him. He served with TON) served with Matt here for a num- serve in various capacities in organiza- distinction for nine terms as a member ber of years. They were, during that tions, such as the National Endowment of the Committee on Appropriations service, good friends; and they con- for Democracy, the Central and East for 14 years. Matt championed issues tinue to be good friends to this day. European Law Initiative of the Amer- like hunger in Africa that brought him Matt still provides service for the ican Bar Association, the International no particular glory and no attention. country, as the gentlewoman from Crisis Group. He was a passionate advocate for those Maryland (Mrs. MORELLA) has said, in He is president of the Association of who could not adequately defend them- his position as vice president and coun- Former Members of Congress, Bread for selves and a voice for meeting our sel to the president of the World Bank. the World, New York State Regents international responsibilities in a hu- He was, in fact, a distinguished Mem- Commission on Higher Education, the mane way. ber of this House; indeed, as many peo- Board of Consulters of the Villanova In his present position at the World ple referred to him during his service School of Law, and Chairman of the Bank, and his many volunteer efforts, here, a man of the House. And he con- Board of Trustees of Mount St. Mary’s he remains a strong, dedicated leader tinues to be a strong, dedicated, faith- College. in securing human rights for all. ful citizen of the United States. We all I had the pleasure of serving with Mr. Matt’s road to Congress began like owe him a great thanks for his service McHugh and traveling with him inter- many Members, with a career in law. to the country. nationally in pursuit of the best inter- He first moved to Ithaca, New York, in Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the ests of our country with foreign affairs, 1968 to join a law firm in that city. gentleman from New York (Mr. LA- and it is a great pleasure to be able to Just 1 year later, he was elected as FALCE). speak on behalf of this bill to name the Tompkins County’s district attorney, Mr. LAFALCE. Mr. Speaker, I prob- post office the Matthew F. McHugh making him the first Democrat to hold ably knew Matt McHugh for longer Post Office. a county-wide elected office there in than anybody in this body, because I I urge our colleagues to support H.R. decades. first met him at Villanova Law School 3030, honoring our former colleague by In 1974, he was enlisted to run for the in the early 1960s when we were both naming that postal facility at 757 War- House seat which was then being va- students there. Above and beyond ren Road in Ithaca, New York, as the cated by former Representative How- being students together, we were coun- Matthew F. McHugh Post Office. ard Robison, a very distinguished Re- selors at that time to the under- Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- publican who held that seat for a good graduate students at Villanova Univer- ance of my time. many years and who was retiring at sity. I also came to know his lovely The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without that moment. Matt McHugh won that wife, Alanna, then. They were dating objection, the gentleman from New seat and served the district admirably at that time. And when we talk about York (Mr. HINCHEY) will control the and well for 18 years. a great human being, we have to think time of the gentleman from Pennsyl- When he retired from the House, he of two human beings, both Matt and vania (Mr. FATTAH). was widely praised by Members of both his wonderful wife, Alanna. There was no objection. parties as well as in the press for his From the very first day I knew him, Mr. HINCHEY. Madam Speaker, I thoughtfulness, his fairness, and his in- through all of our 18 years in Congress yield myself such time as I may con- tegrity. A national columnist, upon the together to today, there is no one I sume. news of his retirement, wrote that have ever respected more, both profes- Madam Speaker, it gives me a great Matt McHugh was an example of ‘‘the sionally and personally. Matt was the deal of pleasure to speak on behalf of best the House can offer.’’ Our ranking type of individual at law school who this initiative, which will name the member, the gentleman from Wis- never had a bad word to say about any- postal facility in Ithaca, New York, consin (Mr. OBEY) said, and I quote, ‘‘In one. If he had a bad thought, he kept it after my dear friend, colleague, and my view, there is no Member of this to himself. He only spoke well of oth- predecessor, the Honorable Matthew F. House who more aptly sums up what ers. He was a kind man, a gentle man McHugh. public service ought to be all about as a law student. It gives me particular pleasure to do than does Matt McHugh.’’ Mr. Speaker, I remember the tremen- so following the statements that have Throughout his years in Congress, he dous job he did when he was the dis- been just made by the gentlewoman made Ithaca his home. Ithacans con- trict attorney in Tompkins County at from Maryland (Mrs. MORELLA), whose tinue to take pride in having sent a the time of the uprisings at Cornell, service with Mr. McHugh overlapped. man of such distinction to the House of and he handled it so judiciously, so ap- I know that Matt holds the gentle- Representatives, and community lead- propriately. woman from Maryland (Mrs. MORELLA) ers there have told me that they wel- He was elected to Congress in the in great respect and affection, as do I, come such a permanent commemora- great Watergate year, 1974. He was one and I know very well that he would be tion of Matt and his years of public of the ‘‘Watergate Babies,’’ and so was very pleased if he were in this room service. Although he was never the I. We were elected at the same time, now to have just heard the very lovely kind of man to seek such honors, I and we came to Congress on the same and kind and warm remarks that she know that he deserves recognition and day. made about him, as I was just a mo- this permanent commemoration of the As Members, we always like to dou- ment ago. service he gave will remind people of ble check ourselves. Are we doing the fine example he set. something right? Are we doing some- b 1300 Naming the new Ithaca post office in thing wrong? And I always wanted to I want to thank the gentlewoman his honor is one small way in which we know how Matt McHugh was going to from Maryland (Mrs. MORELLA) very can acknowledge his years of hard vote on an issue, because if his inclina- much for what she has just said. work, dedication, and commitment to tions were the same as mine, I felt Also, I want to say that I too am the people of New York’s 26th Congres- pretty secure in my conviction. And if honored to stand before you today to sional District. his inclinations differed from mine, urge our support, the support of all the I owe a special thanks also to the that would give me pause and concern, Members of the House, for H.R. 3030, gentleman from New York (Mr. HOUGH- because I trusted his judgment and

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He approached the Ithaca city prosecutor was re- myself such time as I may consume. each and every issue on its merits. spected by students at Cornell, and he Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased that There are not too many individuals respected us as students. the gentleman from New York (Mr. we can say that of. He did not try to It was that mutual respect and that HINCHEY) has introduced this resolu- fool others. He tried to give the total mutual sense of good feeling which has tion to name this post office. During truth, not just a half-truth that would characterized the career of Matt my time with Matt McHugh here in the serve his own purposes. But perhaps McHugh ever since that day. House of Representatives, I will also most importantly, he never attempted At 30 years old, he was elected the say that I found him to be fair, open- to fool himself. And the most difficult first Democratic district attorney for minded, warm, bipartisan, and a very thing in the world is being honest with Tompkins County, New York. Many committed professional. yourself. students at Cornell, including myself, I am pleased that he is continuing So when we honor Matt McHugh, we worked in that first campaign for Matt with his work with the World Bank, be- are honoring one of the best persons McHugh. The respect that he earned in cause he is helping those who are op- who has ever served in this House. I am that job, as the gentleman from New pressed and those who need the Bank’s just grateful that he has continued to York (Mr. LAFALCE) intimated earlier, services in other countries. perform public service since he retired led to his election to Congress in 1974, So, Mr. Speaker, I urge this body to as a Member. When he and I first knew again, as the first Democrat from that vote for H.R. 3030, to name the post of- each other, we were counselors to stu- area in a very, very long time. fice the ‘‘Matthew F. McHugh Post Of- dents. Now he is the counselor to the Now, Matt McHugh was the kind of fice.’’ president of the World Bank. And in man who kept up his relationships. He Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance that sense, he is not just affecting mil- was never a man who was unfriendly; of my time. lions of people in the world, or billions, always a gracious, sharing, caring indi- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. as we in Congress do, but virtually vidual. I kept my relations with him as PEASE). The question is on the motion every person in the world in his posi- a Hill staffer in the 1970s and 80’s. And offered by the gentlewoman from tion as counselor to the president of what we are saying today, those who Maryland (Mrs. MORELLA) that the the World Bank. knew him and those who served with House suspend the rules and pass the Matt would be the first to say that him, is that Matt McHugh saw politics bill, H.R. 3030. having one’s name carved in stone is as a noble profession. Everybody who The question was taken. not a true measure of the person or of knows Matt McHugh, and knew him as Mrs. MORELLA. Mr. Speaker, on his impact on the world. But I and an elected official, learned that, in that I demand the yeas and nays. many others will take considerable fact, politicians, elected officials, could The yeas and nays were ordered. pleasure in knowing that high above be noble; that elected officials had not The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Cayuga’s waters for decades to come, only intelligence and insight, but they ant to clause 8 of rule XX and the Matt’s name will be seen by millions of had integrity and ethics, fairness, and Chair’s prior announcement, further Ithacans and other New Yorkers. And in the case of Matt McHugh, grace. proceedings on this motion will be parents will tell their children, Matt His wife, Alanna, and his wonderful postponed. McHugh? Oh, he is probably the best daughters, played a key role in all of f public servant this town, this county, his life. He was proud of them and they b 1315 this State has ever known. were proud of him, and he showed what Mr. Speaker, I hope you and all our a family in politics could do together. SHARK FINNING PROHIBITION ACT colleagues will join me in supporting Mr. Speaker, having lived in Ithaca Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I this honor for one of the best Members for 10 years, and I think the only Cor- move to suspend the rules and pass the of Congress our institution has ever nell alumnus in this body at the bill (H.R. 3535) to amend the Magnuson- known, Matt McHugh. present time, I know that all Ithacans Stevens Fishery Conservation and Mr. HINCHEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 will be proud that a post office in their Management Act to eliminate the minutes to the gentleman from San city will be named after Matt McHugh. wasteful and unsportsmanlike practice Diego, California (Mr. FILNER). Mr. HINCHEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield of shark finning, as amended. Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker, I thank myself such time as I may consume. The Clerk read as follows: the gentleman from New York for Mr. Speaker, I also want to thank H.R. 3535 yielding me this time, and I thank him our friends, the gentleman from New Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- for introducing this motion for a great York (Mr. LAFALCE) and the gentleman resentatives of the United States of America in former Member of our body. I thank from California (Mr. FILNER), for their Congress assembled, also the gentlewoman from Maryland words about our dear friend, Matt SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. (Mrs. MORELLA) and the gentleman McHugh. I also want to express my This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Shark Finning from New York (Mr. HOUGHTON) for deep appreciation to the gentlewoman Prohibition Act’’. their support of this issue. from Maryland (Mrs. MORELLA) for the SEC. 2. PURPOSE. Mr. Speaker, I have the honor of ris- wonderful and very thoughtful things The purpose of this Act is to eliminate the ing in support of this measure to name wasteful and unsportsmanlike practice of shark that she said about our friend and col- finning and to reduce the high mortality levels the post office in Ithaca after Matthew league, Matt McHugh, as well. associated with shark finning in waters of the McHugh. We have heard a lot about his Having followed him here to the United States. legislative accomplishments, his work House, I can say also without hesi- SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON REMOVING SHARK FIN in the Committee on Appropriations, tation or fear of conviction that he set, AND DISCARDING SHARK CARCASS his work at the World Bank. I had the while he was here, a very high standard AT SEA. privilege of meeting Matt McHugh be- indeed and he continues to set a high Section 307 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery fore he held any of those offices, a lit- standard in his continuing public serv- Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1857) is amended— tle after the gentleman from New York ice at the World Bank. (1) in subparagraph (N) by striking ‘‘or’’ after (Mr. LAFALCE) knew him. We in New York are very, very proud the semicolon at the end; I was a student at Cornell in 1968 of this man and the service that he has (2) in subparagraph (O) by striking the period when Matt McHugh was the Ithaca city rendered to our State and to the coun- and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and

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Mr. Speaker, I are writing to express serious concern re- ‘‘(iii) to land any such fin without the cor- would like to thank the individuals garding the management and health of shark responding carcass;’’. populations in U.S. Pacific waters, specifi- from the Committee on Resources, the The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. cally in areas under the jurisdiction of the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. PEASE). Pursuant to the rule, the gen- Western Pacific Regional Fishery Manage- SAXTON), the gentleman from Alaska tleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. SHER- ment Council (WESPAC). Driven by the (Mr. YOUNG), the gentleman from Cali- international demand for shark fin soup, the WOOD) and the gentleman from Cali- fornia (Mr. GEORGE MILLER), and the practice of shark finning—cutting of a fornia (Mr. GEORGE MILLER) each will shark’s fins and discarding its carcass back control 20 minutes. gentleman from Hawaii (Mr. ABER- CROMBIE). into the ocean—is a rapidly growing problem The Chair recognizes the gentleman that is directly responsible for huge in- from Pennsylvania (Mr. SHERWOOD). I read in a magazine where sharks creases in the number of sharks killed annu- GENERAL LEAVE had literally been caught, the fin taken ally and appalling waste of this nation’s liv- Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I ask off, and then the sharks dumped back ing marine resources. The National Marine unanimous consent that all Members into the water still alive. I am a sports- Fisheries Service has prohibited shark fin- may have 5 legislative days within man. I love to hunt and fish. But I also ning in the U.S. Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, which to revise and extend their re- like management and preservation, and and Caribbean. It is time to ban finning in the Pacific. marks and include extraneous material I do not like horrific practices when it Between 1991 and 1998, the number of on H.R. 3535. comes to animals. sharks ‘‘retained’’ by the Hawaii-based The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there The committee has seen fit to bring swordfish and tuna longline fleet jumped objection to the request of the gen- first a resolution and now this bill, Mr. from 2,289 and 60,857 annually. In 1998, over 98 tleman from Pennsylvania? Speaker. This legislation before the percent of these sharks were killed for their There was no objection. House today will establish scientif- fins to meet the demand for shark fin soup. Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I yield ically environmentally sound and re- Because shark fins typically comprise only one to give percent of a shark’s bodyweight, myself such time as I may consume. sponsible standards for all American Mr. Speaker I rise in support of H.R. 95 to 99 percent of the shark is going to fisheries in this particular issue. 3535, the Shark Finning Prohibition waste. Sharks are particularly vulnerable to Act, introduced by the gentleman from The Shark Finning Prohibition Act overfishing because of their ‘‘life history has broad bipartisan support. It is characteristics’’—slow growth, late sexual California (Mr. CUNNINGHAM). This leg- maturity, and the production of few young. islation amends the Magnuson-Stevens strongly supported by Ocean Wildlife Campaign, the coalition includes Cen- Once depleted, a population may take dec- Fishery Conservation and Management ades to recover. Act to prohibit the removal of shark ter for Marine Conservation, National The National Marine Fisheries Service, fins, including the tail, and then dis- Audubon Society, National Coalition of conservationists, fishermen, scientists, and card the carcass into the sea; to pro- Marine Conservation, Natural Re- the public have pressured MESPAC to end hibit having the custody, control, or sources Defense Council, Wildlife Con- the practice of shark finning. Nevertheless, possession of any such fin aboard a servation Society, and the World Wild- WESPAC and the State of Hawaii recently life Fund. It is also supported by the failed to take action to end or control fin- fishing vessel without the cor- ning. responding carcass; and to prohibit the State of Hawaii and the Office of Ha- This issue of shark finning is characterized landing of such fins without the cor- waiian Affairs, which had direct inter- by a dangerous lack of management, ramp- responding carcass. est into this issue; the American ant waste, and egregious inconsistencies The practice of shark finning is Sportfishing Association; Recreational with U.S. domestic and international policy wasteful and wrong. In addition, the Fishing Alliance; the Sports Fishing stances. It is the most visible symptom of a practice of shark finning is incon- Association of California; the Cousteau larger problem: a lack of comprehensive sistent with rules governing the har- Society; Western Pacific Fisheries Coa- management for sharks in U.S. Pacific wa- vest of sharks on the East Coast, in the lition. ters. The history of poorly or unmanaged shark fisheries around the world is unequivo- Gulf of Mexico, and in the Caribbean. I would like to underscore, Mr. cal: rapid decline followed by collapse. This legislation will make shark fin- Speaker, that, according to the Na- Sharks are not managed in U.S. Central and ning illegal in all U.S. waters. tional Marine Fishery Service, in 1992, Western Pacific waters, and with increased The Subcommittee on Fisheries Con- there was only 2,289 sharks taken. In fishing pressure there may be rapidly grow- servation, Wildlife and Oceans reported just a short time, one can see the ing problems. H.R. 3535 by voice vote with one growth of the shark finning and the We urge your office to take whatever ac- tion is necessary to immediately end the de- amendment on May 18, 2000. The full numbers that have actually been re- Committee on Resources then reported structive practice of shark finning in U.S. leased. Over 78,000 sharks had been waters and encourage WESPAC to develop a the bill without amendment by voice taken and only 982 were released. comprehensive fishery management plan for vote on May 24. This is a noncontrover- H.R. 3535 will establish America as a sharks that will, among other things: sial bill that should be supported by all worldwide leader in shark and con- 1. Immediately prohibit the finning of Members. sharks; Members may remember that the servation efforts. 2. Immediately reduce shark mortality lev- House reported a nonbinding resolution I would like to thank my colleagues. els by requiring the live release of all by- on this issue in October of last year When I came to Congress, I did not catch or ‘‘incidentally caught’’ animals which expresses the sense of Congress start off banning hunting and fishing brought to the boat alive; and unsportsmanlike conduct on cer- 3. Immediately reduce the bycatch of that the practice of shark finning is a sharks; wasteful and unsportsmanlike practice tain issues. But since then, the tuna- 4. Prevent overfishing by quickly estab- that could lead to overfishing of shark dolphin bill, protecting elephants, snow lishing precautionary commercial and rec- resources. geese, the MSCP, which provides quar- reational quotas for sharks until a final com- The resolution further encouraged ters for endangered species and such, prehensive management plan is adopted that Federal and State fishery managers to this is good scientific basis for this par- ensures the future health of the population. promptly and permanently end the ticular bill. I would like to thank my Given the dramatic increase in the number colleagues for the support in a bipar- of sharks killed in the Hawaiian long line practice of shark finning in all Federal fishery, WESPAC should cap shark mortality and State waters in the Pacific. Re- tisan support for this particular bill. at 1994 levels as a minimum interim action, grettably, this has not occurred; and Mr. Speaker, I include the following pending the outcome of new population as- this legislation is, therefore, necessary. letters for the RECORD, as follow: sessments.

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:01 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\H06JN0.000 H06JN0 9578 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE June 6, 2000 Thank you for your attention to this ur- Jerry B. Norris, our Federal Desk Officer at The Shark Finning Prohibition Act gent matter. (808) 594–1758. will not prevent U.S. fishermen from DAVID WILMONT, Ph.D., Sincerely, harvesting sharks, bringing them to Ocean Wildlife Campaign. COLETTE Y. MACHADO, shore, and then using the fins or any of CAROL SAFINA, Ph.D., Chair, Committee on Legislative National Audubon Society. and Government Affairs. the other parts of the shark. Instead, it LISA SPEER, would simply prevent cutting off of the Natural Resources Defense Council. AMERICAN SPORTFISHING ASSOCIATION, fins and disposal of carcass at sea, or TOM GRASSO, Alexandria, VA, September 23, 1999. the transport or landing of fins har- World Wildlife Fund. Hon. RANDY ‘‘DUKE’’ CUNNINGHAM, vested in this manner by another fish- SONJA FORDHAM, House of Representatives, ing vessel. Center for Marine Conservation. Washington, DC. This is good legislation. The House DEAR DUKE CUNNINGHAM: On behalf of the KEN HINMAN, should support it. We should put an end National Coalition for Marine Conservation. nearly 500 members of the American to these kinds of very narrow and ELLEN PIKITCH, Ph.D., Sportfishing Association, I wish to express Wildlife Conservation Society. my strong support for your resolution to ban greedy practices by some nations that the wasteful practice of shark finning. I com- devastate, in this case, the shark spe- mend your initiative in tackling this impor- cies, but it is rampant in other parts of STATE OF HAWAII tant, yet easily dismissed issue. OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS, the world with respect to other species. For far too long, we have neglected to take This is a good legislation. The House Honolulu, HI, February 3, 2000. action to stop this most unsportsmanlike Hon. RANDY ‘‘DUKE’’ CUNNINGHAM, fishing activity. We now know that the best should support it. Rayburn House Office Building, shark is not a dead shark; that these oft ma- Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance Washington, DC. ligned fish play critical roles in preserving of my time. DEAR CONGRESSMAN CUNNINGHAM: The pur- balance in the marine ecosystem. Healthy Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I yield pose of this letter is to strongly endorse H.R. shark populations help maintain robust fish- 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from 3535, which you recently introduced, banning eries. Your effort to ban finning will not Maryland (Mrs. MORELLA). shark finning in areas where the Magnuson- only benefit depressed shark populations, Mrs. MORELLA. Mr. Speaker, I Stevens Fishery Conservation and Manage- but many other species of commercially and thank the gentleman from Pennsyl- ment Act has jurisdiction. recreationally important fish. Thank you for your leadership in this area. vania for yielding me this time. As you are no doubt aware, there has been Mr. Speaker, I do rise in strong sup- considerable outcry among the Native Ha- Sincerely, Hon. MIKE HAYDEN, port of H.R. 3535, the Shark Finning waiian population, as well as the population Prohibition Act. I do want to thank the at large in Hawaii, about the practice of President/CEO. shark finning. Currently there are five bills Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. gentleman from California (Mr. that have been introduced in our legislature Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time CUNNINGHAM) for introducing this to address a ban of Shark finning in waters as I may consume. measure, and I want to thank the Com- in which the State has jurisdiction. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support mittee on Resources for expeditiously Because Hawaiian culture is integrally tied of H.R. 3535, the Shark Finning Prohi- approving the legislation which we to the health, abundance, and access to in- bition Act that is authored by the gen- have found out is certainly needed. digenous natural resources, Hawaiians have tleman from California (Mr. H.R. 3535 would bring an end to the always strived to play a stewardship role by Cunningham) who just spoke in the abhorrent wasteful and unsportsman- sound management and protection of the well. like practice of shark finning in Amer- natural environment on which the culture Shark finning is currently one of the ican waters. The legislation will ban relies. Unfortunately, Hawaii is constantly endangered by the imposition of Western be- most visible and controversial con- both the act of shark finning and the liefs, customs, religions, and economic de- servation issues in the waters of the possession of shark fins without a sires which do not necessarily hold similar Pacific Ocean. While the practice of shark carcass. views about the importance of the natural finning has already been banned in Mr. Speaker, for those who are unfa- environment. Taking a small portion of a Federal waters in the Atlantic, Gulf of miliar with the practice, the repugnant shark or any animal and wasting the remain- Mexico, and the Caribbean, as well as act of shark finning is a removal of a der clearly runs counter to the Hawaiian waters of 11 coastal States, it remains shark’s fins and subsequent dumping of stewardship views. Traditional use of sharks unregulated in the Pacific. the dying or dead shark back into the in Hawaiian cultural meant utilization of As a result, and because of the strong ocean. It is a wasteful and environ- the entire animal. demand and the high price of shark fins mentally harmful practice. The legisla- Equally as important to Hawaiians is the in Asia, the harvest of shark fins in the tion to ban shark finning is strongly cultural and spiritual significance of the shark itself. Many Hawaiian families hold Pacific has increased over the past 7 supported by a coalition of environ- the shark in special esteem as the physical years by more than 2,000 percent. More mental and recreational organizations. manifestation (called kinolau) of their fam- than 60,000 sharks were caught and U.S. law currently prohibits shark ily guardian (aumakua), who was also re- killed in 1998 alone, and 98 percent of finning in the Federal waters of the garded as a family ancestor. There are many those sharks were killed simply for U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. How- other kinolau in Hawaiian culture, including their fins, or less than 5 percent of ever, we know that the demand for the owl, lizard, dog, rocks, and clouds. Imag- their body weight, and then the shark shark fins from the Pacific Ocean is ine the uproar that would arise if the Spot- was dumped overboard to die. This is dramatically increasing. According to ted Owl were to be taken, even as ‘‘bycatch’’ the National Marine Fisheries Service, for its wings. The intensity of feeling about wrong. It is culturally wrong. It is shark finning among Hawaiians is magnified morally wrong. It is certainly wrong in more than 60,000 Pacific sharks were a hundred-fold because of the special spir- terms of the laws of conservation and killed in 1998. Almost 100,000 of these itual significance of the shark. To hurt or maintaining this species. sharks were killed solely for their fins. destroy the shark wantonly and inten- In addition, shark finning is incon- Mr. Speaker, as an original cosponsor tionally is for many families equivalent to sistent with U.S. policy, both domesti- of H.R. 3535, I urge swift passage of this desecrating one’s own ancestors and herit- cally and internationally. In the legislation to immediately end repul- age. In summary, as recently noted by Ha- United States, it is contrary to the sive shark finning. waiian cultural practitioner Charles Magnuson Act which requires fisher- Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, I rise Kauluwehi Maxwell, the practice of shark finning is ‘‘very offensive’’ to Hawaiians. man to reduce bycatch and the mor- today in strong support of H.R. 3535, the tality of bycatch that cannot be avoid- Shark Finning Prohibition Act. Our Mahalo for your interest in this mat- ed. Given that 85 percent of the sharks ter. We hope that the legislation will be re- In the continental United States, there is ob- ported out by the House Committee on Re- caught are alive when they reach the viously a strong feeling that shark finning is a sources, and approved by the full House and boats, prohibiting the finning of these wasteful, abhorrent practice which has no the Senate. If we can be of further assist- sharks will reduce bycatch by signifi- place in U.S. waters. It is seen as contrary to ance, please do not hesitate to contact me or cant amounts. current effort to maintain ecological balance in

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Project’’ as reported by the Bureau of Rec- tween the loss of life for the benefit of a good- I want to thank Congressmen CUNNINGHAM, lamation in 1978. tasting soup, much of which is consumed in Chairman, DON YOUNG and SAXTON, and Con- (c) TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF CONVEY- Asia, balanced against the amount of waste gressman GEORGE MILLER for the active roles ANCE.—Any conveyance of the acquired lands and the importance of the fishery is tipped sig- they have taken in moving this legislation for- under this Act shall be subject to the fol- nificantly in favor of the fishery. ward, and I look forward to seeing the pas- lowing terms and conditions: I understand the economic incentives which sage of the bill later today. (1) MANAGEMENT AND USE, GENERALLY.— drive this activity. A small cup of shark fin Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I yield The conveyed lands shall continue to be soup costs $100 in parts of Asia and is con- back the balance of my time. managed and used by the District for the purposes for which the Carlsbad Project was sidered a delicacy just as much as chocolate- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The authorized, based on historic operations and covered ants, snails, and horse meat are in question is on the motion offered by consistent with the management of other ad- other cultures. the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. jacent project lands. Most of the sharks caught and finned in Ha- SHERWOOD) that the House suspend the (2) ASSUMED RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS.—Ex- waii-area waters are a bycatch from long-line rules and pass the bill, H.R. 3535, as cept as provided in paragraph (3), the Dis- fishing boats which are targeting tuna and amended. trict shall assume all rights and obligations swordfish. But sharks are not the only bycatch The question was taken. of the United States under— or miscellaneous fish caught and then dis- Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, on (A) the agreement dated July 28, 1994, be- carded as waste because they do not have tween the United States and the Director, that I demand the yeas and nays. New Mexico Department of Game and Fish the same market value as tuna or swordfish, The yeas and nays were ordered. (Document No. 2–LM–40–00640), relating to and I do not find it particularly reassuring that The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- management of certain lands near Brantley we are addressing the blue shark problem and ant to clause 8 of rule XX and the Reservoir for fish and wildlife purposes; and ignoring a problem of much greater magnitude Chair’s prior announcement, further (B) the agreement dated March 9, 1977, be- with other miscellaneous fish. The killing of proceedings on this motion will be tween the United States and the New Mexico these fish just because they are unwanted postponed. Department of Energy, Minerals, and Nat- should be of no less of concern to all of us. ural Resources (Contract No. 7–07–57–X0888) f We should also be addressing that problem, for the management and operation of Brantley Lake State Park. but are not because we do not have adequate CARLSBAD IRRIGATION PROJECT (3) EXCEPTIONS.—In relation to agreements stock assessments of most stocks. Part of the ACQUIRED LAND TRANSFER ACT referred to in paragraph (2)— blame for this lies with the National Marine Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I (A) the District shall not be obligated for Fishery Service for not requesting additional move to suspend the rules and pass the any financial support agreed to by the Sec- funding to carry out this research, but part of Senate bill (S. 291) to convey certain retary, or the Secretary’s designee, in either the problem lies with the Congress as well, for agreement; and real property within the Carlsbad (B) the District shall not be entitled to any not funding this important work. Project in New Mexico to the Carlsbad Obviously the United States alone cannot receipts for revenues generated as a result of Irrigation District. either agreement. adequately address the problem of shark fin- The Clerk read as follows: (d) COMPLETION OF CONVEYANCE.—If the ning, as many other countries participate in S. 291 Secretary does not complete the conveyance this fishery as well. The United States is re- within 180 days from the date of enactment Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- sponsible for only a very small percentage of of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a re- resentatives of the United States of America in port to the Congress within 30 days after this industry, and I hope the Administration ad- Congress assembled, dresses this subject through international trea- that period that includes a detailed expla- SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. nation of problems that have been encoun- ty. In the Pacific, the management commission This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Carlsbad Ir- being developed by the Multilateral High level tered in completing the conveyance, and spe- rigation Project Acquired Land Transfer cific steps that the Secretary has taken or Conference would be appropriate. Act’’. will take to complete the conveyance. As introduced, this legislation did not ad- SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE. SEC. 3. LEASE MANAGEMENT AND PAST REVE- dress the issue of transshipment of shark fins (a) LANDS AND FACILITIES.— NUES COLLECTED FROM THE AC- through U.S. ports. The practice of shark fin- (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in QUIRED LANDS. ning in international waters by foreign fishing paragraph (2), and subject to subsection (c), (a) IDENTIFICATION AND NOTIFICATION OF vessels, and then shipping the fins from U.S. the Secretary of the Interior (in this Act re- LEASEHOLDERS.—Within 120 days after the ports to foreign countries, is significant. To ferred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) may convey to date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary partially address this problem, I offered an the Carlsbad Irrigation District (a quasi-mu- of the Interior shall— amendment in Subcommittee to prohibit this nicipal corporation formed under the laws of (1) provide to the District a written identi- the State of New Mexico and in this Act re- fication of all mineral and grazing leases in practice, and I want to thank the majority for ferred to as the ‘‘District’’), all right, title, effect on the acquired lands on the date of accepting that amendment. I hope that our and interest of the United States in and to enactment of this Act; and next step will be to address the issue of shark the lands described in subsection (b) (in this (2) notify all leaseholders of the convey- fins transshipped through U.S. ports as bond- Act referred to as the ‘‘acquired lands’’) and ance authorized by this Act. ed cargo. In response to a question I asked all interests the United States holds in the (b) MANAGEMENT OF MINERAL AND GRAZING the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Manage- irrigation and drainage system of the Carls- LEASES, LICENSES, AND PERMITS.—The Dis- ment Council earlier this year, the Council re- bad Project and all related lands including trict shall assume all rights and obligations ported that approximately 200 tons of dried ditch rider houses, maintenance shop and of the United States for all mineral and graz- buildings, and Pecos River Flume. ing leases, licenses, and permits existing on shark fins are transported through U.S. Pacific (2) LIMITATION.— the acquired lands conveyed under section 2, ports as bonded cargo. (A) RETAINED SURFACE RIGHTS.—The Sec- and shall be entitled to any receipts from There are groups in the Pacific that support retary shall retain title to the surface estate such leases, licenses, and permits accruing a ban on shark finning; however, the Western (but not the mineral estate) of such acquired after the date of conveyance. All such re- Pacific Fishery Management Council, the enti- lands which are located under the footprint ceipts shall be used for purposes for which ty tasked by law with management of the fish- of Brantley and Avalon dams or any other the Project was authorized and for financing eries in the U.S. Central and Western Pacific project dam or reservoir division structure. the portion of operations, maintenance, and Ocean, has repeatedly said that there is insuf- (B) STORAGE AND FLOW EASEMENT.—The replacement of the Summer Dam which, Secretary shall retain storage and flow ease- prior to conveyance, was the responsibility ficient data on which to make that decision. ments for any tracts located under the max- of the Bureau of Reclamation, with the ex- While I do not agree with the Western Pacific imum spillway elevations of Avalon and ception of major maintenance programs in Council on this one issue, I do wish to ac- Brantley Reservoirs. progress prior to conveyance which shall be knowledge the Council’s work in including pe- (b) ACQUIRED LANDS DESCRIBED.—The lands funded through the cost share formulas in lagic sharks in its management of pelagic fish- referred to in subsection (a) are those lands place at the time of conveyance. 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shall continue to adhere to the current Bu- Act, introduced by Senator DOMENICI of lands from the Pecos Irrigation Com- reau of Reclamation mineral leasing stipula- New Mexico, is the companion bill to pany. The amount paid for these lands tions for the Carlsbad Project. H.R. 1019, introduced by the gentleman or the methodology of repayment were (c) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS PAID INTO from New Mexico (Mr. SKEEN), my es- contained within the Carlsbad Irriga- RECLAMATION FUND.— (1) EXISTING RECEIPTS.—Receipts in the teemed colleague, that was reported tion District’s repayment obligations reclamation fund on the date of enactment from the Committee on Resources last to the United States. of this Act which exist as construction cred- year. b 1330 its to the Carlsbad Project under the terms For the last 6 years, the Sub- of the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired committee on Water and Power has The district has repaid all the project Lands (30 U.S.C. 351–359) shall be deposited in pursued legislation to shrink the size costs attributed to them, which in- the General Treasury and credited to deficit and scope of the Federal Government cludes the acquired lands. Their obliga- reduction or retirement of the Federal debt. through the defederalization of Bureau tions have been met in full. As a single- (2) RECEIPTS AFTER ENACTMENT.—Of the re- of Reclamation assets. purpose project, the district received ceipts from mineral and grazing leases, li- no repayment credits for flood control, censes, and permits on acquired lands to be S. 291 continues this defederalization process by authorizing the Secretary of recreation or other project bene- conveyed under section 2, that are received ficiaries. by the United States after the date of enact- the Interior to convey to the Carlsbad Irrigation District all right, title, and The 1924 Fact Finders Act requires ment and before the date of conveyance— all revenues, except minerals generated (A) not to exceed $200,000 shall be available interest of the United States in and to to the Secretary for the actual costs of im- the acquired lands and all interest the from the acquired lands, to be used by plementing this Act with any additional United States holds in the irrigation the district for the project and the 1939 Minerals Leasing Act permits all min- costs shared equally between the Secretary and drainage system of the Carlsbad eral receipts to be used by the district and the District; and project and all related land. The Carls- (B) the remainder shall be deposited into for district purposes. Both of these acts bad project is a paid-out, single pur- the General Treasury of the United States apply whether the district is paid out pose irrigation project delivering and credited to deficit reduction or retire- or not. ment of the Federal debt. stored water to approximately 25,000 In 1991, the district completed its re- SEC. 4. VOLUNTARY WATER CONSERVATION acres of farmland in southeastern New payment obligations. Almost $2.5 mil- PRACTICES. Mexico. lion has accumulated in the Reclama- Nothing in this Act shall be construed to This bill is one of several working tion Fund on behalf of CID and are cur- limit the ability of the District to volun- their way through the House and Sen- rently available to offset new construc- tarily implement water conservation prac- ate. It is the expectation of the com- tices. tion costs. Over 90 years of precedent mittee that the Senate will accelerate and several Solicitor Generals reports SEC. 5. LIABILITY. its work on the other transfer bills Effective on the date of conveyance of any clearly recognize the District’s right to lands and facilities authorized by this Act, that currently await action in the Sen- all revenues from the acquired lands. the United States shall not be held liable by ate. However, and as a sign of good will to any court for damages of any kind arising Mr. Speaker, I yield the balance of mistaken opposition, the district is out of any act, omission, or occurrence relat- my time to the gentleman from New waiving its justified right to the $2 mil- ing to the conveyed property, except for Mexico (Mr. SKEEN), the author of the lion and allows it to be credited to- damages caused by acts of negligence com- House version of the Carlsbad transfer, mitted by the United States or by its em- wards the national deficit or debt re- and ask unanimous consent that he be duction. That ought to be interesting. ployees, agents, or contractors, prior to con- permitted to control that time. veyance. Nothing in this section shall be The district is also accepting the considered to increase the liability of the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there O&M costs of Sumner Dam, which is United States beyond that provided under objection to the request of the gen- currently the taxpayers’ responsibility, chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, tleman from Pennsylvania? and is accepting full responsibility for popularly known as the Federal Tort Claims There was no objection. the conveyed lands and facilities. In Act. Mr. SKEEN. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- addition, the district can only use reve- SEC. 6. FUTURE BENEFITS. self such time as I may consume. nues for maintenance and improve- Effective upon transfer, the lands and fa- Mr. Speaker, I rise in enthusiastic ments of the project. cilities transferred pursuant to this Act shall and strong support of S. 291, the Carls- not be entitled to receive any further Rec- The district is also waiving future bad Irrigation Project Acquired Land eligibility for additional reclamation lamation benefits pursuant to the Reclama- Transfer Act. S. 291 was introduced by tion Act of June 17, 1902, and Acts supple- benefits for the conveyed lands and fa- mentary thereof or amendatory thereto at- Senator DOMENICI and Senator BINGA- cilities. And simply put, the district is tributable to their status as part of a Rec- MAN of New Mexico and is the com- accepting the costs of the project and lamation Project. panion bill to H.R. 1019, legislation saving taxpayer dollars in the process. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- that I introduced, which passed the The responsible approach on behalf of ant to the rule, the gentleman from Committee on Resources early last taxpayers is absolution of the tax- Pennsylvania (Mr. SHERWOOD) and the year. In fact, I have introduced a payers’ future monetary obligations; gentleman from California (Mr. version of H.R. 1019 each of the last and that is accomplished by passage of GEORGE MILLER) each will control 20 three Congresses only to run into some this legislation, which requires the dis- minutes. form of legislative or political brick trict’s acceptance of financial responsi- The Chair recognizes the gentleman wall each time. bility. from Pennsylvania (Mr. SHERWOOD). Ideally, I would have preferred to be The State, the county, the city of GENERAL LEAVE debating H.R. 1019 right now in lieu of Carlsbad have soundly endorsed the Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I ask S. 291, as I believe that H.R. 1019 is a legislation. The administration sup- unanimous consent that all Members stronger bill and will serve the inter- ports the legislation. And most impor- may have 5 legislative days within ests of Congress and the Carlsbad Irri- tantly, I support the bill. which to revise and extend their re- gation District best. However, discre- Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the dis- marks and include extraneous material tion is the better part of valor, and I trict manager, Tom Davis; board chair- on S. 291. will be pleased to finally send this bill man L.A. Johnson; Bill Ahrens; and the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there to the President for his signature. remainder of the board and members of objection to the request of the gen- After all, Senate 291 does continue the district for their patience and faith tleman from Pennsylvania? my long-held belief that the more we in the process. There was no objection. can devolve the Federal rule and the Finally, I would like to thank the Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I yield local decision-making process the bet- gentleman from California (Chairman myself such time as I may consume. ter the management will be. DOOLITTLE), the gentleman from Alas- Mr. Speaker, S. 291, the Carlsbad Irri- Now, for a history and justification. ka (Chairman YOUNG), and the gen- gation Project Acquired Land Transfer In 1905, the U.S. purchased acquired tleman from California (Mr. GEORGE

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MILLER) and the gentleman from Cali- SEC. 3. WATER AND POWER CONTRACTS. execution of the Title Transfer Con- fornia (Mr. DOOLEY). For without each Notwithstanding the transfer, the Sec- tract, the Secretary shall convey to of their assistance, what has been a retary and the Secretary of Energy shall pro- the District all right, title and interest vide for and deliver Colorado River water long road would have been considerably and Parker-Davis Project Priority Use of the United States to the Facilities, longer. Power to the District in accordance with the works and lands to be conveyed and In closing, I would be remiss to not terms of existing contracts with the District, transferred to the District.’’ mention the fine work of the majority including any amendments or supplements It is the expectation of the com- staff, Bob Faber and Josh Johnson, and thereto or extensions thereof and as provided mittee that the Senate will accelerate minority staffer Steve Lanich. We all under section 2 of the Agreement. its work on other transfer bills that know and appreciate the support the SEC. 4. SAVINGS. are currently awaiting action in the staff provides. Nothing in this Act shall affect any obliga- Senate. The committee expects that tions under the Colorado River Basin Salin- Mr. Speaker, I strongly urge passage ity Control Act (Public Law 93–320, 43 U.S.C. the Bureau of Reclamation will adhere of S. 291. 1571). to their memorandum of agreement Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of SEC. 5. REPORT. with the district signed on July 10, my time. If transfer of works, facilities, and lands 1998. Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. pursuant to the Agreement has not occurred Mr. Speaker, I request an aye vote on Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time by July 1, 2000, the Secretary shall report on the bill. as I may consume. the status of the transfer as provided in sec- Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of Mr. Speaker, it is with great admira- tion 5 of the Agreement. my time. tion and great respect and high regard SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION. Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. There are authorized to be appropriated for my colleague, the gentleman from such sums as may be necessary to carry out Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time New Mexico (Mr. SKEEN), that I rise in the provisions of this Act. as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise support of the Carlsbad Irrigation The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- in support of S. 356, the Wellton-Mo- Project Acquired Lands Transfer Act. ant to the rule, the gentleman from hawk Transfer Act. The Wellton-Mo- Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance Pennsylvania (Mr. SHERWOOD) and the hawk has fully repaid its project costs. of my time. gentleman from California (Mr. The district and the bureau signed a The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. GEORGE MILLER) each will control 20 memorandum of agreement 2 years ago PEASE). The question is on the motion minutes. that covers the details of the transfer offered by the gentleman from Penn- The Chair recognizes the gentleman of title. sylvania (Mr. SKEEN) that the House from Pennsylvania (Mr. SHERWOOD). The project facilities that will be suspend the rules and pass the Senate GENERAL LEAVE transferred under legislation no longer bill, S. 291. Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I ask provide benefits to the United States, The question was taken. unanimous consent that all Members and it is appropriate that the local dis- Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. may have 5 legislative days within trict assume full responsibility for Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas which to revise and extend their re- these facilities. and nays. marks and include extraneous material I urge my colleagues to support this The yeas and nays were ordered. on S. 356. legislation. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance ant to clause 8 of rule XX and the objection to the request of the gen- of my time. Chair’s prior announcement, further tleman from Pennsylvania? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The proceedings on this motion will be There was no objection. question is on the motion offered by postponed. Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I yield the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. f myself such time as I may consume. SHERWOOD) that the House suspend the Mr. Speaker, S. 356, the Wellton-Mo- rules and pass the Senate bill, S. 356. WELLTON-MOHAWK TRANSFER hawk Transfer Act, introduced by Sen- The question was taken. ACT ator KYL of Arizona, is a companion Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I bill to H.R. 841 introduced by the gen- Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas move to suspend the rules and pass the tlewoman from Hawaii (Mrs. MINK) and nays. Senate bill (S. 356) to authorize the that was reported from the Committee The yeas and nays were ordered. Secretary of the Interior to convey cer- on Resources last year. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- tain works, facilities, and titles of the S. 356 continues the defederalization ant to clause 8 of rule XX and the Gila Project, and designated lands process by conveying certain works, fa- Chair’s prior announcement, further within or adjacent to the Gila Project, cilities, and titles of the Gila Project proceedings on this motion will be to the Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and and designated lands to the Wellton- postponed. Drainage District, and for other pur- Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage Dis- f poses. trict in Arizona. The Clerk read as follows: Wellton-Mohawk has fully repaid its CLARIFYING CERTAIN BOUND- S. 356 project costs. On July 10, 1998, the dis- ARIES OF COASTAL BARRIER RE- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- trict and the bureau signed a memo- SOURCES SYSTEM resentatives of the United States of America in randum of agreement that covers the Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I Congress assembled, details of the transfer of title. It in- move to suspend the rules and pass the SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. cludes transfer of lands between the bill (H.R. 4435) to clarify certain bound- This Act may be referred to as the Federal Government and the district, aries on the map relating to Unit NC01 ‘‘Wellton-Mohawk Transfer Act’’. including the acquisition of additional of the Coastal Barrier Resources Sys- SEC. 2. TRANSFER. lands for exchange. tem, as amended. The Secretary of the Interior (‘‘Sec- All transfers will be at fair market The Clerk read as follows: retary’’) is authorized to carry out the terms value. No change in the project oper- H.R. 4435 of the Memorandum of Agreement No. 8–AA– ation is contemplated by the transfer 34–WAO14 (‘‘Agreement’’) dated July 10, 1998 and the district will continue to limit Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- resentatives of the United States of America in between the Secretary and the Wellton-Mo- irrigated acreage to 62,875 acres. The hawk Irrigation and Drainage District (‘‘Dis- Congress assembled, transfer would include all facilities and trict’’) providing for the transfer of works, SECTION 1. REPLACEMENT OF COASTAL BAR- facilities, and lands to the District, includ- works for which full repayment has RIER RESOURCES SYSTEM MAP. ing conveyance of Acquired Lands, Public been made. (a) IN GENERAL.—The map described in sub- Lands, and Withdrawn Lands, as defined in ‘‘The goal of Reclamation and the section (b) is replaced, in the maps depicting the Agreement. District is that within 180 days of the the Coastal Barrier Resources System that

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:01 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\H06JN0.000 H06JN0 9582 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE June 6, 2000 are referred to in section 4(a) of the Coastal Mr. Speaker, H.R. 4435 removes the SECTION 1. STUDY OF KEALIA POND NATIONAL Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503(a)), by incorrectly labeled private property WILDLIFE REFUGE, HAWAII. the map entitled ‘‘Pine Island Unit NC–01’’ (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the In- and adds associated aquatic habitat terior, acting through the Director of the and dated May 1, 2000. that was incorrectly left out of the (b) DESCRIPTION OF REPLACED MAP.—The United States Fish and Wildlife Service in map described in this subsection is the map unit in 1992. consultation with the Director of the United that— The Fish and Wildlife Service sup- States Geological Survey, shall conduct a (1) relates to Pine Island Unit NC–01 lo- ports this change. I commend the gen- study to determine ways of restoring the cated in Currituck and Dare Counties, North tleman from North Carolina (Mr. natural wetlands conditions in the Kealia Carolina; and JONES) for his efforts in correcting this Pond National Wildlife Refuge, Hawaii. The (2) is included in a set of maps entitled error and urge an aye vote on H.R. 4435. study shall include examination of hydrol- ‘‘Coastal Barrier Resources System’’, dated Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance ogy, manmade impacts on wetlands, species succession, and imbalances in natural habi- October 24, 1990, revised on October 23, 1992, of my time. and referred to in section 4(a) of the Coastal tat in the refuge. Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503(a)). Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. (b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after (c) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary of the In- Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time amounts are first available to implement terior shall keep the replacement map re- as I may consume. this section, the Secretary shall complete ferred to in subsection (a) on file and avail- Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this the study under subsection (a) and report to able for inspection in accordance with sec- legislation to change the boundaries of the Congress findings, conclusions, and rec- tion 4(b) of the Coastal Barrier Resources the Coastal Barrier Resource System ommendations of the study. Act (16 U.S.C. 3503(b)). (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— Unit established under the Coastal Bar- There are authorized to be appropriated to The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- rier Resources Act known as NC01. the Secretary $250,000 to carry out this sec- ant to the rule, the gentleman from I believe that it is important that we tion. Pennsylvania (Mr. SHERWOOD) and the contain the so-called technical correc- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- gentleman from California (Mr. tions bills that we have seen in our ant to the rule, the gentleman from GEORGE MILLER) each will control 20 committee to address those problems Pennsylvania (Mr. SHERWOOD) and the minutes. that are clear inaccuracies. I believe gentleman from California (Mr. The Chair recognizes the gentleman that this legislation does that. And it GEORGE MILLER) each will control 20 from Pennsylvania (Mr. SHERWOOD). is also incumbent that those of us on minutes. GENERAL LEAVE the committee not use those technical The Chair recognizes the gentleman Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I ask corrections to go for unintended from Pennsylvania (Mr. SHERWOOD). unanimous consent that all Members changes and make sure that they are GENERAL LEAVE may have 5 legislative days within held at a minimum. I think that this Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I ask which to revise and extend their re- legislation does that. unanimous consent that all Members marks and include extraneous material We see a lot of efforts from time to may have 5 legislative days within on H.R. 4435. time to use boundary changes to do which to revise and extend their re- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there more than make these technical cor- marks and include extraneous material objection to the request of the gen- rections, but this legislation does not on H.R. 3176. tleman from Pennsylvania? do that. I think that this is consistent The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there There was no objection. with the original intent of the Con- objection to the request of the gen- Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I yield gress, and I urge passage of this legisla- tleman from Pennsylvania? myself such time as I may consume. tion. There was no objection. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 4435, introduced by Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I yield our colleague, the gentleman from of my time. myself such time as I may consume. North Carolina (Mr. JONES), corrects a The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Mr. Speaker, H.R. 3176 addresses an on- mistake that was made in delineating question is on the motion offered by going water management problem at the boundary of Coastal Barrier Re- the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. the Kealia National Wildlife Refuge on sources System Unit NC01. SHERWOOD) that the House suspend the Maui, Hawaii. This bill was introduced The Coastal Barrier Resources Sys- rules and pass the bill, H.R. 4435, as by our colleague, the gentlewoman tem consists of units located on unde- amended. from Hawaii (Mrs. MINK). veloped coastal barriers and delineated The question was taken. The legislation directs the Secretary on maps adapted by Congress. Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. of Interior to study the serious water Land included in the system is not Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas management problems that currently acquired by the Government, and the and nays. exist at the 700-acre refuge. The refuge act does not prevent or regulate devel- The yeas and nays were ordered. was created in 1992 to conserve habitat opment on private lands. The act does The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- for endangered birds and to provide a prohibit the use of Federal develop- ant to clause 8 of rule XX and the wintering sanctuary for a variety of mental assistance, including Federal Chair’s prior announcement, further waterfowl species. flood insurance, on property included proceedings on this motion will be Regrettably, the Fish and Wildlife in the system. postponed. Service has failed to provide the nec- Unit NC01 was originally created in f essary resources to manage the water 1990 to incorporate property owned by DIRECTING A STUDY TO RESTORE fluctuations. As a result of changes in the National Audubon Society and the the landscape, this refuge experiences surrounding associated aquatic habi- KEALIA POND NATIONAL WILD- LIFE REFUGE, HAWAII the frequent dry-ups which result in tat. Unfortunately, a significant dust storms, fish kills, and problems amount of privately and publicly Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I with nuisance insects. These problems owned developed property was inad- move to suspend the rules and pass the have a negative economic and health vertently, or incorrectly, included bill (H.R. 3176) to direct the Secretary impact on the people who live near the within its boundary. of the Interior to conduct a study to refuge. In 1992, Congress directed the Sec- determine ways of restoring the nat- retary of the Interior to redraw the ural wetlands conditions in the Kealia b 1345 boundary to fix these problems. That Pond National Wildlife Refuge, Hawaii. This bill directs the Secretary of the new map again failed to accurately The Clerk read as follows: Interior to study the water problems at portray the boundary of the Audubon H.R. 3176 the refuge and come up with a plan for Sanctuary, and the unit continued to Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- addressing the management needs include privately owned development resentatives of the United States of America in within 1 year. H.R. 3176 is non- property. Congress assembled, controversial, and I urge an aye vote.

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:01 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\H06JN0.000 H06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 9583 Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of the pond increasingly lost the ability to carry The yeas and nays were ordered. my time. off sediments. Sand carried into the pond from The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. adjacent dunes that otherwise would have ant to clause 8 of rule XX and the Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time been flushed away now stays in the pond fur- Chair’s prior announcement, further as I may consume. ther reducing the depth. proceedings on this motion will be Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support The shallow depth of the pond permits it to postponed. of H.R. 3176, to provide for the study of dry up quickly. The natural trade winds of the f the deterioration that has taken place area then cause great clouds of dust to arise. on Kealia Pond National Wildlife Ref- The dust blows into the homes, eyes and RECESS uge on the Island of Maui. lungs of nearby residents. The dust causes The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- The gentleman from Pennsylvania burning eyes and residents worry that the ant to clause 12 of rule I, the Chair de- (Mr. SHERWOOD) has properly explained cause may be that the dust contains fertilizer clares the House in recess until 6 p.m. and chemical residue from agricultural runoff the legislation. I want to commend and Accordingly (at 1 o’clock and 46 min- and unknown chemicals from materials depos- thank our colleague, the gentlewoman utes p.m.), the House stood in recess ited during the period the pond was used as from Hawaii (Mrs. MINK), for bringing until 6 p.m. the deterioration of this refuge to the a dump. attention of the committee. The introduction of non-native species has f also changed the ecology of the pond. The I think I and most members of the b 1800 committee were very disappointed to spotted wing midge was first identified in Ha- learn the extent to which this refuge, waii in 1945. The midge has found the pond AFTER RECESS to be an extremely attractive habitat. A study the largest freshwater pond in the en- The recess having expired, the House by Ducks Unlimited estimated that on any tire State of Hawaii, could have was called to order by the Speaker pro given day during the wet season there may be reached such a degraded condition. tempore (Mr. OSE) at 6 p.m. I think this legislation will be impor- as many as 200 million adult and near-adult tant in turning that around, and I urge midges During midge season the uninitiated f visitor may think the refuge is on fire at dawn my colleagues to support this legisla- ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER or dusk, with smoldering fires throwing up tion. PRO TEMPORE Mrs. MINK of Hawaii. Mr. Speaker, I rise in swirling clouds of smoke. But it is not smoke. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- support of H.R. 3176. It is clouds of midges swarming. ant to clause 8 of rule XX, the Chair I want to thank Chairman YOUNG, Ranking The midge swarms invade surrounding resi- will now put the question on the first Member Mr. MILLER of the Resources Com- dences. The midges are small enough to go four motions to suspend the rules on mittee and Subcommittee Chairman SAXTON through screens and some residents have which further proceedings were post- and Ranking Member Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA of been reduced to keeping their lights out in a the Fisheries Subcommittee for their efforts to vain effort to keep the invaders away. Motor- poned earlier today in the order in bring the bill to the floor today. ists report that their cars are covered with which those motions were entertained. I introduced H.R. 3176 on October 28, squashed midges when driving in the area. Votes will be taken in the following 1999. The legislation requires the Secretary of Kealia Pond is also home to non-native order: House Resolution 509, by the the Interior to conduct a study to determine tilapia. These fish make up 90 percent of the yeas and nays; H.R. 4241, by the yeas ways of restoring the natural wetlands condi- fish population of the pond. They do more and nays; H.R. 3030, by the yeas and tions in Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge. damage than good for the wetlands. When the nays; and H.R. 3535, by the yeas and The study would include an examination of hy- pond dries up there are massive fish die offs. nays. drology, manmade impacts on wetlands, spe- In 1996 Maui correctional inmates, working The Chair will reduce to 5 minutes cies succession and imbalances in natural under the direction of the pond’s on-site man- the time for any electronic vote after habitat in the refuge. The legislation author- ager, removed 14 tons of dead and rotting fish the first such vote in this series. izes $250,000 to conduct the study. The study from the refuge. The remaining four votes will be There have been studies of aspects of the would be reported to Congress not later than postponed until tomorrow. ecology of the pond done over the years, both one year after funds for the study are made f in the public and private sector. However, the available. studies have frequently concentrated on one RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE The Refuge is located on the island of Maui aspect of the problem or another. There has OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSIC and is part of the Mai Nui National Wildlife been no study directed at restoring Kealia Refuge Complex. It was established in 1992 The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Pond to its natural state. and consists of 691 acres. The pond itself is pending business is the question of sus- H.R. 3176 requires a study to identify ways the largest natural pond in Hawaii, and covers pending the rules and agreeing to the of dealing with these man-made plagues of between 400 and 500 acres at its greatest ex- resolution, House Resolution 509, as dust, bugs and rotting fish. My constituents tent during the wet season. The pond is home amended. recognize the value of the pond and its con- of two endangered native Hawaiian birds, the The Clerk read the title of the resolu- tribution to preserving native Hawaiian endan- Hawaiian stilt and the Hawaiian coot. The tion. gered species. They want to see Kealia Pond pond also provides food and shelter for nu- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The restored to its natural state with its native merous migratory waterfowl and shorebirds. question is on the motion offered by fauna. the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Human activity over the years has signifi- Passage of H.R. 3176 will get the answers GOODLING) that the House suspend the cantly changed the nature of the pond. In the needed to restore Kealia Pond. early 1900’s the pond had a depth of between Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. rules and agree to the resolution, six and eight feet. Over the years grazing and Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance House Resolution 509, as amended, on agricultural use of the land above the pond in- of my time. which the yeas and nays are ordered. creased the runoff of sedimentation. Between Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I yield The vote was taken by electronic de- 1925 and 1930 the pond was used as a rub- back the balance of my time. vice, and there were—yeas 382, nays 0, bish dump, further reducing the depth of the The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. not voting 52, as follows: pond. In 1970 twenty-five acres of land north PEASE). The question is on the motion [Roll No. 234] of the pond were converted to a commercial offered by the gentleman from Penn- YEAS—382 aquaculture operation. Dikes were built, water sylvania (Mr. SHERWOOD) that the Abercrombie Baca Barcia impounded and a well dug. House suspend the rules and pass the Ackerman Bachus Barr All these activities have had a deleterious bill, H.R. 3176. Aderholt Baird Barrett (NE) effect on the natural habitat of the pond. Allen Baker Barrett (WI) The question was taken. Andrews Baldacci Bartlett Now the pond has an average depth of only Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, on Archer Baldwin Barton one foot. As the depth of the pond decreased that I demand the yeas and nays. Armey Ballenger Bass

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:01 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\H06JN0.000 H06JN0 9584 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE June 6, 2000 Bateman Fossella LoBiondo Schakowsky Stark Upton the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Becerra Fowler Lowey Scott Stearns Vela´ zquez Bentsen Frank (MA) Lucas (KY) Sensenbrenner Stenholm Visclosky RYAN) that the House suspend the rules Bereuter Frelinghuysen Lucas (OK) Serrano Strickland Walden and pass the bill, H.R. 4241, on which Berkley Frost Luther Sessions Stump Walsh the yeas and nays are ordered. Berman Gallegly Maloney (CT) Shadegg Stupak Wamp Berry Ganske Maloney (NY) Shaw Sununu Waters The vote was taken by electronic de- Biggert Gejdenson Manzullo Shays Talent Watkins vice, and there were—yeas 378, nays 6, Bilbray Gekas Martinez Sherman Tancredo Watt (NC) not voting 50, as follows: Bilirakis Gephardt Mascara Sherwood Tanner Watts (OK) Bishop Gibbons Matsui Shimkus Tauscher Weiner [Roll No. 235] Blagojevich Gilchrest McCarthy (MO) Shows Taylor (NC) Weldon (FL) Blumenauer Gillmor McCarthy (NY) Shuster Thomas Weldon (PA) YEAS—378 Blunt Gilman McCrery Simpson Thompson (CA) Weller Abercrombie DeGette Hyde Boehlert Gonzalez McDermott Sisisky Thompson (MS) Wexler Ackerman Delahunt Inslee Boehner Goode McGovern Skeen Thornberry Weygand Aderholt DeLauro Isakson Bonilla Goodlatte McHugh Slaughter Thune Whitfield Allen DeLay Istook Bonior Goodling McInnis Smith (NJ) Thurman Wicker Andrews DeMint Jackson (IL) Bono Gordon McIntyre Smith (TX) Tiahrt Wilson Archer Deutsch Jackson-Lee Borski Goss McKeon Smith (WA) Tierney Wolf Armey Diaz-Balart (TX) Boswell Graham McKinney Snyder Toomey Woolsey Baca Dickey Jenkins Boucher Granger Meehan Souder Towns Wu Bachus Dicks John Boyd Green (TX) Meeks (NY) Spence Traficant Wynn Baird Dingell Johnson, E. B. Brady (PA) Green (WI) Mica Spratt Turner Young (AK) Baker Dixon Johnson, Sam Brown (FL) Gutierrez Millender- Stabenow Udall (CO) Young (FL) Baldacci Doggett Jones (NC) Brown (OH) Gutknecht McDonald Baldwin Dooley Kanjorski Bryant Hall (OH) Miller (FL) NOT VOTING—52 Ballenger Doolittle Kaptur Burr Hall (TX) Miller, Gary Bliley Jefferson Ros-Lehtinen Barcia Dreier Kasich Burton Hansen Miller, George Brady (TX) Johnson (CT) Roukema Barr Duncan Kelly Buyer Hastings (FL) Minge Campbell Jones (OH) Royce Barrett (NE) Dunn Kennedy Callahan Hastings (WA) Mink Chambliss Lofgren Salmon Barrett (WI) Edwards Kildee Calvert Hayes Moakley Coburn Markey Sanchez Bartlett Ehlers Kilpatrick Camp Hayworth Mollohan Condit McCollum Skelton Barton Ehrlich Kind (WI) Canady Hefley Moore Conyers McIntosh Smith (MI) Bass Emerson King (NY) Bateman Cannon Herger Moran (KS) Cook McNulty Sweeney Engel Kingston Capps Hill (IN) Moran (VA) Cooksey Meek (FL) Becerra Eshoo Kleczka Tauzin Capuano Hill (MT) Morella Costello Menendez Bentsen Etheridge Klink Taylor (MS) Cardin Hinchey Murtha Doyle Metcalf Bereuter Evans Knollenberg Terry Carson Hinojosa Myrick English Neal Berkley Everett Kolbe Castle Hobson Nadler Ford Norwood Udall (NM) Berman Ewing Kucinich Chabot Hoeffel Napolitano Franks (NJ) Pascrell Vento Berry Farr Kuykendall Chenoweth-Hage Hoekstra Nethercutt Greenwood Pastor Vitter Biggert Fattah LaFalce Clay Holden Ney Hilleary Payne Waxman Bilbray Filner LaHood Clayton Holt Northup Hilliard Pitts Wise Bilirakis Fletcher Lampson Clement Hooley Nussle Houghton Price (NC) Bishop Forbes Lantos Clyburn Horn Oberstar Blagojevich Fossella Largent Coble Hostettler Obey b 1822 Blumenauer Fowler Larson Collins Hoyer Olver Mr. STRICKLAND changed his vote Blunt Frank (MA) Latham Combest Hulshof Ortiz Boehlert Frelinghuysen LaTourette Cox Hunter Ose from ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ Boehner Frost Lazio Coyne Hutchinson Owens So (two-thirds having voted in favor Bonilla Gallegly Leach Cramer Hyde Oxley thereof) the rules were suspended and Bonior Ganske Lee Crane Inslee Packard the resolution, as amended, was agreed Bono Gejdenson Levin Crowley Isakson Pallone Borski Gekas Lewis (CA) Cubin Istook Paul to. Boswell Gephardt Lewis (GA) Cummings Jackson (IL) Pease The result of the vote was announced Boucher Gibbons Lewis (KY) Cunningham Jackson-Lee Pelosi as above recorded. Boyd Gilchrest Linder Danner (TX) Peterson (MN) A motion to reconsider was laid on Brady (PA) Gillmor Lipinski Davis (FL) Jenkins Peterson (PA) Brady (TX) Gilman LoBiondo Davis (IL) John Petri the table. Brown (FL) Gonzalez Lofgren Davis (VA) Johnson, E. B. Phelps Stated for: Brown (OH) Goode Lowey Deal Johnson, Sam Pickering Mr. TERRY. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably Bryant Goodlatte Lucas (KY) DeFazio Jones (NC) Pickett detained during rollcall Vote 234. Had I been Burr Goodling Lucas (OK) DeGette Kanjorski Pombo Buyer Gordon Luther Delahunt Kaptur Pomeroy present, I would have voted ‘‘aye.’’ Callahan Goss Maloney (CT) DeLauro Kasich Porter f Calvert Graham Maloney (NY) DeLay Kelly Portman Camp Granger Manzullo DeMint Kennedy Pryce (OH) ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER Campbell Green (TX) Martinez Deutsch Kildee Quinn PRO TEMPORE Canady Green (WI) Mascara Diaz-Balart Kilpatrick Radanovich Cannon Gutierrez Matsui Dickey Kind (WI) Rahall The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Capps Gutknecht McCarthy (MO) Dicks King (NY) Ramstad OSE). Pursuant to the provisions of Capuano Hall (OH) McCarthy (NY) Dingell Kingston Rangel clause 8 of rule XX, the Chair an- Cardin Hall (TX) McCrery Dixon Kleczka Regula Carson Hansen McDermott Doggett Klink Reyes nounces that he will reduce to a min- Castle Hastings (FL) McGovern Dooley Knollenberg Reynolds imum of 5 minutes the period of time Chabot Hastings (WA) McHugh Doolittle Kolbe Riley within which a vote by electronic de- Clay Hayes McInnis Dreier Kucinich Rivers vice may be taken on each additional Clayton Hayworth McIntyre Duncan Kuykendall Rodriguez Clement Hefley McKeon Dunn LaFalce Roemer motion to suspend the rules on which Clyburn Herger McKinney Edwards LaHood Rogan the Chair has postponed further pro- Coble Hill (IN) Meehan Ehlers Lampson Rogers ceedings. Combest Hill (MT) Meeks (NY) Ehrlich Lantos Rohrabacher Conyers Hinchey Mica Emerson Largent Rothman f Cox Hinojosa Millender- Engel Larson Roybal-Allard Coyne Hobson McDonald Eshoo Latham Rush LES ASPIN POST OFFICE Cramer Hoeffel Miller (FL) Etheridge LaTourette Ryan (WI) BUILDING Crane Hoekstra Miller, Gary Evans Lazio Ryun (KS) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Crowley Holden Miller, George Everett Leach Sabo Cubin Holt Minge Ewing Lee Sanders pending business is the question of sus- Cummings Hooley Mink Farr Levin Sandlin pending the rules and passing the bill, Danner Horn Moakley Fattah Lewis (CA) Sanford H.R. 4241. Davis (FL) Hostettler Mollohan Filner Lewis (GA) Sawyer The Clerk read the title of the bill. Davis (IL) Hoyer Moore Fletcher Lewis (KY) Saxton Davis (VA) Hulshof Moran (KS) Foley Linder Scarborough The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Deal Hunter Moran (VA) Forbes Lipinski Schaffer question is on the motion offered by DeFazio Hutchinson Murtha

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:01 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\H06JN0.000 H06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 9585 Myrick Rohrabacher Tancredo the gentlewoman from Maryland (Mrs. Mink Roemer Stupak Nadler Rothman Tanner Moakley Rogan Sununu MORELLA) that the House suspend the Napolitano Roybal-Allard Tauscher Mollohan Rogers Talent Nethercutt Rush Taylor (NC) rules and pass the bill, H.R. 3030, on Moore Rohrabacher Tancredo Ney Ryan (WI) Terry which the yeas and nays are ordered. Moran (KS) Ros-Lehtinen Tanner Northup Ryun (KS) Thomas This will be a 5-minute vote. Moran (VA) Rothman Tauscher Nussle Sabo Thompson (CA) Myrick Roybal-Allard Taylor (NC) Oberstar Sanders Thompson (MS) The vote was taken by electronic de- Nadler Rush Terry Obey Sandlin Thornberry vice, and there were—yeas 385, nays 2, Napolitano Ryan (WI) Thomas Olver Sawyer Thune not voting 47, as follows: Nethercutt Ryun (KS) Thompson (CA) Ortiz Saxton Thurman Ney Sabo Thompson (MS) Ose Schaffer Tiahrt [Roll No. 236] Northup Sanders Thornberry Owens Schakowsky Oberstar Sandlin Thune Tierney YEAS—385 Oxley Scott Toomey Obey Sawyer Thurman Packard Sensenbrenner Towns Abercrombie Davis (VA) Hostettler Olver Saxton Tiahrt Pallone Serrano Ackerman Deal Traficant Hoyer Ortiz Scarborough Tierney Paul Sessions Aderholt DeFazio Hulshof Ose Schaffer Toomey Turner Pease Shadegg Allen DeGette Hunter Owens Schakowsky Towns Udall (CO) Pelosi Shaw Andrews Delahunt Hutchinson Oxley Scott Traficant Upton Peterson (MN) Shays Archer DeLauro Hyde Packard Sensenbrenner Turner Vela´ zquez Peterson (PA) Sherman Armey DeLay Inslee Pallone Serrano Udall (CO) Visclosky Petri Shimkus Baca DeMint Isakson Paul Sessions Upton Phelps Shows Walden Bachus Deutsch Istook Pease Shadegg Vela´ zquez Pickering Shuster Wamp Baird Diaz-Balart Jackson (IL) Pelosi Shaw Visclosky Pickett Simpson Waters Baker Dickey Jackson-Lee Peterson (MN) Shays Walden Pombo Sisisky Watkins Baldacci Dicks (TX) Peterson (PA) Sherman Walsh Pomeroy Skeen Watt (NC) Baldwin Dingell Jenkins Petri Sherwood Wamp Porter Slaughter Watts (OK) Ballenger Dixon John Phelps Shimkus Waters Portman Smith (NJ) Weiner Barcia Doggett Johnson, E. B. Pickering Shows Watkins Pryce (OH) Smith (TX) Weldon (FL) Barr Dooley Johnson, Sam Pickett Shuster Watt (NC) Quinn Smith (WA) Weldon (PA) Barrett (NE) Doolittle Jones (NC) Pombo Simpson Watts (OK) Radanovich Snyder Weller Barrett (WI) Dreier Kanjorski Pomeroy Sisisky Weiner Rahall Souder Wexler Bartlett Duncan Kaptur Porter Skeen Weldon (FL) Ramstad Spence Weygand Barton Dunn Kasich Portman Slaughter Weldon (PA) Rangel Spratt Whitfield Bass Edwards Kelly Price (NC) Smith (NJ) Weller Regula Stabenow Wicker Becerra Ehlers Kennedy Pryce (OH) Smith (TX) Wexler Reyes Stark Wilson Bentsen Ehrlich Kildee Quinn Smith (WA) Weygand Reynolds Stearns Wise Bereuter Emerson Kilpatrick Radanovich Snyder Whitfield Riley Stenholm Wolf Berkley Engel Kind (WI) Rahall Souder Wicker Rivers Strickland Woolsey Berman Eshoo King (NY) Ramstad Spence Wilson Rodriguez Stump Wu Berry Etheridge Kingston Rangel Spratt Wise Roemer Stupak Wynn Biggert Evans Kleczka Regula Stabenow Wolf Rogan Sununu Young (AK) Bilbray Everett Klink Reyes Stark Woolsey Rogers Talent Young (FL) Bilirakis Ewing Knollenberg Reynolds Stearns Wu Bishop Farr Kolbe Riley Stenholm Wynn NAYS—6 Blagojevich Fattah Kucinich Rivers Strickland Young (AK) Chenoweth-Hage Cunningham Scarborough Blumenauer Filner Kuykendall Rodriguez Stump Young (FL) Collins Sanford Walsh Blunt Fletcher LaFalce Boehlert Foley LaHood NAYS—2 NOT VOTING—50 Boehner Forbes Lampson Chenoweth-Hage Sanford Bliley Jefferson Price (NC) Bonilla Fossella Lantos Burton Johnson (CT) Ros-Lehtinen Bonior Fowler Largent NOT VOTING—47 Chambliss Jones (OH) Roukema Bono Frank (MA) Larson Bateman Jefferson Payne Coburn Markey Royce Borski Frelinghuysen Latham Bliley Johnson (CT) Pitts Condit McCollum Salmon Boswell Frost LaTourette Chambliss Jones (OH) Roukema Boucher Gallegly Lazio Cook McIntosh Sanchez Coburn Markey Royce Boyd Ganske Leach Cooksey McNulty Sherwood Condit McCollum Salmon Brady (PA) Gejdenson Lee Costello Meek (FL) Skelton Cook McIntosh Sanchez Doyle Menendez Brady (TX) Gekas Levin Smith (MI) Cooksey McNulty Skelton English Metcalf Brown (FL) Gephardt Lewis (CA) Costello Meek (FL) Sweeney Smith (MI) Foley Morella Brown (OH) Gibbons Lewis (GA) Doyle Menendez Tauzin Sweeney Ford Neal Bryant Gilchrest Lewis (KY) English Morella Taylor (MS) Tauzin Franks (NJ) Norwood Burr Gillmor Linder Ford Murtha Taylor (MS) Greenwood Pascrell Udall (NM) Burton Gilman Lipinski Franks (NJ) Neal Hilleary Pastor Vento Buyer Gonzalez LoBiondo Greenwood Norwood Udall (NM) Hilliard Payne Vitter Callahan Goode Lofgren Hilleary Nussle Vento Houghton Pitts Waxman Calvert Goodlatte Lowey Hilliard Pascrell Vitter Camp Goodling Lucas (KY) Houghton Pastor Waxman b 1830 Campbell Gordon Lucas (OK) Canady Goss Luther b 1838 So (two-thirds having voted in favor Cannon Graham Maloney (CT) thereof) the rules were suspended and Capps Granger Maloney (NY) So (two-thirds having voted in favor the bill was passed. Capuano Green (TX) Manzullo thereof) the rules were suspended and The result of the vote was announced Cardin Green (WI) Martinez the bill was passed. Carson Gutierrez Mascara as above recorded. Castle Gutknecht Matsui The result of the vote was announced A motion to reconsider was laid on Chabot Hall (OH) McCarthy (MO) as above recorded. the table. Clay Hall (TX) McCarthy (NY) A motion to reconsider was laid on Clayton Hansen McCrery the table. Stated for: Clement Hastings (FL) McDermott Mr. FOLEY. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 235 Clyburn Hastings (WA) McGovern f had I been present, I would have voted ‘‘yes.’’ Coble Hayes McHugh Collins Hayworth McInnis SHARK FINNING PROHIBITION ACT f Combest Hefley McIntyre The SPEAKER pro tempore. The MATTHEW F. MCHUGH POST Conyers Herger McKeon Cox Hill (IN) McKinney pending business is the question of sus- OFFICE Coyne Hill (MT) Meehan pending the rules and passing the bill, The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Cramer Hinchey Meeks (NY) H.R. 3535, as amended. Crane Hinojosa Metcalf OSE). The pending business is the ques- Crowley Hobson Mica The Clerk read the title of the bill. tion of suspending the rules and pass- Cubin Hoeffel Millender- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The ing the bill, H.R. 3030. Cummings Hoekstra McDonald question is on the motion offered by The Clerk read the title of the bill. Cunningham Holden Miller (FL) the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Danner Holt Miller, Gary The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Davis (FL) Hooley Miller, George SHERWOOD) that the House suspend the question is on the motion offered by Davis (IL) Horn Minge rules and pass the bill, H.R. 3535, as

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:01 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\H06JN0.000 H06JN0 9586 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE June 6, 2000 amended, on which the yeas and nays Murtha Rohrabacher Talent The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Myrick Ros-Lehtinen Tancredo are ordered. OSE). Is there objection to the request Nadler Rothman Tanner This will be a 5-minute vote. Napolitano Rush Tauscher of the gentleman from Georgia? The vote was taken by electronic de- Neal Ryan (WI) Taylor (NC) There was no objection. vice, and there were—yeas 390, nays 1, Nethercutt Ryun (KS) Terry Ney Sabo f not voting 43, as follows: Thomas Northup Sanders Thompson (CA) FREEDOM TO E-FILE ACT [Roll No. 237] Nussle Sandlin Thompson (MS) Oberstar Sanford YEAS—390 Thornberry Mr. LAHOOD. Mr. Speaker, I ask Obey Sawyer Thune unanimous consent to take from the Abercrombie Deal Hutchinson Olver Saxton Thurman Speaker’s table the Senate bill (S. 777) Ackerman DeFazio Hyde Ortiz Scarborough Tiahrt Aderholt DeGette Inslee Ose Schaffer Tierney to require the Department of Agri- Allen Delahunt Isakson Owens Schakowsky Toomey culture to establish an electronic filing Andrews DeLauro Istook Oxley Scott Towns Archer DeLay Jackson (IL) Packard Sensenbrenner and retrieval system to enable the pub- Traficant Armey DeMint Jackson-Lee Pallone Serrano lic to file all required paperwork elec- Turner Baca Deutsch (TX) Pease Sessions Udall (CO) tronically with the Department and to Bachus Diaz-Balart Jenkins Pelosi Shadegg Upton have access to public information on Baird Dickey John Peterson (MN) Shaw ´ Baker Dicks Johnson (CT) Peterson (PA) Shays Velazquez farm programs, quarterly trade, eco- Baldacci Dingell Johnson, E. B. Petri Sherman Visclosky nomic, and production reports, and Baldwin Dixon Johnson, Sam Phelps Sherwood Walden other similar information, with a Sen- Ballenger Doggett Jones (NC) Pickering Shimkus Walsh Barcia Dooley Kanjorski Pickett Shows Wamp ate amendment to the House amend- Barr Doolittle Kaptur Pombo Shuster Waters ments thereto, and concur in the Sen- Barrett (NE) Dreier Kasich Pomeroy Simpson Watkins ate amendment. Barrett (WI) Duncan Kelly Porter Sisisky Watt (NC) The Clerk read the title of the Senate Bartlett Dunn Kennedy Portman Skeen Watts (OK) Barton Edwards Kildee Price (NC) Slaughter Weiner bill. Bass Ehlers Kilpatrick Pryce (OH) Smith (NJ) Weldon (FL) The Clerk read the Senate amend- Bateman Ehrlich Kind (WI) Quinn Smith (TX) Weldon (PA) ment to the House amendments, as fol- Becerra Emerson King (NY) Radanovich Smith (WA) Weller Bentsen Engel Kingston Rahall Snyder Wexler lows: Bereuter Eshoo Kleczka Ramstad Souder Weygand Senate amendment to House amendments: Berkley Etheridge Klink Rangel Spence Whitfield In lieu of the matter proposed to be in- Berman Evans Knollenberg Regula Spratt Wicker serted by the House amendment to the text Berry Everett Kolbe Reyes Stabenow Wilson of the bill, insert: Biggert Ewing Kucinich Reynolds Stark Wise Bilbray Farr Kuykendall Riley Stearns Wolf SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. Bilirakis Fattah LaFalce Rivers Stenholm Woolsey This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Freedom to E- Bishop Filner LaHood Rodriguez Strickland Wu File Act’’. Blagojevich Fletcher Lampson Roemer Stump Wynn SEC. 2. ELECTRONIC FILING AND RETRIEVAL. Blumenauer Foley Lantos Rogan Stupak Young (AK) Blunt Forbes Largent Rogers Sununu Young (FL) (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days Boehlert Fossella Larson after the date of enactment of this Act, in ac- Boehner Fowler Latham NAYS—1 cordance with subsection (c), the Secretary of Bonilla Frank (MA) LaTourette Paul Agriculture (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Sec- Bonior Frelinghuysen Lazio NOT VOTING—43 retary’’) shall, to the maximum extent prac- Bono Frost Lee ticable, establish an Internet-based system that Borski Gallegly Levin Bliley Jefferson Roybal-Allard enables agricultural producers to access all Boswell Ganske Lewis (CA) Chambliss Jones (OH) Royce forms of the agencies of the Department of Agri- Boucher Gejdenson Lewis (GA) Coburn Leach Salmon culture (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Depart- Boyd Gekas Lewis (KY) Condit Markey Sanchez Brady (PA) Gephardt Linder Cook McCollum Skelton ment’’) specified in subsection (b). Brady (TX) Gibbons Lipinski Cooksey McIntosh Smith (MI) (b) APPLICABILITY.—The agencies referred to Brown (FL) Gilchrest LoBiondo Costello McNulty Sweeney in subsection (a) are the following: Brown (OH) Gillmor Lofgren Doyle Meek (FL) Tauzin (1) The Farm Service Agency. Bryant Gilman Lowey English Menendez Taylor (MS) (2) The Natural Resources Conservation Serv- Burr Gonzalez Lucas (KY) Ford Norwood Udall (NM) Burton Goode Lucas (OK) Franks (NJ) Pascrell ice. Vento Buyer Goodlatte Luther Greenwood Pastor (3) The rural development components of the Callahan Goodling Maloney (CT) Hilleary Payne Vitter Department included in the Secretary’s service Calvert Gordon Maloney (NY) Hilliard Pitts Waxman center initiative regarding State and field office Camp Goss Manzullo Houghton Roukema collocation implemented pursuant to section 215 Campbell Graham Martinez of the Department of Agriculture Reorganiza- Canady Granger Mascara b 1845 Cannon Green (TX) Matsui tion Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6915). Capps Green (WI) McCarthy (MO) So (two-thirds having voted in favor (4) The agricultural producer programs com- Capuano Gutierrez McCarthy (NY) thereof), the rules were suspended and ponent of the Commodity Credit Corporation ad- Cardin Gutknecht McCrery the bill, as amended, was passed. ministered by the Farm Service Agency and the Carson Hall (OH) McDermott The result of the vote was announced Natural Resources Conservation Service. Castle Hall (TX) McGovern as above recorded. (c) IMPLEMENTATION.—In carrying out sub- Chabot Hansen McHugh section (a), the Secretary shall— Chenoweth-Hage Hastings (FL) McInnis The motion to reconsider was laid on (1) provide a method by which agricultural Clay Hastings (WA) McIntyre the table. Clayton Hayes McKeon producers may— Clement Hayworth McKinney f (A) download from the Internet the forms of Clyburn Hefley Meehan PERSONAL EXPLANATION the agencies specified in subsection (b); and Coble Herger Meeks (NY) (B) submit completed forms via electronic fac- Collins Hill (IN) Metcalf Ms. SANCHEZ. Mr. Speaker, during rollcall simile, mail, or similar means; Combest Hill (MT) Mica votes Nos. 234, 235, 236, and 237, I was un- (2) redesign the forms by incorporating into Conyers Hinchey Millender- Cox Hinojosa McDonald avoidably detained. Had I been present, I the forms user-friendly formats and self-help Coyne Hobson Miller (FL) would have voted ‘‘aye’’ on all four votes. guidance materials; and (3) ensure that the agencies specified in sub- Cramer Hoeffel Miller, Gary f Crane Hoekstra Miller, George section (b)— Crowley Holden Minge REMOVAL OF NAME OF MEMBER (A) use computer hardware and software that Cubin Holt Mink AS COSPONSOR OF H.R. 4006 is compatible among the agencies and will oper- Cummings Hooley Moakley ate in a common computing environment; and Cunningham Horn Mollohan Mr. COLLINS. Mr. Speaker, I ask (B) develop common Internet user-interface lo- Danner Hostettler Moore unanimous consent that the gentleman Davis (FL) Hoyer Moran (KS) cations and applications to consolidate the Davis (IL) Hulshof Moran (VA) from Pennsylvania (Mr. WELDON) be re- agencies’ news, information, and program mate- Davis (VA) Hunter Morella moved as a cosponsor of H.R. 4006. rials.

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:01 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 6333 E:\BR00\H06JN0.000 H06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 9587 (d) PROGRESS REPORTS.—Not later than 180 (2) prescribe— which to revise and extend their re- days after the date of enactment of this Act, the (A) the location and type of data to be made marks on S. 777. Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that available to agricultural producers; The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there describes the progress made toward imple- (B) the location where agricultural producers objection to the request of the gen- menting the Internet-based system required can electronically file their paperwork; and tleman from Illinois? under this section. (C) the responsibilities of the applicable par- There was no objection. SEC. 3. ACCESSING INFORMATION AND FILING ties, including agricultural producers, the Risk OVER THE INTERNET. Management Agency, the Federal Crop Insur- f (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after ance Corporation, approved insurance pro- AUTHORIZING PRESIDENT TO viders, crop insurance agents, and brokers. the date of enactment of this Act, in accordance AWARD GOLD MEDAL ON BE- with subsection (b), the Secretary shall expand (c) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than Decem- implementation of the Internet-based system es- ber 1, 2001, the Federal Crop Insurance Corpora- HALF OF CONGRESS TO tablished under section 2 by enabling agricul- tion and the Risk Management Agency shall CHARLES M. SCHULZ tural producers to access and file all forms and, complete implementation of the plan submitted Mr. LEACH. Mr. Speaker, I ask unan- at the option of the Secretary, selected records under subsection (a). imous consent to take from the Speak- and information of the agencies of the Depart- SEC. 6. CONFIDENTIALITY. er’s table the bill (H.R. 3642) to author- ment specified in section 2(b). In carrying out this Act, the Secretary— ize the President to award a gold medal (b) IMPLEMENTATION.—In carrying out sub- (1) may not make available any information on behalf of the Congress to Charles M. section (a), the Secretary shall ensure that an over the Internet that would otherwise not be agricultural producer is able— available for release under section 552 or 552a of Schulz in recognition of his lasting ar- (1) to file electronically or in paper form, at title 5, United States Code; and tistic contributions to the Nation and the option of the agricultural producer, all (2) shall ensure, to the maximum extent prac- the world, with Senate amendments forms required by agencies of the Department ticable, that the confidentiality of persons is thereto, and concur in the Senate specified in section 2(b); maintained. amendments. (2) to file electronically or in paper form, at The Clerk read the title of the bill. the option of the agricultural producer, all doc- Mr. LAHOOD (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent The Clerk read the Senate amend- umentation required by agencies of the Depart- ments, as follows: ment specified in section 2(b) and determined that the Senate amendment to the appropriate by the Secretary; and House amendments be considered as Senate amendments: Strike out all after the enacting clause and (3) to access information of the Department read and printed in the RECORD. insert: concerning farm programs, quarterly trade, eco- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there SECTION 1. FINDINGS. nomic, and production reports, and other simi- objection to the request of the gen- lar production agriculture information that is The Congress finds the following: tleman from Illinois? (1) Charles M. Schulz was born on November readily available to the public in paper form. There was no objection. 26, 1922, in St. Paul, Minnesota, the son of Carl SEC. 4. AVAILABILITY OF AGENCY INFORMATION Mr. STENHOLM. Mr. Speaker, I rise to sup- and Dena Schulz. TECHNOLOGY FUNDS. (2) Charles M. Schulz served his country in (a) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—From funds port the House in concurring with the Senate amendment and passing S. 777, otherwise World War II, working his way up from infan- made available for agencies of the Department tryman to staff sergeant and eventually leading specified in section 2(b) for information tech- known as, the Freedom to E-File bill. a machine gun squad. He kept morale high by nology or information resource management, the I have long been a proponent of initiatives decorating fellow soldiers’ letters home with car- Secretary shall reserve from those agencies’ ap- at USDA to provide better service to farmers toons of barracks life. plicable accounts a total amount equal to not and ranchers through streamlining and the use (3) After returning from the war, Charles M. more than the following: of new technologies, while at the same time Schulz returned to his love for illustration, and (1) For fiscal year 2001, $3,000,000. took a job with ‘‘Timeless Topix’’. He also took (2) For each subsequent fiscal year, $2,000,000. saving taxpayer dollars. Growing numbers of farmers and ranchers a second job as an art instructor. Eventually, (b) TIME FOR RESERVATION.—The Secretary his hard work paid off when the Saturday shall notify Congress of the amount to be re- are using home computers. This fact, coupled Evening Post began purchasing a number of his served under subsection (a) for a fiscal year not with budget demands, is putting enormous single comic panels. later than December 1 of that fiscal year. pressure on USDA’s field service employees. (4) It was in his first weekly comic strip, ‘‘L’il (c) USE OF FUNDS.— It is therefore imperative that USDA take ad- Folks’’, that Charlie Brown was born. That (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Funds reserved under vantage of the internet for the efficiencies it comic strip, which was eventually renamed subsection (a) shall be used to establish the ‘‘Peanuts’’, became the sole focus of Charles M. Internet-based system required under section 2 can offer. Doing so will benefit overworked field service staff, save taxpayer dollars, and Schulz’s career. and to expand the system as required by section (5) Charles M. Schulz drew every frame of the 3. allow farmers and ranchers to spend more ‘‘Peanuts’’ strip, which ran 7 days a week, since (2) MAINTENANCE.—Once the system is estab- time on their operations and less time visiting it was created in October 1950. This is rare dedi- lished and operational, reserved amounts shall USDA offices. cation in the field of comic illustration. be used for maintenance and improvement of the For these reasons, I believe USDA must im- (6) The ‘‘Peanuts’’ comic strip appeared in system. prove electronic access to its programs and 2,600 newspapers around the world daily until (d) RETURN OF FUNDS.—Funds reserved under services. Consequently, I support S. 777, the January 3, 2000, and on Sundays until February subsection (a) and unobligated at the end of the Freedom to E-File bill. 13, 2000, and reached approximately 335,000,000 fiscal year shall be returned to the agency from readers every day in 20 different languages, which the funds were reserved, to remain avail- While I support the goals of this bill, I would making Charles M. Schulz the most successful able until expended. prefer a more comprehensive look at USDA comic illustrator in the world. SEC. 5. FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORA- reorganization and modernization. Unfortu- (7) Charles M. Schulz’s television special, ‘‘A TION AND RISK MANAGEMENT AGEN- nately, it appears that changes at USDA are Charlie Brown Christmas’’, has run for 34 con- CY. only going to be made on an incremental secutive years. In all, more than 60 animated (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 1, basis. specials have been created based on ‘‘Peanuts’’ 2000, the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to sup- characters. Four feature films, 1,400 books, and and the Risk Management Agency shall submit port this bill. a hit Broadway musical about the ‘‘Peanuts’’ to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of characters have also been produced. Representatives and the Committee on Agri- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there (8) Charles M. Schulz was a leader in the field culture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a objection to the initial request of the of comic illustration and in his community. He plan, that is consistent with this Act, to allow gentleman from Illinois? paved the way for other artists in this field over agricultural producers to— There was no objection. the last 50 years and continues to be praised for (1) obtain, over the Internet, from approved The motion to reconsider is laid on his outstanding achievements. insurance providers all forms and other infor- the table. (9) Charles M. Schulz gave back to his com- mation concerning the program under the juris- munity in many ways, including owning and diction of the Corporation and Agency in which f operating Redwood Empire Ice Arena in Santa the agricultural producer is a participant; and GENERAL LEAVE Rosa, California. The arena has become a favor- (2) file electronically all paperwork required ite gathering spot for people of all ages. Charles for participation in the program. Mr. LAHOOD. Mr. Speaker, I ask M. Schulz also financed a yearly ice show that (b) ADMINISTRATION.—The plan shall— unanimous consent that all Members drew crowds from all over the San Francisco (1) conform to sections 2(c) and 3(b); and may have 5 legislative days within Bay Area.

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:01 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 6333 E:\BR00\H06JN0.000 H06JN0 9588 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE June 6, 2000 (10) Charles M. Schulz gave the Nation a COMMUNICATION FROM STAFF AS- His offer to withdraw from the Golan unique sense of optimism, purpose, and pride. SISTANT OF HON. GEORGE Heights is really by historical stand- Whether through the Great Pumpkin Patch, the RADANOVICH, MEMBER OF CON- ards an extraordinarily generous one. Kite Eating Tree, Lucy’s Psychiatric Help GRESS Very few nations which have won this Stand, or Snoopy’s adventures with the Red Baron, ‘‘Peanuts’’ embodied human The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- sort of strategic territory and battle vulnerabilities, emotions, and potential. fore the House the following commu- have voluntarily given it up, even in (11) Charles M. Schulz’s lifetime of work nication from Michelle Giannetta, the face of the kind of hostility that linked generations of Americans and became a Staff Assistant of the Honorable Syria has evinced towards Israel. But part of the fabric of our national culture. Prime Minister Barak, taking a re- GEORGE RADANOVICH, Member of Con- SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. gress: quest politically based on his military (a) AWARD AUTHORIZED.—The President is May 26, 2000. judgment, which obviously everyone authorized to award posthumously, on behalf of Hon. DENNIS J. HASTERT, who knows him respects, was willing to the Congress, a gold medal of appropriate design Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives. make a deal with the Syrians in which to Charles M. Schulz in recognition of his last- DEAR MR. SPEAKER: This is to notify you Israel would have given up that very ing artistic contributions to the Nation and the formally, pursuant to Rule VIII of the Rules large strategic amount of territory world. of the House of Representatives, that I have with some safeguards, and essentially, (b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For the purpose of been served with a subpoena for testimony President Assad of Syria refused any the award referred to in subsection (a), the Sec- and documents issued by the United States retary of the Treasury (hereafter in this Act re- District Court for the Eastern District of kind of reasonable deal. ferred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall strike a gold California. Interestingly, had Assad agreed to medal with suitable emblems, devices, and in- Afer consultation with the Office of Gen- the deal, it would have been controver- scriptions, to be determined by the Secretary. eral Counsel, I will make the determinations sial within, as real as having given too SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS. required by Rule VIII. much to Syria, but Syria would not ac- Under such regulations as the Secretary may Sincerely, cept that. For years, people have been prescribe, the Secretary may strike and sell du- MICHELLE GIANNETTA, urging Israel to withdraw from Leb- plicates in bronze of the gold medal struck Staff Assistant. anon. There is a U.N. resolution that under section 2 at a price sufficient to cover the f says Israel should withdraw from Leb- costs of the medals, including labor, materials, anon. When the negotiations with dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses, and SPECIAL ORDERS the cost of the gold medal. Assad ended, because I believe of The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under Assad’s unreasonable hostility, Prime SEC. 4. NATIONAL MEDALS. the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- Minister Barak again courageously The medals struck under this Act are national uary 6, 1999, and under a previous order said, I will withdraw unilaterally from medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, of the House, the following Members United States Code. Israel; and one of the most extraor- will be recognized for 5 minutes each. SEC. 5. FUNDING AND PROCEEDS OF SALE. dinarily depressing reactions I have (a) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to f seen people who had for years had been pressing Israel to withdraw then began be charged against the United States Mint Pub- DISTURBING TRENDS IN THE to attack Israel for withdrawing uni- lic Enterprise Fund an amount not to exceed MIDDLE EAST $30,000 to pay for the cost of the medals author- laterally, as if they needed permission ized by this Act. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a to do what people had been berating (b) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—Amounts received previous order of the House, the gen- them for not doing. from the sale of duplicate bronze medals under tleman from Massachusetts (Mr. And what happened when Israel with- section 3 shall be deposited in the United States FRANK) is recognized for 5 minutes. drew was an outburst of hostility and Mint Public Enterprise Fund. Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act to of inappropriate behavior in much of authorize the President to award post- Speaker, I want to talk about some dis- Lebanon which can only strengthen the humously a gold medal on behalf of the Con- turbing trends in the Middle East. I ad- hands of those who believe within gress to Charles M. Schulz in recognition of mire enormously the commitment of Israel that Prime Minister Barak has his lasting artistic contributions to the Na- Prime Minister Barak of Israel to try been making a mistake. So in these tion and the world, and for other purposes.’’. to find a peaceful solution to many of two important areas with regard to Mr. LEACH (during the reading). Mr. the disputes that have troubled the re- Syria and to Lebanon, you have an Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that gion. I believe historically the record is elected official, a democratic leader of the Senate amendments be considered very clear that Israel sought it first to his country, taking some risks for as read and printed in the RECORD. live in peace with its neighbors. It was peace and being met with an extraor- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there forced to resort to armed conflict to dinarily hostile reaction; and then, fi- objection to the request of the gen- defend itself. nally, we had a few weeks ago violence tleman from Iowa? Prime Minister Barak to his credit on the part of many in the Palestinian There was no objection. has been willing now after 50 years and areas, including gunfire between the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there more of conflict to take some risks for Palestinian authority in Israel. objection to the original request of the peace. That is not always unanimously Again, I want to stress Israel has in gentleman from Iowa? agreed upon within Israel. Israel is, as the past couple of decades beginning There was no objection. we know, the only genuine democracy with Prime Minister Begin in the A motion to reconsider was laid on in this part of the world. The people of Sinai, engaged in more withdrawal the table. Israel are contentious in some ways as from territory it had been forced to befits people in a democracy when im- fight to conquer than almost any na- f portant issues are at stake. And Prime tion I can think of. And I am talking Minister Barak to me is an admirable now about turning it over to the en- example of an elected official who is emies, not with a period of demili- GENERAL LEAVE trying to lead in the direction that he tarization. It is not like America, the Mr. LEACH. Mr. Speaker, I ask unan- thinks is important. allies keeping Germany in a very sub- imous consent that all Members may And in so doing, he has espoused ordinate position for a long time that have 5 legislative days within which to some positions that he believes and I was not being occupied. It was simply revise and extend their remarks on believe will lead to a lasting peace if turned over in many cases, and to see H.R. 3642. they meet with an appropriate re- the negative reactions from Syria, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there sponse from those with whom he seeks from people in the south of Lebanon, objection to the request of the gen- to negotiate. What is especially trou- the more extremists there and within tleman from Iowa? bling to me has been the negative re- the Palestinian community, is very There was no objection. sponses his initiatives have drawn. troubling to me.

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:01 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\H06JN0.000 H06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 9589 I admire the willingness of Prime tect their properties. But I think that and on behalf of many of my colleagues Minister Barak to persevere. I believe it is important for those of us who have in the Caucus, I am proud to introduce he does this because he understands responsibility and oversight over law today the Citizen Legislature Em- what is truly in his country’s long- enforcement personnel throughout this powerment through Access to Re- term interests. I hope the United Nation to condemn this heinous re- sources bill, or, more simply, the States Government will continue to be quest, to indicate that there is no rea- CLEAR Act of 2000. a strong supporter and partner of Israel son that anyone should call for a boun- The Citizen Legislators Caucus was and, in particular, make it clear to the ty and for an act to assassinate or kill established to enhance the effective- extent that Israel does withdraw from another human being and particularly ness of term-limited Members of Con- some of these areas, potentially expos- in this instance. gress through a positive and construc- ing itself to some of the problems that This also calls for this Congress to tive agenda. One of the priorities of our might come up that the United States act expeditiously to provide the extra Members is working with other Mem- will continue to be a reliable partner. funding that will necessitate or provide bers of Congress to advance legislation But it has to be noted that the kind of for extra Border Patrol along that bor- that encourages citizen representation negativism, the kind of extreme hos- der. and citizen involvement in Govern- tility which Prime Minister Barak’s In addition, I will be asking the De- ment. openness has called from on the part of partment of Justice to provide more Citizen legislators are the lifeblood many Arabs cannot be helpful. FBI agents in that area to ensure that of a representative democracy. I am I admire, as I said, Prime Minister this may be what I believe it is, an idle honored to serve with so many honor- Barak for not being deterred by this. threat. But no life should be taken for able men and women in this body who He is not allowing the extremists to granted. And though we have much to have put aside successful careers in undermine his efforts, but they ought do at the border to protect all the indi- other areas of life to come here for a to understand and people elsewhere viduals who are there, Border Patrol, short time to represent their districts and serve their country. Doctors, law- ought to understand that there is a those who see the necessity to come yers, farmers, teachers, small business- price to be paid for this. So I hope, Mr. into this country illegally, and that is men, people from all walks of life come Speaker, that as Prime Minister Barak wrong, but to protect the area and the people who live there and the lives of here for a time to help secure the fu- goes forward in partnership with the people who are in the midst of that, if ture of our country and then return U.S., we will begin to see responsible you will, confusion. home to move on to other areas of leaders in the Arab world exercise the But to be able to sit idly by while service. kind of reciprocal approach that the someone calls for the assassination of a I believe such an attitude of service prime minister’s courage deserves. Border Patrol agent, any Border Patrol and representation is in keeping with f agent, is intolerable and should not be the best examples of our Founding Fa- CONDEMNING A BOUNTY OFFERED accepted. thers, as embodied most profoundly in FOR BORDER PATROL AGENTS I am asking that we continue to the life of George Washington. Presi- monitor that area, that the Depart- dent Washington held his positions of The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a ment of Justice keeps a watchful eye, leadership in our country, including previous order of the House, the gentle- that more funds are provided for Bor- the presidency, as something with woman from Texas (Ms. JACKSON-LEE) der Patrol agents, along with more which he was entrusted for a limited is recognized for 5 minutes. training, and that increased law en- time, not for a lifetime. Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. forcement is added to that area to en- Our country is a democracy, and a Speaker, under ordinary cir- sure the protection of the protectors. well-informed citizenry is the most im- cumstances, I would not rise to the There is no excuse that we should portant asset of any democracy. Over floor of the House to discuss as delicate stand idly by, as I have indicated, the past few years, we have worked to an issue as this if we had been briefed while these kinds of threats are made put in place a number of important re- by law enforcement officials, the De- whether or not this is a citizen of Mex- forms that have changed the way Con- partment of Justice or the Border Pa- ico. And let me applaud the leadership gress works, giving greater informa- trol, for the issue is so troubling that I of Mexico and the foreign policy rep- tion, access, and control to the people. do not even think Americans would resentatives of Mexico who have, like- We have cut committee sizes, we have want this kind of terrible proposal to wise, condemned this travesty. imposed term limits on committee be promoted. But this kind of public display of dis- chairman, and made common sense de- b 1900 respect for the law and disrespect for cisions, such as Congress abiding by human life is not to be tolerated; and I, the same laws as the rest of the coun- But the fact that article was in the for one, will not tolerate this kind of try must live under. Houston Chronicle today brings me to bounty being set upon law enforcement As we move into the 21st century, the the necessity of addressing this ques- officers who are doing their job. Internet provides an incredible oppor- tion publicly. ‘‘Bounty Offered for Kill- I am shamed that this has even hap- tunity for Congress to continue our re- ing Agent of Border Patrol,’’ Houston pened. I ask for Carlos Ibarra Perez to form agenda. We must open the door to Chronicle, today, Tuesday, June 6, 2000. withdraw such a request. I ask for Congress for the citizens to see more of The reason I come to the floor of the those who even may be thinking of it what we do and why we do it. The House is to condemn any such attempt to not even dare. And I ask the law en- CLEAR Act allows for the posting of to put a bounty or to ask for an assas- forcement of this country to provide reports and issue briefs prepared by the sination of any of America’s law en- the necessary protection and support Congressional Research Service for forcement officers or, for that matter, for these law enforcement officers, the Members of Congress on Member and anyone in the United States who are U.S. Border Patrol, who are doing sim- committee Web sites. The American lawfully performing their duties. ply their job. people, students, teachers, small busi- This request for a bounty on a Border f nessmen, farmers should be able to get Patrol agent has been asked for by this information and facts on which we Mexican activist Carlos Ibarra Perez. CLEAR ACT OF 2000 as Congress base our decisions. Certainly, the border between the The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. As we work to secure the future of State of Texas and the other border OSE). Under a previous order of the our country, it is important to provide States and Mexico has had some trou- House, the gentleman from South the people with the greatest informa- bling times. Yes, there has been an in- Carolina (Mr. DEMINT) is recognized for tion possible about their Government. fusion of illegal immigrants. There 5 minutes. This is a common sense next step in re- have been acts that have been acted Mr. DEMINT. Mr. Speaker, as chair- forming our Government and returning upon by citizens illegally trying to pro- man of the Citizen Legislators Caucus decisions and freedom to the people.

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:01 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\H06JN0.000 H06JN0 9590 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE June 6, 2000 This in no way changes the primary $315,000,000 in outlays for emergencies; less likely to have a regular source of purpose of the Congressional Research $450,000,000 in budget authority and care, four times more likely to delay Service, which is to serve Congress; but $396,000,000 in outlays for continuing dis- seeking care, nearly three times less it gives an additional window to the ability reviews; and, $20,000,000 in budget au- likely to have seen a provider in the citizens to understand the workings of thority and $12,000,000 in outlays for adoption last past year, and five times more their Government and see some of the incentive payments. likely to use emergency room as a reg- resources we have available. These adjustments shall apply while the leg- ular place of care. There is an entire library of re- islation is under consideration and shall take There is no question that insurance sources we could be making available effect upon final enactment of the legislation. is key to maintaining health. When to citizens, information we have at our Questions may be directed to Dan Kowalski or Medicaid was initiated in 1965, infant fingertips and often mail out to our Jim Bates at 67270. mortality rates began to decrease, and constituents on a regular basis; and yet f that continues today. these resources cannot now be made HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN IN The health insurance status of chil- available to American citizens in the TEXAS dren through age 18 in Texas compared same timely and complete manner on to that of the rest of the country. On the Web. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under this next chart, imagine 100 children This legislation that I am intro- the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- from Texas standing in front of us, 54 ducing today moves such sharing of in- uary 6, 1999, the gentlewoman from of these children are insured through formation by Members to the public Texas (Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON) is private employer-based policies; 24 per- into the next century. I am pleased recognized for 60 minutes as the des- cent are uninsured; 22 percent are cov- that many of my colleagues are taking ignee of the minority leader. ered through Medicaid. This equals to Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of advantage of the Internet with their about 1.4 million of the 6 million chil- Texas. Mr. Speaker, for the 60 minutes, committees and often Web pages to dren in Texas without health insur- we plan to address the House on health provide citizens with hearing tran- care for children in Texas. I will be ance. scripts and testimonies and copies of joined by several Members. On our next chart, just imagine 100 the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. My colleagues can see, Mr. Speaker, children from all over the country As we move into the 21st century, I that this ad has a child that has on standing in front of us. Sixty-four per- believe reports prepared by the Con- boxing gloves. Our children should not cent of these children are insured gressional Research Service should be have to fight to get health care cov- through private employer-based pro- included, as well. erage that they truly deserve. grams; 21 are covered through Medi- We live in an a democracy, a govern- A child born in the year 2000 is far care; 15 are uninsured. ment of the people, by the people, and more likely to grow up healthy and to Why is it that Texas’s percentage of for the people; and we must give a clear reach adulthood than a child that was uninsured children is higher than the view of what is going on in the Govern- born in 1900. Over the past 100 years, Nation’s average? The reason is due to ment to the people. That is why we are our Nation’s scientific, technological, a Texas Government that chooses not introducing the CLEAR Act today. and financial resources have built the to take advantage of the government I look forward to working with the most advanced health care system in funding that will allow many children Congressional Research Service, the the world. But the doors of health care to be insured. gentleman from California (Chairman still remain shut to some. I just read a news clipping here talk- THOMAS), and the Committee on House Millions of children have inadequate ing about the millions of dollars that is Administration and other interested medical care. Ensuring that every child turned back or unused in the Federal Members of Congress to make what we in our Nation receives the best possible Government simply because we have do a lot clearer to our voters and con- health care, we must have a top pri- not enrolled these children. It is unfor- tinue to reform our Congress as we ority in this Nation. To a large extent, tunate that we have a Government so move into the new millennium. health status is still determined by benign in Texas that will not enroll the f race, language, culture, geography, and children. REVISIONS TO ALLOCATION FOR economics. b 1915 In general, children in low-income HOUSE COMMITTEE ON APPRO- communities get sick more often from As a matter of fact, Texas can expand PRIATIONS preventable acute and infectious ill- its Medicaid coverage to the age of 18 The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a nesses, such as measles, conjunctivitis, and cover those whose income is up to previous order of the House, the gen- and ear infections. Low-income chil- 300 percent of the Federal poverty tleman from Ohio (Mr. KASICH) is rec- dren and teens are also more likely to level. Presently, Texas only covers ognized for 5 minutes. suffer from chronic medical conditions, children up to age 18 and whose income Mr. KASICH. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Sec. such as diabetes and asthma. These are is 100 percent of the Federal poverty 314 of the Congressional Budget Act, I hereby the leading causes of school absences. level with title XXI funds. There is submit for printing in the Congressional In fact, the sharpest increases in something grossly inadequate about Record revisions to the allocation for the asthma rates are among the urban how we take care of our children and House Committee on Appropriations pursuant youth. Very prevalent. Despite the tre- their health care in Texas. Over half of to House Report 106–623 totaling mendous advances in medical tech- all States have expanded the coverage $1,271,000,000 in additional new budget au- nology and public health, millions of to 200 percent and beyond. thority and $723,000,000 in additional outlays. children have less of a chance to grow The next chart shows income eligi- This will change the allocation to the House up healthy and strong because of un- bility levels for children 1 and older in Committee on Appropriations to equal access to health care. Medicaid and separate State programs. $601,681,000,000 in budget authority and Texas is a perfect example. Children This chart shows that most States $625,915,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year without health insurance or a regular have expanded health care coverage to 2001. Budgetary aggregates will increase to source of health care are more likely to children in title XXI funds. This cov- $1,529,886,000,000 in budget authority and seek care from emergency rooms and erage is provided through Medicaid ex- $1,495,136,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year clinics, which have long waits to see a pansions and/or separate insurance pro- 2001. provider, limited follow-up, and little grams. Why, then, Texas? Ten States As reported to the House, H.R. 4577, the to no health education about preven- offer Medicaid to those with incomes bill making fiscal year 2001 appropriations for tive strategies or ways to manage a up to 150 percent of the Federal pov- the Department of Labor, Health and Human chronic illness. erty level. Texas falls within that cat- Services, Education and Related Agencies, in- Compared with insured children, un- egory. Texas falls at the bottom. Our cludes $801,000,000 in budget authority and insured children are up to eight times children fall at the bottom.

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:01 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\H06JN0.000 H06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 9591 There are several colleagues that I working middle-income people who Speaker, I rise to address this issue of have here, Mr. Speaker, who will also were disqualified from Medicaid be- children’s health insurance. I want to make comments on whether or not our cause I became employed. We have two commend the gentlewoman from Texas children are being treated fairly if they incomes, and we can’t afford insurance. (Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON) for the have to simply fight for the health care Now we are told by the TexCare Part- work that she is doing in this regard, they deserve. nership we will have insurance for our the gentleman from Texas (Mr. I yield to the gentleman from Texas. children with low premiums and low HINOJOSA), and the other Members that Mr. HINOJOSA. Mr. Speaker, I thank copayments that we can afford. My we are going to be hearing from. As a the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. children have health care when they government worker, I am guaranteed EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON) for the work need it.’’ that my children will have access to that she is doing, and I agree with her CHIP was first implemented in 1998 quality health care. This knowledge opening remarks that our children to address a national crisis, almost 12 brings me some peace of mind. As it should not have to fight to get the million children that were without in- stands, many parents in my home health care coverage that they deserve. surance. In Texas, we are now able to State of Texas do not have this same Mr. Speaker, I am happy to announce offer insurance to approximately half a peace of mind. In fact, many children that for the first time, a Children’s million children that otherwise would who are eligible for State or Federal Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, is have none. While we can make this programs are needlessly foregoing available in South Texas. CHIP is low- offer, it is up to each parent or guard- quality health care or receiving care in cost health insurance provided under a ian to enroll or at least inquire about expensive emergency situations only. State-subsidized insurance program. getting their children in this program. As a Member of Congress and as a fa- Any Texas uninsured children, Believe it or not, the hardest part of ther, I believe that every family de- newborns through age 18, are eligible. the CHIP program is getting parents to serves to share the peace of mind that All costs are flexible and based on fam- enroll their children. Most parents I have today. That is why I am working ily income. For example, a family of need to take advantage of this genu- to reform the current children’s health four qualifies if the household income inely great program. I want to stress care insurance system. Medicaid and is $34,000 or less. If they make more that even if a parent has never quali- the new State Children’s Health Insur- than that, they can qualify for greatly fied for health insurance for their chil- ance Program, S–CHIP, are the two reduced insurance through another dren before, now they can. CHIP solves key publicly funded health insurance program, Texas Healthy Kids. the cost problem for many Texas fami- programs that offer coverage for low- The CHIP operates like a health lies. In CHIP, many families will only income adolescents in Texas today. maintenance organization, or HMO. It pay an annual fee of $15 to cover all Medicaid provides health insurance is run by the TexCare Partnership their children in this plan. Some high- coverage for more than 40 million indi- which partners with all 254 Texas coun- er-income families will pay monthly viduals, mostly women, children and ties to sponsor services through one of premiums of $15 or maybe $18 which adolescents, at an annual cost of about three different plans. One is CHIP, two covers all children in the family. Most $154 billion in combined Federal and is Medicaid, and three is the Texas families will also have copayments for State funds. Healthy Kids. CHIP provides services doctor/dental visits, prescription drugs, In addition to these funds, S–CHIP such as hospital care, surgery, x-rays, and emergency care. And families must made available approximately $48 bil- therapies, prescription drugs, mental reenroll their children once a year. lion in Federal funds over 10 years to health and substance abuse treatment, Mr. Speaker, children can only get help States expand health insurance emergency services, eye tests and this insurance if their parents apply. I coverage to low-income children and glasses, dental care and regular health hope all parents listening will take the youth. S–CHIP works to subsidize fami- care checkups and vaccinations. initiative and make certain their chil- lies with income levels not covered by For Texas, CHIP is funded from the dren are enrolled. The application the Medicaid program. Funded with proceeds of our tobacco settlement process is simple and straightforward. Federal block grant dollars and State with the tobacco companies a couple of Any Texan can call my office in matching dollars, S–CHIP is a health years ago. It is critically important in McAllen or in Beeville to get the num- insurance program for children in fam- our State because Texas has the high- ber for the CHIP hotline. If parents ilies who make too much money to be est rate of uninsured in the country. want local assistance or information in eligible for Medicaid but who cannot Unfortunately, Texas has the Nation’s my congressional district, they can afford other private insurance options. second highest number of uninsured call my office for that number or visit Mr. Speaker, Texas gained a major children. The worst problem we have is any public library in Hidalgo County or victory during the 1999 legislative ses- that not enough parents are using this in Bee County to pick up a bilingual sion when it passed S–CHIP. This State great program. brochure and application. program will help affordable health in- South Texas, in particular, has car- Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of surance for families earning up to 200 ried the burden of uninsured children Texas. Could the gentleman tell me percent of the Federal poverty level. for many years. About 1.4 million of why we are just beginning to talk The Federal Government currently al- Texas’ 5.8 million children lack health about this information since this has lows coverage to children as high as 300 insurance, but 470,000 of them are now been available for a while? percent. Together, these programs pro- eligible for coverage under CHIP. Al- Mr. HINOJOSA. It has been a fight to vide many uninsured children in Texas most one-fourth, or 109,000, of the get the Texas leadership in the legisla- with quality health care. newly-eligible kids live on the Texas- ture to move the decision-makers to While the combination of S–CHIP and Mexico border. When children do not get this enrollment process going. I Medicaid offers powerful opportunities have the health insurance, they have know that in my office we have been to reduce the percentage of uninsured to rely on costly medical treatment at fighting on this for at least 18 months. children in the United States, we can the last minute. This threatens the I can assure the gentlewoman that I do more. Despite the recently passed S– child’s future well-being. But now we am delighted to see it finally get start- CHIP program, my home State still has have a true opportunity to change ed, because it will stop the suffering of the second highest rate of uninsured that. CHIP will give a lot of children many of the working families that I children in the country. At the present the opportunity to lead healthy lives represent in the 15th District. time, there is a pressing and without the fear of getting sick. Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of undisputable need for eligibility re- Let me share a quote from a lady Texas. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gen- forms and aggressive outreach to low- from my district who recently went tleman from Texas (Mr. LAMPSON). income families in Texas. Statistics through the enrollment process. She Mr. LAMPSON. I thank the gentle- show that Texas is ineffective in re- said: ‘‘My husband and I are hard- woman from Texas for yielding. Mr. taining low-income kids on Medicaid.

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:01 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\H06JN0.000 H06JN0 9592 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE June 6, 2000 Part of this failure can be attributed to easier for those to gain the access that leadership and demanded that they ad- the red tape that unnecessarily bur- they so richly deserve and that we dress the question of the needs of good dens the neediest families in Texas. want them to have so that their health health care, like Sylvester Turner and The bureaucratic hurdles that must be does not have an adverse effect on the Rodney Ellis and Garnett Coleman and overcome to receive Medicaid eligi- rest of us in society, then certainly we I am sure that I am leaving out many bility in Texas include a face-to-face ought to be taking the opportunity to others around the State, who were ac- interview, an assets test, no contin- do it. tively involved in pressing the point uous eligibility, and no presumptive b 1930 that we needed to have this kind of eligibility. funding for children beyond the age of Fortunately, Texas has been given Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of children. the opportunity to adopt less restric- Texas. Mr. Speaker, according to the Mr. Speaker, it has already been said tive methods for counting income and New York Times, on Sunday, May 21 of that Texas is at the bottom of retain- assets for family Medicaid. Without this year, Texas had not spent any of ing low-income kids on Medicaid since these changes, enrollment will con- the dollars allocated to take care of welfare reform in 1996. It also has been these children that are poor. tinue to be difficult and complex for noted that Texas has the highest rate Mr. LAMPSON. Mr. Speaker, if the applicant families that are referred to of uninsured in the country, and Texas gentlewoman will yield, that is obvi- has the second highest rate of unin- Medicaid, many of whom will have a ously very, very, very wrong. We have sured children in the Nation. But what child eligible for CHIP and another one the opportunity to help children, we eligible for Medicaid. have the opportunity to help people, also needs to be noted is that right now Texas can make the system more and if we cannot reach out and let in the State of Texas, some 500,000 chil- navigable by implementing a few sim- them know, and make certain that dren qualify for CHIP, and that means, ple changes. These changes include they know about the programs that that symbol that the gentlewoman has, eliminating the assets test for chil- can provide a better quality of life, the picture of that baby that says, do dren’s Medicaid, ending the require- then we make serious mistakes. That our children have to really fight, or ment for face-to-face application, is why I commend the gentlewoman for should our children have to really fight adopting uniform statewide docu- the work that she is doing in trying to to get good health care. With 500,000 mentation and verification options for accomplish just that task. children already qualifying for CHIP, it Medicaid and Texas CHIP, and, finally, We can make a difference in people’s seems that we are behind the times in adopting 12-month continuous eligi- lives if the word can reach them, if we moving forward to ensure that this bility for children’s Medicaid. can do the things that help make their program works. It is well known that At a time of unprecedented pros- task a little bit easier in getting the Texas has been slow compared to other perity, it is untenable for children to quality of care that they need and de- States in implementing CHIP. not have access to basic health care. serve. I thank the gentlewoman for This is not to say that we do not Even more absurd is the fact that doing that, and I thank her for sharing have some very committed health pro- many of these sick children are eligible the time this evening. fessionals in our own local commu- for State and Federal health insurance Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of nities who have been begging for the programs. The time to act is now. We Texas. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gen- CHIP program to be implemented. cannot sit idly by and watch our chil- tlewoman from Texas (Ms. JACKSON- Children enrolled in Texas CHIP can dren suffer needlessly. The solution is LEE). get a comprehensive benefits package in our hands. Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. which include eye exams and glasses, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for prescription drugs and limited dental Texas. Mr. Speaker, this has been this emphasis on a very important checkups and therapy, all of the items available now for at least 2 years. We issue. To even begin to think of the that provide for a healthy child. have already talked about the fact that great need of children with respect to Just last week in my district, Sen- when people have a language problem health care and not respond to their ator PAUL WELLSTONE and myself held or they live a long ways from where need seems to be a travesty and a trag- hearings on mental health. I know we they might be able to get health care edy. do not have mental health parity, but relief, it is usually the lowest income I could not help but listen to the dia- to hear the parents of children come which means usually the least well logue that the gentlewoman had with forward and cry out for needed services educated. our colleague, the gentleman from in mental health for diagnostic serv- Has Texas taken on any leadership or Texas (Mr. LAMPSON). It seems cer- ices, for counseling services, knowing responsibility to try to be sure that we tainly that there has been a problem full well that we need to keep working can spread the word to the persons who with the leadership from the executive toward parity, that is also health care are eligible? of the State of Texas and particularly that parents need. Mr. LAMPSON. We certainly should the Texas Department of Health. Al- So we can see that the CHIPS pro- be. We need to spread that word, be- though there may be other issues that gram is long overdue in our commu- cause what it is doing it is encouraging they have excelled on, this is one that nity. To avoid a logistical nightmare people to go into the most expensive has seen a great vacuum in leadership. for both the State and parents, Texas areas to seek the care that they need. I remember following the work of the should act as quickly as possible to im- That may be a hospital emergency State legislature, and many of the leg- plement changes in children’s Medicare room. A hospital in my hometown and islators from the urban centers had to eligibility. To reinforce what has been other hospitals within my district are work very hard to ensure that the said, we need to eliminate the access grossly strapped right now because of funding for the CHIPs program in- test for children’s Medicaid. Texas now the closing of so many, just as an ex- cluded children beyond the age of 12. makes parents of Medicaid-eligible ample, rural health care facilities that The initial effort by the Texas Depart- children document not just income, but have lost their ability to continue to ment of Health and the governor’s of- also the value of savings, IRAs, auto- offer services across this country. fice was to only provide these CHIP mobiles, and valuables. There is a lot As this group of people, the children monies for children up to 12, and many better way to do it, and we can utilize about which we are speaking right of them with the encouragement of the Federal law that is used by the now, also find their way into these many of us in Congress and the ques- Federal Government in 40 States, plus same facilities, we are driving the cost tioning of many of us in Congress, the District of Columbia. of health care up to the point where it asked the question: Do you mean a It is important to drop the require- is causing others not to have access. child does not get sick after age 13? ment for face-to-face applications, re- Where we can do something about it It seems to me an outrage. I want to certification interviews, because we re- and help fix this problem and make it applaud those legislators who took the alize that parents are very busy. We

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:01 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\H06JN0.000 H06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 9593 should allow mail-in applications. This vide for the children of this State when Medicaid is significantly affected by several is not required by Federal law. Thirty- the program has been passed by this of the mandatory and optional eligibility cat- eight States, plus the District of Co- Congress under the Balanced Budget egories. lumbia, allow mail-ins. So it is impor- Act since 1997. This is now the year The State Children’s Health Insurance Pro- tant that as we deal with the elimi- 2000. Why does not the State of Texas, gram made available approximately $48 billion nation of assets which are not required 43rd, if you will, in the care of mental in federal funds over ten years to help states by the Federal Government, nor re- health and some very low number, I expand health insurance coverage to low-in- quired by 40 States, we can then make know, in the care of health period hav- come children and youth. more easier, if you will, the ability for ing the highest number of uninsured Federal law permits states to use CHIP these parents to apply and become eli- cannot provide the CHIPS program for funds to expand coverage in three ways: gible for CHIP. their children. I think that we need to through Medicaid expansions; state-designed, The main point that I think we are show a great deal more compassion on non-Medicaid programs; or a combination of trying to impress upon our State and behalf of Texas children and the Na- these two approaches. the focus of this Special Order that I tion’s children and ensure that these SCHIP, is funded with federal block grant think is so very important is our chil- children do have insurance to make dollars and state matching dollars, as a health dren are voiceless. Their parents are them healthy children and then insurance program for children in families who fighting for them, but they are the healthy adults. make too much money for Medicaid, but who ones who every time a ballot is cast, a Mr. Speaker, I am happy to rise in support cannot afford other private insurance options. child cannot vote, yet they are in need of our nation’s increased investment in SCHIP has extended coverage to an addi- of the good health care that this childcare in the form of insurance coverage. A tional 2 million children who do not qualify for CHIPS program would allow. serious oversight has occurred when studies Medicaid. Yet millions of children are believed Mr. Speaker, I would hope that the and statistics show a large portion of children to be eligible for these programs, but remain State of Texas would see the value of that are not covered by medical insurance. uninsured. responding to the needs of our children Nationally, over 11 million of our nation’s Uninsured youth will benefit from Medicaid and quickly eliminate the complicated children—one in seven of those children living and CHIP only if the states in which they live process that keeps this CHIPS program in the United States are uninsured. Two-thirds chose to extend eligibility and if states then from being implemented. I think it is of these children live in families with income work to enroll them. This requires more than important that we get leadership from below 200 percent of the poverty level working with funding for these programs. It en- the State, and I think it is most impor- ($33,400 for a family of four in 1999). tails communicating to the community that tant that the Texas Department of Many escape through the cracks simply be- needs the service that something is available. Health establish a focus that says in a cause they do not fit the description policy SCHIP benefits depend heavily on program certain period of time, we will ensure makers have in regards to poverty. Low-in- design and state discretion. States currently that the CHIPS program is working come uninsured children typically live in two- cover children whose family incomes range throughout the entire State, and that parent, working households and have little generally from below the Federal poverty level that needs to be done now. contact with the welfare system. (FPL) to as high as 300 percent of poverty. Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of In the same instance, families who are Even when adolescents are enrolled in in- Texas. Mr. Speaker, reclaiming my below standard income have the misfortune of surance programs that provide comprehensive time, statistics tell us that more and being undereducated regarding the health benefits, a number of other factors influenced more children are being absent from benefits they and their children have access to whether adolescents actually receive the serv- school because of asthma, and yet, it through their entitled aide. Forty-one percent ices they need. These include affordability, has been determined that we have one of parents of these eligible uninsured children confidentiality, and availability of providers with of the worst environments in the Na- postponed seeking medical care for their off- expertise and experience in caring for adoles- tion, so bad that Oklahoma is com- spring because they could not afford it. cents. plaining that we are polluting parts of A much-needed solution for adolescents In Texas the rate of uninsured is higher than Oklahoma. If we have this available who need insurance comes in the form of any other state in the country. In particular and not making any effort to cover the Medicaid and the new State Children’s Health Texas has the second highest rate of unin- children while we are also providing an Insurance Program (CHIP). These two key or- sured children in the nation. In an attempt to environment that is conducive to mak- ganizations are publicly funded health insur- combat this high rating the state of Texas has ing them even more unhealthy, what ance programs that offer coverage for low-in- combined the options available to states in does this tell us? Is there any compas- come adolescents. order to expand health insurance coverage. sion in Texas? These programs enacted by Congress more This combination includes expansion of Med- Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. than thirty years apart, both augment and icaid and state-designed, non-Medicaid pro- Speaker, if the gentlewoman will yield, complement each other. While each has dis- grams. it seems like we are lacking a great tinctly different characteristics, together they Texas covers children whose family in- deal of compassion, and the gentle- offer a powerful opportunity to reduce the per- comes range from below the FPL to 200 per- woman has hit the nail on the head. centage of uninsured adolescents in the cent of poverty. The Federal government al- Healthy children make healthy adults. United States and to increase adolescents’ ac- lows coverage to children as high as 300 per- Children are apt to get all manner of cess to health care. cent. childhood diseases and ailments. Asth- I must ask that as my colleagues deliberate TEXAS—STATISTICS ma is one of the most devastating this week on the real and necessary benefits Texas has the highest rate of uninsured in childhood diseases that lead into adult of the defense appropriations to our nation’s the country. asthma. We do have a problem in our security, that they also consider the benefit to Texas has the second highest rate of unin- respective communities with air qual- domestic security, which is created by their sured children in the nation. ity. We are fighting that problem well support of health care for all of our nation’s There are 1.4 million uninsured children in now. In fact, as the gentlewoman well youth. Texas—600,000 are eligible for, but not in knows, she was one of the supporters, Medicaid provides health insurance cov- Medicaid; nearly 500,000 qualify for CHIP. and I continue to support, the Mickey erage for more than 40 million individuals— Texas attempt to combats the number of Leland Toxic Center that is located in most are women, children, and adolescents— uninsured children by combining the options the Texas Medical Center that deals at an annual cost of about $154 billion in com- available to states in order to expand health with air quality standards and does the bined federal and state funds. insurance coverage. Texas’ combination in- research on respiratory diseases. We Eligibility for Medicaid is determined by each cludes the expansion of Medicaid and state- find that many children have them. state according to its specific guidelines. How- designed, non-Medicaid programs. I believe that there is no compassion ever, the federal government specifies the At present time, there is a need for eligibility in this State if we cannot get the mandatory eligibility categories and the op- reforms and aggressive outreach for low-in- CHIPS program implemented to pro- tional eligibility categories. come health programs in Texas.

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:01 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 9920 E:\BR00\H06JN0.001 H06JN0 9594 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE June 6, 2000 Texas is at the bottom of retaining low-in- Adopt 12-month continuous eligibility for When we were doing the 1997 act, we come kids on Medicaid since welfare reform in children’s Medicaid. Children enrolled in Texas estimated that there were 10 million 1996. CHIP stay enrolled for 12 months, regardless children across the country without in- 193,400 Texas children fell off the Medicaid of any changes in income during that period. surance; about 3 million of those are rolls during the past three years, a 14.2 per- In Texas Medicaid, parents must report any in- Medicaid-eligible children and the rest cent decline. come change within 10 days, and Medicaid is are children of working families who Medicaid data collected finds an increase in cut off the next month if the new family in- make too much money to be in the the number of people enrolled in Medicaid in come is too high for Medicaid. Twelve-month Medicaid program but do not get June 1999 compared to June 1998, but the eligibility for Children’s Medicaid is a state op- health insurance through the work- magnitude of this success rate is dampened tion Congress created when it passed CHIP. force or choose not to take it but can- due to the decline of Medicaid in nine states— This was done in an effort to allow for identical not afford to buy it on their own. one of them was Texas. policies in Medicaid and CHIP, and promote Now, with respect to that, as my col- The status quo in Texas is that children (up continuity of health care. Fifteen states have league from Houston just talked about, to age 19) in families with incomes at or under adopted continuous eligibility for Children’s in terms of the Medicaid program, 100 percent of the federal poverty income Medicaid, and Ohio will begin the policy July there is no question that we could do a level (FPL, $14,140 for a family of 3) can qual- much better job of enrolling children ify for Medicaid. 2000. Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of in Medicaid. I have offered, and I think Drop the requirement for face-to-face appli- cation/re-certification interviews for children’s Texas. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentle- the gentlewoman is a cosponsor, a bill, Medicaid. (Allow mail-in applications.) This is woman very much. H.R. 1298, that would give schools the I yield to the gentleman from Texas not required by federal law, and 38 states plus ability to grant presumptive eligibility the District of Columbia allow mail-in applica- (Mr. BENTSEN). for children who might be eligible, who Mr. BENTSEN. Mr. Speaker, I thank tion for children. Three states also allow com- are eligible for Medicaid, in the same munity-based enrollment outside the welfare the gentlewoman for yielding. way that the 1997 act gave that to Fed- Let me first start out by com- office. eral health care workers. Adopt and publicize for children’s Medicaid mending the gentlewoman for having Our colleague, the gentlewoman from the same simple, flexible documentation and this Special Order to talk about the Colorado (Ms. DEGETTE) has a bill that verification options used for Texas CHIP. To CHIPs program and the need for great- would extend that same ability to make a joint mail-in application feasible, chil- er access to health care for children in grant presumptive eligibility to what dren’s Medicaid and CHIP must accept the this country. As the gentlewoman are called SCHIP workers, State Chil- same documents for income and other re- knows, back in 1997, we were part of an dren’S Health Insurance workers as quired verifications. Children’s Medicaid docu- effort to start the CHIPs program, this well, so that we would have the ability mentation should be identical statewide, to was a Federal effort. I was pleased to of not only enrolling children in the make a true joint CHIP-Medicaid mail-in appli- be a member of the House Committee CHIPs program, but also enrolling cation possible. Federal law allows states to on the Budget when the 1997 Balanced those children who are Medicaid eligi- reduce income documentation for children’s Budget Act, the reconciliation bill, was ble in the Medicaid program. Medicaid in any way, or even to eliminate it in crafted and ultimately passed and One of the unfortunate facts of our favor of using third-party verification. Seven signed by the President. I think there home State of Texas is that we lead the states require no income documentation for is a certain amount of credit that is Nation in the number of Medicaid-eli- children’s Medicaid. due the President as well for his stead- gible children who are not enrolled in To avoid a logistical nightmare for both the fast support for this program. the program, about 800,000 kids in state and parents, Texas should as quickly as It is correct that unfortunately, our Texas who should be in the Medicaid possible implement changes in children’s Med- State, and as a proud Texan I have to program. icaid eligibility. Without these critical changes, say it is unfortunate that our State Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of enrollment will be difficult and complex for the was a little late in getting a CHIPs pro- Texas. Mr. Speaker, reclaiming my many applicant families that are referred to gram up and running. The legislature, time, there has been a whole legisla- Medicaid—many of whom will have one child which meets biennially, did not get a tive session that has come and gone eligible for CHIP, and another eligible for Med- chance to take this up or did not since these dollars have been available, icaid. States already implementing CHIP re- choose to take this up until 1999. and as of May 21 of this year, we had port that large proportions of applicants end I think it is a little ironic when some not used any of the dollars allocated up in Medicaid. The changes needed are as of us were saying that the legislature for Texas. Can the gentleman think of follows: should move on this, that the governor any reason why we have denied these Eliminate the assets test for children’s Med- perhaps should call a special session to children the right to health care when icaid. Texas now makes parents of Medicaid- address this very popular bipartisan there is nothing standing in the way eligible children document not just income, but program, that with fear that Texas between them and health care enroll- also the value of savings, IRAs, automobiles, might ultimately lose some funds, we ment? and valuables, etc. The test is not required by now see that the other body has de- Mr. BENTSEN. Mr. Speaker, if the federal law, and 40 states plus the District of cided to borrow from some of the funds gentlewoman would yield, we hear Columbia have already dropped in for chil- that Congress set aside back in 1997 from some that we should not be pass- dren. from the tobacco tax for this. We do ing new laws, we ought to be enforcing Recent federal law changes allow states to know that Congresses have a way the laws that we have, but sometimes cover parents in families with children up to sometimes of borrowing and failing to we find from some of the people who any income limit the state chooses. Texas has been given the choice to adopt repay those funds. So I am a little say that they are not enforcing the less restrictive methods for counting income nervous that Texas might lose out as a laws that are on their books, and this and assets for family Medicaid; for example, result of that. is one that ought to be enforced. states can increase earned income disregards, Mr. Speaker, I watched with great in- That gets to the point that I was and alter or eliminate asset tests. terest when our legislature had the de- making on Medicaid, why this is im- Texas has been slow compared to other bate over whether to cover at 150 per- portant. I represent the largest medical states in implementing CHIP. cent or 200 percent of the poverty level. center in the world, has the largest Children enrolled in Texas CHIP will get a I think the legislature, under the lead- children’s hospital, Texas Children’s comprehensive benefits package—includes ership of Speaker Pete Laney, did the Hospital, in my district. They have an eye exams and glasses, prescription drugs, right thing in going to 200 percent, and emergency room that was built I think and limited dental check-ups, and therapy. that will begin to address what is real- for something along the lines of 20,000 CHIP does not serve as an alternative to ly a health care crisis in Texas and a emergency room visits a year. They get Medicaid for those families, who based on health care crisis across the country about 60,000. Why do they get so many? their income, are eligible for Medicaid. with uninsured children. They get so many because they have a

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:01 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\H06JN0.001 H06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 9595 lot of children who do not have health care provider. That does not have to In the Houston region, over a quarter million insurance who are getting ambulatory be, and it should not have to be. children are uninsured. care, who are getting primary care in We have too many children who are In my Congressional district, at least 70% of the emergency room. not getting any kind of attention in children in the Aldine Independent School Dis- What is wrong about that? Well, one, Texas. We cannot allow this to con- trict rely on the school nurse for primary it overwhelms the system, but the tinue. It is ironic that we talk about healthcare services or as their initial other problem is the cost structure. As how great we are, this big, wonderful healthcare provider. the gentlewoman well knows from her State, with the greatest prosperity in Our children deserve better. professional career before Congress, the the history of the State. We have all of Congress created Medicaid, and later the cost structure is much higher in the these children starting out, without new Children’s Health Insurance Program emergency room. A lot of these kids the availability of health care, a full (CHIP), to offer coverage for low-income chil- who could have gotten more preventive life perhaps with chronic illnesses be- dren. These two programs are an investment in care if they had been receiving regular cause they do not have access to the good health—an investment that pays divi- primary care, and from the Federal care that they deserve, and they can dends in the long term because prevention standpoint, and this is something that have it. They would have it if we had a Texas government that had enough saves taxpayers money. those of us in the Congress, as stewards They have reduced the percentage of unin- of the Federal taxpayer and the budget, compassion to enroll them in the pro- gram. sured children and parents in the United should be concerned about is the way States. And, they have increased access to that is funded are two ways. Nobody wishes to be poor, no one wishes to be uneducated, no one wishes quality health care services. One, it is funded by the hospitals Medicaid provides health insurance cov- picking up the cost any way they can, to be a long ways from various health care outlets. But when that happens, erage for more than 40 million individuals— and the other is the Federal Govern- mostly women, children, and adolescents—at ment picks up 100 percent of the tab the entire State ought to have access to that care. They need to be informed an annual cost of about $154 billion in com- through the disproportionate share bined federal and state funds. program. and they need to be enrolled. This is simply not the time to turn our heads Eligibility for Medicaid is determined by each b 1945 and pretend this is not going on. It is state according to its specific guidelines. States have wide discrepancy in deter- not the time to simply say to poor This becomes a big problem, because mining what optional benefits will be given, kids, get back, be quiet, you might the States share the Medicaid program who will be eligible for those benefits and the with the Federal government, as the make us look bad. We have got to give attention to procedure used to grant the benefits. gentlewoman knows, and at least they While Medicaid has benefited the poorest of these poor kids who are kids of work- could be picking up 40 percent of the the poor, it has not been able to address a ing parents, low-income parents, who tab for these 800,000 kids in Texas who second group of uninsured—the working poor. ought to be in the program, rather do not have access to health care that In 1997, Congress passed the Children’s than having the Federal government taxpayers are willing to pay for. The Health Insurance Program or CHIP, which pick up the entire tab. money is available. Texas has access to made available approximately $48 billion in As the gentlewoman knows, we re- the money and refuses to use it. Is that federal funds over ten years to help states ex- duced the Medicaid DSH program in compassion, I ask the Members? Is this pand health insurance coverage to low-income the 1997 Act. We were able to hold the America? This is not what we stand children and youth. line in Texas because of the good work here and fight for, and what we fund Federal law permits states to use CHIP she did and others in the delegation. each day. funds to expand coverage in three ways: But it only makes sense that we ought We tried to be very sure that when through Medicaid expansions; state-designed, welfare reform came, that our poor to enroll these kids in the Medicaid non-Medicaid programs; or a combination of kids would not fall through the cracks. program, we ought to get full enroll- these two approaches. We did our part at this level. It is time ment in the CHIP program. In the long CHIP, funded with federal block grant dol- for the State of Texas to look up and run, it will be cheaper than having to lars and state matching dollars, is a health in- acknowledge that though we have continue to fund huge dollars through surance program for children in families who much wealth, we have the largest num- the DSH program. make too much money for Medicaid, but who ber of poor kids being neglected. In a Beyond the bottom line aspect, it is cannot afford other private insurance options. State where you can hardly breathe the right thing to do, because we want CHIP has extended coverage to an addi- the air, we have kids who are getting to have healthy kids in Texas, we want tional 2 million children who do not qualify for their lungs injured every day simply to have healthy kids across this coun- Medicaid. Yet millions of children are believed because they do not have access to care to be eligible for these programs, but remain try. It is the compassionate conserv- that has been paid for. We simply ative thing to do, but it is not enough uninsured. refuse to use it. Uninsured children will benefit from Med- to care. It is to care enough to do it. Mr. Speaker, I call upon all of my The gentlewoman is on the right icaid and CHIP only if the states in which they colleagues to join me in making a plea live chose to extend eligibility and if states track with her special order. We have to the State of Texas, my home State. much more work to do in this area. We then work to enroll them. I was born in the State and I know the States currently cover children whose family need the leadership to get this done, to State. I served there in the House and incomes range generally from below the Fed- get these kids enrolled, to make the in the Senate. This callousness must eral poverty level (FPL) to as high as 300% of changes in the Medicaid law so that we not continue, and certainly we must poverty. can get more kids in there, and we will not allow it to spread in this Nation. While some states moved very quickly to in- have a healthier and a stronger society Mr. Speaker, I include for the sure low-income children, Texas did not. In by it. I commend the gentlewoman for RECORD the statement of the gen- the first year in which funds were available, having this special order. tleman from Texas (Mr. GREEN). the State of Texas expanded Medicaid cov- Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of The statement referred to is as fol- erage for children at or below 100 percent of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman lows: the federal poverty line. from Texas (Mr. GREEN) could not be Mr. GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, it is This resulted in 58,286 children ages 15–18 here, but he left a statement. I notice hard to believe that, here in the world’s richest having insurance. More than 102,000 re- in the statement, in his congressional country, one in seven American children does mained uninsured, even though they were eli- district, which is also in the Houston not have health insurance. gible for coverage under the old federal Med- area, at least 70 percent of the children Yet, in the midst of our Nation’s longest and icaid rules. This was a very slow start. in the Aldine School District rely on strongest economic expansion, the health of However, thanks to the efforts of the Texas the school nurse for primary health over 11 million of our children is being jeop- Legislature during the 76th Legislative Ses- care services, or as their initial health ardized. sion, our state is making progress.

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:01 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 9920 E:\BR00\H06JN0.001 H06JN0 9596 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE June 6, 2000 Because of the efforts of Senator John An Asset test FER) is recognized for 60 minutes as the Whitmore and Representative Kevin Bailey, No continuous eligibility—families must peri- designee of the majority leader. Texas created a separate children’s health in- odically re-enroll Mr. SCHAFFER. Mr. Speaker, I in- surance program for children at or below 200 No presumptive eligibility—even if families tend to be joined here in a few minutes percent of the federal poverty line. have proven that they are eligible for another by the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. This will provide health insurance for program with the same income guidelines, HOEKSTRA) and possibly some other 500,124 Texas children through age 18. In my they must go seven states (Texas included) Members of the House as well. region, this means 90,802 children will have expanded coverage to only 100 percent of the Mr. Speaker, we had the occasion health insurance. as quickly as possible implement changes in today of holding a field hearing in St. While this is a good development, we still Children’s Medicaid eligibility. Paul, Minnesota, and I want to talk a have a long way to go. Texas can take steps now to reduce it’s little bit about the content of that Other states are further along in providing state government bureaucracy. For example, hearing, and also some other issues health coverage for children. In the first year the state could: that are critical with respect to edu- of the program, Texas expanded coverage for Eliminate the assets test for children’s Med- cation in America in and public school 58,286 children. By comparison, Alabama en- icaid. Texas now makes parents of Medicaid- reform in general. rolled 38,980 children; California enrolled eligible children document not just income, but Mr. Speaker, the hearing was held, as 222,351 children; Florida enrolled 154,594 also the value of savings, IRAs, automobiles, I mentioned, in St. Paul this morning. children; Georgia enrolled 47,581 children; and valuables. It was conducted by the gentleman Massachusetts enrolled 67,852 children; Mis- The test is not required by federal law, and from Michigan (Mr. HOEKSTRA). The souri enrolled 49,529 children; New Jersey en- 40 states plus the District to Columbia have subcommittee that conducted the hear- rolled 75,652 children; New York 521,301 chil- already dropped it for children. ing was the Subcommittee on Over- dren; North Carolina enrolled 57,300 children; Texas could also drop the requirement for sight and Investigations of the Com- Ohio enrolled 83,688 children; and South face-to-face application/recertification inter- mittee on Education and the Work- Carolina enrolled 45,737 children. views for children’s Medicaid and allow mail-in force, the committee that deals with Of the states that chose to create a sepa- applications. most of the investigations not only rate children’s health program, many are ex- Thirty-eight states plus the District of Colum- that we have conducted with respect to tending coverage to more children than is bia allow mail-in application for children. Three waste, fraud, and abuse in the Depart- Texas, including California at 250 percent; states also allow community-based enrollment ment of Education, but also focusing Connecticut at 300 percent; New Jersey at outside the welfare office. on research and investigation into dif- 350 percent; Vermont at 300 percent; and Texas could adopt for children’s Medicaid ferent innovative activities in public Washington at 250 percent. the same simple, flexible documentation and schools; finding out what works, for ex- Texas can do more. And we should do verification options used for Texas CHIP. To ample, and what does not work; finding more. We have the highest rate of uninsured make a joint mail-in application feasible, chil- out and learning more and witnessing persons in the country. dren’s Medicaid and CHIP must accept the firsthand some of the innovative ideas And, Texas has the second highest rate of same documents for income and other re- that are taking place throughout the uninsured children in the nation. Over 41% of quired verifications. fifty States under the leadership of parents of eligible uninsured children post- Federal law allows states to reduce income Governors and State legislators and poned seeking medical care for their child be- documentation for children’s Medicaid in any other more local leaders. cause they could not afford it. way, or even to eliminate it in favor of using Today we met with the Super- There are 1.4 million uninsured children in third-party verification. Seven states require no intendent of Schools and some State Texas—600,000 are eligible for, but not in income documentation for children’s Medicaid. legislators and some others who are Medicaid; nearly 500,000 qualify for CHIP. The state could adopt 12-month continuous leading the way in education reform Texas covers children whose family in- eligibility for children’s Medicaid. Children en- and providing some great examples in comes range from below the federal poverty rolled in Texas CHIP stay enrolled for 12 the State of Minnesota. That just adds, level to 200% of the federal poverty level. Yet months, regardless of any changes in income Mr. Speaker, to the collection of data the Federal government allows coverage to during that period. and information that we have been as- children as high as 300%. In Texas Medicaid, parents must report any sembling from throughout the country. Texas, like the rest of the nation, could do income change within 10 days, and Medicaid The subcommittee has been now to 21 more to conduct an aggressive outreach to is cut off the next month if the new family in- different States analyzing the various ensure that eligible children receive the serv- come is too high for Medicaid. education reform efforts that are tak- ices they need. Texas could also adopt twelve-month eligi- ing place in those States. New outreach is clearly needed—now, more bility for Children’s Medicaid—this continuous One of the topics that was discussed than ever. Like many states, after federal wel- eligibility is a state option Congress created at great length this morning at the fare reform was enacted in 1996, we saw a when it passed CHIP. Fifteen states have hearing was charter schools. Charter huge drop in the number of persons applying adopted continuous eligibility for Children’s schools really got their start in the for and participating in Medicaid. 193,400 Medicaid, and Ohio will begin the policy in State of Minnesota. The idea had been Texas children fell off the Medicaid rolls during July 2000. discussed and had been bantered the past three years, a 14.2% decline. Hopefully, my colleagues in the state legis- around in the halls of State legisla- Because these two programs are no longer lature will consider some of these ideas as tures throughout the country from linked, many lower-income persons do not re- they continue their push to expand health care time to time prior to that. I think it alize that they are eligible for health insurance. to the uninsured. was in 1991 that Minnesota became the Unfortunately, Texas is the worst state in Thanks to their efforts, Texas has done first State to pass charter school legis- the Nation in terms of retaining low-income many good things in the past year to reduce lation. kids on Medicaid. the number of uninsured children. We can cer- Charter schools are public schools. And, a recent New York Times article shows tainly do more. I am hopeful that successful They are still funded by the govern- that Texas has used none of the federal funds state partnerships like Medicaid and CHIP will ment, run by the government. In fact, it is entitled to for outreach. We can do better. be used by the state to their full potential. they are owned by the government, but Why are so many persons not receiving the f they are managed and operated often Medicaid and CHIP services they’re entitled in different ways, largely defined by a to? EDUCATION IN AMERICA AND specific contract or a charter, as it is Red tape burdens the neediest families in PUBLIC SCHOOL REFORM called; hence the name ‘‘charter Texas. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. schools.’’ Medicaid program eligibility requirements in SHERWOOD). Under the Speaker’s an- That contract is one that is usually Texas include: nounced policy of January 6, 1999, the proposed by a group of parents, some- A Face-to-face interview gentleman from Colorado (Mr. SCHAF- times a group of teachers, sometimes

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That usually constitutes the their child is being accomplished, well, to live in a neighborhood, let alone be need or the origin of the charter. then they simply go somewhere else enrolled in a particular education es- What motivates these groups and and the cash flow dwindles and the tablishment and education institution. these operations or individuals and charter school cannot survive. So it was an interesting hearing be- parents to venture off on their own and It is always unfortunate to see a cause the message that was given to try a new way of educating, trying to, school fail, but it is important that it members of the subcommittee was that for example, break the mold of edu- occur. And that competitive notion, Washington ought to go slow when it cation delivery in a community, it is that level of accountability placed in comes to charter schools. Charter often motivated by test scores that are the hands of parents, rather than the schools were created at the State level. insufficient to meet the needs of the hands of government workers, is what They were inspired by local initiative. parents that consider charter schools. makes all the difference in this par- They were a response to the demands Sometimes it is a management-re- ticular venue of education reform; and of customers and the responsiveness of lated issue. In many cases we have it is why charter schools work well State legislators, primarily, in Min- heard, for example, there is a strong generally throughout the country, and nesota, California, and Colorado and in desire to treat teachers like real pro- why almost every charter school in other States since then, those early fessionals. Too often the union wage America has a substantial waiting list days in the early 1990s. scale that is at play in most States of customers that would like to be edu- Mr. Speaker, it is a response that is around the country prevents teachers cated in those schools. working and is providing a remarkable from being treated like real profes- That is the case in Minnesota as well. education opportunity for many, many sionals. Consequently, most teachers When a charter school fails or does not children across the country. are paid in a way where the absolute meet those objectives, the doors close. ‘‘Keep your hands off of these schools best teacher in a district is com- So the question ought to be for all of for a while,’’ is the way I would sum- pensated on the same basis as the abso- us here, if we look at charter schools as marize today’s message on charter lute worst teacher in a district. these microcosms of education re- schools. There are efforts here in Wash- So often we find education profes- search, of experimentation at some ington to try to address some of the sionals and parents who believe that times certainly, but as laboratories of problems that charter schools are con- their children learn best in a profes- sorts where different educational meth- fronting, namely start-up costs and sional learning environment, where ods are tested, we ought to also con- getting themselves off the ground. teachers are treated like professionals sider the customer-driven impacts that Finding a way to organize an education rather than all treated the same, as charter schools are subject to and ask institution from scratch is a very dif- though there is no distinction between ourselves when will we ever start ap- ficult endeavor indeed. Finding a build- them. plying the same kind of standards to ing to house a charter school is a crit- the rest of government-owned schools ical challenge as well. b 2000 in general? So there is a temptation on behalf of Charter schools are flourishing Mr. Speaker, what I mean by that is those of us here in Washington who throughout the country. We are seeing that when a regular government-owned want to see charter schools succeed to more and more of them. That is cer- or public school fails to meet the needs reach into the Federal coffers and find tainly the case in Minnesota, as pro- of local parents and raise the academic ways to get funds from Washington, vided in the testimony to the com- standards and the opportunity for chil- D.C., to help these local problems; and mittee today. I think they said there dren, those are kind of handled admin- that is a good problem to be concerned are somewhere on the order of 60 or 70 istratively. But the children who are in about. That is a sentiment that I find charter schools, somewhere in that those schools are frequently trapped gratifying; and I am encouraged by it, neighborhood, I do not remember the there, their parents having virtually no that there are people here who want to number exactly, charter schools that opportunity or no choice to go some- help charter schools. exist now in Minnesota. Some have where else or leave. Consequently, But the concern voiced today on be- closed, which is something that we there really is no recourse for those half of those who actually run those should actually focus on a little bit to- parents; no consequence for a school schools was one of appreciation for night. that is not meeting the needs of its Federal concern, but a well-placed fear These charters, these contracts, are community. of the mandates that typically follow usually for a limited duration and pe- So we ought to ask ourselves why, if the Federal funds that come out of riod of time, at the end of which the charter schools and the presence of Washington. contract ends or expires and must be competition and parent-driven meas- I say a ‘‘well-placed fear’’ because renewed between the charter applicant urements of quality results in about 4 that is the history, in fact, of the Fed- and the school district. If the charter percent of charter schools failing, why eral involvement in education. Every has met all of the objectives and the is there no equivalent measurement time something good happens in edu- goals that it outlined in the original with the regular government-owned cation, people here in Washington want application, then the charters presum- schools? And that is something we to celebrate it and then become a part ably will be continued. Sometimes ought to explore and we ought to per- of it, and politicians just cannot resist there are political battles that prevent haps provide. Because what really the temptation for claiming credit for that from occurring, but for all intents drives the agenda in regular commu- it. The best way people have in Wash- and purposes they are generally ap- nity schools and government-owned in- ington, it seems, to show compassion proved if they met the objectives that stitutions and neighborhoods, regular and concern for something that works they initially set out to achieve. public schools as we know them, is the well is by dishing out lots of cash. Ulti- But if a charter school fails to meet particular attributes that are assem- mately, the cash gets attached to Fed- those objectives, they frequently find bled there: the principal that was as- eral rules, Federal guidelines, Federal themselves shut down, put out of busi- signed there by the district and the regulations and pretty soon that enter- ness. Often it does not even take that teachers that were hired there by a prise that was a good idea, that started long for the renewal question to be school district. Then the parents of the out as a remarkable reform, perhaps a

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They are nowhere to be found. the Supreme Court has interpreted the has joined me on the floor. He has Local school districts are being stuck Constitution in a way that suggests we heard a little bit of the discussion, and with the bill. have to. I yield the floor to him. What this means is that local control But the gentleman is right. What Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, is atrophying. Local control is being started out as a program where the I thank the gentleman from Colorado sucked out of our schools because our Federal Government promised to fund (Mr. SCHAFFER) for his leadership on local school boards or property taxes 40 percent of the total cost of imple- education in the Committee on Edu- are being driven toward chasing un- menting the Individuals With Disabil- cation and the Workforce. He is one of funded mandates from Washington. ities Education Act, under the Clinton the bright, shining stars in Congress on In a State like Wisconsin where we and Gore administration that percent- pushing for education reform. I just have a revenue cap on education spend- age was dropped all the way down to 6 wanted to come down and join him in ing and our education budget, it is even percent. We fought for the last 5 or 6 this discussion about education. Spe- felt more. So when we have a revenue years here as a Republican majority in cifically, about the kinds of unfunded cap on what we can spend on edu- the House and in the Senate to bump that up. We have got it up to I think it Federal mandates that we are imposing cation, on how high property taxes can was 12 last year. It is scheduled to go on our local school districts. go, and then Washington comes along, This week, Mr. Speaker, we are going up to about 15 this year. But it is still as it is doing, and imposes this man- to be considering the Labor-HHS-Edu- far short of the 40 percent. date, a very costly one, a prudent one, cation bill. That is the bill that funds Mr. Speaker, getting us up to 40 per- but a very costly one, and does not live all the Federal Government education cent ought to be our top priority, and up to its end of the bargain, what we do programs. Well, what I find is unique I know we are all united in our agree- is take every dollar out of those local and interesting is that for the last 30 ment on that point. education needs and put it towards years we have been doing this, and Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. If the gen- then some, is that in 1975 Congress chasing an unfunded Federal mandate. tleman would yield, so when the gen- So every time Madison and Wash- passed a law, a good law, the Individ- tleman is saying that the President, ington impose this mandate on our uals With Disabilities Education Act. the Clinton administration dropped the schools on a year-to-year basis, every Everybody calls this IDEA. Well, what commitment to the Individuals With that law basically did was to say that time a school board in Janesville, Wis- Disabilities Education Act, did general all children with disabilities should re- consin, wants to come up with a new Federal education spending drop at the ceive a quality education. innovative program, a new innovative same time? That is a very prudent measure, and idea to treat the unique needs and Mr. SCHAFFER. Not at all. General a law that I think the gentleman from problems of our schools in Janesville or education funding has increased dra- Colorado and I both support. But what Beloit or Kenosha or Colorado, every matically. But the priority of this one they did in that law was say that the dollar we send is a dollar taken out of mandate that the Supreme Court has Federal Government would fund 40 per- local control, a dollar taken out of that tasked this body with funding has gone cent of IDEA spending in our local local resource decision-making. in the opposite direction and has actu- schools and that the State government By imposing these unfunded man- ally been reduced in funding. would then fund the remaining 60 per- dates, as we are doing in IDEA, on our Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. What we cent. So a local school district would local school districts, we are taking have been seeing with this administra- tion, and the gentleman should correct not have to pay for the educational money away from local decision-mak- me if I am wrong, is the fact that they mandate being imposed on local school ing. have lessened our commitment. They districts. Mr. SCHAFFER. Mr. Speaker, will Mr. Speaker, that was 1975. That just the gentleman yield? have gone away from funding the un- is not the case today. Today, in the Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. I yield to funded mandate we are imposing on First District of Wisconsin, Janesville, the gentleman from Colorado. local schools, to funding more Federal Beloit, Racine, Kenosha, they are get- Mr. SCHAFFER. Mr. Speaker, that education programs that have even more strings attached to them, which ting about 7 percent of the funding for was the second point I wanted to get tie the hands of local education deci- IDEA. Now, nationwide, the average is into, because we also heard today at sion-makers, and give us even more un- about 12 percent, because this Congress that subcommittee hearing in St. Paul from State Representative Alice funded mandates in our schools? and a couple before have doubled the Mr. SCHAFFER. Mr. Speaker, the commitment to IDEA under the new Seagren of the Minnesota House of Representatives. Alice was a very ar- gentleman is precisely right. One of the majority in Congress. But that is just expert witnesses we heard from today, ticulate spokeswoman for not only the not enough. Dr. Karen Effrem, who is an M.D., a pe- Mr. Speaker, I would like to give a charter school movement, but when it diatrician, put that figure at about 70 quick illustration of what this un- came to the discussion of whether the percent Federal mandate percentage. Federal Government ought to provide funded mandate does to our local She said, paraphrasing her words: es- schools. Many of us, and I know the additional funding for school construc- sentially, what Washington is doing to gentleman from Colorado is a leader in tion at the local level. States is providing somewhere around 6 this, are advocates for local control. I, She said, ‘‘That is a nice thought and to 7 percent of the total funding that and many others, believe that the edu- we appreciate the sentiment, but if you actually gets to a classroom, and in ex- cational decisions should best be left to really want to help our schools, fully change for that is attaching about 75 those who know our children the best: fund the mandate under the IDEA.’’ percent of all the rules, regulations, teachers, parents, administrators. Going back to the 1970s, the gen- and mandates that a local school has As a former Secretary of Education, tleman is right. This is a mandate that to deal with. Bill Bennett, once said: ‘‘Education is was really handed down by the Su- the moral obligation and responsibility preme Court. And for those of us who b 2015 of the parent, the ethical responsibility are conservatives, and we are now So the effect of the Clinton-Gore ad- of the teacher, and the constitutional joined by the gentleman from Michigan ministration in Washington on edu- responsibility of the State.’’ (Mr. HOEKSTRA), as the three of us here cation is just as the gentleman from

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Wisconsin (Mr. RYAN) has described. It The other point is this, Congressman which one it was, maybe the gentleman has been one to pump more cash into Gunderson, who actually offered this, from Colorado (Mr. SCHAFFER) does, the Department of Education, not to came to the committee fairly recently who said when one takes a look at the classrooms, but to the Department, the and said, This program does not look system that we have created here in bureaucracy, to spread that bureauc- anything like the program I wrote Washington, of hundreds of different racy wider and to more and more Fed- when I passed it into law. This program programs, hundreds of different man- eral programs, none of which work has gone well beyond its scope and in- dates, and the number that we have very well. I might add that the end re- tent. This program has nothing to do heard today was, we get 6 percent of sult at the end of the day is that the with its original intent. It is over- the money from Washington, we get 70 few important legitimate programs funded. Its mandate is much, much percent of the rules and the regula- that Washington ought to be concerned larger. Now it is duplicating other Fed- tions. about, Individuals with Disabilities eral programs we have in the Federal That is not outlandish. I mean, con- Education Act being primary, is dif- Government from the Department of sistently when we go from one State to fused in this morass of waste, fraud, Education. the next, Ohio, they have documented and abuse of bureaucratic expendi- So we have another duplicative pro- it. They said we get 7 percent of our tures. The taxpayers are getting very gram from the Department of Edu- money from Washington, we get 50 per- little for their education funding when cation. It has gone beyond its original cent of the mandates, 50 percent of the we talk about dollars that come to mandate. It has grown 800 percent in paperwork. So that is consistent from Washington. the last 6 years when we are still send- all the States that we have talked to. Our goal is to try to shrink the size ing this unfunded mandate on our local But one of the people said, ‘‘Only you of the Federal government, reduce its school districts, and we still have kids in Washington could come up with a influence on managing the day-to-day with disabilities who are being edu- system that looks like this. If you are activities in classrooms, and give the cated, and one is almost pitting those actually focused on kids, if you were resources to where the local leaders kinds of kids against all other kids in focused on results, which is kids learn- tell us they need it most, Individuals schools when Washington continues to ing, you would have a very different set with Disabilities Education Act being send this unfunded mandate to our of programs and requirements. Only a paramount. school districts. system that is focused on process, you Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, What my amendment would do is know, that this is what we want to I see we have been joined by the gen- take half of the money from this new have happen and this funding stream tleman from Michigan (Mr. HOEKSTRA), growing program that duplicates other and a system that measures process another education reformer. And I programs and put it into Individuals rather than kids learning is what we would like to include the gentleman with Disabilities Education Act, and have created here in Washington.’’ from Michigan in the conversation, but simply say that, if we are going to be Again, we heard it in Minnesota I would like to inform my colleagues of increasing programs from the Depart- today. We have heard it at every single an amendment that I have pending in ment of Education which already dupli- State that we have gone to; that is, the the Committee on Rules right now that cates other programs by 800 percent, formula for kids’ learning, parental in- recognizes the fact that Washington why do not we first take care of the un- volvement, number one. That is the has been creating new programs, grow- funded mandates we have right now. key. A focus on basic academics. ing new programs, putting new strings Why do we not first pay our bills and Again, we have got a charter school on these programs, and diminishing the tell our local school districts, we want today talking, traditional public commitment to IDEA. I have an you to at indicate the resources. We schools talking about a focus on basic amendment which seeks to try and put want you to make the decisions in our academics. You have to provide a safe schools, in our classrooms, in our some more money within the existing and a drug-free school. You cannot school districts. appropriations bill into Individuals have learning go on where kids are con- That is why I am hoping that this cerned about their safety or they are with Disabilities Education Act to try amendment will be made in order by concerned about what their colleagues and help toward funding that unfunded the Committee on Rules so we can have mandate. a demonstration of our commitment on or their peers are doing in the class- What I found is if one looks at the the floor of Congress for trying to get room or in the hallways. You have to 21st Century Learning Centers, it is a to this unfunded mandate, for saying focus on getting dollars into the class- new program that started in 1995. In no to growing new programs, duplica- room. That consistently is the formula. tracking this program, it was a pro- tive programs by the tune of 800 per- The gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. gram conceived of, authored by, and cent, and getting to this unfunded RYAN) is talking about we have got passed by a Republican Congressman mandate. this program, we have got that pro- from Wisconsin where I come from, Mr. HOEKSTRA. Will the gentleman gram, what have we learned? We Steve Gunderson, who is no longer from Colorado (Mr. SCHAFFER) yield? learned that, when one has got hun- serving in Congress. Mr. SCHAFFER. I yield to the gen- dreds of education programs, one has He passed that program at that time tleman from Michigan. got streams of paperwork of bureauc- to do this, to open up schools, specifi- Mr. HOEKSTRA. Mr. Speaker, I, racy; that every time Wisconsin, cally high schools, to rural areas who along with three of our other col- Michigan, or Minnesota sends dollars do not have those kinds of facilities leagues, had a great hearing in Min- to Washington for education they have from other means. Meaning if one is in nesota today. It really builds on what got to come back to us begging to get rural western Wisconsin, one does not we have learned. I think today was the some of their money back. have a YMCA, one does not have a li- 21st State that we have gone to, the We then give it to them. We give it to brary or village hall, allow the commu- 23rd field hearing that we have gone to them with a whole string of mandates nity as a large to use the swimming people at the local and at the State so they end up spending it on things pool of a high school, the library of a level. We have asked them what is they do not necessarily believe are high school, the computer lab of a high working in education and then really, their priorities. Instead of getting a school after schools, during summers. and we should maybe do this in future dollar back for every dollar that they That program was funded with $750,000 hearings, to give us a grade as to how send here, when one calculates all the to basically keep the schools open for Washington is either helping them or paperwork, all of the bureaucracy, all these purposes. Guess what that is assisting them in getting them and en- these types of things, we believe that funded at now in this bill, $600 million. abling them to get done what they at most they get 60 cents back. We have seen an 800 percent increase in want to get done at the local level. Maybe sometime later as we go the funding for the 21st Century Learn- I think one of the witnesses that we through the process there are some ing Centers. had today, I do not remember exactly other things that we can talk about.

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We have gone around and we have the cost associated with these Federal this agency, and say we have been very heard and we recognize each State is mandates. We are not even close. We careful in managing your money and different. This week we are going to are at about 15 percent today. we can tell you exactly where it goes. embark here in Congress on a program But the direction of the amendment We know for 2 years they failed their to help charter schools. Part of that is of the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. audit. We know that for at least 3 more going to be a school construction pro- RYAN) is really the ultimate local con- years, they will not be able to get a gram. The State representative from trol, because the tremendous cost asso- clean audit. Minnesota. ciated with complying with the Indi- We all know that, in that kind of en- Mr. SCHAFFER. That was represent- viduals with Disabilities Education Act vironment, there have been a number ative Alice Seagren was her name. steals dollars from every other impor- of opportunities for waste, fraud, and Mr. HOEKSTRA. Ms. Seagren said, tant priority that might exist in the abuse. We can maybe outline what Before you go off on this construction State of Wisconsin, the State of Michi- some of those are later on as we go program, giving us construction gan, my State of Colorado, and all through this process. Then we can also money, let me tell you what we are States. If we just focus on getting the talk about what some of our priorities doing here in Minnesota. We do not dollars to the one priority we know we are for addressing this issue. build schools. We do lease plans. So if have to deal with through the concept My colleagues have already men- you come up with a construction pro- of fungibility, that frees up funds for tioned one, which is let us fully fund gram for charter schools in Wash- everything that is important. and meet the commitments that we ington, D.C., I am telling you right So for those States, the gentleman have made to local school districts by now that here is one State where this mentioned the 21st Century Learning increasing and meeting our commit- only does not work, it flies directly in Centers earlier, for those States that ment on IDEA. the face of the strategy that we have believe 21st Century Learning Centers We can talk about eliminating bu- put in place for charter schools in our are what they want and important in reaucracy and red tape through the Ed- State. So what is going to happen is that State, paying for IDEA frees up Flex program, giving school districts people from Minnesota are sending the cash to buy 21st Century Learning more flexibility through the State, the money to Washington, and we are not Centers. But in my State, it might be straight A’s program where we give going to be able to get any of it back something else. It might be teacher them the money and say you decide unless we let you in Washington pay in my State which is a high pri- whether you want to hire teachers, change our strategy for funding char- ority for us. train teachers, reduce class size, or ter schools. We think we have got a b 2030 whatever, and also we want to focus on pretty good system. We think it makes Funding IDEA is a way to provide getting 95 cents of every Federal edu- sense. It is not perfect, but this works better pay for teachers. And other cation dollar into the classroom. So for us, and this is what we want to do. States they want to lower the property there is a whole series of things that Now, all of a sudden, to get our money taxes to make it more business friend- we can talk about as we continue back, we are going to have to change ly, and fully funding IDEA frees up through this hour. our program. Well, up until today, we funds to lower the property taxes in I yield back to the gentleman from did not even know that Minnesota had other States. Colorado (Mr. SCHAFFER) to either that kind of a strategy in place. So the key and the strength of the build on some of these thoughts or on Mr. SCHAFFER. That is precisely argument that I think the gentleman some other ideas that he may have. right. I want to go back to the gen- has in his favor when he comes to the Mr. SCHAFFER. Mr. Speaker, first of tleman from Wisconsin (Mr. RYAN) and floor with that amendment is that all, I want to express my appreciation his proposal because I assure him, he is fully funding IDEA really is at the to the gentleman from Minnesota going to have lots of support here on heart of local control in Washington, (Chairman HOEKSTRA) for holding that the floor for an amendment that moves and it ought to be. It seems hearing in Minnesota. I, as a member to fully fund IDEA at the expense of counterintuitive to some. Here we are of the subcommittee, have benefited lower priorities that are funded or pro- as conservatives talking about pouring greatly just by having the chance to posed to be funded in the education money into a program. The reason it travel to many communities through- budget. works and the reason it is a conserv- out the country and hear the various I think there will be other proposals ative idea is because it does have a lib- ideas that have been invented in States like that, because we are a long, long erating effect on States. It focuses our with respect to school reform, but to way from being just up to the 40 per- emphasis here on Washington more also have the opportunity to hear the cent. When we say full funding, we are narrowly than what the Clinton/Gore frequency and the consistency of the only talking about 40 percent of the administration has tried to do by dif- message my colleagues just described. total cost of the program. This is ex- fusing dollars to so many programs It does not matter whether we are in pensive. that do not work, and it ultimately re- Minnesota, in Florida, in Colorado, or I do not think any of us deny that sults in more dollars getting to chil- in California, the message never really those who suffer from various, whether dren, which is what we are for. changes with respect to the Federal in- it is behavioral disorder or learning Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, volvement in education; that is, we disability of some other case or so on, If the gentleman will yield, the gen- really appreciate all you folks back that those individuals, those students tleman has interpreted my amendment there in Washington caring about deserve an equal opportunity and ac- precisely correct. I have had the oppor- schools, but stop trying to run them cess to quality education. We think tunity as a freshman Member to have from out there. You do not know the that is important. That ought to be a many, many, many meetings with names of our kids. You do not even national priority. The Supreme Court school board members, superintend- know the names of the schools that we has certainly established it as a na- ents, teachers, administrators, all the have here much less know about the tional priority. different school districts in the district specific qualities of a neighborhood or Our point, though, is if we really be- I represent. I have an educational advi- the needs of a specific community. lieve that, if we really are sincere in sory board with these types of people

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In one end, in Keno- ities in any budget in Congress, you that the Federal Government is having sha, you have different problems; in prioritize; and that is why I am trying in preventing Minnesota from achiev- the other end, in Janesville you have to pass an amendment to prioritize this ing its constitutional objectives. far different problems, let alone the unfunded mandate before going down I am wondering if the gentleman problems that may exist in Harlem or the road of creating new programs or from Michigan can comment further on East L.A. or Sante Fe, New Mexico. expedientially increasing new pro- that. Go ahead. The point is we have a very vast and grams that are actually duplicative of Mr. HOEKSTRA. Mr. Speaker, I also different country. other programs. If we fund unfunded wanted to build on the comments of We have a priority of educating our mandates like IDEA, you can have a our colleague from Wisconsin (Mr. children, but the problems we are expe- safe drug-free program in every district RYAN) because he said some very nice riencing in our school districts are so if you wanted. You could have 21st cen- things about us in awakening the call different. There are so many different tury learning centers in every school for educational reform. I do not think ideas out there, so many different solu- district if you want it. we have done that. What we have done tions out there. By funding IDEA, you But guess what, the decision would is we have kind of provided an echo free up that decision-making power. So not be made by politicians in Wash- chamber for what people at the local when I bring an amendment to the ington who can take credit for it. It level are demanding. They want their floor, which I am hoping the Com- would be made by local decision-mak- schools back. They know the names of mittee on Rules will allow me to do, by ers, school board members, administra- their kids. They know what is best for funding IDEA or getting closer to tors, parents, teachers. That is what their kids. Governor Carlson today meeting that mandate, you are not just the whole debate is about, whether we talked about going back into his public voting against one program to put want Washington to micromanage edu- school in the Bronx. We have been to money into another, you are voting for cation or we want our local people, the Bronx. We have had hearings there. all those programs out there that could those who know our kids the best, the I do not know if we went through the be created, if school districts did not names of our schools, to manage edu- litany with the gentleman from Wis- have to chase these unfunded man- cation. That is what it is really all consin (Mr. RYAN) of the places where dates. about. we have been; but it was almost every You are voting for freeing up the I just want to say it is a pleasure to place that he outlined, we have been hands of parents, teachers, and admin- be here on the floor of Congress with there. I mean, we have been in to Albu- istrators to get involved in their school two of the leaders in education reform, querque. We have been into L.A. We districts, to tackle problems, to ad- the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. have been to the Bronx. We have been dress the needs that we have in our in- SCHAFFER), the gentleman from Michi- to Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis. dividual school districts. As a Member gan (Mr. HOEKSTRA). They have really We have been all over the place. of Congress, when you vote to fund set the trend, set the way for education The response we continually get is IDEA, to free up those local resources, reform in America. They have wakened from local officials and local parents, reduce property taxes, find the prob- up the call for reform for education in and they do not exactly say it this lems and address them. My school dis- America, and they have really done way; but what they do say in so many tricts that I represent right now can- this country a great service by high- words is Washington has gotten to the not do that. They do not have the re- lighting some of the waste, fraud, and point where you want to build our sources to do the things they think are abuse that is occurring at our Depart- schools, you are going to give us 6 per- necessary. And you know why? It is be- ment of Education. I just really ap- cent of what it takes to build a school, cause they are chasing unfunded Fed- plaud the gentlemen for that. but we will give you the regulations to eral mandates. That is really the crux Mr. SCHAFFER. I thank the gen- tell you exactly how to build the whole of the matter. tleman for the nice comments. I appre- thing. You want to hire our teachers. I noticed that all of these new pro- ciate that. The theme of local control You want to train our teachers. You grams that are coming up here in is really at the core of our reform ef- want to develop our curriculum; you Washington through the administra- forts that we are pushing here. I want want to teach our kids history, set his- tion and the Department of Education to yield back to the gentleman from tory standards; you want to teach look pretty good to a politician in Michigan (Mr. HOEKSTRA), and I am them about art. You want to have Washington. You do not get a lot of po- hoping I can persuade him to reflect a school health clinics. You want to buy litical kudos when you simply say let little bit and share with the Members our technology. You want to feed our us put more money on unfunded Fed- here and those that are monitoring to- kids breakfast. You want to feed our eral mandates that has been around night’s proceedings about the testi- kids lunch. You want to do after-school since 1975. You get more press, you get mony of John Scribante, who is the programs. You want to develop safe more notoriety, you sound more businessman who was at the hearing and drug free programs, and this is just proeducation, when you stand up here this morning, who started out in his a small litany of the programs. But and have a press conference saying I testimony, I know he referred to the after you give us 6 percent of each of have this brand new program or this Minnesota State constitution which the dollars required for each of these new program or this new program. But talks about the responsibility of the programs and you burden on a whole what actually ends up happening is State of Minnesota for educating all of set of rules and regulations, then you each of these new programs takes on a the children in Minnesota in order to step back and say, but other than that, life of their own. They put new man- preserve their liberty and by focusing it is your school. dates on our local school districts; they on their intelligence. He focused on I think, again, one of the witnesses tell the administrators how to dot that word and underscored the word in- today said that, and we were talking every I, how to cross every T. It is a telligence; and he said that is not about the school-to-work program, it is cookie-cutter, one-size-fits-all mandate skills, it is intelligence. like we have received $16 million from on all of our schools, regardless of the He spoke of the importance of the in- Washington to conduct our school-to- uniqueness, regardless of the individual tellect and the training of the young work program, but receiving that $16 problems they may have; and it comes minds of Minnesota, how critical it is million has really driven about a half a at the expense of funding a mandate to maintain their liberty, that is not billion dollars of State spending, State

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:01 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\H06JN0.001 H06JN0 9602 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE June 6, 2000 spending that came from the Min- powerful. I think the only regret I have schools in Faribault in my district, and nesota taxpayers and went to the State is that more Americans did not get a he came to us from Colorado, and I was government. And I think this is what chance to actually see and hear that so impressed with him, because, you Mr. Scribante was talking about say- testimony today because it was from know, he did not get into this debate ing, we love our kids. We want control the heart. He grew up in a tough sec- about charter schools versus public of our schools, and we want our schools tion of New York. He told us about schools versus private schools. His con- to be focused on developing the skills PS36. He told us about what it was like cern was for the kids. He said to us of each and every child in our commu- when he was growing up, but the great that he really considered himself the nity. And the quote that he had from thing was he told us what is happening superintendent of all of the children in Winston Churchill, I think he is going today with the right leadership, with the district, and it was his job to see to get us that so that we get it right, the right flexibility, allowing that new that they got a chance. And for some but maybe my colleague from Min- principal there to control his school, to kids maybe it worked out better for nesota (Mr. GUTKNECHT) has it, but it is motivate his teachers, to motivate them and their parents that they got really saying, this battle of who con- those students; and, guess what, the re- to charter schools. trols our schools is important enough sults are there. He said some of them went to charter to fight and debate today, because now Mr. HOEKSTRA. Mr. Speaker, if the schools part of the day and part of the is when we can still have an impact, gentleman will just yield, PS36 is Pub- day they went to the public schools, where there really is still a lot of local lic School 36. and some went to the public schools control, but where that has been erod- Mr. GUTKNECHT. Yes. part of the day and part of the day the Mr. HOEKSTRA. For those who may ing. private schools, but they are working I will yield to my colleague from be observing or watching this discus- out arrangements; but it is all about Minnesota, who maybe has the quote sion, not knowing what is PS36, it is a what is best for the kids. right there. He is smiling. He must public school. It is Public School 36 Mr. HOEKSTRA. If the gentleman have it. I appreciate the gentleman that Governor Carlson went to in the will yield, I thought he was a wonder- Bronx. When we were there, we were very much being a wonderful host ful breath of fresh air in how he viewed not at Public School 36, but probably a today, helping us get an excellent set that job, in saying, I am a super- very rough neighborhood, probably low of witnesses. I think we had 10 or 11 intendent for all the kids; and I recog- income; and he talked about some of witnesses in Bloomington, I guess we nize that, you know, my traditional the kids who would come to school and were at today, and just excellent testi- public school may not be the best for the first thing they would get from mony that I think really helped us. I all of the kids in this district each and their principal each and every day was yield to my colleague. every day, and so what I am doing is, kind of talking about what happened at Mr. GUTKNECHT. Let me, first of in the business world we call it mass night because a number of them may all, say I thank the gentleman, and customization. have had a rough night. second I do not have that quote; but I So it is a tough part of New York b 2045 do have it in my office now, and I will City, and this principal and this public He says, I am using the resources be sharing it from time to time. He school has gone in and they have em- that I have been given and I am going quoted Winston Churchill, though; and braced these kids and are really mak- to help parents put together a struc- I think the point was well taken. ing a difference; and what the gen- tured program that matches the needs Let me give you a simplier quote tleman said, what the gentleman saw of every child. And so, if some of the from Winston Churchill, it is one actu- today in Minnesota, I think that is parents believe that home schooling, ally my wife needlepointed for me on what the gentleman from Colorado for whatever reason, is best for their my office wall, and it is simple, it says, (Mr. SCHAFFER) and I have had the op- kids, you know, if they come through ‘‘Success is never permanent. Failure portunity to see around the country, is and they want to use the school for is never fatal. The only thing that real- that you get to the local level, these band, for some extracurricular or ad- ly counts is courage.’’ parents, these administrators, these vanced science classes, we are going to And what we saw today in Minnesota, legislators, they have got a passion for be there and we are going to open the and I cannot thank the gentleman their kids. door and we are going to work that out enough, I left that meeting so excited They absolutely have a passion for for the parents. about the future of education, not just their kids, and they are kind of, you And it is the same for the charter in Minnesota, but around the country, know, wanting us to get out of the way and the parochial. It really was a dem- because it renewed my belief that so that they can really do and help for onstration of what he said, a super- Americans do care. They care about these kids, and Governor Carlson’s pub- intendent for all of the kids in the dis- their kids, and they want to make cer- lic school 36 is just one phenomenal ex- trict. And what I would guess they are tain that every child, and this was ample where they are having great suc- doing in that district is just building a what really came through with vir- cess, not because of what we are doing, phenomenal partnership and a phe- tually all of the testimony today, that but because they are going in and tak- nomenal loyalty in that community every child, whether they come from a ing the leadership. with all of these groups coming to- family of privilege or a family of pov- Mr. GUTKNECHT. If the gentleman gether, with the focal point being the erty, every child deserves a first-rate would yield back, and that was the kids, not home schooling, not charter education in this country today. thing that really impressed me, vir- schools, not public schools, not paro- The truth of the matter is, and we all tually everybody who testified today chial schools, but they are developing a know this, people on all sides of the po- did not talk about preserving the sta- trusting relationship between all of the litical aisles of every spectrum philo- tus quo or protecting certain vested in- providers of services to these kids that sophically, we all know that too many terest. It was not about protecting, you says, let us keep the kids and learning kids today are being cheated by the know, these rights and so forth. It real- at the center, let us put aside our dif- system, and we in Washington cannot ly was all about what can we do to im- ferences and let us come together and completely change everything, but I prove the quality of education for kids. make sure that we have a relationship think we can make some reforms. And And it was not us versus them. Unfor- that enables us to be creative to meet the gentleman is making reforms, and tunately, what we hear so many times the needs. I want to thank the gentleman for that in the debate about education, both I thought it was awesome testimony. and we see it happening. here in Washington and around the Mr. GUTKNECHT. Mr. Speaker, it I was so impressed, and I have country, sort of a trench warfare men- absolutely was. I would bet long money worked for many years with Governor tality. and short odds that all the kids in Ernie Carlson, now former Governor I want to congratulate Dr. Keith Faribault are going to benefit from Carlson; but his testimony today was Dixon, who is a superintendent of that kind of an attitude.

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:01 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\H06JN0.001 H06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 9603 But the other thing I wanted to men- happening in terms of educational re- dents or the deans of various univer- tion about Governor Carlson, he said form in Minnesota. sities in California. And it was right something really profound; and that is Mr. SCHAFFER. Mr. Speaker, the after this process had started and as we that, for too long in public education constituents of my colleague were per- were gathering the data. In one of and education in general, we have fect people to testify; and Minnesota these initial hearings, the deans came measured quality education by inputs. turned out to be a perfect place to hold in and said, you know, one of the pro- And he sort of reversed. Maybe it is be- the hearing that we did because their grams that we need more funding for is cause he came from PS–36. Maybe it is comments were reflective, I think, of for remedial education. And we kind of because he was State auditor. But the same kind of comments that we get a startled look on our face, and when he was governor, he said, we bet- have heard throughout the country. these are from some prestigious col- ter start measuring outputs. Because But one of the interesting perspec- leges telling us that they need more we have all labored under this Lake tives that I think we probably spend money for remedial education. And we Woebegone mentality that all our chil- more time on in Minnesota than most hear that from two or three of these dren were above average, and that is other States is on the topic of the experts from the colleges and we fi- not necessarily true. And when we School to Work Program, which passed nally say, excuse me, why does a pres- began to actually test the students, we in 1994 by Congress. It was a program tigious university with high academic began to find out they were not doing that was inspired by the Nation’s de- standards and high entrance require- nearly as well in many of the areas as sire to see schoolchildren graduating ments, what do they need money from we thought they were doing. with the skills necessary to help them us for for remedial education? And so, we are starting to measure become more gainfully employed and The answer is, well, 25 percent of the quality now in Minnesota not by how ready to go to work. students that are coming to college much we put into the process, and we And so, as classically happens here in today are not ready for college require- put an awful lot of money in public Washington, there is a legitimate need ments. And what does that mean? It education in the State of Minnesota, as that is identified by the country; and meant that they were not at an 8th or my colleagues do in Colorado and in we throw lots of money at it in Wash- 10th grade level for reading, writing, Michigan, as well. But we want to find ington. Now, this was before we took and math. And so, it is one of those key out how well the students really are the majority. This was when the Demo- criteria again for successful schools is, doing in terms of learning. And I think crats ran the House, and we saw even rather than overlaying a whole new that if we focus on the students, if we more of that then. But create a new system on to our education, which is focus on the children, and if we focus program, throw hundreds of millions of focusing on developing the skills to on outputs, what we are really getting dollars into a program called School to work, the emphasis should be on teach- out for the resources we put into it, I Work; and these dollars were funneled ing our kids and getting them basic think in the long run the real winners back to the States and once again the academics. are going to be the children. States were told, if you want your We have seen that on international So the testimony today was excel- money back, you have to spend it the standards, international comparisons. lent. I cannot thank my colleagues way we tell you to. We are not doing well enough on our enough. I came away charged up re- The School to Work Program is kids learning the basics. So before we minded that the Forefathers were even something that is in full force today in go off and try to dilute this process any smarter than we thought they were all 50 States. It is a mandatory pro- further, let us focus on basic aca- when they created the system that we gram, there is no voluntary quality demics. have today where each State becomes about it, that even from the very I do not know if the gentleman was the laboratory of democracy. young ages of kindergarten starts ori- in Arkansas when we went to Arkansas We are seeing this happening in enting more and more students toward in Little Rock when we were at Central places like Milwaukee and in Min- workplace skills. And the concern we High School. nesota and all around the country from heard voiced today was that that focus Mr. SCHAFFER. Mr. Speaker, I was governors, State legislators, private on workplace skills often comes at the not there. nonprofit groups. We heard from a expense of developing one’s intellect in Mr. HOEKSTRA. Again, it was fas- number of them. The Executive Direc- an academic approach to learning. cinating. The school in Arkansas that tor of Partnership for Choice and Edu- This is a complaint we are hearing gets some of the highest test scores, we cation spoke to us. Kids for Scholar- more and more about. The School to asked them the question, Why are you ship Fund. They are offering 1,200 Work Program, again, built around the getting such high test scores? Because scholarships a year now in the State of right motives and identification of a they were the lowest funded school in Minnesota to poor kids to go to the very legitimate problem that occurs, the State? The answer was, We only school of their choice. And we heard but the solution is one that deempha- have the time, energy, and money to from some parents excellent testimony sizes academic performance and aca- focus on basic academics. of the benefits of allowing students to demic progress in schools and moves Mr. SCHAFFER. Mr. Speaker, I have that kind of choice. the focus to actually an objective that thank the gentleman from Michigan So I really came away with a re- is outside even the Department of Edu- (Mr. HOEKSTRA) for joining us in this newed optimism that Americans do cation, that includes the Department special order. I see we are almost out of care about education, they do care of Labor, where this morning the Medi- time. I hope this topic of School to about the children, and, in places like care program is involved in School to Work is one we will be able to spend Minnesota, there are a lot of people Work. And it is kind of a comprehen- more time on and explore the impact doing the right things and, ultimately, sive Government effort to try to that it has had in other States. I sus- the kids will be the beneficiaries. change the way we have educated our pect the testimony we heard in Min- So I want to thank my colleagues for children for hundreds of years in Amer- nesota is similar to the impact to that coming to Minnesota. I thought the ica. which we would hear from other hearing was excellent. As I say, the Mr. HOEKSTRA. Mr. Speaker, and States. And it is one example where, only regret that I had was that we did that is going on at the same time. I once again, Washington is diffusing the not get more people at that hearing so still remember the first hearing or one emphasis of education on academic more people could see what is really of the first hearings that we did. We learning in a knowledge-based edu- happening in places like Minnesota. We did a run through California. And then cation. would love to have our colleagues come as we were doing the education at a We need to stop that, really, and we back and perhaps bring some of those crossroads hearing, we also did a hear- need to start allowing schools to focus folks into Washington to share with ing and we did it in California and we on what they believe to be important some of our colleagues what really is met with a number of the college presi- locally.

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:01 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\H06JN0.001 H06JN0 9604 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE June 6, 2000 VARIOUS ISSUES OF THE DAY b 2100 it all happened according to a plan is The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. He never told us it was offense. He to dangerously rewrite history. WALDEN of Oregon). Under the Speak- said it was necessary to prevent Soviet While I talk about the Reagan ad- er’s announced policy of January 6, expansion, not some secret plan to ministration and the collapse of the 1999, the gentleman from California force the Soviet Union into collapse. Soviet Union, it leads naturally to a (Mr. SHERMAN) is recognized for 60 min- Ronald Reagan came before the Amer- discussion of Star Wars, an issue that utes. ican people and told us the Soviet is still before us. Just because the So- Mr. SHERMAN. Mr. Speaker, a few Union was a powerful threat and would viet Union is no longer intact does not minutes ago I became aware that this remain so for quite some time. He mean that we are safe. In fact, the hour of time to speak before this House urged us to embark upon military ex- world is more complicated and more was available. I thought about it for a penditure projects, some of which dangerous. There are those who have moment. I am confident that my pres- would last a decade or 2 decades be- come before this House and suggested ence here will not adversely affect the cause, he told us, the Soviet Union was that the world does not have to be a ratings of other cable television shows, a threat. Now, those who claim to be dangerous place if only we developed a many of which are made in our area. Ronald Reagan’s ideological descend- missile defense system. And so I figured I would take this op- ants, some who claim to be his friends, Now, Mr. Speaker, I would like to see portunity even though I have not had tell us it was all a lie, that Ronald us continue to research in this area, the chance to prepare and my remarks Reagan knew that the Soviet Union and when our technology has advanced may not be quite as crisp as I would had corroded from the inside, that he to the point where we can provide some like. knew that these expenditures were not reasonable defense at reasonable cost, I would like to address a number of necessary to defend us but rather were deployment is certainly called for. But different topics that I have been think- part of a secret plan to force the Soviet let us not fool the American people. ing about, particularly over this last Union to spend more and more on its Those that cannot hit us with an district work period. The first is an odd defense in a dangerous game in which ICBM, those who cannot hit us with an attempt by those who claim to love the Soviet Union would be faced either intercontinental ballistic missile will Ronald Reagan to rewrite the history with the prospect of launching a nu- be able to smuggle nuclear weapons of the fall of the Soviet Union. clear strike or consenting to an arms into our cities no matter how effective We know what the real history was. race that it could not win, an arms our missile shield. A nuclear weapon is The Soviet Union looked powerful. We race launched against it by a Reagan about the size of a person, some small- spent on our defense, fearful of Soviet administration with a secret plan to er than a child. And anyone who has aggression and expansion, and Ronald drive it into destruction. Ronald been in Southern California or prob- Reagan led us in those efforts. Reagan never told us that we were en- ably just about any major city in this Our deficit grew. We tightened our gaged in such an effort. Ronald Reagan country is aware that every year hun- belts domestically. We did so because never told us that we were trying to dreds of thousands, every day thou- we were told that the Soviet Union push the Soviet Union to destruction, sands of illegal immigrants are snuck could expand, that it was powerful, that they would face a moment at across our border not just from the that it could emerge as the most pow- which they would blame us and would southern border but the northern as erful nation on Earth. realize that either they would launch a well; that illegal drugs are smuggled In 1991, to the surprise of just about military strike or go into the dustbin into America with relative ease, and everyone both inside and outside the of history. this is by people being paid a few hun- Soviet Union, the Soviet Union began He never told us this, because he dred dollars to sneak a person into the to collapse. That is what really hap- never believed it; and the Soviet Union United States, marijuana importers or pened. in its dying hours did not believe it, ei- smugglers, criminals bringing in bales It is kind of disconcerting to think ther. The Soviets knew that their sys- of marijuana for a few thousand dollars that all the experts in all the capitals tem collapsed of its own weight. Only in compensation. did not foresee such an enormously im- retroactive American arrogance would How difficult would it be to sneak a portant event. And experts are reluc- say that the other superpower col- nuclear weapon into an American city? tant to admit that they cannot always lapsed because of something we did A nuclear weapon smaller than a child see the future. But what is worse is here in Washington, D.C. does not need ventilation, does not that those who have come to idolize The fact of the matter is Communism need to be fed. Children who are smug- Ronald Reagan have started to rewrite does not work, and in the last decade gled into America scream and cry. Nu- history. or two, both Communist giants have In their rewriting of history, Ronald clear weapons would not. So imagine ceased to embrace their ideology; and Reagan foresaw as early as the early that we had a perfect defense against 1980s that, within a decade, the Soviet without that ideology they have ceased Iranian or Iraqi or North Korean mis- Union could be pushed into the dust to be exporters of Communism, ceased siles. What would those countries do? bin of history, that Reagan knew that to have confidence in Communism, and They would smuggle a weapon or two the Soviet Union had begun to corrode it has shaken them to their roots. Are into an American city, hire or kidnap from the inside and far from being a we going to say that Communism lost an American scientist to come look at challenge to the United States, in fact, favor in the Soviet Union because of it, detain that American scientist until it was a nation that could not survive. American hostility and Communist it could be moved to another apart- These supposed supporters of Ronald ideology lost favor in China because of ment or another city, and inform our Reagan ascribe to him an omniscience American friendship? That either government that in some apartment, in and all-knowingness, that they think is friendship or hostility from America some city, in some State in this coun- complimentary. creates the same result? I think not. try, there was a nuclear weapon in the In fact, what these supporters of Communism does not work. Russia and custody of someone reporting to Bagh- Reagan are doing are besmirching Ron- China realized it. This forced a crisis of dad or to Tehran. ald Reagan’s character, attacking his confidence in both places. The Soviet I would like to see a defensive shield honesty, and telling us that our former Union not being one nation but rather shielding us from intercontinental bal- President is a liar to the American peo- an amalgam of nations held together listic missiles. But let us not fool the ple. by a failed ideology collapsed, and American people. That is just one Time and again, President Reagan China has moved from the ideology of small element of our defense. And if we came before us in this hall, I was not Communism to the ideology of nation- spend a trillion dollars building a roof here, stood and delivered the State of alism overseen by a relatively small over a building that has no walls, we the Union address and rallied America group of oligarchs and local potentates will have been misallocating resources. to spend more and more on our defense. that control the economy. To say that I am not sure that we can police our

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:01 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\H06JN0.001 H06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 9605 borders well enough to prevent nuclear their government or military. The su- ters and cut off Iran’s access to Amer- weapons from being smuggled here, but preme leader is. That leader controls ica’s markets. My fear is that that will I do know that a missile defense shield those revolutionary guards, and those not happen. Every time there is an op- is of only modest use as long as our guards have allowed those tankers to portunity to make a unilateral conces- borders remain porous. use Iranian coastal waters. sion to Iran, we seem to do it and do it We need to focus our attention on the Iran has said, well, we need help in quickly, unilateral concession after rogue states that are currently devel- stopping these ships. All Iran has to do unilateral concession. oping nuclear weapons and might be is announce that those countries that The latest pat on the back that Iran willing to use them even if they faced are enforcing the U.N. blockade are al- has received is a $231 million loan from the threat of annihilation from our nu- lowed into Iranian coastal waters, al- the World Bank. The U.S. voted clear weapons. And we need to cut off lowed within 12 miles of its coast, and against that loan, but we certainly did money, investment funds, from going we will be able to shut down these ille- not tell our European allies that we to the regimes of North Korea, Iran gal Iraqi oil exports. But instead, Iran would take their votes in favor of that and Iraq, because all three of those lets the tankers go by the checkpoint loan as a reason to perhaps reexamine countries are trying to develop nuclear and claims they cannot do anything to other aspects of our foreign policy. We weapons. stop it and will not let United Nations were good losers. We accepted the de- North Korea has agreed to stop its ships or, rather, American and British feat. This calls into question how we program, and I leave them aside. We ships detailed to enforce the U.N. provide foreign aid. can discuss them separately at a dif- blockade, will not allow them in their Mr. Speaker, I have come to this ferent time. But let us focus for a while coastal waters. floor in the past to support American on the two great enemies or rivals that Mr. Speaker, this is a dangerous situ- foreign aid. I think we should do what we face in Southwest Asia. We do need ation; and it shows that our policy to- we can to help the Third World de- to prevent the government in Baghdad ward Iran, especially in the last 2 velop, to help the poorest people on and the government in Tehran from months, has been mistaken. Two this planet survive. But the recent ac- getting their hands on money. When months ago, the Secretary of State an- tion by the World Bank threatens investment capital flows into those nounced unilaterally, without really America’s support for foreign aid. That two countries, when money is loaned to much consultation with Congress at support is not all that deep to begin them, money is given to them, export all, certainly without any congres- with, but how do we go back to our dis- markets are given to them, when Iraq sional encouragement or approval, the tricts and explain that America par- is allowed to sell its oil and not spend Secretary of State announced that the ticipates in the World Bank, its capital the money on food for its people, then United States would allow Iran to ex- was provided in significant part by the money is in the hands of those who port to the United States pistachios, American taxpayer, and the World would wish to develop nuclear weapons carpets, caviar, dried fruit; and many Bank disbursed $231 million of loans to and whom as I have pointed out will people joked, how important could that Iran; money that is fungible, money face little difficulty in smuggling them be. that allows the Iranians to spend their into the United States. Unfortunately, Mr. Speaker, first it is symbolically oil resources and oil revenues on their our efforts to stem the flow of money important, because if America will do military programs? This is going to be to Tehran and Baghdad have been set business with Iran, business as usual, if a hard sell. back in several different ways. America will open its markets to these Mr. Speaker, sometime this month Today, Mr. Speaker, it was revealed nonenergy exports of Iran, then how we will be dealing with the foreign ops that Iran, having suffered hundreds of can we turn to Europe and Japan and appropriations bill. At that point, we thousands of casualties in a war of ag- tell them not to do business as usual will be asked to appropriate hundreds gression launched by Iraq 2 decades with Iran on a bigger scale? How can of millions of dollars to the IDA pro- ago, now is allowing Iraq to use its we today turn to Japan and Germany gram administered by the World Bank. coastal waters to evade the U.N. block- and tell them to stop buying Iranian We have to be aware that money of the ade, evade U.N. sanctions, sell a billion oil because Iran is clearly complicit in United States disbursed to that pro- dollars perhaps every year of oil, and the illegal export of Iraqi oil? Cer- gram could be lent on a concessionary this would not be money in the oil-for- tainly it weakens our position. basis, could be lent at very low interest food program controlled by the United rates, pay-us-when-you-feel-like-it 2115 Nations. This is money directly into b terms, to such countries as North the hands of the Iraqi military. These exports, these non-energy ex- Korea or Sudan, or any other country Mr. Speaker, we could spend a tril- ports from Iran, are important to Iran. that claims to have a good project and lion dollars on a missile defense sys- They are its major non-energy exports. is very poor. tem, but if we do not stop those oil They pale into insignificance in dollar North Korea and Sudan are very poor tankers from leaving the Strait of amount compared to oil, but reflect on because of the evil of their govern- Hormuz, if we do not prevent that oil this: Iran will always get the world ments, not because of a lack of world from being exported, we are literally price for its oil. Nothing we do is going aid. How are we going to go back to our allowing Saddam Hussein to build nu- to change by one penny the amount of constituents and say, these hundreds of clear weapons and then we can worry revenue Iran gets for every barrel that millions of dollars were turned over to about how to keep them out of the it exports to a world thirsty for its oil. an international organization free to United States. What concerns me, Mr. In contrast, those other exports, the make loans to some of the most evil Speaker, is that our policy toward Iran carpets, pistachios, et cetera, those ex- nations or evil governments, I want to has been ineffective. The ineffective- ports need every market they can find stress evil governments, on this plan- ness is shown today by Iran allowing to try to push up the price, and by et? that Iraqi oil to be exported. opening up our markets we invigorate Better we appropriate these same Now, we are told that the ships that the world market for those Iranian ex- funds, and I do not want to see a reduc- come from Iran down into the Persian ports, exports as to which there is no tion, I want to see, if anything, an in- Gulf pass a checkpoint controlled by fixed world price, exports that are im- crease in our foreign aid, and provide the revolutionary guard. We are told portant to the Iranian economy. Some these same funds to entities under the the revolutionary guard does not re- 5 million people, it is reported, work in control of the United States govern- port to the President of Iran, and so we the Iranian carpet industry. That is ment or entities where we at least have should not get bent out of shape if they just one of the four imports. a veto power, so these funds are loaned allow those oil tankers into their We would think that today the State or given only for projects in countries coastal waters. The fact remains that Department would react, react to these that have some minimal respect for in Iran, the president is not the head of illegal shipments through Iranian wa- human rights?

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:01 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\H06JN0.001 H06JN0 9606 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE June 6, 2000 I look forward to working with Mem- involving ties that are certainly dis- to many of the working poor, and is bers of the relevant subcommittee and rupted when European nations say, we not available to any that do not have of the Committee on Appropriations to will ignore the trial of the 13 Jews in children in their homes. So we have a see what we can do to make sure that Shiraz, we will ignore Iran’s other situation where we are told that the es- when we go back to our districts and problems, and when they will force the tate tax diminishes the incentive to defend foreign aid, we can say that all World Bank to take American capital work because somebody working at age U.S. tax dollars are going for projects and money borrowed on the strength of 40 or age 50 or age 60 is thinking ahead in countries that we can support. American capital and hijack that to the point when their estate plan Mr. Speaker, this is an additional money to Tehran. would become effective, in their reason why the loan to Iran was not Mr. Speaker, I would now like to eighties or nineties, thinking ahead to only a poor decision but one that was shift my focus to a bill that will come what the estate tax law might be at ill-timed, as well. Not only does Iran before this House I believe on Friday, that point, knocking off work early today, a few days after the loan, decide and that is a bill to repeal the estate and going to the golf course. to facilitate Iraqi evasion of U.N. sanc- tax. Maybe it is happening, maybe it is tions, not only does Iran sponsor ter- At the outset, let me stress that 98 not. But let us talk also about the ef- rorism and is on the State Department percent of all Americans, when their fect that our current taxes have on the terrorism list, not only is Iran, along wills become operative, do not pay a working poor, people who are called with Iraq, one of the two greatest penny of estate tax. This is a tax paid upon to work the second job to support 1 threats for possible destruction of by only 1 ⁄2 percent of all the families a family, people who are called upon to American cities at such time as they in America. Yet, to read some of the get off of welfare and to enter the work develop nuclear weapons, but Iran a letters, to listen to some of the rhet- force, and we tell them, we are going to year and a half ago decided to continue oric on this floor, we would think that take a chunk of your money, of your its oppression of its small Jewish com- the estate tax was the most burden- paycheck, to support the social secu- munity, just as it oppresses those of some tax on American working fami- rity system, and I support the social the Baha’i faith. lies. security system. We are going to im- Estates of under $2 million will, after The Iranian government since its pose an income tax. We are not going the current law becomes hopefully ef- revolution has executed on trumped up to give you a tax credit for the social fective, pay absolutely nothing, as long charges 17 members of its small Jewish security tax you pay, and we will give as some law and estate planning docu- community. Well over half of that you no tax credit for the State sales ments are drafted in advance. Mr. community has fled, and now 13 Jews Speaker, I introduced a bill that made tax that you pay. are on trial in the city of Shiraz on the this law I think less burdensome on People who make less than $10 an most trumped up charges in trials that upper middle class American families, hour are paying a lot of tax. What would have made Josef Stalin ashamed, and said that $2 million could be left by about them? Are they affected by in- trials where the only evidence is the a man and wife or a husband and wife, centives? Are we to say that the ability apparently tortured or coerced confes- to their children with no estate tax, to leave the second $10 million to your sions of the defendants in which the de- even if they did not prepare a bunch of kids 20 or 30 years from now is what is fendants confessed to crimes they estate planning documents in advance. uppermost on the minds of somebody could not possibly have committed. This bill was designed to liberate building a business, but that the size of Mr. Speaker, here in the United widows and widowers from these by- today’s paycheck is irrelevant to a per- States we live in a multi-ethnic, multi- passed trusts, complicated legal docu- son who is working two jobs? I do not cultural society in which people of any ments, almost required of them by our think so. ethnic or religious group may be found current estate tax law. But that bill Yes, all taxes have an adverse impact in our national security agencies, and did not get a hearing because there is on incentive, the incentive to work, yes, may be found among those few an effort here not to liberate upper the incentive to participate in the who commit espionage. middle class families, and of course, economy. But I venture that there is a Mr. Speaker, we have had British- those of lesser means are already ex- far worse effect on our economy from American spies, we have had Jewish- empt, but not to liberate upper middle taxing those who make less than $10 an American spies, we have allegedly had class families from the estate tax and hour than taxing those who have more Chinese-American spies. Anybody of from the burdens of doing estate plan- than $10 million. any ethnic group could find themselves ning. The plan here is to abolish this b 2130 in a position where they are the estate tax altogether. custodians of our national secrets. Iran The estate tax is a painful tax. It is I would also point out that before we is just the opposite. No one of the Jew- a bad tax. I hate the tax. I hate all cut the estate tax, before we eliminate ish faith is allowed near anything of taxes. Every single one of them is pain- the estate tax, we ought to make sure any military or national security sig- ful. There is no way for the Federal that we are not endangering Social Se- nificance whatsoever. government to get money that does not curity, that we are not putting our- Mr. Speaker, these 13 are accused of have a bad effect on those who are re- selves in a position when we will not be spying for the CIA, and I put forward quired to pay. able to provide any pharmaceuticals to that we could not be the world’s only The question is not whether the es- those who are on Medicare, some who superpower, we could not have emerged tate tax is a bad tax, but whether it is need $1,000, $5,000, $10,000 a year of in this powerful position, if our CIA our worst tax. I ask Members, is a tax pharmaceuticals to survive. went to Iran looking for spies and de- that 981⁄2 percent of all Americans are Mr. Speaker, they retired believing cided to hire people from the small eth- exempt from, is that our worst tax? Or they had Social Security and now find nic group that are prohibited from get- is it an income tax and a FICA tax that that they are insecure, find that they ting anywhere near any of the informa- falls so heavily on the working poor? do not have the wherewithal to pay for tion our CIA might be interested in. Must we first eliminate a tax that falls the pharmaceuticals that they need to These charges are absurd. The World chiefly on those with estates over $10 survive. Bank loan to Iran, as this trial con- million, or must we first eliminate Mr. Speaker, what will come before tinues, was the kind of mistake that taxes on those who are making $10 an this House on Friday is a bill to repeal imperils American support for foreign hour or less? Should it be $10 million the estate tax before we have made So- aid and American support for the and more, or $10 an hour or less? Where cial Security secure, before we have World Bank, and imperils a relation- should we focus our generosity? Where made Medicare recipients secure. ship that has recently been celebrated should we focus our tax cuts? Every Medicare recipient today knows by the President in his farewell tour, Mr. Speaker, there is an earned in- that tomorrow they could be diagnosed farewell as President tour of Europe, come tax credit, but it is not available with a disease requiring $5,000 or $10,000

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:01 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\H06JN0.001 H06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 9607 a year of pharmaceuticals for which will we do that? We will cut our own program. And the first two generations they will get no Federal aid; and we are revenues by $17 billion a year. The col- to participate in that program contrib- told that the most important thing we leges, the universities, the hospitals uted for only a portion of their work- can do with the available Federal funds will not come here and tell us about ing lives and received the benefits, ben- is to deal with a tax that falls most this because essentially they do not efits that many are still receiving significantly on those with more than want to bite the hand that feeds them. today in their 80s and 90s. $10 million. Speaking of the hand that feeds So what does this mean? It means Mr. Speaker, I suggest that we need them, I have had a lot of town halls in that today’s Social Security tax is pay- to explore a number of avenues. Now, I my district. I have heard hundreds of ing for our grandparents’ retirement. do not want to ignore the adverse ef- questions, hundreds of complaints. I This was never a pension system where fects of the estate tax. It does make it am out in the community almost every our money is saved exclusively for us. more difficult to leave a business or a day that I am in California. Mr. Speak- Rather, our money is being used to family farm to the next generation. er, at these public gatherings, I cannot fund the retirement of those who went And we hear statistics about how busi- remember a single occasion when before, just as their money went to nesses are not always left intact to the someone has come up and said: let us fund the retirement of those who went next generation and we are told that it abolish the estate tax. before, and we can trace it back to the is the estate tax. Mr. Speaker, I hate to admit it, but Depression generation. It is not always the estate tax. The it is a sin of which virtually everyone Now, we are told that the new gen- son or daughter of a farmer does not in this House suffers or is guilty. I also eration does not have to contribute to necessarily want to farm. The owner spend time raising money for my cam- pay for the previous generation’s re- who builds a business from nothing to paign and for the campaigns of my col- tirement. We are going to have their a $50 million business may find that his leagues. Not a day goes by, or not even money diverted into separate indi- sons and daughters feel themselves un- a couple hours go by. If a couple of vidual accounts and that anything else qualified or just disinterested in con- hours are spent talking to those who would be unfair. Mr. Speaker, we can- tinuing to own that business. There is might make major contributions, the not simultaneously take all the funds no proof that family businesses will estate tax comes up every time. Not that are coming into Social Security stay in families if only we reduce taxes with every person, but certainly in and say that is the money of the people on those with assets of over $10 mil- every hour or two. who put the money in and continue to lion. The reason for that is that this tax fund the Social Security payments to Finally, Mr. Speaker, one little se- does fall upon those who can most af- those who are receiving checks today, cret about the estate tax. No one will ford to come to fundraisers. I think people whose tax dollars, FICA con- tell it to us. That is that at every that we in this House need to pass cam- tributions were used to pay the prior major hospital complex, nonprofit hos- paign finance reform for a lot of rea- generation’s benefits. pital, at every major university in this sons, but one of them is that we spend The proposal that the governor has country, if we abolish the estate tax, too much time at fundraisers, and we put forward is to take one-sixth of the the buildings will not have names. I am hear too often too repeatedly from that money, virtually, that is now going not saying that we will not be able to 11⁄2 percent of Americans who pay the into the regular Social Security Trust find our way around campus. That is estate tax, who happen to be the same Fund and divert it into special assets not the problem. The problem is that 11⁄2 percent of Americans who donate owned by those who contribute the gifts, major gifts to our universities the most money for political cam- funds. I wish we could promise that. I and hospitals will slow to a trickle. paigns. wish we could do that. But before we If we go to any campus today, we see Mr. Speaker, if we do not stop and start bestowing multitrillion dollar this building is named after the Smith think about it, if we do not filter it benefits, new benefits, why do we not family and that building is named after out, we are going to come to the con- make sure that the program can con- the Cohen family and we wonder why. clusion if one serves in this House that tinue to pay the existing benefits? The answer is simple. The families in- the whole country is concerned about Another huge benefit promised by volved made huge gifts to the univer- the estate tax, because in the average the governor of Texas is that if one sity, huge gifts to the hospital, moti- month we hear about it five, 10, 20 were to die before reaching 65, their vated in part by the fact that those times. We have to remember that every family gets a huge check from Social gifts will not be subject to the estate one of those times was not out at the Security. Or if they were to die at age tax. community Little League, was not at a 68 or 69 or 70, before they have received Charitable giving at the low end, the visitation to a senior center, was not their actuarial expected benefit, the $5 and $10 put in the collection plate, at a widely publicized town hall, but in family receives a giant benefit. would not be affected by a repeal of the nine out of 10 cases, or maybe 10 out of That is a wonderful promise. I wish I estate tax. But at the high end, when 10 cases, it was through a friend that is could make that promise. I would be a people are bequeathing millions of dol- a supporter of either us or our col- lot more popular if I made that prom- lars to universities that in their gra- leagues here. ise. But what do we do to those who ciousness choose to name buildings Yes, if we serve in this House, we live to 90 or 100? Do we say that those after the donors, at the high end where need to keep in touch with people, and who live less than their average life people make gifts that are income tax sometimes that is thrown askew when span get their money back and those deductible in their 80s, knowing that the fundraising burdens and the time that live longer than the average life not only do they get an income tax de- commitments of that are imposed upon span stop receiving benefits? There is duction today but perhaps if they die us. no solution offered by the governor of in their 90s they get estate tax relief as Mr. Speaker, I would like to com- Texas. Two huge benefits promised; no well, those gifts are motivated by the ment just briefly on Governor Bush’s source of revenue to pay for them. A fact that 60 or 70 percent of the gift’s Social Security plan and some of the sixth roughly of the money diverted. value is represented by a tax deduc- rhetoric surrounding that plan. Gov- Let us make Social Security secure, tion. That $5 million Smith building ernor Bush has turned to young people and then we can focus on whether we cost the Smith family only 30 percent and said that they only get a 1 or 2 per- can do better. of $5 million. cent return for the money they put in Mr. Speaker, I have talked about a What is going to happen when we re- Social Security. What he has not said number of topics. Topics that are com- peal the estate tax? The universities is that the first two generations to par- plex topics that I do not get enough and hospitals will be here saying: now, ticipate in Social Security did incred- time to study about, read about; and it Congress, you have to appropriate ibly well. Social Security brought us leaves me longing for a greater level of some special money for us. But how out of the Depression as much as any intelligence. Mr. Speaker, there are

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:01 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\H06JN0.001 H06JN0 9608 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE June 6, 2000 those working on greater levels of in- ate our slaves or our masters. Today be here, if there is interest by some of telligence today. There are those en- dogs are a man’s and woman’s best my colleagues, perhaps we could work gaged in silicon chip engineering who friend. They are great pets, and a few on it this month or next month, that are creating more intelligent machines of them are engaged in work, shep- we create a national commission on all the time. And there will come a herding sheep, for example. Today’s the ethics of engineered intelligence to time when the silicon chip-driven ma- dogs have been bred, not genetically try to give some guidance to those law- chines rival humans in intelligence. engineered, just bred to be friendly, makers that will come after us in deal- There are genetic engineers mapping docile, and obedient. ing with the issues of silicon or carbon- the human genome and within a few There are a few who think it raises based intelligence that approach or ex- decades they may be in a position to ethical issues, but most of us view a ceed that of today’s human being. create a more intelligent human being, dog’s intelligence as below that of self- I do not know how to deal with these perhaps one that could have dealt with awareness and consciousness and are issues. It is a tradition in this town all of the topics confronting this Con- quite happy to have dogs that are obe- that, when one does not know what to gress with greater wisdom than I have dient, docile. do, one creates a commission. There is been able to muster. But what happens when the genetic also a tradition in this town to wait There are those dealing with engineers start developing more intel- till the last minute, to wait till some nanotechnology, technology where ligent canines? What happens when we development is going to impair jobs in things are manipulated at the atomic start having dogs as intelligent or our own districts before we get serious and molecular levels, technologies that more intelligence than apes? Fortu- about the issue. I would say that these offer a chance to engineer either from nately, I do not think we are going to are issues, and there are others as well biological materials or from electronic face this issue in the next decade. But that we ought to try to tackle at least materials or from a combination of the we are going to face it this century, at the thinking stage at the earliest two a level of intelligence way beyond and we are probably going to face it be- possible time. today’s computers, way beyond today’s fore we figure out what to do with it. At what point must we recognize f animals, and perhaps way beyond to- other life forms as being protected by day’s humans. REPORT ON RESOLUTION PRO- our Constitution? How intelligent must Speaking of intelligent humans, on VIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF a genetically engineered animal be to August 7, 1939, Albert Einstein wrote to H.R. 4576, DEPARTMENT OF DE- be worthy of our protection and re- President Roosevelt and brought to his FENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, spect? I do not know. 2001 attention clearly and crisply the im- Likewise, we have seen many science portance that nuclear technology fiction shows where scientists start Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, from the Com- might have for the future of the world. with human DNA and deliberately try mittee on Rules, submitted a privi- In just a few years, that nuclear tech- to create a being that is less intelligent leged report (Rept. No. 106–652) on the nology literally exploded. What was or simply more docile than the average resolution (H. Res. 514) providing for the high and unusual science of 1939 be- human form, and we are told to imag- consideration of the bill (H.R. 4576) came the public policy issue of 1945 and ine a race invented for slavery. I think making appropriations for the Depart- beyond. all of us recoil at the ethics of that. ment of Defense for the fiscal year end- We today are still wrestling with the But will we recoil with the same ing September 30, 2001, and for other political, the international, and the level of revulsion if the nearly as intel- purposes, which was referred to the ethical issues of nuclear power and, of ligent as human or perhaps as intel- House Calendar and ordered to be course, nuclear weapons. ligent as human docile race is engi- printed. Would it not have been great if we neered from canine DNA or simian f had gotten a bit more of a head start? DNA, perhaps someday if we are not Would it not have been good for hu- careful, human DNA? But not only may REPORT ON RESOLUTION PRO- mankind if the scientists had come to there be genetic engineering that in- VIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF us 20 or 30 years before the nuclear vents those entities which some would H.R. 4577, DEPARTMENTS OF weapons were created and told the wish to enslave, genetic engineering, LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN world’s political leaders that the genie whether it starts with simian DNA or SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND will soon be leaving the bottle and it is human DNA, could very well invent a RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIA- time to develop a code of ethics and level of intelligence well beyond that TION BILL, 2001 central understandings that will fit the of any of us here, perhaps even beyond Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, from the Com- new technology? that of the Albert Einstein I quoted mittee on Rules, submitted a privi- b 2145 earlier. Then how should human kind leged report (Rept. No. 106–653) on the react? resolution (H. Res. 515) providing for Now, some more than 50 years after That which can be done with genetic consideration of the bill (H.R. 4577) nuclear weapons, we are still strug- engineering may also be done with sil- making appropriations for the Depart- gling with the ethical issues that they icon chip engineering. A book I have ments of Labor, Health and Human create. Well, I do not know how many not had a chance to read bears the in- years we have before what I refer to as teresting title the Age of Spiritual Ma- Services, and Education, and related remembered intelligence poses even chines. How many decades is it before agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- more severe ethical issues for us than the computer screen lights up with the tember 30, 2001, and for other purposes, nuclear weapons do. question, am I alive? Why am I here? which was referred to the House Cal- Let me bring a few of them to our at- Should there be any ethical limitations endar and ordered to be printed. tention. I know this may sound like on creating computers with intel- f science fiction today, but I do not ligence, not just to balance our check- REPORT ON RESOLUTION PRO- think anyone familiar with science books or to figure the trajectory of the VIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF would say that these are not real possi- rocket, but computers intelligent bilities. I am not saying this decade, enough to ask the spiritual questions? H.R. 3605, SAN RAFAEL LEGACY maybe not next decade, maybe not in I do not know. I do know that it will DISTRICT AND NATIONAL CON- the lifetime of those of us who have take a panel of Einsteins to give us SERVATION ACT lost our hair, but certainly within the some guidance as to what our laws Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, from the Com- lifetime of some of the younger folks in should be. This is going to be a tough mittee on Rules, submitted a privi- the back of the room. issue. leged report (Rept. No. 106–654) on the First, we will see genetic engineering I am going to propose probably next resolution (H. Res. 516) providing for that will either create or offer to cre- Congress, if I am fortunate enough to consideration of the bill (H.R. 3605) to

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:01 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\H06JN0.001 H06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 9609 establish the San Rafael Western Leg- and died in service to this country to have done most recently that has been acy District in the State of Utah, and our great Nation. We remember today incorrect, and what path we need to for other purposes, which was referred of course D-Day, such a memorable day follow to get this situation under con- to the House Calendar and ordered to in the history of the country, the be- trol. But, again, we have a very, very be printed. ginning of the end of World War II serious situation. It was brought to f when thousands of Americans died on light in the hearing that was conducted the beaches of Normandy in attempt- in my own backyard in central Florida. ILLEGAL NARCOTICS ing to bring the Second World War to The last hearing we held focused on The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. an end. the last year and a half. That hearing TANCREDO). Under the Speaker’s an- As we remember each of those fallen focused on the number of deaths from nounced policy of January 6, 1999, the heroes on Memorial Day and remember heroin overdoses, which unfortunately gentleman from Florida (Mr. MICA) is this day, we must realize that these in- continues to rise and even the number recognized for 60 minutes. dividuals gave up their lives for service of admissions from overdoses of heroin Mr. MICA. Mr. Speaker, I come to to this country and respect their great continues to rise dramatically. The the floor as we return from the Memo- sacrifice and always honor that great only reason we have not had more rial Day work recess and am again sacrifice. deaths, I am told by medical and law pleased to appear before the House and Tonight our country does not face enforcement experts, is that they have my colleagues to talk about what I the threat of a Cold War, of nuclear developed better techniques to save our consider the most important subject bombs possibly being rained from a So- young people. And those who suffer facing this country and this Congress viet Union. We still have many exter- from overdoses, they do not fall victim; and that is the problem of illegal nar- nal threats. But today we face probably but, nonetheless, we have even greater cotics. the most serious domestic threat since numbers of deaths from heroin. During this recess, as chair of the the very founding of this Nation. The We have taken a measure to create a oversight and investigation Sub- toll continues to mount. high intensity drug traffic area, which committee on Criminal, Justice, Drug I asked my staff to research the num- is just getting underway the last year Policy and Human Resources of the ber of American dead in some of the and a half in central Florida, and that House of Representatives, I had the op- wars. In World War I, 117,000, nearly may well be expanded up until Jack- portunity to continue our series of 117,000 Americans lost their lives. In sonville and go through Orlando to hearings, both here in the Congress the World War II, over 408,000 Americans Tampa, combined with the Miami HIDTA and Puerto Rican HIDTA, high day before we left and adjourned and lost their lives. In the Korean War, intensity drug traffic area, Federal des- then during this holiday recess to con- some 52,246 Americans died in service ignation by Federal law that allows duct three national field hearings. of their country. The Vietnam War, every possible Federal asset to be com- One of those was in New Orleans at some 58,219. In the Persian Gulf con- bined with State, local, other law en- the request of the gentleman from Lou- flict in the past decade, 363 Americans forcement efforts, to go after traf- isiana (Mr. VITTER), also a member of gave their life in those battles. fickers, certainly, a Federal responsi- the Subcommittee on Criminal, Jus- It is incredible to note the loss of life bility. But even with those efforts un- tice, Drug Policy and Human Re- directly and indirectly to illegal nar- derway, the incidents of death by her- sources, to look at a drug testing pro- cotics. Our Drug Czar, head of the Na- gram that had been instituted in some oin are still dramatically high. tional Office of Drug Control Policy, Now we have learned about and we of the private schools and is being ex- Barry McCaffrey, testified before our panded to the public schools in New Or- focused our hearing on club drugs, de- Subcommittee on Criminal, Justice, signer drugs and particularly Ecstasy. leans. That hearing was conducted dur- Drug Policy and Human Resources in The cover of this week’s Time maga- ing the recess. the neighborhood of 52,000 Americans zine features Ecstasy, and it was ironic Then we moved our field hearings to lost their lives the last year as a result that we would have this national publi- Orlando, my own backyard, the area of direct and indirect deaths. cation come out at the same time that immediately south of me where we con- As a result of direct deaths, the last we had this hearing in Orlando. ducted a field hearing on the subject of statistic that we have is 1998, and that We had planned the hearing in ad- club drugs and designer drugs and their figure was 15,973 Americans lost their vance of this publication, but certainly impact now in central Florida, the lives. It is only to be compared to the the problem that we heard in Orlando State of Florida, and across the Na- external conflicts in which we have with Ecstasy and designer drugs, unfor- tion. lost so many Americans. tunately, in this article, for those of us Then we conducted a third hearing in So it is fitting that in the light of who will read it, will disclose, in fact, the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area, ac- Memorial Day that we remember those that Ecstasy and designer drugs are tually in the city of Mesquite outside who lost their lives in service to this now rampant across the United States. of Dallas at the request of the gen- great Nation, but it is sad to come Club drugs, those drugs that are in tleman from Texas (Mr. SESSIONS). We back and face the reality of tens of dance and rave clubs in central Florida looked at an area that had been hard thousands of Americans dying at the and around the country now, where hit by narcotics, illegal narcotics, pri- hands and at the call and at the de- sometimes parents think that their marily heroin, looked at the trend in struction of illegal narcotics across our children are going to a dance or a illegal narcotic trafficking, particu- land. music concert or activity where there larly some of the designer drugs, meth- b 2200 is security, where there is no alcohol, amphetamine, and focused our atten- these places that seem and sound se- tion on what that community had done The toll in dead and destroyed fami- cure have now turned, according to tes- in successful treatment and prevention lies goes on and on. We have conducted timony we have had, into major education, community-based programs field hearings across the Nation in the sources of illegal designer drugs for our to deal with the problem of illegal nar- past year and a half since I have as- young people. cotics and drug abuse. sumed the chairmanship and this re- In Florida, the head of our State of- So we have had a full schedule, and sponsibility. I am concerned that this fice of drug control policy, Jim tonight I want to update my colleagues situation may be getting even worse, McDonough, testified that we lost 200 and the American people on where we rather than better. individuals in Florida in the last sev- stand in our efforts to combat illegal Tonight I want to talk about where eral years to designer and club drugs narcotics. we are, some of the things we learned and overdoses of these new fancy nar- Now, today is the 6th of June, and we in our field hearings, where we can go cotics. come back from Memorial Day, a time from here, what we have done in the I do not think I have ever seen a when we remembered those who fought past that was correct, and what we more insidious threat to this country

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:01 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\H06JN0.001 H06JN0 9610 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE June 6, 2000 than what we face probably in the next said to our children, if it feels good, do almost the entire country now en- year, not only from external heroin it, the just say maybe generation. gulfed, finishing the job in 1998 and and cocaine coming in to the United Here we see the beginning of the 1999. States in unprecedented quantities and meth epidemic, the cocaine, the crack These are some of the most dramatic waves. And I will talk about how we reappearance. Again, these charts are charts, again, ever supplied, I think, to got ourselves into that situation. Now just absolutely dramatic and revealing. Congress showing the failure of a pol- we find the threat of these designer 1994, in 1993, they began the closedown icy of this Congress, and the damage drugs, Ecstasy, coming in also through of the war on drugs. that was done in a 2-year, 3-year period every conceivable means, huge quan- During the break, I was home and by this administration. tities coming in from the Netherlands, heard one of our local councilmen, who I can only say to those that think the which has had lax laws relating to nar- is also an active Democrat, say that war on drugs is a failure to, again, cotics distribution and consumption; well, in fact, the problem is the war on please look at this chart. huge quantities coming in from Mex- drugs is a failure, and we just have not And no matter how I stand, if I got ico, our neighbor to the south, which put enough money into treatment. up on top of this and looked down, if I we have given free and open trade ac- Let me just, if I may, show how much look at it from the side, or if I get un- cess to the United States and to our money we have put in treatment. Here derneath, these are the facts. The markets. is 1991, 1992, even in the Bush adminis- source is the University of Michigan. Also the problem of methamphet- tration in these eras, we had put In the Reagan administration, we see amine, which really was not on the money into treatment. In almost every the long-term prevalence of drug use charts some 6 years ago or 7 years ago, succeeding year and from this point on taking a decline; in the Bush adminis- and now we see an epidemic of meth- here, we have almost doubled the tration, a dramatic decline. amphetamine from the West Coast, to amount of money in treatment. I have not doctored these. I have not the East Coast, from the North to the At the same time, this administra- touched these. These were presented to South, methamphetamine with con- tion began the employment of an un- our subcommittee. For any illicit drug, sequences on individuals, that puts precedented number of people, and this is probably the best barometer crack to shame. The crack epidemic even the White House Executive Office that is produced on this. You look at that we had in the 1980s was brought of the President with such recent drug the Clinton administration, you look under control by the Reagan adminis- use histories that they could not pass at the emphasis of putting all of the tration. And this crack that caused security checks, the situation was so money into treatment, closing down people to do such bizarre actions, com- bad that, in fact, the Secret Service re- the enforcement or closing down the mit such bizarre crimes is nothing quired a drug testing program be insti- interdiction, closing down the source compared to what we are seeing around tuted before they would grant addi- country, failing to stop drugs at their this country with methamphetamine. tional clearances to these individuals. source, closing down the drug czar’s op- It is hitting the rural areas. We are We ended up with an administration eration, as we knew it, and these are going out to Iowa to conduct a hearing that began the dismantling of the war the results. at the request of the representative on drugs, cutting, with a Democrat- So this, my friends, is not failure. from Iowa (Mr. Latham), the heartland controlled House of Representatives, This is success. This is a reduction. and core of America. Minnesota, an- the entire executive branch, the presi- This is failure. It is incredible to see other area filled full of family and tra- dency, the House and the Senate, the that where the Republicans took over, dition is now also ravaged by meth- other body, by huge majorities, from and even with the thwarting of this ad- amphetamine. 1993 to 1995 controlled this whole proc- ministration blocking the new major- We conducted a hearing several ess. They began the dismantling of the ity’s efforts to stop drugs at their weeks ago and had for the first time war on drugs. source, to regain the cooperation and the Federal Sentencing Commission in, The money that had previously been use of the military for surveillance and the Sentencing Commission pro- used, the funds that had been pre- purposes, and going after tough pros- vided us with some charts, which I viously used for stopping drugs at their ecution on some of the things that we would like to put up and have my col- source called international programs have done, have we even begun to sta- leagues and the speaker pay attention or funds were cut in half, gutted by, bilize this in the last several years. to for a minute, this problem has got- again, a White House and a Democrat- 2215 ten entirely out of control since 1992. controlled Congress bent on just going b We look at the crack problem that we for treatment, ignoring a war on drugs, But now I submit that the situation had, and I mentioned in the 1980s that closing down on a war on drugs. is again getting out of hand, and for was brought under control and rather The drug czar’s office was slashed several specific reasons. limited. from 120 positions to some 30 positions First, during the holidays, the head- If we look at this chart in two areas, in 1993. The use of the military for line is very telling in The Washington in 1992, at the end of the Bush adminis- interdiction to stop drugs most cost ef- Post. It says, ‘‘Antidrug Efforts Stalls tration, Bush and Reagan had done an fectively from their source before they in Colombia.’’ And it is ironic that on incredible job in bringing that situa- got into the country, and our military the same page they have ‘‘U.S. Calls tion under control. Methamphetamine people must understand, do not become Peruvian Election Invalid.’’ in 1992, and again, I did not produce involved in drug enforcement, they This shows two great failures of this this chart, this was given by the Fed- provide surveillance information; that administration. First, we begged, we eral Sentencing Commission to our information is given to source coun- pleaded with this President since 1994, subcommittee, there is almost no meth tries, and the source countries go after when they started first of all closing on the chart in 1992. the drug traffickers. That is the pat- down the sharing of information with If we go to 1993, we see the spread of tern, and that is what can work, Peru and Colombia and other countries crack, the appearance of methamphet- worked so effectively in the Bush and that were sources of hard narcotics, we amine. In 1994, you have to remember Reagan administration, no question pleaded with them to continue allow- some of the situations which we devel- about it. ing that surveillance information to be oped; this is the end of the Bush and They chose another path. This is, given. Reagan administration. This is the be- again, the result, another chart show- Liberals from this administration ginning of the Clinton/Gore just say ing what took place from almost, and others who went into these various maybe to drugs. Here is just say no era. again, if we went back to 1992, we had agencies, including the Department of Here is the just say maybe. Here is the no methamphetamine on this chart and Defense, came up with a cockamamie, appointment of a chief health officer of two spots of crack showing up. 1996, and I am not sure, for the benefit of the the United States, Jocelyn Elders, who this is the result of that policy. 1997, Speaker and the stenographer, how

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:01 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\H06JN0.001 H06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 9611 ‘‘cockamamie’’ is spelled, but a ed. They have eliminated between 55 ond time, they made the mistake in cockamamie opinion was drafted by and 60 percent of the cocaine produc- 1994 and 1993 by stopping the surveil- these liberals that we could no longer tion in both of those countries, suc- lance information, they stopped it share that information and they closed cessful programs. again, and the President’s representa- down the surveillance, they closed That is why I thought this was ironic tive, the ambassador of the United down stopping us providing that infor- that the U.S. calls the Peruvian elec- States of America, appointed by the mation and, basically, shut down the tion invalid. I think they backed off President of the United States, said, shoot-down policies that these coun- today. But here, this administration, this is a mistake in a report that was tries had adopted. instead of praising President Fujimori, given to me in December by GAO, the When we would provide these coun- is condemning President Fujimori. General Accounting Office. I asked for tries information on drugs leaving Why in the world would we take a a report from an impartial panel to see their source, they would, in fact, send president who has stabilized the coun- what was going on. their pilot out after warning and shoot try, and I can tell my colleagues first- So mistake after mistake, error after down drug traffickers. It worked. It hand because I flew into Lima, Peru in error, has been made. worked in the Bush administration. It 1990, the end of 1993, with the airport Now, again, in the 1980s, we had most worked in the Reagan administration. sandbagged, with people sleeping in the of the cocaine coming in from South And we saw this decline. streets, with chaos, with thousands of America and from Peru and Bolivia. I always ask, how many people have displaced Indian population, hungry About 95 percent of it really was com- HD TVs? Not many people have HD people, I will never forget going to a ing in from those two countries. We TVs. That is because there is not a big village outside of Lima and meeting a were able to stem that. We were able to supply of HD TVs, there is a very small peasant woman and she had five chil- bring down the prevalence of drug use. supply available and the price is very dren and the interpreter told me what This is the new picture; and we have al- high. she was saying, and she said that her most all of the cocaine, probably 80 to With the policy of closing down the difficulty, her problem, was she only 90 percent of the cocaine, now being war on drugs, you would not have your had enough food for four of those chil- produced in Colombia. planes shot down, if the surveillance is dren so she had to choose which child Now, in 6 or 7 years, we managed to prohibited, which it was by this admin- not to feed that would die. turn Colombia from a transit and traf- istration, and that mistake was made This is the situation that President ficking country into a producing coun- back in 1994 and 1995 and only cor- Fujimori inherited, complete chaos, 60, try. Fortunately, the policies of the rected after a bipartisan effort, every- 70 percent of the cocaine coming into gentleman from Illinois (Mr. HASTERT) one in the House who dealt with this the United States produced in that and the new Republican majority were issue knew the great mistake that was country. Here is someone who brought instituted at very low cost, $20 million, made, the damage that was made, and law and order, who calmed a country $30 million, $40 million in those source we changed the law and allowed that that was in total disruption, and here countries to stop incredible volumes of information to be shared. is this administration condemning him cocaine coming into the United States. And then in the last 2 or 3 years, we for a candidate who called not to have But what happened is the Clinton ad- see the same pattern over and over a runoff election and would not commit ministration blocked aid, blocked heli- again. This administration has failed to a date certain. copters, blocked equipment again be- to provide the interdiction effort. The Could you imagine the Republicans cause the liberals in the administra- Department of Defense does not have saying, we will not have a runoff elec- tion said, oh, we cannot harm the hair the will. And I just thought of this the tion or the Democrats in this country on the back of any leftist, Marxist gue- other day. Have my colleagues ever saying we will not have a runoff elec- rilla. It does not matter if they, in fact, heard the President of the United tion or do not have a runoff election, were trafficking and supporting their States mention the war on drugs? Have and we will figure out at some time guerilla activities through the sale of we ever heard Bill Clinton, the Chief when the election will be? This is a illegal narcotics that were coming into Executive Officer, from this podium, in slap in the face to President Fujimori the United States. a joint session of Congress or in any who has done an incredible job of first So now we have really, protected by public forum? I cannot recall. stabilizing that country. the Clinton-Gore administration, Co- At one time I know that a search was I remember going down when I took lombia with no resources. It is almost done on one of these Nexus searches to over chairmanship of this responsi- farcical what has happened. And until see how many times he had mentioned bility on our drug policy and trying to the first couple of months of this year illegal narcotics or an effort to deal put these programs back together both were we able to get to the National Po- with the drug problem; and, in fact, it with the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. lice three Blackhawk helicopters, is almost the lowest recorded of any HASTERT) and myself when I assumed which we have been pleading and beg- President. That is why we see the lack this chair and met with President ging for 4 or 5 years to get down to Co- of leadership from the White House and Fujimori, I was stunned at Lima, I was lombia. not only the lack of leadership and the stunned at the countryside, at the We knew what was going to happen, message that is sent to our young peo- order, the ability of people to conduct and it happened. This administration ple and our population, but also the their daily business, of glass every- ignored it. They sent the military as- policy and the policy is an antidrug ef- where, which everything had been sets to Haiti. Ironically, Haiti is now fort stalled in Colombia. boarded, people sleeping in the alley- one of the biggest traffickers in the Why did it stall? This administration ways, bombs going off at night, gun- Caribbean, lawless killing. We have one never brought up until the last minute, fire. And that was a situation he inher- corrupted administration replacing an- almost to the week of the presentation ited, brought the cocaine trafficking other one. After billions of American of the budget, their proposal for deal- under control, brought down the ter- taxpayer dollars, this is now one of the ing with this problem in Colombia. rorism that disrupted so many lives, main routes. And Colombia is another Now, when the gentleman from Illi- and stabilized the economy so a mother disaster. The two foreign policy disas- nois (Mr. HASTERT) chaired the sub- would not have to make a decision ters unparalleled in the history of this committee responsible for trying to whether she fed four children and let hemisphere. Billions spent there, noth- deal with that narcotics problem, he one die. ing spent there, creating a market, cre- actually was the chair of the sub- This is the type of foreign policy. ating a source for drug trafficking. committee that had this responsibility Even the President of the United There was almost no heroin produced in the last Congress, he began restora- States’s representative in Peru wrote in 1993 in January when this President tion in several countries and was able this administration and said, your pol- took office, President Clinton; and this to get in Peru and Bolivia efforts start- icy for, and this is the policy of a sec- is now the source of some 75 percent of

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I want to digress for a minute and would have brought the war under con- It is the bad leading, the bad destroy- talk about methamphetamine. Because trol. The war on drugs, it does not take ing American business activity there, I do not think we have ever seen a a rocket scientist to figure out, you forcing the whole island, at least this more damaging substance than meth- stop the drugs at their source. This half, which is Haiti, of Dominica, the amphetamine. These are some charts also, though, as I have said, is a much island nation of Haiti into a welfare provided to us by the National Drug In- more insidious threat than anything state supported by U.S. taxpayers, one stitute. Dr. Leschner presented these we have seen, again with Ecstasy, of the saddest chapters in failed policy before our subcommittee, showing the again with methamphetamine, again of this administration. normal brain with dopamine which with GHB, and I believe it is GHB, I And then what was not diverted here, helps with the brain function which is really do not know that much other the Defense Department will tell you shown in the bright yellow. This is the than what I have heard at the last was diverted to Kosovo, to Bosnia, to normal brain. The second is a brain hearings about this new drug. the other many deployments of this ad- that has had a small amount of meth- This is another drug that has an in- ministration. amphetamine. The third is someone ad- credible consequence in its use. People What are the results of these poli- dicted to methamphetamine. The last are using it, mixing it with alcohol and cies? For the first time again, we are one is someone who has Parkinson’s dropping dead. The difference with seeing with the blocking of aid to Co- Disease in a serious stage. GHB is that there is almost no trace This drug, methamphetamine, does lombia, and I must say that at this left in the blood stream. There is al- incredible things to human beings. It point the Republicans must take some most no trace left in the body to de- causes the most bizarre actions. This is heat in the United States Senate, the tect. So it is a much more insidious what chemically happens to the brain other body, and some blame and re- drug; it is a deadly drug, and people are and destroys the brain function. It is dying from it; and we do not even know sponsibility for blocking the aid. The not something that can be regenerated. they are dying. We had expert testi- House did act and had a package ready This is permanent damage. This is mony that tells us because it dissipates to go to aid Colombia to get additional damage so severe that mothers and fa- from the body that what happens is the resources. The other body did not act thers abandon their children not to re- only way that you can really detect it with the speed they should have. But claim them, as we found in testimony again, there is some justification be- in California, where in a small county is by doing a dissection of the brain cause the President dragged his heels some 600 addicted to methamphet- and an autopsy after death and finding in getting this request to the Congress. amine, only a handful were even capa- minute traces of this substance. But we are facing with these designer b 2230 ble or could take back or would take drugs an incredible challenge to this back their children. This is what hap- This is what is happening now. We Nation, to our young people, to par- pens to the brain. Meth is absolutely a are seeing a resurgence of cocaine. The ents. Parents have no idea about these destructive substance and again causes chart that I showed just a few minutes drugs that are out there and again ago showed the crack coming in. Crack people to commit the most bizarre ac- tions. The worst case we heard was a available in these clubs that sound like is part of the cocaine trafficking. This they would be something that you was presented to us by the Customs mother and father that tortured their child and then boiled the child to fi- could securely send your children to Service. These are boats mostly com- with no alcohol, with security posted, ing through Haiti with literally tons of nally kill the child. Again, just incred- ibly bizarre acts that are committed on with other limits. Yet these clubs, and cocaine which is smuggled in through this drug. we now have the term club drugs and the hulls of these vessels. This is 706 Mr. Speaker, we are facing a very, we have this wide variety of small tab- pounds of cocaine seized. This is just very difficult situation. When you have lets and pills. Some of them we saw at what they are seizing, January 31, 2000. in one small locale 1,000 meth labs and the hearing that were presented in the This is another vessel, 1,083 pounds of this methamphetamine being produced Orlando hearing by this drug enforce- cocaine coming in at the beginning of by recipes provided over the Internet, ment and Customs agency that had February. Another one, February 5, 539 by people experimenting and getting been seized that are small pills with de- pounds of cocaine. Another one, Feb- substances from their drug stores, signer emblems, designer emblems of ruary 10, 226 pounds of cocaine, most of chemicals, and then the larger prob- Nike, of other trademarks that are im- it coming into the United States lem, the Mexican meth dealers and get- posed, and the drugs have such an at- through Haiti, some of it being trans- ting the precursor chemicals from pre- tractive appearance and seem almost shipped through Puerto Rico, the Ba- dominantly Mexico, China, and the harmless that now our young people hamas and into Florida. We are seeing Netherlands according to testimony we are being victimized by even the ap- an unprecedented amount of cocaine have had. pearance of these drugs. Again, the again for the first time coming in. We are facing an incredible challenge dramatic rise in death in Florida has We are seeing an unprecedented with these narcotics coming into the been recounted, and the deaths that we amount of methamphetamine labs. United States. I am convinced, too, cannot count because of, again, drugs Most of the meth we hear about is tied given the ability to produce these like GHB that are almost impossible to to Mexican gangs, Mexican drug deal- drugs domestically, such as meth- detect. ers and chemical dealers who are sell- amphetamine, and we can do our best, Again, I think it is important that ing the precursors or organizing the lab we have a responsibility to do our best we look at what is happening. Our efforts. We have had testimony that to control the precursor chemicals and hearing focused on that in Orlando. their operations from Mexico extend, find them before they come into the This chart talks about a comparison of course, through Texas, through country and then as they come into the of designer drugs and other drug Oklahoma. We heard testimony that country and are used for these illicit overdoses and shows in 1999, this would from 60 labs in the Oklahoma area that purposes; but we must do an even bet- be other drugs and this is designer the FBI controls Oklahoma and Texas, ter job of education and prevention. drugs in the year 2000 so far to date, we there is now over 1,000 labs that have Treatment is fine, but treatment as- see we are well on our way to breaking been busted. In Iowa, the heartland sumes that someone is already ad- the records of 1999, and we are only

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Then we went on to a wide-open field day for drug traf- administration. Dallas and we hear the Dallas-Fort fickers because the United States, the Members will see the dramatic drop, Worth area also being victimized by de- Department of Defense and the State the dramatic drop here. In fact, we are signer drugs and incredible increases in Department, have been handicapped in barely at, and with the efforts of the activity. getting these forward-operating loca- gentleman from Illinois (Mr. HASTERT), One of the problems that we have had tions, drug surveillance operations who was able to fund additional money in this administration, not only a fail- back in place. when he had responsibility for chairing ure in closing down some of the war on drug policy, we are barely back at the b 2245 drugs, again, source country interdic- levels at the end of the Bush-Reagan tion, the drug czar’s office, getting When we do not have that informa- administration when these programs that back up and running full speed, tion, we have this huge supply. Re- were gutted. which I might say Barry McCaffrey is member what I said about HDTVs? Not As we gut these programs, it is inter- doing his best. General McCaffrey in- too many people have them because esting, and we turn to treatment, and herited a disaster from Lee Brown who there is not a big supply. Well, on we saw the graphs on treatment, we see should have been run out of office, who every street in this country we can find again in the Reagan-Bush era that this dismantled the drug czar’s office, did cocaine in unprecedented quantities is a lifetime annual and 30-day drug the most damage of any public official today. On every street in this country use, and we see it declining in the Bush probably in the history of the United we can find heroin in unprecedented and Reagan administration. We see it States, just an incredible disaster. quantities today, because we have an on a steep incline, and again, this is Barry McCaffrey and others like my- incredible supply. the policy of success of this adminis- self are now stuck with trying to bring Just doing treatment, as this admin- tration. us out of this morass. istration put its eggs all in the treat- We only see here where we began, One of the additional policy failures ment basket, it just does not cut it. We again, the Republican and new major- we have had, I talked about Haiti, the have to stop some of this supply from ity takeover, some slight change. But I nation-building effort and now a dis- its source. We know it is coming from will tell the Members that this chart, if aster, one of the major sources of drug Colombia. we continue and not stop drugs coming transit operations. This administration The American taxpayers are now in from Colombia, not stop drugs com- knew that Panama was going to cease stuck with the bill in trying to put to- ing in from their source, not inter- our military operations in Panama. gether this operation in a piecemeal dicting drugs, not stopping the pre- Panama was key to the war on drugs fashion with a base in Ecuador, a base cursor chemicals that allow the pro- because all of the forward operating lo- in Curacao and Aruba, and possibly a duction of deeper drugs and meth- cations were centered from Panama. base in El Salvador. Unfortunately, the amphetamine, Mr. Speaker, we are This little yellow dot here represents price tag will probably be $100 million. about to have this again go off the and is right over Panama. We had How- Ecuador, in a recent hearing we con- charts. The damage to our 12th graders ard Air Force Base, part of the $10.5 ducted, and we will be talking about and others will be unbelievable. billion in assets that we turned over to this again in a hearing on Friday with This is long-term trend of prevalence the Panamanians last year. May 1 of the Department of Defense and Depart- of heroin use, and also produced by the last year was an important date, about ment of State, it will not be until 2002 University of Michigan. We see in the a year ago. The U.S. knew this was that this runway, which is incapable of Reagan administration pretty much a going to happen, but this administra- supporting some of the aircraft that we flat line, some downturn, another tion failed to negotiate with Panama need to do this surveillance work, it downturn in the Bush administration. not for continued military use but for will not be until 2002 until that is in In the Clinton administration, it is off continued use of drug surveillance place, so that is one reason we have the charts. I did not make these charts. flights, because this was such a key tons of this stuff coming in unchecked. We enlarged them. This obviously is a area, and it covered this whole area In Aruba, we do have some flights story of failure. This is success. very cost effectively. We had also built going out of Aruba. Unfortunately, Now, any administration like the the infrastructure, billions of dollars they take off from a commercial field, Clinton administration that can get us for those bases, and we could have in and our staff has said that sometimes long-term trends on prevalence of her- fact even leased them for a small these flights are even delayed. oin use going up like that, that is a amount of money. Instead, the talks Now we have a problem with Ven- success. That means that the war on collapsed. Instead, the administration ezuela, who has thumbed its nose at drugs was a failure, but this is a suc- was left in the cold and they quickly the President of the United States, at cess. Again, we see the first bleep scurried to the Department of Defense the United States’ efforts to conduct there, again after some of the policies and Department of State to find other surveillance flights in Venezuelan air- of the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. locations. Now, that is a responsible space or pursue traffickers, even when HASTERT), the new Republican adminis- thing to do. It was irresponsible in the we provide them with information. tration of the Congress took over, not fashion it was done because it was de- In the final area, we have two 10-year of the executive branch. layed. We called them before our com- contracts here. We will be investing Again, we see in the Reagan era, this mittee even before I was chair of this that money for 10 years, and again, not is long-term prevalence use of cocaine, subcommittee; said, are things getting up until 2002. The last location that and in the Bush era a dramatic success. in place, are you ready, are you negoti- they have suggested and recently This is the beginning of the Andean ating with the Panamanians, could we signed an agreement, but I believe it strategy, stopping the cocaine at its not just keep the drug operations out has not been approved by the El Sal- source. This was the Vice President’s of there, this forward operation going vador parliament, is a location in El task force that Vice President Bush and do it cost effectively with cutting Salvador. So we have three that will led. This is blue lightning and other a deal with the Panamanians? not be in place for a long time. More initiatives to go after this stuff. In fact, what happened is it all fell drugs will be coming into the country. This did not work, Mr. Speaker. apart. We were totally asked to leave, It is another disaster at our doorstep. These are imaginary downturn lines,

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but then we see the Clinton adminis- Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, for 5 min- Department of Defense, transmitting a re- tration, and I would be afraid to re- utes, today. port of a violation of the Antideficiency Act chart this given what we now know (The following Members (at the re- by the Department of the Air Force; to the Committee on Appropriations. about the Clinton administration di- quest of Mr. DEMINT) to revise and ex- verting assets, with Vice President tend their remarks and include extra- 7878. A letter from the Director, Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Depart- Gore sending AWACs to Alaska to look neous material:) ment of Defense, transmitting notification for oil spills, the President of the Mr. PAUL, for 5 minutes, today. that the Defense Finance and Accounting United States in his many deployments Mr. VITTER, for 5 minutes, today. Service is initiating an A–76 cost comparison in Haiti diverting resources from this Mr. DEMINT, for 5 minutes, today. study of the Security Assistance Accounting anti-narcotics effort to nationbuilding Mr. BURTON of Indiana, for 5 minutes, function, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2461; to the while our people are falling like flies, today, June 7 and 13. Committee on Armed Services. particularly our young people. Mr. METCALF, for 5 minutes, June 7, 7879. A letter from the Acting Secretary, If Members do not believe those 8, and 9. Department of the Navy, transmitting the charts, there is a 1999 GAO report that Mrs. CHENOWETH-HAGE, for 5 minutes, Secretary’s determination and findings that today. it is in the public interest to use other than I requested that shows in fact that in competitive procedures for a specific pro- Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania, for 5 1992–1993, the beginning of the Clinton curement, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(7); to administration, dramatic drops oc- minutes, today. the Committee on Armed Services. curred in this. Mr. KASICH, for 5 minutes, today. 7880. A letter from the Under Secretary, First is the total use of DOD assets in f Acquisition and Technology, Department of the war on drugs. This is, again, not BILLS PRESENTED TO THE Defense, transmitting a report on Federally Funded Research and Development Centers produced by me but the General Ac- PRESIDENT counting Office; overall assets down Estimated FY 2001 Staff-years of Technical dramatically. Mr. THOMAS, from the Committee Effort (STE), pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2367nt.; to This next line in red, the DOD, down on House Administration, reported the Committee on Armed Services. that that committee did on this day 7881. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, dramatically. The Coast Guard was up Health Affairs, Department of Defense, slightly, but also leveled off here. present to the President, for his ap- proval, bills of the House of the fol- transmitting a report entitled, ‘‘Dental Care Mr. Speaker, I will continue next For Active Duty Military Family Members week on more information relating to lowing titles: 18 Years of Age and Under’’; to the Com- our efforts to stem illegal narcotics H.R. 4489. To amend section 110 of the Ille- mittee on Armed Services. and drug abuse in this country. gal Immigration Reform and Immigration 7882. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Responsibility Act of 1996, and for other pur- f Health Affairs, Department of Defense, poses. transmitting a report describing the scope of LEAVE OF ABSENCE H.R. 3293. To amend the law that author- preventive health care benefits to all eligible ized the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to au- By unanimous consent, leave of ab- TRICARE beneficiaries; to the Committee on thorize the placement within the site of the Armed Services. sence was granted to: memorial of a plaque to honor those Viet- Mr. MCNULTY (at the request of Mr. 7883. A letter from the Under Secretary, nam veterans who died after their service in Department of Defense, transmitting a re- GEPHARDT) for today on account of per- the Vietnam war, but as a direct result of port entitled, ‘‘Distribution of DoD Depot sonal reasons. that service. Maintenance Workloads Fiscal Years 2000 Ms. SANCHEZ (at the request of Mr. f Through 2004’’; to the Committee on Armed GEPHARDT) for today on account of offi- ADJOURNMENT Services. cial business. 7884. A letter from the Under Secretary, Mr. PASTOR (at the request of Mr. Mr. MICA. Mr. Speaker, I move that Acquisition and Technology, Department of GEPHARDT) for today on account of ill- the House do now adjourn. Defense, transmitting a interim response to ness in the family. The motion was agreed to; accord- the Department of Defense missions and Mr. VENTO (at the request of Mr. ingly (at 10 o’clock and 54 minutes functions review report under OMB Circular GEPHARDT) for today and the balance of p.m.), the House adjourned until to- A–76; to the Committee on Armed Services. the month on account of illness. morrow, Wednesday, June 7, 2000, at 10 7885. A letter from the Acting Director, De- fense Procurement, Department of Defense, Mr. JEFFERSON (at the request of Mr. a.m. transmitting the Department’s final rule— GEPHARDT) for today on account of offi- f Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Sup- cial business. plement; Manufacturing Technology Pro- Mr. ENGLISH (at the request of Mr. EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC. gram [DFARS Case 99–D302] received April ARMEY) for today on account of a death 13, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to in the family. Under clause 8 of rule XII, executive the Committee on Armed Services. Mr. GREENWOOD (at the request of Mr. communications were taken from the 7886. A letter from the Acting Director, De- ARMEY) for today and June 7 on ac- Speaker’s table and referred as follows: fense Procurement, Department of Defense, count of personal reasons. 7875. A letter from the Director, Office of transmitting the Department’s final rule— Mr. HILLEARY (at the request of Mr. Regulatory Management and Information, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Sup- ARMEY) for today on account of per- Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- plement; Caribbean Basin Countries [DFARS sonal reasons. ting the Agency’s final rule—Fenhexamid; Case 2000–D006] received April 13, 2000, pursu- ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee Mr. SMITH of Michigan (at the re- Pesticide Tolerances [OPP–300991; FRL–6553– 7] (RIN: 2070–AB78) received April 7, 2000, pur- on Armed Services. quest of Mr. ARMEY) for today and the 7887. A letter from the Directors of Con- balance of the week on account of suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- mittee on Agriculture. gressional Budget Office and Office of Man- emergency eye surgery. 7876. A communication from the President agement and Budget, transmitting a joint re- f of the United States, transmitting requests port on the National Defense Function (050) outlays for Fiscal Year 2001, pursuant to 10 SPECIAL ORDERS GRANTED for Fiscal Year 2001 budget amendments for the Departments of Agriculture, Energy, U.S.C. 226(a); to the Committee on Armed By unanimous consent, permission to Health and Human Services, and State; Services. address the House, following the legis- International Assistance Programs; the Cor- 7888. A letter from the Secretary of De- lative program and any special orders poration for National and Community Serv- fense, transmitting the approved retirement heretofore entered, was granted to: ice; the Merit Systems Protection Board; the and advancement to the grade of Lieutenant (The following Members (at the re- National Archives and Records Administra- General Phillip J. Ford, United States Air tion; and, the National Capital Planning Force; to the Committee on Armed Services. quest of Mr. LAMPSON) to revise and ex- Commission; (H. Doc. No. 106—251); to the 7889. A letter from the Secretary of Trans- tend their remarks and include extra- Committee on Appropriations and ordered to portation, transmitting the annual report of neous material:) be printed. the Maritime Administration (MARAD) for Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, for 5 7877. A letter from the Principal Deputy Fiscal Year 1999; to the Committee on Armed minutes, today. Under the Secretary of Defense, Comptroller, Services.

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A letter from the Director, Office of of Health and Human Services, transmitting U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Management and Budget, transmitting the the Third Annual Report to Congress on the Banking and Financial Services. OMB Cost Estimate For Pay-As-You-Go Cal- Implementation of the Adminstrative Sim- 7891. A letter from the Assistant General culations; to the Committee on the Budget. plification Provisions of the Health Insur- Counsel for Regulations, Department of 7903. A letter from the Secretary of Labor, ance Portability and Accountability Act, Housing and Urban Development, transmit- transmitting the Department’s annual re- pursuant to Public Law 104—191, section 263 ting the Department’s final rule—Single port to Congress on the FY 1998 program op- (110 Stat. 2033); to the Committee on Com- Family Mortage Insurance; Appraiser Roster erations of the Office of Workers’ Compensa- merce. Removal Procedures [Docket No. FR–4429–F– tion Programs (OWCP), the administration 7914. A letter from the Director, Regula- 03] (RIN: 2502–AH29) received April 5, 2000, of the Black Lung Benefits Act (BLBA), the tions Policy and Management Staff, FDA, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensa- Department of Health and Human Services, mittee on Banking and Financial Services. tion Act (LHWCA), and the Federal Employ- transmitting the Department’s final rule— 7892. A letter from the President and ees’ Compensation Act for the period October Removal of Designated Journals; Confirma- Chairman, Export-Import Bank of the United 1, 1997, through September 30, 1998, pursuant tion of Effective Dates [Docket No. 99N–4957] States, transmitting a report involving U.S. to 30 U.S.C. 936(b); to the Committee on Edu- received April 6, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. exports to Malaysia, pursuant to 12 U.S.C. cation and the Workforce. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce. 635(b)(3)(i); to the Committee on Banking 7904. A letter from the Acting Assistant 7915. A letter from the Director, Office of and Financial Services. General Counsel for Regulations, Office of Regulatory Management and Information, 7893. A letter from the Director, Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- Legislative Affairs, Federal Deposit Insur- Education, transmitting the Department’s ting the Agency’s final rule—Approval and ance Corporation, transmitting the Corpora- final rule—Teacher Quality Enhancement Promulgation of Implementation Plan; Indi- tion’s final rule—Asset and Liability Backup Grants Program—received April 6, 2000, pur- ana [IN99–1a; FRL–6573–7] received April 13, Program (RIN: 3064–AC23) received April 5, suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the mittee on Education and the Workforce. Committee on Commerce. Committee on Banking and Financial Serv- 7905. A letter from the Acting Assistant 7916. A letter from the Director, Office of ices. Secretary for Postsecondary Education, De- Regulatory Management and Information, 7894. A letter from the Director, Office of partment of Education, transmitting the De- Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- Legislative Affairs, Federal Deposit Insur- partment’s final rule—Teacher Quality En- ting the Agency’s final rule—Protection of ance Corporation, transmitting the Corpora- hancement Grants Program—received April Stratospheric Ozone [FRL–6575–7] received tion’s final rule—Activities and Investments 10, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to April 7, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); of Insured State Banks (RIN: 3064–AC38) re- the Committee on Education and the Work- to the Committee on Commerce. ceived April 3, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. force. 7917. A letter from the Director, Office of 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Banking 7906. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Regulatory Management and Information, and Financial Services. Department of Education, transmitting the Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- 7895. A letter from the Managing Director, Department’s final rule—Projects With In- ting the Agency’s final rule—Revisions to Federal Housing Finance Board, transmit- dustry (RIN: 1820–AB45) received April 10, the Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treat- ting the Board’s final rule—Amendment of 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the ment Rule (IESWTR), the State 1 Disinfect- Membership Regulation and Advances Regu- Committee on Education and the Workforce. ants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule lation [No. 2000–10] (RIN: 3069–AA94) received 7907. A letter from the Assistant General (Stage 1DBPR), and Revisions to State Pri- March 22, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Counsel for Regulations, Department of Edu- macy Requirements to Implement the Safe 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Banking cation, transmitting the Department’s final Drinking Water Act (SDWA) Amendments and Financial Services. 7896. A letter from the Managing Director, rule—Federal Perkins Loan Program—re- [FRL–6575–9] (RIN: 2040–AD43) received April Federal Housing Finance Board, transmit- ceived April 3, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to ting the Board’s final rule—Devolution of 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education the Committee on Commerce. Corporate Governance Responsibilities [No. and the Workforce. 7918. A letter from the Director, Office of 2000–09] (RIN: 3069–AA–96) received March 22, 7908. A letter from the Assistant General Regulatory Managment and Information, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Counsel for Regulations, Office of Special Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- Committee on Banking and Financial Serv- Education and Rehabilitative Services, De- ting the Agency’s final rule—Standards of ices. partment of Education, transmitting the De- Performance for New Stationary Sources 7897. A letter from the Managing Director, partment’s final rule—Projects With Indus- (NSPS) and National Emission Standards for Federal Housing Finance Board, transmit- try (RIN: 1820–AB45) received April 3, 2000, Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP); Dele- ting the Board’s final rule—Determination of pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- gation of Authority to the States of Iowa; Appropriate Present-Value Factors Associ- mittee on Education and the Workforce. Kansas; Missouri; Nebraska; LINCOLN–Lan- ated With Payments Made by the Federal 7909. A letter from the Chairman, National caster County, Nebraska; and City of Omaha, Home Loan Banks to the Resolution Funding Council on the Humanities, transmitting the Nebraska [FRL–6577–1] received April 10, Corporation [No. 2000–15] (RIN: 3069–AA92) re- Federal Council on the Arts and the Human- 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the ceived April 24, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. ities’ twenty-fourth annual report on the Committee on Commerce. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Banking Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Program for 7919. A letter from the Director, Office of and Financial Services. Fiscal Year 1999, pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 959(c); Regulatory Management and Information, 7898. A letter from the Secretary, BCP, Di- to the Committee on Education and the Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- vision of Financial Practices, Federal Trade Workforce. ting the Agency’s final rule—Approval and Commission, transmitting the Commission’s 7910. A letter from the Administrator, En- Promulgation of State Plans For Designated final rule—Advisory Opinion Regarding the ergy Information Administration, transmit- Facilities and Pollutants: Connecticut; Plan Fair Debt Collection Practives Act—received ting the Energy Information Administra- for Controlling MWC Emissions From Exist- April 24, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. tion’s ‘‘International Energy Outlook 2000,’’ ing MWC Plants [Docket No. CT–055–7214A; 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Banking pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 790f(a)(2); to the Com- FRL–6577–3] received April 10, 2000, pursuant and Financial Services. mittee on Commerce. to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 7899. A letter from the Chairman, National 7911. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- Commerce. Credit Union Administration, transmitting ment of Health and Human Services, trans- 7920. A letter from the Director, Office of the 1999 Annual Report of the National Cred- mitting the 1999 annual report on the Loan Regulatory Management and Information, it Union Administration, pursuant to 12 Repayment Program for Research Generally, Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- U.S.C. 1752a(d); to the Committee on Bank- pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 2541—1(i); to the Com- ting the Agency’s final rule—Approval and ing and Financial Services. mittee on Commerce. Promulgation of State Air Quality Plans for 7900. A letter from the Chairman, National 7912. A letter from the Assistant General Designated Facilities and Pollutants; Dela- Credit Union Administration, transmitting Counsel for Regulatory Law, Western Area ware; Control of Emissions from Existing the 1999 annual report regarding activities Power Administration, Department of En- Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Inciner- related to credit practices, pursuant to 12 ergy, transmitting the Department’s final ators [DE040–1023a; FRL–6577–7] received U.S.C. 1752a(d); to the Committee on Bank- rule—Energy Planning and Management April 10, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. ing and Financial Services. Program; Integrated Resource Planning Ap- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.

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7921. A letter from the Director, Office of TION AND BOARDBAND REPORTING [CC DOCK- transmitting the President’s Determination Regulatory Management and Information, ET NO. 99–301] RECEIVED APRIL 6, 2000, PUR- No. 2000–16, regarding certification of the 26 Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- SUANT TO 5 U.S.C. 801(A)(1)(A); TO THE COM- major illicit drug producing and transit ting the Agency’s final rule—Approval and MITTEE ON COMMERCE. countries; to the Committee on Inter- Promulgation of State Plans for Designated 7930. A letter from the Director, Office of national Relations. Facilities and Pollutants: Mississippi [MS23– Congressional Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory 7940. A letter from the Chairman, Occupa- 200015a; FRL–6574–3] received April 5, 2000, Commission, transmitting the Commission’s tional Safety and Health Review Commis- pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- final rule—Voluntary Submission of Per- sion, transmitting the 1999 annual reports on mittee on Commerce. formance Indicator Data [NRC Regulatory activities of the Occupational Safety and 7922. A letter from the Director, Office of Issue Summary 2000–08] received April 6, Health Review Commission, pursuant to 29 Regulatory Management and Information, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the U.S.C. 675; to the Committee on Government Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- Committee on Commerce. Reform. ting the Agency’s final rule—Approval and 7931. A letter from the Director, Office of 7941. A letter from the Comptroller Gen- Promulgation of State Implementation Congressional Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory eral, General Accounting Office, transmit- Plans, California—South Coast [CA–237–0221; Commission, transmitting the Commission’s ting List of all reports issued or released by FRL–6570–7] received April 5, 2000, pursuant final rule—Use of Risk-Informed Decision- the GAO in March 2000, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on making in License Amendment Reviews 719(h); to the Committee on Government Re- Commerce. [NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2000–07] re- form. 7923. A letter from the Director, Office of ceived April 6, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7942. A letter from the Federal Co-Chair- Regulatory Management and Information, 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce. man, Appalachian Regional Commission, Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- 7932. A letter from the Chairman, Nuclear transmitting the FY 2001 Performance Plan ting the Agency’s final rule—Approval and Waste Technical Review Board, transmitting and the Annual Performance Report for FY Promulgation of State Air Quality Plans for the Board’s report entitled ‘‘Report to the 1999; to the Committee on Government Re- Designated Facilities and Pollutants; Alle- U.S. Congress and the Secretary of Energy— form. gheny County, Pennsylvania; Control of 1999 Findings and Recommendations,’’ pursu- 7943. A letter from the Chairman, Broad- Emissions from Existing Hospital/Medical/ ant to 42 U.S.C. 10268; to the Committee on casting Board of Governors, transmitting a Infectious Waste Incinerators [PA152–4099a; Commerce. copy of the Broadcasting Board of Gov- FRL–6571–5] received April 5, 2000, pursuant 7933. A letter from the Lieutenant General, ernors’ 1999 Annual Report, pursuant to 22 to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on USA, Director, Defense Security Cooperation U.S.C. 6204; to the Committee on Govern- Commerce. Agency, transmitting notification con- ment Reform. 7924. A letter from the Director, Office of cerning the Department of the Air Force’s 7944. A letter from the Executive Director, Regulatory Management and Information, Proposed Letter(s) of Offer and Acceptance Committee For Purchase From People Who Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- (LOA) to Israel for defense articles and serv- Are Blind Or Severely Disabled, transmitting ting the Agency’s final rule—Approval and ices (Transmittal No. 00–43), pursuant to 22 the Committee’s final rule—Procurement Promulgation of Implementation Plans; U.S.C. 2776(b); to the Committee on Inter- List: Additions and Deletions—received April California State Implementation Plan Revi- national Relations. 5, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to sion, Antelope Valley Air Pollution Control 7934. A letter from the Lieutenant General, the Committee on Government Reform. District and Mojave Desert Air Quality Man- USA, Director, Defense Security Cooperation 7945. A letter from the Chairman, Defense agement District [CA231–0227a; FRL–6570–9] Agency, transmitting notification con- Nuclear Facilities Board, transmitting the received April 5, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. cerning the Department of the Air Force’s Annual Program Performance Report for 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce. proposed Letter(s) of Offer and Acceptance Fiscal Year 1999; to the Committee on Gov- 7925. A letter from the Director, Office of (LOA) to the Taipei Economic and Cultural ernment Reform. Regulatory Management and Information, Representative Office in the United States 7946. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- for defense articles and services (Trans- Civil Works, Department of the Army, trans- ting the Agency’s final rule—Approval and mittal No. 00–41), pursuant to 22 U.S.C. mitting the Annual Financial Report for Fis- Promulgation of Implementation Plans 2776(b); to the Committee on International cal Year 1999; to the Committee on Govern- Georgia: Approval of Revisions to the Geor- Relations. ment Reform. gia State Implementation Plan: Transpor- 7935. A letter from the Lieutenant General, 7947. A letter from the Chief Financial Offi- tation Conformity Interagency Memo- USA, Director, Defense Security Cooperation cer, Department of Energy, transmitting the randum of Agreement [GA–48–200010(a); FRL– Agency, transmitting notification con- Fiscal Year 1999 Accountability Report; to 6573–5] received April 5, 2000, pursuant to 5 cerning the Department of the Air Force’s the Committee on Government Reform. U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on proposed Letter(s) of Offer and Acceptance 7948. A letter from the Administrator, En- Commerce. (LOA) to the Taipei Economic and Cultural vironmental Protection Agency, transmit- 7926. A letter from the Director, Office of Representative Office in the United States ting the Fiscal Year 1999 Annual Perform- Regulatory Management and Information, for defense articles and services (Trans- ance Report; to the Committee on Govern- Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- mittal No. 00–42), pursuant to 22 U.S.C. ment Reform. ting the Agency’s final rule—Transportation 2776(b); to the Committee on International 7949. A letter from the Acting Director of Conformity Amendment: Deletion of Grace Relations. Communications and Legislative Affairs, Period [FRL–6574–7] (RIN: 2060–AI76) received 7936. A letter from the Under Secretary, Equal Employment Opportunity Commis- April 5, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Acquisition and Technology, Department of sion, transmitting the Fiscal Year 1999 An- to the Committee on Commerce. Defense, transmitting a copy of Transmittal nual Performance Report and Fiscal Year 7927. A letter from the Director, Office of No. 14–99 which constitutes a Request for 2000 Annual Performance Plan; to the Com- Regulatory Management and Information, Final Approval for the Memorandum of mittee on Government Reform. Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- Agreement with Canada and the United 7950. A letter from the Chairman, Federal ting the Agency’s final rule—Interim Final Kingdom concerning Chemical, Biological Deposit Insurance Corporation, transmitting Determination that State has Corrected the and Radiological (CBR) Defense Material, the 1999 Program Performance Report; to the Plan Deficiency and Stay of Sanctions; pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2767(f); to the Com- Committee on Government Reform. Phoenix PM–10 Nonattainment Area, Ari- mittee on International Relations. 7951. A letter from the Director, Federal zona [AZ092–002; FRL–6575–2] received April 7937. A letter from the Assistant Secretary Emergency Management Agency, transmit- 5, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to for Legislative Affairs, Department of State, ting the Fiscal Year 2001 Annual Perform- the Committee on Commerce. transmitting a report on chemical and bio- ance Plan; to the Committee on Government 7928. A letter from the Director, Office of logical weapons proliferation control efforts Reform. Regulatory Management and Information, for the period of February 1, 1999 to January 7952. A letter from the Chairman, Federal Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- 31, 2000, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 5606; to the Labor Relations Authority, transmitting the ting the Agency’s final rule—Approval and Committee on International Relations. Fiscal Year 1999 Annual Program Perform- Promulgation of Air Quality Implementa- 7938. A letter from the Assistant Legal Ad- ance Report; to the Committee on Govern- tion Plans; Massachusetts; Revised VOC viser for Treaty Affairs, Department of ment Reform. Rules [MA063–01–7200a; A–1–FRL–6574–7A] re- State, transmitting Copies of international 7953. A letter from the Chairman, Federal ceived April 5, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. agreements, other than treaties, entered into Maritime Commission, transmitting the An- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce. by the United States, pursuant to 1 U.S.C. nual Program Performance Report for FY 29. A LETTER FROM THE DEPUTY CHIEF, INDUS- 112b(a); to the Committee on International 1999; to the Committee on Government Re- TRY ANALYSIS DIVISION, FEDERAL COMMU- Relations. form. NICATIONS COMMISSION, TRANSMITTING THE 7939. A letter from the Assistant Secretary 7954. A letter from the Director, Holocaust COMMISSION’S FINAL RULE—LOCAL COMPETI- for Legislative Affairs, Department of State, Memorial Museum, transmitting the Annual

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:01 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\H06JN0.001 H06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 9617 Performance Report for Fiscal Year 1999; to 7971. A letter from the Secretary of Com- Clipper and Dipnet Requirement; Guidelines the Committee on Government Reform. merce, transmitting the 1999 Biennial report for Handling of Sea Turtles Brought Aboard 7955. A letter from the Administrator, Na- with respect to the Striped Bass Research Hawaii-based Pelagic Longline Vessels tional Aeronautics and Space Administra- Study, pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 1851; to the [Docket No. 000214041–0081–02; I.D. 012100C] tion, transmitting the Fiscal Year 1999 Per- Committee on Resources. (RIN: 0648–AN50) received April 4, 2000, pursu- formance Report; to the Committee on Gov- 7972. A letter from the Deputy Associate ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee ernment Reform. Director for Royalty Management, Minerals on Resources. 7956. A letter from the Archivist of the Management Service, Department of the In- 7980. A letter from the Acting Assistant United States, National Archives and terior, transmitting notification of proposed Administrator for Fisheries, National Ma- Records Administration, transmitting the refunds of offshore lease revenues where a re- rine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Fiscal Year 1999 Annual Performance Report; fund or recoupment is appropriate, pursuant Atmospheric Administration, transmitting to the Committee on Government Reform. to 43 U.S.C. 1339(b); to the Committee on Re- the Administration’s final rule—Fisheries of 7957. A letter from the Chairman, National sources. the Northeastern United States; Spiny Capital Planning Commission, transmitting 7973. A letter from the Director, Fish and Dogfish Fishery Management Plan [Docket the Commission’s annual report fulfilling Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, No. 990713189–9335–02; I.D. 060899B] (RIN: 0648– the reporting requirements of the Inspector transmitting the Department’s final rule— AK79) received April 4, 2000, pursuant to 5 General Act of 1978 (IG Act), as amended, and Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Re- the Federal Manager’s Financial Integrity Plants; Determination of Threatened Status sources. Act, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. app. (Insp. Gen. for the Northern Idaho Ground Squirrel 7981. A letter from the Attorney General, Act) section 5(b); to the Committee on Gov- (RIN: 1018–AE84) received April 3, 2000, pursu- transmitting the FY 1999 Annual Account- ernment Reform. ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee ability Report; to the Committee on the Ju- 7958. A letter from the Executive Director, on Resources. diciary. National Council on Disability, transmitting 7974. A letter from the Acting Director, Of- 7982. A letter from the Assistant Attorney the Annual Performance Report Fiscal Year fice of Sustainable Fisheries, National Ma- General, Office of Legislative Affairs, De- 1999; to the Committee on Government Re- rine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and partment of Justice, transmitting a report form. Atmospheric Administration, transmitting on Forensic DNA Laboratory Improvement 7959. A letter from the Chairman, National the Administration’s final rule—Fisheries of Program, Phase 4 for Fiscal Year 1999; to the Credit Union Administration, transmitting the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Committee on the Judiciary. the 1999 Performance Plan and the Annual Atka MACKeral in the Central Aleutian Dis- 7983. A letter from the Chief Financial Offi- Plan for 2000; to the Committee on Govern- trict of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands cer, Paralyzed Veterans of America, trans- ment Reform. [Docket No. 000211040–0040–01; I.D. 040300A] mitting a copy of the annual audit report of 7960. A letter from the Director, National received April 10, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. the Paralyzed Veterans of America for the Gallery of Art, transmitting the Annual Pro- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources. fiscal years ended September 30, 1998 and gram Performance Report for FY 1999; to the 7975. A letter from the Deputy Assistant 1999, pursuant to 36 U.S.C. 1166; to the Com- Committee on Government Reform. Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmos- mittee on the Judiciary. 7961. A letter from the Chairman and Gen- pheric Administration, transmitting the Ad- 7984. A letter from the Director, The Fed- eral Counsel, National Labor Relations ministration’s final rule—Sea Grant Minor- eral Judicial Center, transmitting the Fed- Board, transmitting the Performance Pro- ity Serving Institutions Partnership Pro- eral Judicial Center’s Annual Report for gram Report for Fiscal Year 1999; to the gram: Request for Proposals for FY 2000 1999, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 623(b); to the Com- Committee on Government Reform. [Docket No. 000218045–0045–01] (RIN: 0648– mittee on the Judiciary. 7962. A letter from the Director, Office of ZA80) received March 21, 2000, pursuant to 5 7985. A letter from the Administrator, Fed- Personnel Management, transmitting the U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Re- eral Aviation Administration, transmitting Fiscal Year 1999 Annual Performance Report; sources. the fourth annual report of actions the Fed- to the Committee on Government Reform. 7976. A letter from the Director, Office of 7963. A letter from the Director, Office of eral Aviation Administration has taken in Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fish- Personnel Management, transmitting the Of- response to Section 304 of the Federal Avia- eries Service, National Oceanic and Atmos- fice’s final rule—Prevailing Rate Systems; tion Administration Authorization Act of pheric Administration, transmitting the Ad- Abolishment of the King, WA, Non- 1994, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 40101nt.; to the ministration’s final rule—Fisheries of the appropriated Fund Wage Area (RIN: 3206– Committee on Transportation and Infra- Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pol- AI75) received April 4, 2000, pursuant to 5 structure. lock in the West Yakutat District in the U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Gov- 7986. A letter from the Program Analyst, Gulf of Alaska [Docket No. 000211039–0039–01; ernment Reform. FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- 7964. A letter from the The Special Coun- I.D. 033100A] received April 10, 2000, pursuant mitting the Department’s final rule—Estab- sel, Office of Special Counsel, transmitting to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on lishment of Jet Routes; AK [Airspace Docket the Annual Performance Report for Fiscal Resources. No. 98–AAL–13] (RIN: 2120–AA66) received Year 1999; to the Committee on Government 7977. A letter from the Acting Director, Of- April 10, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Reform. fice of Sustainable Fisheries, National Oce- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- 7965. A letter from the Secretary of the anic and Atmospheric Administration, trans- tation and Infrastructure. Treasury, transmitting the FY 1999 Annual mitting the Administration’s final rule— 7987. A letter from the Regulations Officer, Performance Report; to the Committee on Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone FHA, Department of Transportation, trans- Government Reform. Off Alaska; Pollock Within the Shelikof mitting the Department’s final rule—Federal 7966. A letter from the Secretary of the Strait Conservation Area in the Gulf of Alas- Motor Carrier Safety Regulations; Definition Treasury, transmitting the Financial Report ka [Docket No. 000211039–0039–01; I.D. 032300A] of the Commercial Motor Vehicle [FHWA of the United States Government for the Fis- received April 3, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Docket No. FHWA 97–2858] (RIN: 2125–AE22) cal Year 1999; to the Committee on Govern- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources. received April 10, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. ment Reform. 7978. A letter from the Assistant Adminis- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- 7967. A letter from the Secretary of Hous- trator for Fisheries, National Marine Fish- tation and Infrastructure. ing and Urban Development, transmitting eries Service, National Oceanic and Atmos- 7988. A letter from the Program Analyst, the Government National Mortgage Associa- pheric Administration, transmitting the Ad- FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- tion’s (GNMA) management report, pursuant ministration’s final rule—Fisheries of the mitting the Department’s final rule—Modi- to 31 U.S.C. 9106; to the Committee on Gov- Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlan- fication of the Dimensions of the Grand Can- ernment Reform. tic; Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of yon National Park Special Flight Rules Area 7968. A letter from the Secretary of Labor, the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic; and Flight Free Zones [Docket No. FAA–99– transmitting the Fiscal Year 1999 Annual Re- Amendment 9 [Docket No. 991008273–0070–02; 5926 NM 3–27–00; Amendment No. 93–80 NM 3– port on Performance and Accountablity; to I.D. 062399B] (RIN: 0648–AK89) received April 28–00] (RIN: 2120–AG74) received April 11, the Committee on Government Reform. 3, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 7969. A letter from the Secretary of Trans- the Committee on Resources. Committee on Transportation and Infra- portation, transmitting the Fiscal Year 2001 7979. A letter from the Acting Assistant structure. Performance Plan combined with the Fiscal Administrator for Fisheries, National Ma- 7989. A letter from the Program Analyst, Year 1999 Performance Report; to the Com- rine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- mittee on Government Reform. Atmospheric Administration, transmitting mitting the Department’s final rule—Com- 7970. A letter from the Director, U.S. Trade the Administration’s final rule—Fisheries off mercial Air Tour Limitation in the Grand and Development Agency, transmitting the West Coast States and in the Western Pa- Canyon National Park Special Flight Rules Annual Performance Report for FY 1999; to cific; Western Pacific Pelagic Fisheries; Ha- Area [Docket No. FAA–99–5927; Amdt. No. 93– the Committee on Government Reform. waii-based Pelagic Longline Fishery Line 81; NM–3–28–00] (RIN: 2120–AG73) received

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:01 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\H06JN0.001 H06JN0 9618 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE June 6, 2000 April 11, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- Annual Report of the Federal Maritime Com- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- mission for fiscal year 1999, pursuant to 46 tation and Infrastructure. ture. U.S.C. app. 1118; to the Committee on Trans- 7990. A letter from the Program Analyst, 7999. A letter from the Program Analyst, portation and Infrastructure. FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- 8008. A letter from the Chairman, Bureau mitting the Department’s final rule—Estab- mitting the Department’s final rule—Air- of Consumer Complaints and Licensing, Fed- lishment of Colored Federal Airways; AK worthiness Directives; Empresa Brasileira de eral Maritime Commission, transmitting the [Airspace Docket No. 98–AAL–15] (RIN: 2120– Aeronautica, S.A. (EMBRAER), Model EMB– Commission’s final rule—In the Matter of a AA66) received April 10, 2000, pursuant to 5 145 Series Airplanes [Docket No. 99–NM–203– Single Individual Contemporaneously Acting U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on AD; Amendment 39–11655; AD 2000–07–01] as the Qualifying Individual for Both an Transportation and Infrastructure. (RIN: 2120–AA64) received April 10, 2000, pur- Ocean Freight Forwarder and a Non-vessel- 7991. A letter from the Program Analyst, suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- operating Common Carrier [Docket No. 99– FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- 23] received March 21, 2000, pursuant to 5 mitting the Department’s final rule—Modi- ture. U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on fication of Class E Airspace; Delaware, OH 8000. A letter from the Program Analyst, Transportation and Infrastructure. [Airspace Docket No. 98–AGL–37] received FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- 8009. A letter from the Deputy Adminis- April 10, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. mitting the Department’s final rule—Air- trator, General Services Administration, 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- worthiness Directives; Boeing Model 737–200, transmitting informational copy of a lease tation and Infrastructure. -200C, -300, and -400 Series Airplanes [Docket prospectus for FY 2001, pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 7992. A letter from the Program Analyst, No. 99–NM–84–AD; Amendment 39–11654; AD 606(a); to the Committee on Transportation FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- 2000–06–13] (RIN: 2120–AA64) received April 10, and Infrastructure. mitting the Department’s final rule—Stand- 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 8010. A letter from the Administrator, Gen- ard Instrument Approach Procedures; Mis- Committee on Transportation and Infra- eral Services Administration, transmitting cellaneous Amendments [Docket No. 29977; structure. an informational copy of the the lease pro- Amdt. No. 1985] received April 10, 2000, pursu- 8001. A letter from the Program Analyst, spectus for the Federal Bureau of Investiga- ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- tion, Cleveland, OH, pursuant to 40 U.S.C. on Transportation and Infrastructure. mitting the Department’s final rule—Air- 606(a); to the Committee on Transportation 7993. A letter from the Program Analyst, worthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas and Infrastructure. FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- Model MD–11 Series Airplanes [Docket No. 8011. A letter from the Secretary of Trans- mitting the Department’s final rule—Stand- 2000–NM–86–AD; Amendment 39–11656; AD portation, transmitting a report on the ard Instrument Approach Procedures; Mis- 2000–07–02] (RIN: 2120–AA64) received April 10, Coast Guard’s regulations concerning oils, cellaneous Amendments [Docket No. 29976; 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the including animal fats and vegetable oils, Amdt. No. 1984] received April 10, 2000, pursu- Committee on Transportation and Infra- carry out the intent of the Edible Oil Regu- ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee structure. latory Reform Act (P.L. 104–324) Section 1130 8002. A letter from the Program Analyst, on Transportation and Infrastructure. of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1996 FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- 7994. A letter from the Program Analyst, (P.L. 104–324) directs the Secretary of Trans- mitting the Department’s final rule—Air- FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- portation to submit these annual reports; to worthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas mitting the Department’s final rule—Air- the Committee on Transportation and Infra- Model DC–9, DC–9–80, and C–9 (Military) Se- worthiness Directives; The New Piper Air- structure. ries Airplanes; and Model MD–90 Airplanes craft, Inc. J–2 Series Airplanes That Are 8012. A letter from the Secretary of Labor, [Docket No. 98–NM–147–AD; Amendment 39– Eqipped With Wings Lift Struts [Docket No. transmitting a report entitled, ‘‘Uniformed 11208; AD 99–13–13] (RIN: 2120–AA64) received 99–CE–13–AD; Amendment 39–11479; AD 99–26– Services Employment and Reemployment April 10, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 19] (RIN: 2120–AA64) received April 10, 2000, Rights Act of 1994 (USERA) Annual Report 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- to Congress For Fiscal Year 1999’’; to the tation and Infrastructure. mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- 8003. A letter from the Program Analyst, Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. ture. FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- 8013. A communication from the President 7995. A letter from the Program Analyst, mitting the Department’s final rule—Air- of the United States, transmitting notifica- FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- worthiness Directives; Robinson Helicopter tion of his determination that continuation mitting the Department’s final rule—Air- Company Model R44 Helicopters [Docket No. of the waiver currently in effect for Vietnam worthiness Directives; Fokker Model F27 99–SW–08–AD; Amendment 39–11657; AD 2000– will substantially promote the objectives of Mark 050 Series Airplanes [Docket No. 99– 07–03] (RIN: 2120–AA64) received April 10, section 402 of the Trade Act of 1974, pursuant NM–317–AD; Amendment 39–11459; AD 99–25– 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the to 19 U.S.C. 2432(c) and (d); (H. Doc. No. 106— 16] (RIN: 2120–AA64) received April 10, 2000, Committee on Transportation and Infra- 252); to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- structure. and ordered to be printed. mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- 8004. A letter from the Director, Office of 8014. A communication from the President ture. Regulatory Management and Information, of the United States, transmitting notifica- 7996. A letter from the Program Analyst, Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- tion of his determination that a continu- FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- ting the Agency’s final rule—Guidance for ation of a waiver currently in efect for the mitting the Department’s final rule—Air- Developing TMDLs in California EPA Region People’s Republic of China will substantially worthiness Directives; Boeing Model 757 Se- 9—received April 13, 2000, pursuant to 5 promote the objectives of section 402, of the ries Airplanes Equipped With Rolls Royce U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Trade Act of 1974, pursuant to 19 U.S.C. Engines [Docket No. 99–NM–125–AD; Amend- Transportation and Infrastructure. 2432(c) and (d); (H. Doc. No. 106—253); to the ment 39–11431; AD 99–24–07] (RIN: 2120–AA64) 8005. A letter from the Director, Office of Committee on Ways and Means and ordered received April 10, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Regulatory Management and Information, to be printed. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- 8015. A communication from the President tation and Infrastructure. ting the Agency’s final rule—Withdrawl of of the United States, transmitting notifica- 7997. A letter from the Program Analyst, Certain Federal Human Health and Aquatic tion of his determination that a continu- FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- Life Water Quality Criteria Applicable to ation of a waiver currently in effect for the mitting the Department’s final rule—Air- Rhode Island, Vermont, the District of Co- Republic of Belarus will substantially pro- worthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney PW lumbia, Kansas and Idaho [FRL–6576–2] re- mote the objectives of section 402, of the 4000 Series Turbofan Engines [Docket No. 97– ceived April 7, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Trade Act of 1974, pursuant to 19 U.S.C. ANE–55–AD; Amendment 39–11220; AD 99–15– 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- 2432(c) and (d); (H. Doc. No. 106—254); to the 01] (RIN: 2120–AA64) received April 10, 2000, tation and Infrastructure. Committee on Ways and Means and ordered pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- 8006. A letter from the Director, Office of to be printed. mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- Regulatory Management and Information, 8016. A letter from the Regulatory Policy ture. Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- Officer, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and 7998. A letter from the Program Analyst, ting the Agency’s final rule—EPA Review Firearms, transmitting the Bureau’s final FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- and Approval of State and Tribal Water rule—Floor Stocks Tax for Cigarettes (99R– mitting the Department’s final rule—Air- Quality Standards [FRL–6571–7] (RIN: 2040– 259P) [T.D. ATF–423] (RIN: 1512–AB95) re- worthiness Directives; Fairchild Aircraft, AD33) received April 5, 2000, pursuant to 5 ceived April 5, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Inc. Models SA226–T, SA226–T(B), SA226–AT, U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and and SA226–TC Airplanes [Docket No. 99–CE– Transportation and Infrastructure. Means. 15–AD; Amendment 39–11348; AD 99–21–05] 8007. A letter from the Chairman, Federal 8017. A letter from the Chief, Regulations (RIN: 2120–AA64) received April 10, 2000, pur- Maritime Commission, transmitting the 38th Division, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:01 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\H06JN0.001 H06JN0 June 6, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 9619 Firearms, transmitting the Bureau’s final Fund (First Submission for FY 00); jointly to boundaries on the map relating to Unit NC01 rule—Yountville Viticultural Area (98R–28P) the Committees on International Relations of the Coastal Barrier Resources System [TD ATF–410; RE: Notice No. 864] (RIN: 1512– and Appropriations. (Rept. 106–648). Referred to the Committee of AA07) received April 5, 2000, pursuant to 5 8028. A letter from the President, U.S. In- the Whole House on the State of the Union. U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on stitute of Peace, transmitting the audit of Mr. YOUNG of Alaska: Committee on Re- Ways and Means. the Institute’s accounts for the fiscal year sources. H.R. 3176. A bill to direct the Sec- 8018. A letter from the Chief, Regulations 1999 conducted by certified accountants from retary of the Interior to conduct a study to Division, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and the firm of Ernst & Young, pursuant to 22 determine ways of restoring the natural wet- Firearms, transmitting the Bureau’s final U.S.C. 4611; jointly to the Committees on lands conditions in the Kealia Pond National rule—Chiles Valley Viticultural Area (96F– International Relations and Education and Wildlife Refuge, Hawaii (Rept. 106–649). Re- 111) [TD ATF–408; Re: Notice No. 858] (RIN: the Workforce. ferred to the Committee of the Whole House 1512–AA07) received April 5, 2000, pursuant to 8029. A letter from the Director, Office of on the State of the Union. 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Legislative Affairs, Federal Deposit Insur- Mr. YOUNG of Alaska: Committee on Re- Ways and Means. ance Corporation, transmitting a listing of sources. H.R. 3535. A bill to amend the Mag- 8019. A letter from the Regulatory Policy one property covered by the Coastal Barrier nuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Officer, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Improvement Act of 1990; jointly to the Com- Management Act to eliminate the wasteful Firearms, Department of the Treasury, mittees on Resources and Banking and Fi- and unsportsmanlike practice of shark fin- transmitting the Department’s final rule— nancial Services. ning; with an amendment (Rept. 106–650). Re- Increase in Tax on Tobacco Products and 8030. A letter from the Secretary of the In- ferred to the Committee of the Whole House Cigarette Papers and Tubes [99R–88P] [T.D. terior, transmitting a legislative proposal on the State of the Union. ATF–420] (RIN: 1512–AB88) received April 5, entitled, ‘‘Coalfields Security Act of 2000’’; Mr. ARCHER: Committee on Ways and 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the jointly to the Committees on Resources and Means. H.R. 8. A bill to amend the Internal Committee on Ways and Means. Ways and Means. Revenue Code of 1986 to phaseout the estate 8020. A letter from the Acting Assistant 8031. A letter from the the Commissioners, and gift taxes over a 10-year period; with an Secretary for Import Administration, Inter- the National Commission on Terrorism, amendment (Rept. 106–651). Referred to the national Trade Administration, Department transmitting a report entitled, ‘‘Countering Committee of the Whole House on the State of Commerce, transmitting the Department’s The Changing Threat Of International Ter- of the Union. final rule—Amended Regulation Concerning rorism,’’ pursuant to Public Law 105—277; (H. Mrs. MYRICK: Committee on Rules. House the Revocation of Antidumping and Counter- Doc. No. 106—250); jointly to the Committees Resolution 514. Resolution providing for con- vailing Duty Orders [Docket No. 990521142– on the Judiciary and International Rela- sideration of the bill (H.R. 4576) making ap- 9252–02] (RIN: 0625–AA54) received April 6, tions, and ordered to be printed. propriations for the Department of Defense 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the f for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, Committee on Ways and Means. and for other purposes (Rept. 106–652). Re- 8021. A letter from the Chief, Regulations REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON ferred to the House Calendar. Unit, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Ms. PRYCE of Ohio: Committee on Rules. the Service’s final rule—Charitable Split- Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of House Resolution 515. Resolution providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4577) mak- Dollar Insurance Reporting Requirements committees were delivered to the Clerk [Notice 2000–24] received April 6, 2000, pursu- ing appropriations for the Department of ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee for printing and reference to the proper Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- on Ways and Means. calendar, as follows: cation, and related agencies for fiscal year 8022. A letter from the Chief, Regulations [Pursuant to the order of the House on May 25, ending September 30, 2001, and for other pur- Unit, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting 2000 the following reports were filed on June poses (Rept. 106–653). Referred to the House the Service’s final rule—Department Stores 1, 2000] Calendar. Indexes [Rev. Rul. 2000–21] received April 3, Mr. LEWIS of California: Committee on Mr. HASTINGS of Washington: Committee 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Appropriations. H.R. 4576. A bill making ap- on Rules. House Resolution 516. Resolution Committee on Ways and Means. propriations for the Department of Defense providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8023. A letter from the Secretary of Health for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, 3605) to establish the San Rafael Western and Human Services, transmitting the 1999 and for other purposes (Rept. 106–644). Re- Legacy District in the State of Utah, and for Report on the Analysis of the Impact on Wel- ferred to the Committee of the Whole House other purposes (Rept. 106–654). Referred to fare Recidivism of PRWORA Child Support on the State of the Union. the House Calendar. Arrears Distribution Policy Changes; to the Mr. PORTER: Committee on Appropria- f Committee on Ways and Means. tions. H.R. 4577. A bill making appropria- TIME LIMITATION OF REFERRED 8024. A letter from the Regulations Officer, tions for the Department of Labor, Health Social Security Administration, transmit- and Human Services, and Education, and re- BILL ting the Administration’s final rule—Federal lated agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- Pursuant to clause 5 of rule X the fol- Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance tember 30, 2001, and for other purposes (Rept. lowing action was taken by the Speak- and Supplemental Security Income for the 106–645). Referred to the Committee of the er: Aged, Blind, and Disabled; Determining Dis- Whole House on the State of the Union. ability and Blindness; Classification of Mr. REGULA: Committee on Appropria- [The following action occurred on May 26, 2000} ‘‘Age’’ as a Vocational Factor [Regulations tions. H.R. 4578. A bill making appropria- H.R. 984. Referral to the Committees on Nos. 4 and 16] (RIN: 0960–AE 96) received tions for the Department of the Interior and International Relations, Banking and Finan- April 3, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); related agencies for the fiscal year ending cial Services, the Judiciary, and Armed to the Committee on Ways and Means. September 30, 2001, and for other purposes Services extended for a period ending not 8025. A letter from the Secretary of De- (Rept. 106–646). Referred to the Committee of later than June 7, 2000. fense, transmitting a notification of the des- the Whole House on the State of the Union. H.R. 1656. Referral to the Committees on ignation of operations in East Timor are ex- DISCHARGE OF COMMITTEE Commerce and Education and the Workforce pected to exceed $50 million; jointly to the extended for a period ending not later than Committees on Armed Services and Inter- [The following action occurred on May 26, 2000] June 7, 2000. national Relations. Pursuant to clause 5 of rule X the f 8026. A letter from the Assistant Secretary Committee on Ways and Means dis- for Legislative Affairs, Department of State, charged. H.R. 1070 referred to the Com- PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS transmitting Presidential Determination mittee of the Whole House on the State Under clause 2 of rule XII, public 2000–19, the President has exercised the au- of the Union. thority provided to him and has issued the bills and resolutions were introduced required determination to waive certain re- [Submitted June 6, 2000] and severally referred, as follows: strictions on the maintenance of a Palestine Mr. YOUNG of Alaska: Committee on Re- By Mr. HANSEN: Liberation Organization (PLO) Office and on sources. H.R. 3605. A bill to establish the San H.R. 4579. A bill to provide for the ex- expenditure of PLO funds for a period of six Rafael Western Legacy District in the State change of certain lands within the State of months; jointly to the Committees on Inter- of Utah, and for other purposes; with an Utah; to the Committee on Resources. national Relations and Appropriations. amendment (Rept. 106–647). Referred to the By Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself and 8027. A letter from the Assistant Secretary Committee of the Whole House on the State Mr. WU): for Legislative Affairs, Department of State, of the Union. H.R. 4580. A bill to provide further protec- transmitting a Memorandum of Justifica- Mr. YOUNG of Alaska: Committee on Re- tions for the watershed of the Little Sandy tion: Nonproliferation and Disarmament sources. H.R. 4435. A bill to clarify certain River as part of the Bull Run Watershed

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:01 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\H06JN0.001 H06JN0 9620 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE June 6, 2000 Management Unit, Oregon, and for other ing and various other military purposes; to lization of the Arsenal’s facilities, so that purposes; to the Committee on Resources, the Committee on the Judiciary. the capabilities of the Rock Island Arsenal, and in addition to the Committee on Agri- By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska: and economic vitality of the surrounding re- culture, for a period to be subsequently de- H.R. 4589. A bill to direct the Adminis- gion, may be utilized to the fullest extent termined by the Speaker, in each case for trator of the Environmental Protection possible; to the Committee on Armed Serv- consideration of such provisions as fall with- Agency to establish an eleventh region of the ices. in the jurisdiction of the committee con- Environmental Protection Agency, com- 321. Also, a memorial of the General As- cerned. prised solely of the State of Alaska; to the sembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, By Mrs. CHRISTENSEN (for herself, Committee on Resources. relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 92 Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. HILLIARD, By Mr. GUTIERREZ (for himself, Mr. memorializing the United States Congress Ms. CARSON, Mrs. CLAYTON, Ms. BACA, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. MENENDEZ, and the United States Department of the BROWN of Florida, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. Army to select Fort Belvoir as the site of the JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. REYES, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, and Ms. ROY- United States Army Museum; to the Com- PAYNE, Ms. LEE, Mr. DAVIS of Illi- BAL-ALLARD): mittee on Armed Services. nois, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, H.R. 4590. A bill to amend the Immigration 322. Also, a memorial of the General As- Mr. CLAY, Mr. OWENS, Mr. CUMMINGS, and Nationality Act to establish special pro- sembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. CON- cedures for the filing and consideration of relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 222 YERS, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. asylum applications by alien children who memorializing the United States Congress to TOWNS, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, are unaccompanied by a parent or guardian increase funding for Historically Black Col- Ms. WATERS, Mr. WYNN, Mr. SCOTT, and for the detention of any alien children leges and Universities (HBCUs) and financial Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, unaccompained by a parent or guardian; to aid for middle income students; to the Com- Mr. RANGEL, Mr. FORD, Ms. MCKIN- the Committee on the Judiciary. mittee on Education and the Workforce. NEY, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mr. MEEKS of By Mr. ROHRABACHER: 323. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the New York, Mr. DIXON, Mr. FATTAH, H.J. Res. 99. A joint resolution dis- State of Missouri, relative to Senate Resolu- Mrs. MEEK of Florida, and Mr. WATT approving the extension of the waiver au- tion No. 1034 memorializing the President of North Carolina): thority contained in section 402(c) of the and the Congress of the United States to pro- H.R. 4581. A bill to authorize the Home- Trade Act of 1974 with respect to Vietnam; to vide the full forty-percent federal share of ward Bound Foundation to establish the the Committee on Ways and Means. funding for special education programs so Middle Passage National Monument; to the By Mr. ROEMER: that Missouri and other states participating Committee on Resources. H. Con. Res. 344. Concurrent resolution per- in these critical programs will not be re- By Mr. DEMINT (for himself, Mr. CAN- mitting the use of the rotunda of the Capitol quired to take funding from other vital state ADY of Florida, Mrs. CHENOWETH- for a ceremony to present the Congressional and local programs in order to fund this un- HAGE, Mr. COBURN, Mr. HILL of Mon- Gold Medal to Father Theodore Hesburgh; to derfunded federal mandate; to the Com- tana, Mr. METCALF, Mr. SALMON, Mr. the Committee on House Administration. mittee on Education and the Workforce. SANFORD, Mr. TANCREDO, and Mr. By Mr. ROGAN: 324. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of TOOMEY): H. Con. Res. 345. Concurrent resolution ex- the State of Utah, relative to House Joint H.R. 4582. A bill to provide Internet access pressing the sense of the Congress regarding Resolution No. 10 memorializing the Presi- to congressional documents, including cer- the need for cataloging and maintaining pub- dent and the Congress to authorize humani- tain Congressional Research Service publica- lic memorials commemorating military con- tarian assistance to the people of Taiwan tions, and for other purposes; to the Com- flicts of the United States and the service of and urging the President to seek public re- mittee on House Administration. individuals in the Armed Forces; to the Com- nunciation from China of any potential use By Mr. HANSEN: mittee on Resources. of force by China against Taiwan; and af- H.R. 4583. A bill to extend the authoriza- By Mr. WYNN: firming that Taiwan’s future should be re- tion for the Air Force Memorial Foundation H. Con. Res. 346. Concurrent resolution solved peacefully; to the Committee on to establish a memorial in the District of Co- concerning the establishment of a permanent International Relations. lumbia or its environs; to the Committee on United Nations security force; to the Com- 325. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of Resources. mittee on International Relations. the State of Arizona, relative to Senate Con- By Mr. LAFALCE: current Resolution 1001 proposing amend- f H.R. 4584. A bill to require insured deposi- ments to the Constitution of Arizona; tory institutions to make affordable trans- MEMORIALS amending article X, sections 1 through 4, 7 action accounts available to their customers, and 10, Constitution of Arizona; amending and for other purposes; to the Committee on Under clause 3 of rule XII, memorials article X, Constitution of Arizona, by adding Banking and Financial Services. were presented and referred as follows: sections 12, 13 and 14; Relating to State By Mr. LEACH: 317. The SPEAKER presented a memorial Lands; to the Committee on Resources. H.R. 4585. A bill to strengthen consumers’ of the Legislature of the State of Kansas, 326. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of control over the use and disclosure of their relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. the State of Arizona, relative to House Con- health information by financial institutions, 5050 urging Congress to pass legislation al- current Memorial 2003 memorializing the and for other purposes; to the Committee on lowing state-inspected meat and meat prod- President, the Secretary of the Interior and Banking and Financial Services, and in addi- ucts to be shipped interstate and to pass leg- the Congress of the United States to take ac- tion to the Committee on Commerce, for a islation increasing the number of poultry to tion to prevent the designation of any addi- period to be subsequently determined by the be slaughtered at home and offered for sale tional National Monuments or Forest Serv- Speaker, in each case for consideration of to the consumer; to the Committee on Agri- ice roadless areas in this state without full such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- culture. public participation and an express act of tion of the committee concerned. 318. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of Congress; to the Committee on Resources. By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mrs. the State of Wisconsin, relative to 1999 Sen- 327. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of CAPPS, Mr. LUTHER, and Mr. EVANS): ate Joint Resolution 13 memorializing Con- the State of Arizona, relative to House Joint H.R. 4586. A bill to amend the Consumer gress to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Resolution 2001 denouncing the establish- Product Safety Act and the Federal Haz- Act to allow for the interstate shipment of ment of new national monuments in the ardous Substances Act regarding repair, re- state-inspected meat; to the Committee on State of Arizona without full public partici- placement, or refund actions, civil penalties, Agriculture. pation, consent and approval of local govern- and criminal penalties under those Acts; to 319. Also, a memorial of the General As- ments, the Arizona Legislature, the Gov- the Committee on Commerce. sembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, ernor and Congress; to the Committee on Re- By Ms. MCKINNEY: relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 125 sources. H.R. 4587. A bill to authorize the Broad- memorializing Congress to restore quality 328. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of casting Board of Governors to make avail- health care to active duty and retired mili- the State of Idaho, relative to Senate Joint able to the Institute for Media Development tary personnel and their families; to the Memorial No. 108 urging the President of the certain materials of the Voice of America; to Committee on Armed Services. United States and the Congress of the United the Committee on International Relations. 320. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the States to enact federal legislation to provide By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska: State of Iowa, relative to Senate Joint Reso- full deductibility from federal income taxes H.R. 4588. A bill to amend the Radiation lution No. 107 memorializing the United of health insurance premiums for individ- Exposure Compensation Act to include work- States Department of Defense, the United uals, the self-employed and small groups; to ers who were employed on Amchitka Island, States Army, and the United States Con- the Committee on Ways and Means. Alaska, in the construction and maintenance gress to place production work at the Rock 329. Also, a memorial of the General As- of deep shafts for underground nuclear test- Island Arsenal, and to consider increased uti- sembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia,

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relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 98 tries of steel wire rods; which was referred to H.R. 2883: Mr. MORAN of Virginia. memorializing the Congress of the United the Committee on Ways and Means. H.R. 2892: Mr. COYNE and Mr. WAMP. H.R. 2909: Mr. CASTLE and Mr. HINCHEY. States to amend that portion of the Trade f Act of 1974 establishing the North American H.R. 2919: Mr. KINGSTON. Free Trade Agreement Transitional Adjust- ADDITIONAL SPONSORS H.R. 2966: Mr. CUMMINGS. H.R. 3006: Mr. NADLER. ment Assistance Program to extend the max- Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors imum time period for receipt of benefits H.R. 3083: Ms. KILPATRICK. from 52 weeks to 78 weeks; to the Committee were added to public bills and resolu- H.R. 3102: Mr. LIPINSKI and Mr. RUSH. on Ways and Means. tions as follows: H.R. 3142: Mr. WYNN, Mr. BLUMENAUER, and Mr. HILLIARD. 330. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of H.R. 8: Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr. MALONEY of H.R. 3144: Mr. JOHN. the State of Utah, relative to House Concur- Connecticut, and Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. H.R. 3161: Mr. GORDON. rent Resolution No. 3 memorializing the H.R. 49: Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. HOLT, and Mr. H.R. 3235: Mrs. TAUSCHER and Mr. SHER- United States Congress to immediately in- MEEHAN. MAN. crease the tax-exempt private activity vol- H.R. 207: Mr. HOYER. H.R. 3294: Mr. SANDLIN. ume cap and the allocation of low-income H.R. 220: Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland. H.R. 3301: Mr. COYNE, Mr. THOMPSON of housing tax credits available to Utah to lev- H.R. 229: Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. BOUCHER, and California, Mr. BLUMENAUER, and Mr. els that would fully restore the tax-exempt Mr. STARK. GILCHREST. private activity bond volume cap purchasing H.R. 460: Mr. CALVERT, Mr. OWENS, Mr. H.R. 3315: Mrs. THURMAN, Mr. STRICKLAND, power of the states to levels that would off- CARDIN, and Ms. KILPATRICK. and Mr. UNDERWOOD. set the diluted effects of inflation since 1987, H.R. 483: Ms. WOOLSEY. H.R. 3433: Mr. STARK, Ms. STABENOW, Ms. and to index increases for these resources to H.R. 488: Ms. LOFGREN. ESHOO, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. KUYKENDALL, Ms. inflation in future years; to the Committee H.R. 531: Mr. GUTKNECHT and Mr. WYNN. LOFGREN, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. FORBES, Mr. on Ways and Means. H.R. 534: Ms. DELAURO, Mr. HORN, and Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. GEJDENSON, and Mr. 331. Also, a memorial of the General As- JEFFERSON. WEYGAND. sembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, H.R. 583: Mr. GORDON. H.R. 3485: Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 35 H.R. 632: Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr. WATT of North MALONEY of Connecticut, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. memorializing the Congress of the United Carolina, Mr. SAWYER, and Mr. SAXTON. LOBIONDO, Mr. FROST, and Mr. CHABOT. States to enact ‘‘The Keep Our Promise to H.R. 742: Ms. BERKLEY. H.R. 3540: Mr. WELLER. America’s Military Retirees Act’’; jointly to H.R. 860: Ms. BROWN of Florida. H.R. 3546: Mr. PICKETT, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. the Committees on Armed Services and Gov- H.R. 1020: Mr. MASCARA, Mr. HALL of Ohio, ISAKSON, Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO, Ms. NORTON. ernment Reform. Mr. WYNN, Mr. NETHERCUTT, Mr. GILLMOR, H.R. 3576: Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. ROYCE, and 332. Also, a memorial of the General As- Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin, Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr. COMBEST. sembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Mr. WAMP, Ms. SANCHEZ, Mr. SAXTON, and H.R. 3580: Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. relative to Senate Joint Resolution No. 255 Mr. ALLEN. RAMSTAD, Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, Ms. CARSON, memorializing Congress to protect Virginia’s H.R. 1053: Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. SABO, and Mr. Mr. SCARBOROUGH, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. VIS- dairy industry by approving the Southern LANTOS. CLOSKY, Mr. BERRY, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. Dairy Compact and ensuring that the federal H.R. 1080: Ms. NORTON. CUMMINGS, Mr. DAVIS of Florida, Mr. DICKEY, Clean Water Act is implemented in a way H.R. 1179: Mr. NORWOOD. and Mr. BEREUTER. that does not place an undue burden on H.R. 1216: Mr. RODRIGUEZ. H.R. 3590: Mr. LEWIS of California. farmers; jointly to the Committees on the H.R. 1227: Mr. HILLIARD. H.R. 3609: Mr. ADERHOLT. Judiciary and Transportation and Infra- H.R. 1248: Mr. COYNE. H.R. 3634: Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. HOLT, and Ms. structure. H.R. 1322: Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. OSE, Mr. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. 333. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of CONDIT, Mr. COBLE, Mr. FORD, Mr. LEACH, Ms. H.R. 3663: Mr. HUTCHINSON and Mr. HOYER. the State of Washington, relative to Senate DANNER, and Mr. JOHN. H.R. 3677: Mr. SANFORD and Mr. WOLF. Joint Memorial No. 8017 memorializing the H.R. 1382: Mr. SAXTON. H.R. 3688: Mr. HORN, Mr. BRADY of Pennsyl- President of the United States and the Con- H.R. 1396: Mr. CROWLEY, Mrs. CAPPS, and vania, Mr. FORBES, and Mr. GANSKE. gress to provide federal assistance in ensur- Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. H.R. 3694: Mr. BAKER. ing pipeline safety; jointly to the Commit- H.R. 1494: Mr. RILEY and Mr. THORNBERRY. H.R. 3766: Mr. NADLER and Mr. SAXTON. tees on Transportation and Infrastructure H.R. 1532: Mr. MORAN of Virginia. H.R. 3817: Mr. HUNTER. and Commerce. H.R. 1623: Mr. LUCAS of Kentucky. H.R. 3825: Mr. CLAY. 334. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of APUANO ILLIARD H.R. 1634: Mr. BAKER. H.R. 3826: Mr. C , Mr. H , Mr. the State of Idaho, relative to Senate Joint ASTOR ILNER ILPATRICK H.R. 1640: Mr. TIERNEY. P , Mr. F , Ms. K , Mr. Resolution No. 109 memorializing the Presi- ACA OUCHER H.R. 1732: Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. B , and Mr. B . dent of the United States and the Congress H.R. 3836: Mr. LAHOOD. H.R. 1795: Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. BARCIA, Mr. of the United States to enact federal legisla- H.R. 3896: Ms. STABENOW and Mr. WU. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. GUTKNECHT, and tion to increase Medicare reimbursements to H.R. 3918: Mr. BONILLA, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. Mr. BLUMENAUER. levels allowing providers to fully recover the DEAL of Georgia, and Mr. DIAZ-BALART. H.R. 1871: Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. actual costs of providing necessary health H.R. 4042: Mr. COOK and Mr. LANTOS. H.R. 1914: Mr. NETHERCUTT. care services to Medicare eligible patients; H.R. 4118: Mr. MENENDEZ. H.R. 1926: Mrs. ROUKEMA. jointly to the Committees on Ways and H.R. 4149: Mr. ENGEL and Mr. MARKEY. H.R. 2129: Mr. WAMP, Mrs. FOWLER, Mr. Means and Commerce. H.R. 4176: Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. RANGEL, RUSH, Mr. COOK, and Mr. GORDON. 335. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. H.R. 2298: Mr. WYNN. State of New Hampshire, relative to Senate MCGOVERN, and Mrs. CHRISTENSEN. H.R. 2341: Mr. WEXLER, Mr. NUSSLE, Mr. Resolution No. 14 memorializing the Con- H.R. 4196: Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. MOAKLEY, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, MS. NORTON, gress of the United States to repeal the new H.R. 4206: Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. EVANS, and Mr. NEAL of Masssachusetts, Mr. MEEHAN, 25 percent Weatherization Program match Mr. SANDLIN. and Mr. MCHUGH. requirement scheduled to go into effect in H.R. 4209: Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. H.R. 2355: Mr. BORSKI. 2001, which would place states like New H.R. 4214: Ms. STABENOW, Mr. SNYDER, Mr. H.R. 2451: Mr. JOHN. Hampshire at potential risk of loss of all fed- WYNN, and Mr. SAXTON. H.R. 2485: Mr. SCHAFFER. eral funding for this valuable program and to H.R. 4219: Mr. GOODLING, Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. H.R. 2499: Ms. WOOLSEY. support increased funding for much-needed DOYLE, Mr. VISCLOSKY, and Mr. ALLEN. H.R. 2512: Mr. LARSON. federal programs, so that states can best as- H.R. 4239: Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of H.R. 2528: Mr. CALVERT. sist residents and businesses to decrease Texas, Mr. FORD, Mr. RUSH, Ms. DEGETTE, H.R. 2586: Mr. ALLEN. their fuel consumption and afford essential Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. WYNN, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. H.R. 2631: Mr. ENGEL, Mr. GOODE, and Mr. heating costs; jointly to the Committees on BECERRA, Mr. OLVER, Mr. OWENS, Mr. DOYLE. Commerce, International Relations, and TIERNEY, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. NAD- H.R. 2697: Mr. WYNN. Education and the Workforce. LER, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. FROST, Mr. H.R. 2733: Mr. WYNN. DICKS, and Mr. DOYLE. f H.R. 2739: Mr. MCGOVERN. H.R. 4245: Mr. HUTCHINSON, Mr. SNYDER, PRIVATE BILLS AND H.R. 2741: Mr. WYNN, Mr. LANTOS, and Ms. Mr. WYNN, and Mr. SAXTON. RESOLUTIONS LOFGREN. H.R. 4246: Mr. ANDREWS. H.R. 2790: Mr. ANDREWS, Ms. LEE, Mr. H.R. 4257: Mr. CALVERT and Mr. COMBEST. Under clause 3 of rule XII, PASCRELL, Mr. REYNOLDS, Mr. TRAFICANT, H.R. 4259: Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. Mr. FORD introduced a bill (H.R. 4591) to Mr. WAMP, and Mr. STARK. BAIRD, Mr. NETHERCUTT, Mr. GILCHREST, and provide for the reliquidation of certain en- H.R. 2807: Mr. WYNN. Mr. MCGOVERN.

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H.R. 4271: Mr. SALMON, Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, H. Con. Res. 238: Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon. and dated March, 2000, and as specified in and Mr. KUCINICH. H. Con. Res. 285: Mr. FOLEY and Mr. AN- subsection (b) of this section, are hereby des- H.R. 4272: Mr. SALMON, Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, DREWS. ignated as wilderness and therefore as com- and Mr. KUCINICH. H. Con. Res. 306: Mrs. THURMAN, Mr. ponents of the National Wilderness Preserva- H.R. 4273: Mr. SALMON, Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, GILCHREST, Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin, Mr. tion System. and Mr. KUCINICH. BOUCHER, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. NADLER, Ms. (b) WILDERNESS AREAS.—The areas des- H.R. 4274: Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, Mr. OWENS, DELAURO, Mr. LATOURETTE, and Mr. LUCAS ignated as wilderness by subsection (a) are as and Mr. JEFFERSON. of Kentucky. follows: H.R. 4277: Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. RAHALL, and H. Con. Res. 308: Mr. BROWN of Ohio. (1) The lands identified as ‘‘Sids Mountain’’ Mr. PASTOR. H. Con. Res. 332: Mr. BROWN of Ohio. and ‘‘Eagle Canyon’’ on the map referred to H.R. 4298: Mr. POMBO. H. Con. Res. 341: Mr. HOLT, Mr. MEEHAN, in subsection (a), comprising approximately H.R. 4301: Mr. GORDON, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. and Mrs. MALONEY of New York. 112,000 acres, which shall be known as ‘‘Sids EWING, and Ms. LEE. H. Con. Res. 343: Mr. FILNER, Mrs. JONES of Mountain-Eagle Canyon Wilderness’’. H.R. 4320: Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. Ohio, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. HILL- (2) The lands identified as ‘‘Mexican Moun- DICKS, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. IARD, and Mr. ENGEL. tain’’ on the map referred to in subsection DOYLE, and Mr. NADLER. H. Res. 37: Mr. BACA. (a), comprising approximately 99,000 acres, H.R. 4328: Mr. FROST, Mr. FILNER, Mr. SNY- H. Res. 238: Mr. WYNN. which shall be known as ‘‘Mexican Mountain DER, and Mr. GILCHREST. H. Res. 398: Mr. LARSON, Ms. NORTON, Mr. Wilderness’’. H.R. 4329: Mr. FOLEY and Mr. MCNULTY. MCHUGH, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. (3) The lands identified as ‘‘Muddy Creek’’ H.R. 4334: Mr. WYNN and Mr. SAXTON. KUYKENDALL, Mr. LAZIO, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. on the map referred to in subsection (a), H.R. 4357: Mr. GEORGE MILLER of Cali- FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. COX, Mr. CAMP- comprising approximately 235,000 acres, fornia, Ms. LEE, Mr. NADLER, Mr. HALL of BELL, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. DEUTSCH, and Mr. which shall be known as ‘‘Muddy Creek Wil- Ohio, Ms. NORTON, and Mrs. LOWEY. SHAYS. derness’’. H.R. 4361: Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. KLINK, Mr. H. Res. 461: Mr. HOYER, MR. RUSH, Ms. NOR- (4) The lands identified as ‘‘Wild Horse GUTIERREZ, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. HUTCHINSON, TON, Mr. NADLER, and Ms. MCKINNEY. Mesa’’ on the map referred to in subsection Mr. PETRI, and Mr. MCGOVERN. (a), comprising approximately 91,000 acres, f H.R. 4384: Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. GILMAN, which shall be known as ‘‘Wild Horse Mesa Mr. GEKAS, Mr. MCINTOSH, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. DELETIONS OF SPONSORS FROM Wilderness’’. KNOLLENBERG, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. JONES of PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS (5) The lands identified as ‘‘Factory Butte’’ North Carolina, Ms. DANNER, Mr. WOLF, Mr. on the map referred to in subsection (a), SHOWS, Mr. EVANS, Mr. SPRATT, Mrs. THUR- Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors comprising approximately 25,000 acres, which MAN, Mr. WAXMAN, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. were deleted from public bills and reso- shall be known as ‘‘Factory Butte Wilder- BLAGOJEVICH, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. ETHERIDGE, lutions as follows: ness’’. Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, Mrs. MALONEY of H.R. 4006: Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania. (6) The lands identified as ‘‘Red Desert’’ New York, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. SAW- and ‘‘Capital Reef Adjacent Units’’ on the YER, Mr. FROST, Mr. BLILEY, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. f map referred to in subsection (a), comprising REYNOLDS, Mr. FLETCHER, Mr. MCINNIS, Mr. PETITIONS, ETC. approximately 40,000 acres, which shall be STUPAK, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. UPTON, Mr. known as ‘‘Red Desert Wilderness’’. MCHUGH, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. Under clause 3 of rule XII, petitions (7) The lands identified as ‘‘Price River- ORTIZ, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. and papers were laid on the clerk’s Humbug’’ on the map referred to in sub- FOSSELLA, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. DOOLEY of Cali- desk and referred as follows: section (a), comprising approximately 99,000 fornia, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. acres, which shall be known as ‘‘Price River- 86. The SPEAKER presented a petition of BARRETT of Wisconsin, and Ms. MILLENDER- Humbug Wilderness’’. City of Cordova, relative to Resolution No. MCDONALD. (8) The lands identified as ‘‘Lost Spring 04–00–17 supporting the Conservation and Re- H.R. 4393: Mr. BILIRAKIS and Mr. WAMP. Wash’’ on the map referred to in subsection investment Act of 1999 H.R. 701 and S. 2123; H.R. 4395: Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr. LEWIS of (a), comprising approximately 35,000 acres, jointly to the Committees on Agriculture, Georgia, and Mr. DOYLE. which shall be known as ‘‘Lost Spring Wash Resources, and the Budget. H.R. 4442: Mr. GILCHREST and Mr. KENNEDY Wilderness’’. 87. Also, a petition of Kodiak Island Bor- of Rhode Island. (9) The lands identified as ‘‘Mussentuchit ough, relative to Resolution No. 2000–13 sup- H.R. 4453: Ms. NORTON, Mr. NADLER, Ms. Badlands’’ on the map referred to in sub- porting the Conservation and Reinvestment MCKINNEY, and Mr. BROWN of Ohio. section (a), comprising approximately 25,000 Act of 1999 H.R. 701 and S. 2123; jointly to the H.R. 4467: Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. acres, which shall be known as the Committees on Resources, Agriculture, and ISTOOK, Mr. BARR of Georgia, Ms. CARSON, ‘‘Mussentuchit Badlands Wilderness’’. the Budget. Mr. DOYLE, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. BARRETT of Ne- (10) The lands identified as ‘‘Rock Canyon’’ 88. Also, a petition of Downers Grove Board braska, Mr. LATHAM, and Mr. EDWARDS. on the map referred to in subsection (a), of Park Commissioners, relative to Resolu- H.R. 4470: Mr. MATSUI, Mr. SHAW, and Mr. comprising approximately 17,000 acres, which tion No. 00–3 urging Congress to pass HR 701/ FOLEY. shall be known as ‘‘Rock Canyon Wilder- S 2123 the Conservation Reinvestment Act H.R. 4471: Mr. SALMON, Mr. BLUMENAUER, ness’’. (CARA) during its session in 2000; jointly to Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. ROEMER, (11) The lands identified as ‘‘Molen Reef’’ the Committees on Resources, Agriculture, Mr. JOHN, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. on the map referred to in subsection (a), and the Budget. KIND, and Mr. FORD. comprising approximately 33,000 acres, which H.R. 4483: Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD and f shall be known as ‘‘Molen Reef Wilderness’’. Mrs. THURMAN. (12) The lands identified as ‘‘Limestone H.R. 4492: Mr. GIBBONS, Mr. DAVIS of Vir- AMENDMENTS Cliffs’’ on the map referred to in subsection ginia, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. LAHOOD, Mrs. Under clause 8 of rule XVIII, pro- (a), comprising approximately 24,000 acres, KELLY, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. OWENS, posed amendments were submitted as which shall be known as ‘‘Limestone Cliffs Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. PRICE of North follows: Wilderness’’. Carolina, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. SWEENEY, (13) The lands identified as ‘‘Jones Bench’’ H.R. 3605 Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Ms. on the map referred to in subsection (a), DELAURO, Mr. SHOWS, Mr. WYNN, Mr. FROST, OFFERED BY: MR. HINCHEY comprising approximately 2,800 acres, which Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. BARRETT of Nebraska, AMENDMENT NO. 1: At the end of the bill, shall be known as ‘‘Jones Bench Wilderness’’. Mr. SAXTON, Mr. GEJDENSON, Mr. BROWN of add the following new title: (14) The lands identified as ‘‘Hondu Coun- Ohio. TITLE III—WILDERNESS try’’ on the map referred to in subsection (a), H.R. 4537: Mr. TIAHRT. comprising approximately 20,000 acres, which H.R. 4539: Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey and SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. shall be known as ‘‘Hondu Country Wilder- Mr. ROGAN. This title may be cited as the ‘‘San Rafael ness’’. H.R. 4542: Mr. HOYER. Swell Region Wilderness Act of 2000’’. (15) The lands identified as ‘‘Devil’s Can- H.R. 4547: Mr. HOBSON. SEC. 302. DESIGNATION. yon’’ on the map referred to in subsection H.R. 4549: Mr. HILLIARD. (a) IN GENERAL.—In furtherance of the pur- (a), comprising approximately 23,000 acres, H.R. 4560: Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota and poses of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et which shall be known as ‘‘Devil’s Canyon Mr. RADANOVICH. seq.), certain public lands in Utah, com- Wilderness’’. H.R. 4567: Mr. WYNN, Mr. LARSON, Mr. prising approximately 1,054,800 acres as gen- (16) The lands identified as ‘‘Upper Muddy PALLONE, MR. OWENS, and Ms. DELAURO. erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Proposed Creek’’ on the map referred to in subsection H.J. Res. 56: Mr. ACKERMAN. Wilderness within San Rafael Swell Region’’ (a), comprising approximately 19,000 acres,

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(A) no motorized vehicles shall be per- Page 8, line 22, insert ‘‘(increased by (18) The lands identified as ‘‘San Rafael mitted in any wilderness study area or other $168,000,000)’’ after the dollar amount. Swell Reef’’ on the map referred to in sub- roadless area within the Conservation Area; Page 9, line 4, insert ‘‘(increased by section (a), comprising approximately 105,000 and $68,000,000)’’ after the dollar amount. acres, which shall be known as ‘‘San Rafael (B) use of motorized vehicles on other Page 9, line 14, insert ‘‘(increased by Swell Reef Wilderness’’. lands within the Conservation Area shall be $414,400,000)’’ after the dollar amount. SEC. 303. MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION. permitted only on roads and trails des- Page 10, line 2, insert ‘‘(increased by As soon as practicable after the date of the ignated for use of motorized vehicles as part $34,100,000)’’ after the dollar amount. enactment of this Act, a map and a legal de- of the management plan prepared pursuant Page 28, line 15, insert ‘‘(reduced by scription for each of the Wilderness Areas to subsection (f). $930,000,000)’’ after the dollar amount. shall be filed by the Secretary with the Com- H.R. 3605 H.R. 4576 mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of OFFERED BY: MR. UDALL OF COLORADO OFFERED BY: MR. DEFAZIO the Senate and the Committee on Resources AMENDMENT NO. 2: Page 28, line 15, insert of the House of Representatives. Each such AMENDMENT NO. 3: In the last subsection of section 202 (relating to wilderness Acts), ‘‘(reduced by $930,000,000)’’ after the dollar map and legal description shall have the amount. same force and effect as if included in this strike the final period and insert the fol- H.R. 4576 Act, except that the Secretary, as appro- lowing: ‘‘, and in order to maintain the op- priate, may correct clerical and typo- tions of Congress with regard to possible fu- OFFERED BY: MR. DEFAZIO graphical errors in such legal description and ture designation of lands as wilderness, the AMENDMENT NO. 3: At the end of the bill, map. Such map and legal description for public lands in the San Rafael area, com- insert after the last section (preceding the each such Wilderness Area shall be on file prising approximately 1,054,800 acres as gen- short title) the following new section: and available for public inspection in the of- erally depicted on a map entitled ‘Wilderness SEC. ll. None of the funds made available fices of the Director and Utah State Direc- Study Lands Within San Rafael Swell Re- in this Act may be used to enter into a con- tor, Bureau of Land Management, Depart- gion’ and dated April, 2000, shall be adminis- tract with an entity that has submitted in- ment of the Interior. tered by the Secretary in accordance with formation to the Secretary of Defense, pur- SEC. 304. ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and suant to the Federal Acquisition Regulation, AREAS. Management Act of 1976, so as not to impair that the entity has, on a total of three or (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing the suitability of such areas for preservation more occasions after the date of the enact- rights and to subsection (b), the Wilderness of wilderness until Congress determines oth- ment of this Act, either been convicted of, or Areas shall be administered by the Secretary erwise.’’. had a civil judgment rendered against it in accordance with the provisions of the Wil- H.R. 4461 for— derness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except OFFERED BY: MR. ANDREWS (1) commission of fraud or a criminal of- that— fense in connection with obtaining, attempt- AMENDMENT NO. 23: At the end of title VII (1) any reference in such provisions to the of the bill, add the following new section: ing to obtain, or performing a Federal, effective date of the Wilderness Act is SEC. 753. Section 502(h) of the Housing Act State, or local contract or subcontract; deemed to be a reference to the effective of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472(h)) is amended by add- (2) violation of Federal or State antitrust date of this Act; and ing at the end the following new paragraph: statutes relating to the submission of offers (2) any reference in such provisions to the ‘‘(13) GUARANTEES FOR REFINANCING for contracts; or Secretary of Agriculture is deemed to be a LOANS.—Upon the request of the borrower, (3) commission of embezzlement, theft, for- reference to the Secretary of the Interior. the Secretary shall, to the extent provided in gery, bribery, falsification or destruction of (b) FURTHER ACQUISITIONS.—Any lands records, making false statements, or receiv- within the boundaries of any of the Wilder- appropriation Acts, guarantee a loan that is made to refinance an existing loan that is ing stolen property. ness Areas that are acquired by the United H.R. 4576 States after the date of the enactment of made under this section or guaranteed under this Act shall become part of the relevant this subsection, and that the Secretary de- OFFERED BY: MR. DEFAZIO Wilderness Area and shall be managed in ac- termines complies with the following re- AMENDMENT NO. 4: At the end of the bill, cordance with all the provisions of this Act quirements: insert after the last section (preceding the and other laws applicable to such a Wilder- ‘‘(A) INTEREST RATE.—The refinancing loan short title) the following new section: ness Area. shall have a rate of interest that is fixed SEC. ll. None of the funds made available over the term of the loan and does not ex- SEC. 305. NO BUFFER ZONES. in this Act may be used to enter into a con- ceed the interest rate of the loan being refi- The Congress does not intend for the des- tract with an entity for which a total of 3 or nanced. ignation of the Wilderness Areas by this Act more convictions or civil judgments are ren- ‘‘(B) SECURITY.—The refinancing loan shall to lead to the creation of protective perim- dered (as determined using information be secured by the same single-family resi- eters or buffer zones around any Wilderness available to the Secretary of Defense pursu- dence as was the loan being refinanced, Area. The fact that nonwilderness activities ant to the Federal Acquisition Regulation) which shall be owned by the borrower and or uses can be seen or heard from areas with- after the date of the enactment of this Act occupied by the borrower as the principal in a Wilderness Area shall not, of itself, pre- for— residence of the borrower. clude such activities or uses up to the bound- (1) commission of fraud or a criminal of- ‘‘(C) AMOUNT.—The principal obligation ary of the Wilderness Area. fense in connection with obtaining, attempt- under the refinancing loan shall not exceed SEC. 306. DEFINITIONS. ing to obtain, or performing a Federal, an amount equal to the sum of the balance of As used in this title: State, or local contract or subcontract; the loan being refinanced and such closing (1) PUBLIC LANDS.—The term ‘‘public (2) violation of Federal or State antitrust costs as may be authorized by the Secretary, lands’’ has the same meaning as that term statutes relating to the submission of offers which shall include a discount not exceeding has in section 103(e) of the Federal Land Pol- for contracts; 2 basis points and an origination fee not ex- icy and Management Act of 1976. (3) commission of embezzlement, theft, for- ceeding such amount as the Secretary shall (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ gery, bribery, falsification or destruction of prescribe. means the Secretary of the Interior. records, making false statements, or receiv- (3) WILDERNESS AREA.—The term ‘‘Wilder- The provisions of the last sentence of para- ing stolen property; or ness Area’’ or ‘‘Wilderness Areas’’ means one graph (1) and paragraphs (2), (5), (6)(A), (7), (4) commission of any other offense indi- or more of the areas specified in section and (9) shall apply to loans guaranteed under cating a lack of business integrity or busi- 302(b). this subsection, and no other provisions of ness honesty that seriously or directly af- H.R. 3605 paragraphs (1) through (12) shall apply to fects the present responsibility of a Govern- such loans.’’. ment contractor or subcontractor. OFFERED BY: MR. HOLT H.R. 4576 H.R. 4576 AMENDMENT NO. 2: Strike section 202(b) and insert the following: OFFERED BY: MR. DEFAZIO OFFERED BY: MR. DEFAZIO (b) USES.— AMENDMENT NO. 1: Page 2, line 15, insert AMENDMENT NO. 5: At the end of the bill, (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall allow ‘‘(increased by $1,500,000)’’ after the dollar insert after the last section (preceding the only such uses of the Conservation Area as amount. short title) the following new section:

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SEC. ll. None of the funds made available Page 35, lines 10 and 11, insert ‘‘(increased sonnel with expertise in research on possible in this Act may be used to enter into a con- by $174,024,000)’’ after the dollar amount. chemical sensitivities to low-level exposure tract with an entity for which a conviction H.R. 4576 to hazardous chemicals and other sub- or civil judgment is rendered (as determined stances. OFFERED BY: MR. KUCINICH using information available to the Secretary (4) Have immediate access to sophisticated of Defense pursuant to the Federal Acquisi- AMENDMENT NO. 9: At the end of the bill physiological imaging (including functional tion Regulation) for— (before the short title), insert the following: brain imaging) and other innovative research (1) commission of fraud or a criminal of- SEC. 8119. Of the amount provided in title technology that could better define the pos- fense in connection with obtaining, attempt- IV for ‘‘Research, Development, Test, and sible health effects of low-level exposure to ing to obtain, or performing a Federal, Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’, not more than hazardous chemicals and other substances State, or local contract or subcontract; 1,566,214,000 shall be available for the Na- and lead to new therapies. tional Missile Defense program. (2) violation of Federal or State antitrust (c) PARTICIPATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF statutes relating to the submission of offers (b) The amount provided in title IV for ‘‘Research, Development, Test, and Evalua- DEFENSE.—The Secretary of Defense shall for contracts; ensure that each element of the Department (3) commission of embezzlement, theft, for- tion, Defense-Wide’’ is hereby reduced by $174,024,000. of Defense provides to the medical research gery, bribery, falsification or destruction of institution that is awarded the grant under records, making false statements, or receiv- H.R. 4576 subsection (a) any information possessed by ing stolen property; or OFFERED BY: MR. MARKEY that element on hazardous agents and mate- (4) commission of any other offense indi- AMENDMENT NO. 10: At the end of the bill rials to which members of the Armed Forces cating a lack of business integrity or busi- (before the short title), insert the following: may have been exposed as a result of service ness honesty that seriously or directly af- SEC. 8119. (a) None of the funds appro- in Southwest Asia during the Persian Gulf fects the present responsibility of a Govern- priated or otherwise made available in title War and on the effects upon humans of such ment contractor or subcontractor. III of this Act may be obligated or expended exposure. To the extent available, the infor- H.R. 4576 for procurement for the National Missile De- mation provided shall include unit designa- OFFERED BY: MR. DICKS fense program. tions, locations, and times for those in- AMENDMENT NO. 6: At the end of the bill, (b) The amount provided in title III for stances in which such exposure is alleged to insert after the last section (preceding the ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’ is hereby re- have occurred. short title) the following new section: duced by $74,530,000. (d) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than SEC. ll. Notwithstanding any other pro- H.R. 4576 October 1, 2002, and annually thereafter for vision of law— OFFERED BY: MR. SANDERS the period that research described in sub- (1) from amounts made available for Re- section (a) is being carried out at the facility AMENDMENT NO. 11: At the end of title VIII search, Development, Test and Evaluation, constructed with the grant made under this Air Force in this Act and the Department of (page 116, after line 22) insert the following new section: section, the Secretary shall submit to the Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law congressional defense committees a report 106–79), an aggregate amount of $99,700,000 SEC. ll. GRANT TO SUPPORT RESEARCH ON EX- on the results during the year preceding the (less any proportional general reduction re- POSURE TO HAZARDOUS AGENTS AND MATERIALS BY MILITARY PER- report of the research and studies carried out quired by law and any reduction required for SONNEL WHO SERVED IN THE PER- under the grant. the Small Business Innovative Research pro- SIAN GULF WAR. H.R. 4577 gram) shall be available only for the (a) GRANT TO SUPPORT ESTABLISHMENT OF B–2 Link 16/Center Instrument Display/In- RESEARCH FACILITY TO STUDY LOW-LEVEL OFFERED BY: MR. ANDREWS Flight Replanner program; CHEMICAL SENSITIVITIES.—Of the amounts AMENDMENT NO. 1: Page 84, after line 21, in- (2) the Secretary of the Air Force hereafter made available in this Act for research, de- sert the following: shall not be required to obligate funds for po- velopment, test, and evaluation, the Sec- SEC. 518. None of the funds appropriated or tential termination liability in connection retary of Defense shall make a grant in the with the B–2 Link 16/Center Instrument Dis- otherwise made available by title III of this amount of $1,650,000 to a medical research in- Act may be used to prohibit a State voca- play/In-Flight Replanner program; and stitution for the purpose of initial construc- (3) if any Act hereafter appropriates an tional rehabilitation agency, for purposes of tion and equipping of a specialized environ- reimbursement for the agency under the Re- amount for the B–2 Link 16/Center Instru- mental medical facility at that institution ment Display/In-Flight Replanner program habilitation Act of 1973, from counting a for the conduct of research into the possible blind or visually-impaired person as success- for fiscal year 2001 or fiscal year 2002, the health effect of exposure to low levels of haz- Secretary of Defense shall make such fully rehabilitated under such Act if the per- ardous chemicals, including chemical war- son is placed in a noncompetitive or non- amount available for obligation not later fare agents and other substances and the in- than 60 days after the date of the enactment integrated employment setting at the Fed- dividual susceptibility of humans to such ex- eral minimum wage or higher. of such Act. posure under environmentally controlled H.R. 4576 conditions, and for the conduct of such re- H.R. 4577 OFFERED BY: MR. HOSTETTLER search, especially among persons who served OFFERED BY: MR. GARY MILLER OF AMENDMENT NO. 7: At the end of title VIII on active duty in the Southwest Asia theater CALIFORNIA of operations during the Persian Gulf War. (page 116, after line 22) insert the following AMENDMENT NO. 2: Page 64, after line 6, in- The grant shall be made in consultation with new section: sert the following: SEC. ll. (a) PROHIBITION AGAINST USE OF the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the FUNDS FOR CERTAIN PREFERENCE.—None of Secretary of Health and Human Services. SEC. 306. The amounts otherwise provided the funds made available in this Act may be The institution to which the grant is to be by this title are revised by decreasing the used to give or withhold a preference to a made shall be selected through established amount made available under the heading marketer or vendor of firearms or ammuni- acquisition procedures. ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION—EDU- tion based on whether the manufacturer or (b) SELECTION CRITERIA.—To be eligible to CATION REFORM’’ for ready to learn tele- vendor is a party to a covered agreement. be selected for a grant under subsection (a), vision, and by increasing the amount made (b) COVERED AGREEMENT DEFINED.—For an institution must meet each of the fol- available under the heading ‘‘DEPARTMENT purposes of this section, the term ‘‘covered lowing requirements: OF EDUCATION—SPECIAL EDUCATION’’ for agreement’’ means any agreement requiring (1) Be an academic medical center and be grants to States, by $16,000,000. a person engaged in a business licensed under affiliated with, and in close proximity to, a H.R. 4577 chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to Department of Defense medical and a De- OFFERED BY: MR. PAUL abide by a designated code of conduct, oper- partment of Veterans Affairs medical center. ating practice, or product design respecting (2) Enter into an agreement with the Sec- AMENDMENT NO. 3: At the end of the bill, importing, manufacturing, or dealing in fire- retary of Defense to ensure that research insert after the last section (preceding the arms or ammunition. personnel of those affiliated medical facili- short title) the following new section: H.R. 4576 ties and other relevant Federal personnel SEC. ll. None of the funds made available OFFERED BY: MR. KUCINICH may have access to the facility to carry out in this Act may be used to promulgate or AMENDMENT NO. 8: Page 33, line 5, insert research. adopt any final standard under section ‘‘(reduced by $174,024,000)’’ after the dollar (3) Have demonstrated potential or ability 1173(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. amount. to ensure the participation of scientific per- 1320d–2(b)).

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IN RECOGNITION OF MR. JOSEPH for the good work he is doing. In summary, I Clifton Theater. In the 1950s the Hebrew BALCHUNAS wish Joseph all the best in his future endeav- School increased in size dramatically, so the ors, and I thank him for his extraordinary work building was expanded in 1958. The Jewish HON. PETER DEUTSCH of positively influencing the youth of South Center reached its peak in the late 1960s and OF FLORIDA Florida. early 1970s with 350 children attending He- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f brew School each year. Tuesday, June 6, 2000 The congregation under the leadership of TRIBUTE TO RABBI DR. EUGENE Rabbi Markovitz has had many significant Mr. DEUTSCH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in MARKOVITZ achievements. First, the Hebrew School recognition of Mr. Joseph Balchunas, a fourth- helped to produce six rabbis. In addition, the grade teacher at Fairway Elementary School HON. BILL PASCRELL, JR. annual silent Kol Nidre appeal is a wonderful in Miramar, Florida. On May 18, 2000, the OF NEW JERSEY accomplishment. Florida Department of Education and the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Noted for his civic involvement, the Rabbi is Burdines Corporation acknowledged his inno- Tuesday, June 6, 2000 active throughout the City of Clifton. He is vative teaching style by naming him Florida noted as the spiritual leader of the Clifton Jew- Teacher of the Year. I would like to congratu- Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ish Center and as a good friend of the Clifton/ late Joseph on this tremendous honor, and call to your attention the deeds of a remark- Passaic community. thank him for serving as a positive role model able person, Rabbi Dr. Eugene Markovitz of Mr. Speaker, I ask that you join our col- for the students of Fairway Elementary. Clifton, New Jersey, who will be recognized on leagues, Rabbi Markovitz’s family and friends, With over 130,000 public school teachers Sunday, June 11, 2000 because of his 50 the Clifton Jewish Center, Passaic County, the statewide, only one person is recognized as years of service as the spiritual leader of the State of New Jersey and me in recognizing Florida’s Teacher of the Year. To select the Clifton Jewish Center. It is only fitting that he the outstanding and invaluable service to the one educator that epitomizes the ability to be honored, for he has a long history of car- community of Rabbi Dr. Eugene Markovitz. teach and communicate with students, the ing, generosity and commitment to others. f Florida Department of Education appoints a Rabbi Markovitz was recognized for his selection committee of teachers, principals, many years of leadership in Clifton, which I RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE parents, and businessmen. This year the se- have been honored to represent in Congress OF SMALL BUSINESS AND PAY- lection committee recognized Joseph for his since 1997, and so it is only fitting that these ING TRIBUTE TO THIS YEAR’S innovative teaching philosophy, for his exem- words are immortalized in the annals of this SMALL BUSINESS AWARD RE- plary school and community service, and most greatest of all freely elected bodies. CIPIENTS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE importantly for his ability to inspire a love of The 50-year relationship between Rabbi Eu- learning in students of diverse backgrounds gene Markovitz and his congregation has HON. CHARLES F. BASS and abilities. added much to the rich history of the State of OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Joseph has been teaching for only five New Jersey. In addition, it has provided many IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES years, making him, at age 28, a neophyte in years of friendship and leadership to the Clif- the long list of educators who have previously ton and Passaic Jewish communities and the Tuesday, June 6, 2000 been acknowledged as Teacher of the Year. A community at-large. Mr. BASS. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to native of New York City, Joseph attended Born in Romania, Rabbi Markovitz moved to have this opportunity to recognize several Nova Southeastern University and began America when he was 15 years old. His fa- small businesses and small business leaders teaching at Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary ther, already living in the United States, from my home state of New Hampshire. As in Davie before moving to his current position brought him to this country along with his we all know, small businesses in the United at Miramar’s Fairway Elementary School. mother and five siblings. His father was a States serve as the backbone of our economy, Throughout his short term of service in rabbi in Lexington, Massachusetts. Later in accounting for more than ninety-nine percent Broward County, Joseph has proven himself 1938, the family moved to New York. During of America’s employers and employing fifty- to be a hero in the eyes of his students, these early years he worked at Wilson’s meat three percent of America’s workforce. The role speaking to them on a level they can under- packers. He spent most of his youth in Coney of small businesses, especially in New Hamp- stand. Indeed, he has found a balance be- Island. shire, is essential in strengthening our econ- tween teacher, authority figure, and friend—a At Yeshiva University in New York, Rabbi omy, expanding opportunities for employers balance that makes active learning fun for ev- Markovitz received both his bachelors and and employees, and providing goods and eryone involved. doctorate degrees. After he was ordained he services that are second to none. Educators statewide will benefit from this worked as a student rabbi in Dover, New This year, several individuals and busi- amazing South Florida teacher as Joseph Hampshire. It was the small steps in the be- nesses from New Hampshire have been rec- serves as an ambassador for the Florida De- ginning of his career that taught him the fun- ognized by the U.S. Small Business Adminis- partment of Education throughout the next damentals that would make him a role model tration for their exemplary contributions to the year. In this role, Joseph will tour the state to the people that he now serves. state. At the annual ‘‘New Hampshire’s Salute and share his methodology with others. This In 1950, the Rabbi moved to Clifton with his to Small Business’’ dinner and awards cere- award also qualifies him to be considered for wife Klara. The two lived in Middle Village. mony, the following individuals and businesses the honor of National Teacher of the Year. Working together with 60 to 75 other families will be honored for their overall promotion of Mr. Speaker, I hope my Florida colleagues he helped create a new Jewish congregation small business and for their individual suc- will join me in praising Mr. Joseph Balchunas in Clifton. The Clifton Jewish Center’s popu- cesses during the past year: for all of the wonderful things he is doing to larity grew throughout the years. Often attract- Joseph C. Leddy, CEO of Work Opportuni- help the youth of South Florida. I would like to ing 50 to 100 new members a year. People ties Unlimited, Inc., in Stratham, will be pre- congratulate Joseph, along with the students came from Passaic, Paterson, Newark and sented with the New Hampshire Small Busi- and parents of his fourth-grade class, on this New York. ness Person of the Year Award; amazing accomplishment. Indeed, Fairway El- Services for the Jewish Center used to be Carolyn Martin, of the Keene Sentinel, will ementary School and the Broward County held in the Grand Union on Clifton Avenue be presented with the New Hampshire Small School Board should be very proud of Joseph and junior congregation services were in the Business Journalist of the Year Award;

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VerDate jul 14 2003 14:33 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0689 Sfmt 9920 E:\BR00\E06JN0.000 E06JN0 9626 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 6, 2000 The Belknap County Economic Develop- The concept behind the pizza campaign is a SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO CARL AND ment Council, in Laconia, will be presented simple but powerful one. They are not merely MARTHA CLOSE ON THE OCCA- with the New Hampshire Small Business Fi- celebrating the worldwide love of the delicacy, SION OF THEIR 40TH WEDDING nancial Services Advocate of the Year Award; but also the theory that the pizza with its var- ANNIVERSARY Eileen Kennedy, of the Telegraph, in Nash- ied toppings on a round of bread is symbolic ua, will be presented with the New Hampshire of the many cultures in our society. Our cul- HON. THOMAS M. DAVIS Small Business Women in Business Advocate ture, like the toppings on the pizza is very dif- OF VIRGINIA of the Year Award; and ferent, yet the toppings taste great on one IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Secure Care Products, Inc., in Concord, will foundation of bread. We as a global society Tuesday, June 6, 2000 be presented with the New Hampshire Small have more in common than we sometimes Business Exporter of the Year Award. can imagine, and our differences can be Mr. DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, it gives Mr. Speaker, I am extremely pleased that greatly appreciated. It is this commonality me great pride to rise today to pay special Joseph, Carolyn, the Belknap County Eco- which is embedded in the joy of life, and re- tribute to an outstanding couple from Virginia’s nomic Development Council, Eileen, and Se- spect for one another that is celebrated in the Eleventh Congressional District, Carl and Mar- cure Care Products have been recognized for month long pizza campaign in June. The tha Close. I extend my best wishes to Carl their contributions to small business in New events celebrate unity and cultural diversity in and Martha, who marked their 40th wedding Hampshire. As a small business owner myself, a fun, spirited way. The campaign brings to- anniversary on Thursday, May 18. The wed- I clearly understand how necessary small gether corporate, non-profit, religious and ding anniversary was celebrated by the con- business is to our economy, our community, elected officials who come together to support gregation at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in and, most important, to our way of life. New a month of unity; understanding and apprecia- Bailey’s Crossroads, Virginia. Hampshire is indeed fortunate to have individ- tion of cultural diversity. The Tony Modica Mr. Speaker, I join together today with the uals and businesses of this exceptional caliber Foundation and One World-One Heart, Inc. extended family of St. Paul’s Episcopal as members of the small business community. are positive examples of how private citizens Church to commend Carl and Martha on this I hope that the House will join me in extending and non-profit organizations can make a dif- joyous occasion and to share the warm wish- our congratulations to this year’s small busi- ference in the community with the support of es of the citizens of Virginia’s 11th Congres- ness award recipients. business and government. sional District. f Carl was born in Oregon and grew up in It is for these reasons that I implore my col- Colorado, while Martha is a native of Ala- NATIONAL TASTE OF PIZZA leagues from both sides of the aisle to join me bama. He is a Harvard graduate and was the MONTH in recognizing The Tony Modica Pizza Foun- Assistant Director of Eastern Field Operations dation, One World-One Heart and ‘‘the Pizza’’ for the Department of Interior’s Office of Sur- HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS in proclaiming June, ‘‘The National Taste of face Mining. Martha attended Radcliff and is a OF NEW YORK Pizza Month.’’ graduate of American University. She com- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES pleted her Masters of Science Degree at f Tuesday, June 6, 2000 Catholic University in Library and Information Science. Together, they have lived in the Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, it is with the ut- HONORING THE WESTCHESTER Washington Metropolitan area for more than most pleasure and privilege that I rise today to LARIATS thirty years. The Closes are the proud parents salute the contributions of the Tony Modica of two children, Carol and Stewart. Pizza Dance Foundation and One World-One True to their marriage vows, they have dedi- Heart, Inc., organizations which exemplifies HON. STEVEN T. KUYKENDALL cated their lives to each other and shared in our nation’s direction of unity and cultural ex- OF CALIFORNIA the joys and challenges of marriage. As we change through inter-generational activities honor their fortieth anniversary, let us reflect and programs. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES on their lives, their love for one another, and One World-One Heart, Inc., a non-profit or- Tuesday, June 6, 2000 wish them a happy and healthy marriage in ganization, serves to provide access to edu- the years to come. cational, recreational, cultural and Mr. KUYKENDALL. Mr. Speaker, I rise Mr. Speaker, as Carl and Martha Close cel- intergenerational programs for participants today to recognize the Westchester Lariats, a ebrate this very special occasion, I wish them, from all ethnic, religious, economic and cul- non-profit educational folk dance troupe for their children, and all of their family many tural backgrounds. The founders, Catherine young boys and girls in grades 5 through 12. years of love and happiness. I am grateful to Laport and Steven Kaplansky have over 30 The organization will soon celebrate 50 years be reminded of such a couple and to have the years of experience of providing non-profit, so- of community involvement. opportunity to recognize such a momentous cial and recreational services to communities day in their lives. I hope that their anniversary The Westchester Lariats was founded in at large. was spent celebrating the memories of their 1950 by Dr. J. Tillman Hall as an after school Tony Modica came to this country as an im- most cherished memories together. Carl and migrant and became successful in the pizza dance club for local youth. The club has Martha are to be commended for their commit- industry. This foundation is a means for him to evolved over the years into an important com- ment to one another, and for the wonderful ex- give back to the community through a program munity program for young adults. ample they set for their many friends and fam- that benefits the elderly and the youth. Modica It is also a valuable cultural experience for ily. I wish them many more happy and healthy uses pizza as an international symbol of unity. the members of the dance troupe. They have days together. Pizza is a favorite food of both young and old traveled extensively throughout the country f and its incorporation into a program which fea- performing at various venues. The Lariats tures song and dance makes for an enjoyable have also performed in Mexico, Canada, Eu- TELEPHONE EXCISE TAX REPEAL experience for all involved. The foundation has rope and Australia. ACT created programs that promote unity; and en- Performing American swing and square courage children to stay in school and improve SPEECH OF their grades. After his lectures, the students dances, in addition to Hawaiian, European, HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK and seniors socialize and are treated to pizza. and Middle Eastern dances, the dance troupe has entertained the local community for the OF CALIFORNIA The Tony Modica Pizza Dance Foundation IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and One World-One Heart join together every last fifty years. year in June and sponsor a month-long cele- I congratulate the Westchester Lariats on Thursday, May 25, 2000 bration of unity and to raise awareness of the achieving this milestone. You have provided Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, as one of two joys of life through free public activities for all joy and entertainment to many throughout the Members of Congress to oppose H.R. 3916, ages which include lectures, song, dance and Westchester community. I wish you continued the telephone excise tax bill, I believe there is pizza. success. a need to explain the reasons for my vote. I

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:33 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0689 Sfmt 9920 E:\BR00\E06JN0.000 E06JN0 June 6, 2000 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9627 opposed H.R. 3916 because this is just an- The lead witness at this morning’s hearing, Throughout World War II, my generation other fiscally irresponsible way for the Repub- Mr. Speaker, was the distinguished former was inspired by the legacy of past defenders licans to reduce federal revenues for the vital Majority Leader of the United States Senate, of freedom. Thousands of servicemen ab- sorbed the words of the Founders etched in programs that the working families of this the former Senator from Kansas Bob Dole. stone on the great monuments of our na- country rely on. The leadership of the 106th Senator Dole is a veteran of World War II and tion’s capital. From the memorials to Congress doesn’t care if it squanders $20 bil- the Chair of the National World War II Memo- George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, lion in tax revenues by repealing the tele- rial Campaign. young GIs drew deep reserves of faith, cour- phone excise tax because it doesn’t care if we Mr. Speaker, Senator Dole has selflessly age and fortitude. These solid and silent have enough money to save Social Security served our nation for over half a century. He monuments did not sit idly as war raged; and Medicare for future generations. But I do was seriously wounded in Italy during the final they passed on America’s noble purpose from care and did not vote to repeal the excise tax. weeks of World War II. After four hard years one generation to the next. I never heard from one constituent asking of determined effort, he was able to return to No doubt future generations will be asked to mount their own defense of American me to repeal the federal excise tax on their a useful and productive life in his native Kan- freedoms. We must act now to build a Na- phone service because it was a hardship. I sas where he served as county attorney after tional World War II Memorial to honor the did, however, hear from Bell Atlantic who will completing law school. In 1960 he was elected achievements of the last generation and to soon raise its phone rates and from big com- a member of Congress, and eight years later, inspire future generations. We must com- panies asking me to lower their phone bill. he was elected a United States Senator from plete the unfinished business of World War II This bill will save the average family $34 per Kansas. Between 1985 and 1996, Senator before the last veterans of that great conflict year—no wonder there wasn’t a clamor from Dole served as Republican leader of the Sen- are gone. constituents demanding the repeal. I do hear ate, both as majority leader and as minority Our task is nearly complete. On Veterans Day 1995, a deserved site on the Mall between from working families who want a better edu- leader. His over 11 years of service as Repub- the Washington Monument and the Lincoln cation for their children, and from seniors who lican leader was the longest of any individual Memorial was dedicated. The Capital Cam- want a Medicare prescription drug benefit. I in the history of the United States Senate. As paign for the National World War II Memo- also hear from families who don’t have any my colleagues know, Senator Dole was the rial is closing in on the $100 million goal health insurance for their children or who want Republican candidate for President of the with contributions from corporations, foun- a cleaner environment. United States in the 1996 election. dations, veterans’ groups and private citi- EPA estimates it will cost billions of dollars As one of our nation’s outstanding veterans zens in every state of the Union. over the next twenty years for municipal of World War II, Mr. Speaker, I can think of no I will be accepting today a contribution of individual better qualified than Bob Dole to more than $14 million for the memorial— wastewater treatment programs. This funding money collected from individual Americans assists local governments in the construction serve as Chairman of the World War II Memo- in Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores across of projects to manage municipal wastewater. rial Campaign. the country. This generous spirit is being Untreated wastewater ends up in public drink- In addition to the excellent testimony which replicated in communities throughout Amer- ing supplies, lakes and rivers. This untreated Senator Dole provided at this morning’s hear- ica. water is a major source of pollution for lakes ing, he wrote an excellent piece on the World The memorial is the right statement in the and rivers and we need to address this prob- War II Memorial which was published in to- right place. Its design creates a special place lem now. day’s Washington Post. Mr. Speaker, I submit to commemorate the sacrifice and celebrate Senator Dole’s article to be placed in the the victory of World War II, yet remains re- Eleven million children are without health in- spectful and sensitive to the vistas and park- surance. Children are the least expensive seg- RECORD and I urge my colleagues to read it like setting of its historic surroundings. This ment of our population to insure. Even though carefully. I also urge my colleagues to support summer we will seek final approval of the we all recognize this fact, Congress insists on the construction and completion of the World design from the Commission of Fine Arts and giving another freebie to corporate America War II Memorial honoring those who partici- the National Capital Planning Commission when we should be enacting my MediKids pated in that great conflict for the preservation so that we can break ground for the memo- Health Insurance Act. of America’s freedom. rial on Veterans Day weekend in November. The GOP does not have the interest of Meanwhile, another 1,000 veterans of World [From the Washington Post, June 6, 2000] War II pass away every day—so quickly that working families in mind with their legislative ONE FINAL SALUTE in a few years there will be only a handful agenda. I refuse to contribute to their continual (By Bob Dole) left. The youngest participants in World War cause of promoting corporate interests. The Fifty-six years ago today, American and II are today in their mid-seventies—enjoying U.S. taxpayers have told us their priorities, allied forces launched the invasion that the closing chapters of their lives. and eliminating the telephone excise tax was turned the tide of World War II. What better These veterans deserve a memorial to pre- not one of them. We need these revenues for time than this anniversary of D-Day to re- serve the memory of their actions against America’s priorities. This bill recklessly cuts member that the peace we enjoy today was the tide of time. It is up to us, and the time $20 billion in taxes that could be used for secured at a precious price—and to recommit is now. ourselves to honor the sacrifices of the vet- meaningful legislation; therefore I oppose H.R. f erans of World War II with a memorial on 3916. the National Mall in Washington? HONORING HARLAND AND RUTH f It is testament to the overwhelming suc- JACOB cess of the World War II generation that we FORMER SENATOR BOB DOLE can barely imagine a conflict in which near- SPEAKS FOR WORLD WAR II ME- ly 300 young servicemen and women died HON. SCOTT McINNIS MORIAL IN WASHINGTON, D.C. each day—year after year after year. Unfor- OF COLORADO tunately, the veterans of that war are now IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. TOM LANTOS passing away in even greater numbers. Be- fore the World War II generation is gone, we Tuesday, June 6, 2000 OF CALIFORNIA owe them one last salute, and the peace of Mr. MCINNIS. Mr. Speaker. It is with great IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mind that their service will be remembered. pleasure that I now wish to take this moment Tuesday, June 6, 2000 Our country has endured three great chal- lenges and has emerged from each stronger to honor two individuals that I am proud to call Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, this morning the and more united. The American Revolution friends, Harland and Ruth Jacob. On June 4, Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans demonstrated our determination to be free, 2000, Harland and Ruth will celebrate their Affairs, and International Relations of the and the Civil War tested our will to extend 50th wedding anniversary. As family and Committee on Government Reform held a that freedom to all. The third great moment friends gather to celebrate this wonderful oc- hearing under the very able leadership of my of trial, confrontation and resolution oc- casion, I too would like to pay tribute to the 50 curred nearly 60 years ago. The struggle of dear friend and our distinguished colleague, free men and women against totalitarianism year union of these great Americans. Harland the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. SHAYS), peaked during World War II and lingered and Ruth Jacob were married on June 4, 1950 which examined the status of the World War through the Cold War. Freedom’s victory in Bloomfield, Nebraska. II Memorial to be built here in our nation’s over tyranny is now so complete that it is Harland had been attending the University capital. easy to forget the issue was ever in doubt. of Nebraska in the months prior, but was

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:33 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0689 Sfmt 9920 E:\BR00\E06JN0.000 E06JN0 9628 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 6, 2000 forced to return to Bloomfield to run the family company ‘‘freebies’’ a Florida physician re- full military honors, in Grand Junction, Colo- farm when his father fell ill. While the illness ceived in just one week. Over the years, I rado after her battle with cancer. Mrs. Pahler was deeply unfortunate, it appears that Mr. Ja- have received numerous examples of doctors was a nurse who witnessed the horrors of cob’s illness had something to do with a larger being given free meals, cocktails, travel sub- war. She was dedicated to her profession and plan. You see, Mr. Speaker, had Harland not sidies and recreational events—all financed by was able to endure all the hardships of war returned to Bloomfield because of his father’s pharmaceutical companies. Drug companies while remaining focused on the welfare of the illness, he never would have met his bride-to- spend billions a year promoting their products soldiers. be Ruth at a town barbecue in the fall of 1949. to physicians through these very questionable As a result of her untiring efforts, Mrs. As fate would have it, Ruth and her three sis- tactics instead of using this money for life-sav- Pahler earned many awards. She has been ters would all later marry young men that they ing research and development. honored with the European, African and Mid- met for the first time at this fateful barbecue. Last January, the Journal of the American dle Eastern medals, the American Defense Clearly smitten by Ruth, Harland didn’t Medical Association (JAMA) found that more Medal, the Red Cross Service Pin, the World waste any time before seeking Ruth’s hand in than $11 billion is spent each year by drug War II Victory Medal and three Overseas marriage—Harland asked Ruth to be his wife companies promoting and marketing their Service Bars. She is a remarkable person that that Christmas. Six months later, they would products—with about $8,000 to $13,000 spent devoted her life to the service of others. start their new life together as husband and per year on each physician. JAMA concluded Hazel Pahler is someone who will be wife. that present physician-industry interactions ad- missed by many. Her friends and family will After farming for about 3 years in Nebraska, versely affects prescribing and professional miss the woman that they all enjoyed spend- Harland took a job with J.C. Penney’s, where behavior. ing time with. The rest of us will miss this he would work for the next 20 years. To- Additionally, a March USA Today article de- woman who exemplified the selflessness that gether, the Jacob family moved from town to scribed a growing trend among pharmaceuti- so few truly possess. But, when we lose a town—J.C. Penney to J.C. Penney—all over cally-financed advertising and marketing firms woman such as Mrs. Pahler, being missed is the midwest, eventually settling in the great to sponsor physician continuing medical edu- certainly no precursor to being forgotten. And town of Grand Junction, Colorado. After retir- cation (CME) courses that doctors in 34 states everyone who ever knew her will walk through ing from Penney’s many years later, Harland, need to keep their licenses. These marketing life a bit differently for it. with the support and able assistance of Ruth, firms are paid by drug companies that often f started up his own carpet store in Grand Junc- hire faculty to teach these courses to push tion. Surviving a cycle of boom and busts that their sponsors’ products. TRIBUTE TO THE CONSUMER claimed the life of many a business in the Such evidence of pharmaceutical waste, the LEAGUE OF NEW JERSEY Grand Valley, the Jacob’s store is set to cele- adverse impact of drug company gifts on pre- brate its 17th year in business. The business, scribing practices and the need for increased HON. BILL PASCRELL, JR. and the years of hard work put into it by Ruth pharmaceutical R&D led me to introduce H.R. OF NEW JERSEY and Harland, is rightfully a source of great 4089, the Save Money for Prescription Drug IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES pride for the Jacob’s and their many friends Research Act of 2000. My bill would deny tax Tuesday, June 6, 2000 and family. In so many ways, Harland and deductions to drug companies for certain gifts Ruth Jacob’s dedication to keeping their fur- and benefits provided to physicians (other Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I would like to niture store afloat—through good times and than product samples) and instead encourage call to your attention the deeds of a remark- bad—embodies the entrepreneurial spirit that drug companies to use those funds for a much able organization, the Consumers League of makes America so great. more important use—pharmaceutical research New Jersey (CLNJ), which was recognized on While the success of their carpet business and development. Tuesday, May 16, 2000 because of its many speaks volumes about Ruth and Harland, their Research and development is much more years of service and leadership at a dinner enduring legacy rests in their beautiful family. important than drug company promotions. Our celebration in West Orange, New Jersey. This Harland and Ruth are the proud parents of nation has reaped great rewards as a result of year marks the 100th anniversary of the four—Kathy, Mike, Jean, and Todd—the pharmaceutical research. Pharmaceutical and group, so it is only fitting that these words are grandparents of 14—Kelly Paxton, Rachel biotech research have led to the discovery of immortalized in the annals of this greatest of Jacob, Jake Zambrano, Amanda Hamblin, lifesaving cures and treatments for ailments all freely elected bodies. Elissa Zambrano, Joey Pepper, Josh that would have cut lives short in earlier years. Since 1900, the Consumers League has Zambrano, Megan Lawson, Greg Jacob, Matt But drug companies can do more. Think of all fought for the rights of consumers. Congress Pepper, David Pepper, Manon Jacob, Luke the additional lives that could be saved if the used ideas from CLNJ testimony in the U.S. Jacob, and Amelia Jacob—and the great- pharmaceutical industry dedicated the re- Home Equity Loan Consumer Protection Act, grandparents of six more—Alexia Zambrano, sources now spent on physician promotions to to prohibit ‘‘rate rise surprise.’’ Congress also Jerika Hamblin, Alex Zambrano, Arianna R&D. adopted a CLNJ measure to help save homes Zambrano, Sydney Hamblin, and Josh Mr. Speaker, Congress has a responsibility from foreclosure, by giving homeowners a Zambrano. to put an end to this pharmaceutical chance to pay their mortgages through bank- As you can see, Mr. Speaker, the Jacob ‘‘giftgiving’’ and to encourage research and ruptcy payment plans. The league helps peo- family has been very blessed over the course development of life-saving drugs. The drug in- ple shop for credit with a pamphlet on low-cost of the last 50 years. As my friends Harland dustry’s lobbying of physicians, which clearly credit cards. Consumers League also helps and Ruth celebrate this wonderful occasion, I leads to distorted, inappropriate, overpre- low income consumers with its ‘‘rent to own’’ want to wish them congratulations and contin- scribing of drugs, must be brought to an end. campaign. ued happiness on behalf of their many friends, f Consumers League of New Jersey is non- family, and neighbors. Ruth and Harland, we partisan. CLNJ does not make endorsements are all very proud of you! HONORING MRS. HAZEL PAHLER nor does it contribute money to candidates. f They give people an honest opinion, and try to HON. SCOTT McINNIS persuade elected officials to help consumers. HALT PHARMACEUTICAL LOB- OF COLORADO In the early 1900s children worked in fac- BYING TO PHYSICIANS TO IN- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tories, and many of the protections of modern CREASE R&D life which we take for granted were non- Tuesday, June 6, 2000 existent. Consumers League struggled for 35 HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK Mr. MCINNIS. Mr. Speaker, I want to ask years before its original agenda of safe food, OF CALIFORNIA that we all pause for a moment to remember safe working conditions, prohibitions on child IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES a woman who we have lost, Hazel Pahler. labor, promotion of minimum wages laws and Though she is gone, she will live on in the union protections, was enacted into law as the Tuesday, June 6, 2000 hearts of all who knew her. New Deal. Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I submit for the Mrs. Pahler was a first lieutenant in the CLNJ has always been ahead of the country RECORD several examples of unsolicited drug Army Nurse Corps. She was laid to rest with in its vision of justice. It was not until the New

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In 1972, he was elected to the New York In the 1960s and 1970s, CLNJ leaders State Assembly, representing the 52nd As- HONORING MR. RYAN PATTERSON spoke out for consumer protection laws, credit sembly District. Over the next eight years, he laws, usury limits, and enforcement of min- served on many committees, including Labor, HON. SCOTT McINNIS imum wage and child labor laws. They looked Governmental Operations, and Higher Edu- OF COLORADO into supermarket prices. They also went to the cation, and served as Chair of the Special As- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES fields to support migrant farm-workers. Rut- sembly Committee on Ports and Terminals. Tuesday, June 6, 2000 gers University of New Jersey has consider- During this period, he was also a partner in able archives about the early and middle the firm of Pesce & Levine. Mr. MCINNIS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to years of CLNJ history. Justice Pesce was elected to the Civil Court take a moment to recognize the accomplish- From 1985 onward CLNJ has fought for in 1980, and was assigned to the Criminal ments of an outstanding student, Ryan Patter- consumer rights and basic justice. For fifteen Court, where he served for three years. He son. His innovative mind has won him a pa- years they promoted lower interest rates by was designated an Acting Justice of the Su- rade of awards, most recently he has won top publicizing lower interest credit cards. They preme Court in 1984 and was elected to a full prize in the Colorado Science Fair. He also gave away tens of thousands of credit card term in 1989 from Kings and Richmond Coun- represented Colorado at the Intel International pamphlets. CLNJ also lamented bank merg- ties. In 1996, he was designated Administra- Science and Engineering Fair, in which he ers, which resulted in fewer choices, higher tive Judge for the 2nd Judicial District. won almost $10,000. prices for consumers and interest rates that He has long been actively involved in Car- His outstanding invention rightfully called never went down. In addition, CLNJ supported roll Gardens and in the wider Italian-American ‘‘Sleuthbot’’ is a computerized device schools the Fair Lending Coalition. They also helped community. Justice Pesce serves on the can use to seek out bombs or suspicious indi- enact New Jersey’s Basic Banking law. Board of Directors of Amico, Inc., and is a viduals without getting put into harms way dur- From 1986–89, CLNJ’s President was a member of the Board of Directors of the Vis- ing a crisis. Mr. Patterson traveled to Detroit member of the Federal Reserve Board’s Con- iting Nurse Association of Brooklyn. In 1986, with 1,200 other students from 40 countries to sumer Advisory Council. The president op- the Italian government granted Justice Pesce compete in the Intel International Science and posed ‘‘checkhold’’ delays. The common the title of ‘‘Cavaliere’’ (Order of Merit). Please Engineering Fair. His accolades from the com- ground discovered between CL and bankers join me in honoring Justice Michael L. Pesce, petition are extensive, but most admirable is proved to be the formula which Congress en- one of Brooklyn’s finest. the $250 and a paid internship he received acted into law: the Federal Reserve must f from Axonne Corp. Mr. Patterson is a model process checks quicker, and banks must end for all students to follow and one that will be the long holds. In addition, the president sup- RECOGNIZING THE MILFORD HIGH sure to achieve great things for the good of ported Truth in Savings, which was also en- ‘‘WE THE PEOPLE’’ TEAM mankind. He has proven to be an asset to his acted. school and community. CLNJ fought against weakening New Jer- HON. CHARLES F. BASS It is with this, Mr. Speaker, that I say con- sey’s Secondary Mortgage Loan Act. When OF NEW HAMPSHIRE gratulations to Ryan Patterson on a truly ex- the Legislature legalized abuses, less than IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ceptional accomplishment. Due to his dedi- cated service and ingenuity, it is clear that one year later, CLNJ testified before the Tuesday, June 6, 2000 United States Senate in 1987 about home eq- Colorado is a better place. uity loans, or as CLNJ put it ‘‘charge a blouse, Mr. BASS. Mr. Speaker, today I honor the f put a lien on your house.’’ Congress banned ‘‘We the People’’ team from Milford High CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 2559, what New Jersey had approved: the ‘‘rate rise School in Milford, New Hampshire. These out- AGRICULTURAL RISK PROTEC- surprise’’ (the power to change a home equity standing young students recently won an TION ACT OF 2000 contract after you borrowed significant funds). award at the ‘‘We the People’’ national finals held in Washington, D.C. As you may know, Mr. Speaker, I ask that you join our col- SPEECH OF leagues, the United States of America, the the ‘‘We the People’’ mock hearings test stu- State of New Jersey and me in recognizing dent knowledge of the U.S. Constitution. The HON. EVA M. CLAYTON the outstanding and invaluable service to the Milford students were recognized for their ex- OF NORTH CAROLINA community of the Consumers League of New pertise on the following subject: How Did the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Values and Principles Embodied in the Con- Jersey. Thursday, May 25, 2000 f stitution Shape American Institutions and Practices? The dozen Sophomores, Juniors, Mrs. CLAYTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise in HONORING MICHAEL L. PESCE and Seniors competed against 50 other class- strong support of the Agriculture Risk Protec- es from throughout the nation. The team dem- tion Act (H.R. 2559) conference report. I com- HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS onstrated a remarkable understanding of the mend Chairman COMBEST and Ranking Mem- OF NEW YORK fundamental ideals and values of American ber STENHOLM for their efforts to craft com- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES constitutional government. prehensive legislation which will help restore I had the privilege to serve as a judge for the safety net for agriculture producers. Tuesday, June 6, 2000 this year’s state competition to come to Wash- Risk management tools such as crop or rev- Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ington for the national competition. It was ap- enue insurance provide protection from yield honor one of Brooklyn’s finest residents, Mi- parent to me then that the Milford High School or price declines within a growing and mar- chael L. Pesce, who was recognized last night students had the knowledge, team-work, and keting season. Indeed statistics for North at the First Tri Block Association’s June meet- enthusiasm necessary to successfully com- Carolina show that over the last ten years the ing. pete against 50 other classes from throughout number of acres insured has increased from Michael L. Pesce was born in the small the nation. These students can be proud of 581,764 in 1988 to 2,844,524 in 1999. Partici- coastal town of Mola di Bari, Italy. He and his their award winning performance. pation is very high, with 82 percent of acres family immigrated to America when he was 12 I was honored to have the team visit me covered for tobacco, 83% of acres covered for years of age and settled in the Carroll Gar- here on Capitol Hill during their trip to Wash- peanuts, and 89% covered for cotton. dens section of Brooklyn. He attended local ington for the national competition. I would like In 1999, $131 million in liability was paid to public schools and graduated from City Col- to take this opportunity to congratulate the fol- North Carolina producers who suffered crop lege with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics. lowing students for their performance at the damages, first from drought and then from

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three hurricanes and subsequent historic Ranking Minority Member (Mr. STENHOLM) of Board is to supercede the Interagency Coun- flooding in eastern North Carolina. Even with the House Committee on Agriculture; the cil on Biobased Products and Bioenergy es- tablished by Executive Order 13134. This sec- these payments North Carolina producers will Chairman (Mr. EWING) and Ranking Minority tion also specifies the Board’s: (b) member- benefit greatly from their portion of the addi- Member (Mr. CONDIT) of the House Committee ship, (c) duties, (d) funding, and (e) frequency tional emergency assistance monies, which on Agriculture’s Subcommittee on Risk Man- of meetings. nationwide total $7.1 million over two fiscal agement, Research and Specialty Crops; the SECTION 406. BIOMASS RESEARCH AND DEVELOP- years (2000 & 2001), provided by this legisla- Chairman (Mr. LUGAR) and Ranking Minority MENT TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. tion. This includes $340 million for tobacco Member (Mr. HARKIN) of the Senate Com- Section 406 establishes the Biomass Re- farmers to compensate for economic losses mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry; search and Development Technical Advisory along with $47 million in economic assistance and the Chairman (Mr. MURKOWSKI) and Committee, which is to supercede the Advi- for peanut producers, which equates to $30.50 Ranking Minority Member (Mr. BINGAMAN) of sory Committee on Biobased Products and per ton for quota peanuts and $16 for addi- the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Bioenergy established by Executive Order tional peanuts. I am especially thankful that Resources. 13134. This section also specifies: (b) the Ad- we have included provisions which address visory Committee’s membership and ap- SECTION-BY-SECTION ANALYSIS—BIOMASS RE- pointment process; (c) duties; (d) coordina- conditions created when producers suffer mul- SEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D) ACT OF tion; (e) frequency of meetings; and (f) tiple years disasters. 2000—(TITLE IV OF H.R. 2559, THE AGRICUL- terms. With respect to terms, section 406(f) Additional emergence assistance provisions TURAL RISK REDUCTION ACT) specifies that members of the Advisory Com- include: SECTION 401. SHORT TITLE. mittee shall be appointed for a term of 3 $40 million for USDA to provide soil, water Section 401 cites Title III as the ‘‘Biomass years, except that—(1) 1⁄3 of the members ini- and natural conservation assistance for farm- Research and Development Act of 2000’’ tially appointed shall be appointed for a ers in the form of cost share or incentive pay- (hereafter, ‘‘Act’’). term of 1 year; and (2) 1⁄3 of the members ini- ments; SECTION 402. FINDINGS. tially appointed shall be appointed for a term of 2 years. $10 million for USDA’s Farmland Protection Section 2 lists 13 findings. SECTION 407. BIOMASS RESEARCH AND Program SECTION 403. DEFINITIONS. DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE. $34 million FY 2000 and $76 million in FY Section 403 defines ten terms: (1) ‘‘Advi- Section 407(a) requires the Secretary of Ag- 2001 for USDA to purchase additional food sory Committee,’’ (2) ‘‘Biobased Industrial riculture and the Secretary of Energy, act- Product,’’ (3) ‘‘Biomass,’’ (4) ‘‘Board,’’ (5) commodities for distribution to schools partici- ing through their respective points of con- ‘‘Initiative,’’ (6) ‘‘Institution of Higher Edu- pating in the school lunch program tact and in consultation with the Biomass cation,’’ (7) ‘‘National Laboratory,’’ (8) $32 million in FY 2001 available for a vari- Research and Development Board, to estab- ‘‘Point of Contact,’’ (9) ‘‘Processing,’’ and ety of agricultural research programs including lish and carry out a Biomass Research and (10) ‘‘Research and Development.’’ Development Initiative under which com- those related to soil, science, forest health and The term ‘‘biomass’’ means ‘‘any organic petitively awarded grants, contracts, and management, tobacco research for medicinal matter that is available on a renewable or other financial assistance are provided to, or purposes and reducing and managing waste recurring basis, including agricultural crops entered into with, eligible entities to carry in livestock and poultry operations. and trees, wood and wood wastes and resi- out research, development, and demonstra- Mr. Speaker, I urge all of our colleagues to dues, plants (including aquatic plants), tion on biobased industrial products. grasses, residues, fibers, and animal wastes, support and vote for the conference report. Other provisions of Section 407 address: (b) municipal wastes, and other waste mate- f the purposes of grants, contracts, and other rials.’’ The conferees gave specific consider- financial assistance under this section; (c) ation to a proposal to exclude old-growth CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 2559, eligible entities; (d) uses of grants, contract, timber and unsegregated municipal solid AGRICULTURAL RISK PROTEC- and assistance; (e) technology and informa- waste (garbage) from the definition of bio- TION ACT tion transfer to agricultural users; and (f) mass, and rejected the proposal as being sci- authorization of appropriations. entifically unsound. SPEECH OF Section 407(c)(2)(D) requires that pref- Also, the term ‘‘research and develop- erence be given to applications for grants, ment’’ means ‘‘research, development, and HON. F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR. contract, and assistance under this section demonstration.’’ Department of Energy OF WISCONSIN that: (i) involve a consortia of experts from (DOE) activities conducted under this Act multiple institutions; and (ii) encourage the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES are subject to the cost-sharing provisions of integration of disciplines and application of section 3002 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 Thursday, May 25, 2000 the best technical resources. However, this (Public Law 102–486). Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speaker, I ‘‘preference’’ is not meant to negate the re- SECTION 404. COOPERATION AND COORDINATION would like to provide a more detailed expla- quirements of Section 407(c)(2)(D) requiring IN BIOMASS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT nation—including a section-by-section anal- that ‘‘grants, contracts, and assistance under Section 404 mandates cooperation and co- this section be awarded competitively, on ysis—of the Biomass Research and Develop- ordination between the Secretary of Agri- the basis of merit, after the establishment of ment (R&D) Act of 2000 included as Title III of culture and the Secretary of Energy with re- procedures that provide for scientific peer H.R. 2559, the Agricultural Risk Reduction spect to policies and procedures that pro- review by an independent panel of scientific Act. mote R&D leading to the production of and technical peers’’. The Biomass R&D Act of 2000 combines biobased industrial products. In order to fa- Section 407(f) provides that in addition to features of three separate bills that were re- cilitate this cooperation and coordination, a funds appropriated for biomass R&D under ferred to the Committee on Science: Title I of senior official in each of the U.S. Depart- the general authority of the Secretary of En- S. 935 and H.R. 2827, the National Sustain- ment of Agriculture (USDA) and DOE is to ergy (which may also be used to carry out be designated as a ‘‘point of contact.’’ The this Act), there are authorized to be appro- able Fuels and Chemicals Act of 1999; and points of contact are to assist in arranging priated to the Department of Agriculture to H.R. 2819, the Biomass Research and Devel- interlaboratory and site-specific supple- carry out this Act $49.0 million for each of opment Act of 1999. This important piece of mental agreements for research, develop- fiscal years 2000 through 2005. legislation would help fund the research, de- ment, and demonstration projects relating to SECTION 408. ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT AND velopment, and demonstration (RD&D) nec- biobased industrial products; serve as co- FUNDS. essary to bring to market affordable biobased chairpersons of the Board; administer the To the extent administrative support and industrial products, including fuels, chemicals, Initiative; and respond in writing to each funds are not provided by other agencies building materials, or electric power or heat recommendation of the Advisory Committee. under section 408(b), section 408(a) authorizes produced from biomass. SECTION 405. BIOMASS RESEARCH AND the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of I want to express my appreciation to many DEVELOPMENT BOARD. Agriculture to provide such administrative Members of the House and Senate for all of Section 405 requires the Secretaries of En- support and funds of DOE and USDA to the ergy and Agriculture to jointly establish the Board and the Advisory Committee as are their hard work in crafting the Biomass R&D Biomass Research and Development Board to necessary to enable the Board and the Advi- Act of 2000. This includes: the Ranking Minor- coordinate programs within and among de- sory Committee to carry out this Act. Sec- ity Member (Mr. HALL of Texas) and Mr. UDALL partments and agencies of the Federal Gov- tion 408(c) provides that not more than 4 per- of Colorado of the House Committee on ernment for the purpose of promoting the cent of the amount appropriated for each fis- Science; the Chairman (Mr. COMBEST) and use of biobased industrial products. This cal year under section 407(f) may be used to

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:33 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0689 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\E06JN0.000 E06JN0 June 6, 2000 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9631 pay the administrative costs of carrying out This native of Passaic, who struggled for actions that day in March saved the lives of this Act. years to bring The English Patient to the his battalion. He is a great American. He went SECTION 409. REPORTS. screen, was given the Producers Guild’s beyond the call of duty to serve his country. Section 409 specifies the Act’s reporting re- Darryl F. Zanuck Award as producer of the For that, the nation expresses its gratitude. quirements, which include: (a) an initial re- year. He also received its Eastman Kodak Vi- f port and (b) annual reports. sion Award for his ‘‘special cinematic vision’’ SECTION 410. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY. and took home a Golden Laurel marking his A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO REINHART Section 410 terminates the authority under movie as the best drama of the year. Although ‘‘ART’’ AND MARIE SCHMIDT ON this Act on December 3 1, 2005. it is only eight years old, the guild’s awards THE OCCASION OF THEIR 70TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY f have a near perfect record for predicting the best-picture Oscar. TRIBUTE TO SAUL ZAENTZ As a producer Saul’s filmography includes HON. THOMAS M. DAVIS many notable productions. In addition to his OF VIRGINIA HON. BILL PASCRELL, JR. Oscar winning ventures, he has produced At IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF NEW JERSEY Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991), The Tuesday, June 6, 2000 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mosquito Coast (1986) and Three Warriors Mr. DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, it gives Tuesday, June 6, 2000 (1977). He served as Executive Producer for Payday (1972). In One Flew Over the Cuck- me great pleasure to rise today to pay tribute Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I would like to oo’s Nest, he took an uncredited turn as an to Art and Marie Schmidt, two notable mem- call to your attention the deeds of the ac- actor, playing the captain on the shore when bers of the Northern Virginia community. On claimed film producer, Saul Zaentz of Passaic, the boat returns. Wednesday, May 17, 2000, the Schmidt’s New Jersey, who was feted on Friday, May Mr. Speaker, I ask that you join our col- marked their 70th wedding anniversary. The 19, 2000. It is only fitting that the Second leagues, Saul’s family and friends, the Second wedding anniversary was celebrated by the Ward Educational and Charitable Foundation, Ward Educational and Charitable Foundation, congregation at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Inc. in cooperation with the Passaic Board of Inc., the Passaic Board of Education, the City Bailey’s Crossroads, Virginia. Education celebrate the dedication of the audi- of Passaic, the State of New Jersey and me Mr. Speaker, I join together today with the torium at the William B. Cruise Memorial in recognizing the outstanding and invaluable extended family of St. Paul’s Episcopal School Number 11 as the Saul Zaentz Audito- achievements of Saul Zaentz. Church to commend Art and Marie on this joy- ous occasion and to share the warm wishes of rium because of his remarkable talents and f contributions to the entertainment industry and the citizens of Virginia’s 11th Congressional society as a whole. He is honored for his pro- HONORING A TRUE AMERICAN District. Anytime our community honors the fessional successes and never forgetting his HERO, ALFRED RASCON 70th anniversary of any accomplishment, it is roots. a moment to cherish. When we then celebrate Saul Zaentz was born on February 28, 1921 HON. STEVEN T. KUYKENDALL a marriage of 70 years, a marriage of dedica- in Passaic. He has produced only eight mov- OF CALIFORNIA tion, patience, love, and understanding, we ies since 1975, yet three have won the best IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES are struck by the power and beauty of this picture Oscar. These are The English Patient human commitment. Grand occasions such as (1996), Amadeus (1984), and One Flew over Tuesday, June 6, 2000 this magnify the many blessings that have the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975). In addition, his film Mr. KUYKENDALL. Mr. Speaker, I rise been bestowed upon this wonderful couple. The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) today to honor a true American hero, Medal of The Schmidts have given generously of was nominated for multiple Oscars. He has a Honor recipient Alfred Rascon. Rascon risked their personal time and resources to their fam- three-film version of the J.R.R. Tolkien epic his own life suffering serious injury to save the ily and to our community. Throughout their Lord of the Rings trilogy in production. The men of his battalion during the Vietnam War. lives together, they have worked hard, appre- first of the three, The Fellowship of the Ring, Alfred Rascon, a soft-spoken Army medic, ciating the opportunities that life has offered is due out in December of 2000. In 1978, he exhibited the type of heroism that few encoun- them. Art and Marie are fifty-five year resi- produced an animated film version of the ter in a lifetime. On March 16, 1966, Rascon dents of the Bailey’s Crossroads area of book. and his unit, a reconnaissance platoon for the Northern Virginia. They have witnessed the The 76-year-old’s effort, The English Pa- 173rd Airborne Brigade’s 1st Battalion, 503rd transformation of Fairfax County from a sleepy tient, won nine Oscars. The making of The Regiment, was advancing through the jungle suburb of our Nation’s Capital into a cultural English Patient is a story in itself. Saul entered in Long Khanh Province to assist another bat- and commercial destination in its own right. a partnership with 20th Century Fox for the talion that had come under fire. However, The loving couple are the proud parents of film, but the studio insisted on big-name cast- Rascon’s unit was ambushed before they three children; Robert, Marilyn, and Doug. ing. Unwilling to compromise, he found an- reached the besieged battalion. Through After living in Kansas City, St. Louis, and other backer in Miramax. Because of the size heavy gunfire and grenade blasts, Rascon Chicago, the Schmidts moved to the Wash- of the budget, the producer also persuaded risked his life during the intense battle tending ington D.C. metro area where Art was in the entire cast and crew to defer half their sal- to his fallen comrades. charge of the weather bureau at National Air- aries until the film recouped its costs. Twice Rascon jumped on wounded soldiers port in Arlington, Virginia. At that time, the In addition to winning an Oscar for The to shield them from grenades, taking the weather bureau was part of the U.S. Depart- English Patient, Saul garnered the honorary shrapnel himself. He was also shot while ment of Commerce and the National Oceanic award, the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award shielding another member of his platoon. De- and Atmospheric Administration had not been from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and spite these wounds, he was still able to re- created. Marie was a telephone operator for Sciences. This only adds to a lifetime of trieve a machine gun and ammunition that Bell Atlantic. Their commitment to public serv- achievement. The special award goes to, ‘‘cre- helped keep the enemy at bay, saving his pla- ice, our Nation, and their neighbors are the ative producers whose bodies of work reflect toon. Rascon served his country with the ut- hallmark of their careers. a consistently high quality of motion picture most diligence, and saved the lives of many. Mr. Speaker, I know my colleagues join me, production,’’ according to Academy rules. The wounds he suffered that day were so seri- their neighbors, family and friends in wishing The audience at the 1997 Academy Awards, ous that he was given last rites. Art and Marie Schmidt a happy 70th wedding the night of his triumph, was filled with actors Alfred Rascon did survive, and despite anniversary. I am grateful to be reminded of and other film professionals who have worked many years and the red tape of bureaucracy, such a loving couple and to have the oppor- with Saul. They all gave him a standing ova- he was awarded the Medal of Honor this past tunity to recognize such a momentous day in tion. February. I commend his remarkable display their lives. Art and Marie are to be com- In 1937, Darryl F. Zanuck, Jr. won the first of bravery. His loyalty to his battalion is an in- mended for their commitment to one another, Thalberg Award and Saul was the 33rd win- spiration to all. and for the wonderful example they set for ner. The previous time the Academy conferred I congratulate Alfred Rascon on receiving their many friends and family. I wish them the award, in 1995, it went to Clint Eastwood. the much-deserved Medal of Honor. His heroic many more happy and healthy days together.

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Mr. Speaker, I would like to Ophelia conceived the idea for an observance Nashua, New Hampshire community since take this moment to congratulate Cheryl centered on ‘‘The Seven Last Words of 1995, and employs over 250 highly-skilled em- Dougherty for receiving the U.S. Department Christ’’. For 16 years, the ecumenical worship ployees. This company has grown over the of Education’s 2000 Fulbright-Hays Scholar- service has begun at 7:00 am on Good Friday last 13 years to become the world leader in ship. She is one of 30 American teachers to and the attendance continues to grow. These cordless/wireless headset solutions. P. Mi- receive this prestigious award out of an appli- services have been held in various community chael Fairweather, President and CEO of GN cant pool of over 10,000. The scholarship will churches and have continued to draw over Netcom, has long been active in helping to engage Cheryl in a six-week program that will 3,000 worshipers. Participants travel through- educate consumers on their need to use their allow her to travel to Poland and Hungary. out the metropolitan area and from many other wireless phones safely and responsibly. The Ms. Dougherty is no stranger to international parts of the United States to attend this annual entire wireless industry deserves credit for its travel and education. Some of her academic worship celebration. strong effort to educate the American public of travels have taken her to such destinations as Ophelia Perry serves as the chairperson of the responsibility each of us has when using Hawaii and Japan. She is a former participant the Development Committee of the Brooklyn a wireless phone while driving. of the Fulbright Memorial Scholarship program Division of the Council of Churches. She is a In closing, I wish to commend Amy Sparks where she was given the opportunity to travel lifetime member of the National Council of for her quick and admirable actions, and all and teach in Japan. Cheryl was even given Negro Women, Brooklyn section. She is also GN Netcom employees for their efforts to save the opportunity to address Japanese students a member of the Society for the Preservation lives, stop crime, summon assistance, and in their native language, a commendable ex- of Weeksville. Ophelia has been honored and make their communities a better place to live. perience. recognized for her civic work and achieve- f She believes it is crucial to educate our ments. Her many awards include: ‘‘Woman of youth on different cultures and customs. She the Year’’—The National Conference of Chris- TRIBUTE TO THE 65TH INFANTRY is constantly encouraging her student base to tians and Jews; Salute to Brooklyn Women REGIMENT FROM PUERTO RICO/ interact and become aware of these dif- Leadership Humanitarian Award—The Brook- BORINQUENEERS ferences. It is not uncommon for her students lyn Urban League; The Caribbean American to exchange letters or videos with students Award—Chamber of Commerce: Outstanding HON. BILL PASCRELL, JR. from different countries. Service Award—The Council of Churches— OF NEW JERSEY It is encouraging to honor teachers of City of New York; ‘‘Woman of Influence’’— IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Cheryl’s caliber. With more teachers like her, Brooklyn YWCA; Thomas R. Fortune Commu- Tuesday, June 6, 2000 we can continue to dissolve cultural barriers nity Service Award—Unity Democratic Club; and promote international prosperity. I am Valiant Women Award—Church Women Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I would like to confident she will continue to strive for aca- United; The Sandy F. Ray Award; and The call to your attention to the deeds of the 65th demic excellence and further the knowledge of Christian Service award. Infantry Regiment from Puerto Rico, which our youth. I wish to recognize the lifelong efforts of was recognized on Friday, May 26, 2000 be- f Ophelia Young Perry, and wish her continued cause of its many years of service and leader- success in her future endeavors. ship. The regiment, honored by the Puerto HONORING OPHELIA YOUNG f Rican Parade of Paterson 2000/Desfile PERRY Puertorriquen˜o, Inc. 2000, is celebrating a RECOGNITION OF WIRELESS SAFE- century of service to the nation and the 50th HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS TY WEEK, MISS AMY SPARKS, anniversary of its participation in the Korean OF NEW YORK AND GN NETCOM Conflict. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The 65th Infantry Regiment was organized on March 2, 1899; one year after United Tuesday, June 6, 2000 HON. CHARLES F. BASS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE States Military Forces occupied Puerto Rico Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES during the Spanish-American War. The group honor Ophelia Young Perry. Though a native began as a volunteer force charged with de- of Buckingham County, Virginia, she presently Tuesday, June 6, 2000 fending the island. Even though it was an ac- resides with her mother, Thelma Jones and Mr. BASS. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to tive Army Regiment, Puerto Ricans that en- husband, William Frank Perry Jr. in the have this opportunity to recognize Wireless listed or were appointed as officers in the 65th Bushwick section of Brooklyn, New York. They Safety Week 2000, which is held the week could expect to spend their entire military ca- have one son, William Frank Perry III. leading into Memorial Day Weekend (May 22– reers in Puerto Rico. She is an assistant to Brooklyn Borough 28, 2000). Wireless carriers and hardware In 1917, one year after Puerto Ricans were President Howard Golden, and serves as a li- manufacturers have sponsored this initiative granted American citizenship, the 65th was re- aison to the Brooklyn Christian community. every year since 1990 to focus attention on organized as the Puerto Rican Regiment of In- She has been an active member of the the benefits of responsible cell phone use. fantry. In 1920 it became the 65th Infantry Berean Missionary Baptist Church in Brooklyn During Wireless Safety Week 2000, the wire- Regiment. for 49 years. Ophelia has a passion for her less industry reminds customers and con- During World War I, the 65th Infantry pro- community and civic affairs. She is currently sumers that safety is the most important call tected the Panama Canal Zone against Ger- the president of ChurchWomen United in they will ever make. many and other opposing nations. After the Brooklyn, an ecumenical movement of Chris- More than 90 million people in the United war, they returned to garrison duty in Puerto tian women. Under Mrs. Perry’s leadership, States today take advantage of the conven- Rico. the membership has increased to include over ience, value and safety of wireless phones. During World War II, the 65th moved first to 700 Christian women. It is the largest unit of One of these 90 million is Ms. Amy Sparks, of Panama in January of 1943, then to France in CWU in the country. Bethlehem, New Hampshire. September 1944. The 65th fought in several CWU sponsors many other activities to raise Ms. Sparks used her wireless phone twice European battlefields, including, the decisive funds for contributions to others in need, such in one week to call for emergency assistance. skirmish near the River Arno, the Ardennes as it’s Prison Ministry and holiday sharing pro- While on her way from school, she witnessed and other key engagements along the French gram where 2,000 bedside bags are annually a car accident and immediately called emer- and Italian borders. The unit also carried out

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:33 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 0689 Sfmt 9920 E:\BR00\E06JN0.000 E06JN0 June 6, 2000 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9633 civil actions and security duties such as guard- In this legislation, we boost Montgomery GI High School, will be retiring after 35 years of ing high-ranking Nazi officials during the Nur- bill funding significantly. The increase is fully hard work for local students. emberg trials. offset and will go directly to veterans to help Norbert Kane represents all that Chicago The 65th became a highly decorated unit pay for their education. The bill would primarily citizens can ask for in an educator. He is a during the second World War, with members increase the Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB) ben- devoted family man, married to Delores Kane earning the Distinguished Service Cross, two efit from $536 to $600 per month on October and a father of six children. Professionally, Silver Stars, 90 Purple Hearts, 22 Bronze 1, 2000, and to $720 per month on October 1, Norbert excelled in the program of manage- Stars and 1,367 Combat Infantry Badges, 2002, for full-time students, with proportionate ment for Hubbard High School—Region 5. After the war, the group returned to garrison increases for part-time students. I am dis- With his many organizational talents, Norbert duty in Puerto Rico. appointed that we cannot offer a benefit which earned the respect of his many colleagues On September 23, 1950, the 65th Infantry is tied to the real escalating costs of higher and students. Regiment entered the Korean Conflict. This education, and plans that recognize the actual In addition, Norbert has been honored for unit, the only segregated Hispanic unit in the growing costs of tuition should be given their his many self-less contributions to the 3rd Army’s history was composed mostly of native day. Congressional District and Southwest Chi- Puerto Ricans. In Korea the group participated As a college professor who taught and ad- cago. For several years, Mr. Kane adminis- in nine major campaigns, saw intense action vised students who were eligible for Mont- tered the Combined Charities Campaign, as and distinguished itself with gallant combat gomery GI bill benefits, I know first hand the well as numerous blood drives. He has also performances. It became one of the most tremendous help that this program has con- served as American Legion District Com- highly decorated army units in history. These ferred upon those who have served their na- mander—1st Division, while being constantly honors include a United States Presidential tion. committed to the beautification of Hubbard Unit Citation, a Meritorious Unit Commenda- I am pleased with the additional provisions High School. tion, two Republic of Korea Presidential Unit of S. 1402. As amended, these include: Mr. Speaker, Hubbard High School is re- Citations and the Greek Gold Medal for Brav- 1. Furnishing individuals still on active duty grettably going to lose an outstanding Assist- ery. who either turned down a previous opportunity ant Principal and public servant. It gives me The men of the 65th Infantry, the to convert to the MGIB or had a zero balance great pleasure to share Mr. Kane’s accom- ‘‘Borinqueneers’’ as they came to be known, in their Vietnam-era Veterans’ Education As- plishments with my colleagues today. Again, I were awarded four distinguished Service sistance Program (VEAP) account, the option thank Norbert L. Kane for his many years of Crosses, 155 Silver Stars, 562 Bronze Stars to pay $2,700 to convert to MGIB eligibility. service, and I wish him equal success in his and 1,014 Purple Hearts among other awards. 2. Increasing survivors’ and dependents’ retirement. Borinqueneers is a word indigenous to Puerto educational assistance benefits for full-time f Rico meaning, ‘‘native islander.’’ students from $485 to $600 per month effec- THE RESURRECTION PROJECT The United States Army dissolved the 65th tive October 1, 2000, and $720 per month ef- CELEBRATES ITS 10TH ANNIVER- Infantry Regiment in 1956. On February 15, fective October 1, 2002, with proportionate in- SARY 1959 the 65th Infantry became a regiment in creases for part-time students; also authorizes the Puerto Rico Army National Guard. an annual cost of living adjustment. Today the 65th Infantry continues its proud 4. Permiting the award of Survivors’ and De- HON. LUIS V. GUTIERREZ OF ILLINOIS tradition of service as part of the 92nd Infantry pendents’ Educational Assistance payments to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Brigade. be retroactive to the date of the entitling event, In 1992, the National Guard honored the that is, service-connected death or award of Tuesday, June 6, 2000 unit with a Heritage painting. The scene de- 100 percent disability rating. Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, it is a great picts the regiment conducting a bayonet 5. Allowing monthly educational assistance privilege for me to pay tribute to the Resurrec- charge against a Chinese division in Korea on benefits to be paid between term, quarter, or tion Project (TRP) for its invaluable work cre- February 2, 1951. More than 61,000 Puerto semester intervals of up to 8 weeks. ating healthy communities on the occasion of Ricans served in the Korean Conflict. More 6. Allowing use of MGIB benefits to pay the its 10th anniversary. than 6,000 served in the 65th. In addition, fee for a veteran’s civilian occupational licens- Founded on May 22, 1990 by a coalition of more than 732 Puerto Ricans lost their lives in ing or certification examination. Pilsen churches, The Resurrection Project is Korea. The added flexibility this bill would provide is an institution-based neighborhood organization Mr. Speaker, I ask that you join our col- crucial as more and more veterans seek high- whose mission is to build relationships and leagues, Puerto Rican Parade of Paterson er education after their service. While this challenge people to act on their faith and val- 2000/Desfile Puertorriquen˜o, Inc. 2000, Puerto does not satisfy all the problems that may be ues to create healthy communities through or- Rico, the United States and me in recognizing out there or emerge in the future, it goes a ganizing, education and community develop- the outstanding and invaluable contributions of long way in boosting the finest educational ment. the 65th Infantry Regiment from Puerto Rico. program for those who have served, the Mont- The Resurrection Project provides assist- Throughout its 100 years of service, the 65th gomery GI bill. ance through community organizing, family has always lived up to its motto, ‘‘Honor and I regret missing the vote on this important programs, housing services, real estate devel- Fidelity.’’ bill, where I would have voted aye on pas- opment, asset management and workforce f sage, as I was in the district attending my and business development. daughter’s high school graduation. The Resurrection Project builds institutional S. 1402, VETERANS AND DEPEND- f power and develops new leadership by orga- ENTS MILLENNIUM EDUCATION nizing through its member institutions and ACT TRIBUTE TO NORBERT L. KANE, block club network. TRP prepares leaders to AN OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR actively participate in the issues affecting their HON. CIRO D. RODRIGUEZ AND CHICAGO CITIZEN community. TRP’s Family and Community OF TEXAS Programs respond to the developmental IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. WILLIAM O. LIPINSKI needs of children, adults and families by build- ing upon their values and culture. Each pro- Tuesday, June 6, 2000 OF ILLINOIS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES gram works to build skills and create opportu- Mr. RODRIGUEZ. Mr. Speaker, as an origi- nities that promote stronger families. TRP pro- nal co-sponsor of the House version of this Tuesday, June 6, 2000 grams include Esperanza Familiar (Family measure, I commend the House and the Mr. LIPINSKI. Mr. Speaker, I would like to Hope), Supportive Housing Programs and the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee for bring- pay tribute today to a dedicated educator who Centro Familiar Guadalupano (Guadalupano ing this long-awaited increase in education re- has spent the last 44 years serving the Chi- Family Center). The Housing Services division sources for veterans to quick passage. I urge cago Public School (CPS) system and the educates families on property ownership the Senate to accept the House version and Southwest side of Chicago. This year, Norbert issues and facilitates investment by residents send this bill to the President. L. Kane, an Assistant Principal at Hubbard and financial institutions into the community.

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:33 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 0689 Sfmt 9920 E:\BR00\E06JN0.000 E06JN0 9634 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 6, 2000 TRP staff provides home owner education, is only fitting since these soldiers, Fernando the ensuing four-day battle.’’ His name is in- client counseling and oversees the marketing Luis Garcia, Euripides Rubio, Jr., Carlos scribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and sales for its New Homes program. The James Lozada and Hector Colon Santiago are wall panel 30E, row 45. Resurrection Project also develops and ren- among the 3,400 plus brave men that have Hector Colon Santiago’s rank was Specialist ovates community-owned real estate in a sus- merited the Medal of Honor. The Medal of Fourth Class. He served in the United States tainable, affordable manner. TRP undertakes Honor is the highest award for valor in action Army, Company B, 5th Battalion, 7th Cavalry the property acquisition, financial packaging against an enemy force that can be bestowed Division. He entered the service in New York and construction management for its rental upon an individual serving in the Armed Serv- City, New York. He was born on December housing and commercial developments. TRP ices of the United States. The Medal is gen- 20, 1942 in Salinas, Puerto Rico. also oversees the physical, financial and ten- erally presented to its recipient by the Presi- A remarkable individual, Hector Colon ant management of all its properties, ensuring dent of the United States of America in the Santiago began his tour of duty on October the long term sustainability of the organiza- name of Congress, it is often called the Con- 23, 1967. He died at the age of 25 on June tion’s real estate projects. TRP is developing gressional Medal of Honor. The world lost four 28, 1968 in Quang Tri Province, Republic of the economic capacity of community residents truly remarkable people when these four brave Vietnam. A portion of his citation states, ‘‘Spe- through an innovative approach to workforce men perished while in the line of duty. cialist Fourth Class Santiago-Colon distin- guished himself at the cost of his life while and business development. The Resurrection Fernando Luis Garcia served as a Private serving as a gunner in the mortar platoon of Construction Cooperative provides entrepre- First Class in the United States Marine Corps, Company B. He heroically sacrificed himself to neurial assistance to new and emerging con- Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Ma- save the lives of those who occupied the fox- struction related businesses. The Resurrection rine Division. He entered the service in San hole with him, and provided them with the in- Juan Puerto Rico. He was born on August 14, Loan Fund provides working capital loans up spiration to continue fighting until they had 1929 in Utuado, Puerto Rico. to one-hundred thousand dollars to these busi- forced the enemy to retreat from the perim- The stellar life of Fernando Luis Garcia was nesses. The Resurrection Employment pro- eter.’’ His name is etched in the wall of the cut short when he was killed in Korea on Sep- gram offers comprehensive support to individ- Vietnam Veterans Memorial on panel 54W, tember 5, 1952. An excerpt from his citation uals seeking better employment. Staff pro- Row, 13. vides support on an individual basis, assess- notes, ‘‘He was intrepid in his service as a Mr. Speaker, I ask that you join our col- ing skills and guiding participants through the member of Company I, in action against leagues, the Puerto Rican Parade of Paterson job-seeking process. enemy aggressor forces. PFC Garcia 2000/Desfile Puertorriquen˜o, Inc. 2000, Puerto Resurrection Project’s exceptional work for unhesitatingly chose to sacrifice himself for the Rico, the United States and me in recognizing our community has been recognized with life of another Marine. His great personal valor the outstanding and invaluable achievements awards such as the LaSalle Bank’s Tom and cool decision in the face of almost certain and sacrifices of Fernando Luis Garcia, Gobby Community Leadership Award, BP death, sustain and enhance the finest tradi- Euripides Rubio, Jr., Carlos James Lozada Amoco Foundation’s BP Amoco Leader Award tions of the United States Naval Services. He and Hector Colon Santiago. Each of these for job creation, Bank of America’s Community gallantly gave his life for his country.’’ men was cited for, ‘‘Conspicuous gallantry and Impact Award and Fannie Mae Foundation’s Euripides Rubio, Jr. attained the rank of intrepidity at the risk of his life above and be- Maxwell Award of Excellence for the Produc- Captain in the United States Army in Head- yond the call of duty.’’ tion of Low Income Housing. quarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Bat- f Some of TRPs accomplishments include talion, 28th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, building 112 new homes for low and moderate RVN. He entered the service at Fort Bu- TRIBUTE TO MARY KORTE—PRESI- income families, developing a new daycare chanan in Puerto Rico. He was born on March DENTIAL AWARD FOR EXCEL- and after school care center for 208 children, 1, 1938 in Ponce, Puerto Rico. LENCE assisting 32 local contractors to begin, de- The military exploits of Euripides Rubio velop and expand their own construction busi- were marked with bravery and valor. He start- HON. SCOTT McINNIS nesses, creating a bilingual second stage ed his tour of duty on July 10, 1966 and lost OF COLORADO housing program for homeless single mothers his life on November 8, 1966 in Tay Ninh IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and generating more than twenty-five million Province, Republic of Vietnam. He was 28 Tuesday, June 6, 2000 years old. His citation shows he was feted for, dollars in community investment. Mr. MCINNIS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ‘‘Braving withering fire, aiding the wounded, I have witnessed the many positive accom- take this moment to congratulate Mary Korte plishments of the Resurrection Project unhesitatingly assuming command and self- for receiving the 1999 Presidential Award for throughout my community. The organization’s lessly exposing himself to enemy fire. Captain Excellence in Mathematics and Science hard work, commitment and dedication is in- Rubio’s singularly heroic act turned the tide of Teaching. She is one of 200 teachers to re- valuable to the people I serve. I commend the battle, and his extraordinary leadership and ceive this prestigious award nationally and one Resurrection Project for ten years of building valor were a magnificent inspiration to his of four to receive this award from Colorado. affordable new homes and rental housing, men.’’ His name can be found on the Vietnam She will also receive a $7,500 grant in the helping businesses grow, challenging commu- Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC on the name of Grand Junction High School in con- nity residents to become leaders and strength- wall panel 12E, row 44. junction with the award. Her dedication and ening families through the development of new Carlos James Lozada served his country at enthusiasm are unsurpassed in the field of child care centers. the rank of Private First Class in the United math and science. f States Army, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry, Mary’s real passion lies in educating her 173rd Airborne Brigade. He entered the serv- students about the environment. A class enti- TRIBUTE TO FERNANDO LUIS GAR- ice in New York City, New York. He was born tled ‘‘River Dynamics’’ is one included in her CIA, EURIPIDES RUBIO, JR., CAR- on September 6, 1946 in Caguas, Puerto curriculum. This class allows students to rigor- LOS JAMES LOZADA AND HEC- Rico. ously investigate rivers using many different TOR COLON SANTIAGO The venerable Carlos James Lozada began academic skills. She encourages students to his tour of duty on June 11, 1967. He was be ‘‘hands on’’ and enjoys seeing them ac- HON. BILL PASCRELL, JR. struck down, while missing, at the age of 21. tively participate in their environmental com- OF NEW JERSEY He died on November 20, 1967 in Dak To, munities. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Republic of Vietnam. Part of his citation reads, It is encouraging to see teachers of Mary’s ‘‘PFC Lozada apparently realized that if he stature receive awards for excellence in their Tuesday June 6, 2000 abandoned his position, there would be noth- prescribed academic rigor. Mary has also re- Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ing to hold back the surging North Vietnamese ceived the Radio Shack National Teachers call your attention to the deeds of four distin- solders and that the entire Company with- Award among her many accomplishments. I guished servicemen, who were honored on drawal would be jeopardized. He made this am confident she will continue to strive for Friday, May 26, 2000 by the Puerto Rican Pa- decision realizing that the enemy was con- academic excellence and continue to encour- rade of Paterson 2000/Desfile Puertorriquen˜o, verging on three sides. His heroic deed served age our future generations to pursue an active Inc. 2000 in coordination with Memorial Day. It as an inspiration to his comrades throughout role in the health of their environment.

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:33 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 0689 Sfmt 9920 E:\BR00\E06JN0.000 E06JN0 June 6, 2000 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9635 THE ADMISSION OF ISRAEL TO try—and one country only—from any of the re- explained. China will soon be joining the THE ‘‘WEOG’’ GROUP AT THE gional groups of the United Nations.’’ WTO, and that is not a matter to be decided UNITED NATIONS IS A CRITICAL UN Secretary General Kofi Annan also has in Congress. However, as part of the terms of STEP FORWARD personally been involved in the effort to re- their accession to the WTO, China has been solve this important issue. When Israel was in- required to negotiate a bilateral trade agree- HON. TOM LANTOS vited to join the WEOG the Secretary General ment with the United States. We won those OF CALIFORNIA said ‘‘this step rectifies a long-standing anom- negotiations. The agreement that was reached requires IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES aly’’ which ‘‘should pave the way for Israel to participate on an equal footing with other na- China to throw open their doors to American Tuesday, June 6, 2000 tions in the main organs of the United Nations, business and agriculture. They will reduce tar- Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, just a few days and it upholds the principle, enshrined in the iffs on American-made products from auto- ago the leaders of Western Europe took an Charter, of equality among all member states.’’ mobiles and aircraft landing systems, to soy- immensely important step by inviting the State Mr. Speaker, this temporary membership for beans and pork products. They will dramati- of Israel to join the ‘‘Western Europe and Israel in WEOG is not the final step for Israel’s cally reduce existing quotas on American Other Group’’ (WEOG) at the United Nations. full participation in the United Nations, and I made products. They will increase the access Membership in a regional grouping is signifi- am disappointed that the United Nations is still to their domestic economy by opening up dis- cant at the United Nations because seats on treating Israel differently than other nations. tribution and marketing channels. All of these the UN Security Council and other similar ro- Although Israel will be a member of WEOG, it changes mean that American businesses will tating positions are made through regional has been asked to forgo the opportunity to be able to sell more of their products to more caucuses. take its turn holding the most influential seats, Chinese people. At the same time, the United Israel has been a member of the United Na- such as the Security Council, for the foresee- States gives up nothing to the Chinese—not tions since 1949—the year after the State of able future. Also, the invitation does not in- one single thing. There is absolutely nothing in Israel was officially proclaimed—but during clude the right to participate in European cau- this agreement that would encourage an that half century, until it was invited to join the cuses at United Nations regional offices in Ge- American company to move to China. In fact WEOG group last week, it was never a mem- neva, Vienna, and Nairobi. The failure to in- the agreement actually gives American com- ber of a regional group. As a result, Israel is clude Israel in Geneva caucuses is significant panies more incentive to stay in the United the only country in the UN never to hold one because the UN Human Rights Commission is States. More exports to China means more of the rotating Security Council seats. headquartered in Geneva, and this organiza- jobs for Americans at better wages. Passing Mr. Speaker, this welcome decision is one tion has frequently taken a hostile attitude to- PNTR will change the status quo, and allow that many of our colleagues in the Congress ward Israel. us to export American products, not American have fought to achieve through letters, resolu- Mr. Speaker, I welcome the decision of the jobs. tions and similar actions. Several months ago, WEOG to invite Israel to participate, but I em- However, if this body fails to pass this at my suggestion, the ambassadors in Wash- phasize that this is only a first step. Unfortu- measure today, the United States will not be ington of the countries who are members of nately, this first step does not fully rectify the able to take advantage of that deal. The cur- rent status quo will remain, and American the WEOG group were invited to a meeting half-century of discrimination at the United Na- companies will find it increasingly difficult to with members of the Committee on Inter- tions to which the State of Israel has been sell their wares to a booming Chinese market. national Relations, where we pressed for the subjected. I look forward to Israel’s full partici- In fact, due to the fact that the European inclusion of Israel in that regional grouping. pation, and I invite my colleagues to join me Union, and other countries in Asia and around This important meeting made clear to our as we continue our efforts in this regard. the world have similar agreements with China, friends in Western Europe the importance that f we in the Congress have given to this issue, American companies will actually be worse off and I think it was essential in helping to over- AUTHORIZING EXTENSION OF NON- than they are now! The other WTO members come the ill-founded resistance to Israel’s par- DISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT will be able to market their products to China ticipation in WEOG. (NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS more efficiently than we can, effectively shut- As I said to that large group of ambas- TREATMENT) TO PEOPLE’S RE- ting the United States out of the China market. sadors attending the meeting, geographical PUBLIC OF CHINA The choice is simple: Economic stagnation proximity is not a consideration since WEOG and regression, or commercial growth and includes, Turkey, the United States, Canada, SPEECH OF prosperity. We need to respond to the new Australia and New Zealand, in addition to the HON. TIM ROEMER global economy, driven by a technological rev- countries of Western Europe. Israel’s strong olution, with a new fair trade policy. OF INDIANA The choice is just as clear on the issue of links with Europe and North America as well IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES human rights. as its advanced economy make its interests Wednesday May 24, 2000 It may be easy for people in Washington, and policies very consistent with those of the D.C. to speculate what policies might be best Mr. ROEMER. Mr. Speaker, today we are other participants in the WEOG. Israel’s exclu- for the Chinese people. However, when it considering an incredibly important piece of sion from the Asia Group and the Middle East comes to improving the human rights and po- legislation, legislation that will affect the way subgroup is a case of blatant discrimination litical freedoms of people in China, I tend to our Nation and our world move into the next and a deliberate effort to de-legitimize the place more weight on what the people in millennium. However, I would like to outline State of Israel. China, fighting those fights every day, think is Some of the countries who are members of three simple points that should show why sup- best for themselves. WEOG were particularly supportive of Israel’s porting Permanent Normal Trade Relations for The following human rights advocates participation, and I want to thank in particular China is the right thing to do, both for the ben- strongly endorse this new policy: the United Kingdom, as well as the northern efit of the United States and the people of Martin Lee—chairman of the Democratic countries of Denmark, Norway, Sweden and China. Those three points are the economic Party of Hong Kong which struggles daily to Finland for their enlightened efforts on this benefits to American workers and business, maintain the freedoms that are unique to that matter. the human rights benefits for the people of region; Mr. Speaker, I would also like to pay tribute China, and the necessity to move forward into Xie Wanjun—chief director of the China De- to many of those who have worked to bring a more productive and challenging relationship mocracy Party, most of whose members are Israel into more complete participation in the with the government of China. now in detention in China; United Nations. First, and most important to our commu- Nie Minzhi—a member of the China Democ- The United States representative to the UN, nities and constituents, is the way in which racy party who is under house arrest as we Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, has been an PNTR for China will help Americans economi- stand in this Chamber today; important voice for resolving this issue. He ap- cally. Zhou Yang—a veteran of the 1979 Democ- propriately called this decision to admit Israel Many people become understandably con- racy Wall movement; to WEOG ‘‘the rectification of a long-standing fused over the complexities of trade policy. Bao Tong—a persecuted dissident and and wholly inexcusable exclusion of one coun- However, the necessity of PNTR can be easily human rights activist;

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:33 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 0689 Sfmt 9920 E:\BR00\E06JN0.000 E06JN0 9636 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 6, 2000 Dai Quing—an environmentalist and writer ficiary of this evolution in China, but it will help concerting, since the beginning of May, these who served time in prison after Tiananmen the Chinese people some day join our fellow- Jewish citizens are beginning to ‘‘confess’’ to Square; ship of democratic nations with a respect for crimes that they did not commit. Now the Ira- Zhou Litai—a pioneering Chinese labor law- universal human rights. nian government is showing these alleged yer who represents injured workers in legal f confessions on television. This vicious propa- battles against Chinese companies; ganda is impacting Jews negatively throughout Even the Dalai Lama himself, probably the CONDEMNING THE ACTIONS OF most famous Chinese dissident in the world, IRAN REGARDING 13 JEWISH Iran. Jews throughout the country—even Jew- supports WTO accession. CITIZENS ish children—are experiencing harassment on All of these people have been fighting for the street, at work, and in school. There are democracy and freedom in China on the HON. MICHAEL P. FORBES reports of anti-Jewish graffiti and fears of an ground, day-to-day. They all say the same OF NEW YORK economic boycott of Jewish-owned shops. thing: Support PNTR for China. They say this IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES This anti-Semitism and persecution of Jews because they have seen how the annual re- Tuesday, June 6, 2000 must stop, and it must stop immediately. newal of NTR for China has become a bar- The oldest Jewish Diaspora community and gaining chip for an oppressive government. Mr. FORBES. Mr. Speaker, I rise to express They have seen firsthand how engagement my outrage about the ongoing activities in the the biggest in the Middle East after Israel, with the United States has made China a City of Shiraz, Iran. Thirteen Jewish citizens of Jews lived in peace in Iran for more than 2700 more open society. They don’t want to be- Iran were arrested on Passover eve in 1999 years. In 1979, there were 80,000 Jews living come isolated from the world. They want to for allegedly spying for Israel and the United comfortably in Iran. Since the Islamic Revolu- join us in freedom and democracy. States, despite adamant denials from both tion of 1979, however, the Iranian government Working to ensure human rights in China is countries regarding these trumped-up allega- has consistently articulated anti-Israel and the right thing to do. However voting against tions. These individuals, including rabbis, reli- anti-Semitic propaganda. In the last twenty PNTR is not the way to do it. We need to lis- gious teachers, and community activists, have years, seventeen Jews have been executed committed no crime other than openly prac- ten to the brave people fighting the good fight on charges of spying, and Jewish property has on the ground in China, and we need to pass ticing the Jewish religion. In Iran, members of been confiscated. Many of these executions PNTR. Very prominent Americans, such as the Jewish faith are prohibited from holding Gen. Colin Powell, Rev. Billy Graham, and any positions that would grant them access to occurred without any trials of the accused. President Jimmy Carter agree with this ap- state secrets or sensitive materials; thus, there Now, there are only 25,000–30,000 Jewish proach. is no possibility that Israel or the United States citizens, and the entire Jewish community is Finally, I want to stress the need for a would employ 13 Jewish individuals to be threatened by further state sponsored religious change in our relationship with China. While spies—particularly those living hundreds of persecution. we have come to see some improvement in miles from the capital city of Tehran. Accord- In May, we in Congress took steps to em- ing to the Los Angeles-based Council of Ira- China since the late 1970’s, the Chinese gov- phasize how seriously this sham trial will affect ernment has still remained insular, resistant to nian American Jewish Organizations, Iranian Iran’s status in the world community. We change, and unwilling to allow sweeping re- officials have even admitted that the charges forms. The relationship between our two coun- of espionage were false. ‘‘They have never wrote to the World Bank and contacted na- tries has warmed, but it has not completely claimed there 13 people were spies. . . . tions on the bank’s loan approval board to thawed. They were very forthright and up front about urge postponement of pending loans for devel- Voting against PNTR is telling China and the fact that this is part of a game, and to opment projects for Iran. Unfortunately, loans the rest of the world that you like things the show that Iran will not be bullied and that they to Iran were approved for hundreds of millions way they are today; that you prefer the status have ultimate control over their citizens.’’ of dollars. Our government—President Clinton quo. As a an elected representative to Con- The Iranian government’s false accusations and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, gress however, I cannot in good conscience of spying and arrests of innocent individuals rightfully indicated that the World Bank should say that keeping the status quo with China is on these sham charges are wholly unaccept- not have made these loans to Iran at the very best way for our country to proceed in this able. If these ludicrous charges are allowed to time that its government was conducting these stand, these innocent individuals may be new millennium. sham trials. Nonetheless, Members of Con- Isolation and recriminations in the face of found guilty and executed. The government of gress or other world leaders will not overlook repression get us nowhere. One only has to Iran must know that the world community is look next door to China to North Korea. We watching and will not stand by idly and accept the outcome of this ‘‘trial.’’ cut that country off from the world fifty years this treatment of our contemporaries! In addition, I am a proud co-sponsor of H. ago, and look what happened to them. North Since the arrests over one year ago, the Ira- Con. Res. 307, a critical resolution introduced Korea is easily one of the most unstable, irra- nian government has treated these Jewish citi- by my New York colleague, Mr. BENJAMIN GIL- tional, and hostile nations on this planet. zens in a deplorable manner and denied them MAN. This important measure expresses the Human rights and political freedoms are non- any due process. Primarily, the government sense of Congress that the Clinton Administra- existent, and on top of it all, their people are detained these innocent individuals for over tion should condemn the arrest and prosecu- one year without being charged. During that slowly starving to death in a massive famine. tion of these 13 Jewish individuals, demand Is that what we want China to become? Do time, they were barely allowed any visitors. that the fabricated charges be dropped and we want to shut China off from the world? Will Moreover, no attorney was allowed to visit or we refuse to challenge and engage the Chi- meet with the 13 Jewish citizens. Finally, the the individuals released immediately, and en- nese government? three youngest citizens were released on bail, sure that Iran’s treatment of this case is a I say that pursuing a policy of thoughtless but the other ten Jewish citizens are still being benchmark for determining the nature of cur- isolationism is not only economical suicide for wrongly detained. Inherently unfair, the rent and future relations between the United the American worker, it is also callously ‘‘judge’’ is also the investigator, chief interro- States and Iran. We must work quickly and dismissive of those brave souls in China who gator behind bars, prosecutor, and jury in this diligently to pass this important resolution. are trying to create change and fight for sham trial. These trials are devoid of public at- I stand here to urge the government of Iran human rights. tendance; there is virtually no information or to release all 13 wrongly imprisoned citizens We must vote for PNTR today. We must ac- evidence provided, only hollow conclusionary and drop all charges against these innocent tively work to make our world a better place and coerced confessions without any details. for our children. We must reach out to the Chi- Recent actions have brought further con- individuals immediately. I also urge our gov- nese and attempt to lead them down the right cerns. Just before the ‘‘trial’’ began in early ernment to continue to apply pressure to the path to embrace our values of democracy, May, a leading Iranian cleric delivered a ser- government of Iran until this anti-Semitic be- open markets, and human rights. We must mon over state radio declaring, ‘‘These people havior is terminated. We must be vigilant and help them become a modern nation. The are spies . . . they are Jews and are . . . work tirelessly until the government of Iran has United States will probably be the main bene- by nature enemies of Muslims.’’ Most dis- restored freedom and respect to all its people.

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:33 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 0689 Sfmt 9920 E:\BR00\E06JN0.000 E06JN0 June 6, 2000 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9637 TRIBUTE TO ROBERT FOSTER, TRIBUTE TO GEORGE STRAFACE— February 15 of this year. He previously served CLIFTON OPTIMIST YEAR 2000 FORMER DISTRICT 51 SUPER- as a member of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial FRIEND OF YOUTH AWARD INTENDENT Council’s founding board from 1980 to 1988 and again as a member of the board since HON. BILL PASCRELL, JR. HON. SCOTT McINNIS 1997. He is a pioneer of Holocaust remem- OF NEW JERSEY OF COLORADO brance and education in the United States and in the Jewish-Christian dialogue that has IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sought to revise theology in light of the Holo- Tuesday, June 6, 2000 Tuesday, June 6, 2000 caust. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I would like to Mr. MCINNIS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to University, he is the President of the Jewish call to your attention the deeds of a remark- take this moment to thank George Straface for Life Network in New York, and from 1974 to able person from my district, Robert Foster of the time he spent as Superintendent of District 1997 he served as the founding President of Clifton, New Jersey, who was recognized on 51 in western Colorado. George Straface truly the National Jewish Center for Learning and Friday, May 12, 2000 at the Optimist Dinner had a passion for education and it was evident Leadership. He also was executive director of because of his many years of service and in the effort he put forth. George dedicated President Jimmy Carter’s Commission on the leadership. The Clifton Optimist Year 2000 nearly 20 years of his life to District 51, six of Holocaust. He and his wife, Blu Grenauer Friend of Youth Award was conferred upon them acting as Superintendent. His presence Greenberg, have five children. him at a dinner held at the Clifton Boys and will surely be missed. Mr. Speaker, I ask that Rabbi Greenberg’s Girls Club. It is only fitting that he is honored, George brought to the District an ability to excellent remarks at the Days of Remem- for he has a long history of caring, generosity balance all of the difficult tasks that are re- brance ceremony in the Capitol be placed in and commitment to others. quired of a superintendent. He did his job to the RECORD, and I urge my colleagues to give Robert was recognized for his many years the best of his ability and influenced all of the them thoughtful consideration. of leadership in Clifton, which I have been educators around him. His abilities to listen to RABBI IRVING GREENBERG’S REMARKS: DAYS honored to represent in Congress since 1997, and motivate people distinguished him in his OF REMEMBRANCE—MAY 4, 2000 and so it is only fitting that these words are leadership role. Not only was George able to ‘‘Behold I place before your today [for your immortalized in the annals of this greatest of choice] life and good, death and evil’’ (Deu- accommodate the many needs of parents, teronomy 30:15) all freely elected bodies. teachers, and students, but also George’s And again: ‘‘I call heaven and earth to wit- Each year the Clifton Optimist Club recog- strong vision helped make the District a rep- ness to you: [the choice of] life and death I nizes a special person for his work with youth. utable model for others around the state. have placed before you, the blessing and the This year the award is bestowed upon Robert, Mr. Straface will continue his pursuit of fur- curse; choose life so that you and your chil- Director of the Boys and Girls Club of Clifton. thering education as he has agreed to take dren may live.’’ (Deuteronomy 30:19) He is an excellent choice for this honor be- These biblical words are more than sacred the position of Head of Schools in West- scripture. They are the wisdom of living. cause he embodies the theme ‘‘Friend of minster, Colorado. I am sure that he will con- Every moment of living is a moment of Youth’’ with his dedicated service and affili- tinue to put education as the first priority on choice. From the time we are born, we start ations involving the children of the City of Clif- his agenda and continue to encourage edu- to die. Unless we choose to live, unless we ton. cators to assist students in furthering their choose to love, to create children, to build Robert is a graduate of Springfield College learning endeavors. I wish him the best of luck society, then death will win out finally. No in Springfield, Massachusetts. He received his and thank him for his dedicated effort. action is neutral. The next food we choose to eat is a choice of health and life or it is Bachelor of Science degree in Recreation and f Leisure Services from the school in 1980. harmful and a choice of death. The next word REMARKS OF RABBI IRVING we speak is a word of love, of healing, of en- From the time of his graduation, twenty couragement and hope, or it is a word of years ago, until the present day, Robert has GREENBERG AT THE DAYS OF stereotyping and degradation, of dismissal worked at the Boys and Girls Club of Clifton, REMEMBRANCE COMMEMORA- and death of the soul. The next act we do Inc. improving the lives of young people. He TION builds society and repairs the world; or, it is began his career as the Teens/Social Recre- an act of vandalism, of environmental deg- ation Director of the club. In January of 1986 HON. TOM LANTOS radation, of breaking down the world and he became the program director for the orga- death. OF CALIFORNIA As it is with individuals so it is with soci- nization. This change brought him a greater IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES eties and nations. There are forces that can range of responsibility. The time spent working Tuesday, June 6, 2000 be deployed for human dignity and freedom as the Teen/Social Recreation Director in- and life or these same forces can be deployed stilled in Robert the attributes necessary for Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, on Thursday, to degrade and enslave, that is in the service him to become a stellar force in the commu- May 4, Members of Congress joined with rep- of death. nity. It was the small steps in the beginning of resentatives of the diplomatic corps, executive Sixty to seventy years ago, in a tragic his career that taught him the fundamentals and judicial branch officials and hundreds of process we now call the Holocaust, nations Holocaust survivors and their families to com- and individuals made a series of decisions that would make him a role model to the that in sum added up to the choice of death youths that he now serves. memorate the Days of Remembrance in the for millions and millions. Known for a questioning mind and an ability Great Rotunda of the United States Capitol. Panicked by economic depression and fear to get things done, Robert was promoted to The theme of this year’s commemoration was of social instability, millions of German vot- his current position of Director of Operations in ‘‘The Holocaust and the New Century: The Im- ers chose to undermine democracy. They September of 1991. He is responsible for the perative to Remember.’’ voted for a politician promising to restore daily operations of the Boys and Girls Club of Even after more than half a century, Mr. them by removing the conflicts and risky Clifton. The club currently serves 2,200 youths Speaker, it is imperative that we continue to choices of modern society, by concentrating power and by excluding foreigners and from the ages of two and a half to seventeen. commemorate the horrors of the Holocaust in strangers and Jews. Thereby they unleashed Robert continually touches the lives of the order to honor the memory of those victims of a force of death. Fearful of making hard people around him. This is exemplified by his Hitler’s twisted tyranny. We must also mark choices and of confronting an extremist, po- club affiliations. He is a member of the Clifton this catastrophe because mankind still has not litical leaders chose to make a pact with the Optimist Club and is a Clifton Stallions Soccer learned the lessons of this horror, as evi- devil and brought Adolf Hitler to power. Club Trustee. In addition, he is a member of denced most recently by the mass killings in Then legislators elected to go along with the Clifton Board of Recreation. Kosovo. concentrating that power. Then the Nazis Mr. Speaker, I ask that you join our col- Mr. Speaker, Rabbi Irving Greenberg, the chose to suppress democracy, to crush the unions and the socialists and to exclude and leagues, Robert’s family and friends, the Boys newly designated Chairman of the United isolate the Jews. Then jurists opted to go and Girls Club of Clifton, the City of Clifton States Holocaust Memorial Council, delivered along with perverted justice and bureaucrats and me in recognizing the outstanding and in- a moving address at this year’s Day of Re- decided to classify and discriminate. These valuable service to the community of Robert membrance ceremony. Rabbi Greenberg was were all choices that brought death to Foster. appointed Chair of the Holocaust Council on power. These were the choices of death.

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:33 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 0689 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\E06JN0.000 E06JN0 9638 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 6, 2000 Two thousand years earlier, a great world and dependent for their dignity on the arbi- asserts itself. Forms of fundamentalism religion had chosen to pursue its own en- trary power of others. National liberation which deny others their freedom of religion counter with God and salvation and its mes- and the demand for self-determination appear. Anti-Semitism and denial of the sage of love. But those great people chose to spread worldwide. Then outsiders, and sec- rights of foreigners and other outsiders surge express their spiritual liberation in the form ond-class citizens, and second-class genders again. Forces of neo-Nazism and terrorism of a religious monopoly and asserted that and sexual orientations learned the lessons strengthen. Not surprisingly, such forces Christianity had superceded the mother reli- of the Holocaust and determined to be free often deny the reality of the Holocaust or be- gion, Judaism. This claim was followed by and equal by right. They chose to work for a little its dimensions. stereotyping and devaluation of the carriers world where human dignity would be uni- We are asked. Will there be an imperative of the ancestral religion, the Jews. Thereby versal and human life supported by political/ to remember the Holocaust in the 21st cen- Christians set the Jews up in isolation, as cultural/legal structures by right. And tradi- tury? The answer is: As long as humanity targets of hatred and stereotyping. In the tional groups shifted from passive accept- chooses life, then more and more people will 20th century, in the hands of new pagans, ance to activity to insure that their values remember and learn the lessons of the Holo- new secular racists, even anti-Christians, be heard and their dignity upheld. caust. Then governments will more likely in- these attitudes were turned into lethal deci- For decades now, more and more people tervene to stop genocide, more likely create sions to rain death and destruction on the have awakened to the need to learn the les- open, pluralist multi cultural societies, more Jews. sons of this catastrophe. Out of love of life, likely deny dictators the claim that no one In the Holocaust, whole societies chose they determined to preserve the memory of dare interfere in their internal affairs. death. Generals in the German Army chose the victims, of their lives, of their dignity The true question is not whether humanity to set up killing squads. Businesses com- and courage in their struggle for existence, will honor the imperative to remember the peted to build gas chambers and crematoria of their worlds that were destroyed. Thus Holocaust. The true question and challenge and supply poison gas. Corporations elected they chose to reaffirm the value of life. More is: will humans rise to greatness in the to use slave labor and work people to death. and more religions chose to confront the choice of life. Democracies chose to close their doors to tragic flaws which facilitated this catas- Can our conscience seared by the fires of refugees and to remain indifferent and inac- trophe and moved to purify themselves. More Auschwitz, become an irresistible political tive in the face of the anguished cries for and more Christians worldwide have studied force so nations will not tolerate, nay, will help of the victims. Hundreds of thousands of the lessons, confessed the sins and deter- intervene to stop genocide? Can the model of professionals and workers exercised their ca- mined to correct the teachings. Thereby the survivors and the righteous gentiles, in- reer choices to seek out and deliver Jews to Christianity chose life and love again and re- spire us to a new human solidarity that will their cruel fate. Millions of neighbors chose asserted its own vitality as a gospel of love enable all peoples to live in freedom and to remain silent or to look the other way or bringing healing to the world. peace? even to actively cooperate with despoliation This process led the United States Govern- The memory of the victims and the voices and death. ment to establish a United States Holocaust of the survivors, the actions of the righteous Unchecked by counter choices, the forces Memorial Museum on the national mall, and and the rescuers call out to us: Choose life of death and degradation always spread their to establish Days of Remembrance in the that you and your children may live. focus. The Nazis set up a machinery of op- very week of Yom Hashoah when the sur- f pression so millions of Poles were enslaved vivors and the victims’ families devote their and persecuted and whole cadres were seized days to remembering. Millions of Ameri- POPE JOHN PAUL II CONGRES- and killed. Roma/Gypsies were rounded up cans—the vast majority not Jewish, not SIONAL GOLD MEDAL ACT and tens of thousands were killed. Millions Poles or Gypsies or gays or any of the Nazis’ of Russian POW’s were starved and brutal- victims whose story is told in the Museum— SPEECH OF ized and executed. come there to confront the painful truth. Worldwide, Jewish leadership failed to Through this encounter, they learn how de- HON. CIRO D. RODRIGUEZ grasp the enormity of the catastrophe and to mocracies fail, when governments turn indif- OF TEXAS risk all their standing to goad or dragoon ferent, and by what process bureaucracy, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the world into acting to save lives. technology, and obedience were turned into These were all choices of death. In a cas- servants of death. Inwardly they pledge to Tuesday, May 23, 2000 cade of such choices, humanity abandoned work that this democracy shall not fail; that Mr. RODRIGUEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise in millions of humans. Death reigned supreme never again will this people stand by indif- support of H.R. 3544 which would award the and the forces of hatred killed and degraded ferently as millions of others are degraded or Congressional Gold Medal to Pope John Paul millions. destroyed. II. As he celebrates his 80th birthday this After the war, banks chose to deny the sur- Each of these steps represents the choice of vivors the return of their own bank ac- life. Thursday, May 25, the spiritual leader of more counts, and insurance companies rejected Everywhere, people are coming to under- than one billion Catholics around the world paying for life insurance policies they had stand that the evil we have witnessed, this and millions of Catholics in the United States issued. Others opted to reject responsibility model of death and degradation cannot be ig- deserves our nation’s highest Congressional for this catastrophe or for healing its sur- nored or even bypassed. Rather there must honor. vivors. Others choose to this day to deny be an active response—nothing less than a In the recent past, we have honored Mother that this tragedy even happened. mighty outburst of freedom, a choice to Teresa and South African President Nelson Thus in the 20th century, a realm of death universalize human dignity for life. World- Mandela. The Pope clearly serves in such was created. A decision to kill a whole peo- wide, there is a frenzy of attempts to restore ple—every last person—was made by a gov- the human image of God that was defaced company as a global figure who continues to ernment and six million Jews died in the and destroyed. There are urgent efforts to make an impact on spiritual and moral leader- Shoah. When humanity looked into the clear up stereotypes in religion or culture ship and the struggle for equal rights and pro- abyss and realized that it now had the power that degrade others or may lead to indiffer- tection for all people. of technology and human nature had the ca- ence to their fate. There is a powerful thrust There is no doubt that historians of the fu- pacity for evil to the point of unlimited mur- to develop pluralism in culture, in religion, ture will single out Pope John Paul II as one der and the death of life itself. in political process, in economic power—to of the most influential leaders of his time. He It would appear that the world failed to prevent any concentration of power that used all the modern tools in transportation and stop the triumph of death. But death and could lead to a future choice of destruction evil did not have the final word. or suppression of others. communications to personally deliver his mes- Then the survivors arose. They chose not Everywhere worldwide, these forces turn to sage of love and compassion to the far to revenge, not to hate, not to give up in de- the study of the Holocaust. Millions seek out reaches of the globe. He not only made dia- spair and go silently to the grave. They encounter with its story and people because logue, but also influenced world movements chose life. They chose to love, to marry, to the encounter evokes the forces of love, com- such as the fall of Communism and the begin- have children, to make new lives in new passion, human responsibility, the forces of ning of the third millennium of Christianity on places. The Jewish people arose and rebuilt life. Wherever people seek life, they draw earth. its life; it created the State of Israel where strength from the bedrock of memory. Ev- We are fortunate to have lived in such 250,000 survivors and millions of refugees cre- erywhere, humanity is driven by the goad to ated themselves anew. Jewry took power to conscience which is intrinsic in Holocaust changing times and to have had such leaders protect itself. Throughout the world, mil- education. as the Pontiff who recognized the ever-chang- lions, then hundreds of millions learned the Of course the forces of death are not quies- ing facets of life around him and took steps to lesson: NEVER AGAIN should people of any cent. Out of fear of a changing world and the utilize necessary tools to effect change for the religion, of any race or color, be vulnerable transformation of culture, intolerance re- better. As he travels the world, he leads by

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:33 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 0689 Sfmt 9920 E:\BR00\E06JN0.000 E06JN0 June 6, 2000 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9639 example as a symbol of tolerance, peace and the Chancery Division, in which he served for HENRY CLARKE, DISTINGUISHED fairness not only for Catholics, but for people the last 10 years. In doing his job, Judge UNION ORGANIZER AND LEADER of different faiths, ethnicity and economic sta- Saunders’ motto was, ‘‘Use your common tus. I commend the House for bringing this sense, be practical, read all the papers and legislation to the floor and urge the enactment listen.’’ It is by these words that he served as HON. GEORGE MILLER of this bill as expeditiously as possible. judge, but anyone who knows Judge Saun- OF CALIFORNIA f ders knows that these words simply under- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES state his jurisprudential excellence. As a lead- Tuesday, June 6, 2000 COMMENDING ISRAEL’S REDE- er in the judicial community, Judge Saunders’ PLOYMENT FROM SOUTHERN rulings have often served as both a precedent Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. Mr. LEBANON and a resource for other judges. Speaker, after more than 38 years of distin- guished service to the independent union SPEECH OF As a judge in the Chancery Division, Judge Saunders had the opportunity to handle pro- movement and to public employees, Henry L. HON. ROSA L. DeLAURO bate, estate cases and injunctions. Over the Clarke will be retiring from Public Employees OF CONNECTICUT years, however, Judge Saunders perhaps be- Union, Local One, and I rise to honor Henry IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES came best known as a nationally respected and to celebrate his lifetime commitment to unionism. Wednesday, May 24, 2000 expert on the legal aspects of the sport of boxing. He handled many high profile boxing In the early years of Henry’s career, he was Ms. DELAURO. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to cases in his court including those of the promi- hired by the American Federation of Teachers vote to commend Israel for its courageous de- nent boxing promoters Lou and the late Dan to help organize the teachers in New York cision to withdraw from southern Lebanon. Duva and Don King. In 1997, the International City. Henry was a part of a small team of pro- Israel stands as a reminder of the courage Boxing Digest magazine listed Judge Saun- gressive labor activists who organized the en- and strength of the human spirit—and what it ders as number 16 in the list of boxing’s 50 tire teacher work force, the largest single can accomplish. Against all odds and en- most influential people. group of teachers in the United States at that emies, the people of Israel have united to Born in Paterson on March 9, 1934 and time. He continued to work for the AFT until build a strong nation. It has not been an easy 1962 when he was hired by the Board of Di- journey, but it has been a triumphant one. raised in Paterson and Fair Lawn, New Jer- sey, Judge Saunders has spent his years in rectors of the Contra Costa County Employees Now, more than ever, as Israel strives to build Association as the General Manager. Under a stable and peaceful region, it is vital that we dedicated service to the community. Judge Saunders received his Bachelor of Arts degree Henry’s skifful organizing efforts, membership unite behind its efforts. in the Association grew from 634 members to This critical step must be followed by equal from Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia. Upon graduation he enrolled in Columbia Law 2,100 members in 4 years, and the local efforts by Israel’s neighbors. It is vital that all agencies represented expanded to include foreign forces withdraw from Lebanese terri- school in New York where he received his law degree in 1958. During the first 18 years of his school classified employees, city and special tory, that all acts of terrorism against the peo- district employees in addition to the employ- ple of Israel cease, and that southern Lebanon career, Judge Saunders worked as a private civil attorney from 1959 until 1977. ees of Contra Costa County. be given a real chance of rebuilding and re- In 1969, the Contra Costa County Employ- integrating. Southern Lebanon must never be- In 1977, Judge Saunders was appointed to ees Association voted to disafffliate from the come the home base for attacks against Israel the Superior Court of New Jersey, Passaic AFL–CIO and under Henry’s leadership again. County by then Governor Brendan T. Byrne, formed Public Employees Union, Local One. Congratulations again to Israel for taking and took the bench on December 7, 1978. In The membership has grown over the years this brave step and for continuing to stand as addition to his work in the courtroom, Judge from fewer than 1,000 members to over an example of courage, vigilance, and dedica- Saunders has served as a lecturer for the Na- 12,000 members. The success of this growth tion to peace. tional Judicial College. He is also the founding is based upon the basic principles instituted in f president of the Justice Robert L. Clifford the formation of the union—the members have American Inn of Court. In addition, Judge a voice in how their union is run; the union or- TRIBUTE TO THE HONORABLE Saunders served as Administrative Judge to AMOS C. SAUNDERS ganization is founded upon democratic prin- the Bi-State Waterfront Commission of New ciples; the members have open access to the York Harbor. General Manager and the staff, and members HON. BILL PASCRELL, JR. In his retirement Judge Saunders has ex- freely participate through broad representation OF NEW JERSEY pressed interest in focusing on a new career, on the union Board of Directors. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES his family, his golf game, fishing and travel. In Mr. Speaker, Henry Clarke has been an in- Tuesday, June 6, 2000 March of 2000 he began work at Carlet, Garri- spiration and mentor to other ‘‘independent’’ son and Klein, LLP in Clifton, New Jersey as labor organizations throughout the State of Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I would like to Counsel to the Firm in Mediation and Arbitra- call to your attention the deeds of a man California, and he was instrumental in devel- tion. He currently resides in Totowa with his oping and insuring support for a statewide leg- whom I and countless others consider to epit- wife Janet, his high school sweetheart. The omize justice and fairness, the Honorable islative council. Henry has earned a reputation couple, who married in 1955, has three chil- for being a formidable political force and also Amos C. Saunders of Totowa, New Jersey. dren and three grandchildren. Judge Saunders was recognized on Monday, a respected and beloved advocate on behalf May 15, 2000 at the Brownstone House in As a Congressman and former mayor of of his members. Paterson, New Jersey, because of his many Paterson, New Jersey, Mr. Speaker, I can say Henry Clarke has built Local One on a foun- years of service and leadership in the court- that Judge Amos Saunders has one of the fin- dation of honesty and integrity and forged pro- rooms of Passaic County, New Jersey. He est judicial minds in the State of New Jersey. fessional relationships and friendships with marked the end of his stellar career when he Furthermore, one of my sons, David, had the elected officials, administrators and members. retired on March 1, 2000. It is only fitting that honor of serving as Judge Saunders’ judicial His powerful representation of his members Judge Saunders be honored in the annals of clerk in 1995 and 1996. I know that Judge has always reflected his compassion for work- this great body for his unwavering efforts in Saunders has had a profound effect on his ing men and women as well as his insight into the name of the law. life. the needs of the community and the public For the past 23 years Judge Amos Saun- Mr. Speaker, I ask that you join our col- served by Local One members. ders has become one of the most well re- leagues, Judge Saunders’ family and friends, Mr. Speaker, I respectfully request that my spected Superior Court Judges in the State of the County of Passaic, the State of New Jer- esteemed colleagues join me in saluting Henry New Jersey. Judge Saunders has presided sey and me in recognizing the extraordinary L. Clarke, an example of honesty, integrity, over criminal, civil and family courts and was dedication, commitment and enthusiasm of and outspoken, effective advocacy on behalf the judge in Passaic County with the most ju- Judge Amos C. Saunders in his service to the of the working men and women he has so dicial experience. Judge Saunders last sat in judiciary and to the people. ably represented for nearly 40 years.

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:33 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 0689 Sfmt 9920 E:\BR00\E06JN0.000 E06JN0 9640 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 6, 2000 TRIBUTE TO THE MAKE-A-WISH This is just a small sampling of the duties vis award for professional competence and in- FOUNDATION ON ITS 20TH ANNI- performed by the Coast Guard. We all owe spirational leadership. VERSARY them a huge debt of gratitude for the services Mr. Speaker, I know my colleagues join me they provide. in congratulating Commander Al Bernard on HON. BENJAMIN L. CARDIN For 24 years, Commander Bernard has an illustrious military career. Likewise, we sa- faithfully performed these and other duties in OF MARYLAND lute his wonderful wife, Ann, and their two chil- service to our great country. Prior to donning dren, Jason and Bernadette, who made the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the Coast Guard uniform, Commander Ber- many sacrifices military families make in sup- Tuesday, June 6, 2000 nard was also a proud U.S. Marine, where he porting their husband and father all these Mr. CARDIN. Mr. Speaker, today I pay spe- served as an infantryman in Southeast Asia. years. We wish Al the best of luck in all his cial tribute to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, He has spent more than half of his life in serv- future endeavors, for he is truly a fine example which is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its ice to this nation and today, we are a grateful for all Americans. founding. A non-profit organization that has 82 nation for his sacrifice. f chapters nationwide, the Foundation is the From his humble beginnings operating small 56TH ANNIVERSAY OF D-DAY oldest, largest and most-respected wish-grant- boats as a coxswain to his assignment as liai- ing organization in the world. Since its found- son officer to the House of Representatives in ing, it has fulfilled the wishes of 60,000 chil- Washington, Commander Bernard has per- HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN dren between the ages of 2 and 18 who suffer formed each and every job as a true patriot. OF NEW YORK He quickly rose through the ranks of the from life-threatening illnesses. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Coast Guard and in 1979, he was accepted to The Mid-Atlantic chapter was established in Tuesday, June 6, 2000 Officer Candidate School. After receiving his 1983 by concerned Maryland citizens who had commission, Al’s first assignment was as a se- Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to take this heard about how the Foundation began with curity officer at Training Center New York, opportunity to bring to the attention of our col- the granting of a wish of a 7-year-old boy with Governors Island. Just a year later, he was leagues that today, June 6th , marks the 56th leukemia in Arizona. Since then, the Mid-At- promoted to First Lieutenant and deck watch anniversary of the D-Day invasion, known as lantic chapter has fulfilled the wishes of more officer on the USCGC Courageous, in Cape Operation Overlord. than 3,000 children from Maryland, Delaware, Canaveral, Florida. He was then chosen to be It was 56 years ago today that a miracle of Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. Now executive officer of the USCGC Shearwater in liberation began. On that morning, democ- one of the four largest chapters based on the Key West, Florida. In addition, he was made racy’s forces landed to end the enslavement number of wishes granted, the Mid-Atlantic the senior controller at the Pacific Area/Twelfth of Europe. This miracle took place on the chapter has grown from granting only three USCG District Rescue Coordination Center. shores of Normandy, as 150,000 troops en- wishes its first year, to more than 300 in the From there, Al Bernard’s military career sky- gaged in the largest amphibious invasion in fiscal year 1998. rocketed. He received command of his first history. Some historians have gone so far as Deeply committed to granting the wishes of ship, the USCGC Nantucket, in Roosevelt to acclaim the liberation effort as the greatest each approved child, the Foundation depends Roads, Puerto Rico. It should be noted that Al military invasion in the history of mankind. Re- on not only the service of more than 13,000 is the first American of Puerto Rican descent gardless of the label placed on the invasion, volunteers, but also the support of individual to command his own ship. the D-Day invasion unarguably 2 represents a and group donations, corporate and small Due to his exceptional abilities, Commander noble effort to uphold democracy and free business contributions, foundation grants, Bernard was relocated to Washington to serve mankind from the evils of oppression and tyr- community events, and Wish Friends Inc., a his country at USCG Headquarters. He later anny. non-profit organization that produces events received command of another cutter, the Operation Overlord did not represent the and other developmental programs to benefit USCGC Citrus, which was homeported in selfish interests of one nation. Rather, it was the Foundation. Coos Bay, OR. After finishing another produc- a humanitarian effort that required the unifica- I hope that my colleagues will join me in sa- tive tour, he was made chief, Cutter Manage- tion of soldiers from many nations. American, luting the Make-A-Wish Foundation for its ef- ment Branch, Coast Guard Pacific Area in Ala- British, French, and Canadian soldiers united forts and success on the behalf of children meda, California. in a fight for freedom and liberation of not only over the past 20 years, and congratulating While on duty in California, he was selected a nation but of a multicultural, diverse con- Ralph A. Nappi, Jr., President of the Mid-At- to attend the U.S. Naval War College, where tinent. Rallied by this universal goal, General lantic chapter of the Foundation, and the en- he graduated with distinction, earning a Mas- Dwight D. Eisenhower told his troops: ‘‘We will tire chapter for their tireless work in ensuring ter of Arts Degree in National Security and accept nothing less that full victory.’’ Victory the fulfillment of each child’s wish. Strategic Studies. for Eisenhower and the allied troops was not f Upon graduation, Commander Bernard was just to win, it was to uphold and give back the given his third command, the USCGC Deci- unalienable rights that Nazi tyranny stole from SALUTE TO COMMANDER AL sive in St. Petersburg, Florida; he later BERNARD the people. crossdecked to the USCGC Resolute. The attainment of such a goal did not come Most recently, he was selected in 1998 to without sacrifice. 6,600 Americans were killed HON. SONNY CALLAHAN become the liaison officer to the House of and many more wounded. OF ALABAMA Representatives in Washington, where I can Mr. Speaker, it is appropriate that all Ameri- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES personally attest he has served every man cans should join in honoring the lives that and woman who wears the Coast Guard uni- Tuesday, June 6, 2000 were sacrificed in that noble battle to facilitate form with great distinction. an environment in which oppression and tyr- Mr. CALLAHAN. Mr. Speaker, I would like to Over the course of his 24 years of service anny do not prevail. ask my colleagues to join me in honoring a to the United States, Commander Bernard has Accordingly, I urge all of our colleagues to man of outstanding accomplishment, Com- demonstrated his versatility by serving bril- join in paying tribute to this red letter day in mander Al Bernard. liantly in both the military and legislative are- history. Commander Bernard is retiring from the nas. Al Bernard has been recognized for his United States Coast Guard this week, and I achievements with numerous awards, such as f would like to call attention to his extraordinary the Bronze Star with ‘‘V’’ device for valor, the TRIBUTE TO CATHERINE G. ANTON and meritorious service to his country. Purple Heart, and Meritorious Service Medal Mr. Speaker, as you know, the Coast Guard with an ‘‘O’’ device. He has also received HON. RICHARD E. NEAL is an invaluable branch of the United States seven Coast Guard Commendation Medals OF MASSACHUSETTS military. The men and women of our Coast with ‘‘O’’ device, the Coast Guard Achieve- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Guard keep our waters free of narcotics and ment Medal, the Combat Action Ribbon and illegal aliens, perform almost all of the search various other awards. Tuesday, June 6, 2000 and rescue missions for the United States and He was also selected as the 1989 recipient Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I provide security and safety in our waterways. of the U.S. Navy League’s Captain David Jar- rise today to pay special tribute to Cathy

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As she begins the next chapter very appropriate call to remembrance: ‘‘It is be sure. We have good reason to be fearful. of her life, I ask my colleagues to join me in the end of the silence, and the beginning of a Look around you. Today, well-organized Nazi wishing her, her husband Dennis, and son new millennium . . . Although we have left the groups form international networks where Geoffrey continued success. century in which the Holocaust occurred, we they help each other to recruit and train new The mission of the Safety Council is to edu- must continue to study it in all its dimensions, members and learn how to exploit the weak- cate and train people in business and the nesses of democracies, how to use terror and at all times. We must add more pieces to the frighten witnesses. community in the prevention of accident and puzzle, foster greater awareness of the Nazis and revisionists make full and effec- related losses, and to influence the formulation causes, acquire more knowledge about the tive use of the new information technology and application of safety and health policies consequences.’’ to spread their lies, to sell white power and procedures in the region. Under the dedi- Mr. Speaker, Prime Minister Persson has music and to reach potential new members cated leadership of Cathy Anton, the Safety had a distinguished political career in Sweden. among young people in all parts of the world. Council has done that and more. It has be- Since 1996, he has served as Prime Minister Even today, Nazis march in our streets, per- come the region’s leading voice on health and and Chairman of the Swedish Social Demo- secute, assault and murder people because of safety issues in the workplace. cratic Party. He previously served as Minister their ethnic affiliation, sexual preferences or beliefs. The risk we face, is that anti-demo- Preventing unintentional injuries on the job of Finance, Minister at the Ministry of Edu- cratic forces continue to gain support. The should be a top priority for all Americans. cation, a Member of the Riksdag (Parliament), danger lies in our failure to learn from his- Safety and health are serious issues that ef- and a local government official in Katrineholm. tory, in our failure to see the connections. fect every person who goes to work each day. He is married to Annika Persson, and he has Ladies and Gentlemen, let me use the In both the public and private sector, we have two daughters. words of a survivor, a well-known Swede, the a unique responsibility to raise awareness Prime Minister Persson’s remarks at this late Professor Jerzy Eihnorn, who passed about the importance of safety protection. With year’s Day of Remembrance ceremony were away less than a week ago. At the Stock- millions of workers being injured or killed each moving and particularly meaningful. I ask that holm Forum on the Holocaust in January he said: ‘‘To remember the Holocaust is a frag- year, the need for increased education and Prime Minister Persson’s remarks be placed in ile defence but still the best one against the training cannot be minimized. the RECORD, and I urge my colleagues to give development of Nazism in our countries—a Mr. Speaker, during her tenure with the them thoughtful consideration. reminder of Nazism’s ruthless cruelty, a re- Safety Council, Cathy Anton lead the effort to DAY OF REMEMBRANCE OBSERVANCE, CAPITOL minder that we must never lower our guard, make western Massachusetts a safer place to ROTUNDA, WASHINGTON, MAY 4, 2000 never accept Nazism as a necessary evil live and work. She has made a real difference Mr. Greenberg, Mr. Meed, Excellencies of within a democracy.’’ on behalf of working men and women in the Diplomatic Corps, Honourable Members This was his message—a message for all of Springfield and its surrounding communities. of the U.S. Congress, Holocaust Survivors. us. He wanted us to take it with us. Because then, he said: ‘‘our suffering has not been en- As she prepares for her next professional Dear Friends: Today, we meet in the Capitol Roumda, in the very heart of the American tirely in vain. Then we and all those that did challenge, I would like to express my personal not survive, will have contributed to a better gratitude for all her efforts. democracy. Here we meet to commemorate the victims world for coming generations.’’ We have to f of the Holocaust and to honour survivors and take this message. liberators. We must fight Nazism, racism, anti- REMARKS OF SWEDISH PRIME semitism and xenophobia wherever and ¨ We meet to demonstrate our strong com- MINISTER GORAN PERSSON AT mitment to make the lessons of the past a whenever they rear their ugly heads. We THE DAYS OF REMEMBRANCE living exhortation for the future. must fight them with the lessons of our past, COMMEMORATION Let me begin by telling you a story handed but also with our visions for tomorrow. It down to posterity by a teacher in the ghetto will not be easy. But we have no other of Lodz. choice. HON. TOM LANTOS A little boy, whose entire family had been The future is not sealed by fate, no more OF CALIFORNIA deported, was dawdling in the street, talking than the bitter history of the past. It is our IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES loudly to himself. In one fist he clutched a actions today—the ones we take and the ones we fail to take—that will shape the fu- Tuesday, June 6, 2000 handful of small stones. First he dropped three small stones. They ture. It is you and I, all of us, united in de- Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, on Thursday, hit the ground with a faint sound, then two termination to remember, that are the only May 4, Members of Congress joined with rep- more, followed by another three. Then the guarantees we have against the recurrence of resentatives of the diplomatic corps, executive little boy quickly closed his fist. In his lively an evil past. Ladies and Gentlemen, there is good rea- and judicial branch officials and hundreds of eyes the shiny black pupils stopped racing for a moment. He said: son to be fearful, but surely also to feel hope. Holocaust survivors and their families to com- ‘‘Nine brothers like these stones we were People want to know, people want to discuss memorate the Days of Remembrance in the once, all close together. Then came the first values and ideas, people want to take respon- Great Rotunda of the United States Capitol. deportation and three of the brothers didn’t sibility and learn from history. The theme of this year’s commemoration was return, two were shot at the barbed wire This is the encouraging conclusion we ‘‘The Holocaust and the New Century: The Im- fence and three died of hunger. Can you draw from the national project initiated by perative to Remember.’’ guess how many brother-stones are still left the Swedish Government in 1997—Living His- After more than half a century, Mr. Speaker, in my hand?’’ tory. The idea was to spread knowledge about the Holocaust to young people in Swe- we must still commemorate the horrors of the As all children do, this boy played games to help him understand the world around den, but also to generate an active dialogue Holocaust in order to honor the memory of him. Only his world was a world of incompre- between generations on values in general. those victims of Hitler’s twisted tyranny. At the hensible evil. Only his was the world of the To support parents, teachers and students same time, we must mark this catastrophe be- Holocaust. in this task we launched a number of cause mankind still has not learned the les- Ladies and Gentlemen, the Holocaust was projects. One of these was a book entitled sons of this horror, as evidenced most re- no accident of history. The systematic mur- Tell ye your children. The response to the cently by the mass killings in Kosovo. der of the Jews did not happen by chance. project in general and the book in particular Mr. Speaker, the keynote speaker at this im- Nor did the genocide of the Roma, the mass exceeded anything we could have dreamed of. In every second Swedish home with school- pressive event was His Excellency Go¨ran murder of disabled persons or the persecu- tion and murder of homosexuals, dissidents children you will find a copy of the book. It Persson, Prime Minister of Sweden. The se- and Jehovah’s Witnesses. was not just sent there. It was ordered by the lection of Prime Minister Persson was particu- It occurred because people willed it, families who waned to have a base for the larly appropriate since he has led Sweden in planned it and carried it through. It occurred important discussion on democratic and hu- its commitment to furthering Holocaust edu- because people made choices which allowed manistic values. I became convinced that

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:33 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 0689 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\E06JN0.000 E06JN0 9642 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 6, 2000 this positive experience was not unique to We all know that America was created out nuts debuted, Alger Hiss was convicted, the Sweden. of the spirit of frontierism. Bold men and first telephone answering machine was in- In January 1998, I wrote to President Clin- women shook off the shackles of oppression vented, Diner’s Club became the first credit ton and Prime Minister Blair suggesting international cooperation in this field. Little and set forth to a new world of opportunity card, CBS began broadcasting in color, the did I then know that only one year later, and adventure. Today we all know about first leak-proof ballpoint pen was introduced by nine countries—in a network known as the Plymouth Rock and its significance in our na- PaperMate, Paul Harvey began broadcasting Task Force—would cooperate with such tion’s history. nationally on radio, and Silly Putty was intro- countries as the Czech Republic, Latvia, America is still the land of frontier explorers duced. Back then, it cost 3 cents to mail a let- Lithuania, Argentina and several others in and furthering the promise of freedom and ad- ter, gas was 20 cents a gallon, and the aver- liaison projects designed to remembrance, venture. I am proud to represent a town that age income was about $3,200 a year. My education and research about the Holocaust. has been the Plymouth Rock to the stars, guess is Jim made less than this, however, as As the new millennium dawned, and the Cocoa Beach. very first international high-level conference journalists certainly don’t enter the field for was held, it didn’t deal with economics. Nor Founded 75 years ago, what started out as generous paychecks. did it deal with security and stability. a small, agrarian town enjoyed a pleasant, but Jim stayed at the News-Herald until 1952, It dealt with fundamental values, with de- sleepy existence. That solitude and quiet was when he was drafted for a two-year tour of mocracy and human dignity, with how to interrupted with the introduction of the U.S. duty in the U.S. Army. After serving his coun- confront the better memories of a horrifying military’s ballistic missile program after World try with honor, Jim returned to the field of jour- past in order to help shape better policies for War II. nalism and eventually made it back to his tomorrow’s world. It was the end of silence Suddenly, Cocoa Beach became home for home, the News-Herald. Jim has worked tire- and the beginning of a new millennium. many rocket engineers, scientists and their lessly since then and quickly ascended to the Next year we will meet in Stockholm again. In response to an initiative of the families who came to Florida to help the brass ring of newspaper management. He has Nobel Laureate Eli Weisel, the Swedish Gov- United States win the Cold War. That work been editor of the News-Herald since 1967, ernment will host an annual international was only a small taste of the exciting future and has overseen its tremendous growth and conference—a Stockholm Forum on Con- which was to come. development. science and Humanity. Soon the United States found that it was in Over the last 50 years, Jim has received We have to conduct ourselves to the ques- our nation’s military and economic national in- many prestigious awards for his writing, and tion of Elie Wiesel: ‘‘Will our past become terests to have the capability to put people his weekly column is a must-read for anyone our children’s future?’’ and objects into orbit. NASA was created and who cares about what’s happening in the We have to learn from the words of another man who has devoted his life to teach about soon Cape Canaveral was selected to be the news. He also is about the most prolific com- the Holocaust in order to prevent future prime location for NASA’s space launch activi- mentary writer you’re likely to find, and has genocides—professor Yehuda Bauer from ties. This resulted in Cocoa Beach’s coming of made his mark by offering common-sense so- Israel and the Yad Vashem Institute. He age as a modern, thriving town on the cusp of lutions to state, local and national problems. said: a new age in human history. As great as Jim’s accomplishments are in ‘‘I come from a people who gave the ten Through Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, journalism, however, they pale in comparison commandments to the world. Time has come Space Shuttle and International Space Station, to what he has done for our local commu- to strengthen them by three additional ones, Cocoa Beach has been there through it all. Its nities. As editor of the News-Herald, Jim has which we ought to adopt and commit our- selves to: thou shall not be a perpetrator; dynamic people striving to lead the next age had a constant presence in the communities thou shall not be a victim; and thou shall of exploration into the new frontier. the paper covers, and has always been ac- never, but never, be a bystander.’’ Many feel that without frontiers and bound- tively involved in civic and philanthropic activi- Ladies and Gentlemen, today we are gath- aries to push against, America stops being ties. He is respected by all who know him. ered to remember. what America is all about. As long as we have Mr. Speaker, I feel honored to have known Remember, because to forget would be to cities like Cocoa Beach leading the charge Jim Collins all the years I’ve been a public betray those irreplaceable people who died into space, America’s promise of freedom will servant, and even a few before then. He is and those who survived. It would be to be- continue into the stars. one of the most kind, fair, humble and caring tray the deeds or Raoul Wallenberg and all the others who stood up for human dignity f men I’ve ever met. He is an exceptional jour- nalist and an even better man. His word is his and risked their own lives to save the lives of JIM COLLINS: A HALF CENTURY others. honor. On behalf of the 19th Congressional Remember, because to forget would be to OF JOURNALISM District of Ohio, I congratulate Jim Collins on betray every single child who comes into his 50 years in journalism, and wish him well this world. HON. STEVEN C. LaTOURETTE as he continues to devote his life to the pro- Let us therefore remember a little boy in OF OHIO fession he loves so dearly. the ghetto of Lodz, and through him all the others who were forced to endure the un- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f thinkable. Tuesday, June 6, 2000 AIR FORCE MEMORIAL EXTENSION Let us pick up the brother-stones, clasp ACT them firmly in our hands, and realise how Mr. LATOURETTE. Mr. Speaker, today I rise much we will need them on our journey to pay tribute to Jim Collins and his 50 years through a new century. in journalism. HON. JAMES V. HANSEN Let us carry them with us as a constant re- While Jim has been a journalist for a half OF UTAH minder and a challenge to never again allow century, his interest and employment in news- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES forces to grow that are capable of such evil. papers actually dates back to 1941, when he Thank you. began his career as a News-Herald delivery Tuesday, June 6, 2000 f boy. Jim wasn’t even a teenager yet, and the Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to paper cost 6 cents for twice-weekly delivery. introduce the Air Force Memorial Extension COCOA BEACH 75TH ANNIVERSARY Jim went on to graduate from Willoughby Act. In December of 1993 the President Union High School and Kent State University, signed into law authorization for the Air Force HON. DAVE WELDON and returned to the News-Herald after receiv- Memorial Foundation to establish an Air Force OF FLORIDA ing his degree in June 1950. By then, Jim had Memorial in the District of Columbia or its en- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES shed the title of delivery boy and begun his virons to honor the men and women who have career as a cub reporter. served in the United States Air Force. This Tuesday, June 6, 2000 Mr. Speaker, I certainly don’t wish to draw memorial was to comply with the provisions of Mr. WELDON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, sev- undue attention to Jim’s age, but I think it is the Commemorative Works Act. enty-five years ago this month a very special worth noting other important milestones of Among other things, the Commemorative place in American history was founded. That 1950 so folks have some perspective about Works Act provides that the legislative author- special place is the town of Cocoa Beach, how long Jim has been a working journalist. ity for the commemorative work will expire at Florida. The same year Jim became a reporter, Pea- the end of the seven-year period beginning on

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It hit his granddaughter in the alty for a violation of the Consumer Product lawsuits have been settled and work is ready temple, penetrated her skull and killed her. Safety Act. The notice requirement makes it to re-commence regarding the memorial. How- The company didn’t tell the CPSC about this all but impossible to pursue a criminal penalty ever, due to the delay and the 7–year require- death, nor did they tell the CPSC about the 40 for violations of the Act, even in the most seri- ment of the Commemorative Works Act, time other serious injuries from chains breaking. ous cases. The threat of a criminal felony is about to run out. In fact, the authority will The CPSC was forced to do its own investiga- prosecution would create an additional strong expire on December 2 of this year unless tion and recalled the product nationwide in incentive for companies to report product de- Congress passes a time extension. May. fects to the Commission. With considerable work already accom- Such failures to report result in tragic losses Give CPSC the authorily to overrule the plished and the lawsuits settled the memorial of life and limb that are avoidable and prevent- remedy chosen by a manufacturer for fixing a needs to be completed. Thus, this bill would able if compliance with reporting were higher. defective product in a product recall when the extend authority to the Air Force Memorial Under current law, the CPSC can fine com- Commission determines that an alternative Foundation to complete the well-deserved me- panies for violating the law, but the amount of would be in the public interest. morial. The authority would extend until 2005 the fine is limited by statute to a level that Under current law, a company with a defec- giving the Foundation the time to fulfill the final does not sufficiently deter violations. Under tive product that is being recalled has the right construction and dedication of the Air Force current law, companies can face criminal pen- to select the remedy to be offered to the pub- Memorial. alties for violating consumer product safety lic. The company can choose repair, replace- f laws, but they are only misdemeanors. Under ment, or refund ‘‘less a reasonable allowance current law, in any recall, companies provide for use.’’ CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY a repair, replacement or refund for defective The legislation would continue to permit the COMMISSION ENHANCED EN- products. In most cases, the CPSC can find a company to select the remedy in a product re- FORCEMENT ACT OF 2000 good solution to the problem for consumers. call. However, the legislation would allow the But in rare cases where the product is older Commission to determine (after an opportunity HON. EDWARD J. MARKEY and has been on the market for many years, for a hearing) that the remedy selected by the OF MASSACHUSETTS the company sometimes elects a refund that is company is not in the public interest. The IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES much too small to even catch consumers’ at- Commission may then order the company to tention, so the dangerous product stays on the Tuesday, June 6, 2000 carry out an alternative program that is in the market. public interest. Mr. MARKEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to To remedy these deficiencies, the legislation Sometimes companies choose a remedy in introduce the ‘‘Consumer Product Safety Com- would: Eliminate the cap on civil penalties for a recall that does not further public safety. For mission Enhanced Enforcement Act of 2000’’, violations of product safety laws. example, if a manufacturer chooses to refund a bill intended to improve consumer safety by Under current law, the CPSC cannot assess ‘‘less a reasonable allowance for use’’ the pur- increasing compliance with existing require- more than $1,650,000 for a related series of chase price of a product that has been on the ments to report hazards when they are known. violations against a company that knowingly market for a long time, the amount due con- The legislation would increase the civil and violates consumer product safety laws. The sumers may be so small that there is no in- criminal penalties that the CPSC can impose legislation would eliminate this maximum civil centive for the consumer to take advantage of upon firms that do not inform the Commission penalty. Many of the cases in which the Com- the recall. This is especially true where the when they have sold a product that could mission seeks civil penalties involve very large hazardous product is still useful to the con- pose a substantial hazard to consumers. The corporations that can easily absorb a $1.65 sumer and the cost of replacement is substan- legislation would also help make some product million fine. More substantial civil penalties tial. Companies may choose an insubstantial recalls more effective. would provide a needed incentive for those refund even though people have been at risk The CPSC is the government agency that companies to notify CPSC of defective prod- for a number of years, thousands of products makes sure cribs, toys, and other products in ucts so that the agency can take timely action are still in use, and injuries are continuing to your home are safe, and recalls them when to protect consumers. Other agencies have occur. In this example, a refund would do little, they’re not. The CPSC oversees the safety of civil penalty authority with no ‘‘cap’’ on the if anything, to stop consumers from using the 15,000 different kinds of consumer products. amount of the penalty for a related series of dangerous product and the public interest Each year there are more than 29 million inju- violations, including the Federal Trade Com- would not be served. ries and about 22,000 deaths related to con- mission. f sumer products. Increase the penalty for a ‘‘knowing and will- Current law provides that if companies have ful’’ criminal violation of product safety laws HONORING THE LATE ERNESTO information that one of their products could from a misdemeanor to a felony and eliminate ANTONIO PUENTE, JR. have a serious safety defect, they are required the requirement that the agency give notice to to report that to the government. Unfortu- the company that is criminally violating the HON. CARLOS A. ROMERO-BARCELO´ nately, some compames are not obeying the law. OF PUERTO RICO law. The CPSC estimates that in half of the The legislation would increase the potential IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES most serious cases they deal with, the com- criminal penalties for a ‘‘knowing and willful’’ pany has failed to report injuries. Instead, the violation of consumer product safety laws from Tuesday June 6, 2000 information comes to the attention of the a misdemeanor (up to one year in prison) to Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO´ . Mr. Speaker, on agency from its own investigators, from con- a felony (up to three years in prison). It would this occasion I express our sadness over the sumers, or tragically, from hospital emergency also increase the maximum monetary criminal death of Ernesto Antonio Puente, Jr., June 2, room reports or death certificates. penalty in accordance with existing criminal 2000, the man everyone around the world When companies don’t report, dangerous laws. These heightened penalties are com- knew as Tito Puente, the King of Mambo. His products that could have been recalled or mensurate with the seriousness of product achievements in pursuit of a higher musical modified remain on store shelves. They con- safety violations, which can result in death or ground and his legendary flamboyant style tinue to be sold and they stay in consumers’ serious injury to children and families. Other have left an indelible mark on our nation’s mu- homes where they can cause serious injury. agencies have authority to seek substantial sical heritage. Some consumers pay a very high price for (felony) criminal penalties for knowing and will- To his fellow Puerto Rican-Americans, Tito a company’s failure to report. ful violations of safety requirements, including Puente was more than a legend, more than For example, a 3-year-old girl died while the Food and Drug Administration for prescrip- just the Mambo King. He was a trailblazer in playing on her swing. Her grandfather was tion drug marketing violations and the Depart- the world of music, fusing Afro-Caribbean

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:33 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 0689 Sfmt 9920 E:\BR00\E06JN0.000 E06JN0 9644 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 6, 2000 rhythms with jazz, mambo, salsa. He created make wishes come true not only in Virginia’s cerned about senior citizens, they ought to do an explosion of inspiration for entire genera- 10th Congressional District, but literally all something about the sky high cost of prescrip- tions of aspiring musicians and for generations over the world. I invite those interested in tion drugs. Because, chances are, we’re more of youths who learned by watching that it was leavning more about the Foundation to contact apt to blow the family inheritance at the drug- possible to make something of yourself if you them at 1–800–722–9474 or on the Internet at store counter than we are at the casinos!’’ worked hard. www.wish.org. Mr. Speaker, Ms. Zable is exactly right and In commemorating the late ‘‘timbalero,’’ Tito f I submit her very thoughtful essay here. Puente, I would also like to honor the count- DO YOU NEED A CHAPERONE AT THE CASINO? BETTI LIDSKY CELEBRATES 50 less other Puerto Ricans who have enriched There are folks out there who are quite our nation’s diverse musical culture and those YEARS concerned about you. They worry that one of Puerto Ricans who continue to rise on the these days, you might gamble away your world stage. HON. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN kid’s inheritance. ‘‘Are Casinos Preying On Our Elders?’’ was OF FLORIDA f the headline of a recent story in the AARP IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN HONOR OF THE 20TH ANNIVER- Bulletin. Noting the popularity of bingo Tuesday, June 6, 2000 halls, lotteries and casinos, the article SARY OF THE MAKE-A-WISH asked, ‘‘Is it harmless entertainment? Or are FOUNDATION Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I would older Americans being targeted deliberately like to congratulate Betti Lidsky on her fiftieth by advertising and marketing efforts de- HON. FRANK R. WOLF birthday celebration. signed to ensure that they keep pumping large sums of money into the gambling in- OF VIRGINIA Betti Lidsky is an exemplary woman who personifies love and self sacrifice. As the dustry.’’ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The focus of the article was a study pub- mother of three children who suffer from Reti- Tuesday, June 6, 2000 lished in the Law Journal of the University nitis Pigmentosa, an eye degenerative disease of Illinois College of Law. The author stated Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, I am proud today which may lead to blindness, she battles val- that older people are at greater risk than to honor the 20th anniversary of the Make-A- iantly everyday to seek ways in which to in- others for problem gambling because of cir- Wish Foundation, a non-profit organization crease funding for finding a cure and save the cumstances that make them vulnerable . . . that fulfills the wishes of children fighting life- eyesight of her children and others like them. namely, loss of a spouse loneliness and bore- threatening illnesses. A true heroine, she selflessly devotes her time dom. The study concluded that ‘‘the casino industry targets its marketing to older peo- In 1980, a 7-year-old boy named Chris, from and energy to her family, to the national Foun- ple because they are reliable spenders with Arizona, who was fighting leukemia wished to dation Fighting Blindness where she serves as leisure time to visit casinos often.’’ be a police officer. Friends of Chris’s family a board member, and to the South Florida Well, duh! Like—we didn’t know that? worked to fulfill his wish and in April that year, community where she is highly admired and Apparently, our legislators also believe Chris spent a day learning about being a po- respected. that seniors are more at risk than other age lice officer and was even sworn in as the first- Betti Lidsky is an advocate whose services groups for problem gambling. Timothy A. Kelly, executive director of a commission ap- ever and only Honorary State Trooper in Ari- and kind spirit have touched the lives of many, pointed by Congress to examine the eco- zona history. and on this very special occasion, I ask that nomic impact of gambling, believes state and Shortly after Chris’s wish, the Make-A-Wish my colleagues join me in wishing Betti Lidsky federal lawmakers should consider halting Foundation was created to help bring happi- a very happy fiftieth birthday. the expansion of gambling around the nation ness to more children. From this humble start, f pending further research. Kelly, whose Na- the Make-A-Wish Foundation has grown and tional Gambling Impact Study Commission now has 80 chapters in the United States and OLDER PEOPLE DO NOT NEED spent two years examining the issues, says, 20 international affiliates. More than 80,000 CHAPERONES ‘‘We heard a lot of stories about elderly par- ents gambling away the family inheritance.’’ children fighting life-threatening illnesses Aw, come on, guys. Seriously—does any worldwide have had their wishes fulfilled. Pop- HON. BARNEY FRANK SeniorScope reader know of any elderly par- ular wishes include visiting Walt Disney theme OF MASSACHUSETTS ent who gambled away the family inherit- parks, getting home computer systems, taking IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ance? (Maybe some younger folks have done family vacations, and meeting celebrities. that, but not the old folks). Two months ago, one of my constituents Tuesday, June 6, 2000 To me, this is one more instance of the had his wish fulfilled by Make-A-Wish Founda- Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, Dumbing Down of Senior Citizens. Are older people perceived to be so witless, so gullible, tion of the Mid-Atlantic, Inc. Last year, 7-year- in the May issue of SeniorScope, the news- that we need to be protected from ourselves old Ryan Davidson of Ashburn, VA, was diag- paper published by the city of New Bedford lest we buy too many lottery tickets or play nosed with a life-threatening illness. It was dealing with issues of particular importance to Bingo too often? Do we need Big Brother to devastating to him and his family. older people, editor Rona Zable has an excel- watch over us at the blackjack tables and When the Make-A-Wish Foundation asked lent column. Ms. Zable effectively refutes slot machines? Ryan what his greatest wish was, it didn’t sur- those who would interfere with the rights of If this sounds like I am some kind of a big- prise anyone that he wanted to meet NASCAR older people to make their own decisions, spe- time casino player, rest assured I am not. In fact, I have never set foot in Foxwoods or driver Bobby Labonte. Ryan learned about cifically in this case with regard to their choice Mohegan Sun. But I defend the right of any- auto racing while playing video games and be- to gamble if they wish in legal establishments. one over age 21 to spend their money where came an instant fan. Of all the drivers, I have been struck by the degree to which they please—be it a casino, bingo hall, sports Labonte is his favorite. On April 26, Ryan, his people who usually respect the rights of others arena, vacation resort, ect. It so happens I father Kirby, his mother Amy and his sister to make their own choices make an exception am a ‘‘shopping mall’’ person . . . and just as Mallory traveled to California where they vis- for gambling, and for some reason, people some people enjoy the socialization and buf- ited a NASCAR racetrack, watched the action seem often ready to use a caricature of older fets at Foxwoods, I enjoy the clearance sales and food court at the Galleria Mall. close up and met Labonte. Ryan came home people as an excuse for this. Indeed, some Nor would I like it one bit if the Senate ap- with loads of memories and souvenirs, includ- who believe that we should make a radical pointed a Commission to limit the expansion ing his favorite—an autographed collector’s change in the Social Security system and of malls to curtail shopping by senior citi- edition of Labonte’s car. Ryan’s wish was a have people be dependent on their stock picks zens. Or, for that matter, to limit the expan- great success. ‘‘This is the best day of my for retiring income draw an inexplicable line sion of restaurants because older Americans life,’’ he told his parents after meeting against letting them go to a casino every so are eating out too much and putting on Labonte. often with some of that retirement income. weight. If Congress is really concerned about sen- The Make-A-Wish Foundation gives children As Rona Zable trenchantly asks, ‘‘are older ior citizens, they ought to do something fighting life-threatening illnesses a positive people perceived to be so witless, so gullible, about the sky high cost of prescription break from a world of doctors, hospitals and that we need to be protected from ourselves drugs. Because, chances are, we’re more apt medicine. I salute the Make-A-Wish Founda- lest we buy too many lottery tickets or play to blow the family inheritance at the drug- tion’s volunteers and supporters who work to bingo too often? . . . If Congress is really con- store counter than we are at the casinos!

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:33 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 0689 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\E06JN0.000 E06JN0 June 6, 2000 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9645 IN TRIBUTE TO JACK EDWARD gation plan in the United States. Jack’s effec- Lawn Lions Club which will be celebrated TANNER tive approach blended the best of the strate- June 9, 2000. gies used by the NAACP and the student non- For 50 years this group has been an impor- HON. JIM McDERMOTT violent protests. tant asset to local and statewide charities, OF WASHINGTON John F. Kennedy, the President of the raising in excess of $750,000. Unlike many or- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES United States, invited Jack to attend the White ganizations, every dollar raised by the Fair House on two different occasions. In June, Lawn Lions Club is donated to charity. Tuesday, June 6, 2000 1963, just after the assassination of Medgar The Fair Lawn Lions Club founded The Fair Mr. MCDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today Evers, the nation was in crisis. Tanner as a Lawn Opportunity Center, a facility for men- to honor my friend, Jack Edward Tanner, for leader in the Northwest, worked closely with tally challenged adults. To this date, they re- his outstanding career as a federal judge and his friend Senator Warren Magnuson, the main its largest private contributor. In addition his unwavering commitment to ensuring that Chair of Senate Commerce Committee, to to the Opportunity Center, the Fair Lawn Lions all Americans are treated fairly in our judicial help Kennedy’s famous 1964 Civil Rights Bill also contribute to the Mental Health Center, system. Judge Tanner has set a standard of get introduced. Equality in public accommoda- the Boy and Girl Scouts, the Ambulance excellence that we all should aspire too. On tions, the core of the bill, opened the way for Corps, Fire Department, and several other May 17, 1978, the Senate of the United States later legislation on voting rights, fair housing groups. did unanimously consent to the nomination of and employment. Furthermore, they financially support many Jack Edward Tanner to serve as United States Clarence Mitchell, Director of the Wash- statewide services. Among these are the St. District Judge for the Eastern and Western ington Bureau for the NAACP said it best, ‘‘It Joseph’s School for the Blind and the Juvenile Districts of Washington. On June 2, 1978, is a fact that the passage of the Civil Rights Diabetes Foundation. I commend their fervent Jack E. Tanner took the oath of office admin- bill has come about because of the tremen- dedication in assisting both the community istered by Marshall A. Neil, Chief Judge East- dous and consistent work that you and others and the entire state of New Jersey. ern District of Washington, in Tacoma, Wash- have done to make it possible. It is true that Worldwide, The Lions Clubs International is ington. On this date, Judge Tanner has com- there have been some magnificent contribu- currently the largest service organization. They pleted 22 years on the federal judiciary. We tions by Senate leaders in this fight, but it was operate in 180 countries, boasting 50,000 salute him as one of this nation’s ‘‘Great Na- also you and the people that you represented clubs and 2,000,000 members. tive Sons.’’ who used your resources to make it possible I am proud to recognize the services of The path to the United States District Court for us to get a successful vote. Therefore, I Charter Member and Past International Direc- was paved with distinguished achievements. wish to thank you and to let you know that this tor William McCormick and Past District Gov- As the son of Trixie and Ernie Tanner, Jack is your time of triumph.’’ ernor Paul A. Meyer. I encourage the Fair and his two siblings, Erna and Bob, were As Washington’s First African-American Lawn Lions Club to continue their cause. They shielded from poverty, but not injustice. As member of the federal judiciary, controversy set a positive example for the community by pioneers in the Northwest, the Tanner family did not elude Judge Tanner. Among the first raising money for those in need and are sure was often singled out and later called upon for cases he decided, he drew sharp criticism: by to remain a pillar of the community for the leadership. Like his father, young Jack ex- finding conditions at Walla Walla State Peni- next 50 years and beyond. celled in sports in grade school, junior high, tentiary, as cruel and unusual punishment On this, their 50th anniversary, I am proud and at Stadium High School. For a sports ca- (Hoptowit case); the unconstitutionality of the to extend my congratulations to the Fair Lawn reer, however, young Jack was born too soon, 1982 anti-busing initiative; and unequal pay for Lions Club. women by the State of Washington, known in the mid-thirties the Major Leagues, for f which he was ably qualified, was not yet inte- nationally as the Comparable Worth case. In grated by Blacks. this landmark decision, Judge Tanner decided TRIBUTE TO THE LATE MILTON V. After serving in the United States military in that the state’s policy of paying lower salaries FREEMAN one of its segregated, ‘‘Jim Crow’’ units, Jack in 14,000 jobs, held predominately by women, returned to the waterfront as a longshoreman, than those paid in comparable jobs held by HON. MARTIN FROST while attending college at the University of men, ‘‘overwhelmingly constituted direct, overt, OF TEXAS and institutionalized discrimination.’’ Puget Sound. Working on the docks in Com- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mencement Bay as a longshoreman provided In the midst of criticism, Judge Tanner con- the foundation for Jack’s dedication to the tinued to rule on cases, by doing what he be- Tuesday, June 6, 2000 needs and concerns of blue-collar workers lieves is right, and not for personal gain or Mr. FROST. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to and others. This perspective has never left popularity. But Father, he rules from the heart note the passing of one of the truly out- him and it is reflected in many of his federal and the law to improve the lives of others, es- standing attorneys of the 20th century, Milton decisions. pecially those who have been historically V. Freeman. The headlines of the Tacoma News Tribune disenfranchised. We Thank you Judge Tanner Milton Freeman died on June 3 at the age for Sunday, December 29, 1963 feature Taco- for Being our Shining Judicial Light. of 88 after a long and remarkable career. He ma’s Top Ten Stories and Personalities. It is On this day, June 6, 2000 and in celebration graduated from City College of New York in no wonder that a photo of Jack Tanner and of 22 years on the federal judiciary and for his 1931 and received his law degree from Co- the controversial ‘‘Open Housing Referendum life-time achievements, I, JIM MCDERMOTT, as lumbia University in 1934, serving on the law No. 4’’ are prominent. Arguing for fair housing United States Congressman from the Seventh review. Following his graduation from law in 1963 brought to Tacoma, and to Wash- Congressional District, along with the entire school, Milton Freeman spent the next 12 ington State, the nation’s struggle for equal Washington delegation, ask that the Congres- years as an attorney with the Securities and rights for all. sional Record reflect, the ‘‘Triumph of this Na- Exchange Commission. Jack challenged Washington State to ad- tive Son, the Honorable Jack E. Tanner, a During his tenure at the SEC, Milton Free- dress de-facto segregation in schools and Tacoman, a Washingtonian and a True Amer- man wrote many of the regulations that imple- housing. As local NAACP President and na- ican.’’ mented the law that created the SEC, regula- tional NAACP board member, lawyer Tanner f tions that are still in effect today. I once intro- believed that the direct action taken by the FAIR LAWN LIONS CLUB duced him at a meeting of my classmates at student demonstrators in the South also would ANNIVERSARY Georgetown Law Center as a ‘‘famous author’’ be effective in the Northwest. With others, he and, in fact, he was just that. He was the au- led a march against discriminatory housing in thor of SEC Rule 10b–5, the heart of the the Tri-cities. This was done despite the wish- HON. STEVEN R. ROTHMAN SEC’s anti-fraud regulations dealing with in- OF NEW JERSEY es of some Blacks, who believed they would sider trading. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES be burdened rather than benefited. As a result But Milton Freeman was much more than of Tanner’s urging, efforts undertaken in Se- Tuesday, June 6, 2000 just a pioneering SEC lawyer. For many years attle to de-segregate the public schools re- Mr. ROTHMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to he served as managing partner of Arnold and sulted in the First non-court ordered desegre- celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Fair Porter, one of the most prestigious law firms

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:33 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 0689 Sfmt 9920 E:\BR00\E06JN0.000 E06JN0 9646 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 6, 2000 in the nation. He also took time to defend peo- TRIBUTE TO DR. RONALD UZELAC IN HONOR OF MARY KAY KOSA ple accused under anti-communist laws at the height of the McCarthy era, one of the darkest periods in our history. HON. ROBERT T. MATSUI HON. JOHN D. DINGELL Milton Freeman was a warm, generous per- OF CALIFORNIA OF MICHIGAN son. He and his wife Phyllis befriended a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES group of insecure first-year law students at Georgetown who were friends of his daughter Tuesday, June 6, 2000 Tuesday, June 6, 2000 Nancy, who was also attending Georgetown. Mr. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, I rise in tribute to Mr. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to We spent a number of wonderful evenings at a truly outstanding citizen of Sacramento, Dr. pay tribute to an absolutely elegant woman. their home, evenings which somehow made Ronald Uzelac. On June 8, 2000, he will be Mary Kay Kosa has been an educator and the traumatic experience of the first months of retiring as Principal of Rio Americano High school administrator in the Monroe Public law school a little more bearable. School in Sacramento, California. As his Schools for the past 50 years. She is also a Another of Milton’s four children, Dan, also friends and co-workers gather to celebrate his dedicated volunteer, community activist and became a lawyer and has served the U.S. retirement, I ask all my colleagues to join with public servant who is the epitome of an in- House of Representatives with great distinc- me in saluting his remarkable career. volved and caring citizen. Mary Kay is admired tion for many years. Dan is currently Chief Dr. Uzelac attended California State Univer- by all and commands my highest respect and Counsel and Parliamentarian for the House sity, Sacramento, where he received his B.A. admiration as well. Mary Kay has decided to Judiciary Committee, a position he has held Degree and Teaching Credential. He contin- retire from her career in education where she under both Democratic and Republican chair- ued his educational pursuits there and went currently serves as the principal of two Mon- men. on to receive a Master’s Degree in Education roe elementary schools. She will undoubtedly Mr. Speaker, Milton Freeman was a good and his Administrative Credential. be missed by the Monroe Public School Sys- husband and father and a great American. He tem, but I take some measure of comfort in will be truly missed. Over the years, he has dedicated himself to educating today’s youth. He has served as an knowing that Mary Kay’s kind and giving na- f Elementary Vice Principal, Elementary Prin- ture will make it impossible for her to also re- cipal, Junior High School Principal, and High tire from her community activism. TRIBUTE TO SENIOR CHIEF PETTY School Principal. Always independent and feisty, Mary Kay OFFICER JAMES HERBERT HOW- In these various educational posts, Dr. does not take no for an answer and will al- ARD Uzelac has accumulated a vast collection of ways fight for what is right. In the 1950’s, awards and citations. In 1983, he received the Mary Kay stood up to the paranoia and cen- HON. ANNA G. ESHOO Administrator of the Year, Secondary Level by sorship created by McCarthyism, she contin- OF CALIFORNIA the Association of California School Adminis- ued to teach her students the truth about the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES trators. He has been recognized with the world and withstood fervent attempts to stop her. A champion of the poor, underprivileged Tuesday, June 6, 2000 ACSA Silver Star Award (Region 3) for leader- ship in developing a National Blue Ribbon and challenged, Mary Kay used her tremen- Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to School in March of 1996. In addition, he was dous compassion and energy to serve as an honor a distinguished American and dedicated the recipient of an Honorary Service Award effective advocate for those who are in need veteran who passed away on March 15, 2000. Administrator of the Year from the San Juan and less fortunate. James Herbert Howard enlisted in the PTA Council in April of 1996. While always dedicated to first educating United States Navy on July 7, 1942 beginning The list of accolades for Dr. Uzelac’s Monroe’s children, Mary Kay has also man- a period of thirty-six years of service to his be- schools is as extensive as his personal aged to serve as a member and chair of sev- loved country. He was a veteran of World War awards. Some of these include the California eral boards and commissions. The Huron Val- Il. He was catapulted off aircraft carriers, Distinguished Schools Award in 1988, 1990, ley Girl Scout Council, Monroe Historic Dis- transferred at sea and saw combat in the Sol- and 1994. Also, he received national recogni- tricts Committee, Child and Family Services omon Islands. tion from the Department of Education as a Board, Monroe County Mental Health Board, James Herbert Howard served aboard sev- National Blue Ribbon School in 1996. Further Monroe Housing Commission, Monroe County eral LSTS and was assigned to the U.S.S. achievements include recognition as one of United Way Board of Directors, Monroe City Teror until it was decommissioned in 1947. Redbook’s ‘‘American Best Schools’’ in 1996. Planning Commission, Salvation Army Advi- Chief Howard served as a Quarter Master His was one of only five California schools sory Council, The Art Lebow Community Cen- aboard such distinguished Naval Ships as the recognized for overall excellence. ter, Monroe County Opportunity Program, and U.S.S. Ajax and the U.S.S. Ticonderoga. In the American Association of University 1972, Commander N.H. Kragseth wrote, In an effort to improve his schools, Dr. Uzelac has implemented programs to ensure Women have all benefited from Mary Kay’s ‘‘Chief Howard is a man of poise with an ex- leadership and involvement. cellent military appearance . . . that he can their continued success. One such program is express his ideas and communicate his in- CIVITAS: a Political Studies Academy with re- A proud and active member of the Michigan structions. He is dedicated to the United structured curriculum aligned with school-to- Education Association, Mary Kay has used her States Navy. He contributes to our retention, career emphasis. This has been in place since activism, involvement and leadership to make advancement and organization and he is an 1994. public education better for our children. She individual I would most want in my unit.’’ Over the years, Dr. Uzelac has been recog- has also utilized her talents to create a better James Herbert Howard was a highly valu- nized by California State Senator Patrick situation for generations of public school able asset to the United States Navy. He re- Johnston, former California State Senator teachers. ceived numerous commendations including Leroy Greene, and myself for his tremendous Mary Kay has been married to Edward Kosa the Good Conduct Medal and Bronze Star on leadership and dedication to the youth of Sac- for 41 years. Their loving relationship speaks July 1, 1945, January 20, 1960, and January ramento. He is a very valuable member of our volumes about the outstanding character of 20, 1963. While Chief Howard might have community. this wonderful woman and her terrific family. been frightened as a young man when he saw Mr. Speaker, as Dr. Uzelac’s friends and co- Mary Kay remains a valuable advisor, con- combat, he believed there to be a greater fear, workers gather to celebrate his retirement, I fidant and friend. She has touched the lives of a fear of a great nation losing freedom. am honored to pay tribute to one of Sac- everyone in Monroe County in a meaningful Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me ramento’s most outstanding citizens. Dr. and substantial way and the community will be in paying tribute to a wonderful man who lived Uzelac’s contributions to Sacramento and ever grateful for her dedication and good a life of purpose, who loved his country and California have indeed been commendable. I deeds. who believed in the United States of America ask all of my colleagues to join with me in Mr. Speaker, I would ask my colleagues to and that we extend our deepest sympathy to wishing him and his family continued success rise with me in tribute to a fine educator and his loving family. in all their future endeavors. public servant, Mary Kay Kosa.

VerDate jul 14 2003 14:33 Sep 16, 2004 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 0689 Sfmt 9920 E:\BR00\E06JN0.000 E06JN0 June 6, 2000 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9647 IN HONOR OF REVEREND JOHN P. John serves on the Boards of Trustees of Loy- Vogues. A native of Turtle Creek, PA, and a SCHLEGEL ola University in Chicago and of Xavier Uni- resident of my congressional district, Mr. versity in Cincinnati. He is the Chair of the Ex- Blasko celebrates the 35th year of the music HON. NANCY PELOSI ecutive Committee of the Commonwealth Club group this year. In 1965 he created the vocal of California, a director of the American Inter- OF CALIFORNIA group, and is the only original member still IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES national School of Hong Kong, and a member of the Advisory Council at the California Acad- touring and performing. Tuesday June 6, 2000 emy of Sciences. John also serves on the During the 1960s and 1970s, the Vogues Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay trib- Board of Directors of the Coro Foundation and recorded 16 hits on the top 40 charts, includ- ute to Reverend John P. Schlegel, S.J., for his the Association of Catholic Colleges and Uni- ing 9 in the top 20. Some of their best-known 9 remarkable years as President of the Uni- versities, and on the Executive Committees of hits include ‘‘Turn Around, Look At Me’’ and versity of San Francisco. Father Schlegel has the Western College Association and the As- ‘‘Five O’Clock World.’’ Few groups have ri- been honored with the position of President of sociation of Independent California Colleges valed the success of the Vogues in placing so Creighton University. His many friends in the and Universities. San Francisco Bay Area bid him farewell with At the University of San Francisco, John many songs on the top 40 charts. mixed emotions—happy for his personal suc- has had remarkable success. Thanks to his Led by Mr. Blasko, their harmonic vocals cess, sad that he is leaving, and forever grate- leadership, the caliber of the faculty and stu- continue to attract fans to sellout concerts and ful for his many accomplishments as President dents has risen, the facilities have been up- club appearances. With his outstanding talent of the University of San Francisco. graded, and the endowment has grown enor- Father Schlegel brought with him to San and love of performing, the Vogues is an en- mously. At the same time, the Jesuit mission during fixture on the music scene and one of Francisco strong academic credentials. He of the University has been advanced. holds B.A. and M.A. degrees from Saint Louis We are grateful to Father John Schlegel for the world’s top concert acts. Mr. Blasko has University, a B.D. degree in Theology from the all that he has done for the University of San been immortalized by the Vocal Music Hall of University of London, and a Doctorate in Inter- Francisco and for the entire Bay Area. We will Fame where fans can see photos of the group national Relations from Oxford University. He miss him greatly but know that it is Creighton and a set of his stage clothes. entered the Wisconsin Province of the Society University’s turn to benefit from his wisdom of Jesus in 1963 and was ordained in 1973. Despite his tremendous success, Mr. Blasko and vision. As we glory in his triumphant re- and his family continue to make western He also brought a record of strong leader- turn home, we hope that he will visit San Pennsylvania their home. As an avid fan of ship. John began his academic career as a Francisco often. I join my constituents in wish- lecturer at Creighton University in 1969. He ing him the very best. The Vogues, I am truly honored to have this joined Creighton’s faculty in the Political opportunity to acknowledge not only a fine f Science department in 1976 and also served musician but a man who cares about his com- as Assistant Academic Vice President from RECOGNIZING CHUCK BLASKO OF munity. 1978–1982. John went on to serve as Aca- THE VOGUES demic Dean and Dean of Arts and Sciences at Once again, I urge my colleagues to rise Rockhurst College, as Dean of the College of HON. RON KLINK and recognize Mr. Blasko on his 35th anniver- Arts and Sciences at Marquette University, OF PENNSYLVANIA sary in the music industry. His commitment to and as the Executive and Academic Vice- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES his family and to his music represent the finest President at John Carrol University in Cleve- Tuesday, June 6, 2000 qualities of the people of the Fourth Congres- land. sional District. Father Schlegel continued that record of Mr. KLINK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to rec- service and leadership while in San Francisco. ognize a musical legend, Chuck Blasko of The

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