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Vol. 142 WASHINGTON, MONDAY, JULY 29, 1996 No. 113 Senate The Senate met at 9:30 a.m., and was There will be a period of morning ‘‘relevant,’’ meaning that we are not called to order by the President pro business today between the hours of 12 totally aware of what the amendments tempore [Mr. THURMOND]. and 2 after which we will resume the are. But we have from 9:30 to 12 to de- The PRESIDENT pro tempore. energy and water bill. bate some of them, to get the votes set, Today, the prayer will be offered by the Also, in accordance with the consent and to ask for the yeas and nays. Then Honorable CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, a agreement, the Senate will begin con- those votes will be set for tomorrow. Senator from the State of Iowa. sideration of the legislative branch ap- I yield the floor at this point. propriations this afternoon at 5 p.m. I suggest the absence of a quorum. PRAYER Once again, any votes ordered on The PRESIDING OFFICER. The CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, a Senator amendments to that bill will also be clerk will call the roll. from the State of Iowa, offered the fol- stacked to occur tomorrow morning. The assistant legislative clerk pro- lowing prayer: Senators should anticipate busy ses- ceeded to call the roll. Let us pray: sions this week with rollcall votes Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask Almighty Father, as Members of the throughout each day and into the unanimous consent that the order for Senate gather here this morning to evening as we make progress on the ap- the quorum call be rescinded. conduct their legislative business we propriations bills. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without implore Your blessings upon them, The majority leader would like to objection, it is so ordered. The Senator their families, and their staffs. We be- thank all Members in advance for their is recognized. seech You to instill in them a faith cooperation this week as we attempt to Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I notice that is unerring, a hope that is certain, complete all of the Senate business there seems to be a momentary pause, a patience that is boundless, a courage prior to start of the August recess. so I am going to speak on a couple of that is unwavering, a love that is per- f things. fect, and a sensitivity and a knowledge that they may accomplish Your holy ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOP- and true command. Amen. MENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, f 1997 f The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under JOE JAMELE—A TRUE PATRIOT RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME the previous order, the Senate will now Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, in a short The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. resume consideration of S. 1959 which while, my longtime press secretary, GRASSLEY). Under the previous order, the clerk will report. Joe Jamele, will be retiring. Joe leadership time is reserved. The assistant legislative clerk read Jamele set probably an all-time record The PRESIDING OFFICER. The as follows: as press secretaries of 15 years in my Chair recognizes the Senator from New A bill (S. 1959) making appropriations for office. I think this is a great com- Mexico. energy and water development for the fiscal pliment to two Italian-Americans, Joe f year ending September 30, 1997, and for other and myself, that we put up with each purposes. other for 15 years. We were good friends SCHEDULE The Senate resumed consideration of when we began our association; we are Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, in be- the bill. even better friends as it comes to an half of the leader, I make the following Pending: end. statement. McCain amendment No. 5094, to clarify Joe Jamele is one of those very spe- This morning the Senate will imme- that report language does not have the force cial people who is a true Vermonter. I diately resume consideration of the en- of law. remember when I grew up, we always ergy and water appropriations bill. McCain amendment No. 5095, to prohibit had the debate of what it took to be a Under the agreement reached on Fri- the use of funds to carry out the advanced Vermonter. Usually, the debate cen- day there are a limited number of first- light water reactor program. tered around whether your great-great- degree amendments which can be of- Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I grandparents were born and raised in fered during today’s session. know of no Senators who are waiting Vermont or whether your great-great- No rollcall votes will occur today. to offer amendments. Let me remind great-grandparents were born and However, any votes ordered will be them that there are a number of Sen- raised in Vermont. stacked on a case-by-case basis on ators listed as having reserved amend- Joe Jamele established it in the best Tuesday morning beginning at 10 a.m. ments. Many of them merely state of ways. He earned his right to be a

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VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS S9008 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 29, 1996 Vermonter through his sense of hard press secretary for U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, KELLOGG-HUBBARD LIBRARY AND work, honesty and loyalty, loyalty to D-Vt., for 15 years, an eon in a profession fa- MRS. JEAN HOLBROOK his family, loyalty to his community, mous for short life spans. ‘‘Winding down is terrible,’’ he went on. ‘‘I Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, the Kel- and loyalty to those who were fortu- don’t like this going-away stuff. I’d rather logg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier re- nate enough to have him serve in their say goodbye on a one-to-one basis than have cently celebrated its 100th anniversary. office, whether it was the Governor of those cheery testimonials. I’ve been to a lot The Kellogg-Hubbard Library holds a the State of Vermont, Governor Salm- of them and every one’s been a disaster.’’ very special place in my heart, because on, or whether it was myself. And then, a minute later, he was talking I had my first library card there. I used Having Joe Jamele as a member of fondly about working for peanuts as a re- to go almost every day. I would be your office comes with a price. I would porter in the 1950s. About managing the gu- bernatorial victory of Democrat Tom Salm- reading a book at school or a book at often come in feeling that I just made on in 1972, one of the great upsets in home and sometimes a book in the li- some brilliant coup, either in the Vermont political history. About the brary in the evening. media or on the floor or back home. changes in Vermont he can’t bear to watch. Mrs. Jean Holbrook, who was the li- Joe would lean back and say, ‘‘Well, ‘‘There’s some parts I can barely visit be- brarian, was one of those people who you know, PATRICK, the way I heard it cause they’ve changed so much,’’ he said. truly helped form my life and my edu- was,’’ and then he would give it to me ‘‘Like the outskirts of Burlington. I can re- cational accomplishments as a child. It member driving through Colchester at night was she who told me when I got bored from the eyes of the vast majority of and not see a light on. Or up around Lake Vermonters. And I would say, ‘‘Yeah, I Seymour. It used to be you could go for with the curriculum in the third grade guess I didn’t do quite as good as I miles and not see anyone. Now it’s ringed that I could also be spending my time might have,’’ and he would bring it with cottages.’’ reading Dickens and Robert Louis Ste- back to Earth. But he also did it in a The two sports are important to Jamele. venson, and I did with great enjoy- way that was in the best interest of Lake Seymour, close by Morgan in the ment. It was she who told me that Vermont. Northeast Kingdom, was where he was sent when I read just about everything in to summer camp by his family in New Jersey He would say oftentimes, ‘‘Let’s talk the children’s library, that she would all through the Depression and World War II. go with me to get a card in the upstairs about what really is on people’s minds Burlington is where he got his first job while back there.’’ That is something he still a college student, bundling freshly library, the grownups’ library. I guess I knew because he had such a farflung printed Free Presses on the midnight shift. was probably the youngest grownup at group of people, and still does, around A reporting job soon followed, with Jamele the time, but this helped me, and it has Vermont, people he could call and talk honoring the advice of a plaque on the wall helped me immeasurably throughout in the office of his University of Vermont with, people who are the true my life. mentor, Andrew Nuquist, that read: ‘‘Never Even today, when I give graduation opinionmakers, not those who thought give them two bad ones in a row.’’ addresses in high schools and even they were the true opinionmakers, but He didn’t. Jamele’s news writing career sometimes grade schools in Vermont, I the people who really were the true covered the mundane—taking sports briefs tell the graduates they have already opinionmakers and those who under- over the phone—to the dramatic: a story about the abused dog who crawled home to learned the most important thing in stood it. their life—they have learned to read. Joe had, and has, this sense of his- die. He once interviewed a blind man who had wandered lost in a forest for three days. On top of learning to read, they have tory in Vermont. We sometimes have He talked with a sobbing Gov. Phil Hoff the developed a love for reading, and every members of the press who come there, day President Kennedy was assassinated. door in life will be open to them be- have been there a very short time and By the early 1970s, his love for politics and cause their love of reading will allow don’t know who had gone before them. weariness with low-paying journalism jobs them to expand their imagination and He was a very distinguished member of got the best of him. In 1972, he had begun working for the GOP gubernatorial campaign their love of life in a way they could the press and has a sense of history not otherwise, but also help them learn that has probably only been seen, in of then-Attorney General James Jeffords when Salmon called and coaxed him to not to be whatever they want to be. my recollection, in Mavis Doyle, a only switch horses, but political affiliations Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- former, and now deceased, reporter for as well. sent that an article I wrote for the the Rutland Herald. Joe knew who the The move paid off, Jeffords eventually lost Times Argus in Vermont about the players were. He knew those who spoke his party’s primary to Luther Hackett; Hubbard Library titled ‘‘Montpelier just for a sound bite as compared to Salmon went on to victory in November. Boy Realizes Miss Holbrook Was ‘‘The night Tom won, the first returns that those who spoke to do what they Right’’ be printed in the RECORD. came in came from Granby, which voted 26– There being no objection, the article thought was best for the State or our 0 for Hackett,’’ Jamele said. ‘‘Tom’s daugh- country. ter began to cry on the couch, and Tom con- was ordered to be printed in the He had a professor’s true heart, be- soled her by reminding her about Hackett’s RECORD, as follows: cause over this decade and a half, we pledge to visit every town. ‘I think he spent [From the Times Argus, June 13, 1996] had so many young people who came too much time in Granby,’ he told her.’’ MONTPELIER BOY REALIZES MISS HOLBROOK into our office who found their real Jamele remains convinced that had Salm- WAS RIGHT mentor was Joe Jamele, and they could on run for retiring U.S. Sen. George Aiken’s (By Patrick Leahy) go to Joe with everything from a pro- seat in 1974, he would have won. ‘‘I think The 100th anniversary of the Kellogg-Hub- Aiken really wanted Tom to succeed him,’’ fessional to a personal concern and get bard Library triggers memories for all of us Jamele said. who have lived in Montpelier. And they are the best of advice. But Salmon passed on the chance, and the great memories. So, Mr. President, I was very pleased door was opened for Leahy. Jamele worked While I was growing up, Montpelier did not when Sam Hemingway of the Bur- for Salmon for four years, then for Massa- have television. We children did not have the lington Free Press wrote in May a col- chusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis. He joined advantage of cable TV with 10 channels giv- umn about Joe, and I ask unanimous Leahy’s staff in 1981, a move he’s never re- ing us the opportunity to buy things we gretted. didn’t need and would never use or another consent that it be printed in the And will not now sentimentalize as he RECORD. 10 offering blessings or redemptions for an heads for the exits. He leaves, critical of the adequate contribution. There being no objection, the article way federal workers have become scapegoats Depirved as we were, we made do with the was ordered to be printed in the for those who blame government for what’s Lone Ranger and Inner Sanctum on the radio RECORD, as follows: wrong in the country, angry about the domi- and Saturday’s serials at the Strand Theater [From the Burlington Free Press, May 31, nance of polls and television ads in political on Main Street. For a few minutes on Satur- 1996] campaigns. day afternoon, we could watch Hopalong Passionate and skeptical to the end. (By Sam Hemingway) Cassidy, Tarzan, Flash Gordon, Jungle Jim Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I will say or Batman face death-defying predicaments WASHINGTON BIDS FAREWELL TO JAMELE that my career in the Senate has been that would guarantee you would be back the To his last day on the job—today—Joseph greatly enhanced because Joe has been next Saturday, 14 cents in hand, to see how Jamele Jr., 65, was remaining true to form: they survived (and I recall they always did). part curmudgeon, part romantic and full- willing to give so much of himself to Having exhausted radio, Saturday mati- time Vermont political junkie. this office, to the State of Vermont, to nees, the latest comic books (I had a favor- ‘‘It’s terrible,’’ he muttered on the phone the U.S. Senate, and to our country. He ite) and childhood games and chores, we were from Washington, D.C., where he’s worked as is, indeed, a true patriot. left to our own imagination.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS July 29, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S9009 That was the best part. two terrorist acts this country has the same. But a burglar, of course, We were a generation who let the genies of faced. I assume that the crash of the would take the unguarded one because our imagination out of the bottle be reading. TWA flight was caused by an act of ter- he assumes he will not be caught. Then, as now, reading was one of my great pleasures. rorism. Obviously, the bomb in Atlanta We have to realize that you stop ter- My parents had owned the Waterbury was an act of terrorism. I assume the rorism not by the easy feel-good things Record Weekly newspaper and then started two are not connected and the motiva- like simply passing legislation, saying the Leahy Press in Montpelier, which they tion for either may be entirely dif- we will be tough because we will in- ran until selling it at their retirement. The ferent. But I hope that the American crease all the penalties or whatever, Leahy family was at home with the printed people will not allow themselves to be because these acts carry the death pen- word and I learned to read early in life. At 5 years old I went down the stairs on held hostage by these terrorists, be- alty. But, rather, we take the very the Kellog-Hubbard Children’s Library, and cause if we do, the terrorists win. hard and difficult steps of making sure the years that followed provided some of the This is a great country. We sent ar- that our law enforcement is properly most important experiences of my life. mies to fight nazism and fascism funded, equipped, and trained, that In the ’40s and ’50s, the Kellogg-Hubbard around the world. This is a great na- they have the tools necessary, within a was blessed with a whitehaired children’s li- tion that mobilized in World War II and democratic society, the investigative brarian named Miss Holbrook. Her vocation did not allow the armies of Hitler to tools necessary to do this, and that we in life had to be to help children read and to make reading enjoyable. She succeeded more defeat us or the cowardly attack on realize as a nation that while we watch than even she might have dreamed. Pearl Harbor to destroy us. If we did terrorist activity in Great Britain, She had the key to unlocking our imagina- not allow those forces, that eventually Germany, in France, in the Middle tion. numbered in the millions, to defeat us, East, Israel, several of the Arab na- With my parents’ encouragement, the Kel- we should not allow a few crazed peo- tions, the terrorism can strike at us. It logg-Hubbard was a regular stop every after- ple, no matter what their motivation, noon as I left school. On any day I had two can be from outside our borders, as the or three books checked out. My sister Mary, to do the same. World Trade Tower bombs were, or brother John and I read constantly. I also hope that we will have a care- home-grown, as Oklahoma City now In my years as U.S. senator, it seems I ful and studied response of what is the appears to be. Either way, we are not never traveled so far or experienced so much best way to go after them. I feel immune. That is the bad side. as I did as a child in Montpelier with daily strongly that better intelligence—and The plus side is that we are a resil- visits to the library. With Miss Holbrook’s we have probably the best in world— ient nation of 260 million people of di- encouragement I had read most of Dickens that better and more intelligence is and Robert Louis Stevenson in the early part verse backgrounds, diverse philoso- of grade school. very important. Our law enforcement, phies and faiths, nationalities coming To this day, I remember sitting in our State, local, and Federal, have worked together to make one very great, vi- home at 136 State St. reading Treasure Is- with the greatest cooperation I have brant nation, the most powerful de- land on a Saturday afternoon filled with ever seen. We should admire Jim mocracy that history has ever known. summer storms. I knew I heard the tap, tap, Kallstrom, the FBI agent in charge of And it is. We are so powerful, we are so tap of the blind man’s stick coming down the investigation into the TWA crash. vibrant because we have opened our- State Street and I remember the great relief And certainly, when we watch the of seeing my mother and father returning selves to all kinds of ideas, have en- from visiting my grandparents in South Georgia authorities and the Federal couraged all kinds of ideas. Ryegate. authorities come together in Atlanta, We should not allow the terrorists to Miss Holbrook was right. A good book and for those of us who once served in law stop us from having this exchange of an active imagination creates its own re- enforcement, we can only marvel at ideas and this openness of views. Vir- ality. this level of cooperation. tually all Americans will join together In my profession, I read computer mes- But we should realize we are going to sages, briefing papers, constituent letters, in wanting these people caught. But legislation and briefings, the Congressional face more, not less but more, terrorist virtually all Americans want to make Record—and an occasional book for pleas- attempts in our country. We are the sure we retain the constitutional free- ure—in all, the equivalent of a full-length most powerful nation on Earth. Nobody doms that made us so great. book each day. can send an army marching against us Mr. President, I suggest the absence Interesting as all this is, and owing much or an air force flying against us or of a quorum. of my life to those earlier experiences at the navy sailing against us. We are far too The PRESIDING OFFICER. The library, the truest reading pleasure was powerful. clerk will call the roll. then. I worry that so many children today But like any great democracy, we miss what our libraries offer. The legislative clerk proceeded to During the past few years I have had many have one vulnerability. That is not a call the roll. of my photographs published. DC Comics and million-person army marching against Mrs. KASSEBAUM. Mr. President, I Warner Brothers have also asked me to write us, but a half dozen well-dedicated, ask unanimous consent that the order for Batman or do voice-overs on their TV se- well-trained, strongly motivated ter- for the quorum call be rescinded. ries. In each case, I have asked them to send rorists. Their motivation may be to go The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without my payment to the Kellogg-Hubbard Library to Heaven, their motivation may be objection, it is so ordered. to buy books for the Children’s Library. some twisted psychotic sense that they It is my way of saying: ‘‘Thank you, Miss Mrs. KASSEBAUM. Mr. President, I Holbrook.’’ are doing right. But they are the ones ask unanimous consent to speak as in Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I see my in a democracy who can strike the morning business. good friend from Washington State on most, especially against a techno- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without the floor. If he is not going to seek rec- logically advanced democracy like objection, it is so ordered. The Senator ognition, I suggest the absence of a ours. may proceed. I heard some over the weekend say, quorum. f The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ‘‘Boy, we’ll get them. We’ll just in- crease the penalties.’’ I remind every- WHY AFRICA MATTERS: clerk will call the roll. EMERGING DISEASES The legislative clerk proceeded to body that in Georgia, what happened call the roll. carries a potential death penalty under Mrs. KASSEBAUM. Mr. President, Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask Georgia law, to say nothing of the po- when I became chairman of the Sub- unanimous consent that the order for tential death penalty under Federal committee on African Affairs in 1981, I the quorum call be rescinded. law. I remind my colleagues, in most was asked what I knew about Africa. I The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without criminal matters, penalties are rarely responded, ‘‘Not much.’’ But since that objection, it is so ordered. a deterrence because the person does time, either as chairman or ranking f not expect to get caught. member, I have spent considerable The example I use are two ware- time working on African issues and TERRORISM IN THE UNITED houses side by side. One has virtually have developed a deep affinity for the STATES no lock on it, another has a state-of- continent. Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, over the the-art security system. The penalty It is a region that is beset with many weekend, much has been said about the for breaking into these warehouses is difficulties, but it also holds great

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS S9010 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 29, 1996 promise and possibilities. I am not For example, international trade was Mr. President, at the Labor Com- going to speak today, Mr. President, the mechanism by which a strain of the mittee hearing last year, Dr. David about current tragedies in Burundi or Ebola virus, previously confined to cen- Satcher, Director of the Centers for Rwanda or other places on the con- tral Africa, surfaced in Reston, VA, in Disease Control and Prevention, indi- tinent. But I have been questioned 1989, and in Texas in 1996. The cated that CDC received the first re- more and more, as I get ready to retire devestating effects of Ebola’s hemor- port of the 1994 Ebola outbreak in Zaire and will leave this chairmanship of the rhagic fever, and the mysteries sur- in May of that year, but the first case African subcommittee, why should we rounding its transmission, have cre- probably occurred in January. care about Africa? In this era of budget ated a sense of fear and insecurity Early warning systems simply did difficulties and domestic challenges, around the world since the 1995 out- not exist. Likewise, the National why devote resources and diplomatic break in Zaire. Yet Ebola represents Science and Technology Council re- energies to a region of great needs, un- only one of a number of new diseases ported that African doctors saw ‘‘slim familiar cultures, and limited strategic which present a threat to all of man- disease,’’ probably a herald of the AIDS value to the United States? kind—at least 30 new infectious dis- epidemic, as early as 1962, but the Mr. President, I, for one, believe that eases have emerged in the last 20 years. dearth of technical and financial re- Even more familiar diseases like ma- Africa does matter to Americans, and sources, as well as an absence of en- laria present a cause for concern, as perhaps in ways that we do not nec- gaged, international cooperation, pre- poor medical practices in Africa result essarily think about when we see the vented the disease from being identi- in new, antibiotic-resistant strains of current headlines that emerge regard- fied before the AIDS epidemic in the previously treatable infections. Con- ing Africa. United States was well underway. The United States does have signifi- sider this: each year, over 1,000 Ameri- cans return to the United States with For all of these reasons, the emer- cant national interests on the con- gence and proliferation of disease on tinent. The events in Africa directly af- malaria after spending time abroad. The mosquito that transmits malaria the African Continent should concern fect American citizens. In this age of Americans. Population shifts, urban instant communications, international is still present on both coasts of the United States. Moreover, precisely be- overcrowding, eroding health and sani- travel, and world trade, we simply can- tation infrastructures, inadequate pub- not afford to ignore a continent of over cause malaria has not been endemic in our country or in Europe in the late lic education initiatives, and environ- 660 million people and 54 countries. mental mismanagement all contribute From infectious disease to environ- 20th century, it will be far more lethal to disease proliferation in Africa, and mental destruction, narcotics traf- in those regions than it is in Africa in turn, that proliferation affects the ficking to terrorism, we live in a world today should it be reintroduced. United States where boundaries have less and less Our national interest in Africa’s meaning. As a world leader, the United emerging and reemerging diseases ex- Mr. President, in this post-cold-war States has a responsibility—and a self- tends beyond the most immediate and era, many in the policy and academic urgent concern of international trans- interest—in promoting peace, stability, community are reassessing American mission. and development in Africa. vulnerabilities and global priorities. AIDS in Africa exemplifies the eco- Mr. President, over the next few For example, I have strongly believed nomically draining impact of disease. weeks, I will deliver a series of state- that nuclear, chemical, and biological It primarily affects young adults, the ments on United States interests in Af- weapons proliferation presented a clear most productive segment of society, rica. As I travel around the country I threat to our Nation and have sup- leading some experts to estimate that find a great amount of skepticism ported efforts to combat those dangers. AIDS could cause a 2- to 3-percent re- among the American public regarding But traditional perceptions of na- duction in the growth rates of devel- tional security do not encompass many foreign policy and international en- oping countries’ economies over the gagement. Those of us who believe that of the new threats facing our nation. next 20 years. In turn, diminished pur- As I have argued, emerging infectious events on the African Continent affect chasing power in developing country United States interests must begin to diseases in Africa are one such threat— will result in diminished trade reve- presenting serious dangers to United make the case for why Africa matters. nues and economic opportunities here Today, I will begin with an issue of States citizens abroad and at home. at home. particular concern to me—emerging in- Traditionally, U.S. interest in trop- American engagement, both explic- fectious diseases. Last year, I chaired a ical infectious disease has varied ac- itly through international disease pre- hearing of the Senate Labor Com- cording to the extent of our political vention and control initiatives, and in- mittee on Emerging Infections: A and military involvement overseas. It directly through encouragement of sta- Threat to the Health of a Nation. The seems clear that today’s heightened bility, social service reforms, and envi- focus of the hearing was on domestic volume of civilian human contact ronmental responsibility, helps fight vulnerability to disease, but inter- makes this an obsolete strategy. We these emerging diseases, keeping both national issues—especially those in- should all be conscious of the risks Africans and Americans strong, volving Africa—surfaced again and that are presented to us. healthy, and secure as we prepare to again. Yet in 1989, a meeting of the Amer- enter the 21st century. It is impossible to isolate the domes- ican Society of Tropical Medicine and This is just one reason, Mr. Presi- tic epidemiological situation from a Hygiene revealed that neither Amer- dent, why Africa does matter to us. I larger global context. Microbes simply ican agencies nor the World Health Or- suggest it is a security threat, as well do not observe political boundaries. ganization were adequately prepared as a personal threat, and one that we Mr. President, the sheer volume of for an epidemic emergency. Pre- should care about with interest and human contact at the approaching turn packaged disease hospitals and over- compassion, as we look to our own of the century creates a situation in seas high-security laboratories do not budgets, and as we look to our own which no country or class is immune exist, nor does a clear chain of com- strategists. from the threat of disease. In 1993, over mand in such an emergency. In the I yield the floor. 27 million people traveled from the 1990’s, a review of CDC surveillance I suggest the absence of a quorum. United States and Canada to devel- systems determined them to be woe- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The oping countries. The incubation period fully inadequate within the United clerk will call the roll. of most epidemic diseases far exceeds States, and so haphazard as to be non- the duration of most international existent abroad. The legislative clerk proceeded to flights. No state can test all entering Yet, information is one of the most call the roll. persons for every known disease. Even critical elements of our epidemiolog- Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask secure borders cannot stop contami- ical security, and surveillance and unanimous consent that the order for nated water, food, or animal vectors monitoring mechanisms on the African the quorum call be rescinded. from transmitting microbes across Continent are crucial to American in- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without boundaries. terests. objection, it is so ordered.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS July 29, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S9011 ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOP- ators have amendments that are not where at Hanford, the great majority MENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, water resource amendments that they of this nuclear waste is located, and all 1997 are going to offer, we ask that the Sen- across many other nuclear facilities in The Senate continued with the con- ators’ staffs and their offices attempt the rest of the country as well. sideration of the bill. to get us those amendments so that we So a good portion—maybe a third of Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, to- have an opportunity to work with the this entire appropriation—really looks gether with the distinguished chairman Senators on them, or to adequately to the past, to taking care of the nu- of the Energy and Water Appropria- make our presentations. clear waste that we have already cre- tions Subcommittee, I came to the I thank the Senator for yielding the ated, and that which will be created in floor today to help deal with any pro- floor. I am delighted that he wants to the future. That is a very important posals or amendments that might come talk about the importance of this bill part of this appropriation. It is a pay- up during the course of today’s activi- in many, many aspects of our future ment for past triumphs of this country, ties. In fact, I was in the President’s life in this country. and it is a payment which is obviously chair last Friday when the majority (Mr. COCHRAN assumed the chair.) due to those who are concerned with leader asked for a unanimous-consent Mr. GORTON. I thank my friend from the environment of the United States agreement listing almost an entire col- New Mexico. Mr. President, each of and to those locations in which it is found. I spoke at greater length on Fri- umn in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD of these appropriations bills with which day on the subject of Hanford and the amendments that might be proposed to we deal is long and very much detailed. beginning of a very real success on the this bill. A handful were debated on Sometimes it is difficult even for Mem- part of the engineers and the others Friday afternoon. All of the rest must bers, much less the general public, to have a true understanding of what is who work there at doing something be offered between now and noon, or about this waste. between 2 and 5 this afternoon. contained in them. For this reason, I have asked my Once again, Mr. President, this De- Obviously, we have not dealt with a partment of Energy portion here is lot of business at this point. It seemed staff to prepare a series of charts or graphs on the appropriations for those maybe a quarter for research into the to me appropriate to speak about this future for the energy needs of the coun- bill and about its importance in gen- subcommittees of the appropriations bills on which I serve. try, almost three-quarters for defense eral terms and, perhaps, to ask for work, of which roughly half is really a some comments from the chairman, Unfortunately, I only have a page- size one here for energy and water. It is payment for the past, rather than for my friend from New Mexico, who our present security. This much short- knows so much about it, to whom it is for the bill for the current year, 1996. Due to the efforts of the Senator from er green line, Mr. President, is the so vital, both for his own State of New Army Corps of Engineers. I believe I Mexico and for the entire country, and New Mexico, we now have an allocation for 1997 that is roughly equivalent of can say that every single Member of for our national defense and for our in- this body will have some interest in that for 1996. So the distribution of the frastructure. the work of the Army Corps of Engi- money for the current year is, I think, Mr. DOMENICI. Will the Senator neers, as it works on all of our river relevant to what we are dealing with. yield? systems, most notably in the State of Mr. President, I am sure your eyes Mr. GORTON. I am happy to. the present occupant of the chair, my may not be quite good enough to see Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I State, and all other States as well, in anything on this chart other than the want to state one more time for Sen- projects to control floods, to conserve colors. But the red and pink portion of ators that we did receive 46 amend- water, to use it for agricultural pur- the chart show that the lion’s share of ments. The Senator was alluding to poses and the like. them. The unanimous-consent agree- this bill goes to the Department of En- Yet, this entire green line here in- ment recognized these amendments as ergy, which is not surprising. This is cludes not only the operations and the only amendments that can be of- the energy and water appropriations maintenance activities of the Corps of fered in the first degree, and many, bill. What, perhaps, is not visible to Engineers, but a very small portion for many of them are to the water re- you is the fact that only about a quar- our future. The top tiny little green sources portion of this bill—we are be- ter of it appears on the top of the line here is Mississippi flood control, ginning to ascertain, that is—the Bu- chart, and that goes to the civilian ac- Mr. President. But look at that in com- reau of Reclamation or the Corps of tivities of the Department of Energy parison with all of the other activities Engineers. We very much want to at- for energy supply research and develop- of this appropriations bill—an an ex- tempt to work out some of these ment—obviously important to our fu- tremely modest investment in a vitally amendments. ture—and for general science research important activity. But some of it, a I just say to Senators who have and development. The Federal Govern- portion that all of us are interested in, amendments that the time is going to ment, through the Department of En- is for the construction of future run out, and I know come 4 o’clock this ergy, is one of the most important sin- projects on the part of the Corps of En- afternoon, or even tomorrow, there are gle sources of research for both energy gineers to make our ports deeper and going to be Senators who will be some- purposes and for some other purposes safer; to create new areas in which we what upset. But we have now, through as well. can conserve water for various public the good graces of the leader in this All of the rest, close to three-quar- purposes, and the like. unanimous-consent request, had time ters of this red and pink line, goes to Finally, the tiny orange line over since 9:30 this morning until 12. There defense activities, because it is the De- here, insofar as the Department of the are 2 hours, 1 hour on each side, on partment of Energy that is in charge of Interior and the Bureau of Reclama- some additional matters, unrelated to our nuclear defense. Curiously enough, tion for a similar project; and, lastly, a this. We will come back at 2 on this of that defense activity, Mr. President, handful of independent agencies like bill, and we will have 3 more hours. At half really goes to the past. Half is con- the Appalachian Regional Commission, 5 o’clock, we are off this bill. So any- tinuing to pay for the triumph of the the Delaware River Commission, the body who has not offered their first-de- United States of America in World War Interstate Commission on the Poto- gree amendments will have no oppor- II and in the cold war against the So- mac, the Nuclear Regulatory Commis- tunity. The Senate has just agreed that viet Union, because we built so rapidly sion, and the like. they are out. our nuclear capacity, our nuclear de- Yet, we tend to think of all of these Now, I know there are four or five fense capacity, that we did not learn at things in the sense of equivalents. amendments that address issues that the time the dangers that nuclear They are not equivalents with respect are not water resource issues. I think I waste would impose on this country. to the amount of money that we put know what all of those amendments And we have stored most of our nuclear into it. A very, very large portion, are, although I have not seen them. I waste in a way that clearly is not per- probably close to half, of this entire ap- ask, especially, that the Senators who manent in nature and, clearly, threat- propriations bill is for defense activi- have these serious amendments, let us ens the environment—very particu- ties both past and future, and much of see them as soon as possible. So if Sen- larly, in my own State of Washington, it is for research.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS S9012 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 29, 1996 As a consequence, it is important. It that I thank him very much for the ef- its predecessor, the civilian depart- is a matter of interest to all of the forts he puts forth in every appropria- ment, throughout the entire episode of Members of this body. It is probably tions bill that he works on, but in par- the conflict with the Soviet Union. the reason, as the chairman pointed ticular I thank him for his knowledge They have not been in the Department out, that we have some 46 theoretically and his effort in this one. of Defense. They have been in the De- pending amendments to the bill even The Department of Energy, obvi- partment of Energy, or ERDA, its pred- though the chairman has been very ously, is very misunderstood. I am not ecessor, or even the predecessor to careful to listen to messages and re- here defending mismanagement or any that. of the things we read about that we do quests from Members on behalf of their In this bill for weapons activities and not think would be in the best inter- constituents. A significant number of other defense activities—there is $3.46 ests of maintaining this Department projects, both in the research area and billion, more or less, for weapons ac- in the Corps of Engineers’ operating and maintaining a Cabinet position. But, first, in that regard with ref- tivities in the budget request of the area, are designed to build the infra- President, and we have funded that at structure of this country, and, Mr. erence to the management of the Wash- ington headquarters and the top-end $3.9 billion, about $500 million higher President, at a time in which we are than the President’s request. properly and justifiably concerned with governance of that Department, we bringing our budget into balance, a have cut it 15.9—round numbers 16— Frankly, we believe that in funding duty that we owe to our children and percent. We believe, coupled with last that at about $500 million higher than to our grandchildren, a moral duty to year’s reduction, that we are sending a the President, we have attempted to pay today for the kinds of services and very strong signal that the Department make sure that the goals and objec- projects we want in government. of Energy has too many people at the tives of this President and his Depart- As significant as that is, as signifi- top end and, as a result, has an awful ment of Energy and his Defense De- cant as the views of this chairman are lot of regulations that are forthcoming partment, the goals and objectives to that purpose, as he is, after all, the with reference to the efforts out in the with reference to a totally new way to chairman of the Senate Budget Com- field that are duplicative, that are un- handle our nuclear weapons is appro- mittee, it is important that we con- necessary. priately funded. In fact, one of the major studies with tinue to invest in the infrastructure of Now, those who are critical of the reference to the laboratories that are this country, whether it is a physical Department of Energy should know owned by the Department of Energy infrastructure from the point of view of that there is a very large portion of and run under different management energy and water projects or a research this budget that is Defense Department schemes—some run by the universities infrastructure in better and more effi- oriented. And is it an important func- cient and more effective ways in which such as Livermore and Los Alamos, some run by management teams of the tion? This Senator assumes—and I to use all of the energy resources that think my friend from Washington sup- we have in the United States of Amer- private sector such as Lockheed Mar- tin, which runs Oak Ridge and ported this—that when we provided in ica—one or the other. These invest- the big budget $12 billion additional ments in infrastructure are vitally im- Sandia—but one of the major reports was issued by the former chief execu- money for the Defense Department— portant. and we did that, and we are willing to So this is a really significant bill, tive officer of Motorola, Mr. ‘‘Bob’’ take the heat from that. That is an on- Mr. President. Robert Galvin. In that report the indi- I see the chairman returning to the cation was that the laboratories are going debate. We prevailed here, and floor at this point. I wonder if he would having a great deal of difficulty being we are funding defense overall at a explain, for the Members who are still efficient because there are too many higher level than the President asked considering whether or not to come to rules and regulations. for by about $12 billion. We assumed the floor to offer their amendments but We are looking forward to the De- throughout this DOE defense function, even more significantly for the people partment of Energy, which continues which has to do with our nuclear weap- of the country as a whole, something of to say they are working at that, we are ons and the maintenance of them, the dynamics of this bill. looking forward to their quantifying at which I will explain in a moment, we I say to the chairman of the com- some point and saying that labora- should give them a slight increase as mittee, I believe that, due to his ef- tories can run without this enormous we did the rest of DOD’s work, so we forts, there is somewhat more money labyrinth of rules built one on top of assumed a comparable 4.3 percent in- in this bill than there is in the bill the other. crease in those activities because that passed by the House of Representa- But in the end, what people must un- is how much we increased the Defense tives. I also believe that this bill stays derstand about the Department of En- Department. Frankly, I believe every within the allocations which his sub- ergy that I think is of utmost impor- single bit of that is going to be used in committee has been given, which in tance is that a very large piece of the an advantageous way with reference to turn are a part of a set of allocations Department of Energy is defense ac- our nuclear stockpile and our nuclear which could lead us to a balanced budg- tivities. There are some in this body, cleanup which I will talk about in a et by the year 2002, if, but only if, we some in the other body, and some with- moment. also show the courage and have the in the Department of Defense, and Mr. GORTON. Will the Senator yield support from the President of the some former Cabinet people within the for a question? United States to deal with the over- Department of Defense who frequently Mr. DOMENICI. Yes. whelmingly expensive entitlement pro- make the case that the Department of grams of this country. Energy does not do its defense work as Mr. GORTON. That $12 billion in- So, if the chairman could tell us a well as some of them would like. crease in defense as a whole is over how little bit about how he made his Nonetheless, I must remind everyone long a period of time? choices in connection with this bill and that one of the things we can be most Mr. DOMENICI. That is fiscal year emphasize the fact that it is a part of proud of by way of government doing a 1997, 1 year. bringing the budget into balance and good job is how well we have succeeded Mr. GORTON. So $500 million is in say what he thinks the differences be- throughout the confrontation with the this bill, and the remainder of it is in tween us and the House of Representa- Soviet Union in keeping the world from the bill that has already passed? tives are and how we propose to settle having a nuclear holocaust. What has those differences, I would appreciate it. happened is we created a stalemate, Mr. DOMENICI. That is correct. Two I think both our other Members and and we created such a vast array of in- bills, military construction, commonly the country at large would appreciate formation in these laboratories, the known as MilCon, and the defense ap- having that knowledge as well. three that are the big ones that are de- propriations bill. The rest of it is in Mr. DOMENICI addressed the Chair. termined to be in that business, along there. But $500 million of the $12 billion The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- with Oak Ridge as a fourth one, we went to DOE defense. And that can in- ator from New Mexico. were always a step ahead. But all of clude nuclear weapons activities, but it Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, let me the nuclear defense activities have can also include nuclear cleanup, first say to my friend from Washington been in the Department of Energy, or which, incidentally, the Senator has so

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It is now in excess of $5.5 billion. related. There is a huge number of colleague pointed out, but high-energy And actually, everybody understands parts that are just related to the me- physics and nuclear physics are among that we must clean up the leftovers in chanics of a good weapon, of a weapon the premier efforts at finding out the the Senator’s State, in the Savannah that is appropriately safe and trust- nature of matter, the real nature of River area, in a couple of other areas in worthy. To do that we need more re- atoms and every part of atoms, the the United States, we must clean them sources, and we need to convert our atomic structure and everything with- up because that is our responsibility, major laboratories to that work. in it, to find out clearly what is in this and it is a leftover defense activity. So We believe it is a real challenge. We universe of ours. We should never stop we pay for it here. So whenever we talk believe it is imperative that we give that research. America is the leader about defense money, unless somebody these scientists the same kind of rec- there, and we should continue to be the wants to take that out and say it is no ognition that we give to our defense leader. longer a defense function, in which people. When we say we need the best We do biological and environmental event I assume we would reduce de- defense people, we need to pay our research. Incidentally, the greatest fense spending by that amount and put military men and women the best, we wellness health research program, one- it in some other civilian funding, that need to give them the best opportunity third of it, is in the Department of En- amount is in this appropriations bill to serve us well, we have to, in my ergy. That is the program called ge- and in every other one. opinion, say the laboratories that are nome research, which will map the en- Now, I want to comment on two preserving this healthy situation are tire chromosome structure of the other things. akin to our military people. human body, map it and hand it to the When we were involved in the con- They are not military people. And I scientific community so they can then frontation with the Soviet Union, we think many say, thank God, they have proceed to effect cures over time of the had a number of things that we have not been, for we have never since Harry great diseases. That is in here for since decided we would not do. First, Truman’s time wanted to put the about one-third of $189 million, what- we did underground testing. For maintenance of a nuclear weapons ever that number is, for national pro- some—and I am not attaching any compound and all that goes into it in grams, about $189 million, and we have quality to this debate—we should have the Defense Department. We said you a third of it here. stopped them a long time ago. But for give us the criteria; we will deliver We have geothermal and fusion re- those who have to be accountable for them; you make sure that in fact they search. We have solar and renewables. the quality of the weapons, they were are what we say they are but let civil- There will be an amendment on the very reluctant to give up underground ians do that. So we chose in this bill to floor to add some money to solar and renewables. That amendment will add testing. We finally voted that in here put more money in various functions of about $23 million. The Senator asked in the Senate. It was a Hatfield amend- the stockpile stewardship program. what some of the amendments are ment to stop nuclear testing other Mr. President, none of us are thrilled about. That has been put together, we than in case of an emergency, subject with the efficiency of the nuclear understand. Senator JEFFORDS has cleanup activities. The distinguished to the certification of the President, it been the leader on that, and we will try Senator from Washington, who has might start again. to work that out with him. I am not going to talk much about millions of dollars being spent to clean Obviously, since I spent the last 10 why testing was important to those up Hanford, has regularly indicated his minutes talking about the Department who make bombs and keep them safe. great displeasure at how long it is tak- of Energy, then I must spend a few mo- Let me say those are goals without any ing and how we are standing in place ments on the other aspect of this bill. serious contention. Almost everybody instead of running. But the point of it Because, as the Senator’s chart so ade- says that was a benefit in that regard. is we have to put money in that. We quately depicts, this bill also covers Now, this Department, starting about have $200 million more in that overall the Bureau of Reclamation, the Corps 1 2 ⁄2 years ago, is involved in a whole program than the House did. We will of Engineers, the Appalachian Regional new way to maintain our nuclear weap- have to defend that in conference. We Commission, Defense Nuclear Facili- ons. And as I have said before, when we are going to maybe defend it on the ties Safety Board, Tennessee Valley talk about keeping this new inventory floor. I do not know of an amendment Authority, Nuclear Regulatory Com- of nuclear weapons, it would be won- yet, but I can see in that amendment a mission, and the Nuclear Waste Tech- derful to come to the floor and say we reduction in the cleanup. There is an nical Review Board. These are non- do not need them anymore; we are not amendment offered by Senator BUMP- defense activities that are in this bill going to have any. But we are going to ERS which would cut back on the stock- that are very important. Almost all of have them for quite a long time, and it pile stewardship in its broadest sense the 47 amendments that I alluded to is a rather large number—not nearly as as I understand the amendment. awhile ago that were at least reserved large as before. It is coming down dra- Now, I want to make one last obser- by Senators, almost all of them had to matically in number. vation. I said I had two. We have put do with these functions that I just But a new charge was placed on the together in the national laboratory elaborated; in particular, the corps and laboratories by the Department of En- systems of the Department of Energy a the Bureau, for the most part. I did not ergy and agreed to by DOD. It is called huge labyrinth of great equipment to say all of them, but for the most part. the science-based stockpile steward- do research projects. And probably it is So, when we have to fund this at a ship. We are now being asked to main- fair to say that over 40 years there was freeze for nondefense, it is not possible tain a stockpile of a given number of assembled in the nuclear deterrent lab- for us to grant an awful lot of new pro- thousands of weapons in a trustworthy, oratories and the others, including Oak gram startups and the like for the Bu- safe, secure, and deliverable mode Ridge, the biggest science talent in a reau of Reclamation or the corps. We without any testing underground and group in an institution, science and en- have done our best in the bill. If we can without manufacturing any weapons, gineering talent of anywhere in the save some money in some of the for we are not making any new nuclear world. And certainly in America with amendments that are being offered in weapons. In this bill, we do not have 7,000 or 8,000, 9,000 scientists with all that area, we will try to accommodate money to make new nuclear weapons, those that support them at some of some of the States’ desires, as evi- and all the money for nuclear weapons these institutions, we were always able denced by the reserved amendments is in this bill. If it is not here, it is no- to get the very best, phenomenal in from Senators who are seeking to con- where. terms of their research. So there devel- tinue projects or to take an authorized

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Then everybody thinks Senate in the armed services bill and we should add on the billions of dollars the Federal Government should be in- partially funded in this bill, has a lot included in the Energy Department volved. If that is the case, when there to do with trying to move ahead with under the discretion of the appropri- is a known flood potential, when there making Russia’s dismantlement more ators who have, for many years, taken is a situation with a high propensity secure, more certain, and safer for the a very close look at the operations of for floods, why shouldn’t we be part of world. It has a couple of interesting the Department of Energy. I urge them preventing it on some kind of a match projects—partnership with laboratories to continue that effort, as we in the basis? We have done that for a long here and business in an effort to keep Armed Services Committee do. time. some of their great scientists from suc- Generally speaking, there has been There is not as much money going cumbing to the offer of money to move excellent cooperation between the au- into flood protection, but there is to other countries to become bomb thorizers of these funds, the Armed some, and there is a match required at builders. Services Committee, on which I have the State level and a cost-benefit ratio, The Nunn-Lugar-Domenici bill has the honor to serve, and the appropri- meaning it must be found to be bene- some civilian defense in it with ref- ators, working in close cooperation ficial and that the risks far exceed the erence to disasters that might be forth- with the appropriators, especially in costs that we are going to put into the coming from chemical and biological the Energy Department, with regard to project. That is what we are trying to incidents. There is a new interagency a whole scope of international rela- do there. So this is an interesting little coordination, a new National Security tions and international security. bill. It is not the biggest appropriation Council position to coordinate re- I emphasize, once again, the excel- bill, but it is pretty important. sponses to terrorism, international lent remarks made by the Senator I want to repeat for those who are crime, and nonproliferation. There is a from New Mexico with regard to the very concerned about the defense of major effort, some of which is vested in excellent job that is done by two of the our country, I am trying my best, the the laboratories of the Department, to national laboratories that are located Senator from New Mexico is trying his come up with the best approach to con- in his State. Certainly, I agree with best, every chance that he can, to ex- taining chemical and biological weap- him completely that the new chal- plain that there is a major defense ac- ons of mass destruction from the very lenges that we have placed on the De- tivity in this subcommittee. It is not bottom up: Identifying how they are partment of Energy, and especially all in that Defense appropriation and made, identifying ways that they can under the laboratories that they over- MilCon bill. If we want to be certain be prevented in some generic ways. So see, with regard to the safety and reli- about how we are handling the nuclear we are slightly ahead of the curve in ability of our nuclear stockpile is very stockpile, we ought to make sure we getting that started and getting it important. are adequately funding the stockpile funded. That took a little of the extra I have been one of the leaders from stewardship program. At the same money that is in this bill. the very beginning to end, if we pos- time, we have to maintain some of the In summary, we have succeeded, in sibly can, nuclear testing of any type, facilities that are not part of the the U.S. Senate, in getting $200 million but, of course, that remains to be seen stockpile stewardship, but rather part more in the nondefense parts of this as to whether or not we can get the of ‘‘if we have to go back to the old bill than the House has in theirs, and rest of the nuclear communities around way,’’ we have some facilities that are $700 million more in all of the Depart- the world, other nations, to agree, be- there on a conditional basis, ready to ment of Energy’s defense activities cause certainly, although I have be used. That has been insisted upon by from cleanup, which we call defense, to pressed hard for the nuclear test ban the defense leaders of our country. So the science-based safeguards new sys- treaty, I recognize and realize that we that means we cannot abandon the tem, and other needs to maintain a cannot go it alone forever, which State of Nevada’s testing facilities be- dual track with reference to our nu- brings me to a matter that I call to the cause, in fact, what if we need to use clear weapons. attention of the Senate. them again? I thank my colleague very much for Today in Geneva, Switzerland, the I note today, as we speak, China is raising the issue about the bill and for world peacekeepers, the negotiators, in undertaking an underground test, as I the discussion that ensued. Since there an attempt to end the testing of nu- read about it. They say it is the last, is no one here to offer an amendment, clear weapons, are going into a fateful and they will soon sign a big inter- I assume this was worthwhile. 2 or 3 days. Evidently, although there national treaty. On the other hand, you I yield the floor. has not been a great deal of attention do not have to believe, when they say Mr. EXON addressed the Chair. paid to this, unfortunately, I think it that is the last one, that they are going The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- is one of the most meaningful inter- to abandon all their facilities. I do not ator from Nebraska. national negotiations that we have believe that is the case. Russia is try- Mr. EXON. Mr. President, I would ever seen, and I believe the success or ing to build down, but their facilities like to take a few moments to com- failure of those negotiations, which are are not being abandoned. So there is a ment on the bill which is before us. reopening today in Geneva, Switzer- little bit of added expense there, but I First, I salute the Senator from New land, will go a long way to assure, if we think it is very important expense. Mexico and the Senator from Louisiana can get the nuclear test ban treaty ex- The last thought has to do with non- who are the leaders on this particular tended and signed, man’s humanity for proliferation. It is related to what has measure. I think they have done, by mankind more than anything else that been going on in our country in terms and large, an outstanding job. I hope we can do. of the recent bombing and TWA flight we can move ahead as quickly as we I will say that I am very pleased to 800 that fell out of the skies. The whole can to approval of the measure before read in the newspapers this morning issue of nonproliferation is no longer us, although I am certain some amend- that evidently all nations that are con- simply a nuclear nonproliferation ments will be in order. sidered nuclear states, or possibly nu- issue. But, in that regard, this bill es- Once again, I emphasize that over the clear states in the future, have agreed pouses a concept. The concept is, if we years, as has been alluded to by the to sign on to a continuation of the nu- can spend some money helping Russia Senator from New Mexico in his re- clear test ban treaty with the excep- make sure that their nuclear devices marks, his excellent remarks just con- tion of India. India, of course, is pur- and the science that goes into them are cluded, the Energy Department has suing a course that is most difficult for not shipped around the world but rath- played a much larger role in national most of us who have followed this with er are dismantled in an orderly manner defense and national security than is great interest to understand: Their and their scientists put to work at generally recognized. continuing to say to the international

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS July 29, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S9015 community that they will not sign on wealth of Virginia, to wire our public There are many ways to participate to any kind of an extension of the nu- schools for the Internet. It is exciting, in NetDay, Mr. President. Businesses clear test ban treaty so long as the na- Mr. President, because of how the can contribute in a variety of ways, in- tions of the world, the five big nations, Internet has transformed the way peo- cluding partnering with local schools, primarily, and others, agree to dra- ple communicate and expanded access purchasing wiring kits, lending tech- matically reduce and get on a course to to information worldwide. nical staff, and encouraging their em- end the stockpile of nuclear inventory. Our challenge now is to bring this ployees to volunteer. While that would, of course, be some- technology into all of our Nation’s Individuals can help pull wire in thing that might be good for peace, on schools as quickly as possible so that schools, since installing this type of the other hand, it might not be. The all students, regardless of their eco- cable requires a great deal of labor but whole drive today is not to eliminate nomic status or where they live, have very little technical expertise. nuclear weapons from those nations access to the same global library of knowledge and information to compete Schools can register to be a part of that now have it. The whole concept of this project and encourage their par- a nuclear test ban treaty is to put on a level playing field. The biggest barrier has been the lack ents to volunteer and promote NetDay. roadblocks in the way for new states, This October on a Saturday, my staff particularly Third World nations com- of money and manpower needed to physically wire the schools to the and I plan to help cable A.P. Hill Ele- ing aboard and being part of the nu- mentary School in Petersburg, VA, as clear inventory states. Internet. Laying the necessary cable to link our K–12 classrooms is estimated a part of NetDay East. We will also be That can only be very foreboding, as doing a demonstration project in far as the future of peace is concerned, to cost billions of dollars nationwide. But a project in California has Northern Virginia right after school and especially the future of peace on starts in September. the basis of not having and relying pri- showed us that we can overcome this marily—and I emphasize the word ‘‘pri- obstacle if we mobilize our commu- There is no question, Mr. President, nities and work together. In 1 day, marily’’—on nuclear inventories. that when we wire schools for the Suffice it to say, Mr. President, a lot California wired 3,500 schools at little Internet this October, we will complete or no cost to the schools themselves of very important things are going on just the first step in a much greater ef- through the outstanding volunteer ef- today. I happen to feel that, by and fort to help young Virginians and forts of parents, teachers, students, large, the measure that has been ad- young Americans in other States trav- businesses, and elected officials. el the information superhighway. vanced to the floor of the Senate by Because of the vision and commit- the appropriate subcommittee, in this It is a first step, but it is certainly an ment reflected in their NetDay, hun- essential one. There will be much to do case energy, is a good bill. I think it is dreds of thousands of young Califor- an important step in the right direc- to finish the job, including arranging nians will be able to experience a new for Internet connections, training stu- tion, with some modifications and lots global world of unlimited possibility of compromises. dents and teachers in the effective uses with the stroke of a key. of the Internet and helping to acquire In closing, I compliment, once again, As one who cares deeply about edu- computer donations to the schools. I the two Senators who are managing cation and surfs the Internet from my hope NetDay forms an important and this bill on the floor for the excellent Senate office, I am delighted to be a productive alliance between our com- understanding that they have, the part of NetDay East. Modeled after munities and our schools that can con- grasp that they have with regard to the California’s project, NetDay East is tinue well beyond October. whole complex matter of not only na- now organizing to cable schools every tional security but international secu- weekend in October in Virginia, the Finally, I fully endorse NetDay East, rity. I thank them for their attention District of Columbia, and Maryland. and I encourage others to join us dur- and thoughtfulness on this particular Similar efforts are taking place in ing the month of October to participate measure. Massachusetts, North Carolina, Mon- in this modern-day barn raising. I thank the Chair, and I yield the tana, Connecticut, and Louisiana as If anyone would like to sponsor, vol- floor. well. unteer, endorse, sign up their school or f Mr. President, an estimated 40 mil- just find out more information, please MORNING BUSINESS lion people from more than 150 coun- visit the NetDay East home page at tries use the information super- ‘‘www.cgcs.org/netday-east.’’ The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. highway. They include Kathleen For anyone who does not have access GRAMS). There will now be a period for Butzler at Northampton Middle School to the Internet, I invite them to con- the transaction of morning business who can lead her seventh grade class tact my office, and we will certainly not to extend beyond the hour of 2 p.m. on a virtual tour of the White House or assist them with registration. with the time between 12 noon and 1 talk to a Member of Congress without With the help of many caring and p.m. under the control of the Demo- leaving their home in Mochipongo on committed individuals, Mr. President, cratic leader and the time between 1 Virginia’s Eastern Shore. p.m. and 2 p.m. under the control of the We shouldn’t forget that the Internet we can keep our children off the way- side and ensure they move swiftly and Senator from Georgia [Mr. COVERDELL]. is a two-way communications tour. Mr. JOHNSTON. Mr. President, I sug- Through NetDay East, thousands of surely forward on the information su- gest the absence of a quorum. Virginia students will be able to create perhighway. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Web pages, like those at the North- With that, I thank the Chair, I yield clerk will call the roll. ampton Middle School, to teach the the floor, and I suggest the absence of The assistant legislative clerk pro- rest of the world about the treasures of a quorum. ceeded to call the roll. our beautiful and diverse State. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Mr. ROBB. Mr. President, I ask unan- This technology is fascinating and clerk will call the roll. imous consent that the order for the could very well be the spark to ignite The legislative clerk proceeded to quorum call be rescinded. the imagination in children who would call the roll. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. otherwise be disinterested in school Mr. COVERDELL. Mr. President, I work. Capturing the interest and KYL). Without objection, it is so or- ask unanimous consent that the order imagination of our students through dered. The Senator is recognized. for the quorum call be rescinded. f this technology can yield enormous fu- ture benefits, for students with access The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without NETDAY EAST will have a distinct advantage over objection, it is so ordered. Mr. ROBB. Mr. President, I rise those who do not. We cannot afford to Mr. COVERDELL. Mr. President, I today to speak briefly about an excit- let our schools slip behind those of our ask unanimous consent to speak as in ing new project called NetDay East, international competitors when the morning business for 5 minutes. which is mobilizing volunteers in sev- technology, technology that we cre- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without eral States, including the Common- ated, is literally right at our fingertips. objection, it is so ordered.

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Drug use among have just returned from the Centennial stadium and throughout the city to the our youth has doubled in the last 36 Olympics in my home city of Atlanta. other venues. months, ending 12 years of a continued I ask unanimous consent for a brief It will, in my judgment, be a mark of decline in drug use. moment of silence for those who died heroism, broad heroism, on a par with Mr. President, this administration, or were wounded in the bombing the the athletes themselves, because this unfortunately, has to come to terms other evening. world community gathered up and said, with this issue because it is pretty The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ‘‘No way; we will not be intimidated. clear that its decision to shut down the objection, it is so ordered. We will go on with the games.’’ Not drug office, to shut down interdiction [Moment of silence.] only did IOC proclaim the games would efforts, to dramatically curtail the war Mr. COVERDELL. Mr. President, we, go on—that is a statement—but the on drugs, and to the change policy re- of course, extend our grief and condo- key was that the world community garding rehabilitation has had some lences to the family of Alice Haw- said, ‘‘The games will go on.’’ The fam- very, very uncomfortable con- thorne from Albany, GA, and for Melih ilies, the children, all alike, every- sequences. Uzunyoz, a Turkish national, both of where you went, were coming out to What does it mean when you say drug whom lost their lives in a terrorist-re- say that the Centennial Olympics is use has ‘‘doubled’’? Does that mean two lated bombing that occurred at ap- bigger than this heinous act against more people use it? No. What it means proximately 1:20 a.m. the other morn- defenseless and helpless citizens. is there are 2 million American fami- ing. Also, we extend our concern and In many ways, I think it will mark a lies who have fallen victim to the trag- prayers to the 110 casualties that oc- period of great thought for us in this ic consequences of involving them- curred during the bombing and to the country. The Presiding Officer, among selves in drugs. 17 who remain in the hospital. others, is very much aware that there Mr. President, in a moment I am Mr. President, we all owe a group of has been a growing discussion and de- going to yield to the distinguished law enforcement officers a deep debt. bate. I think it probably ultimately chairman of the Judiciary Committee, The officer who spotted this bomb and will call for vaster resources, a better the senior Senator from Utah. But let his colleagues, in the face of grave dan- capacity to deal with this kind of era me say that among the data we are ger, were heroes, in every sense, of the that we approach as we come to the now discovering is the fact that our Centennial Olympics. In the face of new century. But, for a moment, I had youth currently do not see drugs as a danger themselves, they remained on a chance to personally see a broad threat to them. How could that be? site, and with every avenue available statement of valor by people from na- How could it be that the vast majority and open to them they tried to evac- tion after nation. I talked about it all of youngsters no longer see that as a uate the crowd from the area of danger. afternoon. One volunteer had been threat to them? Therefore, they are I am absolutely convinced that, with- coming in on the rapid transit system not concerned about it. Therefore, they out their diligence and duty, the cas- that morning, and the car, of course, as use it more freely. Therefore, twice the ualties would have been far, far great- you might expect, was crammed from number use it today. er. So these officers, these men and side to side with people of every na- I just have to say that over the last women, who tried to evacuate the park tion—Dutch, German, American, and several months, this cavalier attitude are due a deep debt of gratitude from the like—and the fans broke out into from the President’s press secretary all of us. song singing as they went on to the and others and the revelation about Further, the volunteers and officers venues. drug use in the White House itself—I who stayed, not knowing whether there So, again, Mr. President, our grief to mean, everybody understands the was a series of bombs, to help those the families involved, our thanks to White House is a bully pulpit. If that wounded receive comfort, aid, and as- those that stood in the face of danger pulpit is sanctioning, or appears to be sistance so that they might be appro- to help, and our acknowledgment of a sanctioning, or appears to be mini- priately hospitalized, performed admi- heroism and a worldwide statement mizing the serious effects of drug use, rably, incredibly in the face of grave that was made in Atlanta the very next it should not be surprising that our danger. To all the officers, the men and morning as the centennial games con- young people do not understand the women, Federal, State, and local, who tinued. consequences. in the following hours did everything Mr. President, I suggest the absence I am afraid that what has surfaced within their power to bring order to of a quorum. over the last several weeks—the word the situation, and who were deluged The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. that comes to mind is ‘‘cavalier’’—is with what I characterize as thrill-seek- KEMPTHORNE). The clerk will call the that it is not really important, that ers reporting bombs in other venues, roll. message has created a very, very seri- other high-density areas. With preci- The bill clerk proceeded to call the ous repercussion in our country. It has sion and expertise and valor, they pro- roll. to be turned around and changed ceeded to secure this great world event Mr. COVERDELL. Mr. President, I quickly. in our State and in our Nation. So my ask unanimous consent that the order Mr. President, with that opening hat is off to these people. Again, the for the quorum call be rescinded. statement, I yield up to 15 minutes to word ‘‘hero’’ comes to mind. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without the distinguished Senator from Utah. Mr. President, I was first notified of objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- this incident at 3 a.m. in the morning. Mr. COVERDELL. Mr. President, ator from Utah is recognized for 15 By 6:30 that morning, I had been in under the previous order, I am to be minutes. touch with the law enforcement com- recognized during morning business for PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR mand center, which I visited to try to a period of 60 minutes. Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask take stock of the situation. It was a I ask unanimous consent that during unanimous consent that Patrick Mur- gloomy, dark night, drizzling, and as this period I be permitted to yield por- phy, a detailee on my staff, be granted you might imagine, a sense of great tions of my time to other Members floor privileges for the remainder of concern and pall fell over all of us. As without losing my right to the floor. this Congress. I was driving back pondering what it The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without was that all of us were confronted objection, it is so ordered. objection, it is so ordered. with, as I was driving into the city, I f Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, our Fed- looked at the interstate that you have eral drug policy is at a crossroads. Un- to walk over, which many fans have to THE DRUG EPIDEMIC fortunately for Americans, drug con- walk over in order to get to the grand Mr. COVERDELL. Mr. President, as I trol is not a national priority for the Olympic stadium, and there was a vi- have said many times on the floor, we Clinton administration. For some time sion of valor, defiance, courage, and are in the midst of a drug epidemic in now I have been saying that President

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It is this mindset which in cuts to drug education and preven- messages to generate changing atti- will result in defeat. tion funds in 1993. tudes among our young people and Both President Reagan and President It really is no surprise, therefore, sharp, serious increases in youthful Bush led from the front on this war, that as the administration has turned a drug use. confronting our Nation’s drug problems blind eye to this problem, drug dealers This is painfully evidenced by this head on with positive results. As a Na- have flooded our Nation’s streets with chart on my right, which shows that tion, we were committed to winning more illegal drugs and steadily declin- after a 12-year steady decline in drug the war on drugs, and we were making ing prices. use by high school seniors, from 1980 to gains. Since President Clinton has as- For example, as this next chart here 1992, there has been a sharp increase in sumed office, his administration’s cam- reflects, the last several years have such drug use during the last 3 years. paign against drugs has been in full re- seen a dramatic drop in heroin prices. As you can see, the decline came from treat, and America is now losing the Since 1992, it has dramatically dropped. 1980 downhill in every one of these cat- war. In fact, you can see it dropped very egories, and in every one of the cat- During the Reagan and Bush era, the dramatically there, and then the pu- rity, of course, has been going up. So egories since 1992 drug use has started United States saw dramatic reductions the drop in heroin prices, combined to go up sharply. in casual drug use. From 1977 to 1992, Even more troubling is that this in- casual drug use was more than cut in with the dramatic increase in the pu- crease has been uniform as to those half. Cocaine use fell by 79 percent, rity of such heroin on the streets, has who have used drugs in the past month, while monthly use fell from 2.9 million been catastrophic. The conclusion that can be drawn in the past year, and those children users in 1988 to 1.3 million in 1992. Such from these facts is clear. Supply is way trying drugs for the first time. reductions were achieved not by hollow No one is more responsible for our rhetoric but through sustained, visible up on our city streets resulting in more current dilemma than President Clin- use of the bully pulpit, increased quan- lethal drugs being available to our chil- ton. For more than 3 years, I have tities, a clear and quantifiable antidrug dren at a much cheaper rate. Despite taken to the floor of the Senate to policy and, most important, strong such glaring evidence, the Clinton ad- ministration continues to remain si- warn my colleagues and the Nation Presidential leadership. Substantial in- lent on addressing this problem. about the threat we face due to Presi- vestment of resources, coupled with In short, since 1992, the bully pulpit dent Clinton’s abdication of leadership the effective use of the bully pulpit, caused a strong reverberation of anti- has gathered dust, liberal soft-headed in the war on drugs. What also troubles policies have been implemented, and a me is that a defeatist outlook in the drug sentiment throughout this Na- tion. mentality of tolerance for drugs has drug war appears now to be supple- taken root. As a result, almost every mented by a softer attitude tolerating From his very first days in office, President Clinton was derailing the ef- available indicator today shows the or excusing drug use. United States is losing our fight The Clinton administration has fective approaches of prior administra- against drugs. Let us just consider caused serious damage to this country tions. Although he promised to ‘‘re- invent our drug control programs,’’ and some of the evidence. as a direct result of failed policies and First, drugs are cheap and more absent leadership in the war on drugs. ‘‘move beyond ideological debates,’’ the President announced a new ap- available. Since 1993, the retail price of Indeed, as one more manifestation of cocaine has dropped by more than 10 the administration’s arrogance of proach to drug policy, deemphasizing law enforcement and cutting interdic- percent. The price of heroin has plum- power, we now know that the White meted from $1,647 a gram in 1992 to $966 House strong-armed the Secret Service tion. He called his approach a con- trolled shift. In hindsight, it has been a gram in February 1996. into granting security passes for at an approach of reckless abdication. The Second, since President Clinton took least a dozen persons who had engaged Clinton administration renounced the office, the number of 12- to 17-year-olds in the recent use of, among other ille- proven policies of previous administra- using marijuana has almost doubled— gal drugs, crack cocaine and tions and instead oversaw the fol- 2.9 million kids compared with the 1992 hallucinogens. In responding to ques- lowing: level of 1.6 million. According to a tions concerning this matter, White Federal illegal drug caseloads were most recent University of Michigan House spokesman Mike McCurry dis- reduced by 10.3 percent from fiscal year study, one in three high school seniors dainfully suggested that prior drug use 1992 to fiscal year 1995; now smokes marijuana, and 48.4 per- was no big deal. What a terrible mes- The Governmentwide interdiction cent of the class of 1995 had tried ille- sage to send to the country, especially budget was cut by 39 percent since 1993; gal drugs. to our young people. Where was Presi- Supply reduction has been put in You can see why I got so upset when dent Clinton during this episode? Why utter disarray, with a 53 percent drop Mr. McCurry made his comments. Now, didn’t he admonish his spokesman? in our ability to interdict and push to his credit, he has basically apolo- When will someone at the White House back drug shipments in the drug tran- gized for those, and I accept his apol- acknowledge that drug use is a big sit zone; ogy. But it should never have happened deal. Between 1992 and 1994, cocaine seized to begin with. And it is this tolerance To his credit, Mr. McCurry has ex- by the Customs Service and Coast in the White House that is causing pressed regret for having been so cava- Guard dropped 70 percent and 71 per- these problems. It comes through to lier; but, it is quite telling that it was cent, respectively. these kids and to everybody else, it the President’s spokesman who ex- The National Drug Control Policy seems to me. pressed this attitude of tolerance for staff was cut from 147 to 25, but Con- Third, the number of cocaine and drug use. Remember, this is the same gress did restore funding for adequate heroin-related emergency room admis- President who named the stealth drug staffing levels this fiscal year, and with sions has jumped to historic levels. In czar Lee Brown and Surgeon General the President’s approval finally admit- the first half of 1995, cocaine-related Jocelyn Elders, a proponent of legal- ted that they were wrong; emergency room cases were 65 percent izing drugs. The administration’s fiscal year 1995 above the level in the first half of 1991. Let me be clear. I am not suggesting budget proposed to slash 621 drug en- Heroin admissions soared 120 percent that people who experimented with forcement positions from the DEA, over this same period of time. drugs in their youth are categorically INS, FBI and Customs Service; Fourth, methamphetamine use has unfit for public service. But we should From 1992 to 1995, the Drug Enforce- soared with meth-related emergency not make room at the policy table for ment Administration lost 227 agent po- room admissions in 1995 increasing by

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS S9018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 29, 1996 more than 320 percent since 1991. And SUMMARY crease in drug-related hospital emergency yet, I might add, someone on the other KEY FINDINGS department episodes. Heroin-related episodes side of the aisle is blocking consider- Losing ground against drugs increased by 27 percent, marijuana-related ation of a bipartisan Hatch-Biden episodes increased by 32 percent, and meth- 1. The number of 12–17 year-olds using amphetamine-related episodes increased by methamphetamine bill. I urge the marijuana increased from 1.6 million in 1992 35 percent. President to call off his guardians of to 2.9 million in 1994. 2. The number of individuals prosecuted for Women and drugs—Wall Street Journal (June 6, gridlock so we can pass this bill that is 1996) critical to this country. federal drug violations dropped from 25,033 in 1992 to 23,114 in 1993, and still lower to 21,905 1. Unfortunately, the gender gap among Fifth, LSD use has reached the high- in 1994—a 12 percent drop in just two years. drug users is quickly closing as women catch est rate since recordkeeping started in 3. Street-level heroin is at a record level, up with men when it comes to smoking, 1975. Fully 11.7 percent of the class of even as the price of a pure gram fell from drinking, and doing drugs. 1995 had tried it at least once. $2,032 to $1,278 per gram between February 1993 and February 1995. LOSING GROUND AGAINST DRUGS—A REPORT That is mind-boggling. Setting the course: a national drug strategy ON INCREASING ILLICIT DRUG USE AND NA- The widespread increase in illegal 1. Attitudes among teenagers about the TIONAL DRUG POLICY drug use is not surprising when the rel- dangers of drug use are changing—for the (Prepared by Majority Staff, Senate Com- ative ease in which these drugs are now worse. After more than a decade of viewing mittee on the Judiciary, Senator Orrin G. brought across our borders is consid- drugs as dangerous, a new generation in- Hatch, Utah, Chairman) ered. Recent reports indicate that creasingly sees no harm in using drugs. INTRODUCTION Mexican drug cartels are no longer in- 2. The President has abandoned the bully Through the 1980s and into the early 1990s, terested in merely crossing our south- pulpit against drugs and radically reduced the United States experienced dramatic and the staff of the Office of National Drug Con- unprecedented reductions in casual drug use. ern border to peddle their drugs. trol Policy from 147 to 25, rendering it large- Ranchers along the Texas and New The number of Americans using illicit ly ineffectual. drugs plunged from 24.7 million in 1979 to 11.4 Mexico border are now finding them- News conference from National Drug Policy Di- selves being forced to sell their border million in 1992. The so-called ‘‘casual’’ use of rector McCaffrey cocaine fell by 79 percent between 1985 and properties to these armed thugs. They 1. Heroin’s popularity continues to rise and 1992, while monthly cocaine use fell 55 per- are getting plenty of money for it. Why inexperienced dealers are selling dangerous cent between 1988 and 1992 alone—from 2.9 would they pay these exorbitant rates? mixtures called heroin ‘‘cocktails’’ which million to 1.3 million users. But people are afraid not to sell to have hospitalized more than 120 people in On the surface, little appears to have them for fear they will be killed. May alone. changed since 1992. For the nation as a 2. Methamphetamine, Rohypnol, Ketamine, whole, drug use remains relatively flat. The As a result, a virtual superhighway Quaaludes, and ephedrine are drugs emerging vast majority of Americans still do not use for illegal drug flow into this country as ‘‘club drugs’’ and continue to rise in popu- illegal drugs. is being created—some say has already larity among young adults. Unfortunately, this appearance is dan- been created. The Clinton administration’s continuing retreat gerously misleading. Drug use has in fact ex- We are literally losing ground in the war on drugs—Heritage Foundation perienced a dramatic resurgence among our against drugs. In an effort to call at- 1. The Clinton Administration’s failure to youth, a disturbing trend that could quickly return the United States to the epidemic of tention to this disturbing development, appoint effective leaders in key positions to articulate and enforce a strong anti-drug drug use that characterized the decade of the I will be holding a hearing in the Judi- 1970s. ciary Committee this Wednesday on message has seriously undercut drug efforts. 2. Former drug-policy Director Lee Brown Recent surveys, described in detail in this precisely these points: What is hap- attributes the ‘‘troubling’’ decline in pros- report, provide overwhelming evidence of a pening on our southern border? ecutions to ‘‘the policies of the new U.S. At- sharp and growing increase in drug use Due to President Clinton’s failure in torneys who de-emphasized prosecution of among young people: small-scale drug offenders.’’ The number of 12–17 year-olds using mari- the drug war, our children are at great- juana increased from 1.6 million in 1992 to 2.9 Adolescent drug use likely to increase again in er risk, our law enforcement efforts are million in 1994. The category of ‘‘recent ’96—Partnership for a Drug-Free America strained more than ever, and our bor- marijuana use’’ increased a staggering 200 ders, it appears, are now being bought 1. Driven by increasingly lax attitudes percent among 14–15 year-olds over the same up by drug smugglers. about marijuana, America’s teenagers are period. seeing fewer risks and more personal rewards To his credit, President Clinton Since 1992, there has been a 52 percent in drug use. They are less likely to consider jump in the number of high-school seniors named Gen. Barry McCaffrey as his drug use harmful and risky, more likely to using drugs on a monthly basis, even as wor- new drug czar. General McCaffrey is a believe that drug use is widespread and toler- risome declines are noted in peer disapproval committed man. I have respect for him. ated, and feel more pressure to try illegal of drug use. But it may be too little too late. Such drugs than teens did just 2 years ago. One in three high school seniors now 11th hour tactics do not obviate one ab- Journal of the Clandestine Laboratory Inves- smokes marijuana. solute truth: For the last 3 years, in tigating Chemists Association Young people are actually more likely to the battle to regain our streets from 1. Numerous labs have been seized showing be aware of the health dangers of cigarettes the plague of illegal drugs, this admin- increasing production of than of the dangers of marijuana. Nor have recent increases been confined to istration has let our country down. methamphetamines. Laboratory operators are taking advantage of the fact that all marijuana. At least three surveys note in- The Nation must have effective sales of the pseudoephedrine drug products, creased use of inhalants and other drugs moral leadership in this war against regardless of the quantity involved, are com- such as cocaine and LSD. drugs. The President has turned back pletely unregulated. Drug use by young people is alarming by the clock 20 years in the drug war. He Drug use rises again in 1995 among American any standard, but especially so since teen has hurt this Nation by his lack of teens—The University of Michigan drug use is at the root of hard-core drug use by adults. According to surveys by the Cen- leadership on this issue, and it is time 1. Annual surveys of some 50,000 students ter on Addiction and Substance Abuse, 12–17 to turn this retreat around. in over 400 public and private secondary year-olds who use marijuana are 85 times I again call on our President not just schools nationwide reveal that in 1995, mari- more likely to graduate to cocaine than juana use continued the strong resurgence those who abstain from marijuana. Fully 60 to join, but to lead an attack on illegal that began in the early 1990s with increased drugs and their use in this country. percent of adolescents who use marijuana be- use at all grade levels. The proportion of fore age 15 will later use cocaine. Conversely, Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- eighth-graders taking any illicit drug has al- those who reach age 21 without ever having sent that a summary and a series of ex- most doubled since 1991, has risen nearly used drugs almost never try them later in cerpts of relevant reports be printed in two-thirds among 10th-graders since 1992, life. and has risen by nearly half among 12th- Described another way, perhaps 820,000 of the RECORD. They are most inform- graders. ative. I urge my colleagues to read the new crop of youthful marijuana smokers Preliminary estimates from the Drug Abuse them. will eventually try cocaine. Of these 820,000 Warning Network—Substance Abuse and who try cocaine, some 58,000 may end up as There being no objection, the mate- Mental Health Services Administration regular users and addicts. rial was ordered to be printed in the 1. Comparing the first half of 1995 with the The implications of public policy are clear. RECORD, as follows: first half of 1994, there was a 10 percent in- If such increases are allowed to continue for

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS July 29, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S9019 just two more years, America will be at risk egy for coping with these problems is predi- be aged 6 years and older and meet all four of returning to the epidemic drug use of the cated on a series of goals that one drug pol- of the following criteria: 1970s. Should that happen, our ability to con- icy expert described as ‘‘merely an The patient was treated in the hospital’s trol health care costs, reform welfare, im- unprioritized list [that does little] to direct emergency department; prove the academic performance of our policy. The patient’s presenting problem was in- school-age children, and defuse the projected Viewed together, these factors paint a dis- duced by or related to drug use, regardless of ‘‘crime bomb’’ of youthful super-predator turbing picture of inattention to a serious when the drug ingestion occurred; criminals, will all be seriously compromised. and growing national threat. The case involved the nonmedical use of a With these thoughts in mind, I am pleased legal drug or any use of an illegal drug; to present ‘‘Losing Ground Against Drugs: A PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES FROM THE DRUG The patient’s reason for taking the sub- Report on Increasing Illicit Drug Use and ABUSE WARNING NETWORK, U.S. DEPART- stance included one of the following: (1) de- National Drug Policy’’ prepared at my direc- MENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, pendence, (2) suicide attempt or gesture, or tion by the majority staff of the United PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE (3) psychic effects. States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. HIGHLIGHTS Hospitals eligible for DAWN are non-Fed- This report examines trends in drug use and The Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) eral, short-stay general hospitals that have a the Clinton Administration’s sometimes un- is a national probability survey of hospitals 24-hour emergency department. Since 1988, even response to them, including the Admin- with emergency departments conducted an- the DAWN emergency department data have istration’s controversial policy of targeting nually by the Substance Abuse and Mental been collected from a representative sample chronic, hardcore drug users. The report also Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). of these hospitals located throughout the co- reviews the state of trends in use and avail- The survey is designed to collect data on terminous United States, including 21 over- ability. And, finally, it evaluates the per- emergency department episodes which are sampled metropolitan areas. The data from formance over the past three years of our na- directly related to the use of an illegal drug this sample are used to generate estimates of tion’s criminal justice and interdiction sys- or non-medical use of a legal drug. Analyses the total number of emergency department tems. in this report focus primarily on recent drug episodes and drug mentions in all such The report finds Federal law enforcement trends in drug-related episodes. Preliminary hospitals. under severe strain just as the technical so- estimates for the first half of 1995 are com- Recently, SAMHSA conducted a thorough phistication of drug trafficking syndicates is pared with data from the first half of 1994. review of the computer programs which pro- reaching new heights. It finds that the Ad- The major DAWN findings are: duces the DAWN estimates. As a result, cor- ministration’s supply reduction policy is in In the first half of 1995, there were 279,100 rections were made to the 1993 estimates utter disarray, with a 53 percent drop in our drug-related hospital emergency department that had been previously released. Estimated ability to interdict and push back drug ship- episodes representing an increase of 10 per- presented in the last DAWN release (Advance ments in the transit zone. The report also cent from the first half of 1994 (252,600). Report Number 11 ‘‘Preliminary Estimates finds increases in the purity of drugs and the An estimated 76,800 cocaine-related epi- from the DAWN—1994’’) and in Annual Emer- number of drug-related emergency room ad- sodes were reported in the first half of 1995 gency Department Data 1993 [Series 1, Num- missions of hard-core users. compared with 68,400 in the first half of 1994, ber 13–A, DHHS Pub. No. (SMA) 96–3080] and Federal drug policy is at a crossroads. Inef- an increase of 12 percent. in this report are based on these corrected fectual leadership and failed federal policies Cocaine-related episodes rose by 21 percent programs. Because the impact on national have combined with ambiguous cultural (from 26,100 to 31,500) among persons aged 35 estimates was found to be small for 1992, messages to generate changing attitudes years and older between the first half of 1994 those estimates were not revised. However, among our young people and sharp increases and the first half of 1995. A 17 percent in- the impact is significant for some metropoli- in youthful drug use. crease was observed among blacks (from tan areas and may be significant for selected The American people recognize these prob- 36,200 to 42,500). drugs. Thus, readers should use caution when lems and are increasingly concerned: A Gal- The number of heroin-related episodes in- comparing 1992 (and earlier) estimates and lup poll released December 12, 1995 shows creased by 27 percent between the first half 1993 (and later) estimates. See Appendix I for that 94 percent of Americans view illegal of 1994 and the first half of 1995 (from 30,000 details. drug use as either a ‘‘crisis’’ or a ‘‘very seri- to 38,100). Estimates from DAWN are released peri- Between the first half of 1994 and the first ous problem.’’ Their concern, which I share, odically in reports such as this Advance Re- half of 1995, heroin-related episodes increased underscores the danger of compromising our port, and are published in Annual Reports by 39 percent among whites (from 10,800 to struggle against the drug trade. I look for- which contain more detailed tables and a 15,000) and by 32 percent (from 16,100 to ward to addressing the issues raised in this complete description of the DAWN method- 21,100) among persons aged 35 years and report in future hearings of the United ology (reference: Annual Emergency Depart- older. ment Data 1993. Series I, Number 13–A. States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Marijuana/hashish-related episodes rose DHHS Pub l. No. (SMA) 96–3080). 1995 esti- OVERVIEW from 19,100 in the first half of 1994 to 25,200 in mates in this report are preliminary because the first half of 1995, a 32 percent increase. For its first eight months in office, the they are based on incomplete data and ad- Marijuana episodes usually occur in com- Clinton Administration’s approach to the justment factors from the previous year. bination with other substances, particularly drug issue could best be described as benign Final estimates for 1995 will be published alcohol and cocaine. neglect. Then, in September 1993, the Admin- later when all hospitals participating in istration announced a new approach to drug The number of methamphetamine (speed)- related episodes increased by 35 percent DAWN have submitted their data and when policy, promising to ‘‘reinvent our drug con- additional ancillary data used in estimation trol programs’’ and ‘‘move beyond ideolog- (from 7,800 to 10,600) between the first half of 1994 and the first half of 1995. become available. The differences between ical debates.’’ The new Administration pol- preliminary and final estimates are due to INTRODUCTION icy deemphasized law enforcement and shift- several factors: final estimates include data ed away from interdiction, while promising This report contains preliminary data for from a small number of late-reporting hos- dividends from treating hard-core drug users. the first 6 months of 1995 and final annual pitals; additional hospitals are added to the Almost three years into the Administra- and semi-annual estimates of drug-related sample and incorporated into the final esti- tion, however, the results of its early ne- emergency department episodes for 1988 mates; and data from the most current list- glect, and subsequent policy ‘‘reinvention,’’ through 1994, from the Drug Abuse Warning ings of all eligible hospitals are used to are in. Drug use is up—dramatically so Network [DAWN], an ongoing national sur- produce the final weights. among young people. Promised reductions in vey of hospital emergency departments. The DAWN system also collects data on hard-core use—the centerpiece of the Admin- Since the early 1970’s, DAWN has collected drug-related deaths from a nonrandom sam- istration strategy—have failed to mate- information on patients seeking hospital ple of medical examiners. Data from medical rialize. New money to expand the nation’s emergency department treatment related to examiners are not included in this report. treatment system has coincided with a pro- their use of an illegal drug or the nonmedical Medical examiner data are published annu- jected decrease in treatment ‘‘slot.’’ use of a legal drug. The survey provides data ally (reference: Annual Medical Examiner Law enforcement efforts, mean-while, are that describe the impact of drug use on hos- Data 1994. Series I, Number 14–B. DDHS Pub. not keeping pace with the kingpins who run pital emergency departments in the United No. (SMA) 96–3078). the drug trade, whose resources and tech- States. Data are collected by trained report- nical sophistication are increasing yearly. ers—nurses and other hospital personnel— SETTING THE COURSE—A NATIONAL DRUG Prosecutorial efforts appear to have stum- who review medical charts for indications— STRATEGY bled as well, with a 12 percent decline in noted by hospital staff who treated the pa- (By the Task Force on National Drug Policy, prosecutions over just two years. tients—that drug use was the reason for the and convened by: Majority Leader Bob Presidentially ordered interdiction cuts emergency department visit. Thus, the accu- Dole and Speaker Newt Gingrich) appear to have resulted in an increased sup- racy of these reports depends on the careful ply of drugs on American streets. Illicit recording of this information by hospital TASK FORCE ON NATIONAL DRUG POLICY drugs are now available in greater quan- staff. Senator Charles Grassley, Co-Chair, tities, at higher purity, and at lower prices To be included in DAWN, the person pre- Senator Orrin Hatch, Co-Chair, than ever before. The Administration’s strat- senting to the emergency department must Senator Spence Abraham,

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS S9020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 29, 1996 Senator John Ashcroft, Such a strategy does not have to re-invent have belittled traditional family virtues and Senator Paul Coverdell, the wheel. It does need to do the right things encouraged a cheapening of social discourse. Senator Alfonse D’Amato, with the right stuff. This means a focus on Our public places have become threatening Senator Mike DeWine, prevention, law enforcement, and interdic- to decent people because of misplaced toler- Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, tion. It means presidential leadership within ance for aggression and public incivility. Senator Olympia Snowe, the Executive Branch and at large. It in- Many of our children are now having chil- Representative Henry Hyde, Co-Chair, volves congressional oversight of programs dren, born out of wedlock into lives of mean- Representative William Zeliff, Co-Chair, and support to effective, well-managed ef- ness and violence. Representative Mike Forbes, In calling for a recommitment to sus- Representative Ben Gilman, forts. It means a program that adds sub- stance to rhetoric and matches ends to tained, coherent efforts against drugs, the Representative Bill McCollum, Task Force members recognize that this ef- Representative Rob Portman, means in a sustainable effort. fort is part of a larger struggle for the soul Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, A reinvigorated national drug strategy Representative Clay Shaw, needs to focus on five major elements: our young people and our future. We reject Representative J.C. Watts. 1. We need a sound interdiction strategy the counsels of despair that say that nothing that employs our resources in the transit can be done. That our only recourse is to de- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY zone, in the source countries of Latin Amer- clare surrender and legalize drugs. We recog- The facts are simple. After more than a ica, and near the borders to stop the flow of nize that the drug problem is a generational decade of decline, teenage drug use is on the illegal drugs. This means renewed efforts at one. Every year the country produces a new rise. Dramatically. Every survey, every US Customs, DEA, INS, DoD, and the Coast platoon of young people who must be guided study of drug use in America reconfirms this Guard to identify the sources, methods, and to responsible adulthood. A continuing, vital depressing finding. individuals involved in trafficking and going anti-drug message sustained by meaningful What is even more disturbing is that atti- after them and their assets. prevention, law enforcement and interdic- tudes among teenagers about the dangers of 2. A renewed commitment to the drug ef- tion programs is part of the responsibility drug use are also changing—for the worse. fort requires a serious international compo- our generation has to the next. This report is After more than a decade of viewing drugs as nent that increases international commit- a wake-up call to America to do its duty. dangerous, a new generation increasingly ment to the full range of counter-drug ac- sees no harm in using drugs. tivities. These must involve efforts to pre- THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Just such a shift in attitudes engendered vent money laundering; to develop common December 11, 1995. the last drug epidemic in this country. The banking practices that prevent safe havens; DRUG USE RISES AGAIN IN 1995 AMONG 1960s saw a significant movement among serious commitments to impose sanctions on AMERICAN TEENS many of the nation’s intellectual leaders, countries that fail to meet standards of co- ANN ARBOR.—The use of drugs among media gurus, and even some politicians that operation; efforts to ensure proper controls American secondary school students rose glorified drug use. These attitudes influ- over precursor chemicals; and an inter- again in 1995, continuing a trend that began enced the thinking and decision making of national convention on organized crime that in 1991 among eighth-grade students, and in many of our young people. We are still living develops common approaches for targeting 1992 among 10th- and 12th-graders, according with the consequences of the 1960s and 1970s the main international criminal organiza- to scientists at the University of Michigan. attitudes in the form of a long-term addict tions, their leaders and assets. The proportion of eighth-graders taking population and thousands of casualties, in- 3. US national drug strategy should also any illicit drug in the 12 months prior to the cluding a staggering number of drug-ad- take steps to ensure that drug laws are effec- survey has almost doubled since 1991 (from 11 dicted newborns and many of our homeless. tively enforced, particularly that there be percent to 21 percent). Since 1992 the propor- The American public recoiled at the social truth in sentencing for rug trafficking and tion using any illicit drugs in the prior 12 pathologies associated with the illegal drug drug-related violent crimes. months has risen by nearly two-thirds epidemic then, and recent polls indicate that 4. Prevention and education are critical among 10th-graders (from 20 percent to 33 they are just as concerned today that we are elements in a renewed strategy. There needs percent) and by nearly half among 12th-grad- about to repeat history because we failed to to be greater coordination and effective ers (from 27 to 39 percent.) learn our lesson. Despite the fact that we oversight of Federal prevention and edu- The findings are from the Monitoring the made major inroads on reducing drug use in cation programs, which should involve the Future Study, a series of annual surveys of the 1980s, the press and many others have integration of disparate drug programs in some 50,000 students in over 400 public and helped to create the idea that nothing works HHS, DoJ, and elsewhere under one author- private secondary schools nationwide. The and that our only policy options are the de- ity. This more integrated approach should U–M investigators who have directed the criminalization or outright legalization of focus on empowering local communities and study for the 21 years of its existence are so- drugs. families, and must develop more effective cial scientists Lloyd Johnston, Jerald The media turned their attention away evaluation programs to determine which de- Dachman and Patrick C. Malley—all faculty from the drug issue and have not returned to livery mechanisms are the best. at the U–M’s Survey Research Center. The it in the last three years. The Clinton Ad- 5. Treatment must remain an important work is supported by the National Institute ministration has downplayed the drug issue, element to any strategy, but more needs to on Drug Abuse, one of the National Insti- demoting it as a national priority and be done to eliminate duplication and waste. tutes of Health in the U.S. Department of distancing the President from it. The mes- A renewed strategy needs to look at estab- Health and Human Services. sage that drug use was wrong was de-empha- lishing more effective evaluation techniques In 1995, marijuana use, in particular, con- sized, while interdiction and enforcement to determine which treatment programs are tinued the strong resurgence that began in were downplayed in order to concentrate on the most successful. Accountability must be the early 1990’s, with increased use at all treatment. The result has been to replace a key element in our programs. three grade levels. Among eighth-graders, ‘‘Just Say No’’ with ‘‘Just Say Nothing.’’ We We also need to look at the role of reli- annual prevalence (i.e., the proportion re- are suffering the consequences. gious institutions in our efforts to combat porting any use in the 12 months prior to the On December 13, 1995, Majority Leader Bob drug use. America cannot ignore the link be- survey) has risen to two-and-one-half times Dole and Speaker of the House Newt Ging- tween our growing drug problem and the in- its level in 1991, from 6 percent in 1991 to 16 rich convened a bicameral Task Force on Na- crease in moral poverty in our lives. percent in 1995. Among 10th-graders, annual tional Drug Policy to break the silence. The members of the Task Force also note prevalence has nearly doubled from the low They asked the Task Force to make rec- that even the best strategy in the world is point in use in 1992 of 15 percent to 29 percent ommendations on how Congress might, as it worth no more than the effort spent on turn- in 1995; among 12th-graders annual preva- has many times in the past, put drugs back ing it into reality. Thus, the Administration lence has increased by more than half, from on the national agenda. This report is the re- and Congress have a responsibility to de- the low point of 22 percent in 1992 to 35 per- sult of the Task Force’s efforts. It reflects velop and implement sustained and sustain- cent in 1995. the results of town meetings, discussions able programs. An effective effort, however, ‘‘Of particular concern in the continuing with experts, and meetings with leading must go beyond what the Executive and Con- rise in daily marijuana use,’’ observes John- treatment and prevention organizations. gress can do. A true national effort must in- ston. Nearly one in 20 (4.6 percent) of today’s This report represents a beginning of effort volve parents, families, schools, religious in- high school seniors is a current daily mari- not the conclusion. stitutions, local and state governments, juana user, and roughly one in every 35 10th- The Task Force’s first and most important civic groups, and the private sector. graders (2.8 percent). Fewer than one in a recommendation calls for a serious national Finally, the Task Force members note that hundred eight-graders use at that level (0.8 drug strategy. Recent Administration strate- many of our current social pathologies, in percent). These rates have risen sharply as gies have been thin and they have arguably addition to drug use, arise from causes di- overall marijuana use has increased. failed to meet the clear statutory obligation rectly related to a climate that disparages The investigators found that while mari- that specific and measurable objectives be essential moral and ethical principles of per- juana use has shown the sharpest increase, included. Our national strategy is incom- sonal behavior. Out of the best of intentions, the use of a number of other illicit drugs, in- plete and has focused efforts in areas that we have pursued policies that have replaced cluding LSD, hallucinogens other than LSD, have not worked. We need a more serious ef- a sense of personal responsibility with amphetamines, stimulants, and inhalants, fort. conscienceless self-esteem. In doing so, we has also continued to drift upward.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS July 29, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S9021 The use of LSD continued to rise in all Johnston, ‘‘it should be noted that they are caine-related emergency room cases were 65 three grade levels in 1995, continuing longer- still well below the peak levels attained in percent above the level in the first half of term increases that began at least as far the late 1970s. We are in a relapse phase in 1991. Heroin admissions soared 120 percent back as 1991. The proportions reporting and the longer-term epidemic, if you will, but it over the same period.4 LSD use in the 12 months prior to the 1995 is certainly not something over which soci- Methamphetamine use has turned into a survey were 3 percent, 7 percent, and 8 per- ety is powerless. Our great progress in the major problem, particularly in the Western cent for eighth-, 10th-, and 12th-graders, re- past at lowering the rates of illicit drug use United States. In the first half of 1995, meth- spectively. among our young people is proof of that.’’ To related emergency room cases were up by 321 Hallucinogens other than LSD, taken as a illustrate, between 1979 and 1992, the propor- percent compared with the first half of 1991.5 class, showed smaller increases in 1995 at all tion of 12th-graders reporting using any il- While there are many different reasons for three grade levels. The annual prevalence licit drug in the 12 months prior to the sur- this deterioration in America’s resistance to rates for eighth-, 10th-, and 12th-graders are vey fell by half, from 54 percent to 27 per- illegal drugs, part of the explanation is a considerably lower than for LSD: 2 percent, cent. failure in federal policy. President Clinton 3 percent, and 4 percent, respectively. Alcohol use among American secondary and his Administration have demonstrated The longer-term rise in the use of amphet- students generally has remained fairly stable little leadership on the issue and have failed amine stimulants continued in 1995 at the in the past few years, though at rates which to send out an unambiguous message of dis- eighth- and 10th-grade levels, but use leveled most adults would probably consider to be approval to young Americans. The Presi- among 12th-graders. Annual prevalence rates unacceptably high. (This remains true in dent’s personnel appointments in this area are 9 percent, 12 percent, and 9 percent for 1995, although there has been some small in- have ranged from the virtually invisible, as grades eight, 10, and 12, respectively. crease among 12th-graders over the past two in the case of former ‘‘drug czar’’ Lee Brown, The use of cocaine in any form continued a years.) In 1995 the proportions of students to the embarrassing, as in the case of Dr. gradual upward climb, though most of the having five or more drinks in a row during Joycelyn Elders, former Surgeon General of one-year changes do not reach statistical the two weeks preceding the survey were 15 the United States. Staffing at the Office of significance. The same is true for crack co- percent, 24 percent, and 30 percent for the National Drug Control Policy was cut by 80 caine. So far, at least, these increases have eighth-, 10th-, and 12th-graders, respectively. percent—from 147 to 25. Moreover, although been very gradual. The annual prevalence the President’s election year budget reverses rates for use of cocaine in any form are 2.6 [From the Backgrounder, the Heritage this cut and requests major increases for percent, 3.5 percent, and 4 percent for grades Foundation, July 12, 1996] drug law enforcement, his FY 1995 request eight, 10, and 12, respectively, while for THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION’S CONTINUING would have eliminated 621 drug enforcement crack use they are 1.6 percent, 1.8 percent, RETREAT IN THE WAR ON DRUGS positions. and 2.1 percent. The Clinton Administration’s policy initia- (By John P. Walters and James F.X. O’Gara) Several other classes of illicit drugs also tives have been similarly ineffectual, espe- have been showing very gradual increases HIGHLIGHTS cially their focus on hard core drug users at since the early 1990s, including tranquilizers The Clinton Administration has a poor the expense of stronger law enforcement and and three drug classes reported only for 12th- record in fighting the war on drugs. Interdic- interdiction. The evidence is in: Federal ille- graders—barbiturates, ice (crystal meth- tion efforts and prosecution for illegal drugs gal drug caseloads fell by 10.3 percent from amphetamine), and opiates other than her- are down, illegal drug usage and emergency FY 1992 to FY 1995; the government-wide oin. room admissions are up. Part of the problem interdiction budget has been cut 39 percent Questions about heroin use have been in has been a failure in personnel management: since 1993; the impact of interdiction pro- the study from the beginning and have gen- the inability or unwillingness to appoint ef- grams has dropped off sharply; and drug-re- erally shown low (and for many years among fective leaders in key positions to articulate lated hospital emergency room admissions 12th-graders, stable) rates of use. However, and enforce a strong anti-drug message, as have hit record levels. use began to rise after 1991 among 10th- and well as inappropriate reductions in staff at Instead of pursuing ineffectual anti-drug 12-graders, and after 1993 among eighth-grad- agencies dedicated to dealing with the prob- policies and giving the impression that curb- ers, as well. There was a statistically signifi- lem on the front lines. ing drug use is not a priority, the President cant increase in annual heroin prevalence The President must exercise leadership on and Congress should demonstrate leadership among eighth-graders in 1994, and then this issue and use his bully pulpit to send an in this deadly contest. If the United States is among 12-graders in 1995. All three grades unambiguous anti-drug message. Members of serious about combating the infiltration of showed some increase in both years. While Congress also need to focus federal efforts on illegal drugs across America’s borders and the annual prevalence rates for heroin re- law enforcement and interdiction programs into the nation’s cities, towns, neighbor- main quite low in 1995 compared to most that work, and fund only those rehabilita- hoods, and schools, several steps need to be other drugs, they are nevertheless two to tion programs that have a track record of taken: three times higher than they had been a few success. One way Congress can do this is to The President must use the ‘‘bully pulpit’’ years ago. The annual prevalence rates in allow funding for drug counseling and drug of his office to send out a clear message that 1995 are between 1.1 percent and 1.4 percent rehabilitation programs provided by reli- drug use is unacceptable. at all three grade levels. gious organizations. American must assist its allies in Latin The small increase in heroin use in 1994 led America’s illegal drug problem is complex America and elsewhere in their efforts to the investigators to distinguish in half of the and presents a special challenge for policy- take on the drug cartels. 1995 questionnaires between two different makers in Congress and the White House. The President must propose budgetary, methods for taking heroin: with a needle and But the complexity and the difficulty of the personnel, and policy initiatives that make without a needle. Their hypothesis was that issue are no excuse for ineffective policy and it absolutely clear that Washington means non-injection forms of use (e.g., snorting or a lack of serious effort. business in curbing the flow of drugs into smoking) may be accounting for the rise in INTRODUCTION America. overall use. Consistent with this hypothesis, Congress should pass legislation to close in 1995 a large proportion of those reporting The Clinton Administration continues to loopholes that result in excessively lenient heroin use indicated that at least some of retreat in the war on drugs. After a decade of sentences for marijuana smugglers. their use involved a non-injection method of consistent progress during the Reagan and Congress should continue to block the administration (63 percent, 75 percent, and 89 Bush Administrations, almost every avail- United States Sentencing Commission’s pro- percent of the past-year heroin users in able indicator today shows the United States posals to lower sentences for crack cocaine grades eight, 10, and 12, respectively) Fur- is losing—some would say surrendering—in dealers. ther, a substantial proportion indicated the prolonged struggle against illegal drugs. Washington must get serious about pro- using heroin only in a non-injectable form Consider the evidence: moting rehabilitation that works, such as re- (32 percent, 45 percent, and 57 percent of the Since President Clinton took office, the ligion-based programs, instead of simply past-year heroin users for grades eight, 10, number of 12-to-17-years-olds using mari- funding programs that promise to rehabili- and 12, respectively). juana has almost doubled—2.9 million com- tate drug addicts and fail to deliver. Con- 1 ‘‘Obviously this is not a runaway epidemic pared with the 1992 level of 1.6 million. One gress should re-evaluate all treatment pro- among teens, but it should give rise to some in three high school seniors now smokes grams carefully. The basis of federal funding caution,’’ Johnston comments. ‘‘Many of marijuana, and 48.4 percent of the Class of for drug rehabilitation should be a clear 2 these young users may be under the mis- 1995 had tried drugs by graduation day. track record of success. conception that they cannot become ad- LSD use has reached the highest rate since America succeeded in reducing the rate of dicted to heroin if they use it in a non- record-keeping started in 1975. Fully 11.7 per- drug use, especially among vulnerable teen- injectable form. The fact is that they can. In cent of the Class of 1995 had tried it at least agers, in the 1980s because local efforts were 3 Southeast Asia and other parts of the world once. reinforced by a serious program of law en- there are many thousands of opium smokers The number of cocaine-and heroin-related forcement, interdiction, and hard-headed de- who are heavily addicted, and heroin is sim- emergency room admissions has jumped to mand reduction policies, and because the ply a powerful derivative of opium. historic levels. In the first half of 1995, co- Reagan and Bush Administrations made it ‘‘While these levels of illicit drug use are very clear that they were determined to win certainly reason for concern,’’ observes Footnotes at end of article. the war against drugs. Unfortunately, the

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS S9022 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 29, 1996 Clinton Administration has adopted a very ‘‘President Bush hasn’t fought a real war on In a textbook illustration of the laxness of different posture, and America is now losing crime and drugs . . . [and] I will.’’ On the Clinton Administration drug policy, the Los the war. link between drugs and crime, Clinton said, Angeles Times revealed on May 12, 1996, that THE FAILURE OF LEADERSHIP ‘‘We have a national problem on our hands hundreds of marijuana smugglers ‘‘have been that requires a tough national response.’’11 allowed to go free after U.S. authorities ar- The illegal drug problem is admittedly Despite the tough rhetoric, however, the rested them with substantial quantities of complex, but complexity is no excuse for in- President’s performance has been dis- drugs at ports of entry in California.’’ 17 At- action. President Clinton began derailing the appointing. Perhaps the first solid indication torney General Janet Reno objected to the successful approaches of prior administra- that rhetoric and reality would not fit neat- article’s claims, noting that the individuals tions from the earliest days of his presi- ly in the same policy box was the appoint- in question are ‘‘punished’’ by having their dency. After promising to ‘‘reinvent our drug ment of Dr. Joycelyn Elders of Arkansas as border crossing cards confiscated. Ms. Reno control programs’’ and ‘‘move beyond ideo- Surgeon General of the United States. Dr. added that prosecution may be ‘‘deferred’’ logical debates,’’ the President announced a Elders, among other things, offered the tax- only if five mitigating factors are present, a new approach to drug policy, de-emphasizing payers the tantalizing theory that legaliza- claim that elicited this reaction from Bush law enforcement and effecting a ‘‘controlled tion of drugs might ‘‘markedly reduce our Administration Drug Enforcement Adminis- shift’’ away from interdiction. More impor- crime rate’’ without increasing drug use.12 tration head Robert C. Bonner: tant, in a message to Congress, he promised As for the President himself, his image of Reno claims that only Mexican nationals to ‘‘change the focus of drug policy by tar- rhetorical toughness was compromised on qualify under the leniency policy. This re- 6 geting chronic, hardcore drug users.’’ This occasion by remarks that could at best be sults in two standards of justice. U.S. citi- ineffectual policy—the latest manifestation described as indifferent, at worst as flip- zens are prosecuted, but Mexican nationals of the liberals’ commitment to a ‘‘thera- pant.13 get a free ride to Mexico. peutic state’’ in which government serves as DOWNGRADING THE WAR ON DRUGS Another criterion is being caught with the agent of personal rehabilitation—seems The President’s ill-considered public words under 125 pounds of marijuana. So, if you are to have been rejected even by the President’s have been accompanied by a reduction in smuggling ‘‘only’’ 100 pounds, with a whole- new drug czar. General Barry McCaffrey, tangible resources and effort. Within weeks sale value of over $100,000, you meet one of who has moved to elevate the profile of pre- of taking office, the Clinton Administration the criteria. vention programs. announced that it would slash the Office of Now, Reno also says that there must also Cuts in the interdiction system and the National Drug Control Policy staff from 147 be ‘‘insufficient evidence’’ of knowledge and dismantling of other programs with records to 25. The President made the Director of the intent, but, of course, no one should be pros- of success have been accompanied by the in- Office a member of the Cabinet, but the ecuted, regardless of citizenship or quantity, creased availability of drugs. Ironically, the move was empty symbolism. This became if evidence of knowledge and intent are not Clinton drug policy has been most harmful 18 painfully evident when his new Director, present. to its intended beneficiaries—the very hard- former New York City Police Commissioner Dropping the Safeguards. The Clinton Ad- core drug addicts who are cycling through Lee P. Brown, was observed to be virtually ministration began to reduce America’s drug emergency rooms at record rates. invisible during his two-and-one-half-year interdiction efforts within a year of the in- The President’s lack of visibility on the tenure. President Bush’s Drug Policy Direc- augural. On November 3, 1993, against the ve- drug issue has drawn criticism from promi- tor, William Bennett, told Congress that the hement objections of senior Coast Guard offi- nent congressional supporters of drug con- Clinton Administration cuts essentially cers, the National Security Council issued a trol programs, including leading Democrats would relegate the new Director to the posi- classified presidential memorandum dic- in the House and Senate. Senator Joseph tion of an office clerk.14 tating a ‘‘controlled shift’’ of interdiction as- Biden (D-DE) admits he has ‘‘been openly Cuts in the drug czar’s office prefigured sets to other functions. At the same time, critical of this President’s silence.’’7 And much larger cuts in federal enforcement and flight hours in the so-called ‘‘transit zone’’ Representative Charles Rangel (D-NY) has interdiction agencies. The Administration’s between the United States and South Amer- gone so far as to declare, ‘‘I’ve been in Con- fiscal 1995 budget, for example, proposed to ica were cut by 50 percent, many interdiction gress over two decades, and I have never, slash 621 drug enforcement positions from aircraft and helicopters were put into moth- never, never found any Administration that the Drug Enforcement Administration balls, ship ‘‘steaming days’’ were cut by a been so silent on this great challenge to the (DEA), Immigration and Naturalization third, and Department of Defense detection American people.’’8 Service (INS), Customs Service, FBI, and and monitoring budgets were reduced by In fact, since taking office, President Clin- Coast Guard.15 The DEA, America’s only law more than half. Controlling for inflation, the ton has been significantly engaged in only enforcement agency dedicated exclusively to aggregate government-wide drug interdic- one aspect of the drug problem—drugs in fighting the drug trade, lost 227 agent posi- tion budget has been cut 39 percent since the schools, which arguably is not even the fed- tions between September 1992 and September last year of the Bush Administration.19 eral government’s responsibility. In June 1995—more than 6 percent of its agent force. The impact of these cuts was almost imme- 1995, Clinton promised to veto any attempt Declining Caseloads. Cuts in law enforce- diate: Between 1993 and 1994, U.S. interdic- by the 104th Congress to cut the Safe and ment paralleled reduced drug case filings. tion forces experienced a 47 percent drop in Drug-Free Schools and Communities pro- The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts their ability to stop drug shipments from gram, which Congress had evaluated and registered a 10.3 percent reduction in federal Latin America. Cocaine seizures by the Cus- found to be ineffective. Bob Peterson, former case filings between FY 1992 and FY 1995, and toms Service and the Coast Guard fell by 70 Michigan drug czar, described the program the total number of defendants indicted in percent and 71 percent, respectively, during as a ‘‘slush fund,’’ and even former ONDCP these cases declined by 8.5 percent. The num- the same period.20 Overall interdiction effec- Director Lee Brown acknowledged ‘‘abuses of ber of federal drug cases refused for prosecu- tiveness has dropped by a cumulative 64 per- the program’’ in testimony before a House tion increased by 18.6 percent over the same cent between 1993 and 1996.21 subcommittee.9’’ period as U.S. Attorneys pursued more inves- Some, including General McCaffrey, have The Disturbing Change in the Trends. Dur- tigations into health-care fraud and other attempted to argue, against the evidence, ing the 1980s and early 1990s, the United areas deemed to be of greater priority than that this reduced effectiveness was the result States experienced dramatic reductions in combating illegal drugs. of changing trafficker routes, not vastly di- casual drug use—reductions that were won In an April 26, 1995, letter to Senate Judici- minished levels of national effort. This argu- through increased penalties, strong presi- ary Committee Chairman Orrin G. Hatch (R- ment is refuted by an interdiction study dential leadership, and a clear national anti- UT), then-Drug Policy Director Lee Brown commissioned by the Clinton Administration drug message. Beyond the substantial invest- attributed the ‘‘troubling’’ decline in pros- itself. The study, performed for the Office of ment of resources, engaged commanders in ecutions to ‘‘the policies of the new U.S. At- National Drug Control Policy by the EBR chief used the bully pulpit to change atti- torneys who de-emphasized prosecution of Corporation, using conservative assump- tudes. Because Ronald Reagan and George small-scale drug offenders.’’ Director Brown tions, showed that restoring $500 million in Bush visibly involved themselves in the ef- also quoted the Administrative Office of the assets to the transit zone could cause sei- fort to combat illegal drugs, they helped res- U.S. Courts to the effect that the change had zures, jettisons, and mission-aborts totaling cue much of a generation. Overall, casual been ‘‘consistent with DOJ policy’’. 130 tons of cocaine per year. In round terms, drug use was cut by more than half between Despite the abundance of data confirming this means that restoring half the assets cut 1977 and 1992. Casual cocaine use fell by 79 the declining trend in illegal drug prosecu- by the Clinton Administration could result percent, while monthly use fell from 2.9 mil- tions, Clinton Administration officials have in the seizure or disruption of more than the lion users in 1988 to 1.3 million in 1992.10 cited different figures, compiled by the Exec- entire amount of cocaine seized domestically Strong presidential leadership had tangible utive Office of U.S. Attorneys, to suggest every year. effects. that case filings and defendants prosecuted Stimulating Demand. Cuts in interdiction Against this backdrop of accomplishment, actually rose 12.9 and 12.1 percent, respec- and law enforcement have had additional Bill Clinton promised to get even tougher tively, between fiscal 1994 and fiscal 1995. But consequences that should have been predict- than his predecessors. Indeed, while cam- even according to these figures, the number able to anyone with even a modicum of un- paigning for the presidency, then-Governor of drug defendants prosecuted dropped for derstanding of the basic economic laws of Clinton appeared to take an even harder line the three years prior to 1995, and remains 5.2 supply and demand. Between 1993 and 1994— on illegal drugs than Bush, declaring that percent below the FY 1992 level.16 the first year of the ‘‘controlled shift’’ away

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS July 29, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S9023 from interdiction—the retail price of a gram Getting serious about hard-core drug use the White House drug office was to serve as of cocaine dropped from $123 to $104. Two ultimately requires America to do more to the political operative who carried out the years later, the price was still a low $107 per fight youthful drug use: While hard-core slashing of the staff by 80 percent at the gram. Heroin prices have fallen even more users are mostly beyond the reach of drug start of the Administration. sharply, from $1,647 per pure gram in 1992 to treatment professionals, today’s young peo- THE COMPONENTS OF A NEW ANTI-DRUG POLICY $966 per gram in February 1996.22 The in- ple can be dissuaded from going down the The President and Congress can retake the creased availability of such relatively cheap road that leads to hard-core addiction. In initiative in the continuing struggle against drugs has helped drive hard-core drug use— fact, those who reach age 21 without using drug use and the agents of the criminal net- as reflected in emergency room admissions— drugs almost never try them later in life. work that is exporting poison into America’s to record levels. Conversely, drug users almost always start neighborhoods. But this cannot happen with- While most drugs are produced in inacces- young, and almost invariably by smoking out the full leadership of the President and sible regions overseas, limiting the impact of marijuana.29 U.S.-sponsored eradication programs, the An About Face? With U.S. Army General his Administration. bulk of the marijuana consumed in the Barry McCaffrey’s appointment as the new The Administration must take several de- United States is produced domestically. Do- point man on drugs, the President indicated cisive steps: mestic marijuana eradication under the he was reversing his decision to gut ONDCP Use the bully pulpit. When President Bush Administration was highly successful— and discarding his misguided strategy of tar- George Bush gave the first national so successful, in fact, that marijuana became geting hard-core users. The editors of The primetime address of his presidency, it was more expensive, ounce for ounce, than gold. Washington Post called the change an on the drug issue. By doing this, he followed Hawaiian producers were forced to import ‘‘about face.’’ President Clinton was able to the example of visible and emphatic national marijuana to satisfy local demand for the capitalize on the installation of a tough- leadership set by President Reagan and First first time in recent history. minded general; White House aide Rahm Em- Lady Nancy Reagan. The national effort The Clinton Administration, however, has manuel was candid enough to say that the against drugs—carried on by parents, young deemphasized marijuana eradication. There changes were ‘‘what the President believes people, local people, local religious leaders, has been a 59 percent reduction in cultivated will help us improve on our record.’’ 30 neighbors, local law enforcement, educators, plants destroyed since 1992.23 The drug budg- Given the Clinton Administration’s pre- medical personnel, and local government of- et of the U.S. Park Service has been cut 22 vious track record, however, it remains un- ficials—gains immeasurably from strong, percent from the FY 1992 level,24 resulting in clear whether Director McCaffrey’s appoint- visible presidential support. But it is weak- a 47 percent reduction in plants eradicated ment means a genuine change in course. His ened considerably by the perception of presi- by the Park Service. Once again, increases in is a managerial position that accords him dential indifference. supply have fueled demand (use by 8th grad- little line authority, and his policy accom- Do more in Latin America. Fighting drugs ers has increased 184 percent since 1992) and plishments will depend largely on his will- at the source makes sense. Federal authori- caused prices to drop (marijuana prices are ingness and ability to take on the various ties ought to be going after the beehive, not at the lowest level in eight years). empires of the federal bureaucracy. This in just the bees. Foreign programs are also The ubiquitous availability of illegal turn will depend on the degree to which he is cheap and effective. drugs—de facto legalization—is confirmed by supported by the President of the United An example: America’s chronically under- the Administration’s own data. According to States. funded program in Peru will cost just $16 the latest White House report on drug use,25 Unfortunately, early indications suggest million to run in FY 1996. But targeting even heroin is now so cheap and pure that it has that Director McCaffrey may be reticent to that meager amount effectively can work. ‘‘driven new demand and drawn some former test the President’s commitment to an effec- The Peruvians have managed to shoot down addicts back into use.’’ Meanwhile, the tive anti-drug strategy. For instance, McCaf- or disable 20 trafficker airplanes since March availability of cocaine and crack is described frey recently sided with the Department of 1, 1995. Unfortunately Peruvian President as ‘‘high,’’ and marijuana is ‘‘plentiful and State in supporting a determination that Fujimori’s aggressive line on drugs actually potent’’ and ‘‘widely available’’ in all areas Mexico had ‘‘cooperated fully’’ with the caused President Clinton to bar Peru from of the country except California. United States on drug control matters, even receiving radar tracking data. That decision By making drugs more expensive, aggres- though the head of the DEA objected that has badly damaged Peruvian-American rela- sive interdiction and law enforcement efforts the government of Mexico had not done tions, but Fujimori has continued to work reduce use among particularly vulnerable enough to warrant that designation. This de- with the United States, and much more can inner-city populations by forcing addicts to termination was made even though the Ad- be done at very small cost. The Peruvian air spend their limited disposable income on a ministration could have waived the sanc- force currently uses obsolete A–37 jet train- smaller quantity of drugs.26 A cocaine addict tions that typically accompany decertifica- ers from the 1950s. For $50 million, the named ‘‘Joe,’’ interviewed for a book 27 on United States could equip the Peruvians the impact of cocaine, describes the phe- tion. This decision sounds a disturbing signal with new tracker aircraft, improved night- nomenon: ‘‘What keeps you from dying is about the degree of General McCaffrey’s le- flyer gear, and spare parts. This is an oppor- you run out of money.’’ Conversely, paring verage on drug questions. The United States tunity to save American lives by helping the back supply reduction programs hits hardest imports 400 tons of cocaine annually, 70 per- Peruvians press their attack on traffickers. those who are most heavily addicted and cent of it transshipped through Mexico. Yet In addition to helping countries like Peru, least able to resist drug use. Rising Emergency Room Cases. This phe- Mexico’s seizures have slumped to roughly the United States should make effective co- nomenon is evident in the record number of one-twentieth of the amount passing operation in fighting drugs one of the most drug-related emergency room admissions through their country. Arrest figures are important requirements for Latin nations that have followed in the wake of the Clin- down significantly, and the former presi- seeking good diplomatic and economic rela- ton Administration’s cuts to enforcement dent’s brother, Raul Salinas, has been ar- tions. and interdiction programs. (It is instructive rested on suspicion of ‘‘drug-related Set more sensible budget priorities. The that these record increases have occurred de- charges.’’ Four Mexican trafficking ‘‘confed- Department of Defense today is allowed to spite the Clinton strategy’s stated concern erations,’’ meanwhile, operate with relative spend only 0.3 percent of its budget on pre- for hard-core addicts, the primary popu- impunity. But President Clinton’s statement venting the inflow of drugs. The U.S. mili- lation captured by the emergency room sta- to Congress explained away Mexican inac- tary cannot solve the drug problem, but it tistics.) Compared with the first half of 1994 tion on the peso crisis and declared weakly can make a profound contribution to cutting (which was then the high water mark for that President Zedillo’s administration has the flow of drugs through interdiction. The drug-related emergency room cases), co- ‘‘set the stage for action against the major budget needs to reflect this national pri- caine-related emergencies have increased 12 drug cartels in Mexico.’’ 31 For too long, the ority. percent (from 68,400 to 76,800); heroin-related U.S. has accepted at face value repeated Reduce marijuana availability. The federal episodes have risen 27 percent (from 30,000 to Mexican promises of future aggressive action government urgently needs to restore leader- 38,100); marijuana-related episodes have in- against the drug trade. It is time for such ship to the fight against marijuana produc- creased 32 percent (from 19,100 to 25,200); and complacency to end. tion, trafficking, and use. Federal marijuana methamphetamine cases have jumped by a McCaffrey also appears to have had little penalties need to be stiffened, partly by staggering 35 percent (from 7,800 to 10,600) positive impact on recent high-level appoint- eliminating the loophole that allows mari- Hard-core addicts deserve access to treat- ments. For example, on June 12, 1996, Patri- juana smugglers to be treated far more le- ment, but experience teaches that the typ- cia M. McMahon was nominated to serve as niently than marijuana growers. Federal ical addict will cycle through the treatment his Deputy Director for Demand Reduction, eradication efforts need to be reinvigorated. system several times over a period of years a post that requires Senate confirmation. A Block lower crack sentences. Last year, before getting off drugs, with many never former Clinton campaign worker with little the United States Sentencing Commission reaching that goal. A 1994 RAND study found substantive background in drug policy, Ms. proposed steep reductions in sentences for that only 13 percent of heavy cocaine users McMahon’s appointment to a lower-level po- crack dealers. Those changes were blocked who receive treatment are either non-users sition was criticized by the Washington Post by statute. In its 1997 amendments cycle, the or light users at the end of a year. The study in the early days of the Clinton Administra- Sentencing Commission should be blocked, also found that 20 percent of heavy users tion as ‘‘an example of continued political and the Commission should be barred from continue to use drugs while in treatment.28 patronage.’’ 32 Her principal contribution to proposing changes in criminal penalties

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS S9024 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 29, 1996 where Congress has established mandatory But the complexity and the difficulty of the olds who use marijuana are 85 times more likely to minimum sentences, except in an advisory issue are no excuse for ineffective policy and graduate to cocaine than those who abstain from format that would require affirmative con- a lack of serious effort. marijuana. Prepared for the Heritage Foundation by 30 Ann Devroy, ‘‘About-Face; Clinton to Restore gressional action before taking effect. Staff He Cut from Anti-Drug Office,’’ The Wash- John P. Walters 34 and James F.X. O’Gara.35 Stop undercutting those drug treatment ington Post, March 6, 1996, p. A15. programs that do work. Taxpayers have FOOTNOTES 31 Memorandum from the President of the United heard the stories about waiting lists for drug 1 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, States to the Secretary of State, Certification of treatment. Waiting lists are not fiction— Preliminary Estimates for the 1994 National House- Major Narcotics Producing and Transit Countries, they do exist. On the other hand, one pro- hold Survey on Drug Abuse, September 1995. Statement of Explanation: Mexico, March 1, 1996. gram that rarely has waiting lists in Mitch 2 University of Michigan Institute for Social Re- 32 Michael Isikoff, ‘‘Drug Director Urged to Hire Rosenthal’s well-regarded Phoenix House, a search, Monitoring the Future, December 15, 1995. Hill Aides; Memo Asked Director to ‘Do Something’ 3 for Congressman Rangel,’’ The Washington Post, tough program where addicts spend 18–24 Ibid. 4 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, August 19, 1993, p. A27. months literally learning to live new lives. Preliminary Estimates from the Drug Abuse Warn- 33 Sally Satel, ‘‘Yes, Drug Treatment Can Work,’’ Programs like Phoenix House have a proven ing Network, Advance Report No. 14, May 31, 1996. City Journal, Summer 1995. track record dating back to 1967. But they 5 Ibid. 34 John P. Walters is President of the New Citizen- are unpopular with addicts because, to quote 6 President Clinton’s message accompanying Office ship Project, an organization created to advance a one analyst, ‘‘a residential program with of National Drug Control Policy’s National Drug renewal of American institutions and greater citizen constricted freedom, rigorous rules, and en- Strategy, February 1994, p. iii. control over national life. During the Bush Adminis- 7 Hearing before the Senate Caucus on Inter- tration, he served as Acting Director and Deputy Di- forced separation from drugs is the last place national Narcotics Control, April 25, 1996. rector of the White House Office of National Drug most addicts want to find themselves, at 8 CNN News, January 31, 1994. Control Policy (ONDCP). least initially.’’ 33 Nevertheless these ap- 9 Hearing before House Subcommittee on National 35 James F.X. O’Gara is Director of Research for proaches work. Yet taxpayers today pay bil- Security, International Affairs, and Criminal Jus- the New Citizenship Project. He previously served as lions of dollars on drug treatment that al- tice, April 7, 1995. drug policy advisor to Senator Orrin G. Hatch (R- lows the addicts to decide for themselves 10 See note 1, supra. UT), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, 11 The New York Times, March 26, 1993, referring to how rigorous and how long their treatment and has served as assistant to the Administrator for previous Clinton statements. Unfortunately for the DEA for foreign policy matters. will be. Not surprisingly, this arrangement President, his most memorable public statement in does not work very well. connection with the drug issue still was ‘‘I didn’t in- Mr. HATCH. I thank the distin- In addition, while many faith-based treat- hale.’’ guished Senator from Georgia for his ment programs report remarkable success 12 Wolfgang Munchau, ‘‘Clinton’s Team Split on leadership in this area, for being will- with the addicted, their religious character Drugs,’’ The Times (London), December 8, 1993. 13 ing to get out here and talk about usually bars them from receiving govern- In an interview with MTV, for example, when asked whether he would ‘‘inhale’’ given the chance these issues. I have been talking about ment treatment funds. In a break from cur- to ‘‘do it over again,’’ Clinton merely provoked them for a long time. I am dis- rent policy, Representatives Jim Talent (R– laughter: ‘‘Sure, if I could. I tried before.’’ MTV appointed we have not made more MO) and J.C. Watts (R–OK) have introduced interview, June 12, 1992. headway, but it certainly has not been a bill, the American Community Renewal 14 Hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Act of 1996 (HR 3467), which would allow the October 20, 1993. for lack of effort on the part of our neighborhood groups, including religious in- 15 Office of National Drug Control Policy, National friend from Georgia. Drug Control Strategy: Budget Summary, February I want to say in all honesty, we have stitutions, the same access to federal funds 1994. that is enjoyed by other drug treatment and 16 Prosecution figures are derived from the Execu- to fight this war. We have to give it ev- counseling facilities. States also would be tive Office of U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA) as well as the erything we have. We have to have able to contract with these drug treatment Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO). The leadership at the top. We do not have it centers. Discrimination against effective re- AO and EOUSA numbers differ because the two enti- right now but we are going to keep this ties practice a different ‘‘leading charge’’ system; ligiously based programs should end. Tax- pressure on until we get it, one way or payer funding for drug treatment should be only the AO includes misdemeanor cases; and the AO includes cases brought by magistrate judges. the other. tied strictly to results, religiously based pro- 17 H.G. Reza, ‘‘Drug Runners Arrested at Border I yield the floor. grams should be eligible for funding, and ad- Often Go Free; Smuggling: Crackdown Leads to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- dicts who seek publicly funded treatment More Seizures, but Jail Overcrowding and Clashing should be required to enter rigorous pro- Priorities Force Suspects; Release,’’ The Los Ange- ator from Georgia. grams and face real sanctions if they fail to les Times, May 12, 1996, p 1. Mr. COVERDELL. I thank the Sen- complete them. 18 Robert C. Bonner, ‘‘Clinton’s Flawed Drug- ator from Utah for, as he has acknowl- Smuggling Policy,’’ San Diego Union-Tribune, June CONCLUSION edged, long and diligent work in this 4, 1996. arena. A lot of Americans can be par- The Clinton Administration has a poor 19 In 1989 constant dollars, the interdiction budget record in fighting the war on drugs. Interdic- declined from $1.73 billion in FY 1992 to $1.05 billion ticularly thankful for that work. tion efforts and prosecution for illegal drugs in FY 1996. Mr. HATCH. I thank my colleague. 20 are down, illegal drug usage and emergency Customs cocaine seizures fell from 35.4 metric Mr. COVERDELL. I appreciate his re- tons (mt) in FY 1993 to 10.7 mt in FY 1994. Coast marks this morning. At this time I room admissions are up, and there has been Guard cocaine seizures fell from 15.4 mt in FY 1993 an absence of credible presidential leadership to 4.4 mt in FY 1994. yield up to 10 minutes to the Senator on this issue. Part of the problem also has 21 The ‘‘disruption rate’’ is the total amount of co- from Arizona. been a failure in personnel management: the caine and marijuana that is seized, jettisoned, or The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- inability or unwillingness to appoint effec- ‘‘aborted’’ (returned to the source country as a re- ator from Arizona is recognized for up sult of interdiction or law enforcement presence). tive leaders in key positions to articulate to 10 minutes. and enforce a strong anti-drug message, as Data sheet from Joint Interagency Task Force-East, Key West, Florida, April 26, 1996. The daily disrup- Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I thank the well as inappropriate reductions in staff at tion rate fell from 435.1 kgs/day in 1993 to 228.7 kgs/ Senator from Georgia for organizing agencies dedicated to dealing with the prob- day in 1994, and still further to 158.1 kgs/day during this time to speak about this incred- lem on the front lines. With the appointment the first 15 weeks of 1996. of General Barry McCaffrey as Director of 22 U.S. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement ibly important issue. While we do not the Office of National Drug Control Policy, Administration, and Abt Associates, Average Price intend this to be an issue that is par- this situation may improve, although the and Purity of Cocaine in the United States, Average tisan in nature, as the Senator from McMahon appointment is far from encour- Price and Purity of Heroin in the United States, May 28, 1996. Utah, the distinguished chairman of aging. 23 According to the Department of Justice, 3.04 the Judiciary Committee, has just American taxpayers need and deserve pres- million cultivated plants were eradicated in 1995 pointed out, although this is clearly a idential leadership on this issue. Members of compared to 7.49 million eradicated in 1992. bipartisan effort, or should be, it is im- Congress also need to focus federal efforts on 24 The Park Service drug control budget was cut law enforcement and interdiction programs from $11.1 million in FY 1992 to $8.7 million in FY possible to deal with the issue without, that work, and fund only those rehabilita- 1996. I think, criticizing some of the people 25 tion programs that have a track record of Office of National Drug Control Policy, Pulse who have been unable thus far, or un- Check: National Trends in Drug Abuse, June 1996. willing, to fight this war on drugs, to success. One way Congress can do this is to 26 For example, a 43 percent increase in cocaine allow funding for drug counseling and drug prices in 1990 (the first such increase in five years) level that criticism as a way of point- rehabilitation programs provided by reli- paralleled a 27 percent reduction in cocaine-related ing out what needs to change. gious organizations. Congress and the states emergency room admissions and overdoses (the first I would not be so willing to do this if also should undertake a tough re-evaluation such reduction in 12 years). 27 Eugene Richards, Cocaine True, Cocaine Blue President Clinton had not made this a of existing grant recipients to make sure partisan political issue in the first that funding is going to programs that work (Aperture). 28 C. Peter Rydell and Susan S. Everingham, Con- best in reducing dependency on illegal drugs. place. That is what angers me so much. trolling Cocaine: Supply Versus Demand Programs We just saw the Senator from Utah, America’s illegal drug problem is complex (Santa Monica, Cal.: RAND, 1994). and presents a special challenge for policy- 29 According to the Center on Addiction and Sub- the distinguished chairman of the Judi- makers in Congress and the White House. stance Abuse at Columbia University, 12- to 17-year- ciary Committee, point out that from

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS July 29, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S9025 1980 to the end of 1992, during the time role model. When his chief spokesman the mandatory minimum sentences for of Republican administrations, drug tosses off his drug use with a mere cav- drug trafficking * * *.’’ Statistics re- use on all fronts had declined dramati- alier ‘‘of course, I did,’’ inferring that leased by the Administrative Office of cally. In the Presidential campaign of everybody did, that suggests it is be- the U.S. Courts reveal that, although 1992, here is what then-candidate Bill havior that is acceptable. It is against drug use is going up, the number of in- Clinton had to say: the law and it is not acceptable behav- dividuals prosecuted for Federal drug [President Bush] hasn’t fought a real war ior. violations is going down. That is what on crime and drugs. I will. So, when the people at the highest we have to change. This de facto strat- Maybe if he had not said that, maybe levels in the White House treat the egy of the administration in fighting if he had not made that promise, I issue so cavalierly, is it no wonder the drugs was to deemphasize interdiction, would not be so critical of him today young people in our country, who are law enforcement and prevention and for failing to keep that promise. But as obviously susceptible to this kind of concentrate on treatment. Yet, as has the chart that Senator HATCH just language, treat it cavalierly as well? been pointed out, treatment is not the showed us reveals, from the time that Yet this is the same White House that answer to this problem. It is only one President Clinton took office, drug use is blasting Senator Dole for his com- small piece of the puzzle. And a 1994 among young people in all of the cat- ments that not necessarily everyone is study by the Rand Corp. found that 27 egories increased. So you saw during addicted to tobacco use. It seems to me percent of hardcore drug users contin- the entire time of the Reagan and Bush there is a gross double standard here, ued hardcore use while undergoing administrations drug use going down at a minimum. But that at maximum, treatment. And fully 88 percent of and then, when President Clinton took one might say, more important, for the them returned to hardcore drug use office, drug use sharply going up. That young people in our country this ad- after treatment. So the recidivism rate is why it angers me to go back and see ministration has squandered the assets was very, very high. statements like this during the cam- that had been brought to bear in the Let me just hesitate here to make a paign 4 years ago, when he criticized war on drugs, had squandered the suc- point. In criticizing the administra- President Bush for not being tough on cess of the Bush and Reagan adminis- tion’s efforts here, again I do not in- drugs, and said he would fight the war trations when drug use was brought tend to be partisan. There have been a on drugs. He has not done it and that is substantially down. lot of Democrats who have been equal- Senator HATCH has pointed out many why we are critical here today. ly critical. Senator BIDEN, the ranking of the things that have occurred during It is not to try to throw barbs at the Democrat on the Senate Judiciary this administration, like the drug President, but to try to get him on Committee, said: board on this issue, because this is crit- czar’s office staff being cut more than ical for the future of the United States 80 percent. After a year of leaving the This President is silent on the matter. He and for our kids. Specifically, when drug czar’s office vacant, finally the has failed to speak. usage of hard drugs among White President selected Lee Brown, who was Representative Charles Rangel, a House personnel was finally revealed in only in office for a few months. His Democrat from New York whose dis- the media, after having been denied by major initiative was to have ‘‘Big trict has a very serious problem in this Presidential spokesmen, we get the League Chew’’ bubble-gum removed regard said: kind of reaction that Senator HATCH from convenience store chains. It did just pointed out, coming from the not do much to fight the war on drugs. I’ve been in Congress for over two decades Then he appointed as our Nation’s and I have never, never, never seen a Presi- White House, that suggested that using dent who cares less about this issue. drugs is no big deal. It was Leon Pa- top health official Joycelyn Elders, netta 2 years ago who attacked House who said ‘‘[I] do feel we would mark- So I am not just speaking from the Speaker NEWT GINGRICH for his com- edly reduce our crime rate if drugs perspective of a Republican, Mr. Presi- ment that the delay in the White were legalized.’’ In one sense I suppose dent. I am speaking as someone who House granting clearance to a large if you remove all prohibitions on ille- cares about our future and who has group of staffers might be in part due gal activity, you reduce the illegal noted it is people on both sides of the to drug use by some of the staffers. drug use rate, at least measured aisle who are deeply committed to That was the information people had against what it was during the war on fighting this war who are also critical at the time, but it was not then con- drugs, but that is obviously not the of this administration. firmed. Here is what Leon Panetta way to protect the future of America’s The chairman of the Judiciary Com- said: children. Particularly since we under- mittee pointed out that marijuana use We cannot do business here with a Speaker stand that the use of drugs such as is up; that one in three high school sen- of the House who is going to engage in these marijuana leads to the use of much iors now uses marijuana. That is an as- kind of unfounded allegations. harder drugs. That is why the Presi- tounding statistic. Why is it impor- The people at the White House at dent’s reduction in requests for funding tant? Because, as I said a moment ago, that time knew those were not un- from interdiction to law enforcement according to surveys by the Center on founded allegations. Now, 2 years later, have not been welcomed by the Con- Addiction and Substance Abuse, 12- to the news accounts report that in fact gress, and why the Congress has want- 17-year-olds who use marijuana are 85 at least a dozen staffers were taken on ed to fund those programs at a higher times more likely to graduate to co- board, over the objection of the FBI level. caine than those who don’t use mari- and Secret Service because of their Just summarizing what Senator juana. hard core drug use. Now what do the HATCH said a moment ago, with the re- So those who argue that marijuana spin meisters at the White House talk duction in the officers from FBI, INS, use, so-called ‘‘soft drugs,’’ are not im- about? Of course they are no longer un- Customs Service and Coast Guard, they portant are ignoring scientific evidence founded accusations. Now it is just the would have lost 621 drug enforcement that almost all of the people who use excuse that, well, everyone was doing agents had the Congress not put the those kinds of drugs graduate to harder it. Press Secretary Mike McCurry: funding back in. And he mentioned the drugs. That is why it is so important to I was a kid in the 1970’s. You know, did I fact we did not train special agents of smoke a joint from time to time? Of course, the DEA in 1993. But when the Congress stop this drug use at that level. I did. And the FBI knows that, and that was has finally insisted on increasing the What can we do to recapture the ini- in my background file. drug interdiction effort, for example in tiative on this war on drugs? First of The ‘‘of course, I did’’ is what bothers the bill we just dealt with last week, all, on interdiction, the action we just so many of us. The White House is the we get emphasis—indications from the took last week, we have to see renewed ultimate bully pulpit in the United White House that they will support efforts by Federal agencies responsible States. The tone set there permeates those increases. I hope that is true. for fighting drugs to spend greater re- our entire culture. Our young people According to the Wall Street Jour- sources, identifying the sources, meth- look to the President for his leadership nal, the Attorney General, Janet Reno, ods and individuals involved in traf- on issues, to set an example, to be a ‘‘announced that she wanted to reduce ficking.

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He lashed Ging- rich was McCarthy, cruelly blackening rep- ecuted, and we have to make sure those utations with a broad brush. who are profiting from the drug trade rich for behaving like an out-of-control talk show host, for making an absolutely false ac- I think there are a lot of people who are severely punished. cusation, for trafficking in smear and innu- Finally, education and prevention. owe the Speaker an apology. This at- endo. tack was very harmful to this gen- Kids need to learn and be constantly George Stephanopoulos has labeled Ging- reminded that drugs are harmful, and rich ‘‘irresponsible.’’ Hillary Clinton said, tleman, and you alluded to it. There is that is where the President’s bully pul- ‘‘So unfair.’’ Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers no way that all of these people in the pit comes in. called them ‘‘reckless charges.’’ White House could not have known They laughed at President Reagan McCarthyism was alluded to. That about the problems they were having and his wife when they said that we was the beginning of the demonization in getting White House clearance. I be- should ‘‘just say no.’’ I think they were of the Speaker. Let me ask this ques- lieve they not only owe him an apol- making a big mistake. We know the tion of the Senator from Arizona. ogy, but they owe him an apology at President has to say no. Don’t you think these people owe him the same level to which they leveled Mr. President, I ask for 30 seconds an apology? this attack: a public apology from all more from the Senator from Georgia, Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I am so glad of them, not just one of them on their since I know my time has expired. that the Senator from Georgia has behalf. Mr. COVERDELL. I yield another asked that question, because now that Mr. KYL. If the Senator from Geor- minute to the Senator from Arizona. this has been reported on in the media gia will yield for a moment, the point Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I appreciate 2 years after the fact and some people here is not to extract an apology for that. That will enable me to make this from the White House have, appar- the sake of an apology, but rather, I final point. ently, acknowledged that there is truth think, to make a larger point. We are doing our part in Congress to to these allegations, I think that every Clearly, when the Speaker of the revitalize this war on drugs. We just one of the people who smeared House House is vilified the way he was with- passed the Commerce, State, Justice Speaker NEWT GINGRICH not only owe out good reason, and we know now in- appropriations bill, which will improve him an apology—and it should be a correctly if not with animus, he is our enforcement and interdiction ef- very direct and specific apology—for owed an apology. But the point of these forts. It increases the funding substan- the comments that the Senator from attacks was to try to distract atten- tially. I think, however, once we have Georgia just read, but they owe an tion away from the specific charge and done this, the President is going to apology to the American people, be- the problem that was being alluded to have to help us regain the initiative by cause they, in smearing him, suggested by the Speaker. demonstrating that the administration that he was lying, that he was not tell- That is where I think these people is just as concerned about this effort as ing the truth, that the allegations were owe an apology to the American public, is the Congress. Of course, another op- unfounded, when, in fact, they either because they were trying to divert at- tion is to elect a President who really knew or should have known what was tention away from a condition, a prob- seems to care about this effort. But going on in the White House, why those lem, and it is very much like the way that is another matter. clearances had not been granted. the administration has treated this Let me say in conclusion, this effort Therefore, it is they who were mis- drug war from the very beginning. should be bipartisan. It has to be co- leading the American public by sug- It is basically a nonwar, and that is ordinated. The President and the Con- gesting that what he said was untrue. why drug use has gone up during this gress have to join in the effort, and we So I have been wondering for some administration’s tenure. They have to have to convince the younger people in time when we would receive an apol- focus back on the fact that what they our country that the trend of drug use ogy, and I think it is as important that say matters. The way the President that is now going up must be reversed the House Speaker receive an apology. acts matters a great deal, especially to if their future is going to be great and I happened to see the Sunday morn- the young people in this country. if the future of America is going to be ing talk show when Speaker GINGRICH He is the first really young new-gen- great, because all Americans bear the said what he said. I saw him say it, and eration President here. As a result, I cost of drug abuse through increased I thought at the time, ‘‘Boy, he was think young people really look to crime and increased taxes to pay for certainly careful how he repeated that President Clinton because he is young- welfare and other social programs and allegation because it was all over the er than most of the Presidents have all the other costs to society that can’t news media.’’ been in recent years. When they see be measured. He was very careful in saying, ‘‘Now, him act in a relatively cavalier way, It is time to resume the drug war. I’m not making allegations, this is then they are going to pick up on that. America’s future is at stake. what a high-ranking official told me, That appears to be what is happening, I commend the Senator from Georgia and if it is true, it’s very bad.’’ if you look at the statistics. for taking this time so we can empha- Well, all of the qualifications went So again, while it is important to size the issue and get on with this im- out the window when all the White apologize to the Speaker, because what portant effort. House pack dogs immediately attacked they said about him was extraor- Mr. COVERDELL. Mr. President, I him the next day suggesting he was the dinarily unfair and inaccurate, I think wonder if the Senator from Arizona one who was some kind of wild accuser it is more important, again, that they will stay with us for just a moment. here. get back on track in fighting the war I would like to read an editorial that That is why I think the Senator from on drugs by apologizing to the country appeared in the Boston Globe on Tues- Georgia hits the nail right on the head as a whole for trying to distract atten- day, July 23. It relates to his remarks. when he suggests that each one of tion from the problem in the White It quotes Speaker GINGRICH in Decem- these people owes the Speaker a very House, trying to distract attention ber of 1994. He said on a television specific apology. And if I can go further from what was going on here in their show: and suggest they should apologize for inadequate effort to fight the war on I had a senior law enforcement official tell misleading the American people as me that, in his judgment, up to a quarter of drugs and refocus attention on the the White House staff, when they first came well. very, very difficult nature of this prob- in, had used drugs in the last 4 or 5 years. Mr. COVERDELL. If the Senator will lem. He said: yield. President Clinton has an extraor- On dozens of editorial pages— Now, that’s very serious. I’m not making dinarily great ability to be persuasive, any allegation about any individual person, I am quoting— to demonstrate that he cares about but it’s very clear that they had huge prob- there were comparisons to the most infa- things. And if he were to mount the po- lems. mous demon in American history. The Geor- dium with the same sincerity that

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS July 29, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S9027 Nancy Reagan and Ronald Reagan did responsible, they cannot or will not fig- the dramatic rise in teenage drug and George and Barbara Bush to tell ure out who hired him. Based on this abuse. If there are any of my col- the young people of today why it is so White House’s public assertions about leagues who have not acquainted them- destructive for them to begin this path hiring practices in the world’s most selves with the realities of what is hap- of doing drugs, I think he could be important household, Rosy the Bag pening with kids and drugs today, I enormously helpful. He could be so Lady could have moved locations from urge them to take a look at the facts. powerful in his appeal and reach to Lafayette Park into the West Wing, I think that what they will find will these young people. gotten a White House pass, and set up disturb them. In brief, by whatever So instead of obfuscating the issue shop with no one the wiser. standard you use or reporting system and accusing others of making too big As in the files case, it is the principle that we currently have to tell us about a deal out of it, as they did with Speak- that matters in the White House’s atti- drug use, teenage use is on the rise. er GINGRICH, I think they ought to try tude about drug use. It is what actions In the last several years, after more to focus on what they can do to help. It there say publicly about what is hon- than a decade of decline, we are seeing would be a tremendous benefit if they ored and what should be cultivated. returning drug use that is wiping out would do that. I thank the Senator Perhaps it should come as no surprise all the gains that we had made. What is from Georgia. that a President who did not inhale just as alarming, teenage attitudes about the dangers of drug use are also f should see no problem in hiring known drug users to sit on the world’s most changing for the worse. Today’s kids CULTIVATING THE FUTURE visible front porch. But what is of more see drugs as far less of a problem than Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, a concern than this peculiar tolerance is did kids just a few years ago. Even wise man once said that what is hon- the response of the President’s spokes- worse, drug use today is starting even ored in a society is cultivated there. In man to the issue. Let me quote his re- earlier. We are now seeing the problem other words, what a society believes is marks. ‘‘I was a kid in the 1970’s,’’ he affect 11 and 12 year olds. Unless you important and respects, it will teach said. ‘‘You know, did I smoke a joint believe that drug legalization for kids its children and demand in its public from time to time? is a realistic option or a responsible life. I have been concerned in the last Of course, I did.’’ Of course? There is policy, then you cannot ignore what is few days by what it seems to me that a lot of consequence in that ‘‘of happening under our very noses, in our we are honoring in our society. And I course.’’ As Mr. Bennett, the country’s homes, schools, backyards, and front am concerned because of that about first drug czar noted, that ‘‘of course’’ porches. In this context, do you think that re- what we may be cultivating for the fu- is very disturbing. Mr. Bennett asks a marks like the President’s or Mr. ture. very important question: ‘‘What ex- McCurry’s do not matter? Let us not I am concerned about what we have actly did Mr. McCurry mean by ‘of kid ourselves about kids. What the learned in the past few days and weeks course’? That every young person used White House says publicly is one of the about the attitudes the Clinton White drugs in the 1970’s? Or that it was no House has about security clearances ways we communicate lessons about big deal?’’ In either case, as Mr. Ben- what we honor and should cultivate. and security procedures in general. I nett notes, the President’s spokesman am also concerned about drug use, re- That the White House understands this is wrong. He not only has the facts is clear from what it has to say on spect for privacy, and regard for simple wrong, he has now put the White House facts straightforwardly presented. I am other issues. On this issue, however, behind the notion that drugs are no big the message is anything but clear. concerned about what attitudes on deal. In March of this year, I co-chaired a these issues, coming from the Nation’s Mr. McCurry’s words are very reveal- Senate-House Task Force on National first household, are communicating to ing. They are dismissive of the idea Drug Policy. Bob Dole and NEWT GING- the public. I am particularly troubled that drug use is of any serious concern. RICH established the task force to take about the White House’s seemingly They indicate an indifference to the re- a look at the problem and recommend cavalier attitude about drug use and alities of drug use. And, for a White solutions. The report from that effort about the message that this careless House whose clearest competency is in documents not only the present trend viewpoint is sending. message management, it shows a re- in drug use among kids, but the poli- Based on reporting in the Wash- markable ignorance of the importance cies or lack of policies by the Clinton ington Post, ‘‘The Secret Service in of using the bully pulpit of Presidency administration to deal with the prob- 1993 balked at granting permanent to send a clear, antidrug message. We lem. I invite all of my colleagues, the passes to about a dozen people in the need to remind ourselves that Mr. press, and the public to take a look at Clinton White House because of con- McCurry did not make these remarks what the task force learned. It is sober- cerns about recent use of illegal drugs in private. He is no babe in the woods. ing. that in some instances included crack He did not get trapped. He did not One of the essential findings of the cocaine or hallucinogens....’’ But speak out thinking that the micro- report, which is hardly new, was that this is not all. The problem was evi- phones were turned off. Mr. McCurry the bully pulpit for sending messages dently so serious as to require the un- made these remarks to the press as the about what is right and wrong, good precedented step of establishing a spe- chief spokesman for the President of and bad, must be central to any drug cial drug-testing program in the White the United States. Say what you will, policy. As the report notes, we must be House. We have heard that this in- his remarks are now an indelible part consistent in our message. We must volves only a few people. But then we of the public record. So too, are the have words and deeds that are com- also heard from the same White House White House’s attitudes to drug use re- plementary not contradictory. that there were only a few unauthor- vealed here. Democrats and Republicans over the ized FBI files. That story had to be re- I am sure that in the next few days last several years, however, have re- vised several times as the numbers we will have more clarifications about peatedly noted that the administra- grew. Perhaps that will not happen the position. I am sure that these clari- tion, and particularly the President, here, but the numbers are not really fications will include the typical accu- have been virtually silent on the drug the issue. sations that discussion of the issue at issue. The only serious pronounce- What is of concern is the principle. In all is just partisan politics. But, what ments that anyone here or elsewhere the files case, one file improperly ob- remains is a public demonstration likely remembers about this adminis- tained, illegally reviewed, and care- about how this White House thinks tration’s drug policy was the Presi- lessly kept was too many. In any nor- about drugs. It reflects a casualness dent’s remark that he didn’t inhale. mal operation, the person responsible about the drug problem that is commu- That and the repeated public state- for this chain of slipshod management nicated to the public. It is a commu- ments by the Surgeon General of the would be identified, fired, and, if a nication that, frankly, concerns me a United States calling for consideration crime was committed, prosecuted. In great deal. of drug legalization. Except for these the present case, however, the White On a number of occasions I have less than inspiring remarks, the drug House not only does not know who was raised my concern on this floor about issue simply disappeared in the first

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It seems to me, Mr. I say to the Senator from Wash- traded to a farm team and hustled out President—and I ask for the comments ington, from my own point of view, I of town under a blanket of silence. of the Senator from Georgia on this— have been surprised that a change in Now, in an election year, when the that during the course of this last half- public policy, which occurred when this drug use numbers are bad and getting hour or so, there have been perhaps administration took office, could re- worse, we have seen a new public pos- five different, but related, themes. I sult in these kinds of changes so quick- ture by the administration on drugs. wonder if my understanding is accu- ly. I would have thought these changes We have a new drug czar—more power rate. might have taken a decade to have the to him—and we have had a few presi- The first, and in a sense the most im- impact. It has been a revelation to me dential sound bites and backdrops. I mediate, is the way in which the White that within months you began to see a am sure that none of these actions House responds to any kind of criti- trend of less use of drugs turn com- have anything to do with politics. But, cism, very frequently with nasty per- pletely around and now turn into some- we have seen also other things that sonal attack. thing that is a devastating phe- leave a more lasting impression, par- The second, which is one step above nomenon in our country. ticularly in young minds. Particularly, that and perhaps triggers the first, is I will say one other thing and then go what we have seen disseminated to the the indifference in the administration back to the Senator from Washington. public is the knowledge that ‘‘of itself to the question of drugs and of On your fourth point, the use of the course, I used drugs’’ and ‘‘I didn’t in- security and the like, you know, by the pulpit, so to speak, I would say that is hale’’ are the hallmarks of this White people who serve the administration. even more serious than has been char- House. As Mr. Bennett noted, policy The third, it seems to me, is the drug acterized. Not only has it not been follows attitude. It is not hard to un- policy of the administration. I think used, but to the extent it has been derstand the administration’s policies the Senator from Georgia has already used, it is the wrong message. with attitudes like those coming from spoken to that question—less money, First of all, there is too much si- the White House. fewer people, less attention. lence. Second, we had an Attorney Recently, a music group with the un- The fourth is as the Senator from Ar- General arguing for legalization in this likely name of Smashing Pumpkins izona just said, the use or nonuse of the administration. Third, we had state- lost one of its lead performers to a drug magnificent platform that any Presi- ments, like press secretary McCurry overdose. In recent years, such deaths dent of the United States has to speak and the President himself when he of celebrities have become a common to matters which are of deep concern said, ‘‘Well, I didn’t inhale.’’ These are occurrence, another reminder of the to the American people or which create all cavalier tones that suggest a lack of 1960’s culture born again. So serious grave social problems or challenges to seriousness about the issue. That is has the problem become that record the American people. And the question why I believe it is not just the trend companies and managers are looking to as to whether or not any particular lines have reversed, but they have dra- institute drug programs to help pre- President pays any attention to that matically reversed. And the damage is vent these losses. In the case of Smash- subject. of epidemic proportions. And 12 years ing Pumpkins, they fired one of the But I think each of those, in my view have virtually been cashiered because band members who was involved in at least, leads to the final question. of the link between these five points, drugs along with the young man who And that is, what impact is the plague but particularly Nos. 4 and 5. died. Evidently, drug use in this case of drugs imposing on the American Mr. GORTON. I think the Senator was grounds for dismissal. I wish that people? Is the use of illegal substances from Georgia makes a good point. I this White House understood the mes- rising or falling at any given level? would like to share this reflection with sage here. That tolerating drug use, And particularly, is this use rising or him and hear his views on the subject. even former drug use, sends a dan- falling among young people, first be- I believe sometimes we have these gerous message. coming conscious of the world around problems by a misuse of terms. And in If we learn from the bully pulpit of them? And is that increase in use— this connection, a few years back, the Presidency about what we should quite clearly that is the case at the when drug policy was a higher order of honor and cultivate in our national present time—attributable at least in priority, we had what was, I think, life, then I am concerned about what part to what society, through its lead- misnamed as a ‘‘war on drugs,’’ sin- recent events tell us. I am concerned ers, through its President, says or does cerely carried out by men and women that we seem to have replaced ‘‘Just not say, says or implies by an action or who felt that drugs were a plague on Say No’’ with a muddled message. I am nonaction in connection with this drug our society creating a tremendous concerned that this garbled text is use? amount of crime, social dislocation, sending the wrong signals, is rein- I think if you start from No. 1, at- wasted lives. But the implication, when forcing the wrong attitudes. Perhaps it tacking anyone who attacks them, sec- they used that term, was that it some- is no coincidence, then, that calls for ond, an indifference to personal health, how or other could have been won per- legalization of drugs are now more security or drug use, third, the amount manently and decisively. vocal and well-financed than at any of money and attention paid in budg- I believe that we made the same mis- time since the 1960’s. It is perhaps why, ets, fourth, the use or more particu- take a generation ago when we began a we see initiatives on the ballot in Cali- larly the nonuse of that bully pulpit in war against poverty with the same im- fornia and Arizona that would legalize the Presidency, that fifth and most im- plications. Just set up a few programs marijuana. It is perhaps why one of the portant consequence is almost an inev- and you will get rid of the cir- largest financiers of drug legalization itable consequence, is it not? Is it not cumstance. Perhaps, it has occurred to is a White House confidante. It is per- very difficult to make the case that me, that this began because we have haps not just coincidence that the these are unrelated phenomena, with had truly wars where they have a be- drugs-are-good-for-you message is back the fact of increased drug use, the fact ginning, middle, and an end, whether it in movies, music, and on TV. It is per- of a more serious problem in society was World War II, at one level, or even haps why we see a White House where today? Is it not connected with this in- a half-a-century-long cold war. It is the Colombian drug lords can number difference in money, in attitude, and over. We have had a definitive triumph. employees as some of their former cli- the like on the part of the executive When one Presidential administra- ents. leaders of our Nation? tion starts a war on poverty or, more I worry about what we seem to be Mr. COVERDELL. First, I commend particularly in this case, a war on honoring and what we may cultivate as the Senator from Washington in his drugs, and then the next administra- a consequence. usual fashion of framing issues so well. tion discovers the real truth, that this Mr. GORTON. Would the Senator But I think there is no conclusion one is a struggle that begins over again in from Georgia yield? could reach but that these five points the minds of every young person in the

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Democratic Senator Joe Biden has been process in the lives of every single indi- this is an issue for which society has a strong critic of the administration’s anti- vidual, then that administration tends always and will always struggle. Maybe drug efforts. And it was Democratic Con- to lose its sense of focus or even its it is improper to characterize it as a gressman Charles Rangel who said this about sense of caring, because each adminis- war. That is a duty. It is a duty of one the Clinton administration: ‘‘I’ve been in tration wants something else that it civilization to those that follow. From Congress over two decades, and I have never, can be definitively responsible for. time to time, I argue, there are inci- never, never found any administration that’s Do we not have a situation here in dents—and we are in one—where there been so silent on this great challenge [illegal is a configuration where we really are drug use] to the American people.’’ which we had a significant degree of Consider the record under Bill Clinton’s success over a period of 4, 8, or 12 in a very adversarial struggle with a watch: drug use among high school seniors years, which one other administration force that is capable of undoing soci- has risen steadily since he took office. The by diligent effort could continue, could ety. I do believe the hemisphere is con- number of 12- to 17-year-olds using mari- lose no ground, maybe by tremendous fronted with that at this point. juana has almost doubled. Methamphet- effort could maybe even make a few Mr. GORTON. I thank the Senator amine emergency room cases are up over 300 gains, but knew it could not win the from Georgia for the clarity of his percent. LSD use has reached the highest way you win World War II, so the ad- thought and for his dedication to a rate since record-keeping started in 1975. cause which is of vital importance to Drug-related emergency room admissions ministration just lost interest in it. are at record levels. And these trends have There were just a lot of other things it the future of our country and society. Mr. COVERDELL. Thank you very occurred after real progress was made wanted to do. against drug use in the mid-1980s and early Have we all not suffered? And this is much. Mr. President, I appreciate very 1990s. the most important part of the ques- But there is more involved here than a fail- much the thoughts of the Senator from tion, have we not all suffered as a re- ure of public policy. The Clinton administra- Washington. As always, the Senator sult, because the implication made tion suffers from moral diffidence on this brings great clarity and poignancy to that we have gotten this far, we do not issue. Policy follows attitude. In 1991, when issues of importance to our Nation. asked about his past drug use, Mr. Clinton have to do anything to at least keep it Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- declared that he had never ‘‘broken any drug the status quo. But as the Senator sent to have printed in the RECORD a law.’’ A year later, he admitted that when he from Georgia pointed out, in 4 years statement by former drug czar William was in England, he had experimented with you can lose all the ground you gained Bennett. marijuana but he said, ‘‘I didn’t like it. I in 12. Is that not essentially what we There being no objection, the mate- didn’t inhale it, and never tried it again.’’ have done as a result of this adminis- rial was ordered to be printed in the Later, when asked whether he would inhale if he had to do it over again, he answered, to tration’s indifference to the problem? RECORD, as follows: Mr. COVERDELL. The Senator has laughter: ‘‘Sure, if I could. I tried before.’’ BENNETT CRITICIZES MCCURRY AND WHITE Then there is President Clinton’s former raised several very, very crucial ques- HOUSE DRUG POLICY Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, who had tions and sort of a constructive criti- WASHINGTON, DC, July 18, 1996.—Today, been one of this administration’s most vocal cism which I might need to take to Empower America co-director and former voices on drugs and who had favorable words heart. First, we have not lost all the Bush ‘‘drug czar’’ William J. Bennett re- about drug legalization. And of course now ground; we have just lost a lot of it. If leased the following statement: we have Mr. McCurry’s comments. unchecked, we will lose it all. Yesterday we learned from interviews with During the 1980s, Nancy Reagan was ridi- I do not know that I agree that it was Secret Service agents (released by a House culed for her ‘‘Just Say No’’ campaign. But strictly a function of interest level. I committee) that background investigations it turns out that ‘‘Just Say No’’ is far more on White House employees found that more believe there are people in our country, effective than ‘‘I didn’t inhale’’ or an atti- than 40 had used drugs; a few dozen showed tude of ‘‘of course I used illegal drugs.’’ and some of them are in this adminis- drug usage had been within the last five I realize that Mr. McCurry, a skilled press tration, like former Surgeon General years; and that among those few dozen peo- secretary, was simply reflecting the attitude Elders, who believes the construction ple were individuals who had used cocaine, of the President and his administration. But of the struggle was wrong. I believe crack cocaine and hallucinogens. We learned, I would be interested in the answer to two that they believed rehabilitation is too, that the Secret Service initially re- questions: first, what does General Barry more important that interdiction, so jected White House passes to an unspecified McCaffrey think about Mr. McCurry’s com- number of White House employees because there are some philosophical dif- ments and the underlying attitude they ex- they were considered a security risk—a rec- pressed? And second, does President Clinton ferences here. ommendation which apparently was unac- have any objection if a person who has used We now have the results of the inter- ceptable to the Clinton administration. In- cocaine, crack cocaine or hallucinogenic diction law enforcement and education. stead, the administration opted for a far drugs during the past five years is working It cut it in half. The new idea, empiri- more lenient policy—a twice-per-year sur- in his administration? Is there any kind of cally, has failed, because it has dou- prise drug test. These are very disturbing recent (pre-White House) drug use or drug bled, but we still have people in this revelations—but ones which do not seem to activity that would disqualify somebody administration who do not agree with trouble the Clinton administration at all. from joining the Clinton administration? I have also read the transcripts of Mike Perhaps the president could clarify what his the war on drugs. McCurry’s July 17th press briefing in which Now, the last point I make, the war policy is on these matters. he stated that ‘‘of course’’ he used illegal On the issue of fighting illegal drugs—like on drugs, I think the Senator makes a drugs during the 1970s. What exactly did Mr. so many other issues of national impor- very valid point that it is not some- McCurry mean by ‘‘of course’’? That every tance—the American people deserve better thing to ever be won or lost. I have young person used drugs in the 1970s? Or that from their president. it was no big deal? Why didn’t Mr. McCurry called it a war on drugs, of late, be- Mr. COVERDELL. I will take just a cause of the level, separate from usage show any regret for having used illegal drugs? Mr. McCurry is wrong on all counts— minute to read from this statement in the United States. and he should admit that he was wrong. from William Bennett: The fact is, we have come into an era These revelations by Secret Service Yesterday we learned from interviews with where drug cartels with their enormous agents, combined with Mr. McCurry’s com- Secret Service agents that background in- capacity of resources and sophistica- ments are, I think, emblematic of the Clin- vestigations on White House employees tion, in my judgment, have put democ- ton administration’s cavalier and indifferent found that more than 40 had used drugs; a racies in the hemisphere at stake. attitude toward illegal drug use. The Clinton few dozen showed drug usage— administration doesn’t seem to care about When the President of Mexico turns to I have always wondered what that re- me and says, ‘‘The single greatest this issue. They seem unwilling to take a strong and unambiguous stand against drug mark means; what is ‘‘a few dozen’’? It threat to my public are the drug car- use. And this nation is now paying a very sounds an awful lot like 40. tels,’’ that raises it to a new level. I heavy price for the Clinton administration’s . . . a few dozen showed drug usage has think there is a war in the hemisphere indifference, in terms of wrecked and lost been within the last 5 years; and that among to gain control of this circumstance so lives. those few dozen people were individuals who

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS S9030 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 29, 1996 had used cocaine, crack cocaine and JONES ACT WAIVERS with appropriate endorsement for employ- hallucinogens. ment in the coastwise trade for each of the Mr. COVERDELL. Mr. President, I following vessels: It goes on: ‘‘These revelations by Se- ask unanimous consent that the Com- cret Service agents, combined with Mr. (1) The vessel RELENTLESS, United mittee on Commerce be immediately States official number 287008. McCurry’s comments,’’ which we have discharged from further consideration (2) The vessel TECUMSEH, United States all talked about earlier, ‘‘are, I think, of the following bills: S. 1924 and S. official number 668633. emblematic of the Clinton administra- 1933. (3) The vessel POLICY MAKER III, United tion’s cavalier and indifferent attitude The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without States official number 569223. toward illegal drug use. The Clinton (4) The vessel QUIET SQUAW, United objection, it is so ordered. States official number 998717. administration does not seem to care Mr. COVERDELL. Mr. President, I about this issue. They seem unwilling ask unanimous consent that the Sen- f to take a strong and unambiguous ate proceed to the consideration of CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION stand against drug use. And this Na- these bills, and the following bills on FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘BAGGER’’ tion is now paying a very heavy price the legislative calendar, en bloc: Cal- The bill (S. 84) to authorize the Sec- for the Clinton administration’s indif- endar Order Nos. 76 through 90, 308 ference in terms of wrecked and lost retary of Transportation to issue a cer- through 328, 478 through 482, and 519 tificate of documentation and coast- lives.’’ through 538. This is the point I want to underscore wise trade endorsement for the vessel The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Bagger, and for other purposes, was over and over. We are not talking objection, it is so ordered. about just reciting numbers of in- considered, ordered to be engrossed for Mr. COVERDELL. I further ask a third reading, read the third time, crease, et cetera. We are talking about unanimous consent that the bills be some kid in your family, somebody and passed; as follows: deemed read the third time and passed, S. 84 that lives next door, somebody you and a motion to reconsider all actions work with, that you know and care Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- be deemed made and laid upon the resentatives of the United States of America in about. Every one of these 2 million new table en bloc. families that are experiencing drug use Congress assembled, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without SECTION 1. CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION. in their family are just like somebody objection, it is so ordered. we know, or they may be somebody we Notwithstanding sections 12106 through Mr. COVERDELL. I note at this 12108 of title 46, United States Code, and sec- know. point these measures are Jones Act tion 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 It is time for the White House to put Waivers, and they have all been cleared U.S.C. App. 883), the Secretary of Transpor- the bully pulpit to work, calling on our by the Democratic leadership. tation may issue a certificate of documenta- youth across this land to be knowl- tion and coastwise trade endorsement for the edgeable and understanding of the fact f vessel BAGGER, hull identification number that drugs will ruin their lives and for- CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION 3121125, and State of Hawaii registration ever change their futures. FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘DAMN number HA1809E. f YANKEE’’ f THE VERY BAD DEBT BOXSCORE The bill (S. 1924) to authorize the CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘L.R. BEATTIE’’ Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, it was on Secretary of Transportation to issue a Friday, February 23, 1996, that the Fed- certificate of documentation and coast- The bill (S. 172) to authorize the Sec- eral debt broke the $5 trillion sound wise trade endorsement for the vessel retary of Transportation to issue a cer- barrier for the first time in history. Damn Yankee, was considered, ordered tificate of documentation for the vessel The records show that on that day, at to be engrossed for a third reading, L.R. Beattie, was considered, ordered to the close of business, the debt stood at read the third time, and passed; as fol- be engrossed for a third reading, read $5,017,056,630,040.53. lows: the third time, and passed; as follows: Twenty years earlier, in 1976, the S. 1924 S. 172 Federal debt stood at $629 billion, after Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- the first 200 years of America’s history, resentatives of the United States of America in resentatives of the United States of America in including two world wars. The total Congress assembled, That notwithstanding Congress assembled, sections 12106, 12107, and 12108 of title 46, SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF CERTIFICATE OF 1976 Federal debt, I repeat, stood at United States Code, and section 27 of the $629 billion. DOCUMENTATION. Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. Notwithstanding sections 12106, 12107, and Then the big spenders really went to 883), as applicable on the date of enactment 12108 of title 46, United States Code, and sec- work and the interest on the Federal of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation tion 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 debt really began to take off—and, may issue a certificate of documentation App. U.S.C. 883), as applicable on the date of presto, during the past 2 decades the with appropriate endorsements for employ- enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Federal debt has soared into the strat- ment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Transportation may issue a certificate of osphere, increasing by more than $4 DAMN YANKEE (vessel number 263611). documentation for the vessel L. R. trillion in 2 decades—from 1976 to 1996. f BEATTIE, United States official number 904161. So, Mr. President, as of the close of CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION f business Friday, July 26, the Federal FOR CERTAIN VESSELS debt stood—down-to-the-penny—at CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION The bill (S. 1933) to authorize a cer- $5,181,675,045,058.46. On a per capita FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘SHAMROCK V’’ basis, every man, woman, and child in tificate of documentation for certain The bill (S. 212) to authorize the Sec- America owes $19,525.25 as his or her vessels, and for other purposes, was retary of Transportation to issue a cer- share of that debt. considered, ordered to be engrossed for tificate of documentation with appro- This enormous debt is a festering, es- a third reading, read the third time, priate endorsement for employment in calating burden on all citizens and es- and passed; as follows: the coastwise trade for the vessel pecially it is jeopardizing the liberty of S. 1933 Shamrock V, was considered, ordered to our children and grandchildren. As Jef- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- be engrossed for a third reading, read ferson once warned, ‘‘to preserve [our] resentatives of the United States of America in the third time, and passed; as follows: independence, we must not let our Congress assembled, leaders load us with perpetual debt. We SECTION 1. CERTIFICATES OF DOCUMENTATION. S. 212 must make our election between econ- Notwithstanding section 27 of the Mer- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- omy and liberty, or profusion and ser- chant Marine Act, 1920 (46 U.S.C. App. 883), resentatives of the United States of America in section 8 of the Act of June 19, 1886 (24 Stat. Congress assembled, That notwithstanding vitude.’’ Isn’t it about time that Con- 81, chapter 421; 46 U.S.C. App. 289), and sec- sections 12106, 12107, and 12108 of title 46, gress heeded the wise words of the au- tions 12106 through 12108 of title 46, United United States Code, and section 27 of the thor of the Declaration of Independ- States Code, the Secretary of Transportation Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. ence? may issue a certificate of documentation 883), as applicable on the date of enactment

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS July 29, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S9031 of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation be engrossed for a third reading, read tion 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 may issue a certificate of documentation the third time, and passed; as follows: App. U.S.C. 883), as applicable on the date of with appropriate endorsement for employ- S. 475 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of ment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Transportation may issue a certificate of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- SHAMROCK V (United States official num- documentation for the vessel INTREPID, resentatives of the United States of America in ber 900936). United States official number 508185. Congress assembled, That notwithstanding f sections 12106, 12107, and 12108 of title 46, f United States Code, and section 27 of the CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘ENDEAVOUR’’ 883), as applicable on the date of enactment FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘CONSORTIUM’’ The bill (S. 213) to authorize the Sec- of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation The bill (S. 493) to authorize the Sec- retary of Transportation to issue a cer- may issue a certificate of documentation for retary of Transportation to issue a cer- the vessel LADY HAWK, United States offi- tificate of documentation with appro- cial number 961095. tificate of documentation for the vessel priate endorsement for employment in Consortium, was considered, ordered to f the coastwise trade for the vessel be engrossed for a third reading, read Endeavour, was considered, ordered to CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION the third time, and passed; as follows: be engrossed for a third reading, read FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘GLEAM’’ S.493 the third time, and passed; as follows: The bill (S. 480) to authorize the Sec- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- S. 213 retary of Transportation to issue a cer- resentatives of the United States of America in Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- tificate of documentation with appro- Congress assembled, resentatives of the United States of America in priate endorsement for employment in SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF CERTIFICATE OF Congress assembled, That notwithstanding the coastwise trade for the vessel DOCUMENTATION. sections 12106, 12107, and 12108 of title 46, Gleam was considered, ordered to be en- Notwithstanding sections 12106, 12107, and United States Code, and section 27 of the grossed for a third reading, read the 12108 of title 46, United States Code, and sec- Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. third time, and passed; as follows: tion 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 883), as applicable on the date of enactment App. U.S.C. 883), as applicable on the date of of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation S. 480 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of may issue a certificate of documentation Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Transportation may issue a certificate of with appropriate endorsement for employ- resentatives of the United States of America in documentation for the vessel CONSORTIUM, ment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Congress assembled, That notwithstanding United States official number 1029192. ENDEAVOUR (United States official number sections 12106, 12107, and 12108 of title 46, f 947869). United States Code, and section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. f CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION 883), as applicable on the date of enactment FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘EMPRESS’’ CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘SERENITY’’ may issue a certificate of documentation The bill (S. 527) to authorize the Sec- with appropriate endorsement for employ- retary of Transportation to issue a cer- The bill (S. 278) to authorize a certifi- ment in the coastwise trade for the vessel tificate of documentation with appro- cate of documentation for the vessel GLEAM, (United States official number priate endorsement for employment in 921594). Serenity, was considered, ordered to be the coastwise trade for the vessel Em- engrossed for a third reading, read the f press was considered, ordered to be en- third time, and passed; as follows: CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION grossed for a third reading, read the S. 278 FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘EMERALD third time, and passed; as follows: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- AYES’’ S. 527 resentatives of the United States of America in The bill (S. 482) to authorize the Sec- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Congress assembled, That notwithstanding resentatives of the United States of America in section 12106, 12107, and 12108 of title 46, retary of Transportation to issue a cer- Congress assembled, That notwithstanding United States Code, and section 27 of the tificate of documentation and coast- sections 12106, 12107, and 12108 of title 46, Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. wise trade endorsement for the vessel United States Code, and section 27 of the 883), as applicable on the date of enactment Emerald Ayes was considered, ordered Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation to be engrossed for a third reading, 883), as applicable on the date of enactment may issue a certificate of documentation for read the third time, and passed; as fol- of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation the vessel SERENITY, United States official lows: may issue a certificate of documentation number 1021393. S. 482 with appropriate endorsement for employ- f Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- ment in the coastwise trade for the vessel EMPRESS, United States official number CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstanding 975018. FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘WHY KNOT’’ section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 f The bill (S. 279) to authorize a certifi- (46 U.S.C. App. 883), the Act of June 19, 1886 cate of documentation for the vessel (46 U.S.C. App. 289), and sections 12106 and CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION Why Knot, was considered, ordered to 12107 of title 46, United States Code, the Sec- FOR THREE VESSELS retary of Transportation may issue a certifi- be engrossed for a third reading, read cate of documentation with a coastwise en- The bill (S. 528) to authorize the Sec- the third time, and passed; as follows: dorsement for the vessel EMERALD AYES, retary of Transportation to issue a cer- S. 279 United States official number 986099. tificate of documentation with coast- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- f wise trade endorsement for three ves- resentatives of the United States of America in sels, was considered, ordered to be en- CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION Congress assembled, That notwithstanding grossed for a third reading, read the FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘INTREPID’’ section 12106, 12107, and 12108 of title 46, third time, and passed; as follows: United States Code, and section 27 of the The bill (S. 492) to authorize the Sec- S. 528 Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. retary of Transportation to issue a cer- 883), as applicable on the date of enactment Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- tificate of documentation for the vessel resentatives of the United States of America in of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation Intrepid, was considered, ordered to be may issue a certificate of documentation for Congress assembled, the vessel WHY KNOT, United States official engrossed for a third reading, read the SECTION 1. COASTWISE TRADE AUTHORIZATION number 688570. third time, and passed; as follows: FOR HOVERCRAFT. S. 492 Notwithstanding section 27 of the Mer- f Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- chant Marine Act, 1920 (46 U.S.C. App. 883), CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION resentatives of the United States of America in the Act of June 19, 1886 (46 U.S.C. App. 289), FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘LADY HAWK’’ Congress assembled, and sections 12106 and 12107 of title 46, United SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF CERTIFICATE OF States Code, the Secretary of Transportation The bill (S. 475) to authorize a certifi- DOCUMENTATION. may issue a certificate of documentation cate of documentation for the vessel Notwithstanding sections 12106, 12107, and with a coastwise endorsement for each of the Lady Hawk, was considered, ordered to 12108 of title 46, United States Code, and sec- vessels IDUN VIKING (Danish Registration

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(1) all repair and alteration work on the vessel in accordance with the letter of intent 883), as applicable on the date of enactment vessels necessary to their operation under submitted to the Secretary under subsection of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation this section is performed in the United (a)(3); or may issue a certificate of documentation States; (3) on such date as a contract referred to in with appropriate endorsement for employ- (2) a binding contract for the construction paragraph (2) is breached, rescinded, or ter- ment in the coastwise trade for the vessel in the United States of at least 3 similar ves- minated (other than for completion of per- AURA (United States official number sels for the coastwise trade is executed by formance of the contract) by the owner of 1027807). the owner of the vessels within 6 months the vessel referred to in subsection (a)(1)(B). f after the date of enactment of this Act; and f (3) the vessels constructed under the con- CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION tract entered into under paragraph (1) are to CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘SUNRISE’’ be delivered within 3 years after the date of FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘ISABELLE’’ entering into that contract. The bill (S. 654) to authorize the Sec- The bill (S. 561) to authorize the Sec- retary of Transportation to issue a cer- f retary of Transportation to issue a cer- tificate of documentation with appro- CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION tificate of documentation with appro- priate endorsement for employment in FOR THE VESSELS ‘‘GALLANT priate endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel ‘‘Sun- LADY’’ the coastwise trade for the vessel Isa- rise’’, was considered, ordered to be en- The bill (S. 535) to authorize the Sec- belle, and for other purposes, was con- grossed for a third reading, read the retary of Transportation to issue cer- sidered, ordered to be engrossed for a third time, and passed; as follows: tificates of documentation with appro- third reading, read the third time, and S. 654 passed; as follows: priate endorsement for employment in Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- coastwise trade for each of two vessels S. 561 resentatives of the United States of America in named Gallant Lady, subject to certain Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Congress assembled, That notwithstanding conditions, and for other purposes, was resentatives of the United States of America in sections 12106, 12107, and 12108 of title 46, considered, ordered to be engrossed for Congress assembled, United States Code, and section 27 of the a third reading, read the third time, SECTION 1. VESSEL DOCUMENTATION. Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. 883), as applicable on the date of enactment and passed; as follows: Notwithstanding section 27 of the Mer- chant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. 883), of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation S. 535 section 8 of the Act of June 19, 1886 (24 Stat. may issue a certificate of documentation Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- 81, chapter 421; 46 App. U.S.C. 289), and sec- with the appropriate endorsement for em- resentatives of the United States of America in tion 12106 of title 46, United States Code, the ployment in the coastwise trade for the ves- Congress assembled, Secretary of Transportation may issue a cer- sel SUNRISE (United States official number SECTION 1. VESSEL DOCUMENTATION. tificate of documentation with appropriate 950381). (a) AUTHORITY TO DOCUMENT VESSELS.— endorsement for employment in the coast- f (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section wise trade for the vessel ISABELLE, United 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. States official number 600655. CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION U.S.C. 883), section 8 of the Act of June 19, f FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘MARANTHA’’ 1886 (24 Stat. 81, chapter 421; 46 App. U.S.C. The bill (S. 655) to authorize the Sec- CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION 289), and section 12106 of title 46, United retary of Transportation to issue a cer- States Code, and subject to paragraph (2), FOR THE VESSELS ‘‘RESOLU- tificate of documentation with appro- the Secretary of Transportation may issue a TION’’ AND ‘‘PERSERVERANCE’’ certificate of documentation with an appro- priate endorsement for employment in priate endorsement for employment in coast- The bill (S. 583) to authorize the Sec- the coastwise trade for the vessel wise trade for each of the following vessels: retary of Transportation to issue a cer- Marantha, was considered, ordered to (A) GALLANT LADY (Feadship hull num- tificate of documentation and coast- be engrossed for a third reading, read ber 645, approximately 130 feet in length). wise trade endorsement for two vessels; the third time, and passed; as follows: (B) GALLANT LADY (Feadship hull num- was considered, ordered to be engrossed S. 655 ber 651, approximately 172 feet in length). for a third reading, read the third time, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- (2) LIMITATION OF OPERATION.—Coastwise and passed; as follows: trade authorized under a certificate of docu- resentatives of the United States of America in mentation issued for a vessel under this sec- S. 583 Congress assembled, That notwithstanding tion shall be limited to the carriage of pas- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- sections 12106, 12107, and 12108 of title 46, sengers in association with contributions to resentatives of the United States of America in United States Code, and section 27 of the charitable organizations no portion of which Congress assembled, That notwithstanding Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. is received, directly or indirectly, by the sections 12106, 12107, and 12108 of title 46, 883), as applicable on the date of enactment owner of the vessel. United States Code, and section 27 of the of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation (3) CONDITION.—The Secretary may not Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. may issue a certificate of documentation issue a certificate of documentation for a 883), as applicable on the date of enactment with the appropriate endorsement for em- vessel under paragraph (1) unless, not later of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation ployment in the coastwise trade for the ves- than 90 days after the date of enactment of may issue a certificate of documentation sel MARANTHA (United States official num- this Act, the owner of the vessel referred to with a coastwise endorsement for each of the ber 638787). in paragraph (1)(B) submits to the Secretary vessels RESOLUTION (Serial Number f a letter expressing the intent of the owner 77NS8701) and PERSEVERANCE (Serial to, before April 1, 1997, enter into a contract Number 77NS8901). CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION for the construction in the United States of f FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘QUIETLY’’ a passenger vessel of at least 130 feet in length. CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION The bill (S. 656) to authorize the Sec- (4) EFFECTIVE DATE OF CERTIFICATES.—A FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘AURA’’ retary of Transportation to issue a cer- certificate of documentation issued under tificate of documentation with appro- paragraph (1) shall take effect— The bill (S. 653) to authorize the Sec- priate endorsement for employment in (A) for the vessel referred to in paragraph retary of Transportation to issue a cer- the coastwise trade for the vessel (1)(A), on the date of the issuance of the cer- tificate of documentation with appro- Quietly, was considered, ordered to be tificate; and priate endorsement for employment in engrossed for a third reading, read the (B) for the vessel referred to in paragraph the coastwise trade for the vessel Aura, third time, and passed; as follows: (1)(B), on the date of delivery of the vessel to was considered, ordered to be engrossed S.656 the owner. for a third reading, read the third time, (b) TERMINATION OF EFFECTIVENESS OF CER- and passed; as follows: Be it enacted by the Senate and house of Rep- TIFICATES.—A certificate of documentation resentatives of the United States of America in issued for a vessel under subsection (a)(1) S. 653 Congress assembled, That notwithstanding shall expire— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- sections 12106, 12107, and 12108 of title 46, (1) on the date of the sale of the vessel by resentatives of the United States of America in United States Code, and section 27 of the the owner; Congress assembled, That notwithstanding Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS July 29, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S9033 883), as applicable on the date of enactment tation may issue a certificate of documenta- wise trade for the vessel PRIME TIME, of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation tion and coastwise trade endorsement for the United States official number 660944. may issue a certificate of documentation vessel EVENING STAR, hull identification f with appropriate endorsement for employ- number HA2833700774, and State of Hawaii ment in the coastwise trade for the vessel registration number HA8337D. CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION QUIETLY (United States official number f FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘DRAGONESSA’’ 658315). The bill (S. 869) to authorize the Sec- CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION f retary of Transportation to issue a cer- FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘ROYAL tificate of documentation with appro- CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION AFFAIRE’’ FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘YES DEAR’’ priate endorsement for employment in The bill (S. 802) to authorize the Sec- the coastwise trade for the vessel The bill (S. 680) to authorize the Sec- retary of Transportation to issue a cer- Dragonessa and for other purposes, was retary of Transportation to issue a cer- tificate of documentation and coast- considered, ordered to be engrossed for tificate of documentation and coast- wise trade endorsement for the vessel a third reading, read the third time, wise trade endorsement for the vessel Royal Affaire, was considered, ordered and passed; as follows: Yes Dear, was considered, ordered to be to be engrossed for a third reading, S. 869 engrossed for a third reading, read the read the third time, and passed; as fol- third time, and passed; as follows: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- lows: resentatives of the United States of America in S. 680 S. 802 Congress assembled, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- SECTION 1. VESSEL DOCUMENTATION. resentatives of the United States of America in resentatives of the United States of America in Notwithstanding section 27 of the Mer- Congress assembled, That notwithstanding Congress assembled, That notwithstanding chant Marine Act, 1920 (46 U.S.C. App. 883), section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 section 8 of the Act of June 19, 1886 (24 Stat. (46 U.S.C. App. 883), the Act of June 19, 1886 (46 U.S.C. App. 883), the Act of June 19, 1886 81, chapter 421; 46 U.S.C. App. 289), and sec- (46 U.S.C. App. 289), and sections 12106, 12107, (46 U.S.C. App. 289), and section 12106, 12107, tion 12106 of title 46, United States Code, the and 12108 of title 46, United States Code, the and 12108 of title 46, United States Code, the Secretary of Transportation may issue a cer- Secretary of Transportation may issue a cer- Secretary of Transportation may issue a cer- tificate of documentation with appropriate tificate of documentation with a coastwise tificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement for employment in the coast- endorsement for the vessel YES DEAR, endorsement for the vessel ROYAL AFFAIR, wise trade for the vessel DRAGONESSA, United States official number 578550. United States official number 649292. United States official number 646512. f f f CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION EXTENDING CONVERSION DEAD- CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘SISU’’ LINE FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘M/V FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘WOLF GANG II’’ The bill (S. 739) to authorize the Sec- TWIN DRILL’’ The bill (S. 889) to authorize the Sec- retary of Transportation to issue a cer- The bill (S. 808) to extend the dead- retary of Transportation to issue a cer- tificate of documentation with appro- line for the conversion of the vessel M/ tificate of documentation with appro- priate endorsement for employment in V Twin Drill, and for other purposes, priate endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Sisu, was considered, ordered to be engrossed the coastwise trade for the vessel Wolf and for the other purposes, was consid- for a third reading, read the third time, Gang II, and for other purposes, was ered, ordered to be engrossed for a and passed; as follows: considered, ordered to be engrossed for third reading, read the third time, and S. 808 a third reading, read the third time, passed; as follows: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- and passed; as follows: S. 739 resentatives of the United States of America in S. 889 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Congress assembled, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- resentatives of the United States of America in SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR CON- resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, VERSION. Congress assembled, SECTION 1. VESSEL DOCUMENTATION. Section 601(d) of the Coast Guard Author- SECTION 1. CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION. Notwithstanding sections 12106, through ization Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–206, 107 Notwithstanding section 27 of the Mer- 12108 of title 46, United States Code, and sec- Stat. 2445) is amended— chant Marine Act, 1920 (46 U.S.C. App. 883), tion 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘June 30, section 8 of the Act of June 19, 1886 (24 Stat. App. U.S.C. 8830), as applicable on the date of 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30, 1996’’; and 81, chapter 421; 46 U.S.C. App. 289), and sec- enactment of this Act, the Secretary of (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘12 tion 12106 of title 46, United States Code, the Transportation may issue a certificate of months’’ and inserting ‘‘24 months’’. Secretary of Transportation may issue a cer- documentation with appropriate endorse- f tificate of documentation with appropriate ment for employment in the coastwise trade endorsement for employment in the coast- for the vessel SISU, United States official CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION wise trade for the vessel WOLF GANG II, number 293648. FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘PRIME TIME’’ United States official number 984934. f The bill (S. 826) to authorize the Sec- f CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION retary of Transportation to issue a cer- CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘EVENING tificate of documentation with appro- FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘SEA MIS- STAR’’ priate endorsement for employment in TRESS’’ the coastwise trade for the vessel Prime The bill (S. 763) to authorize the Sec- Time and for other purposes, was con- The bill (S. 911) to authorize the Sec- retary of Transportation to issue a cer- sidered, ordered to be engrossed for a retary of Transportation to issue a cer- tificate of documentation and coast- third reading, read the third time, and tificate of documentation with appro- wise trade endorsement for the vessel passed; as follows: priate endorsement for employment in Evening Star, and for other purposes, S. 826 the coastwise trade for the vessel Sea was considered, ordered to be engrossed Mistress, was considered, ordered to be Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- for a third reading, read the third time, engrossed for a third reading, read the and passed; as follows: resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, third time, and passed; as follows: S. 763 SECTION 1. CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION. S. 911 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Notwithstanding section 27 of the Mer- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- resentatives of the United States of America in chant Marine Act, 1920 (46 U.S.C. App. 883), resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, section 8 of the Act of June 19, 1886 (24 Stat. Congress assembled, That notwithstanding SECTION 1. CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION. 81, chapter 421; 46 U.S.C. App. 289), and sec- section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 Notwithstanding sections 12106 through tion 12106 of title 46, United States Code, the (46 App. U.S.C. 883), the Act of June 19, 1886 12108 of title 46, United States Code, and sec- Secretary of Transportation may issue a cer- (46 App. U.S.C. 289), and section 12106 of title tion 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 tificate of documentation with appropriate 46, United States Code, the Secretary of U.S.C. App. 883), the Secretary of Transpor- endorsement for employment in the coast- Transportation may issue a certificate of

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS S9034 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 29, 1996 documentation with appropriate endorse- (46 App. U.S.C. 289), and section 12106 of title of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation ment for employment in the coastwise trade 46, United States Code, the Secretary of may issue certificates of documentation of the United States for the vessel SEA MIS- Transportation may issue a certificate of with appropriate endorsements for employ- TRESS (United States official number documentation with appropriate endorse- ment in the coastwise trade of the United 696806). ment for employment in the coastwise trade States for the fourteen former United States for the vessel CHRISSY (State of Maine reg- Army hovercraft with serial numbers LACV– f istration number 4778B). 30–0–, LACV–30–05, LACV–30–07, LACV–30–09, CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION f LACV–30–10, LACV–30–13, LACV–30–14, FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘JAJO’’ LACV–30–15, LACV–30–16, LACV–30–22, CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION LACV–30–23, LACV–30–24, LACV–30–25, and The bill (S. 975) to authorize the Sec- FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘ONRUST’’ LACV–30–26. retary of Transportation to issue a cer- f tificate of documentation with appro- The bill (S. 1040) to authorize the priate endorsement for employment in Secretary of Transportation to issue a CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION the coastwise trade for the vessel Jajo, certificate of documentation with ap- FOR THE VESSELS ‘‘ENCHANTED and for other purposes, was considered, propriate endorsement for employment ISLES’’ AND ‘‘ENCHANTED SEAS’’ ordered to be engrossed for a third in the coastwise trade for the vessel The bill (S. 1047) to authorize the reading, read the third time, and Onrust, was considered to be engrossed Secretary of Transportation to issue passed; as follows: for a third reading, read the third time, certificates of documentation and and passed; as follows: S. 975 coastwise trade endorsements for the S. 1040 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- vessels Enchanted Isles and Enchanted resentatives of the United States of America in Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Seas, was considered, ordered to be en- Congress assembled, resentatives of the United States of America in grossed for a third reading, read the Congress assembled, That notwithstanding SECTION 1. VESSEL DOCUMENTATION. third time, and passed; as follows: sections 12106, 12107, and 12108 of title 46, Notwithstanding section 27 of the Mer- United States Code, and section 27 of the S. 1047 chant Marine Act, 1920 (46 U.S.C. App. 883), Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- section 8 of the Act of June 19, 1886 (24 Stat. 883), as applicable on the date of enactment resentatives of the United States of America in 81, chapter 421; 46 U.S.C. App. 289), and sec- of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation Congress assembled, That notwithstanding tion 12106 of title 46, United States Code, the may issue a certificate of documentation section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 Secretary of Transportation may issue a cer- with appropriate endorsement for employ- (46 U.S.C. App. 883), the Act of June 19, 1886 tificate of documentation with appropriate ment in the coastwise trade for the vessel (46 U.S.C. App. 289), section 12106 of title 46, endorsement for employment in the coast- ONRUST (United States official number United States Code, section 506 of the Mer- wise trade for the vessel JAJO, hull identi- 515058). chant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. App. 1156), fication number R1Z200207H280, and State of and any agreement with the United States f Rhode Island registration number 388133. Government, the Secretary of Transpor- f CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION tation may issue certificates of documenta- FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘EXPLORER’’ tion with a coastwise endorsement for the CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION vessels ENCHANTED ISLES (Panamanian FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘MAGIC CAR- The bill (S. 1041) to authorize the official number 14087–84B) and ENCHANTED PET’’ Secretary of Transportation to issue a SEAS (Panamanian official number 14064– certificate of documentation with ap- 84D), except that the vessels may not operate The bill (S. 1016) to authorize the propriate endorsement for employment between or among islands in the State of Ha- Secretary of Transportation to issue a in the coastwise trade for the vessel waii. certificate of documentation with ap- Explorer, was considered, ordered to be f propriate endorsement for employment engrossed for a third reading, read the CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION in the coastwise trade for the vessel third time, and passed; as follows: Magic Carpet, was considered, ordered FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘HERCO TYME’’ S. 1041 to be engrossed for a third reading, The bill (S. 1648) to authorize the read the third time, and passed; as fol- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Secretary of Transportation to issue lows: resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstanding certificate of documentation with ap- S. 1016 sections 12106, 12107, and 12108 of title 46, propriate endorsement for employment Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- United States Code, and section 27 of the in the coastwise trade for the vessel resentatives of the United States of America in Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. Herco Tyme, was considered, ordered to Congress assembled, That notwithstanding 883), as applicable on the date of enactment be engrossed for a third reading, read sections 12106, 12107, and 12108 of title 46, of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation the third time, and passed; as follows: United States Code, and section 27 of the may issue a certificate of documentation S. 1648 Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. with appropriate endorsement for employ- 883), as applicable on the date of enactment ment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation EXPLORER, (United States official number resentatives of the United States of America in may issue a certificate of documentation 918080). Congress assembled, That notwithstanding sections 12106, 12107, and 12108 of title 46, with appropriate endorsement for employ- f ment in the coastwise trade for the vessel United Stats Code, and section 27 of the Mer- MAGIC CARPET (United States official CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION chant Marine Act, 1920 (46 U.S.C. App. 883), number 278971). FOR FOURTEEN FORMER UNITED as applicable on the date of enactment of STATES ARMY HOVERCRAFT this Act, the Secretary of Transportation f may issue a certificate of documentation CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION The bill (S. 1046) to authorize the with appropriate endorsement for employ- ment in the coastwise trade for the vessel FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘CHRISSY’’ Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of documentation with ap- HERCO TYME (United States official num- The bill (S. 1017) to authorize the propriate endorsement for employment ber 911599). Secretary of Transportation to issue a in the coastwise trade for fourteen f certificate of documentation with ap- former United States Army hovercraft, CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION propriate endorsement for employment was considered, ordered to be engrossed FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘LIBERTY’’ in the coastwise trade for the vessel for a third reading, read the third time, Chrissy, was considered, ordered to be and passed; as follows: The bill (S. 1682) to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue engrossed for a third reading, read the S. 1046 third time, and passed; as follows: certificates of documentation with ap- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- S. 1017 propriate endorsement for employment resentatives of the United States of America in in the coastwise trade for the vessel Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Congress assembled, That notwithstanding resentatives of the United States of America in sections 12106, 12107, and 12108 of title 46, ‘Liberty, and for other purposes, was Congress assembled, That notwithstanding United States Code, and section 27 of the considered, ordered to be engrossed for section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. a third reading, read the third time, (46 App. U.S.C. 883), the Act of June 19, 1986 883), as applicable on the date of enactment and passed; as follows:

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS July 29, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S9035 S. 1682 Congress assembled, That notwithstanding Congress assembled, That notwithstanding Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- sections 12106, 12107, and 12108 of title 46, sections 12106, 12107, and 12108 of title 46, resentatives of the United States of America in United States Code, and section 27 of the United States Code, and section 27 of the Congress assembled, That notwithstanding Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 U.S.C. App. Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. sections 12106, 12107, and 12108 of title 46, 883), as applicable on the date of enactment 883), as applicable on the date of enactment United States Code, and section 27 of the of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 U.S.C. App. may issue a certificate of documentation may issue a certificate of documentation 883), as applicable on the date of enactment with the appropriate endorsement for em- with appropriate endorsement for employ- of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation ployment in the coastwise trade for the ves- ment in the coastwise trade for the vessel may issue a certificate of documentation sel TOP GUN (United States official number SARAH-CHRISTEN, (United States official with appropriate endorsement for employ- 623642). number 542195). ment in the coastwise trade for the vessel f LIBERTY. f f CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘BABS’’ CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘TRIAD’’ The bill (S. 1149) to authorize the FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘HALCYON’’ The bill (S. 1282) to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue Secretary of Transportation to issue a The bill (S. 1825) to authorize the certificates of documentation with ap- certificate of documentation with the Secretary of Transportation to issue propriate endorsement for employment appropriate endorsement for employ- certificates of documentation with ap- in the coastwise trade for the vessel ment in the coastwise trade for the propriate endorsement for employment Babs, and for other purposes, was con- vessel Triad, was considered, ordered to in the coastwise trade for the vessel sidered, ordered to be engrossed for a be engrossed for a third reading, read Halcyon, was considered, ordered to be third reading, read the third time, and engrossed for a third reading, read the the third time, and passed; as follows: passed; as follows: third time, and passed; as follows: S. 1282 S. 1149 S. 1825 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Be to enacted by the Senate and House of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- resentatives of the United States of America in Representatives of the United States of America resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, in Congress assembled, That notwithstanding Congress assembled, That notwithstanding section 12106, 12107, and 12108 of title 46, sections 12106, 12107, and 12108 of title 46, SECTION 1. CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION. Notwithstanding section 27 of the Mer- United States Code, and section 27 of the United States Code, and section 27 of the chant Marine Act, 1920 (46 U.S.C. App. 883), Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 U.S.C. App. 883), as applicable on the date of enactment 883), as applicable on the date of enactment section 8 of the Act of June 19, 1886 (24 Stat. 81, chapter 421; 46 U.S.C. App. 289), and sec- of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation may issue a certificate of documentation may issue a certificate of documentation tion 12106 of title 46, United States Code, the Secretary of Transportation may issue a cer- with appropriate endorsement for employ- with appropriate endorsement for employ- ment in the coastwise trade for the vessel ment in the coastwise trade for the vessel tificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the coast- TRIAD, (United States official number HALCYON (United States official number 988602). 690219). wise trade for the vessel BABS, United States official number 1030028. f f f CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘COURIER CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION ISSUED FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘TOO SERVICE’’ FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘BILLY BUCK’’ MUCH FUN’’ The bill (S. 1826) to authorize the The bill (S. 1272) to authorize the The bill (S. 1319) to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue Secretary of Transportation to issue Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificates of documentation with ap- certificates of documentation with ap- certificate of documentation with the propriate endorsement for employment propriate endorsement for employment appropriate endorsement for employ- in the coastwise trade for the vessel in the coastwise trade for the vessel ment in the coastwise trade for the Courier Service, was considered, ordered Billy Buck, was considered, ordered to vessel Too Much Fun, and for other pur- to be engrossed for a third reading, be engrossed for a third reading, read poses, was considered, ordered to be en- read the third time, and passed; as fol- the third time, and passed; as follows: grossed for a third reading, read the lows: S. 1272 third time, and passed; as follows: S. 1826 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- S. 1319 resentatives of the United States of America in Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Congress assembled, That notwithstanding resentatives of the United States of America in resentatives of the United States of America in sections 12106, 12107, and 12108 of title 46, Congress assembled, That notwithstanding Congress assembled, sections 12106, 12107, and 12108 of title 46, United States Code, and section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. SECTION 1. CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION. United States Code, and section 27 of the Notwithstanding section 27 of the Mer- Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 U.S.C. App. 883), as applicable on the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation chant Marine Act, 1920 (46 U.S.C. App. 883), 883), as applicable on the date of enactment section 8 of the Act of June 19, 1886 (24 Stat. of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation may issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for employ- 81, chapter 421; 46 U.S.C. App. 289), and sec- may issue a certificate of documentation tion 12106 of title 46, United States Code, the with appropriate endorsement for employ- ment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Secretary of Transportation may issue a cer- ment in the coastwise trade for the vessel BILLY BUCK (United States official number tificate of documentation with appropriate COURIER SERVICE (Vanuatu official num- 939064). endorsement for employment in the coast- ber 688). f wise trade for the vessel TOO MUCH FUN, f CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION United States official number 936565. CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘SARAH-CHRIS- f FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘TOP GUN’’ TEN’’ CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION The bill (S. 1828) to authorize the The bill (S. 1281) to authorize the FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘CAPTAIN Secretary of Transportation to issue Secretary of Transportation to issue a DARYL’’ certificates of documentation with ap- certificate of documentation with the propriate endorsement for employment appropriate endorsement for employ- The bill (S. 1347) to authorize the in the coastwise trade for the vessel ment in the coastwise trade for the Secretary of Transportation to issue a Top Gun, and for other purposes, was vessel Sarah-Christen, was considered, certificate of documentation with the considered, ordered to be engrossed for ordered to be engrossed for a third appropriate endorsement for employ- a third reading, read the third time, reading, read the third time, and ment in the coastwise trade for the and passed; as follows: passed; as follows: vessel Captain Daryl, and for other pur- S. 1828 S. 1281 poses, was considered, ordered to be en- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- grossed for a third reading, read the resentatives of the United States of America in resentatives of the United States of America in third time, and passed; as follows:

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS S9036 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 29, 1996 S. 1347 appropriate endorsement for employ- wise trade endorsement for the vessel Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- ment in the coastwise trade for the God’s Grace II, was considered, ordered resentatives of the United States of America in vessel Carolyn, and for other purposes, to be engrossed for a third reading, Congress assembled, was considered, ordered to be engrossed read the third time, and passed; as fol- SECTION 1. CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION. for third reading, read the third time, lows: Notwithstanding section 27 of the Mer- and passed; as follows: S. 1384 chant Marine Act, 1920 (46 U.S.C. App. 883), S. 1358 section 8 of the Act of June 19, 1886 (24 Stat. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- 81, chapter 421; 46 U.S.C. App. 289), and sec- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- resentatives of the United States of America in tions 12105 through 12108 of title 46, United resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstanding States Code, the Secretary of Transportation Congress assembled, sections 12106, 12107, and 12108 of title 46, may issue a certificate of documentation SECTION 1. CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION. United States Code, and section 27 of the with appropriate endorsement for the vessel Notwithstanding section 27 of the Mer- Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. CAPTAIN DARYL, United States official chant Marine Act, 1920 (46 U.S.C. App. 883), 883), as applicable on the date of enactment number 64320. section 8 of the Act of June 19, 1886 (24 Stat. of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation may issue a certificate of documentation f 81, chapter 421; 46 U.S.C. App. 289), and sec- tions 12106 through 12108 of title 46, United with appropriate endorsements for employ- CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION States Code, the Secretary of Transportation ment in the coastwise trade for the vessel ISSUED FOR THE VESSEL may issue a certificate of documentation GOD’S GRACE II (Alaska registration num- ‘‘ALPHA TANGO’’ with appropriate endorsement for employ- ber AK5916B). ment in the coastwise trade for the vessel The bill (S. 1348) to authorize the CAROLYN, State of Tennessee registration f Secretary of Transportation to issue a number TN1765C. certificate of documentation with the f appropriate endorsement for employ- CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION ment in the coastwise trade for the CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION ISSUED FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘JOAN vessel Alpha Tango, and for other pur- ISSUEDFOR THE VESSEL ‘‘FOCUS’’ MARIE’’ poses, was considered, ordered to be en- The bill (S. 1362) to authorize the The bill (S. 1454) to authorize the grossed for third reading, read the Secretary of Transportation to issue a Secretary of Transportation to issue a third time, and passed; as follows: certificate of documentation with the certificates of documentation and S. 1348 appropriate endorsement for employ- coastwise trade endorsement for the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- ment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Joan Marie, and for other pur- resentatives of the United States of America in vessel Focus, was considered, ordered to poses, was considered, ordered to be en- Congress assembled, be engrossed for third reading, read the grossed for a third reading, read the SECTION 1. CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION. third time, and passed; as follows: third time, and passed; as follows: Notwithstanding section 27 of the Mer- S. 1362 S. 1454 chant Marine Act, 1920 (46 U.S.C. App. 883), Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- section 8 of the Act of June 19, 1886 (24 Stat. resentatives of the United States of America in resentatives of the United States of America in 81, chapter 421; 46 U.S.C. App. 289), and sec- Congress assembled, That notwithstanding Congress assembled, tions 12106 through 12108 of title 46, United sections 12106, 12107, and 12108 of title 46, States Code, the Secretary of Transportation SECTION 1. CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION. United States Code, and section 27 of the may issue a certificate of documentation Notwithstanding section 27 of the Mer- Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 U.S.C. App. with appropriate endorsement for the vessel chant Marine Act, 1920 (46 U.S.C. App. 883), 883), as applicable on the date of enactment ALPHA TANGO, United States official num- section 8 of the Act of June 19, 1886 (24 Stat. of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation ber 723340. 81, chapter 421; 46 U.S.C. App. 289), and sec- may issue a certificate of documentation tions 12106 and 12108 of title 46, United States f with appropriate endorsement for employ- Code, the Secretary of Transportation may CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION ment in the coastwise trade for the vessel issue a certificate of documentation with ap- FOCUS, (United States official number propriate endorsement for employment in ISSUED FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘OLD 909293). HAT’’ the coastwise trade and fisheries for the ves- f sel JOAN MARIE, State of North Carolina The bill (S. 1349) to authorize the official number NC2319AV. Secretary of Transportation to issue a CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION ISSUED FOR THE VESSEL certificate of documentation with the f appropriate endorsement for employ- ‘‘WESTFJORD’’ ment in the coastwise trade for the The bill (S. 1383) to authorize the CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION vessel Old Hat, and for other purposes, Secretary of Transportation to issue a ISSUED FOR THE VESSEL was considered, ordered to be engrossed certificate of documentation and coast- ‘‘MOVIN ON’’ for third reading, read the third time, wise trade endorsement for the vessel and passed; as follows: Westfjord, was considered, ordered to be The bill (S. 1455) to authorize the S. 1349 engrossed for a third reading, read the Secretary of Transportation to issue Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- third time, and passed; as follows: certificates of documentation and resentatives of the United States of America in S. 1383 coastwise trade endorsement for the Congress assembled, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- vessel Movin On, and for other pur- SECTION 1. CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION. resentatives of the United States of America in poses, was considered, ordered to be en- Notwithstanding section 27 of the Mer- Congress assembled, That notwithstanding grossed for a third reading, read the chant Marine Act, 1920 (46 U.S.C. App. 883), sections 12106, 12107, and 12108 of title 46, third time, and passed; as follows: section 8 of the Act of June 19, 1886 (24 Stat. United States Code, and section 27 of the S. 1455 81, chapter 421; 46 U.S.C. App. 289), and sec- Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. tions 12106 through 12108 of title 46, United 883), as applicable on the date of enactment Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- States Code, the Secretary of Transportation of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation resentatives of the United States of America in may issue a certificate of documentation may issue a certificate of documentation Congress assembled, with appropriate endorsement for the vessel with appropriate endorsements for employ- SECTION 1. VESSEL DOCUMENTATION. OLD HAT, United States official number ment in the coastwise trade of the vessel Notwithstanding section 27 of the Mer- 508299. WESTFJORD (Hull number X–53–109). chant Marine Act, 1920 (46 U.S.C. App. 883), section 8 of the Act of June 19, 1886 (24 Stat. f f 81, chapter 421; 46 U.S.C. App. 289), and sec- CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION tions 12106 through 12108 of title 46, United ISSUED FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘CARO- ISSUED FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘D’S States Code, the Secretary of Transportation LYN’’ GRACE II’’ may issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for employ- The bill (S. 1358) to authorize the The bill (S. 1384) to authorize the ment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Secretary of Transportation to issue a Secretary of Transportation to issue a MOVIN ON, United States official number certificate of documentation with the certificate of documentation and coast- 585100.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS July 29, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S9037 CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION ment in the coastwise trade for the vessel with appropriate endorsement for employ- ISSUED FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘PLAY MOONRAKER, United States official number ment in the coastwise trade for the vessel HARD’’ 645981. EXTREME, United States official number 1022278. f The bill (S. 1456) to authorize the Mrs. BOXER addressed the Chair. Secretary of Transportation to issue CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. GOR- certificates of documentation and FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘MARSH TON). The Senator from California is coastwise trade endorsement for the GRASS TOO’’ recognized. vessel ‘‘Play Hard, and for other pur- The bill (S. 1566) to authorize the Mrs. BOXER. I ask the Chair, is it poses, was considered, ordered to be en- necessary for me to get approval to Secretary of Transportation to issue a grossed for a third reading, read the speak in morning business for up to 7 certificate of documentation and coast- third time, and passed; as follows: minutes? wise trade endorsement for the vessel The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- S. 1456 Marsh Grass Too, was considered, or- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- ator should ask unanimous consent. dered to be engrossed for a third read- Mrs. BOXER. I make that unani- resentatives of the United States of America in ing, read the third time, and passed; as Congress assembled, mous-consent request at this time. follows: SECTION 1. CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Notwithstanding section 27 of the Mer- S. 1566 objection, it is so ordered. chant Marine Act, 1920 (46 U.S.C. App. 883), Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- f section 8 of the Act of June 19, 1886 (24 Stat. resentatives of the United States of America in 81, chapter 421; 46 U.S.C. App. 289), and sec- Congress assembled, That notwithstanding USING TIME ON THE SENATE tions 12106 through 12108 of title 46, United sections 12106, 12107, and 12108 of title 46, FLOOR TO DEMEAN THE PRESI- States Code, the Secretary of Transportation United States Code, and section 27 of the DENT OF THE UNITED STATES may issue a certificate of documentation Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 U.S.C. App. Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I feel with appropriate endorsement for employ- 883), as applicable on the date of enactment compelled to make this statement at of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation ment in the coastwise trade for the vessel this time on the Senate floor. First, I PLAY HARD, State of North Carolina offi- may issue a certificate of documentation cial number NC1083CE. with appropriate endorsement for employ- want to express my profound dismay ment in the coastwise trade for the vessel that after an attack of terrorism that f MARSH GRASS TOO, hull identification occurred at the Olympics, colleagues CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION number AUKEV 51139K690. on the other side of the aisle would use FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘SHOGUN’’ f 1 hour of time to degrade and demean the President of the United States. We The bill (S. 1457) to authorize the CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION only have one President at a time, and Secretary of Transportation to issue a FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘KALYPSO’’ we may not think that everything he certificate of documentation and coast- does is perfect. But at such a time wise trade endorsement for the vessel The bill (S. 1588) to authorize the when we are trying to unite as one, in Shogun, and for other purposes, was Secretary of Transportation to issue a the face of an act of terror and, per- considered, ordered to be engrossed for certificate of documentation and coast- haps, an act of terror on TWA flight 800 a third reading, read the third time, wise trade endorsement for the vessel not long ago, that we would use the and passed; as follows: Kalypso, was considered, ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the Senate floor in such a blatant partisan S. 1457 third time, and passed; as follows: way is offensive to me. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- S. 1588 The junior Senator from Georgia resentatives of the United States of America in made a few very appropriate remarks Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Congress assembled, in the beginning of his statement. He SECTION 1. VESSEL DOCUMENTATION. resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstanding called for a moment of silence for those Notwithstanding section 27 of the Mer- who perished, and that was most appro- chant Marine Act, 1920 (46 U.S.C. App. 883), sections 12106, 12107, and 12108 of title 46, section 8 of the Act of June 19, 1886 (24 Stat. United States Code, and section 27 of the priate. But, after that, we descended 81, chapter 421; 46 U.S.C. App. 289), and sec- Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. into something that I could describe as tions 12106 through 12108 of title 46, United 883), as applicable on the date of enactment a blatant attack on this President. It States Code, the Secretary of Transportation of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation seemed to me as if it was almost may issue a certificate of documentation may issue a certificate of documentation scripted, that this is what they had with appropriate endorsements for employ- with appropriate endorsement for employ- planned to do, and it did not matter ment in the coastwise trade for the vessel ment in the coastwise trade for the vessel KALYPSO (vessel number 566349). what happened over the weekend. SHOGUN, United States official number I come to the floor to call on our 577839. f country to come together in the face of f CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION what has occurred, not to find issues CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION ISSUED FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘EX- that divide us. Does that mean that I FOR THE VESSEL ‘‘MOONRAKER’’ TREME’’ am pleased with the progress made on the war against drugs? No, I am not. The bill (S. 1545) to authorize the The bill (S. 1631) to authorize the Does that mean that I do not share my Secretary of Transportation to issue a Secretary of Transportation to issue a colleagues’ view that we must do more? certificate of documentation and coast- certificate of documentation with ap- I do agree with that. We must do more. wise trade endorsement for the vessel propriate endorsement for employment We all applaud the appointment of Moonraker, and for other purposes, was in the coastwise trade for the vessel General McCaffrey to head this war on considered, ordered to be engrossed for Extreme, and for other purposes, was drugs. We must do more on that. We a third reading, read the third time, considered, ordered to be engrossed for must do more in curbing alcohol abuse, and passed; as follows: a third reading, read the third time, because these things bring tragedy to S. 1545 and passed; as follows: families. But, today, I hope that if we Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- S. 1631 are going to discuss the war on drugs, resentatives of the United States of America in Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- we will keep it elevated at a level that Congress assembled, resentatives of the United States of America in could bring us together and not pull us SECTION 1. CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION. Congress assembled, apart. Notwithstanding section 27 of the Mer- SECTION 1. CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION. To me, it was extraordinary that chant Marine Act, 1920 (46 U.S.C. App. 883), Notwithstanding section 27 of the Mer- Senators on the other side of the aisle, section 8 of the Act of June 19, 1996 (24 Stat. chant Marine Act, 1920 (46 U.S.C. App. 883), over and over again, alluded to individ- 81, chapter 421; 46 U.S.C. App. 289), and sec- section 8 of the Act of June 19, 1886 (24 Stat. tions 12106 through 12108 of title 46, United 81, chapter 421; 46 U.S.C. App. 289), and sec- uals who worked for the President who States Code, the Secretary of Transportation tions 12106 through 12108 of title 46, United admitted to using marijuana. But they may issue a certificate of documentation States Code, the Secretary of Transportation omitted something in their partisan at- with appropriate endorsement for employ- may issue a certificate of documentation tack. What about the Speaker of the

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If we took f many individuals in our society have a portion of that money that the Pen- ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOP- made mistakes, have done things they tagon did not want, we could make MENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, should not have done. We know more sure there are bomb-sniffing dogs at 1977 now than we knew then, true. So rath- every airport where the airport asks er than attack one particular indi- for that kind of assistance. These are The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under vidual, as they did on this floor, or very effective tools. There is no reason the previous order, the Senate will now resume consideration of S. 1958, which members of one particular party, as why, in the greatest country in the the clerk will report. they did on this floor, let us get past it world, the greatest democracy in the The assistant legislative clerk read and let us work together. world, the strongest country in the as follows: TERRORISM world, we have airports that don’t have A bill (S. 1959) making appropriations for Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, now, in those tools available to them, and we energy and water development for the fiscal the remainder of my remarks, I am have a military that says, ‘‘You gave year ending September 30, 1997, and for other going to talk about what I think we us $12 billion too much.’’ We can do it purposes. should be doing in a constructive way. through the military budget—just The Senate continued with consider- The first thing I want to do is com- make sure it is under civilian control. ation of the bill. pliment Senator NUNN from Georgia for But we should act to do those things. AMENDMENT NO. 5095 leading the fight on this floor to ensure Mr. President, when I was in the Mr. JOHNSTON. Mr. President, I rise that, in fact, we have a military pres- House, I sat as the Chair of a sub- in opposition to the McCain amend- ence at the Olympics—in plainclothes, committee that oversaw the FAA, and ment, which would cut $22 million from but thousands and thousands of per- then we saw problems that haven’t the Advanced Light Water Reactor sonnel are there. This Federal Govern- been remedied. So there are things that Program. ment is supplying that. There was a we can do. Now, we know that Vice Mr. President, there are a number of fight on this floor, and 20 Senators President GORE is heading a Presi- reasons not to cut this money. The thought it was wrong. I am glad that, dential commission, and in 45 days we clearest and simplest and most obvious in a bipartisan fashion, we prevailed, are going to have his report. I hope we and most unanswerable is this is the because that presence is needed and is will pull together. I hope we will not fifth year of a 5-year program, a pro- important. see the kinds of things we saw here on gram entered into at the behest of Con- Second of all, I want to commend the the Senate floor this morning. I hope gress with the Energy Policy Act of President for his remarks, for bringing we will pull together and do what it 1992 for which contracts have been us together, for vowing, along with so takes. made and it would cost more to termi- many others on the Olympic com- We know that the European Union nate the program, Mr. President, than mittee, that the Olympics would con- countries have much stronger screen- to continue the program. tinue in the face of this cowardly act, ing techniques than we have here. This has been certified to by Assist- and for calling congressional leaders to There is no reason that our people ant Secretary Terry Lash, who is Di- the White House to fix the should not have that sense of con- rector of the Office of Nuclear Energy antiterrorism bill that we passed that fidence. Yes, it may take us 15 or 20 Science and Technology, in his letter we could not get support for in certain minutes more to get that flight off the to Honorable MICHAEL DOYLE of July areas where we should have gotten sup- ground. I don’t know one individual in 24, 1996, which was entered into the port: this U.S. Senate, be he or she a Repub- CONGRESSIONAL RECORD on July 24, and A provision increasing the statute of lican or a Democrat, that would believe certifies the fact that termination limitations for making bombs, sawed- another 15 minutes would hurt them. costs in the program would be consid- off shotguns, and silencers. That hap- Fifteen minutes is not going to hurt erably more than the continuation of pens to be a provision I authored, was anybody. the program. Moreover, the recoupment of cost by passed in the Senate and dropped by In closing, Mr. President, I thank my the Federal Government would be pre- the House. It is not the law of the land. colleagues for allowing me to address the U.S. Senate over the subject mat- cluded, which would result in further The police sometimes need more time lost revenue to the Federal Govern- to go after people who make a bomb. ter of the bill. But I hope we will all be moved to come together in a spirit of ment of $125 million according to Di- We should fix that. rector Lash’s Department of Energy of- bipartisanship and set aside our par- A provision requiring the placement fice. of taggants on black and smokeless tisan bickering, that we will work to- The reason for this is that, for exam- powder. We need to get that passed. gether, that we will send our sym- ple, with the AP–600, which is a Wes- A provision prohibiting the dissemi- pathies as one to Alice Hawthorne’s tinghouse reactor, the agreement re- nation of bombmaking instructions family, 44 years old, killed at the quires that, upon the sale of the first when the instructor knows that the in- bombing, and to the Turkish camera- reactor, they will have to repay the De- formation will be used for criminal man, Melih Uzunyoz, who died from a partment of Energy $25 million, and $4 purposes. We need to get that passed. heart attack while rushing to the million for each reactor thereafter A provision that changed wiretapping scene; and, of course, to every single sold. authority so criminals cannot use mod- family member who lost people in the The same thing is true with General ern technology to evade court-approved TWA crash. Electric, which has already sold two re- wiretaps. I hope that we will come together actors under this program to Taiwan A provision making terrorism an of- and that we will do what it takes to for which there would be a required fense for which a wiretap can be au- take every step we can in a democratic payment of $3 million for those reac- thorized on an emergency basis. There society to guard against terrorism, be tors. That obligation would presum- is no reason that Republicans and it terrorism from within our borders or ably be canceled. Democrats cannot come together with terrorism from outside our borders. So, Mr. President, in order to make the President and get that done imme- These are cowardly acts, and we should any nuclear demonstration, the diately. put a stop to them to the extent that McCain amendment would actually Mr. President, we could be taking we can within our democratic frame- cost the Federal Government money more security measures at our air- work. without regard to whether or not you ports. I keep focusing on the fact that We can take the steps that I men- like the program. Whether you are this Congress gave the military $12 bil- tioned without giving up any of our antinuclear, or whatever, the fact of lion more than the military asked for. freedom. We can take the steps that I the matter is the Federal Government

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS July 29, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S9039 would lose money under the McCain have power lines coming in from two or tion, and they believe that nuclear amendment. It is the fifth year of a 5- three different places and generators power is a very big part of their future, year program, and it is very close to on site so that in case one set of power and that is why they have already com- fruition. All of the money that has lines goes out, another will be there. In missioned some 6,000 megawatts. They been spent on this program, most of it the case of both of those or all three of have in future plans an additional, I be- private, would be lost if the program is those going out, then generators are lieve it is, 11,000 megawatts for the not finished. designed to come on automatically. first decade of the next century and a Why did the Congress see fit in 1992 But the AP–600, the advanced light clear and strong commitment to nu- to go into this program? Because the water reactor, is designed to be pas- clear power. American nuclear program, from its in- sively safe so that even if everything I must say for those in this country ception I think, was not conceived in else fails, in effect the coolant water who feel strongly about global warm- the way that it should have been in will automatically come down into the ing—and I do—I submit that this is the that each reactor which was built in reactor vessel and render it safe in case best solution to the problem of global America under this program was a one- of the most unimaginable catastrophic warming, clearly the best solution for of-a-kind reactor designed from the event. the problem of air pollution. If the eco- ground up as a separate reactor. Each Now, Mr. President, we are very close nomics are right, clearly the environ- had to be separately licensed. Each had to completing this program. The AP– ment so far as China is concerned, as to meet separate tests to determine 600 was delayed not by the Department well as other nations on the Pacific whether design was sufficient. of Energy, not by Westinghouse but by rim, this is an excellent solution. Other We found, after Three Mile Island, the NRC in its licensing program which countries are moving ahead, particu- that many of these designs were lack- no one could control but the NRC. It is larly in the Pacific, with nuclear power ing and had to be redesigned. During due to be finished in the next fiscal including Japan and Taiwan, South the construction of many of these reac- year, fiscal year 1997, and the money Korea. Of course, North Korea will tors after Three Mile Island in the mid- provided in this bill will complete the soon be getting a reactor built and de- 70’s, those were the days of very high job. signed principally by the South Kore- interest rates. Interest rates were well The argument against this is appar- ans adopting the original Westinghouse over double digits at the time. You had ently that no American utility at this technology. point wants to buy one, and so there- to undo that which was done and start Mr. President, the point I am making fore do not complete it and therefore all over again. For that reason, those is not that we are getting ready to sell we can be sure that no one is going to reactors are very high cost, some run- a lot of these reactors in the United be able to buy one. ning between 5 cents and 10 cents a kil- States. We are not. But on the Pacific The fact is it is unlikely that any owatt hour, several times the amount rim they are moving forward; they American utility in the next few years for which electricity can be generated have made the decision; they have will build a new nuclear plant, and that today. made the commitments. And the ques- is because natural gas is relatively In order to remedy that situation, in tion is, would you rather complete a 5- cheap. It is because the technology of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, we, first year program on which private indus- natural gas turbines has advanced so of all, remember, did nuclear licensing try has spent almost $500 million to far so fast that it is now the cheapest to provide for what we call the generic complete and get the good out of it to way to generate electricity, and I do design and the generic licensing of a build the most technologically pro- not expect a big coal plant to be built new reactor, so that you would be able ficient, the safest reactor in the world and I do not expect big solar plants to to go in and separate the construction which would then be available for sale be built as far as the eye can see. But license from the design license and be to these foreign countries or would you I do expect additional natural gas able to rely upon the fact that your de- rather terminate the program and sub- plants to be built. And that is in this sign was a valid and safe design at the ject the Government to greater dam- country. time you commissioned your reactor ages than it would cost to spend on the project. We amended the licensing act Mr. President, around the world, the situation is somewhat different. In $22 million it takes to complete the in order to do that. program. Also, as part of that, in tandem with China, for example, it has already com- that program, we entered into the Ad- missioned some 6,000 megawatts of nu- No one has answered that over- vanced Light Water Reactor Program, clear power. They really wanted Amer- whelming argument of why you would which was calculated to design a ge- ican technology, and they have a very want to terminate a program that is so neric reactor so that each reactor of long and excellent relationship with close to finishing when it cost more to the time sought to be licensed would be Westinghouse, and I believe that the terminate than it does to complete the the same reactor. Westinghouse has Chinese would purchase the AP–600. It program. probably the lead design in this. It is will soon be licensed. It would be li- One other thought. I believe the Fed- called the AP–600. The AP–600 is unique censed in time for them to use the eral Government needs to be true to its for American reactors in two respects: technology. But our Government pre- word and to its commitments just as First, it would be, as I say, generi- vents us from selling nuclear plants to individuals need to do that. And the cally designed and generically licensed China, this being an outgrowth of the reason is that if people are going to be so that when you go to buy an AP–600, Tiananmen Square incident in 1989. We encouraged and companies are going to wherever you are in the world, it would expect that agreement with respect to be encouraged to do business with the be the same AP–600. It would be largely nuclear power will be in the not too Federal Government, to undertake re- manufactured at the factory so that distant future. At least I hope that we search, to undertake the expenditure of you do not have to do everything out would have an agreement with China large amounts of their own money, at the site, and each one will be the for the furnishing of nuclear tech- then they ought to have some assur- same. nology. In fact, the 6,000 megawatts ance that the word of the Federal Gov- Second, Mr. President, and very im- have been ordered from Russia, from ernment is good because to the extent portantly, it is what we call a passively France and from Canada, all of which that we terminate these projects—we safe reactor. It does not depend totally have technology which is inferior to terminated the SSC, we have termi- on pumps and sources of electricity and American technology and I think is far nated the other projects—then soon the that sort of thing in order to provide inferior to the newest technology, that reputation of the Federal Government coolant. So in case of a catastrophic is, the AP–600. will be such that no one will want to failure, it is designed to have coolant The Chinese like the size of the AP– enter into the doing of business with it. which would automatically come down 600—that is, 600 megawatts, a modular In the home State of the occupant of into the reactor and render it safe. size. The Chinese have lots of dirty the chair, they are now seeking to Nuclear plants, as the Chair well coal but virtually no natural gas and a enter into large contracts with private knows, are designed to have many re- huge population, a huge problem of firms in order to clean up the mess at dundant safety features so that you So2, of global warming, of air pollu- Hanford, in order to vitrify the waste

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So, in a real sense we are being very, are involved in the AP600 program and If we would adopt this amendment, it very irresponsible in closing down a extensive testing programs both in the would make that kind of obligation program with 1 year left which has United States and abroad have dem- and others like it less and less attrac- many qualities that will add to Amer- onstrated that the passive safety sys- tive to the private sector. ica’s capability to employ our people tems will work as predicted by the de- I repeat, the most overwhelming and and sell our products and at the same sign codes. most unanswerable part of this argu- time help the world clean up some of Congress directed that the program ment is that it costs more to terminate the dirtiest environment around in should be cost shared, with payback to than it does to finish this obligation of some of the growing industrial areas of the Federal Government from royalties the Federal Government, and we ought the world outside of our own country on the sale of plants. To date $713 mil- therefore to do it. In addition to the and Europe and the like. lion has been invested in the program, fact that the Federal Government So, for those who wonder about fru- of which $444 million—62 percent—has would lose the profit which it would gality, I would be for cutting any pro- come from private industry. In addi- get from the sale of these reactors in gram of $40 million I could take out of tion, $125 million of the DOE funding the future as well as those already sold this bill, but this is not the one. will be repaid as royalties on the sale Mr. President, opponents of the to Taiwan, and that the Federal Gov- of plants. ernment and our country would lose a ALWR Program have argued with great The program is 90 percent complete indignation against continuation of great opportunity to do business in the and will be completed with the modest what is called a corporate subsidy. It is future. funding provided by the $40 million only fair to note that U.S. electric util- I yield the floor. DOE fiscal year 1997 request. At the ity companies and the ALWR contrac- Mr. DOMENICI addressed the Chair. end of the design certification and tors have contributed $3.50 for every The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- first-of-a-kind engineering programs $1.00 of DOE funds spent on the pro- ator from New Mexico. for the AP600, three new standardized Mr. DOMENICI. I know that Senator gram. Most importantly, Mr. President, the American reactor designs will be ready BUMPERS wants to offer an amendment for the market. This accomplishment and he is going to be very generous in ALWR Program is 90 percent complete. The modest funding contained in this will represent the only recent, success- the agreement on time. ful completion of a major new energy I thank Senator JOHNSTON for his ar- bill is the last piece of Federal funding. It will complete the $713 million ALWR design project to meet America’s and gument, and I wish to indicate very the world’s future energy needs. This openly and publicly that I support his Program, of which almost $270 million is DOE funding the $444 million is pri- could not have been accomplished position. I do not believe we ought to without the shared commitment of kill this program when it is about fin- vate industry funding. Mr. President, may I assure my col- government and the private sector to ished. We ought to let it complete its leagues who are critical of the ALWR the Advanced Light Water Reactor remaining 1 year. Program, that I am mindful of their Program. A couple things have not been said point of view. And I would hope that Failure to provide the final year of about the program. Obviously, the their close examination of what the funding and abandoning DOE’s role be- word subsidy is bantered around, but committee proposes to do in this bill fore completing the final year would everyone should know that the ad- will lead them to the conclusion which result in the complete loss of the $713 vanced light water reactor program, I myself have reached: million investment to date. The end first, is 90 percent complete. That is, the ALWR Program funding goal of final design approval and design Second, there is $40 million in this in the bill is the best and most effec- certification by the NRC would not be entire appropriations bill to complete tive way to close out the program suc- realized and the investment and years this project. When it is completed, that cessfully and with the highest return of effort wasted. Failure to complete will complete a $713 million advanced to the taxpayer for the hundreds of would also be a clear signal that the light water reactor program, of which millions of dollars already spent. Con- United States no longer seeks to lead $270 million is the DOE and, get this, versely, failure to close out the ALWR the world in developing standardized $440 million is private industry funded. Program in the way the committee rec- passively safe reactor designs for world So for those who talk of a subsidy, we ommends creates a colossal waste of wide application. have $440 million coming from the pri- the money already spent. I ask unanimous consent some mate- vate sector, $270 from DOE. This last Mr. President, I believe prudence and rial, a list of seven common myths, and $40 million will complete the work and thoughtfulness require support for the a letter from the chairman of the ad- wrap the program up and dismantle it. committee’s position. vanced reactor corp. be printed in the So the subsidy is there, but the ratio is COMPLETION OF THE ALWR PROGRAM RECORD. pretty heavily in favor of the private Starting in 1990—design certifi- There being no objection, the mate- sector putting the money in. cation—and in 1993—first of a kind en- rial was ordered to be printed in the I have looked at this. I understand gineering—the ALWR represents a RECORD, as follows: what some of my colleagues are look- joint commitment by government and INVESTMENTS—THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1996— ing at. We are looking at this budget industry to develop a new generation of TOTAL ALWR PROGRAM critically, but I am aware of the fact standardized, advanced reactors, cou- Design certification: DOE—$188 million; In- that we are not going to save any pled with a one step NRC licensing dustry—$305.7 million. money by closing the program down process for such designs. Foake: DOE—$81.3 million; Industry—$138.4 now, and as a matter of fact we may In fulfilling the plan set out in the million. throw away some real opportunities to Energy Policy Act, both Congress and Total program: DOE—$269.3 million; Indus- have some really significant and new industry recognized that developing a try—$444.1 million. technology applied to nuclear reactors. new generation of reactors involved TOTAL—$713.4 million. Whether we think we want any more DOE—37.7 percent. Government/regulatory risk as well as Industry—62.3 percent. nuclear reactors or not is not the technological risk. While reactor man- whole issue. American companies build ufacturers and the utility industry SEVEN COMMON MYTHS REGARDING THE DOE nuclear reactors for the world, and we committed funds to develop the tech- ADVANCED LIGHT WATER REACTOR PROGRAM are the world’s leader in that. We will nology, the Government/regulatory (Prepared by the U.S. Department of Energy, continue as the leader and probably risk with a new, untried licensing proc- July 1996) sell many of these types of reactors in ess was sufficiently significant to call Myth 1.—The Program’s Authorization the world market. To the extent that on Government to share that risk and under the Energy Policy Act of 1992 ends in China chooses to use them, it is a very, cost with the private sector. FY 1996

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Reality: The Energy Policy Act of 1992 conducted $800 million in program activities ADVANCED REACTOR CORP., (EPACT) limits the First-of-a-Kind Engi- with a taxpayer investment of only $300 mil- June 28, 1996. neering (FOAKE) program to five years, lion over ten years. Hon. NEIL ABERCROMBIE, states that no entity shall receive assistance House of Representatives, Moreover, the Department receives reim- for a period greater than 4 years, and limits Washington, DC. bursements when technology developed by total program funding to $100 million. The the FOAKE program is sold. For example, DEAR REPRESENTATIVE ABERCROMBIE: On EPACT became law in fiscal year 1993. the federal government will receive approxi- behalf of the member utilities of the Ad- Therefore, the five year limit will not be mately $3 million from General Electric as a vanced Reactor Corporation, we urge you to reached until FY 1998 and the four year ‘‘as- support $40 million for research and develop- sistance’’ limit will not be reached until FY result of its sale of ABWRs to Taiwan ment on Advanced Light Water Reactors 1997. The Department is full authorized (which, unlike the plants GE previously sold under the EPACT to apply funds to the to Japan, are based on technology developed (ALWR) in the Energy and Water Develop- FOAKE program in FY 1997. by DOE’s program). ment Appropriations bill for fiscal year 1997. Further, the Department has spent only Myth 5.—There is no U.S. utility interest The ALWR Program has an excellent record about $82 million on this program since it in building new ALWRs of achievement and is nearing accomplish- began in 1992. There have been significant in- ment of its goal to open the option for future creases in program cost, but these have been Reality: The fact that the electric utility nuclear power electricity generation, as en- absorbed by industry. In any event, the De- industry has provided hundreds of millions of dorsed by the Energy Policy Act of 1992. dollars to conduct ALWR activities indicates partment is also fully authorized by the The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has Atomic Energy Act to conduct nuclear en- that utility executives remain interested in the nuclear option. For obvious reason, no granted final design approval for the evolu- ergy research and development programs and tionary ALWR designs and formal design the EPACT does not limit this authority. utility that is interested in placing ALWR orders in the future would be likely to indi- certifications on both are awaiting formal Myth 2.—The FOAKE Program was to end resolution of NRC regulatory process issues. in 1996 because the EPACT mandated that cate that interest publicly. However, recent The first-of-a-kind engineering (FOAKE) por- any nuclear designs developed in the pro- discussions between DOE officials and elec- tion of the ALWR program for the GE evolu- gram should receive certification in 1996 tric utility chief executives have clearly in- Reality: In 1992, the Department expected dicated that U.S. utilities continue to see tionary advanced boiling water reactor will that both of the designs included in the the nuclear option as viable. While the U.S. be essentially completed by certification and FOAKE program—the Advanced Boiling market for ALWRs is not expected to mate- FOAKE for the new, midsize, passively-safe, Water Reactor (ABWR) and the AP600—could rialize for another decade, these utilities pressurized water ALWR, the Westinghouse be developed on schedules which would have seek the Department’s program as a critical AP600. achieved NRC certifications by the end of FY step to assure that next-generation nuclear The ALWR program is a sound investment 1996. While the program was designed to lead plant designs are available if they are need- continuing to build on the energy security to certification in FY 1996, the Department ed. and environmental benefits provided by cur- had no control over the Nuclear Regulatory Much has been said in recent months about rent plants. Risk sharing of the investment Commission’s certification process, which a Washington International Energy Group and commercial interest are carefully bal- involved far more review and testing than survey of utility executives that indicates anced with industry paying about 62 percent the Commission anticipated in 1992 (most of that 89% of utility CEOs would not consider of the total costs, coupled with subsequent the delays are associated with extra testing ordering any new nuclear power plants. It is pay-back provisions. For example, Westing- required to verify the performance of ad- important to note that this survey received house will pay back $25 million of the Energy vanced safety systems). As a result of these responses from only 397 of nearly 3600 U.S. Department’s contribution for design certifi- delays, the Department expects certification electric utilities—and it is not clear that the cation as a royalty on the sale of the first of the ABWR by late FY 1996 and of the respondents include the 44 utilities that cur- AP600. Additionally, all of the funds provided AP600 by FY 1998. The EPACT does not limit rently own and operate nuclear power plants. for FOAKE by both the utilities and the En- the Department’s authority to conduct the The Department does not believe that this ergy Department will be paid back to each as program, but merely guided DOE’s selection survey provides an accurate view of utility royalties on sales of the AP600 by Westing- of technologies to assure that only near- interest in new nuclear plants. house and by General Electric on sales of its term technologies would be included in the Advanced Boiling Water Reactor. program. Myth 6: DOE is paying Nuclear Regulatory Myth 3.—The EPACT Prohibits the indus- Commission fees that should be paid by in- Our companies entered the government try from seeking export markets for ALWRs dustry. partnership for the FOAKE portion of the developed in the FOAKE program Reality: No taxpayer dollars have been ALWR program in February 1992. Later that Reality: The EPACT places no restrictions used to pay NRC fees. It is true, however, year, Congress passed the Energy Policy Act on U.S. industry’s ability to compete in the that NRC’s increased review and testing re- of 1992, which reaffirmed the nation’s com- international market. Further, the fact that mitment to nuclear power and to cost-shared U.S. vendors participating in the program quirements forced the program to perform additional technical work. While most of the energy research and development. At that are seeking overseas contracts to build time, Congress recognized the time, costs, ALWRs does not suggest that ALWRs will extra work was funded by industry, part of the added cost was supported by the DOE and risks associated with the process of de- not be built in the U.S. In fact, since the veloping and certifying new reactor designs. market for new nuclear plants in the United ALWR program. The additional technical work represented an expansion in the work Congress has proceeded with this timely pro- States is not expected to materialize for an- gram, sharing those costs and risks so that other ten years, it is imperative that U.S. scope for the program, but is clearly the type of expenditure anticipated by the EPACT. new reactor designs will be a safe, cost-com- vendors win overseas orders if the U.S. capa- petitive option for future baseload elec- bility to build new plants is to be preserved. Myth 7: General Electric terminated its tricity needs. Myth 4.—The ALWR Program is Corporate Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (SBWR) Welfare activities because there is no market for Clearly, America has benefited from the Reality: The Department’s program is de- small plants. Similarly, there is no market nation’s investment to date in nuclear en- signed to apply a very limited allocation of for the Westinghouse-designed AP600. ergy technologies with about 20 percent of federal funds to encourage U.S. industry to our electricity coming from pollution-free pursue R&D that is in the interest of the Reality: While it is true that GE termi- nuclear power plants. United States. The preservation of the nu- nated its mid-sized SBWR project, it must be Although there is not an immediate need clear energy option is vital to the future of recognized that GE’s market strategy is very for new baseload electricity in the United energy diversity in this country. It is clear focused on the east Asian market-particu- States, energy forecasts predict a 28 percent that the market in the United States for larly Japan. In many of these countries, land ALWRs will not materialize for at least an- is a scarce resource and there is considerable growth in demand by 2010. To meet this need, other ten years. In this environment, U.S. incentive to build large plants with high our companies believe they must have the industry could be forced to abandon the nu- power capacity. Other potential markets are option to consider standardized, NRC-ap- clear power plant market to heavily sub- less concerned with space and more inter- proved nuclear plants as a part of a balanced sidized foreign industrial concerns. The fu- ested in factors such as lower capital cost mix of power generation facilities. To obtain ture ability of U.S. industry to build new and lower complexity—attributes natural to that option, ARC member utilities are in- plants in this country could be lost. mid-sized plants. These attributes are very vesting in the industry-government program To prevent this from occurring, the De- attractive to U.S. utilities and others as to develop advanced light water nuclear partment conduct a very modest program— well—currently 22 countries contribute funds plants. No other type of nuclear plant for the last commercial nuclear energy program and personnel to the AP600 program. The De- commercial generation of electricity will be conducted by the federal government—to partment believes that this represents a sig- available in the U.S. within our planning ho- work with industry to maintain the nuclear nificant international interest in advanced rizon. With this technology, we will continue option for the next century. Since the ALWR mid-sized nuclear power plants with passive to lead the world and set high standards for program began in 1986, the Department has safety systems. safe and reliable commercial nuclear power.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS S9042 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 29, 1996 We urge congress to continue its commit- STON. But I feel obligated to raise this to 1,200 people very often. I was trying ment for this vital national energy invest- issue and get the debate going on how to figure out what I could say to those ment by appropriating a supporting govern- much money we are putting into this youngsters that my father used to say ment share of $40 million in FY97. weapons activities account. Mr. Presi- to me about the nobility of being in Sincerely, JAMES J. O’CONNOR, dent, the Senate bill proposes to pro- politics and public service. Not too Chairman, Advanced Reactor Corp. vide roughly $269 million more than many people believe that anymore, in- Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I hope the President’s request and $300 million cluding an awful lot of people in this above the House level. Chamber. They do not think it is such we will not agree with Senator MCCAIN The Senate bill’s proposed funding when we vote tomorrow. If the unani- a hot profession anymore, either, in- level is actually $531 million above the mous consent agreement is complied cluding the 15 colleagues that are leav- amount provided in fiscal year 1996, a with, it will be the first amendment up ing this body. 14-percent increase. That is just en- But I tried to leave them on an up- tomorrow. So we will remind you that tirely too much. beat note. I told them there were no is the first amendment tomorrow. I had a very good, lengthy letter The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- problems in this country that were in- from Senator DOMENICI pointing out ator from New Mexico is advised the surmountable. Indeed, if it weren’t for that one of the reasons for this in- yeas and nays have not been ordered. the way we misspend money, I promise crease is that DOE had some carryover Mr. DOMENICI. I am sorry. They you we could have a balanced budget money in prior years that we are were not ordered because we did not with a $100 billion surplus in 1997. spending in 1996. However, that only When I talk about how we misspend have a sufficient second, but we as- accounts for a portion of the 14-percent our money, you bear in mind that this sured Senator MCCAIN we would co- increase. My amendment takes the car- year, this fall, September 1, we will operate with him getting the requisite ryover funds into account and proposes have for the third consecutive year less yeas and nays. to reduce the weapons activities ac- Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and food carryover in our grain bins than count by only $269 million, which is the nays. we have ever had. The third straight difference between the amount pro- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a year that our foodstuff carryover is vided in the Senate bill and the admin- sufficient second? going to be down, and in 1995, for the There is a sufficient second. istration’s request. first time in 50 years, yields of food- The Senator makes what I know he The yeas and nays were ordered. stuff such as wheat, corn, rice, and so considers to be plausible arguments, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- on, did not go up. and I am not in a very good position to ator from Arkansas. So how are we dealing with that? We dispute some of the technical argu- are putting $1.2 billion into agriculture AMENDMENT NO. 5096 ments made about why it was nec- research this year, 1996; $1.2 billion. (Purpose: To reduce funding for the weapons essary to put all this extra money into What are we giving the Defense Depart- activities account to the level requested by this account. But any time you are of- the Administration) ment for research on things that will fering a 14-percent increase in any kind explode and kill people? Mr. President, Mr. BUMPERS. Mr. President, I send of a budget in this day and time, with $35 billion, almost 35 times more than an amendment to the desk. the budget constraints we are under, it what we are putting into agriculture The PRESIDING OFFICER. The two ought to get every single Senator’s at- research to feed our people and help pending amendments will be set aside tention. feed the world, indeed. by unanimous consent. The clerk will The OMB Acting Director, Mr. Lew, Mr. President, $14 billion is going to report. sent each Member of the Senate a let- NASA, $2 billion of which will be for The legislative clerk read as follows: ter outlining the administration’s con- the space station, and nobody has ever The Senator from Arkansas [Mr. BUMP- cerns about the Senate bill being $531 explained why we are putting money in ERS], for himself and Mr. HARKIN, proposes million above 1996 spending levels. And an amendment numbered 5096. the space station. well he should be concerned. He is con- And $12 billion for medical research, Mr. BUMPERS. Mr. President, I ask cerned because we are putting another which everybody heartily agrees with. unanimous consent that reading of the $531 million into weapons activities, Incidentally, one of my staff members, amendment be dispensed with. and the Department of Energy is suf- Tracy Alderson, is leaving my office to The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without fering mightily from cuts in civilian pursue a medical degree and hopefully objection, it is so ordered. energy and research programs. advance the cause of medical research The amendment is as follows: The Appropriations Committee re- in the future. On page 23, line 8, reduce the amount by port outlines the add-ons to the weap- When you put it like that, there are $286,600,000. ons activities programs. If you look very few people in America who would Mr. BUMPERS. Mr. President, first over those add-ons, I am not sure ex- agree with those priorities. So while of all, I ask unanimous consent we actly what they do, but there is one the $531 million increase in weapons de- limit this amendment to 15 minutes thing I do know. About $90 million is velopment doesn’t mean much around with the time equally divided. not authorized. here in a $1.7 trillion budget, it ‘‘ain’t’’ Mr. DOMENICI. I thank the Senator. For example, there is an $80 million beanbag either. What it would do in I wholeheartedly agree. add-on for stockpile stewardship and medical research, what it would do in The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without $50 million of that is not authorized. educating people, what it would do in objection, it is so ordered. What are we doing appropriating providing more health care—and think Mr. BUMPERS. Mr. President, this is money that has not been authorized? about this—think what it would do in an amendment which could get terribly There is an add-on for $40 million for reducing the deficit, $531 million. complex. It involves a segment of the the accelerated strategic computing Mr. President, my amendment does energy and water bill that is im- initiative—a mighty fancy name and I not even propose to eliminate the en- mensely complex. It is called ‘‘Atomic am not sure what all it does. But it is tire $531 million increase. Rather, I am Energy Defense Activities.’’ Within not authorized. The request already only trying to get us back to what the that there is an account called ‘‘Weap- proposes $120.6 million for the pro- President requested, which is a 7-per- ons Activities.’’ gram—a 43-percent increase from fiscal cent increase in this account. This bill contains $3.978 billion, al- year 1996. I yield the floor. most $4 billion, for weapons activities. Mr. President, I only have 71⁄2 min- Mr. DOMENICI addressed the Chair. That is too much. utes on my time. I am not going to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Let me say by digression, there are pursue this any further. I would just ator from New Mexico. not two people in the Senate for whom like to make a comment. I was speak- Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, when I have a greater respect and admiration ing to 400 of the brightest kids in Ar- we took testimony from Mr. Vic Reis, and personal friendship than the chair- kansas at what is called Governor’s who is the Defense Department liaison man of the committee and the ranking School Saturday and about 800 parents. with these programs, we established member, Senators DOMENICI and JOHN- Politicians do not get a chance to talk the basic proposition with him in the

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I think it would be a great that we hold in a contingency posture, announced that these funds would be mistake to cut that funding. should be about $4 billion. used by IBM to build a computer 300 AMENDMENT NO. 5097 Having established that, we went times faster than existing computers (Purpose: To ensure adequate funding for the through the budget and determined to model the inside of nuclear weapons. Biomass Power for Rural Development that the executive budget was only $3.7 The computer will be installed at Law- Program) billion. They were $300 million short of rence Livermore in California. I am Mr. JOHNSTON. Mr. President, I what Mr. Vic Reis, the leading expert certain that within the confines of the have been requested by the Senator in the Department of Energy for the money here for this area of endeavor from Minnesota [Mr. WELLSTONE], to DOD stockpile stewardship program, that there will be some other major ad- offer an amendment on his behalf. I said. vanced scientific computing programs will shortly send that to the desk. Let If one notices, the difference between announced. me state what it does. I am sorry that $3.7 billion and $4 billion is very, very Mr. President, $10 million is for soft- I will not be able to support the amend- close to the $269 million that my good ware for these new supercomputers, ment. In fact, I will oppose the amend- friend from Arkansas is seeking to and $10 million is for advanced manu- ment. But nevertheless, as a courtesy take out of this bill. It doesn’t quite facturing techniques. to my colleague, I will offer it. get to the $4 billion mark with $3.7 bil- The second item that he would strike What it would do is to take four- lion, but it gets close. is $171 million from stockpile manage- tenths of 1 percent of each program in The President’s budget request said ment, of which $100 million is to up- R&D, energy supply, and put that into the following: grade production plants in Texas, a program called Biomass Power for Defense program 5-year budget projections South Carolina, and Missouri. This Rural Development. The money now contained in the national security 5-year money will ensure the plants will be available, some $55 million, in biomass budget plan for 1996 through 2000 indicate fuels in the bill, part of that could be that the stockpile stewardship and manage- able to remanufacture weapons as needed. This is also a condition that I used for the purposes for which the ment programs will require increased fund- Senator from Minnesota would like it ing for a period of several years after FY understand those in charge of our na- used, that is, the Niagara Mohawk 1996. This baseline— tional defense insist upon if we are power project, involving short rotation That is starting point— going to abide by the ‘‘no additional willows, which would be grown and underground nuclear testing’’ position. has been modified to reflect fiscal year 1997 harvested every 3 years, and also an- programs and budget decisions, but the out- Fifteen million dollars of that $171 mil- other project involving alfalfa stems. look is much the same. Near-term invest- lion is to enhance surveillance activi- The alfalfa stem program would be a ment must be increased to develop the new ties at plants to assess the reliability total of a $232 million project, where and appropriately sized effective complex and safety of the weapons stockpile. and to develop the new tools required to the DOE cost share would be 20 percent Fifty million dollars is for new trit- maintain confidence in the safety, security of that, or approximately $46 million. and reliability of the stockpile in the ab- ium sources so that the total amount Mr. President, it seems to me we sence of underground testing. of $150 million may be provided. should not get into one of these From a base of about $3.6 billion in Mr. President, having worked on this projects unless it can pass muster 1996, the annual total may reach $4 bil- bill for a long time, I am concerned against the other programs. These lion by the year 1998. In August of 1995, that we provide adequate defense would be available to be funded under President Clinton announced the money to the Department of Energy so the program—Mr. President, I just United States would pursue a zero they can do their job, for there are misspoke. I said $55 million would be yield comprehensive test ban treaty as many who would like to accuse it of available for the program. Actually, a condition. The President outlined a not doing its job but are not consid- only a part, $27 million, would be avail- series of conditions under which the erate of the money needed for the de- able for biomass electric program. United States could enter this com- fense work. All of these projects ought to com- prehensive test ban treaty. We believe we are moving rapidly in pete for that $27 million. We should not The first condition was the imple- the direction recommended by the come in and, in effect, specify by lim- mentation of a stockpile stewardship President and the Joint Chiefs of Staff iting it to the Biomass Power for Rural program. In January 1996, the Senate with reference to the science-based Development Program, which is a very overwhelmingly approved the START program for stockpile safety and main- narrowly defined program. We should II Treaty. The ratification text com- tenance. We think these items are ab- have all of these projects compete for mitted the United States to, one, a ro- solutely essential to get us there and the amounts available. bust stockpile stewardship program; keep us there for the next few years as Mr. President, I send the amendment two, maintain sufficient production ca- we see whether or not we can actually to the desk and ask that it be reported. pabilities; three, maintain the national accomplish this without underground The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without laboratories and the core competencies testing. objection, the pending amendments are within them; four, maintain the Ne- If I have any additional time, I yield set aside. The clerk will report. vada test site in case the President de- it back. I ask Senator JOHNSTON, do The bill clerk read as follows: termines a case of supreme national in- you want to speak? The Senator from Louisiana [Mr. JOHN- terest necessitated an underground The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- STON] for Mr. WELLSTONE, proposes amend- test. ator from Louisiana. ment numbered 5097. Where the increases go: $82.5 million Mr. DOMENICI. I yield whatever Mr. JOHNSTON. Mr. President, I ask of the $269 million that Senator BUMP- time I have remaining to Senator unanimous consent that further read- ERS is referring to for the stockpile JOHNSTON. ing of the amendment be dispensed stewardship program will be spent on Mr. JOHNSTON. I simply rise in sup- with. the following: $20 million is for en- port of the position of the Senator The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without hanced surveillance to monitor the from New Mexico. I was here several objection, it is so ordered. aging of weapons. That is perilously years ago speaking in favor of the con- The amendment is as follows: important. We must develop new tech- tinuation of the testing program, be- On page 19, line 4, strike ‘‘expended.’’ and niques to monitor the aging of these cause I thought it was important for insert in lieu thereof ‘‘expended; Provided, weapons, some of which are 30 years both reliability and safety. That funds appropriated for energy supply, research and development activities shall be old, and they contain hydrogen and nu- The Senate saw fit to do away with reduced by four-tenths of one percent from clear blast capabilities and they must that testing program. The justification each program and that the amount of the re- be safe, they must be trustworthy, and was that there were other ways with duction shall be available for the biomass they must be maintained. this stockpile safety program to power for rural development program.’’

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS S9044 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 29, 1996 AMENDMENT NO. 5096 Mr. President, I want to begin by work on Indian distribution systems. Mr. JOHNSTON. Mr. President, I ask commending the chairman of the Sub- Funding for work related to this activ- for the yeas and nays on Senator committee on Energy and Water Devel- ity is contained in a separate line item Bumper’s amendment. opment, Senator PETE DOMENICI, for within the CAP budget that is left un- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a his work on this bill and for his unwav- touched by the amendment. I fully in- sufficient second for the yeas and nays ering support of the CAP, a project tend that these projects go forward as on the Bumpers amendment? There is a that provides central and southern Ari- we have promised. Any effort by the sufficient second. zona with its lifeblood—water. Bureau to reprogram moneys set aside The yeas and nays were ordered. The amendment I am offering today for such contracts would require the Mr. DOMENICI. I say to the Senator, is the result of information received approval of the Senate and House Ap- I might move to table. Let us get that since the subcommittee took action on propriations Subcommittees on Energy done. I move to table the Bumpers the energy and water bill a few weeks and Water Development. Such approval amendment and ask for the yeas and ago. Had the chairman been aware of is highly unlikely. nays. the information at that time, I believe If there are any activities that are The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a the funding levels in the bill would adversely affected and proponents can sufficient second? There is a sufficient have been adjusted accordingly. In any justify why they should legitimately be second. event, it is appropriate that we adjust supported through the CAP budget, I The yeas and nays were ordered. the figures now to prevent the unneces- know the Arizona delegation would be Mr. DOMENICI. Parliamentary in- sary expenditure of hard-earned tax glad to revisit the issue next year. quiry. Is an amendment in order now? dollars. Until then, however, I believe it is ap- The PRESIDING OFFICER. An The House of Representatives has al- propriate for the Senate to accept the amendment is in order if unanimous ready approved a similar amendment, savings being proposed today. consent is granted to set aside the which was offered with the unanimous Mr. President, we have a unique op- pending amendments. support of Arizona’s House delegation, portunity today to save taxpayers Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I ask during floor action in that body on some money without harming ongoing unanimous consent that the pending July 24. My amendment differs some- activities that are vital to the CAP. I amendments be set aside so Senator what from the House measure because urge the adoption of my amendment. KYL can offer his amendment. of a difference of opinion between the Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Bureau and staff about how certain want to first reassure the Senator from objection, it is so ordered. funds are accounted for. Although my Arizona that I have not in any way di- AMENDMENT NO. 5098 amendment uses the more conservative minished my support for the project he numbers provided by the Bureau, the (Purpose: To reduce by $13,402,300 funding of alluded here today, the great Arizona the Lower Colorado River Basin Develop- savings could rise depending upon how water project. I am totally in favor of ment Fund) that dispute is resolved. If more could it and have been a part of funding it for Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I send an be saved, I would hope the conference as long as I have been here, and, as amendment to the desk. committee would adopt that higher chairman, I remain committed. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The amount of savings. clerk will report. Mr. President, I want to give credit I thank the Senator for reducing the The bill clerk read as follows: to the Central Arizona Water Conserva- costs this year. He has found a way to save some money. I gather the amount The Senator from Arizona [Mr. KYL] pro- tion District, the local sponsor of the poses an amendment numbered 5098. CAP, for helping to identify savings is about $13.4 million that he thinks we can save. The Senator proposes to save Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I ask unani- that could be achieved, and I want to that and still keep the project on mous consent that further reading of specifically list those savings here: course. Is that not correct, Senator the amendment be dispensed with. Hayden-Rhodes Aqueduct: Siphon re- KYL? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without pairs, $1,616,000; objection, it is so ordered. Hayden-Rhodes Aqueduct: Other re- Mr. KYL. That is correct. The amendment is as follows: pairs, $1,509,000; Mr. DOMENICI. The Senator, in be- On page 14, line 1, strike ‘‘$410,499,000’’ and Modified Roosevelt Dam: Noncon- half of the people of his State, is fully insert ‘‘397,096,700’’. tract costs, $214,000; aware this project is fully funded in On page 14, line 5, strike ‘‘$71,728,000’’ and Other project costs: Water alloca- this bill, and he is going to leave it insert ‘‘$58,325,700’’. tions—noncontract costs, $500,000; fully funded in the best interests of his On page 14, line 14, before the colon insert OPC O&M during construction, State. I give my commitment to keep ‘‘: Provided further, the amounts allocated by $350,000; that going in that manner. the Committee on Appropriations of each Curation facilities, $400,000; AMENDMENT NO. 5099 TO AMENDMENT NO. 5098 House in accordance with sections 602(a) and Native fish protection, $2,775,000; 602(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, hav- Native fish protection—noncontract and pursuant to the concurrent resolution on ing said that, the amendment has a the budget for fiscal year 1997 shall be ad- costs, $332,000; Environmental Enhancement: Major provision in it with reference to what justed downward by $13,402,300 and the re- the money can be used for that is vised levels of budget authority and outlays contracts, $1,100,000 saved, and I have a second-degree shall be submitted to each House by the Noncontract costs, $801,300; chairman of the Committee on the Budget of New Waddell Dam: New recreation amendment that I will offer which that House and shall be printed in the Con- enhancement contracts, $1,550,000; and makes that no longer subject to a point gressional Record’’. Noncontract costs, $2,255,000. of order, because it directs where the Mr. KYL. Mr. President, this amend- Total reduction in fiscal year 1997 money must be spent. I provide a num- ment may sound a little strange at CAP budget—$13,402,300. ber of amendments that I have agreed first because it actually reduces fund- Included in these reductions, for ex- to with other Senators to clean up this ing for an Arizona project, but this is ample, is $1.5 million that was in the bill. These will all be offered as second- important to do. Bureau’s budget request for Reach 11 degree amendments to the KYL amend- Mr. President, I rise to offer an dike repairs. But our information is ment. amendment to reduce funding for the that the Bureau has already completed I send the amendment to the desk, central Arizona project (CAP) by such repairs and has no need for more and I ask for immediate consideration. $13,402,300. The amendment would bring money related to those repairs. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The the bill’s fiscal year 1997 appropriation Another $1.6 million relates to repair clerk will report. for CAP to $58,325,700. That would rep- and replacement of siphons, but the The bill clerk read as follows: resent a cut of about 19 percent in this Bureau has refused to complete the re- The Senator from New Mexico [Mr. DOMEN- project, and about a 3.2-percent reduc- maining siphon repairs. ICI], for himself and Mr. JOHNSTON, proposes tion from the total Bureau of Reclama- I want to make clear that nothing in an amendment numbered 5099 to amendment tion construction budget. my amendment is intended to hamper No. 5098.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS July 29, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S9045 Mr. DOMENICI. This is offered not drinking water needs of Cheyenne River Mr. DOMENICI. I ask unanimous only in my behalf, but the distin- Sioux Reservation and surrounding commu- consent that Senator JOHNSTON be guished ranking member, Senator nities’’. added as a cosponsor. On page 7, line 19, add the following before JOHNSTON, is a cosponsor of this. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without the period: ‘‘: Provided further, That the Sec- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- retary of the Army is directed to use $600,000 objection, it is so ordered. ator has to have unanimous consent for of funding provided herein to perform main- Mr. DOMENICI. I understand the dis- dispensing of the reading. tenance dredging of the Cocheco River navi- tinguished Senator has a schedule Mr. DOMENICI. I ask unanimous gation project, New Hampshire.’’ problem. I indicate we ought to adopt consent that reading of the amendment On page 5, after line 2, insert the following: the amendment, and then I will brief be dispensed with. ‘‘Mill Creek, Ohio, $500,000;’’. the Senate on what is in the amend- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without On page 5, line 8, strike ‘‘$6,000,000’’ and in- ment. objection, it is so ordered. sert in lieu thereof: ‘‘8,000,000’’. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The The amendment is as follows: On page 23, line 22, strike ‘‘$5,615,210,000’’ and insert ‘‘$5,605,210,000’’; and on page 23, amendment sent to the desk by the In amendment No. 5098, strike lines 3 line 8, strike ‘‘$3,978,602,000’’ and insert Senator from New Mexico is not a for- through 9 and inset in lieu thereof: ‘‘$3,988,602,000’’. mal second-degree amendment to the On page 19, line 3, strike ‘‘2,749,043,000,’’ On page 14, on line 12, after ‘‘amended’’ in- amendment of the Senator from Ari- and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘2,764,043,000,’’ and sert ‘‘$12,500,000 shall be available for the zona. on page 20, line 9, strike ‘‘220,200,000 and in- Mid-Dakota Rural Water System’’. Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I sug- sert in lieu thereof ‘‘205,200,000.’’ On page 6, line 24, strike ‘‘$1,700,358,000’’ Insert where appropriate: ‘‘TECHNOLOGY gest the absence of a quorum. and insert ‘‘$1,688,358,000’’. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. DEVELOPMENT FOR THE DEFENSE ENVIRON- On page 3, line 15, strike ‘‘$1,024,195,000’’ MENTAL RESTORATION AND WASTE MANAGE- and insert ‘‘$1,049,306,000’’. KYL). The clerk will call the roll. MENT.—Within available funds, up to On page 5, line 25, insert the following be- The bill clerk proceeded to call the $2,000,000 is provided for demonstration of fore the period: ‘‘: Provided further, That the roll. stir-melter technology developed by the De- Secretary of the Army, acting through the Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I ask partment and previously intended to be used Chief of Engineers, is authorized and di- unanimous consent that the order for at the Savannah River site. In carrying out rected to initiate construction on the fol- the quorum call be rescinded. this demonstration, the Department is di- lowing projects in the amounts specified: rected to seek alternative use of this tech- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ‘‘Kake Harbor, Alaska, $4,000,000; objection, it is so ordered. nology in order to maximize the investment ‘‘Helena and Vicinity, Arkansas, $150,000; already made in this technology.’’ ‘‘San Lorenzo, California, $200,000; Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I ask Insert where appropriate: ‘‘MAINTENANCE ‘‘Panama City Beaches, Florida, $400,000; unanimous consent the second-degree OF SECURITY AT GASEOUS DIFFUSION ‘‘Chicago Shoreline, Illinois, $1,300,000; amendment be in order. PLANTS.—Section 161k. of the Atomic Energy ‘‘Pond Creek, Jefferson City, Kentucky, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2201k.) is amended by $3,000,000; objection, it is so ordered. striking ‘subsection;’ and inserting the fol- ‘‘Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, $500,000; The PRESIDING OFFICER. The lowing: ‘subsection. With respect to the Pa- ‘‘Poplar Island, Maryland, $5,000,000; question is on agreeing to the second- ducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Kentucky, ‘‘Natchez Bluff, Mississippi, $5,000,000; and the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion ‘‘Wood River, Grand Isle, Nebraska, degree amendment. Plant, Ohio, the guidelines shall require, at a $1,000,000; The amendment (No. 5099) was agreed minimum, the presence of an adequate num- ‘‘Duck Creek, Cincinnati, Ohio, $466,000; to. ber of security guards carrying sidearms at ‘‘Saw Mill River, Pittsburgh, Pennsyl- Mr. JOHNSTON. I move to reconsider all times to ensure maintenance of security vania, $500,000; the vote. at the gaseous diffusion plants;’.’’ ‘‘Upper Jordan River, Utah, $1,100,000; Mr. DOMENICI. I move to lay that Insert where appropriate: ‘‘TECHNICAL COR- ‘‘San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico, $800,000; motion on the table. RECTION TO THE USEC PRIVATIZATION ACT.— and The motion to lay on the table was Section 3110(b) of the USEC Privatization ‘‘Allendale Dam, Rhode Island, $195,000: Act (Public Law 104–134, title III, chapter 1, Provided further, That no fully allocated agreed to. subchapter A) is amended by striking para- funding policy shall apply to construction of Mr. JEFFORDS. Mr. President, I graph (3) and inserting the following: the projects listed above, and the Secretary want to thank the managers of this ‘‘(3) The Corporation shall pay to the of the Army is directed to undertake these legislation for working with me to pro- Thrift Savings Fund such employee and projects using continuing contracts where tect our country’s renewable energy agency contributions as are required or au- sufficient funds to complete the projects are programs. The amendment I offered, thorized by sections 8432 and 8351 of title 5, not available from funds provided herein or along with Senators ROTH, LEAHY, United States Code, for employees who elect in prior years.’’ MURKOWSKI, CHAFEE, BUMPERS, to retain their coverage under CSRS or On page 14, line 1, strike ‘‘$410,499,000’’ and FERS pursuant to paragraph (1).’’ insert ‘‘$398,596,700’’. DASCHLE, KOHL, and CONRAD, will es- Insert where appropriate: ‘‘Provided, That On page 15, line 13, insert the following be- sentially maintain fiscal year 1996 funds made available by this Act for depart- fore the period: ‘‘: Provided further, That spending levels for most solar, wind, mental administration may be used by the $1,500,000 shall be available for construction biomass, and other renewable energy Secretary of Energy to offer employees vol- of McCall Wastewater Treatment, Idaho fa- programs. The amendment restores $23 untary separation incentives to meet staff- cility, and $1,000,000 shall be available for million to these accounts, preserving ing and budgetary reductions and restruc- Devils Lake Desalination, North Dakota our nation’s main efforts to attain en- turing needs through September 30, 1997 con- Project’’. sistent with plans approved by the Office of On page 29, between lines 5 and 6, insert ergy independence. Management and Budget. The amount of the following: Mr. President, the United States im- ports in excess of 50 percent of the oil each incentive shall be equal to the smaller ‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES of the employee’s severance pay, or $20,000. we use to power our homes, auto- ‘‘For expenses necessary to carry out the Voluntary separation recipients who accept functions of the United States member of the mobiles, and workplaces. Our depend- employment with the Federal Government, Delaware River Basin Commission, as au- ence on this foreign oil continues to be or enter into a personnel services contract thorized by law (75 Stat. 716), $342,000.’’ a risk to our national security and is with the Federal Government within 5 years On page 33, between lines 7 and 8, insert running up our trade deficit. Despite after separation shall repay the entire the following: this fact, we continue to reduce fund- amount to the Department of Energy.’’ On page 2, between lines 24 and 25, insert ‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES ing for the few programs which lead us the following: ‘‘Tahoe Basin Study, Nevada ‘‘For expenses necessary to carry out the down the path of energy independence. and California, $200,000; Walker River Basin functions of the United States member of the In the legislation we are debating restoration study, Nevada and California, Susquehanna River Basin Commission as au- today, funding for solar, wind, biomass, $300,000;’’ thorized by law (84 Stat. 1541), $322,000.’’ and renewable energy programs is cut On page 3, line 20, strike ‘‘construction On page 17, line 19, strike ‘‘$48,971,000’’ and by almost 30 percent and a number of costs for Montgomery Point Lock and Dam, insert ‘‘$48,307,000’’. important programs are eliminated Arkansas, and’’. On page 7, line 19, insert the following be- On page 13, line 21, after ‘‘expended’’ insert fore the period: ‘‘: Provided further, That completely. ‘‘: Provided further, That within available $750,000 is for the Buford-Trenton Irrigation I am very aware of the constraints funds, $150,000 is for completion of the feasi- District, Section 33, erosion control project the managers of this legislation have bility study of alternatives for meeting the in North Dakota’’. had with this bill and I commend them

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS S9046 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 29, 1996 for their efforts. However, I feel strong- Solar thermal electricity has been on utilities as a stellar example of the ly that this Nation and this congress a major growth spurt, with the United way Government should work—encour- should continue to support investment States leading the world. In June, the aging innovation rather than com- in renewable technologies. The cost of Solar Two project was ribbon-cut in mand-and-control measures. wind, photovoltaics, solar thermal, and California. At this site, the heat from The final program funded is the Re- biomass have dropped more than ten solar mirror concentrating sunlight source Assessment Program at $1 mil- fold over the last 15 years. Wind en- atop a tower is stored in nitrate salt lion. This is a program carried our pri- ergy, which has been cut 50 percent which can then create steam-to-elec- marily by the National Renewable En- from last year’s levels in this bill, has tricity day or night, rain or shine. A ergy Laboratory [NREL] which ana- developed into the major alternative solar dish/engine manufacturing facil- lyzes satellite and other data for those energy contributor. Over 5,000 ity was ribbon-cut in Texas. Both that want to know the extent of renew- megawatts of wind energy electricity projects came from cost-shared re- able energy in their area, whether that has been installed to date—or energy search and development at the Depart- be solar, wind, biomass, or geothermal. equal to five nuclear power plants. ment of Energy. In this bill we are in- This program can only be carried out Due to cost-shared research and de- cluding funding for solar industrial re- by national laboratories and would put velopment on materials, turbine blade search and development to bring this our industries at a competitive dis- design, and manufacturing, the U.S. same technology to industrial process advantage if not explicitly funded. wind industry leads the world in the heat, new material creation from pho- Mr. President, this amendment is an lowest-cost and most efficient wind ton concentration, and some inter- extremely modest investment to pre- generators. The combined research and agency cost share research on solar de- serve U.S. energy options, create U.S. development budget of the European toxification. jobs, and protect our environment. I Community equals $130 million. This Over 70 percent of photovoltaics are commend the managers of this bill for legislation provides the entire research exported overseas and over 50 percent recognizing the importance of these and development funding for our re- of wind, solar thermal, geothermal, and programs and for supporting this newable efforts, which is only while biomass equipment and services are ex- amendment. this bill provides only $15 million. ported primarily to third world coun- Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I strong- Clearly this is inequitable and does not tries. To this end, the amendment has ly support the efforts of Senator JEF- provide a sufficient threshold to con- included $1.5 million directed explicitly FORDS and Senator ROTH to maintain tinue the basic research and cost- to continue the work of the Federal level funding for renewable energy pro- shared applied research necessary to interagency activity called the Com- grams. I am proud to cosponsor this maintain the lead in both the domestic mittee on Renewable Energy Com- amendment and join their efforts. and global markets. The amendment I merce and Trade [CORECT] signed into Mr. President, this amendment re- am offering will provide $31.5 million law by President Reagan to ensure that stores our investment in the future of for wind programs, $1 million lower the U.S. Government coordinates its sustainable energy. Unfortunately, this than fiscal year 1996 levels. export capabilities. The European Congress has cut funding for renewable Our Nation should be proud of its Community and Japan provide sub- energy by 38 percent over the last two lead in developing advanced wind en- sidized export financing to their re- years. These cuts are shortsighted. To ergy systems. My State of Vermont spective industries and other incen- ensure that future generations can certainly takes pride in its growing tives which equal hundreds of millions enjoy clean energy, we must maintain wind industry. One of our utilities, of dollars of support. The funding for our commitment to support funding for Green Mountain Power, has been a na- this program is to make U.S. Federal research and development of solar, tional wind energy leader, and is cur- agencies maximize their efficiency by wind, and biomass energy. rently constructing a 6 megawatt utilizing existing programs to promote In particular, I firmly believe that project that will utilize eleven 550 kilo- the exportation of renewable energy Congress has a responsibility to reaf- watt turbines manufactured by Zond equipment and services. Nearly 2 bil- firm its commitment to wind energy Systems of California. The Zond tur- lion people on the globe do not have ac- funding. Wind energy is now a $4 bil- bine has been participating in cost- cess to electricity and this program lion industry in the United States. De- shared development with the U.S. De- has made great strides in rectifying partment of Energy funding has been partment of Energy and the National that situation. To that end, three new key to this success by developing wind Wind Technology Center at NREL. automated manufacturing facilities in energy projects for commercialization. Green Mountain Power’s Vice Presi- the United States have been recently In my home State of Vermont, for ex- dent, Norm Terreri, is now serving as ribbon-cut to manufacture photovol- ample, Department of Energy funding president of the American Wind Energy taics for this growing overseas market. for wind energy has helped develop a Association. This bill also provides support to an growing environmentally-friendly in- Vermont is also home to NRG Sys- effective program at the $1 million dustry. With DOE support, Vermont tems, of Hinesburg, VT, one of the level for the Renewal Energy Produc- companies have developed state-of-the- world’s leading high technology manu- tion Incentive [REPI]. REPI provides art wind turbines and other high tech- facturers of wind measuring devices support to municipal electric utilities nology products at wind energy and a company that has made export and rural electric cooperatives to uti- projects in the Green Mountains of sales in over 50 countries. Atlantic Ori- lize solar and renewable energy. This Vermont, in rural villages in Alaska ent, of Norwich, VT, has manufactured program was established under the En- and even on the top of the South Pole. a 50-kilowatt wind turbine in coopera- ergy Policy Act of 1992 because at that And these DOE-supported projects have tion with the Department of Energy time only private utility subsidiaries become proving grounds for Vermont that has become one of the most pop- could access the solar and geothermal companies to tap into a growing wind ular turbines for wind-diesel hybrid lo- tax credits. REPI allows the rest of the energy export market around the cations for remote locations such as industry an equivalent program to uti- world. Alaska and the Canadian Arctic. The lize tax credits. The response from the But the wind energy industry in New World Power Technology Com- municipal utilities and cooperatives Vermont and across the country is at a pany of Waitsfield, VT, is a leading has been enthusiastic and this program critical stage in its development. Euro- manufacturer of wind-PV village power has over 18 renewable energy projects pean and Asian wind industries—which systems. underway. are heavily subsidized by their govern- Wind companies around the country, Another voluntary program is also ments—are emerging as competitive ri- like those in Vermont, look to the Fed- funded at $1 million level for all utili- vals. As a result, we must continue eral Government for support in this ties to integrate renewable energy in strong DOE funding to maintain Amer- new, booming market. We cannot let an effort to offset emissions that have ica’s leadership role in the global wind these companies fall behind their Euro- wrought global climate change. The energy market. pean or Asian competitors as this mar- Utility Climate Challenge Program has Mr. President, this amendment ket expands. been supported by all of the electric makes sense for our future and our

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On page 3, line 15, strike ‘‘$1,024,195,000’’ amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- and insert ‘‘$1,049,306,000’’. The amendment (No. 5098) was agreed ator has that right, and the amend- On page 5, line 25, insert the following be- to. ment is so modified. fore the period: ‘‘: Provided further, That the Mr. JOHNSTON. I move to reconsider The amendment (No. 5099), as modi- Secretary of the Army acting through the the vote. fied, is as follows: Chief of Engineers, is authorized and di- Mr. DOMENICI. I move to table the In amendment No. 5098, strike lines 3 rected to initiate construction on the fol- through 9 and insert in lieu thereof: lowing projects in the amounts specified: motion. On page 19, line 3, strike ‘‘2,749,043,000,’’ ‘‘Kake Harbor, Alaska, $4,000,000; The motion to lay on the table was and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘2,764,043,000,’’ and ‘‘Helena and Vicinity, Arkansas, $150,000; agreed to. on page 20, line 9, strike ‘‘220,200,000’’ and in- ‘‘San Lorenzo, California, $200,000; Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I will sert in lieu thereof ‘‘205,200,000.’’. ‘‘Panama City Beaches, Florida, $400,000; go through and make sure the Senators Insert where appropriate: ‘‘TECHNOLOGY ‘‘Chicago Shoreline, Illinois, $1,300,000; know which of their requests are in DEVELOPMENT FOR THE DEFENSE ENVIRON- ‘‘Pond Creek, Jefferson City, Kentucky, this amendment, but I will go through MENTAL RESTORATION AND WASTE MANAGE- $3,000,000; ‘‘Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, $500,000; the comprehensive amendment that MENT.—Within available funds, up to $2,000,000 is provided for demonstration of ‘‘Poplar Island, Maryland, $5,000,000; takes care of many amendments that stir-melter technology developed by the De- ‘‘Natchez Bluff, Mississippi, $5,000,000; were pending, not all of which cost partment and previously intended to be used ‘‘Wood River, Grand Isle, Nebraska, money, and some of these have offsets at the Savannah River site. In carrying out $1,000,000; from other provisions in the bill. this demonstration, the Department is di- ‘‘Duck Creek, Cincinnati, Ohio, $466,000; An increase in solar and renewable rected to seek alternative use of this tech- ‘‘Saw Mill River, Pittsburgh, Pennsyl- energy by $2,372,000 in behalf of Sen- nology in order to maximize the investment vania, $500,000; ‘‘Upper Jordan River, Utah, $1,100,000; ator JEFFORDS and others; stir-melter already made in this technology.’’. Insert where appropriate: ‘‘MAINTENANCE ‘‘San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico, $800,000; technology, Senator LOTT and others, OF SECURITY AT GASEOUS DIFFUSION and $2 million; allow guards at enrichment PLANTS.—Section 161k. of the Atomic Energy ‘‘Allendale Dam, Rhode Island, $195,000: plants to carry sidearms, MCCONNELL Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2201k.) is amended by Provided further, That no fully allocated and others; technical corrections to the striking ‘subsection;’ and inserting the fol- funding policy shall apply to construction of USEC Privatization Act regarding the lowing: ‘subsection. With respect to the Pa- the projects listed above, and the Secretary Thrift Savings Plan, MCCONNELL and ducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Kentucky, of the Army is directed to undertake these others; provide DOE authority to offer and the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion projects using continuing contracts where Plant, Ohio, the guidelines shall require, at a sufficient funds to complete the projects are voluntary separation incentives, re- not available from funds provided herein or quested by the Secretary; Tahoe Basin minimum, the presence of an adequate num- ber of security guards carrying sidearms at in prior years.’’ study, Senator REID; Walker River all times to ensure maintenance of security On page 14, line 1, strike ‘‘$410,499,000’’ and Basin study, Senator REID; study of the at the gaseous diffusion plants;’.’’ insert ‘‘$398,596,700’’. water needs of the Cheyenne River Insert where appropriate: ‘‘Provided, That On page 15, line 13, insert the following be- Sioux, DASCHLE; language that would funds made available by this Act for the de- fore the period: ‘‘: Provided further, That require 50 percent of the Montgomery partmental administration may be used by $1,500,000 shall be available for construction Point lock and dam project be derived the Secretary of Energy to offer employees of McCall Wastewater Treatment, Idaho fa- cility, and $1,000,000 shall be available for from the Inland Waterway trust fund, voluntary separation incentives to meet staffing and budgetary reductions and re- Devils Lake desalination, North Dakota Senator BUMPERS; maintenance of structuring needs through September 30, 1997 project’’. dredging at Cocheco River project, consistent with plans approved by the Office On page 29, between lines 5 and 6, insert Senator SMITH; Mill Creek project in of Management and Budget. The amount of the following: Ohio, half a million dollars; Virginia each incentive shall be equal to the smaller ‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES Beach erosion control for the State of of the employee’s severance pay, or $20,000. ‘‘For expenses necessary to carry out the Virginia; tritium production, addi- Voluntary separation recipients who accept functions of the United States member of the tional $10 million requested by the Sen- employment with the Federal Government, Delaware River Basin Commission as author- ator from South Carolina; rural water or enter into a personal services contract ized by law (75 Stat. 716), $342,000.’’ with the Federal Government within 5 years system development mid-Dakota, for On page 33, between lines 7 and 8, insert after separation shall repay the entire the following: Senators PRESSLER and DASCHLE. amount to the Department of Energy.’’. Mr. JOHNSTON. Will the Senator On page 2, between lines 24 and 25, insert ‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES yield? the following: ‘‘Tahoe Basin Study, Nevada ‘‘For expenses necessary to carry out the Mr. DOMENICI. Helena and vicinity, and California, $200,000; Walker River Basin functions of the United States member of the Arkansas. restoration study, Nevada and California, Susquehana River Basin Commission, as au- I am happy to yield. $300,000;’’ thorized by law (84 Stat. 1541), $322,000.’’ On page 3, line 20, strike ‘‘construction On page 17, line 19, strike ‘‘$48,971,000’’ and AMENDMENT NO. 5099, AS MODIFIED costs for Montgomery Point Lock and Dam, insert ‘‘$48,307,000’’. Mr. JOHNSTON. I am advised there Arkansas, and’’ On page 7, line 19, insert the following be- was a pending objection by Senator On page 13, line 21, after ‘‘expended’’ insert fore the period: ‘‘Provided further, That GLENN to part of the first amendment ‘‘: Provided further, That within available $750,000 is for the Buford-Trenton Irrigation relating to the U.S. Enrichment Cor- funds, $150,000 is for completion of the feasi- District, Section 33, erosion control project poration. bility study of alternatives for meeting the in North Dakota’’. Therefore, I move to vitiate the ac- drinking water needs of Cheyenne River Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I tion just taken with respect to the fol- Sioux Reservation and surrounding commu- don’t know the extent of the disagree- nities’’. lowing language. In other words, the On page 7, line 19, add the following before ment on that amendment. But I won’t following language of that first amend- the period: ‘‘Provided further, That the Sec- object. We will try to work it out. It ment should be deleted. retary of the Army is directed to use $600,000 seems there is a difference of opinion. Insert where appropriate: Technical cor- of funding provided herein to perform main- We will get the staff and Senators to- rection to the USEC Privatization Act—Sec- tenance dredging of the Cocheco River navi- gether quick and see what we can do. tion 3110(b) of the USEC Privatization Act gation project, New Hampshire.’’. I will continue to read the list: (Public Law 104–134, title III, chapter 1, sub- On page 5, after line 2, insert the following: San Lorenzo, CA, $200,000; Panama chapter A) is amended by striking paragraph ‘‘Mill Creek, Ohio, $500,000; ’’. (3) and inserting the following: On page 5, line 8, strike ‘‘$6,000,000’’ and in- City FL, $400,000; Shoreline in Chicago, (3) The Corporation shall pay the Thrift sert in lieu thereof ‘‘$8,000,000’’. $1.3 million; $3 million for Pond Creek Savings Fund such employee and agency On page 23, line 22, strike ‘‘$5,615,210,000’’ in Jefferson City, KY; Boston Harbour, contributions as are required or authorized and insert ‘‘$5,605,210,000’’; and on page 23, $500,000; Poplar Island, MD, a program

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS S9048 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 29, 1996 both Senators support and the adminis- For a number of years, the Congres- President Reagan created jobs in the tration supports, $5 million; Natchez sional Budget Office has recommended 1980’s, and that is how we need to cre- Bluff, MS, $5 million; $1 million for the elimination of the ARC as one of ate jobs as we approach the year 2000. Wood River, NE; and, hence, others not the many options for deficit reduction. Mr. President, what does not make listed here that are clearly stated. Last year, both the Senate and the any sense about this program is that it Mr. President, that means we have House passed a budget resolution call- is one of 62 Federal economic develop- adopted the underlying amendment ing for the elimination of ARC. This ment programs that are under the ju- and the amendment that Senator JOHN- year, the House budget resolution has risdiction of 18 different departments STON and I offered. We are now ready again assumed further savings from a and agencies. Yet the ARC is the only for additional amendments. phased-in downsizing of ARC. While the major Government agency targeted to- Mr. President, I suggest the absence House-passed appropriations bill pro- ward a specific region of the country. of a quorum. vides $155 million for the Appalachian Many of the projects funded by the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Regional Commission and requires con- ARC duplicate activities are already clerk will call the roll. tinued downsizing, the Senate bill funded by other Federal agencies. The bill clerk proceeded to call the grants $165 million—that is $10 million For instance, the $104 million Appa- roll. more than approved by the House—and lachian highway development project Mr. GRAMS. Mr. President, I ask it does not address the question of provided by the Senate Energy and unanimous consent that the order for downsizing. Water Appropriations bill also falls the quorum call be rescinded. There are no persuasive justifications under the jurisdiction of the Transpor- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without for the Senate funding level. The pro- tation Department’s Federal highway objection, it is so ordered. gram should be terminated. Yet there program. Other projects of the ARC are Mr. GRAMS. Mr. President, may I appears to be no congressional will to funded by agencies such as the Depart- also ask what the pending business is end any program once it has been au- ment of Housing and Urban Develop- before the Senate? thorized. That is why I have sought to ment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The sunset Federal programs since I came As one Member of Congress rightly pending business is the Johnston, for to Congress. pointed out, ‘‘What the Appalachian Wellstone, amendment. Mr. President, the Appalachian Re- Regional Commission does is essen- Mr. GRAMS. Mr. President, I ask gional Commission was created in 1965 tially allow 13 States in this country to unanimous consent that the current as a temporary response to poverty in double dip into infrastructure money, business be set aside so that I may Appalachia. Let me say that again. In money to do economic development offer an amendment. 1965, it was created as a temporary re- and money also to do highway and The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without sponse to poverty in Appalachia. water construction and projects like objection, it is so ordered. Today, over 30 years later, despite the that.’’ infusion of more than 7 billion tax- AMENDMENT NO. 5100 While the ARC claims to allocate payer dollars into the region, we are funds for the poor rural communities of (Purpose: To limit funding for Appalachian still pouring money into the area under Regional Commission at House-passed Appalachia, these areas are no worse level and require the Commission to be the pretext of fighting poverty. If the off than rural communities in Min- phased out in 5 years) Appalachia region is still impover- nesota, in Arizona, or the 35 other Mr. GRAMS. I send an amendment to ished, we should ask ourselves why we States that do not benefit from ARC the desk have spent so much money for so many funding. In fact, in my home State of The PRESIDING OFFICER. The years, and why poverty in this region Minnesota, 12.8 percent of my constitu- clerk will report. requires still more Federal dollars than ents live below the poverty level, and The assistant legislative clerk read other poverty-stricken areas of our that is a disturbing statistic. It is high- as follows: country. er than many States which benefit We should also question the real con- from the ARC funding, such as Vir- The Senator from Minnesota [Mr. GRAMS] tribution the ARC has made to any proposes an amendment numbered 5100. ginia, which is at 9.4 percent; Mary- long-term economic development of land, at 11.6; Pennsylvania, at 11.7; and Mr. GRAMS. Mr. President, I ask the Appalachia. unanimous consent that reading of the Ohio, at 12.6 percent. A study conducted by scholar Mi- So these States benefit from ARC amendment be dispensed with. chael Bradshaw in 1992 might help to The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without funding because of poverty levels, yet provide us with some kind of an an- my home State of Minnesota, which objection, it is so ordered. swer. After analyzing 25 years of Gov- The amendment is as follows: does not, of course, enjoy ARC funding, ernment policy in the region, Mr. Brad- is at 12.8 percent. But do Minnesotans On page 28, line 16, strike ‘‘$165,000,000’’ and shaw concludes: insert ‘‘$155,331,000’’. have a Federal program designed just The great paradox of Appalachian develop- for them? Of course not, and I am not On page 28, line 17, at the end of the sen- ment since 1960 is that although relatively tence, add the following: ‘‘The Commission greater sums of money have been invested in advocating that we should. shall provide the House and Senate Appro- central Appalachia, this part of the region To pay for something like the ARC priations Committee a specific plan for has shown the lowest ability to increase its on a nationwide basis would require downsizing.’’ economic and social indicators relative to billions of dollars, funded either by Mr. GRAMS. Mr. President, this is a the rest of the United States. cutting more from other programs, very moderate and a very straight- The region as a whole has made borrowing money from our children, in- forward amendment. It would simply strides over the past 25 years toward creasing the deficit, or by raising adopt the funding for the Appalachian improving conditions for attracting taxes. The first option is unlikely. The Regional Commission at the House- new sources of employment, but Mr. remaining three are completely unac- passed level of $10 million less than the Bradshaw goes on to say that ‘‘these ceptable. Already, for every dollar the Senate level and require that the com- changes have had more to do with ex- taxpayers of my State send to the Fed- mission provide a specific plan for fu- ternal economic factors than with the eral Treasury, they receive only 82 ture downsizing and elimination. influence of the ARC.’’ cents of Government services. For Mr. President, this is not a new issue. Now, in the 1980’s, there was strong every dollar they send to the Federal We have debated it many times before, growth in the area which mirrored the Treasury, Minnesotans receive only 82 and I offered a very similar amendment economic growth of the country at cents worth of the Government’s serv- last year. The reason I bring it up large. During this time, ARC funding ices, but the States which benefit from again is simple. I want to remind the was reduced by 40 percent. Did the re- ARC funding receive on average $1.21 American people that pork-barrel gion suffer? On the contrary. Taxes for every tax dollar they contribute. spending is alive and well in Wash- were cut and unemployment rates fell So for every dollar they send in, they ington, and Congress has demonstrated by 38 percent. get $1.21 back from Washington, while little courage to phase out or eliminate That is how President Kennedy cre- in my State of Minnesota, for every these costly types of programs. ated jobs back in the 1960’s, that is how dollar we send in, we get 82 cents back.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS July 29, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S9049 Minnesota has been a good neighbor that this will be the culmination of his cleanup and remediation at sites like and has contributed more than its fair service in the Senate. He will be great- INEL, Savannah River, and Hanford, share, but when Minnesotans see ly missed because of the expertise and and save American taxpayers money in $750,000 of ARC funds spent on a sum- experience and enthusiasm that he the long run. These funds will show the mer practice stadium for the National brings to today’s issues of energy and American people that this Senate will Football League’s Carolina Panthers, natural resources. A wealth of knowl- deal with the environmental challenges this is a huge slap in the face. edge goes with him and with him our left over from our victory in the cold My point, Mr. President, is not that best wishes as well. war. Minnesota and other States with high The fiscal year 1997 energy and water I urge adoption of the pending bill poverty levels in this country should appropriations bill provides funding for and thank the managers again for this get more Federal assistance but that some of the highest priority Federal re- time. there is a compelling reason to reduce sponsibilities. For example, the bill Mr. President, I yield the floor. the funding for ARC and compelling provides a total of $5.6 billion, an in- THE PACIFIC OCEAN DIVISION OFFICE, U.S. ARMY reasons to continue downsizing a pro- crease of $205 million above the budget CORPS OF ENGINEERS gram that has outlived its original request for the Department of Energy’s Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, I rise mandate. It is ineffective, it is expen- defense environmental management today to thank the managers of this sive, and it simply does not work. program. The DOE defense environ- bill for including my language in com- American taxpayers can no longer af- mental management program includes mittee to prohibit the Army Corps of ford such extravagant spending. It is the safe handling and the treatment of Engineers from obligating funds to time to let this important region of our some of the most toxic materials on close the Pacific Ocean Division [POD] country benefit from the same myriad this planet Earth such as spent nuclear office. of programs that serve other poverty fuel, high-level liquid waste and sur- The Pacific Ocean Division has the areas. These programs can be improved plus weapons grade plutonium—cer- largest civil works jurisdictional area, and streamlined to help stimulate eco- tainly the appropriate use of funds and covering almost a one-third of the nomic development and thereby pro- in fact the addition of these funds. globe. Maintaining the POD office is vide needed Federal assistance to all of The budget increase recommended by very important to the United States’ the country. Our first priority, how- the Senate Appropriations Committee ability to deliver critical military and ever, is to balance our budget, provide is consistent with the increase author- civil works assistance to our allies in tax credits for working Americans, and ized by the defense authorization bill the Asia-Pacific region. to create an environment that will passed by the Senate just a few weeks The POD has been characterized as a stimulate job growth and help to boost ago. The pending appropriations bill model of efficiency and effectiveness, all salaries. provides increases for important pro- particularly in military construction. So, Mr. President, although I strong- grams in Idaho including an increase in In this age of restructuring to improve ly believe that the ARC should be ter- funding for the Department of Energy’s efficiency, the Army Corps of Engi- minated, my amendment does not zero national spent nuclear fuel program. neers proposal seems to undermine out funding for the ARC, nor does it re- In testimony earlier this year, Sec- these goals. duce it significantly, but it simply re- retary O’Leary acknowledged that the I have requested that the Army Corps duces the level of funding to that al- Idaho National Engineering Labora- of Engineers provide me with a de- ready approved by the House, and that tory had been designated as the DOE tailed cost/benefit analysis justifying is to take the $165 million in the Sen- lead lab for the spent nuclear fuel pro- closing the POD. I have not been pro- ate bill and to match it with the $155 gram but additional funds to meet vided with this analysis. Until an anal- million currently in the House bill. these new responsibilities had not been ysis is provided that demonstrates that I urge my colleagues to support this provided. the POD is not a model of efficiency moderate amendment. Congress should The bill now before the Senate ad- and effectiveness, I will fight to see show the American people at least a dresses this shortfall. The pending bill that the POD remains open. little courage by slowing down this also provides $200 million to move for- I request that the chairman and Federal spending ‘‘Energizer Bunny,’’ ward with the effort to open a perma- ranking member make every effort to or we could say the ‘‘Energizer Piggy,’’ nent repository for spent nuclear fuel ensure that the Senate position is which keeps going on and going on and at Yucca Mountain. In light of the on- maintained in conference with the going on. going Senate debate regarding the House. I also ask unanimous consent to add Craig bill, this funding, which rep- Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I rise Senator MCCAIN as an original cospon- resents a 32 percent increase over the in strong support of this bipartisan sor of this amendment. fiscal year 1996 level, is certainly ap- bill. It contains funding for many pro- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. propriate and needed. grams and projects important to our DOMENICI). Without objection, it is so The bill also provides almost $4 bil- Nation and my region. I thank Chair- ordered. lion, an increase of $269 million, for the man DOMENICI and Senator JOHNSTON— Mr. GRAMS. If there is no further de- Department of Energy’s nuclear weap- and their very capable staffs—for the bate, I ask for the yeas and nays on my ons program. These funds are essential superb jobs they have done. amendment. to ensure that our nuclear stockpile re- Cleanup and restoration of the Han- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a mains safe and reliable. ford site is one of my top priorities. In sufficient second? The pending bill also funds important this bill, the Department of Energy’s There appears to be. energy functions of the Department of Environmental Management program The yeas and nays were ordered. Energy. The bill provides $20 million is well funded. While I disagree with Mr. GRAMS. I thank the Chair. for the electrometallurgical dem- the allocation of resources between de- Mr. KEMPTHORNE addressed the onstration program at Argonne Na- fense and nondefense programs in the Chair. tional Lab. This important program to majority’s budget, I appreciate that The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- treat DOE spent nuclear fuel for final some of that extra defense money goes ator from Idaho. disposition is reduced by $5 million to worthwhile programs, like environ- Mr. KEMPTHORNE. Mr. President, I from the budget request. I will address mental management. rise in support of the pending appro- this reduction with the chairman and One aspect of the EM program that priations bill, and I thank the manager the ranking member at the appropriate continues to trouble me is the ap- of the bill, the able Senator from New time. proach the Department has taken to Mexico, who is currently the Presiding I want to offer my praise for the privatization at Hanford. I appreciate Officer of the Senate, Senator DOMEN- funding levels provided in this bill and the subcommittee’s effort to minimize ICI, for his tremendous leadership on to the leadership, again, of the two the impact of privatization by sug- these issues dealing with energy and managers of this bill. The funding in- gesting that only $150 million, rather water, and the senior Senator from crease for the defense environmental than $185 million, be taken from the Louisiana, BENNETT JOHNSTON, noting management program will expedite tank farm operating budget in order to

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While I support for an amendment offered by nificant waves. am a supporter of privatization, I be- Senator JEFFORDS regarding funding I want to use the time for a couple of lieve sweeping changes must be well for renewable energy. In the last 2 minutes to talk about the difference thought out and should not harm ongo- years, funding for wind, solar, and between what we confront in the elec- ing efforts to stabilize the tank farms. other renewable energy research and tioneering, or the political efforts Mr. President, this administration development programs has been cut by these days, and what the American has done a terrific job of moving Han- almost 40 percent. Last year, the Sen- people expect us to confront in terms ford cleanup forward. For years, Han- ate restored some of the funding for of the issues they face day-to-day. ford has been largely a money hole into these important programs, but eventu- If one were to view the activities which enormous Federal dollars were ally the renewables program lost from time to time, especially when we thrown, but little was accomplished. I ground in conference with the House. I get 1 hour or 2 hours set aside for a want to recognize the accomplishments want to lend my voice to many of my couple of my friends from the other of Secretary O’Leary’s Department of colleagues who support renewable en- side of the aisle who then recruit sev- Energy and the people at Hanford who ergy and see such programs as a crit- eral others, as was the case today, and have done such an outstanding job of ical component of the Federal Govern- have five, six or seven people come and reducing costs and increasing results. ment’s commitment to future genera- repeat a message to try to get that Let me share some of the latest re- tions and a healthy environment. message out to the country, it is kind sults at Hanford. Again, I thank Senators DOMENICI of like watching beavers build a dam: There are several specific cleanup and JOHNSTON for their work on this They slap their tails, they are out programs that have made significant important bill and urge my colleagues there gnawing, chewing and biting and progress recently. One of those is at to support final passage. knocking down trees. the Plutonium Uranium Extraction Mr. President, I suggest the absence In this case, however, it is inter- [PUREX] Plant where the criticality of a quorum. esting. These are, it seems to me, polit- system was shut off forever last month. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ical beavers building a dam where The alarm is not necessary because clerk will call the roll. there is no water, which I find inter- there is no longer a chance of a nuclear The assistant legislative clerk pro- esting. Slapping the water and chewing accident at the 40-year-old plant. This ceeded to call the roll. on dead wood seems hardly productive shows tremendous progress and is evi- Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask to me, but it is a way to pass the day dence of the dedication of Hanford em- unanimous consent that the order for for some, I suppose. ployees—who reached this goal 16 the quorum call be rescinded. Most people sitting at home these The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. months ahead of schedule and $47 mil- days look at this political system of KEMPTHORNE). Without objection, it is lion under budget. ours and say, ‘‘Why can’t you all work so ordered. The K-basin’s spent fuel project is together?’’ We have an Olympics going Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, with also on track. The canister storage on, and in the Olympics, what is inter- the consent of the manager, if no one is building is 15 percent complete and the esting is they all wear jerseys, and the here to offer amendments or speak on managers estimate they can begin jerseys identify one team versus an- the bill, I ask unanimous consent to large-scale spent fuel removal by De- other team. proceed for 10 minutes as in morning cember 1997. At that time, fuel will be I particularly have enjoyed watching business, with the understanding that removed from both K-basins to be various sports in the Olympics and, I if someone comes to present an amend- cleaned, loaded into baskets, placed in must confess, I root for all the ath- ment, I will be happy to relinquish the multi-canister overpacks, dried in a letes. I think it is a wonderful thing to floor. cold vacuum, and placed in the canister The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there see these young men and women, in storage building. Already, several hun- objection? some cases older men and women, com- dred spent fuel canisters have been re- Mr. DOMENICI. I have no objection. pete, but I, like most others, especially moved and cleaned; and the system is The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without want those people who wear the red, working as planned. Another point of objection, it is so ordered. The Senator white and blue jerseys to do very well, interest is that project acceleration de- is recognized for 10 minutes. because they compete with a little logo cisions made and implemented in 1995 Mr. DORGAN. I appreciate the cour- that says ‘‘USA.’’ They are all on the have saved $350 million and will allow tesy of the managers. Again, business same team. the project to be completed 4 years on the bill itself takes precedence. I The American people elect different early. This is great progress. will not continue if someone comes to kinds of men and women to the U.S. The Pacific Northwest National Lab- do business on this bill. House and Senate. My guess is they ex- oratory is in the final stages of con- f pect us to all be on the same team. We struction of the new Environmental might all have different techniques, Molecular Sciences Laboratory ELECTIONEERING VERSUS DAY-TO- different strengths, and different ap- [EMSL]. The lab is a critical compo- DAY ISSUES proaches, but they really do, in the nent of our efforts to develop the sci- Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I came long term, at the end of the day expect entific understanding needed to create to the floor today, however, because as us to be working for the same ends. innovative and cost-effective tech- has been the case on most days, we We can, I suppose, spend most of our nologies for environmental remedi- have had five Republicans come to the energy being critical and chewing away ation. EMSL scientists will research floor today to talk about President and gnawing away and flailing away, soil and water quality, waste charac- Clinton and the White House. I under- but it hardly seems very productive. terization, processing, and health ef- stand that and understand it is an We have been working on a number fects. This state-of-the-art facility will even-numbered year, and the Constitu- of things in this Congress which I complement the Hanford cleanup mis- tion of the United States provides in think are interesting. The Federal def- sion and make a positive contribution even-numbered years that we have icit: Some say unless you put some- to many of our most troubling environ- elections. On even numbered years thing in the Constitution, you have not mental and pollution problems. when we have elections, clearly there addressed the Federal deficit issue. Mr. President, I appreciate the com- is interest for one side or the other to Yet, the Federal deficit has been com- mitment of this body and the adminis- try to gnaw away and chew away the ing down, way down, and that is good tration to the cleanup of former de- foundation of the base of the others. news. fense production sites, like Hanford. I I watch from time to time, as orga- We have some people who rush to the pledge to work with my colleagues to nized groups come to the floor and we floor to explain why one person or

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There are a series of You know, the reason I came over issues, the need for the American peo- tax changes helpful to small business, today, after five people have talked ple to have Congress address the issue but there is a provision—and I bet about the subject of President Clinton of being able to take your health care there are not five Members of the Sen- again, is, we have, it seems to me, cre- from one job to another and not lose ate who know it is there—a provision ated in American politics an infection coverage because you change jobs or that comes from the House, and here it of sorts, an infection that suggests that find you can’t get health care because is: we always have to be sawing away, al- your child or your spouse or someone It is a provision called 956(A) dealing ways have to be chipping away and in your family has a preexisting condi- with the Tax Code. That provision sawing away and gnawing away and tion. Those are very important issues, says, ‘‘Let’s make it easier for compa- biting away, or somehow we are not and I think we finally made progress. nies to invest in jobs overseas.’’ The doing the public’s work. That is not It has taken a long, long while, but I Congress already passed that once, by the public’s work at all. That is the think we are going to have a health the way, and the President vetoed that newly defined vision of American poli- care bill that finally gets done and gets in a larger bill. But let’s make it easier tics that I think is fundamentally signed by the President. for American companies to create jobs wrong. That would be a significant accom- overseas as opposed to jobs here. There was, a couple of years ago, plishment. I hope we don’t have much I am interested to know whether the something put out by this new wave of foot dragging in the coming weeks with Senate conferees will accept that pro- politicians who took control in the last respect to that issue, because that is vision of the House, which is a terrible year or so, last couple of years. There something the American people want provision. I have no idea how anyone was a primer put out by an organiza- and need. thinking clearly could believe that re- tion called GOPAC, and they put out We have been working on the issue of pealing this provision, 956(A), which we tapes. They had instructional sessions the minimum wage. Some say there did 3 years ago to try to tighten up on for candidates. They put out a primer: shouldn’t even be a minimum wage. If the loophole that exists to encourage ‘‘Here is how you talk. Here is what you believe that, why don’t you bring a people to move their jobs overseas, I you say. Here is how you appeal to peo- bill to the floor to repeal the minimum have no idea how people believe it is in ple.’’ In it, they did something that I wage? this country’s interest to make it more basically consider reprehensible. They There are some around here who say attractive for companies to move their said, ‘‘When you talk about yourself, we do not want a minimum wage, let jobs overseas. you use contrasting words for yourself. the market system set the wage; let 12- That is something we are going to Always try to use the words like ‘hard year-olds work for 12 cents an hour. I have to watch, because if it comes back work, toughness, flag, family, coun- heard some people suggest that, by the to the Senate, some of us are going to try.’’’ They said, ‘‘When you talk way, not here on the floor of the Sen- be very upset and very aggressive. about your opponent, whenever you are ate. But there are some people in this Let me, Mr. President, say those are talking about your opponent, you need political debate who believe there the issues that make sense. I mean, to use the terms ‘sick, permissive, pa- should be no minimum wage at all. If those are the issues we ought to be thetic, traitor.’’’ you believe that, bring a bill to the dealing with—health care, minimum This is an organization, incidentally, floor. Why don’t you represent a posi- wage, economic growth, the deficit. that has been winning. They won the tion that hearkens back to half a cen- There will be economic growth fig- last election. This organization trained tury ago and say, in your judgment, ures out at the end of this week, both the candidates that won the last elec- there ought not be a minimum wage? unemployment and GDP figures. The tion. The training manual says: ‘‘If Some of us think that there ought to interesting thing about our country you’re dealing with your opponents, be a minimum wage. We have had one today is if it shows that the country is call them sick, pathetic, traitor,’’ fun- now for some 60 years. The question is, growing well and has a robust eco- damentally corrupting the American when should it be adjusted? nomic growth figure for the last quar- process, I say. That is not what the po- The last time the people at the bot- ter, if it shows that more people are litical process ought to be about. tom rung of the economic ladder got a working, we have fewer unemployed, Calling your opponents traitors, sick, raise was 7 years ago, in 1989, when the what is going to happen? Well, if what pathetic—what is sick and pathetic is Congress last enacted legislation ad- has happened in the last year will hap- the new style and the new brand of pol- justing the minimum wage. pen again, Wall Street will have an ap- itics that believes this advances the There are some who say, ‘‘Well, if oplectic seizure and look for windows public interest in this country. you adjust the minimum wage, it is to jump out of. They will want to find What advances the public interest in going to cost a lot of lost jobs.’’ The in- a doorway to the roof, I suppose. this country is, if and when both sides teresting thing about that is, I have The slightest bit of good economic in the two major political parties fi- not heard anyone suggest when the news creates, on Wall Street, some nally come to the same point and are CEO’s of major U.S. corporations get a kind of enormous sense of sadness and addressing the same central issues, 23-percent increase in their salaries in sorrow and concern, and all of a sud- even in different ways—jobs, education, 1 year—a 23-percent increase in 1 den, we see stock prices drop, bond health care, the environment, family year—I have never heard someone say, prices drop. I do not have any idea why farming. When both sides are address- ‘‘Gee, that’s going to cost lost jobs.’’ they seem to be out of step with the in- ing them, even if they have substan- But take someone at the bottom of the terests of the rest of the country. I tially different views, they are at least economic ladder working at minimum guess they think if we have any kind of addressing the public’s business, at wage and suggest after 7 years they get good economic news at all, they are least addressing the things that most a very small increase—not 23 percent worried that over the horizon we will American families want to see the Con- in 1 year, but a freeze for 7 years and have more inflation. They are wrong gress address. then a small increase—and all of a sud- about that. But when they are off always sawing den the sky is falling. The fact is, wages in this country are away at the bottom of the tree, always We have worked on that, and I am going down, not coming up, have been biting and nibbling, always trying to pleased to say, finally, that those who going down consistently for about 20 figure out how you can simply destroy were holding that bill hostage have years. So we do not have the threat of the base somehow, it seems to me you seen the light. We are moving that. I more inflation. What we have is a can hardly be called builders, you can hope maybe by the end of this week we threat of our economy not producing hardly be called—in the tradition of can have a bill passed that addresses enough, not growing enough in order to those who always believed there would that issue. produce the kind of robust opportunity be enough people to make this system

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Mr. ROCKEFELLER, and others regarding build the political system that the f the United States-Japan semicon- American people want. ductor trade agreement which is set to My hope is that in the coming ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOP- expire on July 31 of this year. weeks—we have just 1 week left before MENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, His resolution, after recounting the there is an August break, and then 1997 history of this agreement, resolves about 4 or 5 weeks left before we will The Senate continued with consider- that: It is the sense of the Senate that, adjourn for the election—my hope is ation of the bill. if a new United States-Japan semicon- that during that time we will see sub- ductor agreement is not concluded by LAKE TRAVERSE stantially more cooperation, substan- July 31 of this year, that, first, it en- Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I want tially less confrontation, and legisla- sures continued calculation of foreign to take just a couple of minutes, I will tion enacted by the House and the Sen- market share in Japan according to the be very brief, to make a point to those ate that addresses the central ques- formula set forth in the current agree- tions of people’s concerns. I mentioned managing this legislation. ment, and, second, provides for con- a few of them. Are they safe? Can they My understanding is an amendment tinuation of current measures to deter walk the streets? What about crime? has been noticed dealing with the issue renewed dumping of semiconductors in Do they have jobs for themselves and of Lake Traverse. I want it to be clear the United States and in third country their children? Does the education sys- that if an amendment is offered on markets, the President shall do three tem work? Are our schools good Lake Traverse, I will oppose that things: First, direct the Office of the enough? If not, what will make them amendment. Trade Representative to provide for better? The issue is a lake in South Dakota. unilateral United States Government Can we fix the health care system to There is some concern about the water calculation and publication of the for- deal with preexisting conditions and level in that lake. The water level and eign share of the Japanese semicon- portability of health care coverage, and the amount of water held for flood con- ductor market, according to the for- make health care affordable for all peo- trol disadvantages people around Lake mula set forth in the current agree- ple? Can we address the issue of those Traverse. It is also true, that Lake ment; second, report to the Congress frozen at the bottom of the economic Traverse is used less for flood control on a quarterly basis regarding the ladder working for very low wages who and as the lake water level is lowered, progress, or lack thereof, in increasing have been frozen for 7 years? Can we more water would be flushed out of the foreign market access to the Japanese adjust the minimum wage? lake and into the Red River, adversely semiconductor market; and, third, take Those are the central kinds of ques- affecting a good number of commu- all necessary and appropriate actions tions that if the Congress does address, nities along the Red River. to ensure that all United States trade will, I think, relate to the concerns of We did have a meeting with the St. laws with respect to foreign market ac- most of the American people. Paul District, Corps of Engineers folks cess and injurious dumping are expedi- Mr. President, I will yield the floor. and the staffs of a number of congres- tiously and vigorously enforced with My hope is that, although we are going sional delegations about what kind of respect to the United States-Japan to run through some appropriations collaborative effort could be developed semiconductor trade. bills this week, my hope is that a num- to make sure the interests of all par- I send the amendment to the desk ber of these other issues coming out of ties are resolved in an appropriate way. and ask for its immediate consider- conference will be addressed as well. Legislation introduced here in the ation. f Senate, if such an amendment is intro- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The SENATOR BENNETT JOHNSTON duced, would represent a unilateral clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, let me way to do this. I will not support that. make one final observation. The Sen- It seems to me we have a cir- The Senator from Louisiana (Mr. JOHN- cumstance where a lake project was STON), for Mr. ROCKEFELLER, for himself, Mr. ator who is on the Democratic side of CRAIG, Mr. BYRD, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. KEMP- the aisle working on this bill, Senate authorized many, many years ago for the purpose of flood control. I under- THORNE, and Mr. DOMENICI, proposes an BENNETT JOHNSTON, as was mentioned amendment numbered 5101. stand some of the controversy about it. by Senator KEMPTHORNE and others Mr. JOHNSTON. Mr. President, I ask If the Congress is going to instruct the today, is one of, I think, the most ad- unanimous consent that reading of the Corps to manage that lake in a way mired Senators in this country. amendment be dispensed with. He does it the right way. He address- that diminishes opportunity for flood The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without es public issues in a thoughtful and re- control, then the question is, who is objection, it is so ordered. sponsible way. He is going to leave the going to bear the cost of that? The amendment is as follows: Congress. I believe Members from both There will be a number of commu- At the appropriate place, insert: political parties would look at Senator nities in North Dakota and Minnesota SECTION 1. FINDINGS. JOHNSTON’s public record and, with ad- up on the Red River that will bear the The U.S.-Japan Semiconductor Trade miration, say this is someone who has cost of it. To the extent this problem is Agreement is set to expire on July 31, 1996; served long and well in public service addressed and resolved, it must be re- The Governments of the United States and in this country and someone to whom solved in a collaborative way, not Japan are currently engaged in negotiations we owe a debt of thanks and gratitude. through this kind of legislation. over the terms of a new U.S.-Japan agree- I know this will likely be the last bill ment on semiconductors; If such an amendment is offered and The President of the United States and the that he is involved in managing with I understand one has been referenced, I Prime Minister of Japan agreed to the G–7 the Senator from New Mexico on the intend to oppose it. I yield the floor. Summit in June that their two governments floor of the Senate. I did want to take I suggest the absence of a quorum. should conclude a mutually acceptable out- the opportunity to wish him well in The PRESIDING OFFICER. The come of the semiconductor dispute by July whatever new career he chooses. I am clerk will call the roll. 31, 1996, and that there should be a con- sure there are many opportunities The assistant legislative clerk pro- tinuing role for the two governments in the ahead of him. new agreement; ceeded to call the roll. The current U.S.-Japan Semiconductor Mr. President, I yield the floor, and I Mr. JOHNSTON. Mr. President, I ask make a point of order that a quorum is Trade Agreement has put in place both gov- unanimous consent that the order for not present. ernment-to-government and industry-to-in- the quorum call be rescinded. dustry mechanisms which have played a The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. JEF- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without vital role in allowing cooperation in replace FORDS). The clerk will call the roll. objection, it is so ordered. conflict in these important high technology The legislative clerk proceeded to sector such as by providing for joint calcula- AMENDMENT NO. 5101 call the roll. tion of foreign market share in Japan, deter- Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask Mr. JOHNSTON. Mr. President, I am rence of dumping, and promotion of indus- unanimous consent that the order for sending to the desk a sense-of-the-Sen- trial cooperation in the designing of foreign the quorum call be rescinded. ate resolution on behalf of the distin- semiconductor devices;

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We need to do this in and working on issues involving Japan, The competitiveness and health of the U.S. order to ensure continued access to the especially in the trade area. For that semiconductor industry is of critical impor- reason, I have watched the semicon- tance to the United States’ overall economic Japanese market, and to prevent ille- gal dumping into our market. ductor agreement with keen interest. well-being as well as the nation’s high tech- Many observers think or talk of this nology defense capabilities; Since 1986, when the first Semicon- The economic interests of both the United ductor Agreement was signed, the U.S. particular issue as one that just affects States and Japan are best served by well- share of the Japanese market has the businesses and communities tied to functioning, open markets and deterrence of grown from 8.5 percent to a little more making this technology. But we are ac- dumping in all sectors, including semi- than 17 percent. The United States tually talking about a product often conductors; The Government of Japan continues to op- share of the world market, excluding called chips that play a key role in the pose an agreement that (1) ensures continued Japan, is about 54 percent. Mr. Presi- condition and prospects of many other calculation of foreign market share in Japan dent, each point of the Japanese mar- industries. This type of chips, these according to the formula set forth in the cur- ket is worth about $420 million in sales semiconductors, form the guts of all rent agreement, and (2) provides for continu- to the American economy and jobs, those things shaped out of the steel ation of current measures to deter renewed which translates into about $46.2 mil- dumping of semiconductors in the United that my State of West Virginia pro- lion in increased research and develop- duces, along with plastics and prac- States and in the third country markets; and ment, and $63 million in new capital in- The United States Senate on June 19, 1996, tically everything else that makes our vestment. With numbers like that, I unanimously adopted a sense of the Senate trains run on time, inflates the airbags think it is clear how important it is resolution that the President should take all in our cars, makes the elevator stop on necessary and appropriate actions to ensure that we ensure continued American ac- the continuation of a government-to-govern- cess to the Japanese semiconductor our floors, and of course, powers our ment U.S.-Japan semiconductor trade agree- market. computers. ment before the current agreement expires Mr. President, I had hoped that we My State does not have an Intel or a on July 31, 1996: would start off this week expressing re- Motorola that actually makes the SEC. 2. lief that a new agreement between It is the sense of the Senate that if a new chips. But West Virginia and many U.S.-Japan Semiconductor Agreement is not Japan and the United States has been other states have industries that fall concluded by July 31, 1996, that (a) ensures reached. But unfortunately, that has somewhere in what is called the high continued calculation of foreign market not happened yet. This remains an ex- technology food chain. Semiconductors share in Japan according to the formula set ample of a situation in which American are the result of companies and work- forth in the current agreement, and (b) pro- trade negotiators still are unable to ers who make and provide the mate- vides for continuation of current measures succeed in convincing their Japanese rials that go into the end-product—so- to deter renewed dumping of semiconductors counterparts that it is in our mutual phisticated chips that make the United in the United States and in third country interest to resolve a trade-related issue markets, the President shall— that is about market access and ensur- States one of the world’s powerhouses (1) Direct the Office of the United States in high-tech, and generate business and Trade Representative and the Department of ing fair trade. Commerce to establish a system to provide What surprises me is that industry profits for many other industries for unilateral U.S. Government calculation on both sides of the Pacific, and around around the country. and publication of the foreign share of the the world, have generally applauded Earlier this month, I visited PPG In- Japanese semiconductor market, according the two Semiconductor Agreements. dustries in West Virginia. PPG started to the formula set forth in the current agree- Things have come a long way since ment; more than 100 years ago as the Pitts- (2) Report to the Congress on a quarterly 1986, when the first Semiconductor burgh Plate Glass Co. They are still basis regarding the progress, or lack thereof, Agreement was reached and the U.S. one of the leading flat glass companies in increasing foreign market access to the semiconductor industry was on death’s in the world, but they no longer resem- Japanese semiconductor market; and door. Since then, that agreement and (3) Take all necessary and appropriate ac- ble their ancestor of the 19th century, the subsequent 1991 agreement, along or even the early 20th century. They tions to ensure that all U.S. trade laws with with initiatives like Sematech, have are a 21st century company that makes respect to foreign market access and inju- helped American industry regain its rious dumping are expeditiously and vigor- high performance thermoplastics that footing and become the world leader ously enforced with respect to U.S.-Japan go into the housing for Pentium semiconductor trade, as appropriate. that it is today. Markets around the world are expanding, profits are up, chips—the most advanced semiconduc- Mr. DOMENICI addressed the Chair. tors in today’s personal computers The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- and the outlook for the entire industry [PC’s]. When Japan buys more Amer- ator from New Mexico. is good. Mr. DOMENICI. I ask unanimous But this period of improving market ican made semiconductors and com- consent that I be added as an original access for the U.S. semiconductor mar- puters, the benefits are reaped all the cosponsor. ket and injecting more fairness in our way down the high technology food The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without trade relationship has also been short chain to companies like PPG. objection, it is so ordered. enough that we still need another My hope is that Japan will see how Mr. ROCKEFELLER. Mr. President, I agreement to avoid setbacks or they benefit, in so many ways, from am offering an amendment that is the suprises that could otherwise easily finding common ground with the result of the calendar. I appreciate, confront us and escalate trade-related United States in settling our trade dis- therefore, the cooperation from the bill tension unnecessarily. putes and maintaining the fair and managers in allowing us to use the En- Because the stakes are so high, I ergy-Water appropriations bill as a ve- offer this Sense-of-the-Senate Resolu- open trade arrangements we seek in hicle for drawing attention to an im- tion to call for appropriate action that the case of semiconductors. The United portant issue for Americans. Today is should be taken if an agreement is not States and Japan have deep, meaning- July 29, and in 2 days, on July 31, the reached. Our resolution says: if an ful ties with one another, from our se- Semiconductor Agreement between the agreement on semiconductors is not curity relationship which forms the governments of the United States and reached by July 31—the date when the bedrock of security and stability in Japan expires. current agreement expires, and the East Asia to the leading role we both That is why I rise, on behalf of my- date that Prime Minister Hashimoto play in the world’s economy. We must self, and Senators CRAIG, BYRD, KEMP- agreed to—then the United States continue as friends and as major eco- THORNE, BINGAMAN, DOMENICI, and should unilaterally establish a system nomic players

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In the case of semi- use of this technology in order to maximize in prior years.’’ conductors, the United States should the investment already made in this tech- On page 14, line 1, strike ‘‘$410,499,000’’ and not be asked to risk going back to the nology.’’ insert ‘‘$398,596,700’’. days, from not very long ago, when we Insert where appropriate: ‘‘Provided, That, On page 15, line 13, insert the following be- could not reach the Japanese market funds made available by this Act for depart- fore the period: : Provided further, That with products that are the best in the mental administration may be used by the $1,500,000 shall be available for construction world. I hope Japan will soon agree, Secretary of Energy to offer employees vol- of McCall Wastewater Treatment, Idaho fa- cility, and $1,000,000 shall be available for but until that happens, I offer this res- untary separation incentives to meet staff- ing and budgetary reductions and restruc- Devils Lake Desalination, North Dakota olution to highlight Americans’ stake turing needs through September 30, 1997 con- Project’’. in the outcome and to propose the sistent with plans approved by the Office of On page 29, between lines 5 and 6, insert steps that should be taken to protect Management and Budget. The amount of the following: our economic interests. each incentive shall be equal to the smaller ‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, we of the employee’s severance pay, or $20,000. ‘‘For expenses necessary to carry out the have no objection to the amendment on Voluntary separation recipients who accept functions of the United States member of the our side. employment with the Federal Government, Delaware River Basin Commission, as au- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without or enter into a personal services contract thorized by law (75 Stat. 716), $342,000.’’ with the Federal Government within 5 years objection, the amendment is agreed to. On page 33, between lines 7 and 8, insert after separation shall repay the entire the following: The amendment (No. 5101) was agreed amount to the Department of Energy.’’ ‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES to. On page 2, between lines 24 and 25, insert Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I the following: ‘‘Tahoe Basin Study, Nevada ‘‘For expenses necessary to carry out the move to reconsider the vote by which and California, $200,000; Walker River Basin functions of the United States member of the the amendment was agreed to. restoration study Nevada and California, Susquehanna River Basin Commission as au- Mr. JOHNSTON. I move to lay that $300,000;’’ thorized by law (84 Stat. 1541), $322,000.’’ On page 3, line 20, strike ‘‘construction On page 17, line 19, strike ‘‘$48,971,000’’ and motion on the table. insert ‘‘$48,307,000’’. The motion to lay on the table was costs for Montgomery Point Lock and Dam, Arkansas, and’’ On page 7, line 19, insert the following be- agreed to. On page 13, line 21, after ‘‘expended’’ insert fore the period: ‘‘Provided further, That AMENDMENT NO. 5099 TO AMENDMENT NO. 5098, AS ‘‘:Provided further, That within available $750,000 is for the Buford-Trenton Irrigation FURTHER MODIFIED funds, $150,000 is for completion of the feasi- District, Section 33, erosion control project Mr. JOHNSTON. Mr. President, ear- bility study of alternatives for meeting the in North Dakota’’. lier this afternoon, Senator DOMENICI drinking water needs of Cheyenne River Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, in be- introduced an amendment on his behalf Sioux Reservation and surrounding commu- half of the leader, I ask unanimous and on my behalf a second-degree nities’’. consent—and I understand this has On page 7, line 19, add the following before been approved by the minority—at the amendment, and later we struck a the period: ‘‘:Provided further, That the Sec- paragraph of that amendment. I now, retary of the Army is directed to use $600,000 hour of 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, that is, Mr. President, would like to further of funding provided herein to perform main- July 30, there be 20 minutes for closing correct our action. tenance dredging of the Cocheco River navi- remarks under the control of myself On the first page of amendment No. gation project, New Hampshire.’’ and Senator JOHNSTON or their des- 5098 to S. 1959, on the first page we On page 5, after line 2, insert the following: ignees, and at the hour of 9:50 a.m. should strike the following language— ‘‘Mill Creek, Ohio, $500,000;’’. there be 10 minutes under the control On page 5, line 8, strike ‘‘$6,000,000’’ and in- strike the paragraph that begins: ‘‘In- of Senator MCCAIN, and that at the sert in lieu thereof: ‘‘$8,000,000’’. sert where appropriate: ‘MAINTENANCE On page 23, line 22, strike ‘‘$5,615,210,000’’ hour of 10 a.m. there be 2 minutes for OF SECURITY’’’ et cetera, and ending and insert ‘‘$5,605,210,000’’; and on page 23, debate to be equally divided in the with the phrase: ‘‘SECURITY AT THE line 8, strike ‘‘$3,978,602,000’’ and insert usual form prior to the vote in relation GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANTS;’’. ‘‘$3,988,602,000’’. to amendment No. 5094, to be followed I would like to vitiate that action On page 14, on line 12, after ‘‘amended’’ in- by votes on or in relation to amend- with respect to that paragraph. sert ‘‘$12,500,000 shall be available for the ments Nos. 5095 and 5096, with the same Mr. DOMENICI. Reserving the right Mid-Dakota Rural Water System’’. 2 minutes for debate between each vote to object, did we not do that? On page 6, line 24, strike ‘‘1,700,358,000’’ and to be equally divided, provided that no insert ‘‘1,688,358,000.’’ Mr. JOHNSTON. We took out part of On page 3, line 15, strike ‘‘1,024,195,000’’ and second-degree amendments be in order it but not all of it. insert ‘‘1,049,306,000.’’ to these amendments. Mr. DOMENICI. I understand that On page 5, line 25, insert the following be- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there there is a McConnell amendment, and fore the period: Provided further, That the objection? Without objection, it is so we have the right in his behalf of offer- Secretary of the Army, acting through the ordered. ing it freestanding. Now, as soon as we Chief of Engineers, is authorized and di- Mr. DOMENICI. Just a moment. contact him, we will in short order rected to initiate construction on the fol- I further ask unanimous consent that offer it. This would not preclude us lowing projects in the amounts specified: following the first stacked rollcall ‘‘Lake Harbor, Alaska, $4,000,000; from offering that; is that correct? I ‘‘Helena and Vicinity, Arkansas, $150,000; vote, each remaining vote be limited to ask a parliamentary inquiry. ‘‘San Lorenzo, California, $200,000; 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. That is ‘‘Panama City Beaches, Florida, $400,000; The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there correct. ‘‘Chicago Shoreline, Illinois, $1,300,000; objection? The Chair hears none, and it Mr. DOMENICI. I have no objection. ‘‘Pond Creek, Jefferson City, Kentucky, is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without $3,000,000; Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I objection, the amendment is so modi- ‘‘Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, $500,000; think we have appropriately reserved ‘‘Poplar Island, Maryland, $5,000,000; fied. ‘‘Natchez Bluff, Mississippi, $5,000,000; what everyone wanted us to preserve The amendment (No. 5099) to amend- ‘‘Wood River, Grand Isle, Nebraska and protect, and if I understand cor- ment No. 5098, as further modified, is $1,000,000; rectly—and perhaps Senator JOHNSTON as follows: ‘‘Duck Creek, Cincinnati, Ohio, $466,000; can listen and see if I am right—Sen- In Amendment No. 5098, strike lines 3 ‘‘Saw Mill River, Pittsburgh, Pennsyl- ator GRAMS’ amendment on the Appa- through 9 and insert in lieu thereof: vania, $500,000; lachian Regional Commission is not On page 19, line 3, strike ‘‘2,749,043,000,’’ ‘‘Upper Jordan River, Utah, $1,100,000; provided for in this. Therefore, it will and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘2,764,043,000,’’ and ‘‘San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico, $800,000; on page 20, line 9, strike ‘‘220,200,000 and in- and be taken up in due course tomorrow. sert in lieu thereof ‘‘205,200,000.’’ ‘‘Allendale Dam, Rhode Island, $195,000: But none of this agreement with ref- Insert where appropriate: Within available Provided further, That no fully allocated erence to time limits and/or amend- funds, up to $2,000,000 is provided for dem- funding policy shall apply to construction of ments applies.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS July 29, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S9055 Mr. JOHNSTON. The Senator is cor- together to conduct a highly focused and Regarding recent concerns about termi- rect. goal-oriented technology development pro- nation costs, the Department has been in- Mr. DOMENICI. I understand Senator gram. Since the ALWR program began in formed by its program contractors that sig- 1986, the Department has conducted $800 mil- nificant termination costs may be sought MCCAIN has an amendment pending lion in program activities with a taxpayer from the Department if the FOAKE program striking section 503. It has not been investment of only $300 million. Further, the is terminated prematurely. Many of these disposed of, or provided for, I should federal government will receive reimburse- costs would result from the early termi- say, in this unanimous consent re- ments when the technology developed by the nation of personnel and subcontractors. Wes- quest. So unless we can dispose of it, it FOAKE program is sold. For example, the tinghouse, for example, estimates that the will be pending also tomorrow. I under- federal government should receive approxi- early termination of its portion of the design stand that on the Democratic side, you mately $3 million from General Electric as a certification program would cost about $28 result of its sale of ABWRs to Taiwan are trying to get Senator FEINGOLD, if million. Westinghouse also estimates that (which, unlike the plants GE previously sold he can, to come to the floor with ref- its FOAKE termination costs would be ap- to Japan, are based on technology developed proximately $10 million. Other contractors erence to an Animas LaPlata amend- by the Department’s program). Westinghouse would be expected to seek lesser amounts, ment. Electric Corporation has agreed to pay $25 because their participation in the program is Is there any hope that that will be million to the government with the sale of nearly complete. The Advanced Reactor Cor- forthcoming soon, Senator FEINGOLD its first AP600 to repay design certification poration, which manages the FOAKE pro- on Animas LaPlata? funding and an additional $4 million for each gram, has indicated that it may seek as Mr. JOHNSTON. I am advised he has reactor sold to repay federal FOAKE con- much as $24 million from the Department if tributions. the program is terminated at this stage. an amendment, but we do not have a Second, critics of the program have stated copy of it. Since the potential that these costs might that the program’s authority under the En- have to be paid by DOE has been raised only We are advised he is on his way. ergy Policy Act of 1992 (EPACT) ends in FY recently, we have not fully evaluated the ac- Mr. DOMENICI. All right. There has 1996. In truth, the EPACT limits the First-of- curacy of this claim. The contract appears to been time provided for Senator CAMP- A-Kind Engineering (FOAKE) program to offer some protection from these costs, but it BELL in a previous unanimous consent five years and limits total program funding is possible that the federal government could agreement, but I believe if the amend- to $100 million. The EPACT became law in be held liable for some termination expenses. fiscal year 1993. The Department is, there- ment is offered tonight, the Senator A legal analysis has been initiated to inves- fore, fully authorized under the EPACT to tigate this and other ramifications of an has the privilege of 10 minutes in oppo- apply funds to the FOAKE program in FY sition to it. early shutdown of the ALWR program. 1997. Further, the Department has spent only I hope this information is of assistance to AMENDMENT NO. 5095 about $82 million on the FOAKE activity you. Do not hesitate to call me if you would Mr. JOHNSTON. Mr. President, I program since it began in 1992. There have like additional information. send a letter to the desk addressed to been significant increases in program cost, Sincerely, but these have been absorbed by industry. In me dated today and signed by Terry R. TERRY R. LASH, DIRECTOR, any event, the Department’s General Coun- Lash, Director of the Office of Nuclear Office of Nuclear Energy, sel has determined that the Department is Science and Technology. Energy, Science and Technology, which also fully authorized by the Atomic Energy details the principal arguments against Act to conduct nuclear energy research and Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, might terminating the advanced light water development programs and the EPACT does I ask the Senator from Louisiana a reactor program and, among other not limit this authority. question? In that $40 million that we things, points out that in the fifth year Third, there have been recent statements have been talking to with reference of a 5-year program, the cost to termi- to the effect that there is no U.S. utility in- to—— terested in building new ALWRs. In our Mr. JOHNSTON. It is $22 million. nate this program would exceed the view, the fact that the electric utility indus- Mr. DOMENICI. Senator MCCAIN’s Government’s obligation, which is $22 try has provided hundreds of millions of dol- million in this budget. So it would lars to conduct ALWR activities indicates amendment on the light water reactor, seem foolhardy at best to do so. that utility executives remain interested in can the Senator inform me again what I ask unanimous consent that letter the nuclear option. The Department is aware portion is the light water reactor and be printed in the RECORD. of an invalid recent survey which indicates what portion is now for wrapping up There being no objection, the letter that 89 percent of utility CEOs would not the program? There are two pieces, are was ordered to be printed in the consider ordering new nuclear power plants, there not, 22 and 18? but even a casual examination of the re- RECORD, as follows: Mr. JOHNSTON. Yes, that is correct. sponse data finds that its accuracy is sus- Mr. DOMENICI. The 18 is for termi- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, pect. This survey received responses from nation costs? Washington, DC, July 29, 1996. only 397 of nearly 3600 U.S. electric utili- Hon. J. BENNETT JOHNSTON, ties—and it is not clear that the respondents Mr. JOHNSTON. Of the first-of-a- Ranking Minority Member, Subcommittee on include the 44 utilities that currently own kind engineering program. Energy and Water Development, Committee and operate nuclear power plants. Mr. DOMENICI. Right. on Appropriations, U.S. Senate, Wash- Fourth, there has also been considerable Mr. President, in the afternoon when ington, DC. discussion about General Electric’s decision I spoke about the $40 million program, DEAR SENATOR JOHNSTON: We are pleased to terminate its Simplified Boiling Water two programs that are being stricken to respond to your request for additional in- Reactor (SBWR) activities. The program’s by the McCain amendment, I alluded to formation about our Advanced Light Water critics theorize that this action was taken Reactor (ALWR) program. As we indicated in because there is no market for small plants, those collectively at 40 and as the light our recent letter to Senator Domenici, the including the Westinghouse-designed AP600. water reactor. As a matter of fact, that Department of Energy opposes the amend- It must be recognized that GE’s market is incorrect; $22 million is for the light ment to eliminate funding for the ALWR strategy is very focused on the east Asian water reactor and $18 million is for ter- program from the FY 1997 Energy and Water market—particularly Japan. In many of mination of first-of-a-kind engineering. Development Appropriations Bill. This these countries, there is considerable incen- Wherever I alluded to that, I ask unan- amendment appears to be based on several tive to build large plants with high power ca- imous consent that the RECORD be cor- important misconceptions about the Depart- pacity. Press accounts indicate that GE’s in- rected and there be the distinction ment’s ALWR program. tent apparently is to abandon this small re- One misconception is that it is ‘‘corporate actor in favor of a significantly larger plant made as to the two parts of the $40 mil- welfare.’’ We strongly disagree with this with the same technical approach as the lion. characterization. The program uses limited SBWR. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without federal funds to encourage U.S. industry to Other potential markets are more inter- objection, it is so ordered. pursue R&D that is clearly in the long-term ested in factors such as lower capital cost Mr. DOMENICI. I thank the Chair. interests of the United States. The preserva- and lower complexity—attributes natural to I suggest the absence of a quorum. tion of the nuclear energy option is vital to mid-sized plants. These attributes are very The PRESIDING OFFICER. The the future energy supply in this country. attractive to U.S. utilities and others as clerk will call the roll. In addition to serving the national inter- well. Currently twenty-two countries con- The legislative clerk proceeded to est, this program is designed such that in- tribute funds and personnel to the AP600 pro- dustry provides the majority of program gram. The Department believes that this call the roll. funding. With the Department’s leadership, a represents a significant international inter- Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I ask unique alliance of electric utilities, tech- est in advanced mid-sized nuclear power unanimous consent that the order for nology vendors, and government have come plants with passive safety systems. the quorum call be rescinded.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS S9056 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 29, 1996 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I standing with the State of Washington, or a objection, it is so ordered. move to reconsider the vote. memorandum of understanding with the Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, before Mr. JOHNSTON. I move to lay that State of Washington and the Site Manager of the Hanford Reservation, Washington, in Senator FEINGOLD is recognized, I won- motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was order to address issues of mutual concern to der if I could offer first an amendment such States regarding the Hanford Reserva- that has been approved on the other agreed to. tion; and side on behalf of Senator SIMON. It is AMENDMENT NO. 5104 (2) such agreements are not expected to an amendment regarding $5 million Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I offer create any additional obligation of the De- being made available for research in an amendment which also has been partment of Energy to provide funds to the converting saline water to fresh water. cleared on the other side in behalf of State of Oregon. AMENDMENT NO. 5102 Senator HATFIELD, an amendment, Mr. DOMENICI. We have no objection Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I send ‘‘Opportunity to review and comment to the amendment. an amendment to the desk and ask for by the State of Oregon on certain re- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without its immediate consideration. medial actions at Hanford Reserva- objection, the amendment is agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The tion.’’ I ask for its immediate consider- The amendment (No. 5104) was agreed clerk will report. ation. to. The legislative clerk read as follows: The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I clerk will report. move to reconsider the vote. The Senator from New Mexico [Mr. DOMEN- The legislative clerk read as follows: Mr. JOHNSTON. I move to lay that ICI], for Mr. SIMON, proposes an amendment numbered 5102. The Senator from New Mexico [Mr. DOMEN- motion on the table. ICI], for Mr. HATFIELD, proposes an amend- The motion to lay on the table was On page 19, line 4 add the following before ment numbered 5104. the period: ‘‘: Provided, That $5,000,000 shall agreed to. be available for research into reducing the Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I ask AMENDMENT NO. 5105 costs of converting saline water to flush unanimous consent that reading of the Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, Sen- water’’. amendment be dispensed with. ator MCCAIN is not present today. He Mr. DOMENICI. Is there objection to The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without has asked me to submit—he had three the amendment that is pending? objection, it is so ordered. reservations. This is the third one Mr. JOHNSTON. We are in full agree- The amendment is as follows: striking section 503 from the bill. I ment with that amendment. On page 37 add the following new section: send the amendment to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without SEC. . OPPORTUNITY FOR REVIEW AND COM- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The MENT BY STATE OF OREGON ON objection, the amendment is agreed to. CERTAIN REMEDIAL ACTIONS AT clerk will report. The amendment (No. 5102) was agreed HANFORD RESERVATION, WASH- The legislative clerk read as follows: to. INGTON The Senator from New Mexico [Mr. DOMEN- Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I ‘‘(a) OPPORTUNITY.— ICI], for Mr. MCCAIN, proposes an amendment (1) Subject to subsection (b), the Site Man- numbered 5105. move to reconsider the vote. ager at the Hanford Reservation, Wash- Mr. JOHNSTON. I move to lay that ington, shall, in consultation with the sig- Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I ask motion on the table. natories to the Tri-Party Agreement, pro- unanimous consent that reading of the The motion to lay on the table was vide the State of Oregon an opportunity to amendment be dispensed with. agreed to. review and comment upon any information The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without AMENDMENT NO. 5103 the Site Manager provides the State of objection, it is so ordered. Washington under the Hanford Tri-Party (Purpose: To provide that $10,000,000 shall be The amendment is as follows: Agreement if the agreement provides for the available for the electrometallurgical Strike section 503 of the bill. review and comment upon such information treatment of spent nuclear fuel at Argonne by the State of Washington. Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, this is National Laboratory) (2) In order to facilitate the review and not going to be accepted today. It is an Mr. DOMENICI. In behalf of Senator comment of the State of Oregon under para- amendment which will be pending at KEMPTHORNE and Senator CRAIG, I offer graph (1), the Site Manager shall provide in- the close of business today. I yield the an amendment with reference to the formation referred to in that paragraph to floor. Environmental Restoration Waste the State of Oregon at the same time, or as Mr. FEINGOLD addressed the Chair. Management Program, a $5 million soon thereafter as is practicable, that the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- add-on for the electrometallurgical Site Manager provides such information to the State of Washington. ator from Wisconsin is recognized. treatment of spent nuclear fuel at Ar- (b) CONSTRUCTION.—This section may not Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I ask gonne Laboratory. It has been ap- be construed— the pending amendment be set aside. proved on the other side. (1) to require the Site Manager to provide The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The PRESIDING OFFICER. The the State of Oregon sensitive information on objection, it is so ordered. enforcement under the Tri-Party Agreement clerk will report. AMENDMENT NO. 5106 The legislative clerk read as follows: or information on the negotiation, dispute resolution, or State cost recovery provisions (Purpose: To eliminate funding for the The Senator from New Mexico [Mr. DOMEN- of the agreement; Animas-LaPlata Participating Project) ICI] for Mr. KEMPTHORNE, for himself and Mr. (2) to require the Site Manager to provide Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I send CRAIG, proposes an amendment numbered confidential information on the budget or an amendment to the desk. 5103. procurement at Hanford under terms other The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I ask than those provided in the Tri-Party Agree- clerk will report. unanimous consent that reading of the ment for the transmission of such confiden- The legislative clerk read as follows: amendment be dispensed with. tial information to the State of Washington; (3) to authorize the State of Oregon to par- The Senator from Wisconsin [Mr. FEIN- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ticipate in enforcement actions, dispute res- GOLD] proposes an amendment numbered objection, it is so ordered. olution, or negotiation actions, conducted 5106. The amendment is as follows: under the provisions of the Tri-Party Agree- Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I ask At the appropriate place, insert the fol- ment; unanimous consent that reading of the lowing: ‘‘Of amounts appropriated for the (4) to authorize any delay in the implemen- amendment be dispensed with. Defense Environmental Restoration and tation of remedial, environmental manage- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Waste Management Technology Develop- ment, or other programmatic activities at Hanford; or objection, it is so ordered. ment Program, $5,000,000 shall be available The amendment is as follows: for the electrometallurgical treatment of (5) to obligate the Department of Energy spent nuclear fuel at Argonne National Lab- to provide additional funds to the State of On page 14, lines 1 through 5, strike oratory.’’. Oregon. ‘‘$410,499,000, to remain available until ex- pended, of which $23,410,000 shall be available The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without SEC. . SENSE OF THE SENATE, HANFORD MEMO- RANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. for transfer to the Upper Colorado River objection, the amendment is agreed to. It is the Sense of the Senate that— Basin Fund authorized by section 5 of the The amendment (No. 5103) was agreed (1) the State of Oregon has the authority Act of April 11, 1956 (43 U.S.C. 620d),’’ and in- to. to enter into a memorandum of under- sert ‘‘$400,999,000, to remain available until

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS July 29, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S9057 expended, of which $13,910,000 shall be avail- ‘‘Jurassic Pork.’’ My fiscal concerns Fifth, the Bureau of Reclamation’s able for transfer to the Upper Colorado River are compounded by the likelihood that, own 1995 economic analysis supporting Basin Fund authorized by section 5 of the as a remedy to address the legitimate the 1994 IG’s report conclusions; Act of April 11, 1956 (43 U.S.C. 620d) (of which water rights concerns of the Ute Moun- And finally, six, persistent questions no amount may be used for the Animas- about the ability of this project to LaPlata Participating Project),’’. tain Ute and Southern Ute tribes, it may fall short of achieving even its meet the regional Indian water rights Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I won- nonmonetary benefits. claims, even if that was the original der if the Senator will yield for a ques- The high cost of the project makes purpose, which it was not. tion? the water it seeks to store incredibly I would like to discuss each of these Mr. FEINGOLD. I yield for a ques- expensive. The construction cost allo- concerns a little bit more. In 1990, the tion. cated to irrigation amounts to $7,467 Bureau was notified that the project Mr. DOMENICI. The next bill up will per acre of irrigated land—for land cur- would trigger Endangered Species Act be legislative appropriations. They are rently worth about $500 per acre. The protections because withdrawal of wondering when we will conclude. I un- project provides an average irrigation water from the rivers affected would derstand this is the last matter of busi- subsidy of over $2 million per farm over result in the demise of certain fish na- ness pertaining to this bill. Could the the 100-year life of the project. I be- tive to the area. Senator indicate to us how much time lieve that the Congress should act to The issue was reviewed, and the Bu- he might need? seek the consideration of lower-cost al- reau is currently permitted to build Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, my ternatives and terminate this project only one-third of the project, the por- statement, in answer to the question of rather than initiate construction. My tion known as phase 1, stage A. Build- the Senator from New Mexico, is about concerns are heightened now that the ing only this portion of the project 15 to 20 minutes at the most. House has acted to terminate Animas would not allow the project to actually Mr. DOMENICI. Would the Senator LaPlata. I believe it would be addition- fulfill the tribal water rights claims agree to 20 minutes for himself and 10 ally costly and wasteful to allow that are often cited as the reason to go minutes for the opposition, which will Animas LaPlata to move forward with forward. be used at a later time? limited appropriations in this and the In 1992, the Bureau was sued because Mr. FEINGOLD. I agree to that, Mr. next few fiscal years only to find the it had failed to comply with the Na- President. project will be terminated in the com- tional Environmental Policy Act, and Mr. DOMENICI. I ask unanimous ing years. This seems pretty wasteful. the court upheld that claim. The Bu- consent there be 20 minutes allotted to I would like to discuss each of my reau of Reclamation took 3 years to Senator FEINGOLD, and the order al- complete its supplemental environ- ready has 10 minutes in it for Senator concerns in greater detail, and to try to provide more extensive background mental impact statement, and within CAMPBELL. on the history of this matter. days, the EPA promptly found the sup- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. plemental EIS unsatisfactory, and now First, while there are concerns about CAMPBELL). Without objection, it is so the project is a likely candidate for re- the fulfillment of Ute tribal water ordered. ferral to the Council on Environmental rights now associated with this project, The Senator from Wisconsin is recog- Quality. nized. I wanted to make it clear to my col- In May 1996, the EPA wrote to the Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I leagues that this project was not initi- Bureau to express its concerns. All thank the managers, the Senator from ated as a way to address these claims. Members of the Senate should have re- Mexico and Louisiana, for their man- Animas LaPlata has a much longer his- ceived a copy of the EPA letter when agement of the bill and for their co- tory. It was authorized in 1968 as a they received my Dear Colleague letter operation in making it possible for me project to supply irrigation water to on this amendment last Friday. A let- to offer this amendment at this time. farmers growing low value forage ter to Mr. Martinez, Bureau Director, I rise today to discuss a matter of crops. Even back then in the days of from Richard Sanderson, Director of concern to me and many other Sen- big water projects, this one was so bad EPA’s Office of Federal Activities, ators, the $10 million in funding for the it could not get going. In 1988, nearly 20 dated May 1, 1996, states: years after it was authorized, the set- initiation of construction of the We remain concerned that the Bureau of Animas LaPlata water project that is tlement of the Ute Indian water rights Reclamations’s present formulation of the contained in the Senate version of the claims became an additional justifica- Animas LaPlata project will result in unac- fiscal year 1997 energy and water ap- tion for pushing the project through; ceptable adverse environmental impacts that propriations bill. but it was an additional justification, should be avoided. This project is a perfect example of not the initiation. Yet, as with any bad The letter cites, among those con- water policy from a by-gone era. For idea that is dressed up to appear bet- sequences, impacts to water quality, those who are unfamiliar with it, the ter, this project continues to be riddled Navajo water rights, mitigation con- Animas LaPlata project is a $714 mil- with many problems. cerns, and impacts associated with mu- lion taxpayer-funded water develop- By way of background, I do not need nicipal and industrial uses. The letter ment project planned for southwest to tell the current Presiding Officer, he concludes: Colorado and northwest New Mexico. knows very well, this project is sched- It is unclear whether the fully sized Designed to supply 191,230 feet of uled to be built in two phases. Phase 1 Animas LaPlata project will ever be con- water, the Animas LaPlata project of the project is to be constructed en- structed if the current constraints remain tirely at Federal cost in two stages, A unchanged. We believe that the Bureau of consists of two major reservoirs, seven Reclamation needs to reexamine whether pumping plants, and 200 miles of canals and B. And then phase 2 is to be con- structed at non-Federal cost. there are more appropriate alternatives that and pipes. The project will pump water meet these constraints instead of merely over 1,000 feet uphill, consuming At the present time, there are at constructing stage A of the Animas LaPlata enough power to run a city of 60,000, to least 6 overlapping impediments to this project. supply municipal, industrial, and irri- project going forward successfully: In addition, municipal and industrial gation interests. First, conflicts under the Endangered users are required under the Water I am concerned about this project be- Species Act; Supply Act of 1958 to fully repay all the cause of its extremely high projected Second, failure to comply with the construction costs and operation and cost to the taxpayer. This is among the National Environmental Policy Act, maintenance costs attributable to the last of the big Federal water projects, NEPA; supply of municipal and industrial and the kind I believe we can no longer Third, violation of the Water Supply water. Those repayment contracts are afford. The cost to the Federal Govern- Act of 1954 regarding repayment of con- to be in place before construction be- ment of this project will amount to struction costs; gins. $481 million, nearly 68 percent of the Fourth, a 1994 inspector general’s Currently, a number of repayment total cost—an expense which has led audit determining that the project is contracts have not been signed. Those opponents of the project to label it not economically feasible; that have been signed and those that

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS S9058 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 29, 1996 are anticipated to be signed are over provide the delivery system nor the The Navajo Nation has not formally $100 million short of the projected mu- quantity of water needed to fully honor opposed this project, but they are con- nicipal and industrial cost. It is ques- the Federal Government’s commit- cerned about the impacts it will have tionable if the project will ever comply ments to the tribe. We should not on their nation. In an August 1995 let- with the law and obtain full reimburse- spend hundreds of millions of dollars ter to the Bureau of Reclamation Den- ment of municipal and industrial costs and still find the tribal needs poten- ver office, the Navajo Nation indicated from the project beneficiaries. tially unmet. Instead, we should begin that the Animas LaPlata project would In addition, in 1994, the Interior De- to have the Bureau examine alter- adversely affect their trust water re- partment’s inspector general audited natives that would fully meet the sources by decreasing the amount of the project and declared that the needs of the tribes in a timely way and water in the San Juan River basin for project was neither financially feasible at less cost. their use and development. The Navajo nor economically justifiable. There is at least a portion of the Nation as expressed in their letter A July 1995 economic analysis by the Southern Ute tribe, as you well know, ‘‘exert sovereign control over its water Bureau of Reclamation, the only anal- Mr. President, that shares these con- resources through the Navajo Nation ysis that used economic procedures ap- cerns. From the perspective of the trib- Water Code * * * Depletions resulting proved for Bureau analyses and a cur- al councils, majority rules and the ma- from ALP development will affect the rent discount rate, reported that the jority position of the councils is to sup- sovereign administration and manage- project’s benefit cost ratio is 36 to 1. port this project. However, we in the ment of Navajo water resources. Pro- That is 36 to 1. In other words, the Senate know well the importance of jected ALP development and Navajo project will only return 36 cents for protecting minority voices. Indeed, reservoir operation may require the re- every tax dollar invested. That is not a that is exactly what this body is de- evaluation of existing water uses per- very good ratio. signed to do. Those in the Southern mitted under the Water Code, with po- Given all of these failures to comply Ute Tribe who oppose Animas LaPlata, with the Federal laws designed to pro- tentially adverse consequences for the the Southern Ute Grassroots Organiza- Navajo Nation.’’ tect the taxpayer and the environment, tion, are on the committee of elders Mr. President, one has to question the and have strong concerns. So, Mr. President, my understanding advisability of moving forward with On Friday, every Member of this is that Navajo’s rights to use water such a troubled project. body should have received another within the San Juan River have not yet In addition to Federal law concerns, copy of the letter they sent to Mem- been adjudicated, yet as the San Juan the project does face some State legal bers of the Senate in April 1995. That is the only reliable developable source problems, as raised by the attorney letter specifically asked Congress to of water in the northern portion of the general of the State of New Mexico in refuse to appropriate money to the Navajo Nation these issues will con- a letter to the distinguished chairman Animas LaPlata until the Bureau thor- tinue to be important. of the Appropriations Committee on oughly studies the other alternatives. I I want to make the record clear how- July 17, 1996. Our colleagues should think it important for all Members of ever, that the Navajo Nation, in a fol- have received a copy of this letter on the Senate to be aware that there is ac- low-up letter, clearly stated its con- Friday, as well, in their offices. Attor- tually a substantial division among the cern that they did not want to ad- ney General Udall’s letter states, ‘‘The members of the Southern Ute Tribe versely affect the Utes’ legitimate ALP project threatens to violate or ex- about the wisdom of this project. claims. Nevertheless, their Nation has acerbate existing violations of multiple If we do not reexamine this project, a made it clear that they are prepared State water quality standards, includ- future Senate will be right back where and ready to assert their own water ing selenium, mercury, and others.’’ we are today. The Ute Tribes’ water claims. Now, Mr. President, having listed rights settlement says if the project these six concerns, I want to specifi- isn’t built and fully functional by the In other words, Mr. President, the cally address the issue of the effect of year 2000, the tribes may, and are able continuation of Animas LaPlata is not the termination of this project on the to, void the settlement and go back likely to settle tribal water rights legitimate water rights claims of the into negotiations or litigation. The Bu- claims in this region. Therefore, it is Ute Mountain Ute and Southern Ute reau of Reclamation, most in this body critical before construction begins, tribes. This is an issue of grave concern would agree, is not an agency whose that we take a second look at whether to me, and I know it is of paramount operating history has been free from there is a better way, a small, less con- importance to the occupant of the cost overruns and delays. The Bureau troversial means of satisfying the Ute chair, the junior Senator from Colo- now indicates, before the commence- claims without the massive Animas rado, who has longstanding ties to the ment of the project, that it cannot LaPlata project. Ute Nations that predate his service in complete the project at least before the By every indication, even the Bureau the U.S. Senate. As a Senator from a year 2003, Mr. President. recognizes the massive project origi- State with 11 federally recognized I am afraid what will likely happen if nally envisioned will never be built. At tribes, I take tribal issues extremely Congress moves forward with this best, a much smaller, less ambitious seriously and know, as does the junior project is that the project may be in project is the only feasible outcome. Senator from Colorado, that tribal some sort of state of construction in Yet the Bureau has never formally ac- issues are often the least well under- 2003, the tribal governments will exam- knowledged this fact, nor has Congress stood and can be very divisive. ine the cost they will have to pay for taken an active role in shaping a I believe it is of paramount impor- Animas LaPlata water, which will be project modification. Instead we are tance to fulfill the Federal Govern- about twice the local cost for munic- asked to continue to appropriate funds ment’s obligations to the tribes. And as ipal and industrial water, and they for an infeasible project. the junior Senator from Colorado will simply might decide they will not be undoubtedly state, both Ute tribal gov- able to use the water or sell it. It is not There are those in the Senate that ernments do formally support Animas unreasonable to expect the Utes may may ask why this Senator has such sig- LaPlata. However, it is also important seek to avoid their settlement, wherein nificant concerns about a very old to place the Ute’s interest in perspec- the non-Indian irrigators will get their water project for which some individ- tive. Of the 191,230 acre-feet of water project with its $5,000 an acre subsidy uals have such strong support. I have supplied by the project, two-thirds of and Congress, in the year 2005 or so, some personal experience, Mr. Presi- that water will go to nontribal inter- will have to fund a new water rights dent, of a situation like this in Wis- ests with only 62,000 acre-feet of the settlement anyway, without resolving consin because people in the western total to be supplied to both tribes. the legitimate concerns of the two part of my State are living with the I am concerned that the Animas tribes. legacy of a failed Army Corps of Engi- LaPlata, despite the best of intentions Mr. President, I also want to raise neers water project, the La Farge Dam. and arguments of proponents’ attor- another question relating to tribal In 1962 Congress authorized $15.5 mil- neys, simply cannot meet the needs of water rights, and that is the rights of lion—which would today cost about the tribes because the initial construc- the Navajo Nation who live down- $102 million to build the same thing— tion phase of the project will neither stream of this project in New Mexico. for La

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It terminating funding and then the Sen- There is a second part to this bill. It Impacted both the tax base and local ate restoring the money. That has hap- is a very, very big part of this bill. We business. Construction began in 1971 pened before in other projects where we do not even know how many millions and was their discontinued in 1975, due wasted money. But eventually, the of dollars it would cost the Federal to its environmental impact and the House will resist, and ultimately— Government, but we know this: The presence of native archeological sites, hopefully, sooner rather than later—so U.S. Government is assumed and pre- when the project was three-quarters will the Senate. Meanwhile we will sumed by many to have violated the complete. waste millions more of taxpayers’ rights of two Indian tribes with ref- At one point passions over this issue money. erence to taking care of their water. became so intense that former Sen- That is why, Mr. President, it is time The United States of America, as evi- ators Proxmire and Nelson, and former for us to step up now and put this mat- denced in other cases, can be liable in Governor Lucey were burned in effigy. ter on a positive track. Let us stop dollars for that when there is no other The area, already struggling economi- funding this project as currently de- way to give to the Indian people what cally prior to the dam’s development, signed and tell the Bureau of Reclama- we had committed as a nation to do for was devastated. By 1990, it was esti- tion to use the unobligated funds avail- them. In this case, that is frequently mated that annual losses resulting able in the Animas account to size the forgotten in terms of a justification for from the cessation of family farm oper- project to legitimate water needs and this project. ations and the unrealized tourism ben- then explore all the alternatives to The Southern Utes and the Mountain efits that had been promised with the meeting those needs in an effective, en- Ute Tribes will have no remedy for the dam totaled more 300 jobs and $8 mil- vironmentally sound and cost-efficient abuse of their water if this project is lion for the local economy per year. manner. Mr. President, to conclude, not completed, and thus we give them In fact, Mr . President, the only re- my amendment is identical to that water, irrigatable land, and a way to maining legacy of the project is a frag- which passed the House, and I strongly use water that is available to them mented landscape. It is dotted with urge my colleagues to lend their sup- which would otherwise disappear be- scattered remains of former farm port. cause of malfeasance on the part of the homes, and a 103 foot tall, concrete Mr. President, I yield the floor. U.S. Government. shell of the dam, with the Kickapoo The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Now, I, for one, have taken that very River flowing unimpeded through a ator’s time has expired. seriously, even though it is not totally 1,000-foot gap. The most important ben- Who yields time? applicable to my State, the State of efit of the dam, its flood control pro- Mr. DOMENICI. Did the Senator use New Mexico. Most of those claims and tection, was never realized. The legacy all his time? most of that water and most of the In- of La Farge, which only recently has The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- dians represented by those two groups begun to have a silver lining with the ator has used all of his time. of Indians are in the State of Colorado, passage last month of language to de- Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I have the State that the occupant of the authorize the project and turn the a couple of items I have to clean up be- chair represents in this body. lands over to control by the State and fore I take a few minutes in opposition. Speaking for my own State, so that the Ho Chunk Nation, a Wisconsin For Senator MACK, who is waiting, it it is clear, I know there is a letter from tribe, is one that I think should not be will not be long. We will be through our attorney general, but let me say forgotten. It is a serious example of the very soon. the cities of Farmington, Aztec, and Federal Government’s mistake with a I suggest the absence of a quorum. Bloomfield all need the water provided big project that did not work. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The in this project. All these communities Last week, as you well know, the clerk will call the roll. are strongly committed to the projects. House of Representatives finally voted The bill clerk proceeded to call the They committed resources to it to 221–200 to stop the funding for the roll. meet repayment obligations under the Animas LaPlata project as it is cur- Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I ask 1986 cost sharing. rently designed. That effort was led by unanimous consent that the order for In addition, the State of New Mexico my colleagues from Wisconsin, Rep- the quorum call be rescinded. is strongly committed to the project, resentative PETRI, and Congressman The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without as shown by the 1986 cost-sharing DEFAZIO from Oregon. Members in the objection, it is so ordered. agreement for the project, to support other body made it very clear that Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, for for the Colorado Ute water rights set- they want the Department of the Inte- purposes of timing, I yield myself 5 tlement, allocation of consumptive use rior to review and develop a sensible minutes in opposition. required for the project from New alternative that will effectively meet Mr. President, before I start using Mexico’s apportionment on the Colo- the legitimate needs of the tribes in a that time, I say to the Senate, we are rado River basin compact, and fourth, more cost-effective and environ- within a couple of minutes of com- participation of the San Juan River re- mentally sound fashion. pleting the work on this bill. I under- covery implementation program. We should do the same in the Senate stand that pursuant to the under- Having said that, obviously, there for the sake of the taxpayers, sound standing, the next bill will be legisla- will be more said on this amendment water policy and those tied to a project tive appropriations. So we will not be and probably much more eloquently that will not deliver what was prom- long. and in a more relevant matter by the ised. However, even if we do not do the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- distinguished occupant of the chair correct thing, the wise thing, let us ator is recognized. who has time reserved to make an ar- make no mistake: The project as cur- Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I gument against the amendment. I do rently designed is dead, and we will im- want to take 5 minutes to talk about not intend to spend any more time on pose far greater costs if we decide to the Animas LaPlata project. The occu- it. I am ready to finish the bill and continue to make infrastructure in- pant of the chair is very familiar with yield whatever time I might have had vestments in its future when it is never the fact that there are two issues—big, with reference to it. going to go anywhere. big issues—in this Animas LaPlata. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The House has heard the voices of One issue is frequently forgotten The PRESIDING OFFICER. The citizen groups and taxpayer groups, when people talk about whether this clerk will call the roll. tribal members and environmentalists. project has earned its spurs in terms of The bill clerk proceeded to call the The House is no longer going to sup- costs to the taxpayer. Frequently, the roll.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS S9060 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 29, 1996 Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I ask Section 311(b) of the USEC Privatization of a threat to public safety. That spe- unanimous consent that the order for Act (Public Law 104–134, title III, chapter 1, cial response team is located in Frank- the quorum call be rescinded. subchapter A) insert the following: fort, halfway across the State from Pa- ‘‘(3) The Corporation shall pay to the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Thrift Savings Fund such employee and ducah and it would take 4 hours to objection, it is so ordered. agency contributions as are required or au- have a helicopter respond to an emer- Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I have thorized by sections 8432 and 8351 of title 5, gency at the Paducah plant. The five amendments that I will submit en United States Code, for employees who elect McCracken County Sheriff’s Depart- bloc. Let me quickly describe them and to retain their coverage under CSRS or ment has expressed serious concern at then submit them en bloc. FERS pursuant to paragraph (1).’’ the prospect of the security force los- I offer one in behalf of Senator Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I ing its arrest authority. McCracken HUTCHISON regarding the abatement of am pleased to offer this amendment to County Sheriff Frank Augustus has ad- payments because of drought on two protect the safety of employees at the vised the U.S. Enrichment Corporation projects in the State of Texas; one in Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, as of the problems his department would behalf of Senator MCCONNELL, which well as the safety of the greater Padu- encounter in responding to an emer- has been totally worked out now with cah community. gency call by the Paducah plant: Senator GLENN, and that is Enrichment The Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant If a hostile situation should occur, I could Corporation, with reference to the produces enriched uranium and em- not guarantee adequate personnel or re- presence of an adequate number of se- ploys some 1,800 people. By all who live sponse time due to our department’s man- curity guards and a few other items re- in the Paducah area, the Gaseous Dif- power shortage. When only seconds matter I lating to that; third, I offer in behalf of fusion Plant, which occupies more than am very much afraid it would take many minutes to adequately respond. Senator CHAFEE a 50 percent match 3,400 acres, is regarded as a nuclear program on the Seekonk River, Rhode plant. This year, the plant is under- I ask unanimous consent that the Island Bridge; the last one, two dis- going a transition from being a Depart- letter of Sheriff Augustus be printed in tinct amendments for Senator BOXER ment of Energy owned and operated fa- the RECORD. regarding the Bolinas Lagoon restora- cility to one owned by the U.S. Enrich- There being no objection, the letter tion study, and the other is regarding a ment Corporation and operated by pri- was ordered to be printed in the facility on Compton Creek Channel in vate contract. The plant will be under RECORD, as follows: Los Angeles. the regulatory authority of the Nu- SHERIFF OF MCCRACKEN COUNTY, AMENDMENTS NOS. 5107 THROUGH 5111 clear Regulatory Commission by year’s Paducah, KY, July 10, 1996. Mr. DOMENICI. I send the amend- end. BERN STAPLETON, Historically, the Paducah Gaseous Safeguard and Security Associate, U.S. Enrich- ments to the desk and ask for their im- ment Corp., Bethesda, MD. mediate consideration. Diffusion Plant has maintained an on- premises security force to protect the DEAR MR. STAPLETON: It has recently been The PRESIDING OFFICER. The brought to my attention that Security per- clerk will report. plant and employees from sabotage, sonnel at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion The bill clerk read as follows: theft or unauthorized control of the Plant may possibly lose their arrest author- The Senator from New Mexico [Mr. DOMEN- nuclear material. The security per- ity and their ability to be armed. This issue ICI], proposes amendments en bloc numbered sonnel are currently authorized to causes me a great deal of concern. 5107 through 5111. make arrests, and they carry firearms I understand the police operation of the in support of their mission. In the past Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant is respon- Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I ask sible for the protection of classified mate- unanimous consent reading of the several years, these plant security offi- cers have foiled a number of unauthor- rial, sensitive nuclear material, government amendment be dispensed with. property, and over 2,200 employees situated The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ized entries onto plant premises, pro- on 3,423 acres, including 748 acres of fenced objection, it is so ordered. tected the facility from disgruntled area. In contrast, the McCracken County The amendments en bloc (No. 5107 former employees and enforced secu- Sheriff’s department is responsible for pa- through 5111) are as follows: rity rules against contract employees trolling over 250 square miles in order to meet the needs of our County’s citizens. AMENDMENT NO. 5107 who have access to the plant. In an era Since I took office in 1994, citizens’ calls for On page 37 add the following after line 25: of domestic terrorism, as in the World Trade Center and Oklahoma City law enforcement have increased by 23,000 SEC. . CORPUS CHRISTI EMERGENCY DROUGHT bombings, these security employees calls. Crime is on the rise in McCracken RELIEF. County and due to financial constraints, my For the purpose of providing emergency perform an increasingly vital function. department has only 17 full-time road depu- drought relief, the Secretary of the Interior In the transition from DOE to NRC ties to handle these increases. shall defer all principal and interest pay- supervision, the security force cur- I am extremely concerned that if a major ments without penalty or accrued interest rently employed at the Paducah Gas- problem should arise at the Paducah Gaseous for a period of one year for the city of Corpus eous Diffusion Plant, absent adoption Diffusion Plant it would be extremely dif- Christi, Texas, and the Nueces River Author- of this amendment, will be down- ficult for my department to provide proper ity under contract No. 6–07–01–X0675 involv- graded. under current NRC regulations, security for such a sizable site until more en- ing the Nueces River Reclamation Project, they will lose their authority to make forcement could arrive. If a hostile situation Texas. should occur, I could not guarantee adequate arrests and carry firearms. But privat- SEC. 2. CANADIAN RIVER MUNICIPAL WATER AU- personnel or response time due to our de- THORITY EMERGENCY DROUGHT RE- ization does not change the nature of partment’s manpower shortage. When only LIEF. the work or the risk at the Paducah seconds matter I am very much afraid it The Secretary shall defer all principal and Gaseous Diffusion Plant. The plant will would take many minutes to adequately re- interest payments without penalty or ac- continue to produce radioactive en- spond. crued interest for a period of one year for the riched uranium. Another issue that must be addressed is Canadian River Municipal Water Authority The amendment simply continues the our officers’ lack of knowledge in regard to under contract No. 14–06–500–485 as emer- the actual facility and surrounding grounds. gency drought relief to enable construction authority of the plant security per- sonnel at enriched uranium facilities As noted above, the immense size of this fa- of additional water supply and conveyance cility poses many problems in regard to pro- facilities. to execute arrests and carry firearms. viding adequate safety to plant employees as Without this authority for the security well as my deputies. AMENDMENT NO. 5108 officers at the plant, the plant will In my opinion, the current security staff is On page 20 after line 2 add the following: have to rely on area law enforcement of immense value to the safety of the plant ‘‘Section 161k. of the Atomic Energy Act of officials to respond in emergency situa- facility and the employees that work within. 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2201k) with respect to the Pa- tions. The city of Paducah has in- I fully understand the move toward privat- ducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Kentucky, formed plant officials that their re- ization necessitates many changes in oper- and the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion sponse time for their police and fire- ations that have been in place for many Plant, Ohio, the guidelines shall require, at a years. I would like to strongly recommend, minimum, the presence of an adequate num- fighters will be approximately 20 min- however, that a long serious look be taken at ber of security guards carrying side arms at utes. The Kentucky State Police has a proposed changes in the security force at the all times to ensure maintenance of security special response team which would as- Paducah Plant before a final decision is at the gaseous diffusion plants;’’ sist the Paducah facility in the event made. I am sure that your utmost concern,

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS July 29, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S9061 as well as it is mine, is for the safety of the a list of amendments that would follow For the official mail cost, the fund- people of McCracken County as well as the with time limits, and 2 minutes for ing is reduced by 9 percent. The rec- safekeeping of the Plant, whether it remains each side. ommended funding of $10 million is suf- a government facility or is privatized in the We have four or five amendments ficient, however, to cover projected future. pending that have not been agreed to I would be more than happy to discuss this costs for fiscal year 1997. Again, Mr. matter with you in more detail at your con- in that sequence, and we will just have President, I just say that while this is venience. Please feel free to call me. to attend to those in due course in the a reduction from $11 million last year Very truly yours, morning. to $10 million last year, in analyzing FRANK AUGUSTUS, I yield the floor. I thank the Senate the trends and expenditures for mail, McCracken County Sheriff. for its consideration. we believe we can make this reduction Mr. MCCONNELL. The bottom line, f without requiring the Senators to Mr. President, is that the employees of LEGISLATIVE BRANCH make any reduction in their mailing. the Gaseous Diffusion Plant, as well as APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1997 As you know, last year, we eliminated the residents of Paducah are entitled mass mailing. So we are talking about Mr. MACK. Mr. President, I ask to an immediate response to an emer- mail now that is primarily for the pur- unanimous consent the Senate now gency situation. While the security pose of responding to inquiries from turn to the consideration of the legisla- force may need assistance in the event our constituents. of a serious threat, the employees tive appropriations bill. Funding for salaries and expenses of The PRESIDING OFFICER. The should not be left unprotected while the Secretary of the Senate is $14.225 clerk will report. local law enforcement responds. million. That is an increase of $831,000. The bill clerk read as follows: This amendment does not add any Funding for salaries and expenses of A bill (H.R. 3754), making appropriations additional security protection to the Sergeant at Arms is $99.968 million. Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant; it for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other pur- That is an increase of $8.880 million. I maintains the status quo, allowing the poses. bring my colleagues’ attention to the current security officers to continue The Senate proceeded to consider the fact that combined funding rec- doing their job, protecting the plant bill. ommendations for the Secretary and and employees from danger. I urge the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- the Sergeant at Arms fiscal year 1997 adoption of my amendment. ator from Florida is recognized. are still $8 million below the 1995 en- AMENDMENT NO. 5109 Mr. MACK. Mr. President, I am acted levels. On page 5 add the following between lines pleased to present the fiscal year 1997 The subcommittee appreciates the 2 and 3: ‘‘Seekonk River, Rhode Island bridge legislative branch appropriations bill leadership demonstrated by the Sec- removal $650,000;’’. to the Senate. The subcommittee retary of the Senate and the Sergeant builds upon the success that the Con- at Arms. Each office is managing a AMENDMENT NO. 5110 gress achieved last year in reducing the substantial reduction this is fiscal year (Purpose: To provide funding for the Sec- size and the cost of the legislative along with the compounded challenges retary of the Army to maintain Compton branch, and again demonstrates this rendered by the Congressional Ac- Creek Channel, Los Angeles County drain- countability Act. I remind Members age area, California) Congress’ leadership in making strides toward the imperative of a balanced that, last year, we made reductions in On page 7, line 6, after ‘‘facilities’’, insert the accounts of the Sergeant at Arms the following: ‘‘, and of which $500,000 shall budget. be made available for the maintenance of The subcommittee’s recommendation and Secretary of the Senate of between Compton Creek Channel, Los Angeles County is an appropriation of $2,165,081,000. 12.5 and 14 percent. While they have drainage area, California’’. This is a reduction of $22.275 million, or been managing these reduced amounts, approximately 1 percent below the pro- they have also been given an additional AMENDMENT NO. 5111 gram levels in fiscal year 1996. The bill responsibility as a result of the Con- (Purpose: To provide funding for the Sec- is $174 million below the requested gressional Accountability Act. retary of the Army to carry out the res- amount, and compared to fiscal 1995, During the subcommittee hearings, toration study for Bolinas Lagoon, Marin the bill reflects a $225 million reduc- the Secretary and Sergeant at Arms County, California) tion. outlined a series of initiatives regard- On page 2, between lines 24 and 25, insert While the legislative branch bill is ing technology. The subcommittee is the following: ‘‘Bolinas Lagoon restoration the smallest in terms of dollars appro- pleased that under the direction of the study, Marin County, California, $500,000;’’. priated, with the adoption of this bill, Senate Rules Committee, the Senate is Mr. DOMENICI. For the record, let we will have contributed nearly one- taking a long-term strategic planning me state these have all been approved half billion dollars toward deficit re- approach in this area. The sub- by the minority. They have no objec- duction in just 2 fiscal years. committee looks forward to working tion, or, in some instances, they were The recommended funding for the with the Rules Committee on this issue the supportive cause for a couple of the Senate is $441.208 million, approxi- of common concern. amendments. mately $14 million above the 1996 en- In addition, the subcommittee wishes The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without acted amount. However, the amount is to thank each of the legislative branch objection, the amendments en bloc are $48 million below the request. agencies for their cooperation and con- agreed to. In large part, the increases reflected tributions in the development of this The amendments (Nos. 5107 through in the bill are for cost of living adjust- year’s bill. On a special note, the sub- 5111) en bloc were agreed to. ments for Senate employees and ex- committee commends the General Ac- Mr. DOMENICI. I move to reconsider penses for the Sergeant at Arms. I counting Office for its successful man- the vote. point out that Senate employees did agement of a 2-year, 25-percent reduc- Mr. CHAFEE. I move to lay that mo- not receive the 1996 COLA that was tion in its budget. Managing a funding tion on the table. granted to other Federal employees. reduction of such magnitude in a rel- The motion to lay on the table was Specifically, the Senate’s amend- atively short period has been very dif- agreed to. ment to the bill provides $208 million ficult, and the subcommittee wishes to Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I be- for Senators’ official personnel and of- commend the Comptroller General and lieve that is all the amendments I fice expense account. This amount is a the entire staff at GAO for an out- know of regarding this energy and 2 percent increase from last year’s standing job. water bill. I believe we can announce in level. The increase is sufficient to ac- We had quite a discussion at our the morning further amplification of commodate an expected cost-of-living hearing with the Comptroller General the record, but I think we know we will adjustment for Senate employees in as to the approach that was taken to start with 20 minutes of debate by the the 1997 calendar year. The rec- downsize this Government agency 25 managers, to be followed by 10 minutes ommended funding for committees is percent in a 2-year period. That is a by Senator MCCAIN regarding the $69.5 million, a $3 million increase, substantial reduction. I would rec- McCain amendment, and then there is again, for cost-of-living adjustments. ommend to my colleagues that we

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS S9062 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 29, 1996 ought to look at how the GAO went as part of their overall, 2-year 25 per- I am fortunate to represent Wash- about this process of managing over a cent commitment made to the Con- ington State, which is very aggressive 2-year period a reduction of 25 percent gress last year. The amount appro- in trying to put computers in the class- in its budget, because they did it ex- priated for fiscal year 1997 for the GAO room. Our companies have been gen- tremely well. They did it with a great is $338,425,000 and will provide for a per- erous in donating software and hard- deal of thought. They found ways to sonnel ceiling of no more than 3,500 po- ware, and people are excited about giv- use technologies of today to make sitions. This personnel ceiling amounts ing kids skills that will help them get their operations more effective and ef- to a reduction of 1,825 below the level an edge in life. ficient. Again, I think it is a case study of GAO’s workforce in 1992 when they But not every school district is mov- in the way to manage the downsizing of had a ceiling of 5,325 positions. ing aggressively on computers. Many a Government agency. I encourage ev- As Senators can see, the reductions do not even know how to go about it, erybody to look at what they have the committee is recommending this and cannot afford it. I am certain that done and what they have accomplished. year are dramatic. However, Mr. Presi- every Senator is aware of how fast I will now yield to Senator MURRAY dent, I believe that the committee has technology is evolving in our economy. for any comments she wishes to make. accomplished these savings in a way I really believe that, in the future, a I thank her and each member of the that is as fair and even-handed as pos- child’s ability to compete in the work subcommittee for their hard work and sible. We have been careful to ensure force will be measured in part by his or cooperation in crafting this bill. Again, that the organizations and agencies her familiarity with computers. In my I want to say to Senator MURRAY that which support Congress and are funded view, the earlier they start, the better. I appreciate very much the way we in the legislative branch appropriation The Senate will debate the broad role have, during the past 2 years, been able bill are able to carry out their respon- of government in education tech- to work together in, I think, crafting sibilities under these reduced budgets nology, and I look forward to having two appropriations bills that the Sen- as effectively as they have in the past. that debate. For now there is a small, I would have adamantly opposed and I think constructive, role for the ate can be proud of, and should again these budget cuts if they were under- Senate to play. We can use the bully be used as an example. Frankly, it was taken only to save dollars, without rec- pulpit. We can lead by example. We can in my mind that we should set an ex- ognizing any negative consequences. It help school children by transferring ample for the rest of Government. If we would be fruitless, for example to re- our computers to schools that want or are going to ask people to spend less duce the budget of the Congressional need them. By doing this, we can help and do with less, I think, again, our Budget Office with their ever-increas- some kids, and we can show the coun- taking the lead in doing that is setting ing responsibilities simply for the sake try we think bringing technology to a good example. of saying we have achieved budgetary the classroom is a high priority. I now yield to Senator MURRAY for savings. Here is how it will work: the Ser- her comments. With this in mind, I carefully re- geant at Arms will make sure that any The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- viewed the testimony of our witnesses excess or surplus computers are in good ator from Washington. for any indication that cuts of the working order. Then he will make Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I rise magnitude we have recommended them available to interested schools at in support of H.R. 3754, the fiscal year would harm the ability of these Con- the lowest possible cost to both the 1997 legislative branch appropriation gressional-support agencies to carry Senate and the schools. Most likely, he bill. The bill as reported by the full out their very important responsibil- will transfer these computers to the committee is a fair and responsible ities. Testimony received by the sub- General Services Administration. GSA, bill. committee indicated that these rec- in turn, will provide information to As Members will recall, this com- ommended savings can be achieved schools through its regional offices mittee took a bold step last year in while allowing these support agencies about available inventory. The equip- recommending a bill that cut spending to carry out these responsibilities with ment eligible for transfer will include for the departments and agencies fund- no reductions-in-force. computers, keyboards, monitors, print- ed in the legislative branch appropria- Mr. President, Senator MACK pro- ers, modems, and other peripheral tions bill by $200 million, or 10 percent. vided members with a detailed expla- hardware as described in the bill. This year, again, we have continued nation of all of the recommendations I envision schools being able to ob- the effort to reduce the funding levels contained in the bill, and I will not tain this equipment on a first-come, and streamline the operations of Con- take the time of Members by repeating first-served basis, for the cost of ship- gress by recommending a bill that cuts them. I would, however, call to the at- ping and handling from GSA regional a net of over $22 million from the 1996 tention of Members Section 5 of the ad- offices. The language provides the Ser- enacted level. At the proposed funding ministrative provisions. I included, geant at Arms with flexibility to deter- level contained in this measure, the with the enthusiastic support of Chair- mine the best way to complete the Legislative Branch, in total, will have man MACK, language that will enable transfers. less funding than in fiscal year 1991 or the Sergeant at Arms to transfer ex- I think this is a useful change in pol- 6 years ago. cess or surplus computer equipment to icy. Again, I appreciate the help of The major reductions recommended schools. Chairman MACK on this, and I look for- by the committee involve the support In the past, the Senate sold its com- ward to working with him and the Ser- agencies that are so vital to the Con- puters to employees at bargain prices. geant at Arms to make this work. gress in order to enable us to complete Fortunately, this practice has been ter- Finally, Mr. President, I would point our work in an effective and expedi- minated, and I commend the Sergeant out that there is a provision included tious manner. The committee this year at Arms for doing so. For the past cou- in the House-passed bill—Section 312— saves $6.1 million below fiscal year 1996 ple of years, our computers have sim- that was stricken pursuant to a motion as a result of the elimination of the Of- ply been transferred to GSA for dis- by Senator HATFIELD during full com- fice of Technology Assessment. I did posal through the normal surplus proc- mittee markup. That section deals not personally support that elimi- ess. with so-called ‘‘dynamic’’ scoring of nation but, nevertheless, it has been I think Senators should be aware certain measures. Although this provi- accomplished and we are saving $6.1 that the Senate disposes of over 1500 sion would apply to House measures million this year because of OTA’s computers every year. Over the past 3 only and, therefore, would normally elimination. years, nearly 5,000 computers have been not be stricken by the Senate in view Another major reduction in this let go. For the most part, these are of the comity between the Houses that year’s bill is the cut to the General Ac- IBM-compatible, 386, 16-megahertz ma- is traditionally recognized, in this in- counting Office. Their budget is re- chines. They are a generation old, but stance there is a Budget Act point of duced by $44,381,000 below fiscal year they could be very useful to schools, order under Section 306 which would lie 1996. Testimony by the Comptroller especially in rural areas, that may not against Section 312 and that was the General, Mr. Bowsher, made clear that have a big budget to buy fancy new basis upon which the committee chair- the GAO can undertake this reduction computers. man moved to strike the provision.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS July 29, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S9063 I strongly oppose Section 312 on its Mr. HATFIELD: Mr. President, this know that the makers of our culture in merits. I do not believe that either amendment would provide for the reau- the smaller places do not bring their branch of Congress should be dictating thorization of the American Folklife primary documents to the Library of selective macroeconomic scorekeeping Center at the Library of Congress for Congress. They are not invited to ele- procedures upon either the Congres- fiscal years 1997 and 1998. It is a sub- gant dinners in the great hall of the sional Budget Office or the Joint Com- stitute for the permanent reauthoriza- Jefferson building, or courted in fund- mittee on Taxation. I will have more to tion reported by the committee. I am raising drives. Theirs is at least as say on this later during debate on this offering this amendment after con- great a contribution as the millions bill should any attempt be made to re- versations with Representative THOM- raised for other efforts, but it cannot vive Section 312 or anything similar to AS, the chairman of the Committee on be measured in dollars. It is the Cen- it. Oversight in the other body. I under- ter’s great achievement, and ongoing On balance, Mr. President, I believe stand Chairman THOMAS’ concerns strength, that it recognizes the value this is a good bill that deserves the about the proper role of the authoriza- of the everyday, and gives it a home support of Members. I would hasten to tion committees and am willing to re- where it can be cherished as it deserves add, however, that I share the concerns spond to his concerns at this time. I to be. expressed by Senator REID, a former hope, however, that the next Congress It is very important, Mr. President, chairman of this subcommittee, during will enact a permanent authorization that the present structure of the Cen- the committee’s markup of the legisla- for the center. ter be maintained. It is important to tive branch appropriation bill. Senator The American Folklife Center in the have a Board of Trustees selected from REID stated that we have reached the Library of Congress was created 20 all over the Nation and appointed by bottom of the barrel in cutting the leg- years ago by passage of the American the Joint leadership of Congress. They islative branch appropriation bill. Once Folklife Preservation Act of 1976. I was bring to the Center a diversity of out- the savings we have undertaken are ac- pleased to be a cosponsor of the legisla- look and purpose that cannot be rep- complished in the Congressional-sup- tion, which enjoyed broad bicameral licated by the best-intentioned profes- port agencies over a multi-year period, and bipartisan support. The legislation sionals of the Library’s career staff. It we cannot look to these agencies for was endorsed by Senators STROM THUR- is important to have this be a Center further budget cuts. These agencies MOND and Hubert Humphrey, and by for folklife, and not just another divi- have been very forthcoming and have Representative DAVID OBEY and then- sion within the many divisions of the understood our need to reduce spending Representative TRENT LOTT. The sup- Library. We could have taken that for the Legislative Branch, and I am port was so broad because the legisla- route in writing the original enabling deeply appreciative of their willingness tion had such obvious merit. legislation, but we were trying to raise to do so. But, Mr. President, we have The Library was chosen as the site of up the center out of the other collec- indeed reached the bottom of the bar- the Center for several reasons, but tions of the Library to be a beacon to rel. principal among them was the strength the folklife community across the Mr. President, let me close by com- of the Library’s folklife collections. It country. That beacon must be main- mending our subcommittee chairman, is not too great a stretch to say that tained. If it cannot be maintained at Senator MACK. He has proven himself those collections began at the begin- the Library of Congress, then it should to be a real leader on legislative branch ning, when Thomas Jefferson’s library be moved and sustained elsewhere. I be- issues and has worked with me on a bi- was purchased for the Library of Con- lieve the Library is the best home for partisan basis. I appreciate it very gress. Jefferson’s library included sig- the Center, but it must get the support much. I also wish to express my thanks nificant material about Native Ameri- expected in a good home. to the subcommittee staff—Keith Ken- cans, and, of course, the information Mr. President, I hope that ups and nedy, Jim English, and Mary Dewald collected during the expedition of downs of the center’s authorization in for their fine work, and also to recog- Merriwether Lewis and William Clark. this Congress will serve as a wake-up nize the excellent support we had from Now as then, one has to collect call from the center’s board and the Ric Ilgenfritz of my staff and Larry folklife. No one stands with pad and center’s supporters. I hope the board Harris for Senator MACK. pencil, recording the lives of workaday will be more attentive to the concerns Mr. President, I urge the support of Americans. What tends to be automati- of the Congressional committees which all Members for this bill. cally recorded is what we at first think oversee the Library’s operations. I Mr. MACK addressed the Chair. very important: the coming and going hope the board will work hard to sup- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- of the elite or infamous, the domestic plement federal funding with private ator from Florida [Mr. MACK], is recog- affairs of the King or President, the fundraising efforts. I hope the national nized. fads that engross the rich and famous, folklife community will work with the AMENDMENTS NOS. 5112, 5113, 5114, 5115, 5116, AND the history of battles as told by gen- proper authorizing committees to 5117 EN BLOC erals. But sometimes the foot soldier achieve a permanent reauthorization Mr. MACK. Mr. President, I send a has a better story than the general. for the center. And I hope that the Li- series of amendments to the desk and The diary kept by Samuel Pepys in the brary of Congress budget for, and the ask for their consideration en bloc. 1660s is important today because Mr. Congress will provide, funding suffi- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Pepys went about London and recorded cient to the center’s task. objection, it is so ordered. what he saw. He told about the great Mr. President, I thank Senator MACK The clerk will report. fire and the coming of the Black Death for his cooperation and support in this The assistant legislative clerk read and seeing the first Punch and Judy matter, and I yield the floor. as follows: show. His record of London is far more AMENDMENT NO. 5113 The Senator from Florida [Mr. MACK] pro- interesting than the ones kept by his- On page 8, after line 17 insert: poses amendments numbered 5112, 5113, 5114, torians engrossed in the intrigues and SEC. 7. (a) Notwithstanding section 1345 of 5115, 5116, and 5117 en bloc. peccadilloes that swirled around title 31, United States Code, the Secretary of Mr. MACK. Mr. President, I ask Charles the Second. the Senate may reimburse any individual unanimous consent that reading of the I believe all of us understand, Mr. employed by the Senate day care center for amendments be dispensed with. President, that the strength of our Na- the cost of training classes and conferences The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without tion proceeds from its smaller places; in connection with the provision of child objection, it is so ordered. from small towns in Missouri and Or- care services and for travel, transportation, The amendments en bloc are as fol- egon, from short streets in Brooklyn and subsistence expenses incurred in connec- tion with the training classes and con- lows: and Omaha. We know that it is in the forms of learning transmitted in fami- ferences. AMENDMENT NO. 5112 (b) The Senate day care center shall certify On page 34 line 20, strike all after the word lies, small communities, the work- and provide appropriate documentation to ‘‘Act’’ through line 21 and insert: ‘‘such sums place, and in ethnic groups that we de- the Secretary of the Senate with respect to as may be necessary for each of the fiscal velop the strength of our families, our any reimbursement under this section. Re- years 1997 and 1998.’’ communities, and our culture. And we imbursements under this section shall be

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The plan section (a). shall be subject to the regulations and limi- (c) DEPOSIT.—Any payment accepted under tations prescribed by the Committee on recognizes that there are various inde- this section shall be deposited in the general Rules and Administration of the Senate for pendent responsibilities for legislative fund of Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. travel and related expenses for which pay- information within the Congress and (d) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, ment is authorized to be made from the con- proposes a technical scheme that takes the term ‘‘head of the employing office’’ tingent fund of the Senate. advantage of this fact. The new system means any person with the final authority to (d) This section shall be effective on and will therefore require the active sup- appoint, hire, discharge, and set the terms, after October 1, 1996. port of all of the offices and agencies conditions, or privileges of the employment within the legislative branch that as- of an individual whose pay is disbursed by AMENDMENT NO. 5114 the Secretary of the Senate. On page 8, after line 17 insert: sist the Senate and the House in this (e) APPLICABILITY.—The section shall apply SEC. 6. Notwithstanding any other provi- critical area. to fiscal year 1996 and each fiscal year there- sion of law, any funds received during fiscal In our commitment to the American after. year 1996 by the Sergeant at Arms and Door- people to reduce the size of the Govern- keeper of the Senate in settlement of a con- ment, this committee has been reluc- AMENDMENT NO. 5117 tract claim or dispute, but not to exceed tant to recommend significant addi- (Purpose: To direct the Congressional Re- $1,450,000, shall be deposited into the appro- search Service to develop an electronic priation account for fiscal year 1997 for the tional resources for any of the Con- congressional legislative information and Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the gress’ offices and agencies. We are not document retrieval system) Senate within the contingent fund of the providing any additional funds for this Senate and shall be available in a like man- legislative system, although we will At the appropriate place in the bill, insert ner and for the same purposes as are the allow the Secretary of the Senate, at the following: other funds in that account. his request, to reprogram some funds SEC. . (a) The Congressional Research Service, in consultation with the Secretary to support the Senate’s need to mod- AMENDMENT NO. 5115 of the Senate and the heads of the appro- ernize the collection and preparation of priate offices and agencies of the legislative (Purpose: To authorize a legislative its legislative information. We do ex- information system for the Senate) branch and with the approval of the Com- pect all legislative branch offices and On page 8, between lines 17 and 18, insert mittee on Rules and Administration of the the following: agencies to support fully this very im- Senate, shall coordinate the development of SEC. . (a) The Secretary of the Senate, portant initiative with their existing an electronic congressional legislative infor- with the oversight and approval of the Com- appropriated funds, which we believe mation and document retrieval system to mittee on Rules and Administration of the are sufficient. provide for the legislative information needs Senate, shall oversee the development and This is a challenging task, and will of the Senate through the exchange and re- implementation of a comprehensive Senate require appropriate policies, guide- trieval of information and documents among legislative branch offices and agencies. The legislative information system. lines, and oversight. We hope that the (b) In carrying out this section, the Sec- Secretary of the Senate, with the oversight retary of the Senate shall consult and work House of Representatives will join us in and approval of the Committee on Rules and with officers and employees of the House of this task. If they do not, however, we Administration of the Senate, shall have re- Representatives. Legislative branch agencies shall proceed in the Senate nonethe- sponsibility for the implementation of this and departments and agencies of the execu- less. Even without the participation of system in the Senate. All of the appropriate tive branch shall provide cooperation, con- the House, the Senate can and must offices and agencies of the legislative branch sultation, and assistance as requested by the improve its own system and begin to shall participate in the implementation of Secretary of the Senate to carry out this reduce the duplication that currently the system. (b) As used in this section— section. exists. (c) Any funds that were appropriated under (1) the term ‘‘legislative information’’ re- the heading ‘‘Secretary of the Senate’’ for This amendment was prepared in fers to that information and those docu- expanses of the Office of the Secretary of the consultation with the Committee on ments produced for the use of the Congress Senate by the Legislative Branch Appropria- Rules and Administration. With this by the offices and agencies of the legislative tions Act, 1995, to remain available until amendment, we are taking the next branch as defined in this section, and such September 30, 1998, and the Secretary deter- steps in creating a new legislative in- other information and documents as ap- mines are not needed for development of a fi- formation system for the Senate by proved by the Committee on Rules and Ad- nancial management system for the Senate designating some of those responsibil- ministration of the Senate; may, with the approval of the Committee on ities for this system now, specifically (2) the term ‘‘offices and agencies of the legislative branch’’ means the Office of the Appropriations of the Senate be used to for the Secretary of the Senate, the carry out the provisions of this section, and Secretary of the Senate, the Office of Legis- such funds shall be available through Sep- Congressional Research Service, and lative Counsel of the Senate, the Office of tember 30, 2000. the Library of Congress. The Com- the Architect of the Capitol, the General Ac- (d) The Committee on Rules and Adminis- mittee on Rules and Administration counting Office, the Government Printing tration of the Senate may prescribe such has jurisdiction for this system and Office, the Library of Congress, the Congres- regulations as may be necessary to carry out will be making other designations of sional Budget Office, and the Sergeant at the provisions of this section. responsibility as the system pro- Arms of the Senate; and (e) This section shall be effective for fiscal gresses. (3) the term ‘‘retrieval system’’ means the years beginning on or after October 1, 1996. I am pleased that the distinguished indexing of documents and data, as well as integrating, searching, linking, and dis- Mr. MACK. I am proposing an amend- chairman of our Committee on Rules ment on an important matter to the playing documents and data. and Administration shares our views (c) The Library of Congress shall— Senate. I am speaking of the quality on the importance of these matters, (1) assist the Congressional Research Serv- and the cost of its legislative informa- and that his committee is prepared to ice in supporting the Senate in carrying out tion systems. Two years ago, this com- oversee the development of the Sen- this section; and mittee requested from the Library of ate’s new legislative system. (2) provide such technical staff and re- sources as may be necessary to carry out Congress an analysis of the duplication AMENDMENT NO. 5116 this section. among the legislative systems sup- On page 8, after line 17 insert: ported by the Congress. That study SEC. 8. PAYMENT FOR UNACCRUED LEAVE. Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, let me documented that there is extensive (a) IN GENERAL.—The Financial Clerk of first commend the chairman of the overlap in these systems and that there the Senate is authorized to accept from an Subcommittee on Legislative Branch are opportunities for reducing that du- individual whose pay is disbursed by the Sec- for his foresight in initiating this ef- plication. We then directed the Library retary of the Senate a payment representing fort to improve our legislative infor- to prepare a plan for creating a single pay for any period of unaccrued annual leave mation systems. When I became chair- used by that individual, as certified by the man of the Committee on Rules and integrated information system that head of the employing office of the indi- would serve the entire Congress. vidual making the payment. Administration I began a review of our The committee received that report (b) WITHHOLDING.—The Financial Clerk of entire program for information tech- in February of this year. The plan the Senate is authorized to withhold the nology. This is a rapidly changing, and

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Mr. President, I planning for, and careful implementa- will need and expect the cooperation move to reconsider the vote by which tion of information technologies that and support of the other legislative the amendments were agreed to. will adequately support our funda- branch agencies, including the GPO, Mr. MACK. I move to lay that mo- mental work of legislation and over- and the GAO and CBO, both of whose tion on the table. sight. Because of the potential high reports we will want to include in the The motion to lay on the table was cost of technology, and also its ability system. And, of course, we will con- agreed to. to support our work, I can think of tinue to rely upon our own excellent AMENDMENT NO. 5118 very few areas that require such close staff in the Senate Computer Center (Purpose: To clarify the uses of Member scrutiny, well-thought out policies, and and the Telecommunications Office in weblinks) effective management Achieving these the creation of this system. Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, at this objectives has been one of my highest Mr. President, when this initiative is time I would like to send an amend- priorities since being appointed Chair. complete, we in the Senate will have a ment to the desk on behalf of Senator We have in the Senate now an his- new, more efficient, and far more use- LEAHY. toric opportunity to reduce duplication ful legislative information system that The PRESIDING OFFICER. The and to ensure that our use of tech- will serve the needs of Members and clerk will report. nology to support our legislative proc- committees. It will be based on stand- The assistant legislative clerk read ess is both responsive to the needs of ards that allow us to update it regu- as follows: Senators and also cost effective. The larly and as needed. And it will last us The Senator from Washington (Mrs. MUR- Committee on Rules has taken a num- well into the next century. It will be of RAY), for Mr. LEAHY, proposes an amendment ber of important steps to accomplish a quality that is commensurate with numbered 5118. this, and we are planning to take more our constitutional responsibilities, and Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask in the near future. I have already noted it will aid us greatly as we strive to unanimous consent that reading of the our strategic review process, which will serve the citizens of this great country. amendment be dispensed with. continue under my chairmanship. In Mr. MACK. Mr. President, the first of The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without addition, we have directed the Sec- the amendments is offered on behalf of objection, it is so ordered. retary of the Senate, in coordination Senator HATFIELD. The amendment is as follows: with the Clerk of the House, to estab- It amends language reported by the At the appropriate place, insert the fol- lish standards for the exchange of leg- committee to provide for a 2-year reau- lowing: islative information between the two thorization for the American Folklife SEC. ll. For the purposes of the United Chambers. The Secretary has done Center in the Library of Congress. States Senate Internet Services Usage Rules this, and, I am pleased to report, is The second amendment extends cer- and Policies, Members of the Senate may well launched on a plan for imple- tain provisions of Federal law to em- post a link on Senate Internet Services to a menting these standards. In addition, ployees of the Senate for the Employ- private, public, or nonprofit company, orga- nization, or municipality located or based in the committee and the Secretary are ees Child Care Center. about to let a contract that will pro- the Member’s State if a disclaimer is in- The third amendment provides for cluded on the same page as the link speci- vide the Senate with options for the de- the deposit of a contract termination fying that the Member is not endorsing the sign of a system that will enable us to payment to credit the expenses of the private, public, or nonprofit company, orga- collect and prepare our legislative in- Sergeant at Arms. nization, or municipality. formation on a much more efficient The fourth amendment authorizes Mr. MACK. Mr. President, I suggest basis. You will recall that many of our and directs the Secretary of the Senate the absence of a quorum. systems were developed over 20 years to oversee the development and imple- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ago, and while they have served us mentation of a legislative information clerk will call the roll. well, few would disagree that we can do system for the Senate. The bill clerk proceeded to call the much better with the technology that Funds for that initiative may be de- roll. is available to us today. The result will rived from funds previously appro- Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask be that Members and staff of the Sen- priated for a new financial manage- unanimous consent that the order for ate will have legislative information ment system for the Senate with the the quorum call be rescinded. that is more accurate, more timely, approval of the Committee on Appro- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without and more comprehensive, every day, di- priations. objection, it is so ordered. rectly at their desktops. While this The fifth amendment brought to us Mrs. MURRAY. I ask unanimous con- program will take several years to today by the Disbursing Office author- sent that the amendment just sent to complete fully, we will be able to ben- izes the Financial Clerk of the Senate the desk be laid aside. efit immediately as each new compo- to receive payments for unaccrued an- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without nent becomes available. nual leave for individuals whose pay is objection, it is so ordered. This program will require a long and disbursed by the Senate and deposit Mr. CHAFEE addressed the Chair. sustained effort by many people and those payments in the General Fund of The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- many legislative branch organziations, the Treasury as a miscellaneous re- ator from Rhode Island. without additional resources. It will re- ceipt. AMENDMENT NO. 5119 quire the establishment of priorities And, finally, the sixth amendment (Purpose: To amend chapter 1 of title 17, and good management to ensure these recommended to us by the Committee United States Code, to provide for a limita- priorities are met. Through this on Rules and Administration addresses tion on the exclusive copyrights of literary amendment we are designating the the creation of a legislative branch- works produced or distributed in special- Secretary of the Senate, who has the wide legislative information system. ized formats for use by blind or disabled primary responsibility for the Senate’s Mr. President, all of these amend- persons, and for other purposes) legislative information, to provide ments have been discussed with Sen- Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, on be- overall management of this system. We ator MURRAY. I believe she has no ob- half of myself, and Senators FRAHM, are also directing the Congressional jection. Therefore, I would ask that STEVENS, LEAHY, MCCONNELL, and Research Service, which understands these six amendments be agreed to en BINGAMAN, I send a printed amendment the legislative research needs of the bloc. to the desk. At the proper time I will Congress, to coordinate with the Com- Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, we ask that it be set aside. mittee and the Secretary the develop- have had time to review all of these The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ment of the retrieval portion of the amendments. There is no objection. clerk will report.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS S9066 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 29, 1996 The assistant legislative clerk read behalf of myself and those Senators textbook may require multiple pages of as follows: that I just listed. braille or tactile graphics to convey The Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. This amendment is supported by the the same information. All in all, it can CHAFEE), for himself, Mrs. FRAHM, Mr. STE- Association of American Publishers, take a full year to produce a braille VENS, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. MCCONNELL, and Mr. the National Federation of the Blind, textbook. Added time consumed by try- BINGAMAN, proposes an amendment num- the American Foundation for the ing to get permission from publishers bered 5119. Blind, the American Printing House for makes it certain that the blind student Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, I ask the Blind, Recording for the Blind and is not in sync with his classmates. unanimous consent that reading of the Dyslexic, and the U.S. Copyright Of- The amendment Senator FRAHM and amendment be dispensed with. fice. others and I are introducing seeks to The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without It also has the support of the chair- end the unintended censorship of blind objection, it is so ordered. man of the Judiciary Committee, and students’ access to current informa- The amendment is as follows: we are waiting for approval by the tion. The amendment, as I say, is en- At the appropriate place in the bill insert ranking member of the Judiciary Com- dorsed by the Association of American the following new section: mittee before proceeding. Publishers, the National Federation of SEC. . LIMITATION ON EXCLUSIVE COPYRIGHTS Mr. President, the amendment I am the Blind, the American Foundation FOR LITERARY WORKS IN SPECIAL- proposing along with those Senators I for the Blind, the American Printing IZED FORMAT FOR THE BLIND AND House for the Blind, and the U.S. Copy- DISABLED. mentioned is an amendment to the leg- islative branch appropriations bill re- right Office. (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 17, This is a very simple amendment. United States Code, is amended by adding garding books for the blind. after section 120 the following new section: In 1931, the Library of Congress Na- This says groups that produce special- ized formats for the blind no longer are ‘‘§ 121. Limitations on exclusive rights: repro- tional Library Service for the Blind required to gain permission from the duction for blind or other people with dis- and Physically Handicapped was estab- copyright holder before beginning pro- abilities lished by an act of Congress. Since duction. It is based on an agreement ‘‘(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sec- then, funding for this immensely valu- that was reached last January between tions 106 and 710, it is not an infringement of able program has been included in the the Association of American Publishers copyright for an authorized entity to repro- legislative branch bill, which, of and the National Federation of the duce or to distribute copies or phonorecords course, funds the Library of Congress. of a previously published, nondramatic lit- Blind. It includes a very narrow defini- The National Library Service and a erary work if such copies or phonorecords tion of those who are eligible to under- handful of nonprofit organizations re- are reproduced or distributed in specialized take such production and applies the produce in specialized formats pub- formats exclusively for use by blind or other definition for eligibility used by the persons with disabilities. lished material that is readily avail- National Library Service to those who ‘‘(b)(1) Copies or phonorecords to which able to sighted individuals in libraries, receive reproductions. this section applies shall— bookstores, newsstands and countless ‘‘(A) not be reproduced or distributed in a So, Mr. President, as has been said by other locations. a member of the National Federation format other than a specialized format ex- Specialized formats refers to braille, clusively for use by blind or other persons of the Blind, It should be obvious that with disabilities; sound recordings—either on cassette or the delays here present a significant ‘‘(B) bear a notice that any further repro- phonorecord—and new digital formats barrier which must be overcome if duction or distribution in a format other that can be used for special software. blind people are to be informed and lit- than a specialized format is an infringement; To make certain that recorded books erate. It is not too much to say that and and magazines are only used by those living successfully in our modern soci- ‘‘(C) include a copyright notice identifying for whom they are intended, they are ety often depends upon being able to the copyright owner and the date of the recorded at a speed that simply does original publication. communicate ideas and facts both oral- ‘‘(2) The provisions of this section shall not not work on standard tape players. ly and in writing. apply to standardized, secure, or norm-ref- The National Library Service pro- I conclude by a statement from erenced tests and related testing material, or vides special tape players and record Marybeth Peters, who is the Register to computer programs, except the portions players to eligible individuals. This of Copyrights at the Library of Con- thereof that are in conventional human lan- equipment is not generally available to gress. In testifying before the Senate guage (including descriptions of pictorial the public. To be eligible to receive Judiciary Committee she said, works) and displayed to users in the ordinary this special equipment, an applicant Blind and physically handicapped readers course of using the computer programs. must be certified by a qualified profes- have a legitimate need for prompt and time- ‘‘(c) For purposes of this section, the ly access as soon as possible after works be- term— sional such as a doctor, nurse or social worker that he or she is unable to use come available to the general reading public. ‘‘(1) ‘authorized entity’ means a nonprofit Textbook materials in particular are com- organization or a governmental agency that standard print. monly out of date within 1 to 2 years, super- has a primary mission to provide specialized The National Library Service selects seded by new editions. services relating to training, education, or the books to reproduce in these special- Passage of this amendment will per- adaptive reading or information access needs ized formats. mit the speedy access to information of blind or other persons with disabilities; Frequently, the National Library ‘‘(2) ‘blind or other persons with disabil- that blind people need. Service issues request after request It is my understanding the managers ities’ means individuals who are eligible or only to wait months for a response who may qualify in accordance with the Act of the bill are prepared to accept the entitled ‘‘An Act to provide books for the from the publisher. These delays are amendment, but we are waiting for the adult blind’’, approved March 3, 1931 (2 U.S.C. not because the publishers have a de- approval of the ranking member of the 135a; 46 Stat. 1487) to receive books and other sire to withhold permission; it is sim- Judiciary Committee. publications produced in specialized formats; ply a low priority. They just set it So, Mr. President, I thank the man- and aside. agers of the bill and hope that when we ‘‘(3) ‘specialized formats’ means braille, There are still 17 books from the 1995 receive the approval, as I expect we audio, or digital text which is exclusively for best seller list for which permission is will, of the ranking member of the Ju- use by blind or other persons with disabil- still pending. ities.’’. diciary Committee, if I am not here, (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND- For our Nation’s more than 54,000 the manager of the bill might be able MENT.—The table of sections for chapter 1 of blind elementary and secondary school to call up this amendment and have it title 17, United States Code, is amended by students, this is a great problem. considered in my absence. adding after the item relating to section 120 The American Printing House for the I ask the manager and the ranking the following: Blind in Louisville, KY, is the primary member of the committee, if we receive ‘‘121. Limitations on exclusive rights: repro- producer of braille textbooks. It is a the approval—the only thing we are duction for blind or other peo- challenge to reproduce today’s highly waiting for is the approval of the rank- ple with disabilities.’’. visible textbooks in braille format. ing member of the Judiciary Com- Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, this is Maps, charts, graphs, and illustrations mittee. If I could pass that on, when it an amendment that I am offering on that take up one page in a standard is

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We may have to move The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. citizen access to their elected rep- forward rather quickly. So we will get CHAFEE). Without objection, it is so or- resentatives. But this is not the case. that information regarding the ranking dered. What we are trying to do is limit spe- member as soon as we can. AMENDMENT NO. 5120 cial access to elected representatives, Mr. MACK. I am under the impres- (Purpose: To further restrict legislative post- the kind of access that ordinary Ameri- sion, since the Senator has offered the employment lobbying by Members and sen- cans living in States like Wisconsin amendment, that his rights have been ior staffers) and Arizona do not have. Many of us protected. We will be moving forward Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I rise believe that it is simply wrong to sug- the remainder of this evening and then to offer an amendment on behalf of the gest that just because you have the fi- tomorrow taking whatever amend- senior Senator from Arizona, Mr. nancial resources to write out enor- ments have been agreed to in the unan- MCCAIN. I send the amendment to the mous campaign contributions or treat imous consent request last week deal- desk. legislators to expensive meals, that ing with those amendments. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there you should therefore have special ac- I have forgotten the time that we objection? Without objection, it is so cess to those Government officials. were slotted for votes. ordered. The clerk will report. That is nothing more than auctioning It has not been set yet, but, again, The legislative clerk read as follows: off democracy to the highest bidder. the Senator’s rights have been pro- A very large part of the culture of tected since he has offered the amend- The Senator from Wisconsin [Mr. FEIN- GOLD], for Mr. MCCAIN, for himself and Mr. special interest influence that pervades ment. FEINGOLD, proposes amendment numbered Washington is the revolving door be- Mr. CHAFEE. I thank the Senator. 5120. tween public service and private em- Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, let me ployment. By putting a lock on this re- say that I support the amendment the Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that further read- volving door for a meaningful period of Senator has offered. We are simply on time, we can send a message that those this side waiting for the authorizing ing of the amendment be dispensed with. entering Government employment committee to review it, and hopefully should view public service as an honor that will come fairly soon. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. and a privilege, not as just another Mr. FEINGOLD addressed the Chair. rung on the ladder to personal gain and The PRESIDING OFFICER. Did the The amendment is as follows: profit. Senator from Wisconsin seek recogni- At the appropriate place in the bill, add the following: Mr. President, the facts show there is tion? a public perception that there is a Mr. FEINGOLD addressed the Chair. SEC. . (a) Section 207(e)(1)(A) of title 18, problem that needs to be addressed. It The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘1 year’’ and inserting ‘‘2 years’’. is not misguided. ator from Wisconsin [Mr. FEINGOLD], is (b) Paragraphs (2)(A), (3), and (4)(A) of sec- There are countless instances of recognized. tion 207(e) of title 18, United States Code, are Mr. FEINGOLD. I ask the managers former Members of Congress who once amended by striking ‘‘within 1 year after’’ chaired or served on committees with if this would be an appropriate time to and inserting ‘‘within 5 years after’’. offer an amendment? Have they had an jurisdiction over particular industries Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I or special interests who are now lob- opportunity to make their opening have offered the amendment on behalf statements? bying their former colleagues on behalf of Senator MCCAIN of Arizona, which is Mr. MACK. I say to the Senator, this of those very industries or special in- an outgrowth of a bipartisan effort is an appropriate time to offer an terests. Former committee staff direc- that relates to the issue of post-em- amendment that has been listed in the tors use their contacts and knowledge ployment restrictions on elected offi- unanimous-consent request. of their former committees to secure cials and what is more commonly Mr. FEINGOLD. I intend to offer the lucrative positions in lobbying firms known as the practice of the revolving- amendment on behalf of the Senator and associations with interests related door lobby. from Arizona [Mr. MCCAIN] and myself. to those committees. This amendment follows in a long I believe that is one of the listed items. Just how fast is the revolving door Mr. MACK. I believe I would be in a line of congressional reforms that have spinning, Mr. President? Just look at position to object to that. As I under- been proposed on a bipartisan basis by the countless announcements, after the stand it, the unanimous-consent re- myself and the Senator from Arizona 1994 elections, of Government officials quest indicates that there is a slot for and others. Several of us who have leaving the public sector to work for been trying to address the issue of spe- Senator MCCAIN to offer an amend- lobbying firms. ment. I have the right to object to a re- cial interest influence have proposed One article announced that an aide quest for someone to offer an amend- and pursued several avenues of reform. leaving her position on the House Sub- ment on someone else’s behalf. Whether it is requiring greater disclo- committee on Energy and Power will The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- sure from the lobbying community or be working for the lobbying arm of the ator from Florida is correct. The Sen- passing new gift restrictions that American Public Power Association. ator from Wisconsin would have to ask clamps down on free vacation trips and Mr. President, another announce- unanimous consent to offer the amend- fancy dinners, or finally addressing the ment tells us a recently retired official ment. woefully inadequate system of cam- member of the House Ways and Means Mr. FEINGOLD. I ask unanimous paign finance we are currently saddled subcommittee on select revenue meas- consent that I may offer an amend- with, it is clear that reforming the ures, is joining a Washington lobbying ment on behalf of the Senator from Ar- Congress has become one of the pre- firm as a specialist on tax policy. Mr. izona, who is unable to be here at this eminent issues among an electorate President, we have the former chief of time. that has grown to not only view this staff to the chairman of the House The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there institution with cynicism and disdain, Transportation Committee now lob- objection? but has also developed, unfortunately, bying the committee on behalf of a Mr. MACK. I object. a fundamental distrust of their elected number of transportation interests. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- representatives. Mr. President, I could go on and on. tion is heard. Mr. President, restoring the faith of The problem of the revolving door lob- Mr. MACK. I suggest the absence of a the American people in their Govern- bying is quite clear, and in my view, quorum. ment is without a doubt one of the and I strongly believe in the view of

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In fact, lobbyists, the line on congressional spending. strengthen the postemployment re- whether they are representing public I urge the Senate to adopt this bill strictions that are already in place. interest groups or Wall Street, can and to avoid offering amendments Keep in mind, Mr. President, present information to public rep- which would cause the committee to postemployment restrictions are not resentatives that they may not other- exceed its 602(b) allocation. something new. There is currently a 1- wise have or obtain. So it can be help- APPOINTMENT OF A DEPUTY LIBRARIAN year ban on former Members of Con- ful. Mr. MACK. Mr. President, I would gress lobbying the entire Congress, as Mr. President, I strongly believe that like to bring the attention of the Sen- well as a 1-year ban on senior congres- there is no more noble endeavor than ate to committee report language con- sional staff lobbying their former em- to serve in Government, but we need to cerning the Library of Congress and ploying entity. Members and senior take immediate action to restore the the appointment and responsibilities of staff are also prohibited from lobbying public’s confidence in their Govern- a deputy librarian. on behalf of a foreign entity for 1 year. ment and to rebuild the lost trust be- I also note the presence of the chair- The McCain amendment will prohibit tween Members of Congress and the man of the Joint Committee on the Li- Members of Congress from lobbying the electorate. This amendment is a small, brary, Senator HATFIELD, and the entire Congress, not just for 1 year but but I think strong step, in that direc- chairman of the Senate Committee on for 2 years. It doubles the time. We tion. I urge the Members to give it Rules and Administration. I wonder if double the current restriction. their support. they would care to engage in a brief In the most egregious abuses, when a I yield the floor. colloquy regarding this issue. former high-ranking committee staffer Mr. MACK. Mr. President, I thank But let me first read the report lan- is hired by a special interest to lobby the distinguished Senator for working guage in question. that committee, we extend the lob- out the situation here a few moments The committee has reviewed the findings bying ban to 5 years. This amendment ago. I am glad we were able to have the and recommendations of the recent audits of then bars former senior staffers, de- amendment offered, and I appreciate the Library, and believes that the single fined as any senior staffer or any staff- the Senator’s understanding with re- most important action to be taken would be the appointment of a deputy librarian fully er earning in excess of 75 percent of a spect to voting this on a voice vote. I am prepared to accept the amend- empowered to be the chief executive officer Member’s salary, from lobbying their of the Library. The management tasks iden- former employing entities for a period ment and take it to conference. tified in the audit reports are daunting, and of 5 years. Mr. FEINGOLD. The manager has must be given full-time attention. The ex- For example, the former chief coun- correctly stated our understanding. I traordinary demands already placed upon sel of the Ways and Means Committee appreciate the courtesy. the Librarian in any number of external are- would be prohibited from lobbying any The PRESIDING OFFICER. The nas and in developing a vision for the Li- member of that committee or any com- question is on agreeing to the amend- brary’s transition into a digital future make mittee staffer for a period of 5 years. ment. it impossible for him to deal with the day-to- The amendment (No. 5120) was agreed day administration of the Library’s oper- Mr. President, some might argue ations. Those responsibilities must be dele- that we are inhibiting these talented to. Mrs. MURRAY. I move to reconsider gated to the Deputy Librarian and the com- individuals from pursuing careers in mittee looks forward to that being done as policy matters in which they have be- the vote. soon as the deputy position is filled. Mr. MACK. I move to lay that mo- come extremely proficient. It may be Mr. President, the committee’s asked why a former high-level staffer tion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was phrasing in its instruction to the Li- on the Senate Subcommittee on Com- agreed to. brary to empower the Deputy Librar- munications cannot accept employ- Mr. MACK. Mr. President, I suggest ian as the chief executive officer was ment with a telecommunications com- the absence of a quorum. done so advisedly. The committee is pany. After all, this person has accu- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The aware that the specific recommenda- mulated years of knowledge of our clerk will call the roll. tion in the GAO management audit communication laws and technology. The legislative clerk proceeded to suggested that the deputy act as the Why should this individual be pre- call the roll. chief operating officer. And, indeed the vented from accepting private sector Mr. MACK. Mr. President, I ask library is in the process of selecting a employment in the communications unanimous consent that the order for deputy librarian to fill the position as field? the quorum call be rescinded. a chief operating officer. Of course, Mr. President, our legisla- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without However, the committee wishes to tion does not do that. Our legislation objection, it is so ordered. make it crystal clear that, in our con- does not bar anyone from seeking pri- Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I rise sidered judgment, and for the reasons vate sector employment. That staffer in support of H.R. 3754, in legislative outlined in the report which I have just can take the job with the tele- branch appropriations bill for fiscal read, the Deputy Librarian should be communications company, but what year 1997. charged with the responsibilities of a they cannot do is lobby their former The bill, as reported, provides $2.2 chief executive officer. subcommittee for 5 years. They can billion in new budget authority and The title and terminology are not as consult, they can advise, they can rec- $1.9 billion in outlays for the Congress important as the idea that this com- ommended, but they cannot lobby their and other legislative branch agencies, mittee will be looking to the deputy as former employer. That is it. That is including the Library of Congress, the the accountable authority in the day- what the McCain amendment does. General Accounting Office, and the to-day management of the institution. We are only limiting an individual’s Government Printing Office, among I yield to our most distinguished employment opportunity if they are others. chairman of the Appropriations Com- seeking to use their past employment When outlays from prior year appro- mittee who also serves as the chairman with the Federal Government to gain priations and other adjustments are of the Joint Committee on the Library. special access or influence with the taken into account, the bill totals $2.3 Mr. HATFIELD. Mr. President, the Government in return for personal billion in budget authority and $2.2 bil- chairman of the subcommittee was gain. lion in outlays. The bill is under the good enough to consult with me in the Mr. President, we are not here to subcommittee’s 602(b) allocation by $23 development of the report language he outlaw the profession of lobbying. Not million in budget authority and $49 has just read, and I concur whole- only would that be unconstitutional, million in outlays. heartedly in the direction given to the but I do not think it would really be I want to commend the distinguished Library in that language. Our Librar- addressing the true flaws of our polit- chairman and ranking member of the ian of Congress, Dr. James Billington,

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00062 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS July 29, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S9069 is an extraordinary individual of nu- the House bill, which would allow for period for the transaction of morning merous talents and many achieve- both the joint committee and for the business. ments, but no one individual can pos- CBO, Congressional Budget Office, to The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without sibly personally direct all the Library’s use dynamic scoring upon request. But objection, it is so ordered. activities. When the position of Deputy I realize the situation that we are in in f Librarian is filled, the Librarian should the Senate. There would have been a MAJ. GEN. NORMAND G. LEZY delegate to him the responsibility and Budget Act point of order that could be the authority to deal with the day-to- raised against the entire bill if, in fact, Mr. THURMOND. Mr. President, it is day administration of the Library’s op- it had not been removed in committee. my pleasure to rise today and pay trib- erations. The Librarian has written to And if I remember correctly, Senator ute to Maj. Gen. Normand G. Lezy, the me to indicate he intends to do exactly HATFIELD offered an amendment to re- Director of Air Force Legislative Liai- that, and I look forward to the bene- move the House language, so that we son, whose 2-year tenure in that posi- ficial effects of that delegation of re- could proceed without a point of order tion is about to come to an end. sponsibility. I yield the floor. being raised. The support that the 535 Members of Mr. MACK. I yield to our most distin- Again, this is an issue that we will Congress, and various committees of guished chairman of the Committee on have to deal with in conference. I just the House and Senate, receive from the Rules and Administration for his com- want to make everybody aware that it legislative liaison offices of the four ments on the issue. is one in which there are strong feel- military services and the Coast Guard Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I share ings on both sides of the Capitol, and is critical to allowing us to serve our with both distinguished chairmen, the both sides of the aisle, I suspect. constituents. The men and women who views as expressed in committee report Lastly, I, again, would just like to work in these congressional relations 104–323 relating to the appointment and thank Senator MURRAY for her co- offices are known to be courteous, re- operation in the effort that we have responsibilities of a deputy librarian of sponsive, and excellent representatives put together to bring about this appro- the Library of Congress. of their individual branches of the In our meeting of the Joint Com- priations bill. I also want to express military. Clearly, the high standards my appreciation to Jim English, Eric mittee on the Library, ably chaired by these soldiers, marines, sailors, coast Llgenfritz, and Larry Harris and Keith the distinguished senior Senator from guardsmen, and airmen adhere to are Kennedy of our side of the aisle, for the Oregon, we discussed the critical need set by those who head the various leg- work they have put into the writing of for a deputy librarian, fully vested islative liaison missions. These are of- this legislation. I appreciate the efforts with the authority to run the day-to- all of you have made. ficers who bring a wealth of experience, day operations and management of the Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, let me professionalism, and knowledge with institution. just thank the Senator from Florida them when they assume these highly Each of us recognize the many re- for his work on the legislative branch visible and extremely demanding posi- sponsibilities already placed on the Li- appropriations bill. tions. brarian, including those by outlined by Mr. FORD. Mr. President, I ask unan- For the past 24 months, the Air Force statute. His responsibilities in devel- imous consent that the order for the has been well served by General Lezy, oping a vision for the Library into the quorum call be rescinded. an officer with 21 years of experience, 21st century is an enormous task. Pro- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without and whose broad background not only moting this vision within the institu- objection, it is so ordered. gives him an understanding of Air tion, in the Congress, and indeed AMENDMENT NO. 5118, WITHDRAWN Force operations that few can match, throughout the Nation requires an im- Mr. FORD. Mr. President, the rank- but which has aided him greatly as he mense amount of time and energy. The ing member sent an amendment to the worked to meet the needs and demands Librarian has done a tremendous job in desk numbered 5118 on behalf of Sen- of those in Congress. From his days as this critical area. We applaud his ef- ator LEAHY. a young second lieutenant in the 3355th forts and wish him greater and contin- At this time, I ask unanimous con- Student Squadron, where he assumed ued success. I know we all look forward sent that that amendment be with- the duties of administrative officer, to to working with the Librarian as he drawn. his work at the Pentagon, General continues to set the course for the fu- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there Lezy has repeatedly demonstrated his ture of the Library. objection? Without objection, it is so abilities as an officer and his commit- f ordered. ment to selflessly working for the secu- The amendment (No. 5118) was with- UNANIMOUS-CONSENT AGREEMENT rity of the United States. Without drawn. Mr. MACK. Mr. President, I ask question, the Air Force Legislative Li- Mr. FORD. Mr. President, I have a aison office has benefited from his unanimous consent that following the statement I wish to put into the disposition of amendments numbered command. RECORD as it relates to that amend- Mr. President, I am certain that my 5119 and 5118, which will occur on Tues- ment. I want to read it so that there colleagues both on the Armed Services day, that the bill be advanced to third will be no mistake about what we are Committee and in the Senate would reading, and Senator BYRD be recog- putting in the RECORD. nized for up to 20 minutes for closing Although the ‘‘U.S. Senate Internet echo my commendations of General remarks, to be followed immediately Services Usage Rules and Policies’’ Lezy, the support he has provided us, by final passage of H.R. 3754, the legis- were adopted on July 22, 1996, Chair- and the service he has rendered our Na- lative appropriations bill; provided fur- man WARNER and I have determined tion. I wish the general great health ther, that amendments numbered 5118 that implementation of the require- and much happiness in the years to and 5119 not be subject to second-de- ments concerning promotional and come, and I am sure that he will con- gree amendments. commercial links to Senators’ home tinue to play a key role in continuing The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there States will be delayed for 60 days. Dur- to protect the ideals, interests, and objection? ing that time, the committee is inter- people of the United States. Without objection, it is so ordered. ested in hearing from Senators and f Mr. MACK. Mr. President, I just have Senate offices concerned about this a few more comments to make with re- WITHDRAWAL OF REQUEST FOR issue and will seriously consider con- SEQUENTIAL REFERRAL—S. 1718 spect to the legislative appropriations structive input during that time. bill. I am trying to anticipate where we All other aspects of the policy re- Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, on might have possible contention in a mains in effect. June 12, 1996, I requested sequential re- conference committee meeting, and I thank the Chair. I yield the floor. ferral of S. 1718, the Intelligence Au- thorization Act for fiscal year 1997, to that would be on the issue of dynamic f scoring, which Senator MURRAY re- the Committee on Rules and Adminis- ferred to in her opening statement. MORNING BUSINESS tration upon its discharge from the I am one who strongly supports the Mr. MACK. Mr. President, I ask Senate Committee on Governmental language, frankly, that was included in unanimous consent that there now be a Affairs. The Rules Committee, which

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A communication from the Comp- Senate Select Committee on Intel- secretaries. troller General of the United States, trans- ligence. mitting, pursuant to law, the report of Fi- The chairman and ranking member EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED nancial Statements for the years 1994 and of the Select Committee on Intel- As in executive session the Presiding 1995; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, ligence have advised me that when S. Officer laid before the Senate messages and Urban Affairs. 1718 goes to the floor of the Senate, from the President of the United EC–3542. A communication from the Acting Director of the Office of Fisheries Conserva- they will strike the provision related States submitting sundry nominations which were referred to the appropriate tion and Management, National Marine Fish- to the structure of that committee. Ac- eries Service, National Oceanic and Atmos- cordingly, I now withdraw my request committees. pheric Administration, Department of Com- for sequential referral of S. 1718. Thank (The nominations received today are merce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the re- you for your consideration in this mat- printed at the end of the Senate pro- port of a rule entitled ‘‘Groundfish of the ter. ceedings.) Gulf of Alaska,’’ received on July 23, 1996; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and f f Transportation. TRIBUTE TO MS. YVONNE TUCKER ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DEPART- EC–3543. A communication from the Acting Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I rise MENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN Director of the Office of Fisheries Conserva- tion and Management, National Marine Fish- today to pay tribute to Ms. Yvonne DEVELOPMENT FOR CALENDAR YEAR 1994—MESSAGE FROM THE eries Service, National Oceanic and Atmos- Tucker, who will retire from the De- pheric Administration, Department of Com- partment of the Army on August 2, PRESIDENT—PM 166 merce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the re- 1996, after a long career of distin- The PRESIDING OFFICER laid be- port of a rule entitled ‘‘Atlantic Swordfish guished service to our Nation as a Fed- fore the Senate the following message Fishery,’’ received on July 23, 1996; to the eral civil servant. I am pleased to note from the President of the United Committee on Commerce, Science, and that her many efforts over the past 32 States, together with an accompanying Transportation. EC–3544. A communication from the Gen- years have positively impacted the re- report; which was referred to the Com- lationship between the Army and the eral Counsel of the Department of Transpor- mittee on Banking, Housing, and tation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the re- U.S. Congress. Urban Affairs. port of a rule entitled ‘‘Airworthiness Direc- Ms. Tucker began her career in Fed- To the Congress of the United States: tives,’’ (RIN2120–AA64) received on July 25, eral service in the Army’s Office of the 1996; to the Committee on Commerce, Chief for Legislative Liaison, where Pursuant to the requirements of 42 Science, and Transportation. she first established a reputation for U.S.C. 3536, I transmit herewith the EC–3545. A communication from the Gen- excellence. From 1972 to 1979, she 30th Annual Report of the Department eral Counsel of the Department of Transpor- served as a congressional affairs spe- of Housing and Urban Development, tation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the re- cialist in the Office of the Legal Advi- which covers calendar year 1994. port of forty-one rules including one entitled sor and legislative assistant to the WILLIAM J. CLINTON. ‘‘Regulated Navigation Area,’’ (RIN2105– AC22, 2115–AE01, 2115–AE84, 2115–AE46, 2115– THE WHITE HOUSE, July 29, 1996. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. AA97) received July 25, 1996; to the Com- During her tenure there, she made sig- f mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- nificant contributions to such presi- tation. dential initiatives as the Panama MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE EC–3546. A communication from the Office Canal Treaty Task Force and the De- At 10:58 a.m., a message from the of the Managing Director, Federal Commu- partment of Defense Special Task House of Representatives, delivered by nications Commission, transmitting, pursu- Force on Korea. Ms. Goetz, one of its reading clerks, an- ant to law, the report of a rule relative to In 1979, Ms. Tucker earned a pro- nounced that the House has passed the the Interconnection and Resale Obligations Pertaining to Commercial Mobile Radio motion to the Army’s Special Actions following bill, in which it requests the Branch of the Office of the Chief of Services, received on July 24, 1996; to the concurrence of the Senate: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Legislative Liaison, and ultimately be- H.R. 3900. An act to amend the Agricul- Transportation. came Deputy Branch Chief. Having tural Market Transition Act to provide EC–3547. A communication from the Office again distinguished herself through greater planting flexibility, and for other of the Managing Director, Federal Commu- characteristic outstanding perform- purposes. nications Commission, transmitting, pursu- ant to law, the report of a rule relative to ance, she was assigned to the Office of f the Chief of Staff in 1990 to serve as a FM Broadcast Stations, received on July 24, congressional actions analyst. Here MEASURES REFERRED 1996; to the Committee on Commerce, too, she distanced herself from her Science, and Transportation. The following bill, previously re- EC–3548. A communication from the Acting peers by executing her duties with ex- ceived from the House of Representa- Director of the Office of Fisheries Conserva- ceptional skill and innovation. tives for the concurrence of the Senate, tion and Management, National Marine Fish- Congress expects and requires timely, was read the first and second times by eries Service, National Oceanic and Atmos- accurate information from our senior unanimous consent and referred as in- pheric Administration, Department of Com- defense leadership; unfortunately, we dicated: merce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the re- often overlook the tremendous port of a rule entitled ‘‘Groundfish of the H.R. 2779. An act to provide for appropriate amounts of staff work required to ful- Gulf of Alaska,’’ received on July 23, 1996; to implementation of the Metric Conversion the Committee on Commerce, Science, and fill these needs. Ms. Tucker has been Act of 1975 in Federal construction projects, instrumental in ensuring that the Transportation. and for other purposes; to the Committee on EC–3549. A communication from the Sec- Army is able to meet Congress’ expec- Commerce, Science, and Transportation. retary of Energy, transmitting, a draft of tations, by providing Army officials The following bill was read the first legislation relative to the Energy Policy Act with guidance as to how to interact and second times by unanimous con- of 1992; to the Committee on Energy and with Congress most effectively. sent and referred as indicated: Natural Resources. Yvonne Tucker is indeed a consum- EC–3550. A communication from the Ad- H.R. 3900. An act to amend the Agricul- ministrator, Energy Information Adminis- mate professional. As a career civil tural Market Transition Act to provide tration, Department of Energy, transmit- servant, she embodied loyalty, integ- greater planting flexibility, and for other ting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ‘‘Vol- rity, and competence, ideals which she purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, untary Reporting of Greenhouse Gases 1995’’; will continue to uphold and to which Nutrition, and Forestry. all Americans should strive. She has to the Committee on Energy and Natural Re- sources. served our Nation well, and our heart- EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS EC–3551. A communication from the Sec- felt appreciation and best wishes for retary of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to continued success go with her as she The following communications were law, a report entitled ‘‘Uranium Enrichment prepares for her next endeavor. laid before the Senate, together with Decontamination and Decommisssioning

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No. 104–333). clear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, Under Secretary of Defense, transmitting, By Mr. PRESSLER, from the Committee pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, ‘‘Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Reac- ‘‘Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation with an amendment in the nature of a sub- tors,’’ (RIN3150–AE96) received on July 25, Supplement,’’ received on July 23 1996; to the stitute: 1996; to the Committee on Environment and Committee on Governmental Affairs. S. 1505. A bill to reduce risk to public safe- Public Works. EC–3565. A communication from the Execu- ty and the environment associated with pipe- EC–3553. A communication from the Direc- tive Director of the Committee For Purchase line transportation of natural gas and haz- tor, Office of Regulatory Management and From People Who Are Blind or Severely Dis- ardous liquids, and for other purposes (Rept. Information, Environmental Protection abled, transmitting, pursuant to law, the re- No. 104–334). Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the port of a rule relative to the Committee’s By Mr. MCCAIN, from the Committee on report of four rules entitled ‘‘Clean Air Act Procurement List, received on July 23, 1996; Indian Affairs, without amendment: Final Interim Approval of Operating Permits to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. S. 1962. A bill to amend the Indian Child Programs,’’ (FRL5542–4, 5541–1, 5542–7, 5443–1) EC–3566. A communication from the Assist- Welfare Act of 1978, and for other purposes received on July 24, 1996; to the Committee ant Secretary for Employment and Training, (Rept. No. 104–335). on Environment and Public Works. Department of Labor, transmitting, pursu- By Mr. PRESSLER, from the Committee EC–3554. A communication from the Acting ant to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Un- on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Administrator, General Services Administra- employment Insurance Program Letter 29–83, without amendment: tion, transmitting, pursuant to law, the re- Change 3,’’ received on July 23, 1996; to the S. 1149. A bill to authorize the Secretary of port of an informational copy of a lease pro- Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Transportation to issue a certificate of docu- spectus; to the Committee on Environment EC–3567. A communication from the Direc- mentation with appropriate endorsement for and Public Works. tor, Regulations Policy Management Staff, employment in the coastwise trade for the EC–3555. A communication from the Acting Office of Policy, Food and Drug Administra- vessel Babs, and for other purposes. Administrator, General Services Administra- tion, transmitting, pursuant to law, the re- S. 1272. A bill to authorize the Secretary of tion, transmitting, pursuant to law, the re- port of a rule entitled ‘‘Revocation of Cer- Transportation to issue a certificate of docu- port of an informational copy of a lease pro- tain Device Regulations,’’ received on July mentation and coastwise trade endorsement spectus; to the Committee on Environment 23, 1996; to the Committee on Labor and for the vessel Billy Buck. and Public Works. Human Resources. S. 1281. A bill to authorize the Secretary of EC–3556, A communication from the Chief EC–3568. A communication from the Assist- Transportation to issue a certificate of docu- of the Regulations Unit, Internal Revenue ant Secretary of Legislative Affairs, Depart- mentation with appropriate endorsement for Service, Department of the Treasury, trans- ment of State, transmitting, pursuant to employment in the coastwise trade for the mitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule law, the report of a rule entitled, ‘‘Passports vessel Sarah-Christen. entitled ‘‘Revenue Procedure 96–39,’’ received and Visas Not Required for Certain Non- S. 1282. A bill to authorize the Secretary of on July 25, 1996; to the Committee on Fi- immigrants,’’ received on July 24, 1996; to Transportation to issue a certificate of docu- nance. the Committee on the Judiciary. mentation with the appropriate endorsement EC–3557, A communication from the Regu- EC–3569. A communication from the Com- for employment in the coastwise trade for latory Policy Officer, Bureau of Alcohol, To- missioner, Immigration and Naturalization the vessel Triad. bacco, and Firearms, Department of the Service, Department of Justice, transmit- S. 1319. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- Transportation to issue a certificate of docu- report of a rule entitled ‘‘Manufacturers Ex- titled ‘‘Adding Australia to the List of Coun- mentation with appropriate endorsement for cise Taxes-Firearms and Ammunition,’’ tries Authorized to Participate in the Visa employment in the coastwise trade for the (RIN1512–AB42) received on July 23, 1996; to Waiver Pilot Program,’’ (RIN115–AB93) re- vessel Too Much Fun, and for other purposes. the Committee on Finance. ceived on July 24, 1996; to the Committee on S. 1347. A bill to authorize the Secretary of EC–3558. A communication from the Chief the Judiciary. Transportation to issue a certificate of docu- of Staff, Social Security Administration, De- EC–3570. A communication from the Direc- mentation with appropriate endorsement for partment of Health and Human Services, tor of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Depart- the vessel Captain Daryl, and for other pur- transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of ment of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to poses. two rules including one entitled ‘‘Miscella- law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Hostage S. 1348. A bill to authorize the Secretary of neous Coverage Provisions of the Social Se- Situation Management,’’ (RIN1120–AA55) re- Transportation to issue a certificate of docu- curity Independence and Program Improve- ceived on July 23, 1996; to the Committee on mentation with appropriate endorsement for ments Act of 1994,’’ (RIN0960–AE00, 0960– the Judiciary. the vessel Alpha Tango, and for other pur- EC–3571. A communication from the Direc- AE21) received on July 23, 1996; to the Com- poses. tor of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Depart- mittee on Finance. S. 1349. A bill to authorize the Secretary of ment of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to EC–3559. A communication from the Dep- Transportation to issue a certificate of docu- law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Release uty Associate Administrator for Acquisition mentation with appropriate endorsement for Preparation Program,’’ (RIN1120–AA51) re- Policy, Office of Policy, Planning and Eval- the vessel Old Hat, and for other purposes. ceived on July 23, 1996; to the Committee on uation, General Services Administration, S. 1358. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Judiciary. transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of Transportation to issue a certificate of docu- EC–3572. A communication from the Direc- a rule entitled ‘‘Removal of Chapter 201, Fed- mentation with appropriate endorsement for tor of the Office of Regulations Management, eral Information Resources Management employment in the coastwise trade for the Department of Veterans Affairs, transmit- Regulation, From Title 41—Public Contracts vessel Carolyn, and for other purposes. ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- and Property Management,’’ (RIN3090–AG04) S. 1362. A bill to authorize the Secretary of titled ‘‘Part-Time Career Employment Pro- received on July 23, 1996; to the Committee Transportation to issue a certificate of docu- gram,’’ (RIN2900–AH75) received on July 23, on Governmental Affairs. mentation with appropriate endorsement for 1996; to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. EC–3560. A communication from the Direc- employment in the coastwise trade for the tor of the Office of Personnel Management, f vessel Focus. transmitting, pursuant to law, the annual re- PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS S. 1383. A bill to authorize the Secretary of port for fiscal year 1995; to the Committee on Transportation to issue a certificate of docu- Governmental Affairs. The following petitions and memo- mentation and coastwise trade endorsement EC–3561. A communication from the Chair- rials were laid before the Senate and for the vessel Westfjord. man of the District of Columbia Financial were referred or ordered to lie on the S. 1384. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Responsibility and Management Assistance table as indicated: Transportation to issue a certificate of docu- Authority, transmitting, pursuant to law, a POM–658. A resolution adopted by the City mentation and coastwise trade endorsement report relative to the ‘‘Revised Fiscal Year Council of the City of Hialeah, Florida rel- for the vessel God’s Grace II. 1997 Budget Request Act’’; to the Committee ative to the Republic of China; to the Com- S. 1454. A bill to authorize the Secretary of on Governmental Affairs. mittee on Foreign Relations. Transportation to issue a certificate of docu- EC–3562. A communication from the Chair- mentation with appropriate endorsement for man of the Federal Housing Finance Board, f employment in the coastwise trade and fish- transmitting, pursuant to law, management REPORTS OF COMMITTEES eries for the vessel Joan Marie, and for other reports of Federal Home Loan Banks and Fi- purposes. nancing Corporation for calendar year 1995; The following reports of committees S. 1455. A bill to authorize the Secretary of to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. were submitted on July 26, 1996: Transportation to issue a certificate of docu- EC–3563. A communication from the Chair- By Mr. PRESSLER, from the Committee mentation with appropriate endorsement for man of the Merit Systems Protection Board, on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, employment in the coastwise trade for the transmitting, pursuant to law, a statistical without amendment: vessel Movin On, and for other purposes.

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A bill to authorize the Secretary of referred (or acted upon), as indicated: reau of Land Management (BLM), the selections were then rejected by the Transportation to issue a certificate of docu- By Mr. ROTH (for himself and Mrs. BLM because they were not ‘‘compact mentation with appropriate endorsement for FEINSTEIN): employment in the coastwise trade for the S. Res. 285. A resolution expressing the and contiguous’’ as required by vessel Shogun, and for other purposes. sense of the Senate that the Secretary of ANSCA. This resulted in a deficiency S. 1545. A bill to authorize the Secretary of State should make improvements in Cam- conveyance agreement which divided Transportation to issue a certificate of docu- bodia’s record on human rights, the environ- the village selections in Cook Inlet mentation with appropriate endorsement for ment, narcotics trafficking and the Royal into two appendices—appendix A, and employment in the coastwise trade for the Government of Cambodia’s conduct among vessel Moonraker, and for other purposes. appendix C. When the villages signed the primary objectives in our bilateral rela- their agreement they were continu- S. 1566. A bill to authorize the Secretary of tions with Cambodia; to the Committee on Transportation to issue a certificate of docu- Foreign Relations. ously assured by the BLM that their mentation with appropriate endorsement for By Mr. MOYNIHAN: selection rounds would remain intact employment in the coastwise trade for the S. Con. Res. 67. A concurrent resolution to thereby preserving their highest pri- vessel Marsh Grass Too. authorize printing of the report of the Com- ority land selections. Indeed, cor- S. 1588. A bill to authorize the Secretary of mission on Protecting and Reducing Govern- respondence over the years from the Transportation to issue a certificate of docu- ment Secrecy; to the Committee on Rules Department of the Interior indicates mentation and coastwise trade endorsement and Administration. for the vessel Kalypso. that this was the case. S. 1631. A bill to authorize the Secretary of f However, now the DOI claims that Transportation to issue a certificate of docu- STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED none of the appendix C lands could be mentation with appropriate endorsement for BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS transferred until all appendix A lands employment in the coastwise trade for the have been conveyed. If allowed to con- vessel Extreme, and for other purposes. By Mr. MURKOWSKI (for himself tinue this would result in the Native The following reports of committees and Mr. STEVENS): villages not receiving their priority se- were submitted on July 29, 1996: S. 1998. A bill to provide for expedited lections under ANCSA. By Mr. CHAFEE, from the Committee on negotiations between the Secretary of It is ironic that it was village cor- Environment and Public Works, with an the Interior and the villages of porations who gave up their selections amendment in the nature of a substitute: Chickaloon-Moose Creek Native Asso- so that the Department could create S. 1873. A bill to amend the National Envi- ciation, Inc., Ninilichik Native Asso- Lake Clark National Park and now the ronmental Education Act to extend the pro- ciation, Inc., Seldovia Native Associa- DOI is blocking the villages right to se- grams under the Act, and for other purposes tion, Inc., Tyonek Native Corp., and (Rept. No. 104–336). lect lands they originally assisted in Knikatnu, Inc. regarding the convey- selecting by saying it would threaten By Mr. STEVENS, from the Committee on ances of certain lands in Alaska Under Governmental Affairs, with amendments: Lake Clark National Park. S. 1718. An original bill to authorize appro- the Alaska Native Claims Settlement The legislation I am introducing priations for fiscal year 1997 for intelligence Act, and for other purposes; to the today is a fair compromise to this and intelligence-related activities of the Committee on Energy and Natural Re- problem. In short the legislation United States Government, the Community sources. would: Management Account, and for the Central THE ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT Require the Secretary to enter into Intelligence Agency Retirement and Dis- AMENDMENT ACT OF 1996 expedited negotiations with the village ability System, and for other purposes (Rept. ∑ Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, No. 104–337). corporations for the purpose of resolv- today I introduce legislation on behalf By Mr. MCCAIN, from the Committee on ing their remaining land entitlement Indian Affairs, without amendment: of myself and Senator STEVENS. This issues with either the lands in dispute S. 1834. A bill to reauthorize the Indian En- legislation is intended to help facili- or other lands in Alaska; vironmental General Assistance Program tate a settlement regarding a complex For any village with much the Sec- Act of 1992, and for other purposes (Rept. No. land dispute between five Native Alas- retary reaches agreement he must im- 104–338). kan villages and the Department of the plement the agreement within 90 days INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND Interior. and the issue is then resolved; JOINT RESOLUTIONS Mr. President, the villages of For any of the villages with which Chickaloon-Moose Creek, Ninilchik, The following bills and joint resolu- the Secretary fails to reach agreement Selovia, Tyonek, and Knikatnu se- tions were introduced, read the first within 180 days, the Secretary must lected lands over 20 years ago pursuant and second time by unanimous con- convey to that village 50 percent of the to the Alaska Native Claims Settle- sent, and referred as indicated: lands they selected, in the order of ment Act (ANSCA) along the shores of their selection by priority rounds; By Mr. MURKOWSKI (for himself and what would later become Lake Clark For any of the five villages that still Mr. STEVENS): National Park and on the western S. 1998. A bill to provide for expedited ne- have remaining acreage in their land gotiations between the Secretary of the Inte- coast of Cook Inlet. These five villages entitlements, the Secretary must con- rior and the villages of Chickaloon-Moose later relinquished many of their origi- tinue to negotiate with them and re- Creek Native Association, Inc., Ninilichik nal selections so that the Department port back to Congress on the status of Native Association, Inc., Seldovia Native As- could consolidate their holdings and these negotiations; sociation, Inc., Tyonek Native Corporation preserve valuable lake frontage to cre- Lastly, the legislation will preserve and Knikatnu, Inc. regarding the convey- ate the Lake Clark National Park in the village’s right to pursue the issue ances of certain lands in Alaska Under the 1980. Without the relinquishment of the through the judicial system. Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and village’s original land selections Lake Mr. President, this legislation is fair for other purposes; to the Committee on En- ergy and Natural Resources. Clark National Park may never have and balanced. Each of the two parties By Mr. NICKLES (for himself, Mr. become a reality. involved have the opportunity to re- BYRD, Mr. HELMS, Mr. COATS, Mr. In return for the relinquishment of solve the issue in an amicable way FAIRCLOTH, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. LOTT, their original selections, the villages where both can walk away with posi- Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. SANTORUM, Mr. were offered other lands on the western tive results. Failing to accomplish this, SHELBY, Mr. SMITH, Mr. THURMOND, coast of Cook Inlet. Because there were each party then only gets half of what Mr. WARNER, Mr. ASHCROFT, Mr. BEN- five villages, the DOI worked with the they want. NETT, Mr. FRIST, Mr. GREGG, Mr. KYL, villages to create different ‘‘rounds’’ of I would like to point out that, re- Mr. BURNS, Mr. GRAMM, Mr. STEVENS, and Mr. GORTON): selections. This process would ensure gardless of the rhetoric coming from S. 1999. A bill to define and protect the in- that no one village would receive all opponents of this legislation, these se- stitution marriage; to the Committee on the the high or low priority selections lected lands are not part of Lake Clark Judiciary. being offered in the new lands. These National Park.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00066 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS July 29, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S9073 I understand the DOI may oppose this dered a preliminary ruling in favor of received urging that the definition of legislation. I would like to inform the three same-sex couples applying for ‘‘spouse’’ be ‘‘broadened to include do- Department of the Interior that I am marriage licenses. The court said the mestic partners in committed relation- opposed to them making Alaska Na- marriage law was discriminatory and ships, including same-sex relation- tives wait 20 years for their promised violated their rights under the equal- ships.’’ When the Secretary issued the land conveyances.∑ rights clause of the State constitution. final rules he stated that the definition Many States are concerned that an- of ‘‘spouse’’ in the act and the legisla- By Mr. NICKLES (for himself, Mr. other State’s recognition of same-sex tive history precluded such a broad- BYRD, Mr. HELMS, Mr. COATS, Mr. marriages will compromise their own ening of the definition of ‘‘spouse’’. The FAIRCLOTH, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. LOTT, laws prohibiting such marriages. Legis- amendment, which was unanimously Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. SANTORUM, Mr. lators in over 30 States have intro- adopted, spared a great deal of costly SHELBY, Mr. SMITH, Mr. THURMOND, duced bills to deny recognition to and unnecessary litigation over the Mr. WARNER, Mr. ASHCROFT, Mr. same-sex unions. Fifteen States al- definition of spouse. BENNETT, Mr. FRIST, Mr. GREGG, ready have approved such laws, and These are just a few reasons for why Mr. KYL, Mr. BURNS, Mr. GRAMM, many other States are now grappling we need to enact the Defense of Mar- Mr. STEVENS, and Mr. GORTON): with the issue—including Hawaii, riage Act. Enactment of this bill will where legislative leaders are fighting allow States to give full and fair con- S. 1999. A bill to define and protect to block their own courts from sanc- sideration of how they wish to address the institution of marriage; to the tioning such marriages. This bill would the issue of same-sex marriages instead Committee on the Judiciary. address this issue head-on, and it would of rushing to legislate because of fear THE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT allow each State to make the final de- that another State’s laws may be im- Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, today I termination for itself. posed upon them. It also will eliminate am reintroducing a bill called the De- Another reason this bill is needed legal uncertainty concerning Federal fense of Marriage Act. This bill does now, concerns Federal benefits. The benefits, and make it clear what is just two things. It defines the words Federal Government extends benefits, meant when the words ‘‘marriage’’ and ‘‘marriage’’ and ‘‘spouse’’ for purposes rights and privileges to persons who ‘‘spouse’’ are used in the Federal Code. of Federal law and it says that no are married, and generally it accepts a I urge my colleagues to join me in State shall be required to give effect to State’s definition of marriage. This bill sponsoring this bill and I ask for their a law of any other State with respect will help the Federal Government de- support when this issue comes to the to a same-sex marriage. fend its own traditional and common- floor. This bill is a simple bill. It is based sense definitions of ‘‘marriage’’ and Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- on common understandings rooted in ‘‘spouse’’. If, for example, Hawaii gives sent that the text of the bill be printed our nation’s history. it merely reaf- new meanings to the words ‘‘marriage’’ in the RECORD. firms what each Congress and every ex- and ‘‘spouse’’, the reverberation may There being no objection, the bill was ecutive agency have meant for 200 be felt throughout the Federal code un- ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as years when using the words ‘‘mar- less this bill is enacted. For instance, a follows: riage’’ and ‘‘spouse’’. That is, that a redefinition in Hawaii could create de- S. 1999 marriage is the legal union of a man mands for veterans’ benefits for same- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- and a woman as husband and wife, and sex spouses. resentatives of the United States of America in a spouse is a person of the opposite sex Let me cite an example. In the 1970’s, Congress assembled, who is a husband or a wife. The current Richard Baker, a male, demanded in- SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. United States Code does not contain a creased veterans’ educational benefits This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Defense of definition of marriage, presumably be- because he claimed James McConnell, Marriage Act’’. cause most Americans know what it another male, as his dependent spouse. SEC. 2. POWERS RESERVED OF THE STATES. means. Therefore, the definition of (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 115 of title 28, When the Veterans Administration United States Code, is amended by adding marriage in this bill comes from well- turned him down, he sued, and the out- after section 1738B the following: established case law. The meaning of come turned on a Federal statute that ‘‘Sec. 1738C. Certain acts, records, and pro- spouse is taken from language already made eligibility for the benefits con- ceedings and the effect thereof in the U.S. Code. tingent on the State’s definition of ‘‘No State, territory, or possession of the This bill also does not change State ‘‘spouse’’ and ‘‘marriage’’. The Federal United States, or Indian tribe, shall be re- law. It allows each State to decide for courts rejected the claim for added quired to give effect to any public act, itself with respect to same-sex ‘‘mar- record, or judicial proceeding of any other benefits because the State supreme State, territory, possession, or tribe respect- riage’’. It does this by exercising Court had already determined that in ing a relationship between persons of the Congress’s powers under the Constitu- Minnesota, marriage was not available same sex that is treated as a marriage under tion to legislate with respect to the to persons of the same sex (McConnell the laws of such other State, territory, pos- full faith and credit clause. It provides versus Nooner, 547 F.2d 54, 1976). This session, or tribe, or a right or claim arising that a State shall be required to give bill anticipates future demands such as from such relationship.’’. effect to any public act of any other that made in the veterans’ benefits (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of State respecting a relationship be- case, and it reasserts that, for the pur- sections at the beginning of chapter 115 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by tween persons of the same sex that is poses of Federal law, the word ‘‘mar- inserting after the item relating to section treated as a marriage under the laws of riage’’ will continue to mean ‘‘only a 1738B the following new item: such other State. Congress has most legal union between one man and one ‘‘1738C. Certain acts, records, and pro- recently legislated in a similar fashion woman as husband and wife’’ and the ceedings and the effect thereof.’’. with respect to full faith and credit in word ‘‘spouse’’ will continue to mean SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE. 1994 when it enacted the Full Faith and ‘‘a person of the opposite sex who is a (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 1, Credit for Child Support Orders Act husband or a wife.’’ United States Code, is amended by adding at and the Safe Homes for Women Act. Another example of why we need a the end the following: ‘‘Sec. 7. Definition of ‘marriage’ and This bill simply says that marriage is Federal definition of the terms ‘‘mar- ‘spouse’ the legal union between one man and riage’’ and ‘‘spouse’’ occurred during ‘‘In determining the meaning of any Act of one woman as husband and wife, and a debate on the Family and Medical Congress, or of any ruling, regulation, or in- spouse is a husband or wife of the oppo- Leave Act of 1993. Shortly before pas- terpretation of the various administrative site sex. There is nothing earth-shat- sage of this act, I attached an amend- bureaus and agencies of the United States, tering there. No breaking of new ment that defined ‘‘spouse’’ as ‘‘a hus- the word ‘marriage’ means only a legal union ground. No setting of new precedents. band or wife, as the case may be.’’ I between one man and one woman as husband and wife, and the word ‘spouse’ refers only to No revocation of rights. also gave a short speech on the amend- a person of the opposite sex who is a husband The Defense of Marriage Act is nec- ment. When the Secretary of Labor or a wife.’’. essary for several reasons. In May of published his proposed regulations, a (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of 1993, the Hawaii Supreme Court ren- considerable number of comments were sections at the beginning of chapter 1 of title

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Whereas, rampant corruption in the RGC tile and apparel industry. f has emerged as a major cause of public dis- SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 52 satisfaction, which—when expressed by oppo- ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS At the request of Mr. KYL, the names sition politicians and the press—has resulted S. 650 of the Senator from Maine [Ms. SNOWE] in government crackdowns; At the request of Mr. SHELBY, the and the Senator from Colorado [Mr. Whereas, Cambodia has been added to the Department of State’s list of major narcotics name of the Senator from New Hamp- CAMPBELL] were added as cosponsors of trafficking countries; shire [Mr. SMITH] was added as a co- Senate Joint Resolution 52, a joint res- Whereas, the RGC—in contravention to the sponsor of S. 650, a bill to increase the olution proposing an amendment to the Cambodian Constitution—has sanctioned amount of credit available to fuel Constitution of the United States to massive deforestation and timber exploi- local, regional, and national economic protect the rights of victims of crimes. tation which has devastated the environ- ment, endangered the livelihoods of many of growth by reducing the regulatory bur- f den imposed upon financial institu- the country’s farmers, and helped finance tions, and for other purposes. SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLU- both the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces TION 67—RELATIVE TO THE COM- and the Khmer Rouge in their civil war; S. 1130 Whereas, the desire to cite Cambodia At the request of Mr. BROWN, the MISSION ON PROTECTING AND REDUCING GOVERNMENT SE- United Nations peacekeeping success story names of the Senator from Ohio [Mr. has stifled official international expressions GLENN] and the Senator from Michigan CRECY of concern about deteriorating conditions in [Mr. LEVIN] were added as cosponsors Mr. MOYNIHAN submitted the fol- Cambodia; Now therefore, be it Resolved, of S. 1130, a bill to provide for the es- lowing concurrent resolution; which That it is the sense of the Senate that: tablishment of uniform accounting sys- was referred to the Committee on (1) among the primary objectives in U.S. policy toward Cambodia should be improve- tems, standards, and reporting systems Rules and Administration: ments in Cambodia’s human rights condi- in the Federal Government, and for S. CON. RES. 67 tions, environmental and narcotics traf- other purposes. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Rep- ficking record, and the RGC’s conduct; S. 1669 resentatives concurring), That there shall be (2) the Secretary of State should closely At the request of Mr. LOTT, the name printed as a Senate document the report of monitor preparations for upcoming Cam- of the Senator from Louisiana [Mr. the Commission on Protecting and Reducing bodian elections in 1997 and 1998 and should attempt to secure the agreement of the RGC JOHNSTON] was added as a cosponsor of Government Secrecy. to full and unhindered participation of inter- S. 1669, a bill to name the Department SEC. 2. The document referred to in the first section shall be— national observers for those elections to en- of Veterans Affairs medical center in (1) published under the supervision of the sure that those elections are held in a free Jackson, Mississippi, as the ‘‘G.V. Secretary of the Senate; and and fair manner complying with inter- (Sonny) Montgomery Department of (2) in such style, form, manner, and bind- national standards, Veterans Affairs Medical Center’’. ing as directed by the Joint Committee on (3) the Secretary of State should support S. 1731 Printing, after consultation with the sec- the continuation of human rights moni- toring in Cambodia by the United Nations, At the request of Mr. CRAIG, the retary of the Senate. including monitoring through the office of names of the Senator from Nebraska The document shall include illustrations. SEC. 3. In addition to the usual number of the United Nations Center for Human Rights [Mr. KERREY] and the Senator from copies of the document, there shall be print- in Phnom Penh and monitoring by the Spe- Kentucky [Mr. FORD] were added as co- ed the lesser of— cial Representative of the United Nations sponsors of S. 1731, a bill to reauthorize (1) 5,000 copies for the use of the Secretary Secretary General for Human Rights in Cam- and amend the National Geologic Map- of Senate; or bodia; ping Act of 1992, and for other purposes. (2) such number of copies as does not ex- (4) the Secretary of State should encourage Cambodia’s other donors and trading part- S. 1797 ceed a total production and printing cost of $45,000. ners to raise concerns with the RGC over At the request of Mr. LEVIN, the Cambodia’s human rights, environmental, name of the Senator from Virginia [Mr. f narcotics trafficking and governmental con- ROBB] was added as a cosponsor of S. SENATE RESOLUTION 285— duct; 1797, a bill to revise the requirements RELATIVE TO CAMBODIA Mr. ROTH. Mr. President, I rise for procurement of products of Federal today on behalf of myself and Senator Mr. ROTH (for himself and Mrs. FEIN- Prison Industries to meet needs of Fed- FEINSTEIN to submit a resolution ex- STEIN) submitted the following resolu- eral agencies, and for other purposes. pressing concerns about a series of dis- S. 1873 tion; which was referred to the Com- mittee on Foreign Relations. turbing developments in Cambodia. At the request of Mr. INHOFE, the Recently, the Senate Finance Com- names of the Senator from New Hamp- S. RES. 285 mittee reported out H.R. 1642 to extend shire [Mr. SMITH] and the Senator from Whereas, the Paris Peace Accords of 1991 permanent most-favored nation tariff New Mexico [Mr. DOMENICI] were added and the successful national elections of 1993 treatment to Cambodia. Yesterday, the ended the genocide in Cambodia, brought as cosponsors of S. 1873, a bill to amend full Senate passed this legislation by the National Environmental Education two decades of civil war nearer to cessation, demonstrated the commitment of the Cam- voice vote. Act to extend the programs under the bodian people to democracy and stability, When the Finance Committee Act, and for other purposes. and led to the creation of a national con- marked up H.R. 1642, the committee’s S. 1885 stitution guaranteeing fundamental human members made clear their serious con- At the request of Mr. INHOFE, the rights; cerns about increasing acts of repres- name of the Senator from Arizona [Mr. Whereas, since 1991 the international com- sion by the Royal Government of Cam- MCCAIN] was added as a cosponsor of S. munity has contributed almost $2 billion to bodia [RGC]. They also registered their peacekeeping and national reconstruction in 1885, a bill to limit the liability of cer- concerns about growing corruption at tain nonprofit organizations that are Cambodia and currently provides over 40 per- cent of the budget of the Royal Government the highest levels of the civilian and providers of prosthetic devices, and for of Cambodia (RGC); military administration, increasing other purposes. Whereas, recent events in Cambodia—in- drug trafficking, and substantial envi- S. 1936 cluding the arrest and exile of former For- ronmental degradation. At the request of Mr. CRAIG, the eign Minister Prince Sirivudh, the expulsion In reporting out the bill, the com- name of the Senator from Mississippi of former Finance Minister Sam Rainsy from mittee made it clear that it was doing [Mr. COCHRAN] was added as a cospon- the FUNCINPEC Party and the National As- so, in part, because it believes normal sor of S. 1936, a bill to amend the Nu- sembly, a grenade attack against the inde- pendent Buddhist Liberal Democratic Party trade relations with Cambodia could clear Waste Policy Act of 1982. of Cambodia, mob attacks against pro-oppo- serve to improve Cambodia’s behavior. S. 1951 sition newspapers, the assassination of jour- The resolution we are submitting At the request of Mr. HELMS, the nalist and Khmer National Party member today is meant to send a parallel mes- name of the Senator from New York Thun Bunly, and harassment of other jour- sage—that the United States Senate

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Multilateral rity guards carrying sidearms at all times to aid also provides over 40 percent of the BUMPERS (AND HARKIN) ensure maintenance of security at the gas- Royal Government of Cambodia’s an- AMENDMENT NO. 5096 eous diffusion plants;’’. Insert where appropriate: ‘‘TECHNICAL COR- nual budget. American taxpayers con- Mr. BUMPERS (for himself, and Mr. RECTION TO THE USEC PRIVATIZATION ACT.— tribute a major portion of these sums. HARKIN) proposed an amendment to the Section 3110(b) of the USEC Privatization While the United Nations-sponsored bill (S. 1959) making appropriations for Act (Public Law 104–134, title III, chapter 1, energy and water development for the election of 1993 brought a brief period subchapter A) is amended by striking para- fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, graph (3) and inserting the following: of freedom and democratic improve- and for other purposes; as follows: ‘‘(3) The Corporation shall pay to the ment to Cambodia, recent develop- Thrift Savings Fund such employee and On page 23, line 8, reduce the amount by agency contributions as are required or au- ments on a variety of fronts suggests $268,600,000. that Cambodia’s future remains precar- thorized by sections 8432 and 8351 of title 5, United States Code, for employees who elect ious at best. WELLSTONE AMENDMENT NO. 5097 to retain their coverage under CSRS or FERS pursuant to paragraph (1).’’ For instance, Prince Norodom Mr. JOHNSTON (for Mr. WELLSTONE) Sirivudh, former Deputy Prime Min- Insert where appropriate: ‘‘Provided that, proposed an amendment to the bill, S. funds made available by this Act for Depart- ister and Foreign Affairs Minister was 1959, supra; as follows: mental Administration may be used by the arrested by the current government On page 19, line 4, strike ‘‘expended.’’ and Secretary of Energy to offer employees vol- under trumped up charges of fomenting insert in lieu thereof ‘‘expended; Provided, untary separation incentives to meet staff- a plot to assassinate the Second Prime That funds appropriated for energy supply, ing and budgetary reductions and restruc- turing needs through September 30, 1997 con- Minister, Hun Se. After a summary research and development activities shall be reduced by four-tenths of one percent from sistent with plans approved by the Office of trial without proper defense, Prince each program and that the amount of the re- Management and Budget. The amount of Sirivudh was found guilty by Hun Sen- duction shall be available for the biomass each incentive shall be equal to the smaller appointed judges and was sent into power for rural development program.’’ of the employee’s severance pay, or $20,000. exile in France. Voluntary separation recipients who accept employment with the Federal government, Another prominent opposition leader, KYL AMENDMENT NO. 5098 or enter into a personal services contract Former Finance Minister Sam Rainsy Mr. KYL proposed an amendment to with the Federal government within five was expelled from the coalition the bill, S. 1959, supra; as follows: years after separation shall repay the entire amount to the Department of Energy. On page 14, line 1, strike ‘‘$410,499,000’’ and Funcinpec Party and the National As- On page 2, between lines 24 and 25, insert insert ‘‘397,096,700’’. sembly for having criticized the RGC the following: ‘‘Tahoe Basin Study, Nevada On page 14, line 5, strike ‘‘$71,728,000’’ and and California, $200,000; Walker River Basin for its lack of transparency in its busi- insert ‘‘$58,325,700’’. restoration study, Nevada and California, ness deals with foreign firms. Since his On page 14, line 14, before the colon in- $300,000;’’ expulsion, several members of his party sert’’: Provided further, the amounts allo- On page 3, line 20, strike: ‘‘construction have been murdered. cated by the Committee on Appropriations of costs for Montgomery Point Lock and Dam, each House in accordance with sections A number of members of another op- Arkansas, and’’ 602(a) and 602(b) of the Congressional Budget On page 13, line 21, after ‘‘expended’’ insert position party, the Buddhist Liberal Act of 1974 and pursuant to the concurrent ‘‘:Provided further, That within available Democratic Party of Cambodia, headed resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1997 funds, $150,000 is for completion of the feasi- by former Prime Minister Sonn San, shall be adjusted downward by $13,402,300 and bility study of alternatives for meeting the the revised levels of budget authority and died as a result of a grenade attack drinking water needs of Cheyenne River outlays shall be submitted to each House by Sioux Reservation and surrounding commu- during that party’s national conven- the chairman of the Committee on the Budg- nities’’ tion. et of that House and shall be printed in the On page 7, line 19, add the following before Congressional Record’’. In addition, a number of editors and the period: ‘‘:Provided further, That the Sec- retary of the Army is directed to use $600,000 reporters from opposition newspapers DOMENICI (AND JOHNSTON) of funding provided herein to perform main- have been assassinated. Currently, AMENDMENT NO. 5099 tenance dredging of the Cocheco River navi- none of these assassination cases have gation project, New Hampshire.’’ been solved. Mr. DOMENICI (for himself and Mr. On page 5, after line 2, insert the following: JOHNSTON) proposed an amendment to ‘‘Mill Creek, Ohio, $500,000;’’. Corruption in Phnom Penh is ramp- amendment No. 5098 proposed by Mr. On page 5, line 8 strike: ‘‘$6,000,000’’ and in- ant and Cambodia has emerged as a KYL to the bill, S. 1959, supra; as fol- sert in lieu thereof: ‘‘$8,000,000’’. major heroin trafficking center in lows: On page 23, line 22, strike ‘‘$5,615,210,000’’ and insert ‘‘$5,605,210,000’’; and on page 23, Asia. Finally, in contravention to the In amendment No. 5098, strike lines 3 line 8, strike ‘‘$3,978,602,000’’ and insert Cambodian Constitution, the RGC has through 9 and insert in lieu thereof: ‘‘$3,988,602,000’’. permitted deforestation and timber ex- On page 19, line 3, strike ‘‘2,749,043,000,’’ On page 14, on line 12, after ‘‘amended’’ in- and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘2,764,043,000,’’ and sert ‘‘$12,500,000 shall be available for the ploitation on such a massive scale that on page 20, line 9, strike ‘‘220,200,000’’ and in- the agricultural livelihoods of enor- Mid-Dakota Rural Water System’’. sert in lieu thereof ‘‘205,200,000.’’ On page 6, line 24, strike ‘‘$1,700,358,000’’ mous numbers of Cambodians are now Insert where appropriate: ‘‘TECHNOLOGY DE- and insert: ‘‘$1,688,358,000’’. threatened. VELOPMENT FOR THE DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL On page 3, line 15, strike ‘‘$1,024,195,000’’ RESTORATION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT.— and insert ‘‘$1,049,306,000’’. The resolution I am submitting reg- Within available funds, up to $2,000,000 is On page 5, line 25, insert the following be- isters the concerns I know we all share provided for demonstration of stir-melter fore the period: ‘‘: Provided further, That the in the Senate on these disturbing technology developed by the Department and Secretary of the Army, acting through the trends in the Cambodian economy, gov- previously intended to be used at the Savan- Chief of Engineers, is authorized and di- nah River Site. In carrying out this dem- ernment and environment. Mr. Presi- rected to initiate construction on the fol- onstration, the Department is directed to lowing projects in the amounts specified: dent, I urge all my colleagues to join seek alternative use of this technology in ‘‘Lake Harbor, Alaska, 4,000,000; me in support of this legislation. order to maximize the investment already ‘‘Helena and Vicinity, Arkansas, $150,000; made in this technology.’’ ‘‘San Lorenzo, California, $200,000; Insert where appropriate: ‘‘MAINTENANCE ‘‘Panama City Beaches, Florida, $400,000; OF SECURITY AT GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANTS.— ‘‘Chicago Shoreline, Illinois, $1,300,000;

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00069 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS S9076 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 29, 1996 ‘‘Pond Creek, Jefferson City, Kentucky, Summit in June that their two governments On page 19 line 4 add the following before $3,000,000; should conclude a mutually acceptable out- the period: ’’: Provided, That $5,000,000 shall ‘‘Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, $500,000; come of the semiconductor dispute by July be available for research into reducing the ‘‘Poplar Island, Maryland, $5,000,000; 31, 1996, and that there should be a con- costs of converting saline water to fresh ‘‘Natchez Bluff, Mississippi, $5,000,000; tinuing role for the two governments in the water’’. ‘‘Wood River, Grand Isle, Nebraska, new agreement; $1,000,000; The current U.S.-Japan Semiconductor KEMPTHORNE AND CRAIG ‘‘Duck Creek, Cincinnati, Ohio, $466,000; Trade Agreement has put in place both gov- AMENDMENT NO. 5103 ‘‘Saw Mill River, Pittsburgh, Pennsyl- ernment-to-government and industry-to-in- vania, $500,000; dustry mechanisms which have played a Mr. DOMENICI (for Mr. KEMPTHORNE, ‘‘Upper Jordan River, Utah, $1,100,000; vital role in allowing cooperation to replace for himself, and Mr. CRAIG) proposed an ‘‘San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico, $800,000; conflict in this important high technology amendment to the bill, S. 1959, supra; and sector such as by providing for joint calcula- ‘‘Allendale Dam, Rhode Island, $195,000: as follows: tion of foreign market share in Japan, deter- Provided further, That no fully allocated At the appropriate place, insert the fol- rence of dumping, and promotion of indus- funding policy shall apply to construction of lowing: ‘‘Of amounts appropriated for the trial cooperation in the design-in of foreign the projects listed above, and the Secretary Defense Environmental Restoration and semiconductor devices; of the Army is directed to undertake these Waste Management Technology Develop- Despite the increased foreign share of the projects using continuing contracts where ment Program, $5,000,000 shall be available Japanese semiconductor market since 1986, a sufficient funds to complete the projects are for the electrometallurgical treatment of gap still remains between the share U.S. and not available from funds provided herein or spent nuclear fuel at Argonne National Lab- other foreign semiconductors makers are in prior years’’. oratory.’’. able to capture in the world market outside On page 14, line 1, strike ‘‘$410,499,000’’ and of Japan through their competitiveness and insert: ‘‘$398,596,700’’. the sales of these suppliers in the Japanese HATFIELD AMENDMENT NO. 5104 On page 15, line 13, insert the following be- market, and that gap is consistent across the fore the period: ‘‘: Provided further, That Mr. DOMENICI (for Mr. HATFIELD) full range of semiconductor products as well $1,500,000 shall be available for construction proposed an amendment to the bill, S. as a full range of end-use applications; of McCall Wastewater Treatment, Idaho fa- 1959, supra; as follows: The competitiveness and health of the U.S. cility, and $1,000,000 shall be available for the On page 37 add the following new section: semiconductor industry is of critical impor- Devils Lake Desalination, North Dakota SEC. . OPPORTUNITY FOR REVIEW AND COM- tance to the United States’ overall economic Project’’. MENT BY STATE OF OREGON ON On page 29, between lines 5 and 6, insert well-being as well as the nation’s high tech- CERTAIN REMEDIAL ACTIONS AT the following: nology defense capabilities; HANFORD RESERVATION, WASH- The economic interests of both the United INGTON. ‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES States and Japan are best served by well- (a) OPPORTUNITY.— ‘‘For expenses necessary to carry out the functioning, open markets and deterrence of (1) Subject to subsection (b), the Site Man- functions of the United States member of the dumping in all sectors, including semi- ager at the Hanford Reservation, Wash- Delaware River Basin Commission, as au- conductors; ington, shall, in consultation with the sig- thorized by law (75 Stat. 716), $342,000.’’ The Government of Japan continues to op- natories to the Tri-Party Agreement, pro- On page 33, between lines 7 and 8, insert pose an agreement that (1) ensures continued vide the State of Oregon an opportunity to the following: calculation of foreign market share in Japan review and comment upon any information ‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES according to the formula set forth in the cur- the Site Manager provides the State of ‘‘For expenses necessary to carry out the rent agreement, and (2) provides for continu- Washington under the Hanford Tri-Party functions of the United States member of the ation of current measures to deter renewed Agreement if the agreement provides for the Susquehana River Basin Commission as au- dumping of semiconductors in the United review and comment upon such information thorized by law (84 Stat. 1541), $322,000.’’ States and in the third country markets; and by the State of Washington. On page 17, line 19, strike: ‘‘48,971,000’’ and The United States Senate on June 19, 1996, (2) In order to facilitate the review and insert ‘‘$48,307,000’’. unanimously adopted a sense of the Senate comment of the State of Oregon under para- On page 7, line 19, insert the following be- resolution that the President should take all graph (1), the Site Manager shall provide in- fore the period: ‘‘Provided further, That necessary and appropriate actions to ensure formation referred to in that paragraph to $750,000 is for the Buford-Trenton Irrigation the continuation of a government-to-govern- the State of Oregon at the same time, or as District, Section 33, erosion control project ment U.S.-Japan semiconductor trade agree- soon thereafter as is practicable, that the in North Dakota’’. ment before the current agreement expires Site Manager provides such information to on July 31, 1996: the State of Washington. SEC. 2. It is the sense of the Senate that if (b) CONSTRUCTION.—This section may not GRAMS (AND MCCAIN) be construed— AMENDMENT NO. 5100 a new U.S.-Japan Semiconductor Agreement is not concluded by July 31, 1996, that (a) en- (1) to require the Site Manager to provide Mr. GRAMMS (for himself and Mr. sures continued calculation of foreign mar- the State of Oregon sensitive information on enforcement under the Tri-Party Agreement MCCAIN) proposed an amendment to ket share in Japan according to the formula or information on the negotiation, dispute the bill S. 1959, supra; as follows: set forth in the current agreement, and (b) provides for continuation of current meas- resolution, or State cost recovery provisions On page 28, line 16, strike ‘‘$165,000,000’’ and ures to deter renewed dumping of semi- of the agreement; insert ‘‘155,331,000’’. (2) to require the Site Manager to provide On page 28, line 17, at the end of the sen- conductors in the United States and in third country markets, the President shall— confidential information on the budget or tence, add the following: ‘‘The Commission procurement at Hanford under terms other shall provide the House and Senate Appro- (1) Direct the Office of the United States Trade Representatives and the Department than those provided in the Tri-Party Agree- priations Committee a specific plan for ment for the transmission of such confiden- downsizing.’’ of Commerce to establish a system to pro- vide for unilateral U.S. Government calcula- tial information to the State of Washington; (3) to authorize the State of Oregon to par- tion and publication of the foreign share of ticipate in enforcement actions, dispute res- ROCKEFELLER (AND OTHERS) the Japanese semiconductor market, accord- olution, or negotiation actions, conducted AMENDMENT NO. 5101 ing to the formula set forth in the current under the provisions of the Tri-Party Agree- agreement; Mr. JOHNSTON (for Mr. ROCKE- ment; (2) Report to the Congress on a quarterly FELLER, for himself, Mr. CRAIG, Mr. (4) to authorize any delay in the implemen- basis regarding the progress, or lack thereof, BYRD, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. KEMPTHORNE, tation of remedial, environmental manage- in increasing foreign market access to the ment, or other programmatic activities at Mr. DOMENICI, and Mr. COHEN) proposed Japanese semiconductor market; and an amendment to the bill, S. 1959, Hanford; or (3) Take all necessary and appropriate ac- (5) to obligate the Department of Energy supra; as follows: tions to ensure that all U.S. trade laws with to provide additional funds to the State of At the appropriate place, insert: respect to foreign market access and inju- Oregon. rious dumping are expeditiously and vigor- SECTION 1. FINDINGS SEC. . SENSE OF THE SENATE, HANFORD MEMO- The U.S.-Japan Semiconductor Trade ously enforced with respect to U.S.-Japan RANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. Agreement is set to expire on July 31, 1996; semiconductor trade, as appropriate. It is the sense of the Senate that— The Governments of the United States and (1) the State of Oregon has the authority Japan are currently engaged in negotiations SIMON AMENDMENT NO. 5102 to enter into a memorandum of under- over the terms of a new U.S.-Japan agree- standing with the State of Washington, or a ment on semiconductors; Mr. DOMENICI (for Mr. SIMON) pro- memorandum of understanding with the The President of the United States and the posed an amendment to the bill, S. State of Washington and the Site Manager of Prime Minister of Japan agreed at the G–7 1959, supra; as follows: the Hanford Reservation, Washington, in

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00070 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS July 29, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S9077 order to address issues of mutual concern to CHAFEE AMENDMENT NO. 5109 SEC. 6. Notwithstanding any other provi- such States regarding the Hanford Reserva- sion of law, any funds received during fiscal tion; and Mr. DOMENICI (for Mr. CHAFEE) pro- year 1996 by the Sergeant at Arms and Door- (2) such agreements are not expected to posed an amendment to the bill, S. keeper of the Senate in settlement of a con- create any additional obligation of the De- 1959, supra; as follows: tract claim or dispute, but not to exceed partment of Energy to provide funds to the On page 5 add the following between lines $1,450,000, shall be deposited into the appro- State of Oregon. 2 and 3: ‘‘Seelconk River, Rhode Island priation account for fiscal year 1997 for the bridge removal, $650,000;’’. Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the MCCAIN AMENDMENT NO. 5105 Senate within the contingent fund of the BOXER AMENDMENTS NOS. 5110– Senate and shall be available in a like man- Mr. DOMENICI (for Mr. MCCAIN) pro- 5111 ner and for the same purposes as are the posed an amendment to the bill, S. other funds in that account. 1959, supra; as follows: Mr. DOMENICI (for Mrs. BOXER) pro- AMENDMENT NO. 5115 Strike section 503 of the bill. posed two amendments to the bill, S. 1959, supra; as follows: On page 8, between lines 17 and 18, insert AMENDMENT NO. 5110 the following: FEINGOLD AMENDMENT NO. 5106 SEC. . (a) The Secretary of the Senate, On page 7, line 6, after ‘‘facilities’’, insert with the oversight and approval of the Com- Mr. FEINGOLD proposed an amend- the following: ‘‘, and of which $500,000 shall mittee on Rules and Administration of the ment to the bill, S. 1959, supra; as fol- be made available for the maintenance of Senate, shall oversee the development and lows: Compton Creek Channel, Los Angeles County implementation of a comprehensive Senate drainage area, California’’. On page 14, lines 1 through 5, strike legislative information system. ‘‘$410,499,000, to remain available until ex- (b) In carrying out this section, the Sec- pended, of which $23,410,000 shall be available AMENDMENT NO. 5111 retary of the Senate shall consult and work for transfer to the Upper Colorado River On page 2, between lines 24 and 25, insert with officers and employees of the House of Basin Fund authorized by section 5 of the the following: Representatives. Legislative branch agencies Act of April 11, 1956 (43 U.S.C. 620d),’’ and in- Bolinas Lagoon restoration study, Marin and departments and agencies of the execu- sert ‘‘$400,999,000, to remain available until County, California, $500,000; tive branch shall provide cooperation, con- expended, for which $13,910,000 shall be avail- f sultation, and assistance as requested by the able for transfer to the Upper Colorado River Secretary of the Senate to carry out this Basin Fund authorized by section 5 of the THE CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS section. Act of April 11, 1956 (43 U.S.C. 620d) (of which APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1997 LEG- (c) Any funds that were appropriated under no amount may be used for the Animas- ISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIA- the heading ‘‘Secretary of the Senate’’ for LaPlata Participating Project),’’. TIONS ACT, 1997 expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate by the Legislative Branch Appropria- HUTCHISON AMENDMENT NO. 5107 tions Act, 1995, to remain available until HATFIELD AMENDMENT NO. 5112 September 30, 1998, and that the Secretary Mr. DOMENICI (for Mrs. HUTCHISON) determines are not needed for development Mr. MACK (for Mr. HATFIELD) pro- proposed an amendment to the bill, S. of a financial management system for the 1959, supra; as follows: posed an amendment to the bill (H.R. Senate may, with the approval of the Com- On page 37, add the following after line 25: 3754) making appropriations for the mittee on Appropriations of the Senate, be SEC.. CORPUS CHRISTI EMERGENCY legislative branch for the fiscal year used to carry out the provisions of this sec- DROUGHT RELIEF.—For the purpose of pro- ending September 30, 1997, and for tion, and such funds shall be available viding emergency drought relief, the Sec- other purposes; as follows: through September 30, 2000. retary of the Interior shall defer all principal On p. 34 line 20, strike all after the word (d) The Committee on Rules and Adminis- and interest payments without penalty or ‘‘Act’’ through line 21 and insert: ‘‘such sums tration of the Senate may prescribe such accrued interest for a period of one year for as may be necessary for each of the fiscal regulations as may be necessary to carry out the city of Corpus Christi, Texas, and the years 1997 and 1998.’’ the provisions of this section. Nueces River Authority under contract No. (e) This section shall be effective for fiscal years beginning on or after October 1, 1996. 6–07–01–X0675 involving the Nueces River MACK AMENDMENTS NOS. 5113–5116 Reclamation Project, Texas. AMENDMENT NO. 5116 SEC.. CANADIAN RIVER MUNICIPAL WATER Mr. MACK proposed four amend- AUTHORITY EMERGENCY DROUGHT RELIEF.— ments to the bill, H.R. 3754, supra; as On page 8, after line 17 insert: The Secretary shall defer all principal and follows: SEC. 8. PAYMENT FOR UNACCRUED LEAVE. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Financial Clerk of interest payments without penalty or ac- AMENDMENT NO. 5113 crued interest for a period of one year for the the Senate is authorized to accept from an On page 8, after line 17 insert: Canadian River Municipal Water Authority individual whose pay is disbursed by the Sec- SEC. 7. (a) Notwithstanding section 1345 of retary of the Senate a payment representing under contract No. 14–06–500–485 as emer- title 31, United States Code, the Secretary of gency brought relief to enable construction pay for any period of unaccrued annual leave the Senate may reimburse any individual used by that individual, as certified by the of additional water supply and conveyance employed by the Senate day care center for facilities. head of the employing office of the indi- the cost of training classes and conferences vidual making the payment. in connection with the provision of child (b) WITHHOLDING.—The Financial Clerk of MCCONNELL AMENDMENT NO. 5108 care services and for travel, transportation, the Senate is authorized to withhold the and subsistence expenses incurred in connec- Mr. DOMENICI (for Mr. MCCONNELL) amount referred to in subsection (a) from tion with the training classes and con- any amount which is disbursed by the Sec- proposed an amendment to the bill, S. ferences. 1959, supra; as follows: retary of the Senate and which is due to or (b) The Senate day care center shall certify on behalf of the individual described in sub- On page 20 after line 2 add the following: and provide appropriate documentation to section (a). Section 161k. of the Atomic Energy Act of the Secretary of the Senate with respect to (c) DEPOSIT.—Any payment accepted under 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2201k) with respect to the Pa- any reimbursement under this section. Re- this section shall be deposited in the general ducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Kentucky, imbursements under this section shall be fund of Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. and the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion made from the appropriations account ‘‘MIS- (d) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, Plant, Ohio, the guidelines shall require, at a CELLANEOUS ITEMS’’ within the contin- the term ‘‘head of the employing office’’ minimum, the presence of an adequate num- gent fund of the Senate on vouchers ap- means any person with the final authority to ber of security guards carrying side arms at proved by the Secretary of the Senate. appoint, hire, discharge, and set the terms, all times to ensure maintenance of security (c) Reimbursements under this section conditions, or privileges of the employment at the gaseous diffusion plants;’’. shall be subject to the regulations and limi- of an individual whose pay is disbursed by Section 311(b) of the USEC Privatization tations prescribed by the Committee on the Secretary of the Senate. Act (Public Law 104–134, title III, chapter 1, Rules and Administration of the Senate for (e) APPLICABILITY.—The section shall apply subchapter A) insert the following: travel and related expenses for which pay- to fiscal year 1996 and each fiscal year there- ‘‘(3) The Corporation shall pay to the ment is authorized to be made from the con- after. Thrift Savings Fund such employee and tingent fund of the Senate. agency contributions as are required or au- (d) This section shall be effective on and WARNER AMENDMENT NO. 5117 thorized by sections 8432 and 8351 of title 5, after October 1, 1996. United States Code, for employees who elect Mr. MACK (for Mr. WARNER) proposed to retain their coverage under CSRS or AMENDMENT NO. 5114 an amendment to the bill, H.R. 3754, FERS pursuant to paragraph (1).’’ On page 8, after line 17, insert: supra; as follows:

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Without abilities objection, it is so ordered. priate offices and agencies of the legislative ‘‘(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sec- branch and with the approval of the Com- tions 106 and 710, it is not an infringement of f mittee on Rules and Administration of the copyright for an authorized entity to repro- ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS Senate, shall coordinate the development of duce or to distribute copies or phonorecords an electronic congressional legislative infor- of a previously published, nondramatic lit- mation and document retrieval system to erary work if such copies or phonorecords provide for the legislative information needs are reproduced or distributed in specialized ADMIT A GENERATION GAP of the Senate through the exchange and re- formats exclusively for use by blind or other ∑ Mr. SIMON. Mr. President, recently trieval of information and documents among persons with disabilities. legislative branch offices and agencies. The ‘‘(b)(1) Copies or phonorecords to which the Nashville News, of Nashville, IL, Secretary of the Senate, with the oversight this section applies shall— carried a column by Grover Brinkman, and approval of the Committee on Rules and ‘‘(A) not be reproduced or distributed in a a former newspaper editor who is now Administration of the Senate, shall have re- format other than a specialized format ex- 93 years old and lives in Monroe Coun- sponsibility for the implementation of this clusively for use by blind or other persons ty, IL. system in the Senate. All of the appropriate with disabilities; What he wrote for the Nashville News offices and agencies of the legislative branch ‘‘(B) bear a notice that any further repro- is a great combination of wisdom and shall participate in the implementation of duction or distribution in a format other the system. than a specialized format is an infringement; humor. Those of us who have acquired (b) As used in this section— and the status of senior citizen—I am now (1) the term ‘‘legislative information’’ re- ‘‘(C) include a copyright notice identifying 67—can appreciate the wisdom handed fers to that information and those docu- the copyright owner and the date of the down by a 93 year old. ments produced for the use of the Congress original publication. I ask that the Nashville News article by the offices and agencies of the legislative ‘‘(2) The provisions of this section shall not by Grover Brinkman, be printed in the branch as defined in this section, and such apply to standardized, secure, or norm-ref- other information and documents as ap- erenced tests and related testing material, or RECORD. proved by the Committee on Rules and Ad- to computer programs, except the portions The column follows: ministration of the Senate; thereof that are in conventional human lan- ADMIT A GENERATION GAP (2) the term ‘‘offices and agencies of the guage (including descriptions of pictorial (By Grover Brinkman) legislative branch’’ means the Office of the works) and displayed to users in the ordinary How does one accept senior status with Secretary of the Senate, the Office of Legis- course of using the computer programs. grace? Good question, isn’t it! Perhaps some lative Counsel of the Senate, the Office of ‘‘(c) For purposes of this section, the sage will have the right answer some day, the Architect of the Capitol, the General Ac- term— counting Office, the Government Printing ‘‘(1) ‘authorized entity’ means a nonprofit but it’s debatable. Office, the Library of Congress, the Congres- organization or a governmental agency that One can turn hermit and play checkers in sional Budget Office, and the Sergeant at has a primary mission to provide specialized a nursing home. Or perhaps a better way . . . Arms of the Senate; and services relating to training, education, or face the ticking clock in a humorous vein (3) the term ‘‘retrieval system’’ means the adaptive reading or information access needs that has no negatives. indexing of documents and data, as well as of blind or other persons with disabilities; Or if deep thinking is part of your waking integrating, searching, linking, and dis- ‘‘(2) ‘blind or other persons with disabil- hours, check out some of the following ques- playing documents and data. ities’ means individuals who are eligible or tions: (c) The Library of Congress shall— who may qualify in accordance with the Act Do you remember the time when you (1) assist the Congressional Research Serv- entitled ‘‘An Act to provide books for the dimmed the lights for romantic reasons? ice in supporting the Senate in carrying out adult blind’’, approved March 3, 1931 (2 U.S.C. Now you replace the 100 watt bulbs with 40s this section; and 135a; 46 Stat. 1487) to receive books and other as an economy measure to stretch your So- (2) provide such technical staff and re- publications produced in specialized formats; cial Security dollars. sources as may be necessary to carry out and There are many memories of voluptuous this section. ‘‘(3) ‘specialized formats’ means braille, gals in a halter and bikini; now a bit of this audio, or digital text which is exclusively for memorbilia triggers your pacemaker and LEAHY AMENDMENT NO. 5118 use by blind or other persons with disabil- raises the garage door. ities.’’. Your house is much too large at the mo- Mrs. MURRAY (for Mr. LEAHY) pro- (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND- ment. When the kids were growing up, it was posed an amendment to the bill, H.R. MENT.—The table of sections for chapter 1 of just the opposite. 3754, supra; as follows: title 17, United States Code, is amended by A rocking chair was once used by grandma, At the appropriate place, insert the fol- adding after the item relating to section 120 now you’re in it. lowing: the following: You bite down on one of those luscious red SEC. . For the purposes of the United ‘‘121. Limitations on exclusive rights: repro- apples from the Pacific Northwest, and your States Senate Internet Service Usage Rules duction for blind or other peo- newly-acquired dentures stay there. and Policies, Members of the Senate may ple with disabilities.’’. You satisfy a whim to have your palm post a link on Senate Internet Services to a read, but the seer instead concentrates on private, public, or nonprofit company, orga- your forehead, for the lines there are more MCCAIN (AND FEINGOLD) nization, or municipality located or based in distinctive. the Member’s State if a disclaimer is in- AMENDMENT NO. 5120 You always insisted that burning the mid- cluded on the same page as the link speci- Mr. FEINGOLD (for Mr. MCCAIN, for night oil was the routine that made life liv- fying that the Member is not endorsing the himself and Mr. FEINGOLD) proposed an able; now end of day seems to be nine private, public, or nonprofit company, orga- amendment to the bill, H.R. 3754, o’clock. nization, or municipality. supra; as follows: You read only the headlines in the morn- ing paper, for your tired eyes can’t decipher At the appropriate place in the bill, add the seven-point body text. CHAFEE (AND OTHERS) the following: You get winded playing a game of dom- AMENDMENT NO. 5119 SEC. . (a) Section 207(e)(1)(A) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking inoes with your grandson. Mr. CHAFEE (for himself, Mrs. Most of the seniors at the center carry lit- FRAHM, Mr. STEVENS, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. ‘‘1 year’’ and inserting ‘‘2 years’’. (b) Paragraphs (2)(A), (3), and (4)(A) of sec- tle black books, but now they contain only MCCONNELL, and Mr. BINGAMAN) pro- tion 207(e) of title 18, United States Code, are names with an added M.D. posed an amendment to the bill, H.R. amended by striking ‘‘within 1 year after’’ If you get an occasional gleam in your 3754, supra; as follows: and inserting ‘‘within 5 years after’’. eyes, it’s probably the sun bouncing off your tri-focals. At the appropriate place in the bill insert f the following new section: Your realize that your entire body aches, SEC. . LIMITATION ON EXCLUSIVE COPYRIGHTS AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEE TO and what doesn’t, won’t work. Even your FOR LITERARY WORKS IN SPECIAL- MEET toes at times have toothaches. (Or would the IZED FORMAT FOR THE BLIND AND word toe-aches be better?) DISABLED. COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS Your children have a middle aged look, and (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 17, Mr. COVERDELL. Mr. President, I your grand-kids are six feet-plus basketball United States Code, is amended by adding ask unanimous consent that the Com- giants.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00072 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS July 29, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S9079 You walk holding your head high, nec- to celebrate 100 years of volunteer fire THE UNITED NATIONS essary to see the potholes high, necessary to service to Baldwin, NY. SECRETARY-GENERAL see the potholes in the walk through your tri-focals. Baldwin was a small hamlet in 1896 ∑ Mr. SIMON. Mr. President, the You’re still 15 around the collar, 54 around when, on a cold January night, the gen- United States has made clear its inten- the waist, and 90 on the golf course. eral store at its center caught fire after tion to veto a second term for United When you go for a haircut, the barber a kerosene lantern was dropped. The Nations Secretary-General Boutros trims more hair out of your nose and eye- neighboring Freeport volunteers were Boutros-Ghali. This unfortunate oppo- brows than on your balding head. sition to his reelection was the subject Presumably you’re well-versed, know most summoned to save the surrounding of the answers to today’s problems, but no buildings. Shortly thereafter a group of of a column I wrote for Illinois news- one asks for your opinion. civic leaders met to organize fire pro- papers, which I ask be printed in the All your peers talk about the golden years, tection in and for Baldwin. A com- RECORD. but you doubt if they have as much shiny mittee was formed to raise funds and The column follows: metal as a new penny. A MISSTEP BY THE UNITED STATES You used to take a pill or two at bedtime the department was officially orga- to keep a vigorous health, now they advise nized on February 8. Initial equipment (By Senator Paul Simon) one to help you sleep. was purchased for $680 and the depart- Suppose a local Rotary Club had the com- Even a sip of your favorite wine seems to ment went into service in April of 1896. munity’s most wealthy and powerful citizen, aggravate your ulcer, so you drink skim There were 40 volunteers who were re- Sam Smith, as a member. Imagine that the milk instead, remembering when you were a Rotarians had a dues system that reflected boy growing up on a boon-docks farm, they quired to pay $3.90 each for their uni- the ability to pay, so that wealthy Sam used skim milk only for hogs. Today it costs forms which consist of a cap, a white Smith paid more in dues than any other Ro- about as much as the real article. ’Taint sweater lettered ‘‘Baldwin’’ and a belt. tarian. fair!’’ At that time the alarm was a railroad To complicate the story, Sam Smith is far You awake at seven, at least with a bit of locomotive wheel rim hung from two back in the payment of his dues, so far back ginger in your time-tossed frame; by the poles and rung by a large sledge- that the money he owes amounts to almost noon hour you’ve degenerated well past 60, the total budget of the club for a year. hammer. John H. Carl served as chief and by bedtime you’re a centurion, too tired The president of the Rotary Club is up for to put proper emphasis in a prayer. for the first 4 years. After 2 years, a reelection, and most of the members want You try to be entertaining, reciting pleas- permanent firehouse was built and a him reelected, but Mr. Big, Sam Smith, says ant memorabilia, but the young crowd think proper alarm bell was installed. The no. only of athletics, so you realize that you’re department had strong support from How popular do you think Sam Smith trying to bridge a generation gap, and it sim- the community and the mortgage on would be with the other Rotarians? Would ply doesn’t work. this firehouse was paid off in May 1905. his influence rise or fall? And what will the You despise nursing homes, but deep down other Rotarians do in their election of a you realize that they are the only bus sta- Since those humble beginnings, the president? tions, offering bed and board, between here Baldwin Fire Department has kept The story is true. and a tombstone. pace with firefighting techniques and Only the ‘‘club’’ is called the United Na- One of your role models, the late Dr. Nor- developments and attained its present tions. The wealthy deadbeat member is man Vincent Peale, insisted that the only called Sam, Uncle Sam. Most of the UN way to solve life’s problems was in daily size of 226 members among its seven members believe that Secretary General positive thinking, but you admit that on companies. The present apparatus con- Boutros-Ghali is doing a good job, despite many things you’re as negative as the sists of seven pumpers, two tower lad- being hampered by approximately $1.4 billion minus-post on your car battery. ders, one heavy rescue truck, two am- that the United States owes but has not In your youth, you couldn’t wait to tie the bulances, two water rescue boats on paid. knot with your best gal and start a family; But the United States has made clear that now you fumble in tying the knots in your trailers, and four chief’s vehicles. In 1995 this all-volunteer fire and rescue we want to veto his reelection as Secretary- shoe laces. General. Health authorities insist that you include service responded to 1,783 alarms. Cur- The other nations, already too often plenty of fiber in your daily diet, but a bowl rently it is led by Chief James Bugler. unimpressed by our uncertain leadership in of chicken soup is far easier to masticate. His deputy chiefs are John Coughlin, foreign policy, are not pleased with what we You love chocolate in all of its forms but Keith Eckels, and Henry Chambers. are doing, believing it is dictated by domes- your arthritis does not. tic political considerations. When more and more people, some of them Gary Eckels serves as chief of fire pre- In 1978, President Jimmy Carter designated strangers, keep calling you Pops, you know vention, as public information officer, me as one of the delegates to a two-month definitely that a generation gap exists. and as a fire commissioner. session of the United Nations, and I have fol- Leg cramps are now a nightly experience. lowed the UN and its work with more than But as a youngster, the only cramps you One of the biggest events ever held in casual interest. knew were deep stomach wretching called Baldwin will take place on Saturday, My impression is that overall the United cholera morbus, after you’d eaten too many August 10, to commemorate the 100th Nations performs a vital service and a good green apples. anniversary of the Baldwin Fire De- job, not perfect, and that Boutros-Ghali has But it’s still a good life despite negative partment. The day will begin with been a hard-working, effective leader—ham- viewpoints. In fact it’s the only thing left, some lively firefighter competitions. pered in part by the United States talking a come to think of it. You’re old, stubborn as great game, but not paying our dues. the proverbial Missouri mule, but still con- Later in the day a centennial parade Egypt is the home of the Secretary-Gen- fident that you’ll be around for a few more will be led by the U.S. Marine Corps eral, and as an Egyptian he is also an Afri- moons, awaiting the day when the good Lord Band, followed by the world famous can. Africa sometimes is called ‘‘the dark throws in the final towel. Budweiser Clydesdales, thousands of There is one consoling thought in this continent.’’ It is more accurately described firefighters, hundreds of fire trucks, as the ignored continent. treatise on longevity—scores of old friends and many other participants. This will are up there, holding open the gate. Some of One little-known fact is the gradual spread them, with genes shorter lived than mine, truly be a once-in-a-lifetime event; a of democracy in Africa, some of them fledg- have been holding open that gate for a long celebration of life, good works, and ling democracies that deserve more encour- time. community spirit which has been dis- agement from the United States and other I don’t have the genes of a Methuselah, but played by the Baldwin Fire Depart- nations. I’m running neck and neck with Bob Hope, African countries take pride in having ment over 100 years of change. Many Boutros-Ghali as the Secretary-General. and that would tickle anyone’s hormones. pieces have been woven together over Grow old, but don’t let senility be a part of Our opposition to him is coupled with it!∑ the years to bring us to this great day; other realities that they see: President Clin- a day of celebration, a day to salute all ton has never visited Africa. Secretary of f of those who have given of their very State Warren Christopher has not visited BALDWIN FIRE DEPARTMENT selves to better community, to better any sub-Saharan country since he has been CELEBRATING 100 America. Mr. President, I salute the Secretary, compared to 24 visits to Syria. Our inattention, coupled with our unfortu- ∑ Mr. D’AMATO. Mr. President, I rise brave men and women of the Baldwin nate open opposition to the reelection of the today to speak on behalf of the Bald- Fire Department and wish them many Secretary-General, has not made us any win Fire Department as they gear up more years of continued success.∑ friends.∑

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00073 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS S9080 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 29, 1996 BUDGET SCOREKEEPING REPORT THE CURRENT LEVEL REPORT FOR THE U.S. SENATE, FIS- THE ON-BUDGET CURRENT LEVEL REPORT FOR THE U.S. CAL YEAR 1996, 104TH CONGRESS, 2D SESSION, AS SENATE, 104TH CONGRESS, 2D SESSION, SENATE SUP- ∑ Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I OF CLOSE OF BUSINESS JULY 26, 1996 PORTING DETAIL FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996 AS OF CLOSE hereby submit to the Senate the budg- [In billions of dollars] OF BUSINESS JULY 26, 1996—Continued et scorekeeping report prepared by the [In millions of dollars] Congressional Budget Office under sec- Budget Current resolu- level tion 308(b) and in aid of section 311 of Current over/ Budget au- Outlays Revenues tion (H. level under thority the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, Con. resolu- Res. 67) tion Saddleback Mountain Arizona Set- as amended. This report meets the re- tlement Act (P.L. 104–102) ...... ¥7 ...... ON-BUDGET Telecommunications Act of 1996 quirements for Senate scorekeeping of (P.L. 104–104) 3 ...... section 5 of Senate Concurrent Resolu- Budget authority 1 ...... 1,285.5 1,301.0 15.5 Farm Credit System Regulatory Outlays 1 ...... 1,288.2 1,302.4 14.3 Relief Act (P.L. 104–105) ...... ¥1 ¥1 ...... tion 32, the first concurrent resolution Revenues: National Defense Authorization Act ¥ on the budget for 1986. 1996 ...... 1,042.5 1,042.5 0.1 of 1996 (P.L. 104–106) ...... 369 367 ...... 1996–2000 ...... 5,691.5 5,697.0 5.5 Extension of Certain Expiring Au- This report shows the effects of con- Deficit ...... 245.7 260.0 14.3 thorities of the Department of Debt subject to limit ...... 5,210.7 5,092.8 ¥117.9 Veterans Affairs (P.L. 104–110) ¥5 ¥5 ...... gressional action on the budget OFF-BUDGET To award Congressional Gold Medal to Ruth and Billy through July 26, 1996. The estimates of Social Security outlays: Graham (P.L. 104–111) ...... (5) (5) ...... budget authority, outlays, and reve- 1996 ...... 299.4 299.4 0.0 An Act Providing for Tax Benefits 1996–2000 ...... 1,626.5 1,626.5 0.0 for Armed Forces in Bosnia, nues, which are consistent with the Social Security revenues: Herzegovina, Croatia, and Mac- 1996 ...... 374.7 374.7 0.0 edonia (P.L. 104–117) ...... ¥38 technical and economic assumptions of 1996–2000 ...... 2,061.0 2,061.0 0.0 Contract with America Advance- ¥ ¥ the 1996 concurrent resolution on the 1 ment Act (P.L. 104–121) ...... 120 6 ...... The discretionary spending limits for budget authority and outlays for Agriculture Improvement and Re- budget (H. Con. Res. 67), show that cur- the Budget Resolution have been revised pursuant to section 103(c) of P.L. form Act (P.L. 94–127) ...... ¥325 ¥744 ...... 104–121, the Contract with America Advancement Act. Federal Tea Tasters Repeal Act of rent level spending is above the budget Note.—Current level numbers are the estimated revenue and direct 1996 (P.L. 104–128) ...... (5) resolution by $15.5 billion in budget au- spending effects of all legislation that Congress has enacted or sent to the Antiterrorism and Effective Death President for his approval. In addition, full-year funding estimates under Penalty Act (P.L. 104–132) ...... 2 thority and by $14.3 billion in outlays. current law are included for entitlement and mandatory programs requiring annual appropriations even if the appropriations have not been made. The Current level is $109 million below the current level of debt subject to limit reflects the latest U.S. Treasury infor- Total enacted second session .. 292,699 201,740 ¥36 revenue floor in 1996 and $5.5 billion mation on public debt transactions. Passed pending signature above the revenue floor over the 5 THE ON-BUDGET CURRENT LEVEL REPORT FOR THE U.S. An Act to Amend the Foreign Assist- years 1996–2000. The current estimate of ance Act of 1961 and the Arms SENATE, 104TH CONGRESS, 2D SESSION, SENATE SUP- Export Control Act (H.R. 3121) ..... ¥72 ¥72 ...... the deficit for purposes of calculating PORTING DETAIL FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996 AS OF CLOSE An Act for the Relief of Benchmark the maximum deficit amount is $260.0 Rail Group, Inc. (H.R. 419) ...... 1 ...... OF BUSINESS JULY 26, 1996 An Act for the Relief of Nathan C. billion, $14.3 billion above the max- [In millions of dollars] Vance (S. 966) ...... (5) (5) ...... The Taxpayer Bill of Rights 2 (H.R. imum deficit amount for 1996 of $245.7 2337) ...... ¥30 billion. Budget au- Outlays Revenues thority Total passed pending signature ¥72 ¥71 ¥30 Since my last report, dated July 8, Enacted in previous sessions 1996, Congress has cleared for the Presi- Revenues ...... 1,042,557 Entitlements and mandatories dent’s signature an Act Amending the Permanents and other spending leg- Budget resolution baseline estimates islation ...... 830,272 798,924 ...... of appropriated entitlements and Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Appropriation legislation ...... 242,052 ...... other mandatory programs not yet ¥ ¥ Arms Export Control Act (H.R. 3121), Offsetting receipts ...... 200,017 200,017 ...... enacted ...... 11,913 13,951 ...... an Act for the Relief of Benchmark Toal previously enacted ...... 630,254 840,958 1,042,557 Total current level 4 ...... 1,300,986 1,302,424 1,042,391 Total budget resolution ...... 1,285,515 1,288,160 1,042,500 Rail Group, Inc. (H.R. 419), an Act for Enacted in 1st session the Relief of Natham C. Vance (S. 966) Appropriation bills: Amount remaining: 1995 Rescissions and Department Under budget resolution ...... 109 and the Taxpayer Bill of Rights 2 (H.R. of Defense Emergency Over budget resolution ...... 15,471 14,264 ...... Supplementals Act (P.L. 104–6) ¥100 ¥885 ...... 2337). These actions have changed the 1 1995 Rescissions and Emergency P.L. 104–99 provides funding for specific appropriated accounts until current level of budget authority, out- Supplementals for Disaster As- Sept. 30, 1996. sistance Act (P.L. 104–19) ...... 22 ¥3,149 ...... 2 This bill, also referred to as the sixth continuing resolution for 1996, lays and revenues. Agriculture (P.L. 104–37) ...... 62,602 45,620 ...... provides funding until Sept. 30, 1996, for specific appropriated accounts. 3 The effects of this Act on budget authority, outlays, and revenues begin U.S. CONGRESS, Defense (P.L. 104–61) ...... 243,301 163,223 ...... Energy and Water (P.L. 104–46) .. 19,336 11,502 ...... in fiscal year 1997. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE, Legislative Branch (P.L. 105–53) 2,125 1,977 ...... 4 In accordance with the Budget Enforcement Act, the total does not in- Washington, DC, July 29, 1996. Military Construction (P.L. 104– clude $4,753 million in budget authority and $2,657 million in outlays for 32) ...... 11,177 3,110 ...... funding of emergencies that have been designated as such by the President DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The attached report Transportation (P.L. 104–50) ...... 12,682 11,899 ...... and the Congress. 5 • for fiscal year 1996 shows the effects of Con- Treasury, Postal Service (P.L. Less than $500,000. 104–52) ...... 23,026 20,530 ...... f gressional action on the 1996 budget and is Offsetting receipts ...... ¥7,946 ¥7,946 ...... current through July 26, 1996. The estimates Authorization bills: THE WHITEWATER INVESTIGATION Self-Employed Health Insurance of budget authority, outlays and revenues Act (P.L. 104–7) ...... ¥18 ¥18 ¥101 ∑ Mr. SIMON. Mr. President, the re- are consistent with the technical and eco- Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (P.L. 104–42) ...... 1 1 ...... cently completed report on the inves- nomic assumptions of the 1996 Concurrent Fishermen’s Protective Act Amend- tigation of Whitewater development Resolution on the Budget (H. Con. Res. 67). ments of 1995 (P.L. 104–43) ...... (5) ...... and related matters was a costly polit- This report is submitted under Section 308(b) Perishable Agricultural Commod- ities Act (P.L. 104–48) ...... 1 (5) 1 ical exercise. I was a member of that and in aid of Section 311 of the Congressional Alaska Power Administration Sale ¥ ¥ special committee and wrote about the Budget Act, as amended. Act (P.L. 104–58) ...... 20 20 ...... ICC Termination Act (P.L. 104–88) ...... (5) committee’s findings in a weekly col- Since my last report, dated July 2, 1996, Total enacted first session ...... 366,191 245,845 ¥100 umn that was distributed to news- Congress has cleared for the President’s sig- papers in Illinois. nature an Act Amending the Foreign Assist- Enacted in 2d session I ask that it be printed in the ance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Con- Appropriation bills: Ninth Continuing Resolution (P.L. RECORD. trol Act (H.R. 3121), an Act for the Relief of 104–99) 1 ...... ¥1,111 ¥1,313 ...... The column follows: Benchmark Rail Group, Inc. (H.R. 419), an District of Columbia (P.L. 104– 122) ...... 712 712 ...... THE WHITEWATER INVESTIGATION WAS A Act for the Relief of Nathan C. Vance (S. 966) Foreign Operations (P.L. 104–107) 12,104 5,936 ...... COSTLY POLITICAL EXERCISE and the Taxpayer Bill of Rights 2 (H.R. 2337). Offsetting receipts ...... ¥44 ¥44 ...... Omnibus Rescission and Appro- (By Senator Paul SIMON) These actions have changed the current level priations Act of 1996 (P.L. The Senate Whitewater investigation re- of budget authority, outlays and revenues. 104–134) ...... 330,746 246,113 ...... sulted in a political exercise that contrib- Sincerely, Offsetting receipts ...... ¥63,682 ¥55,154 ...... Authorization bills: uted nothing, except to add to public cyni- JUNE E. O’NEILL, Gloucester Marine Fisheries Act cism and confirming the already widespread Director. (P.L. 104–91) 2 ...... 14,054 5,882 ...... belief that in Congress we are playing par- Smithsonian Institution Com- memorative Coin Act (P.L. 104– tisan games rather than tending to the na- 96) ...... 3 3 ...... tion’s and the public’s real needs.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00074 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS July 29, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S9081 Obviously some people broke the law in the struction of rain forests that is occur- service as an interpreter and custodian of Whitewater events, but the evidence indi- ring all over the world. The rain forests Tongan culture, both ancient and modern, cated neither a violation of the law nor of constitute unique and irreplaceable the Scientific Advisory Board of the ethical standards by Bill Clinton or Hillary ecosystems sometimes called the lungs Seacology Foundation has unanimously Clinton while he served either as President voted to honor your majesty with this or as Governor of Arkansas. of the earth. In addition to their func- award, which is the most prestigious con- But the misuse of the FBI files is another tion in replenishing the Earth’s atmos- servation award for indigenous people in the matter. Both the White House and the FBI phere, the rain forests provide essential world. are at fault. The President probably is not protection against global warming, The Seacology Foundation invites you, at personally involved, but it happened in his contain hundreds of plants found no- our expense, to attend an award dinner in White House and administration and it where else on Earth, house many ani- your honor and a presentation ceremony in should not be treated as a minor mess-up by mals unique to the rain forests alone, Salt Lake City, Utah to receive your award, the President or his staff. The misuse of po- which will consist of an engraved plaque and lice powers by governments is as old as gov- and provide protection against destruc- a cash award of $1,000. Fine Nau and I will ernments themselves, and something that tion of coral reefs and marine life. I meet with you personally to arrange a con- must be constantly guarded against. would like to bring to your attention venient date for this event. The abuse of the FBI files comes at a time the efforts to save these vital systems Because of your stellar service, both public when there are two other abuses. and to recognize an individual who is and private to conservation, and because of One is the Senate investigation which being honored for his own efforts to the tremendous example of dedication and spent almost $2 million, received testimony save the rain forests. courage that you have set for your own peo- from 139 witnesses, and took more time than His Majesty King Taufa’ahau Tupou ple—the Polynesian Islanders—and for indig- any investigation of a sitting President in enous peoples throughout the world, the our history—longer than the Watergate or IV of the Kingdom of Tonga has been Seacology Foundation is pleased to bestow Iran-Contra hearings. ‘‘Where there is smoke selected to receive this year’s upon you the most distinguished award for there must be fire’’ is an old saying, but Seacology Foundation Award as the In- indigenous conservation in the world by those hearings were designed to create digenous Conservationist of the Year in naming you 1996 Indigenous Conservationist smoke. Not only is there a product of ques- recognition of his superb efforts to pre- of the Year. We offer you our sincere appre- tionable worth, we took testimony from serve the rain forest and indigenous ciation for your tremendous devotion to pro- many individuals who never in their lives Polynesian culture. His Royal High- tecting this planet. thought they would testify before a Senate ness’ successes include providing royal Warmest personal regards, Committee, such as secretaries. Some were NAFANUA PAUL ALAN COX, Ph.D., terrified by the combination of coming be- protection for the peka or flying fox Chairman of the Board.∑ colony in Kolovai Village in Tongatupu fore a committee and being on national tele- f vision. Island. He is also responsible for pro- A second abuse is the multiplying like rab- tecting the primary forest of ‘Eau Is- THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT bits of special counsels—really special pros- land and for establishing a system of AUTHORIZATION ecutors—with no limits on their expenses nature preserves throughout the King- ∑ Mr. SIMON. Mr. President, the an- and their ability to use huge resources from dom of Tonga. None of these achieve- the FBI and other agencies. I voted for the nual Defense Department authoriza- law creating the special counsel, but now I ments would have occurred without His tion passed by the Senate would create sense we need a better answer. Royal Highness. a Corporation for the Promotion of Since the FBI and the work of U.S. attor- Seacology Foundation is a nonprofit Rifle Practice and Firearms Safety. In neys fall under the jurisdiction of the Attor- foundation founded to help protect is- a weekly column that is distributed to ney General, my sense is that we should re- land ecosystems and island cultures. newspapers in Illinois, I discussed this view the possibility of a change in how we Seacology scientists include experts in useless and wasteful program. structure that office. It differs from other endangered species, island flora and I ask that the column be printed in cabinet posts in its broad police and prosecu- fauna, and island ecosystems. One hun- the RECORD. torial responsibilities, and the recent FBI de- bacle and the runaway habits of the special dred percent of the money donated to The column follows: prosecutors, might provide an incentive to Seacology goes directly to building A BOONDOGGLE FOR THE NRA the next Congress and President to look at schools, hospitals, installing safe water (By Senator Paul Simon) this question. supplies, and meeting other needs of Buried in the annual Defense Department For example, we might have an Attorney the rain forest villagers so that they authorization bill is an outrageous gift of $77 General appointed for a 10-year term, with a will not have to sell off the rain forest million that will benefit something called small bipartisan group giving the President to survive. Seacology scientists donate the Corporation for the Promotion of Rifle a list of five names to choose from, and also their time as well. Practice and Firearms Safety. giving him the ability to request a new list This corporation is the new ‘‘private’’ in- of names if he found them unsatisfactory, I congratulate His Majesty King carnation of the old National Rifle Associa- but still requiring confirmation by the Sen- Taufa’ahau Tupou IV and the tion-backed Civilian Marksmanship Pro- ate. And then have no special prosecutors. Seacology Foundation for all of their gram. This program was intended to make This is not a criticism of Janet Reno, who efforts. sure people could shoot straight in case they is a much-above-average Attorney General. I ask that the letter from Paul Alan entered the military. In recent years, how- Another example of a good appointment is Cox, Ph.D., chairman of the board of ever, it has simply funneled cash, weapons President Gerald Ford’s naming of Ed Levi, the Seacology Foundation, to His and ammunition to private gun clubs, then president of the University of Chicago. Royal Highness be printed in the thanks to the power of the NRA. No one felt that at any time Gerald Ford Until a Federal judge ruled it unconstitu- could get Ed Levi to do anything but what he RECORD. tional in 1979, gun clubs which participated believed was in the best interests of the na- THE SEACOLOGY FOUNDATION, in this program were required to be NRA tion. That is the way it should be. Springfield, UT, December 15, 1995. members. My hope is that out of the present mini- His Majesty King TAUFA’AHAU TUPOU IV, Under public pressure to eliminate this storms something constructive can happen.∑ The Kingdom of Tonga. useless and wasteful program, Congress YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS: It is with deepest f ‘‘privatized’’ the program last year. respect that I inform your royal highness In fact, the corporation is private in name INDIGENOUS CONSERVATIONIST that you have been selected as the 1996 Indig- only. When the corporation becomes fully OF THE YEAR AWARD HIS MAJ- enous Conservationist of the Year by the operational in October of this year it will be ESTY KING TAUFA’AHAU TUPOU Seacology Foundation. This annual award is given by the Army: 176,218 rifles the Army IV made to honor those indigenous people who views as outmoded, but valued at $53,271,002; have performed heroic service in preserving Computers, vehicles, office equipment and ∑ Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, all their own ecosystems and cultures. other related items valued by the Army at Americans are concerned about the After careful consideration of the activi- $8,800,000; 146 million rounds of ammunition world’s environment and how to pro- ties of your majesty in providing royal pro- valued by the Army at $9,682,656; $5,332,000 in tect it. Parts of the world not close to tection for the peka or flying fox colony in cash. most of us still affect all of us greatly. Kolovai Village in Tongatapu island (which That totals $77,085,658. is the oldest flying fox refuge in the world), Our friends in the National Rifle Associa- One part of the world that is remote to for your protection of the primary forest of tion strongly back this measure and it ap- most Americans, but vitally important Eua island, for your support in establishing pears to be a boondoggle for them. to all of our welfare, is the rain forest. a system of nature preserves throughout the What the Army should do with outmoded All of us are endangered by the de- Kingdom of Tonga, and for your life-long weapons is to destroy them. Our government

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00075 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS S9082 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 29, 1996 has a theoretical policy that it does not sell We once gave almost 3 percent of our na- lunch in 1994 with their old friend and pro- federally owned weapons to the public. The tional income to help the needy beyond our tege, Judge David R. Sentelle of the U.S. Civilian Marksmanship Program violates borders, and now we give less than one-sixth Court of Appeals for the District of Colum- this policy, and the new corporation would of 1 percent. Norway gives eight times as bia, even they must have have fathomed the continue to violate it. much as we do, in percentage terms. importance of what Sentelle was about to Why we should be subsidizing rifle prac- Foreign aid is less than 1 percent of our agree to do. tice—which is the theory behind this—baffles Federal budget. And the total is getting His Judicial panel would remove Robert B. me. Hardly any of those who will use the smaller each year. Fiske Jr. as the independent counsel for weapons will enter into the armed forces. Should we be doing a better job of giving Whitewater and replace him with a far more The Defense Department did not request opportunity to the poor here at home? doctrinaire Republican, Kenneth W. Starr, this. Of course we should. And those of us who who had lost his job as solicitor general I had never fired a rifle or handgun before advocate doing more to help the poor at when Bill Clinton became president and who entering the Army, and with minimal train- home are the same ones who advocate help- was representing the Republican National ing I became a fair-to-good marksman. ing them beyond our borders. Committee and groups hostile to the Clinton Senator Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey If instead of giving the Defense Depart- administration, including the tobacco indus- ment $18 billion more than they requested and I tried to eliminate this incomprehen- try. for this year and next, which we are doing, sible expenditure from the bill and we got Starr would keep the Whitewater inves- we were to devote one-third of that amount only 29 votes for our amendment. The NRA tigation on track for the 1996 presidential to helping the poor here at home, one-third still has power. election all right, but he would prove far to helping the impoverished in other coun- We should be reducing the numbers of more valuable to his party. tries, and one-third to reduce the deficit, we weapons in our society, not increasing them. The majority report of the Senate Special would have a stronger nation, a better na- A government policy of destroying weap- Whitewater Committee last week said the tion, and a more stable world. ons and not selling outmoded guns to the two lending institutions that were the heart The United States is gradually becoming of the scandal were ‘‘piggy banks for the Ar- public is sound. more short-sighted and provincial both at While rifles are not the primary weapons kansas political elite.’’ home and abroad. ‘‘Let’s take care of our- It was half true. A who’s who of Arkansas for crime—pistols are—some of those 176,000 selves,’’ is the cry, and ‘‘ourselves’’ excludes weapons will get into the hands of people Republicans had helped David L. Hale plun- the poor at home and the poor abroad. der his federally subsidized small business who should not have them. If 1 percent reach And so we fall far behind in paying our someone who is irresponsible, that is 1,760 investment company. United Nations dues, and do not provide ade- Hale, who triggered the Whitewater inves- weapons. quate leadership in troubled areas at home Let me in advance extend my sympathy to tigation and the appointment of an inde- and abroad. pendent prosecutor when he accused Presi- the families of the people who will be killed Congressman Ray Thornton of Arkansas dent Clinton of asking him to make an ille- by these weapons. They will be needless vic- suggested that the United States should gal loan in 1986, actually was illegally chan- tims of this folly.∑ have a Marshall Plan for impoverished areas neling federal tax dollars into the campaign of our Nation. He is right. We need it both f of Clinton’s Republican opponent. Moreover, here and for other nations. U.S. AID TO AFRICA But that requires creativity, courage and according to his testimony at the trial in compassion by leaders. ‘‘Welfare reform’’ for April, he was paying the Republican state ∑ Mr. SIMON. Mr. President, The sala- chairman to help him defraud the federal ries of the most elite professional bas- too many has become a code phrase for bash- ing the poor even more, though genuine re- Small Business Administration. Another ketball players who became free agents form is obviously needed. former state Republican chairman and pe- and signed contracts during a 1-week The nation that led the world with the ex- rennial candidate was on the books for a sub- period in July outstripped the amount citing and compassionate and sensible Mar- stantial federally subsidized loan when the of United States development aid to all shall Plan is now a nation in retreat. We are Clinton administration moved to shut Hale now a nation that pays more money to a few down in 1993. Other prominent Republicans African nations except Egypt. I dis- collaborated with Hale to skim money from cussed this development in a weekly professional basketball players than we spend to give opportunity to the people of the company. column written for newspapers in my Africa. Other than Gov. Jim Guy Tucker, then a State and ask that it be printed in the We can do better.∑ private businessman, and the ubiquitous James D. McDougal himself, the owner of RECORD. f The column follows: Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan Corp., no Democratic political figure had anything NBA Star Pay Shoots Past U.S. THE POLITICS OF WHITEWATER to do with the dummy companies and scams Development Aid To Africa ∑ Mr. SIMON. Mr. President, my atten- that Hale ran. (By Senator Paul Simon) tion has been called to an article in the Thanks to Kenneth Starr, this is not the Ask people at any town meeting whether Miami Herald by Ernest Dumas, who is picture Americans got of Whitewater. we are spending too much money on foreign described in the Miami Herald as Not only did Starr not seek indictments aid and there will be a resounding ‘‘yes’’ re- ‘‘Sometime critic of Bill Clinton who against the Republicans when they began to sponse—but there would not be if they knew teaches journalism at the University of turn up on every chapter of the examina- the facts. Central Arkansas, and writes a column tions of Hale’s small-business lending com- The world’s poorest continent is Africa, for the Arkansas Times. A former po- pany, he did not call them as witnesses at and this year we are spending $628 million in litical writer, and associate editor of the trial at Little Rock. The prosecutors per- development aid to African nations, if Egypt suaded the trial judge not to allow the deeds is excluded from the calculation. the Arkansas Gazette in Little Rock, of Hale’s Republican collaborators to be used Compare that with the total for the con- he wrote this article for the Herald.’’ as proof of selective prosecution. It would tracts signed July 11th to July 18th for free I don’t believe I’ve ever met Mr. have confused the picture of Whitewater, a agents with the National Basketball Associa- Dumas, but he has written an article story about the rascality of Bill Clinton and tion: $927 million. that gives a perspective on the White- his Democratic friends. Twenty-nine African nations have total water situation that I frankly have not The special prosecutor’s refusal to explore government revenue less than the amount seen in the media elsewhere. any of the Republican bigwigs to the glare of paid to these star athletes. I call this to the attention not only trial—while leveraging misdemeanor pleas I have no objection to the money earned by of my colleagues in the Senate and in from many spear carriers in the real estate deals who made no profits from the deals— Michael Jordan and the others. They are the House, but I call this to the atten- players of unbelievable talent. And the peo- makes a compelling case that the investiga- ple of the nation are not making any great tion of editorial writers who may be tion is politically motivated and the pros- sacrifice to provide these funds for them. looking through the CONGRESSIONAL ecution selective. Nor are we making a great sacrifice in for- RECORD. Hale ran a federally licensed and sub- eign aid. It gives a very different perspective sidized small business investment company That $628 million in aid to Africa compares on ‘‘The Politics of Whitewater.’’ at Little Rock called Capital Management to $1.2 billion we get from one cent of gaso- I ask that the Miami Herald article Services, which in 1992 applied to the Small line tax in the United States. So the aid to be printed in the CONGRESSIONAL Business Administration for another $45 mil- Africa is slightly more than one-half cent a RECORD. lion. It claimed an expanded capital base. He gallon, if we were to use the gasoline tax to The article follows: didn’t get approval before the election and pay for it, which we are not. Clinton’s SBA in 1993 got suspicious. When [From the Miami Herald, June 23, 1996] The United States was once the most gen- auditors began digging into the company’s erous nation in helping the poor beyond our THE POLITICS OF WHITEWATER records, Hale told the SBA to just forget the borders. Now, of the nations of Western Eu- (By Ernest Dumas) whole thing. Clinton’s new SBA director, Er- rope and Japan, Australia and New Zealand, When Sens. Jesse Helms and Lauch Fair- skine Bowles, referred the matter to the Jus- we are dead last. cloth, the North Carolina Republicans, had tice Department. When the SBA put Hale’s

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:35 Jun 20, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00076 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S29JY6.REC S29JY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS July 29, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S9083 company in receivership, 86 percent to fits Another rising Republican star who be- Nelson’s and Jones’ roles never surfaced in loans were overdue and its accumulated came entangled in Hale’s web but was ig- the special prosecutor’s case. They never got losses exceeded its private capital by 171 per- nored by the special prosecutor was Robert a summons from Sen. Alfonse D’Amato, R- cent. Boyce, a young businessman who ran unsuc- N.Y., to explain themselves before the Sen- On July 20, 1993, the FBI raided Hale’s of- cessfully for the legislature in 1992 from Lit- ate Whitewater Committee. fices and confiscated his files. By August tle Rock’s silk-stocking Pulaski Heights dis- It is this selective prosecution that is the Clinton’s new U.S. attorney for the Eastern trict. peril of political investigations like Starr’s. District of Arkansas, Paula Casey, prepared Boyce was president of a company that was The prosecutor does not try to solve a crime to ask a federal grand jury to indict Hale for supposed to handle liquidation sales for and punish the perpetrator but to identify defrauding the SBA. stores going out of business. In November one subject or group and then find a crime. What the SBA inspectors and the FBI had 1988 Hale wired $300,000 into Boyce’s account ‘‘Therein lies the most dangerous power of found was that Hale had essentially been and he wrote checks totaling $250,000 to two dealing with himself and a few cronies, in- men who were later convicted of conspiring the prosecutor.’’ Justice Robert Jackson of cluding two state Republican chairmen and with Hale to defraud the SBA. Boyce told the U.S. Supreme Court, who would be the other Republican politicians and, briefly, SBA inspectors in 1994 that while he was the chief prosecutor at Nuremberg, warned in seven years earlier, Jim McDougal and Jim purported owner and president of Retail Liq- 1940, ‘‘that he will pick people that he thinks Guy Tucker, then a private citizen licking uidators Hale secretly owned it and used it he should get, rather than cases that need to the wounds of a crushing defeat at the hands as a front to obtain loans from his SBA lend- be prosecuted. With the law books filled with of Bill Clinton in the 1982 governor’s race. ing company. Federal law bars small busi- a great assortment of crimes a prosecutor Hale’s story about Clinton asking him to ness lending companies from lending to the stands a fair chance of finding at least a make an illegal loan to one of his old busi- owners. technical violation of some act on the part of ness partners seems implausible because Boyce wasn’t charged or called as a wit- almost anyone.’’ Hale at the time was funneling money ille- ness at the trial. With 50 FBI agents and an army of attor- gally from his small business development The most fetching story is that of Sheffield neys at his disposal and boundless jurisdic- company into the campaign of Clinton’s Re- Nelson, the former Republican state chair- tion, the Whitewater prosecutor’s problem publican opponent, former Gov. Frank man and now the Republican national com- was that he found more than he cared to White, who had appointed Hale to his munic- mitteeman from Arkansas. Nelson, the prosecute, and in exactly the wrong places.∑ ipal judgeship in 1981. former president of Arkansas Louisiana Gas Here are details about some of the Arkan- Co., the state’s largest natural gas dis- f sas Republicans who have avoided the harsh tributor, was the Republican nominee for light of Special Prosecutor Starr: governor in 1990 against Clinton and would Hale’s fellow municipal judge, Bill Watt, be defeated again, this time by Tucker, in ORDERS FOR TUESDAY, JULY 30, testified at the April trial that Hale had 1994. 1996 written a $10,000 check to the company head- It was Nelson who arranged for Jim ed by his law partner, Richard M. Grasby, McDougal, a friend and business partner, to Mr. MACK. Mr. President, I ask the Republican county chairman, with direc- tell a New York Times reported in 1992 about unanimous consent that when the Sen- tions that $2,000 of it be laundered and put his ancient Whitewater land deal with the ate completes its business today, it into White’s campaign against Clinton. Watt Clintons. stand in adjournment until the hour of contributed $1,000 in the name of his sec- Unlike the Clintons, who lost money, Nel- 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 30; further, retary and $1,000 in the name of the sec- son and his pal, Jerry Jones, owner of the retary’s daughter. The gifts never showed up Dallas Cowboys, profited immensely from that immediately following the prayer, in White’s campaign reports. White says he real-estate dealings with McDougal. the Journal of the proceedings be doesn’t think he got them. Using the pro- While perusing the want ads of The Wall deemed approved to date, the morning ceeds of a federally backed small business Street Journal in the early ‘80s, McDougal hour be deemed to have expired, and loan for political gifts is illegal. Defense at- was attracted by an ad for the sale of land on the time for the two leaders be re- torneys elicited the story from Watt, a pros- Campobello Island, off the coast of Maine, served for their use later in the day, ecution witness. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, McDougal’s Starr is prosecuting two rural bankers this idol, had summered there as a youth. The and the Senate immediately resume week on charges that they arranged $13,000 owners wanted $825,000 for 3,400 acres. the energy and water appropriations in contributions to Clinton’s campaign and Convinced that the land could be developed bill under a previous consent agree- reimbursed themselves by padding their ex- for quick resale, McDougal persuaded Nelson ment. penses at the bank. The gifts to White’s cam- and Jones to invest with him. Nelson and Jones put up $225,000 each. It was the first The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without paign from federal funds seemed to be analo- objection, it is so ordered. gous, but Starr passed when the gifts came real estate venture for McDougal’s new to light last year. thrift, Madison Guaranty. The savings and More intriguing was Starr’s pass on Bob loan subsequently would put up millions of f Leslie, a Little Rock lawyer who was the dollars to develop the desolate and blustery state Republican chairman and later na- land but the agents would never find buyers. PROGRAM tional committeeman, during the 1980s. Les- Despite the early charges, Whitewater De- lie had been the Republican candidate for velopment Corp., the Clintons’ partnership Mr. MACK. Mr. President, at the with the McDouglas, never cost Madison Congress from South Arkansas’ Fourth Dis- hour of 10 a.m. on Tuesday, the Senate Guaranty and the American taxpayers a trict in 1982. When Hale was on the stand, a will begin a series of rollcall votes with penny. But Campobello Estates cost them defense lawyer, Bobby McDaniel of plenty. It was the single biggest contributor respect to the energy and water appro- Jonesboro, asked him about a $20,000 SBA- to the S&L’s demise. The Federal Home priations bill and the legislative guaranteed loan to Leslie. Hale said it was a Loan Bank Board warned as early as 1984 branch appropriations bill. Senators ‘‘pay-off’’ for Leslie’s help in a scheme to de- that the investment was imprudent and that should be on notice that all votes in fraud the Small Business Administration. it was imperiling the thrift’s solvency. Nel- Leslie had written legal opinions to the SBA the voting sequence, after the first son and Jones never put anything more into saying Hale qualified for more SBA funds vote, will be limited to 10 minutes in it. It was Madison’s money. when he didn’t. After McDougal was ousted from the man- length. ‘‘He had a tax problem, and I loaned that agement of Madison in 1986 and it was closed I ask unanimous consent that the money to him,’’ Hale said, ‘‘The U.S. attor- in 1989, the Resolution Trust Corp. found Senate stand in recess between the ney said they were not going to charge him.’’ Leslie wasn’t called as a witness. He told itself owning Campobello. Nelson and Jones hours of 12:30 p.m. and 2:15 p.m. in reporters he had done nothing wrong. wanted out of the deal. Amazingly, an old order for the weekly party caucuses to Hale also made a federally backed loan of football-playing buddy of Jones at the Uni- meet. $275,000 to a minority mortgaging company versity of Arkansas, Tommy Trantham, had The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without been appointed supervisor of Madison. Leslie formed, which was not repaid. Leslie objection, it is so ordered. told a reporter that he actually didn’t get to Trantham arranged for Madison to buy out use the money. Nelson and Jones at a handsome profit of Mr. MACK. Mr. President, the Senate Hale had an unusual affinity for Repub- $136,500 each, a buy-out ultimately borne by can be expected to be in session late lican chairmen. Leslie’s predecessor as state the taxpayers. The RTC, then under the into the evening each day this week in chairman was Ken Coon, the Republican George Bush administration, approved the order to consider appropriations bills nominee for governor in 1974 and an unsuc- buy-out. William Seidman, who headed the Federal and conference reports as they become cessful candidate for Congress in the Repub- available. lican primary last month. Deposit Insurance Corp. and the RTC at When he applied to the SBA for leverage times during the banking and thrift crises, capital the last time, Hale listed Coon as the later expressed shock at the buy-out. His ex- ADJOURNMENT UNTIL 9:30 A.M. recipient of a substantial loan for a dis- perience, he told The Fort Worth Star Tele- TOMORROW advantaged business if the SBA was forth- gram, was that limited partners didn’t even coming. Coon was a director of a burial in- get their money back, much less a hefty Mr. MACK. Mr. President, if there is surance company Hale owned. profit. no further business to come before the

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HOWARD, 000–00–0000 JOHN W. BAKER, 000–00–0000 CHERYL A. LUTES, 000–00–0000 LONNIE B. BARKER, 000–00–0000 NOMINATIONS MICHAEL S. NEWSOM, 000–00–0000 ALFRED W. BRIDGEMAN, 000–00–0000 FRANK B. SCHREIBER, 000–00–0000 WILLIAM D. CANNON, 000–00–0000 Executive nominations received by MICHAEL A. SINKS, 000–00–0000 ROBERT C. COLLINS, 000–00–0000 the Senate July 29, 1996: JOHN P. SMAIL, 000–00–0000 CHARLES N. DAVIDSON, 000–00–0000 LAWRENCE G. GOSSELIN, 000–00–0000 INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA IN THE MARINE CORPS LAWRENCE W. HENDON, 000–00–0000 NATIVE CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT THE FOLLOWING-NAMED OFFICERS ON THE ACTIVE- GERALD S. HENRY, 000–00–0000 DUTY LIST, FOR PROMOTION TO THE GRADE INDICATED STEPHEN E. JESELNICK, 000–00–0000 LETITIA CHAMBERS, OF OKLAHOMA, TO BE A MEMBER IN THE U.S. MARINE CORPS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SEC- PETER S. LAMBERT, 000–00–0000 OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE INSTITUTE OF TION 624 OF TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE: JOSEPH D. LIM, 000–00–0000 AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE CULTURE AND HARRY P. MATHIS, III,* 000–00–0000 ARTS DEVELOPMENT FOR A TERM EXPIRING MAY 19, 2000, To be lieutenant colonel LISA ANNE PINEAU, 000–00–0000 VICE ROY M. HUHNDORF, RESIGNED. TIMOTHY M. STURGILL, 000–00–0000 ROBERT E. CARNEY, 000–00–0000 NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LITERACY ADVISORY GARY E. UNDERWOOD, 000–00–0000 To be major RONALD UNDERWOOD, 000–00–0000 BOARD JOSEPH P.M. VU, 000–00–0000 AURELIO GARCIA III, 000–00–0000 MICHAEL J. WEBER, 000–00–0000 ANTHONY R. SARMIENTO, OF MARYLAND, TO BE A JOHN T. HORNEY, 000–00–0000 DAVID E. WILSHEK, 000–00–0000 MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LITERACY FRANK A. RICHIE, 000–00–0000 ADVISORY BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 22, WILLIAM P. SCHULZ, JR., 000–00–0000 MEDICAL SERVICE CORPS 1998, VICE BENITA C. SOMERFIELD, TERM EXPIRED. THE FOLLOWING-NAMED RESERVE OFFICERS FOR PRO- To be major NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION MOTION TO THE GRADE OF COLONEL IN THE U.S. MARINE LINDA M. ADAMS, 000–00–0000 JOHN A. ARMSTRONG, OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO BE A CORPS RESERVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5912 OF TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE: WILLIAM A. ALTLAND, 000–00–0000 MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD, NATIONAL JAMES R. BAXTER, 000–00–0000 SCIENCE FOUNDATION, FOR A TERM EXPIRING MAY 10, CRAIG T. BODDINGTON, 000–00–0000 DENNIS L. BEATTY, 000–00–0000 2002, VICE THOMAS B. DAY, TERM EXPIRED. LAURA M. BULTEMEIER, 000–00–0000 PETER G. BREWER, 000–00–0000 M.R.C. GREENWOOD OF CALIFORNIA, TO BE A MEMBER KEVIN J. BURDICK, 000–00–0000 GARY D. BUTTON, 000–00–0000 OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD, NATIONAL SCIENCE ALEJANDRO T. DEVORA, JR., 000–00–0000 RENEE M. CAREY, 000–00–0000 FOUNDATION, FOR A TERM EXPIRING MAY 10, 2002, VICE RUSSEL L. DRYLIE, 000–00–0000 BILLY P. CECIL II, 000–00–0000 PERRY L. ADKISSON, TERM EXPIRED. ROBERT C. EIKENBERRY, 000–00–0000 CARY A. COLLINS, 000–00–0000 STANLEY VINCENT JASKOLSKI, OF OHIO, TO BE A MEM- BRUCE J. ELLIOT, 000–00–0000 MAUREEN J. COUNTER, 000–00–0000 BER OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD, NATIONAL CHRISTOPHER T. FRANKLIN, 000–00–0000 BRIAN J. CRAMER, 000–00–0000 SCIENCE FOUNDATION, FOR A TERM EXPIRING MAY 10, DOUGLAS N. FRAZIER, 000–00–0000 MARIO V. DESANCTIS, 000–00–0000 2002, VICE JAMES JOHNSON DUDERSTADT, TERM EX- JOHN W. GEORGES, 000–00–0000 LINDA LEE EATON, 000–00–0000 PIRED. MARK D. GRIM, 000–00–0000 BARRY W. EVANS, 000–00–0000 VERA C. RUBIN, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TO BE KATHERINE S. GUNTHER, 000–00–0000 KENNETH R. FRANKLIN, 000–00–0000 A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD, NA- DANIEL K. HAGOOD, 000–00–0000 PATRICIA A. GRAULTY, 000–00–0000 TIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, FOR A TERM EXPIRING WILLIAM C. HAMERSTADT, 000–00–0000 RICHARD F. HART, 000–00–0000 MAY 10, 2002, VICE BERNARD F. BURKE, TERM EXPIRED. ROBERT W. HILLERY, 000–00–0000 LYNDA L. HERNANDEZ, 000–00–0000 BOB H. SUZUKI, OF CALIFORNIA, TO BE A MEMBER OF STANLEY C. HORTON, 000–00–0000 BRADLEY P. HERREMANS, 000–00–0000 THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD, NATIONAL SCIENCE ROBERT L. HUDON, JR., 000–00–0000 STEPHEN C. HILL, 000–00–0000 FOUNDATION, FOR A TERM EXPIRING MAY 10, 2002, VICE MICHAEL G. JACKSON, 000–00–0000 DANIEL J. HUNT, 000–00–0000 JAIME OAXACA, TERM EXPIRED. CONRAD F. MALLEK, 000–00–0000 ROBERT B. JORDAN, 000–00–0000 VINCENT F. MANNELLA, 000–00–0000 IN THE COAST GUARD WILLIAM J. KORMOS, JR., 000–00–0000 FRANCIS L. MC DONALD, 000–00–0000 MARK LEWANDOWSKI, 000–00–0000 THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL FOR APPOINTMENT AS A MARK E. MOONEY, 000–00–0000 PAUL F. MARTIN, 000–00–0000 PERMANENT REGULAR COMMISSIONED OFFICER IN THE JOSEPH N. MUELLER, 000–00–0000 JOANNE P. MCPHERSON, 000–00–0000 U.S. COAST GUARD IN THE GRADE OF LIEUTENANT COM- KATHLEEN Z. POWERS, 000–00–0000 LAWRENCE J. MELLON, 000–00–0000 MANDER. GEORGE S. PRIEST, 000–00–0000 MICHAEL E. MENNING, 000–00–0000 EDWARD C. SCHROEDER, 000–00–0000 MARK MURDOCK, 000–00–0000 LAURA H. GUTH PRESTON E. SIMMS, 000–00–0000 MARK L. MURPHY, 000–00–0000 BARRY J. STATIA, 000–00–0000 IN THE AIR FORCE RICHARD W. OWEN, 000–00–0000 JOSEPH J. VACCARO, 000–00–0000 ROGER B. PRICE, 000–00–0000 THE FOLLOWING-NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT STEVEN K. VANDOREN, 000–00–0000 WILLIAM G. PUCKETT, 000–00–0000 IN THE RESERVE OF THE AIR FORCE, TO THE GRADE IN- WILLIAM C. WALKER, JR., 000–00–0000 G.D. REICHARD, 000–00–0000 DICATED, UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 10 UNITED DONALD L. WEISS, 000–00–0000 KEVIN F. RILEY, 000–00–0000 STATES CODE, SECTIONS 8374, 12201, 12204, AND 12212: HARRT T. WILLIAMS, 000–00–0000 ROBERT G. RITTER, 000–00–0000 FREDERICK B. WITESMAN II, 000–00–0000 To be brigadier general SALVATORE RUSSO, 000–00–0000 IN THE AIR FORCE MICHAEL R. SKIDMORE, 000–00–0000 BRIG. GEN. DWIGHT M. KEALOHA, USAF (RETIRED), 000–00– LYNDSAY A. STAUFFER, 000–00–0000 0000, AIR NATIONAL GUARD. THE FOLLOWING-NAMED OFFICERS FOR PROMOTION IN GREGORY A. STEWART, 000–00–0000 THE U.S. AIR FORCE, UNDER THE APPROPRIATE PROVI- *THERESA C. 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