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E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 104 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Vol. 141 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1995 No. 198ÐPart II House of Representatives DISPOSING OF SENATE AMEND- lation assistance pursuant to section 104(b) This motion does not ask the Senate MENT 115 TO H.R. 1868, FOREIGN of the Foreign Assistance Act or any other to agree to enact a funding cutoff for OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANC- provision of law, or to funds made available foreign private groups that decline to ING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS in title IV of this Act as a contribution to comply with the Mexico City policy re- the United Nations Population Fund APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1996 (UNFPA).''. strictions. The Senate does not have the votes to do that. (Continued) The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Mr. Speaker, I want the Members to Mr. CALLAHAN. Mr. Speaker, pursu- ant to House Resolution 296, the gen- be aware of another proposal that I of- ant to House Resolution 296, I call up tleman from Alabama [Mr. CALLAHAN] fered to the Senate managers of the from the Speaker's table the bill (H.R. will be recognized for 30 minutes, and a foreign assistance bill several weeks 1868) making appropriations for foreign Member opposed, the gentleman from ago. operations, export financing, and relat- Texas [Mr. WILSON], will be recognized ed programs for the fiscal year ending for 30 minutes. Mr. Speaker, as the Members may be September 30, 1996, and for other pur- The Chair recognizes the gentleman aware, we have had various differences with the Senate on this proposition. As poses, with the Senate amendment from Alabama [Mr. CALLAHAN]. a matter of fact, the original bill that numbered 115 thereto, and to consider b 1115 the motion printed in section 2 of the was sent to the Senate came back with resolution. GENERAL LEAVE 193 amendments. We were able to re- The Clerk read the title of the bill. Mr. CALLAHAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask solve 192 of the differences between the The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. unanimous consent that all Members House and Senate. The only one that KINGSTON). The Clerk will designate may have 5 legislative days within could not be resolved is the issue on the Senate amendment. which to revise and extend their re- abortion. We have tried, and tried with The text of the Senate amendment is marks on the disposition of Senate frustration, to look at a possible way as follows: amendment number 115, and that I be to pass the foreign operations bill for Senate amendment 115: permitted to include tabular and extra- 1996, to satisfy those that are con- Page 44, line 19, after ``lizations'' insert: neous material. cerned about abortion worldwide, that ``:Provided, That in determining eligibility The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. are concerned about planned parent- for assistance from funds appropriated to GOODLATTE). Is there objection to the hood, to no avail. We simply have been carry out section 104 of the Foreign Assist- request of the gentleman from Ala- unable to get the votes in the Senate ance Act of 1961, nongovernmental and mul- bama? to make this reality come true for the tilateral organizations shall not be subjected There was no objection. 1996 foreign operations bill. to requirements more restrictive than the requirements applicable to foreign govern- Mr. CALLAHAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield We are in a situation now that we ments for such assistance: Provided further, myself such time as I may consume. will send another bill to the Senate and That none of the funds made available under Mr. Speaker. I do not want to take any ask that they, with their great wisdom, this Act may be used to lobby for or against more time on this matter than what is find a way to pass something that can abortion''. necessary. We have already had this pass through the Senate and that also MOTION OFFERED BY MR. CALLAHAN matter, population assistance and can be acceptable to the House. I, for Mr. CALLAHAN. Mr. Speaker, I offer abortion, before the House four times example, have offered what I think was a motion. previously this year. I want to be sure, a reasonable compromise to the pro- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The however, that all Members understand life forces in the House, and that was Clerk will designate the motion. what the motion does and does not do. to cut the funding capability of any or- The text of the motion is as follows: The motion provided for by the rule ganization to 50 percent of its 1995 level Mr. CALLAHAN moves that the House recede does not cut population funding. It until they sign the Mexico City policy from its amendment to the amendment of freezes obligations under the fiscal 1996 language. In my opinion, that is a fair the Senate numbered 115, and concur therein bill for population funding until it has resolve in this House of compromise. with an amendment, as follows: been authorized or a further waiver of If we do not get something to the In lieu of the matter proposed by said the statutory authorization require- Senate and get something from the amendment, insert: ``Authorization of Population Planning ment has been enacted. It does not halt Senate that we can concur on, that will ``Sec. 518A. Section 526 of this Act shall not the hundreds of millions of dollars of satisfy us, we are not going to have a apply to funds made available in this Act for population funding from prior year 1996 appropriation bill for foreign oper- population planning activities or other popu- bills that has not yet been spent. ations. b This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., b 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. H 14787 H 14788 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Ð HOUSE December 13, 1995 Instead, we are going to be dealing in the Government from closing down. Continuing reading the names of all a continuing resolution, a CR that And we are going to be in that fight be- Members who voted against this last more than likely will not include any cause we have not yet finished our ap- time: protection for those of us that are con- propriations work. I would think that Ms. FURSE, Messrs. GANSKE, GEJDEN- cerned about abortion worldwide. A CR under those circumstances what we SON, GEKAS, GEPHARDT, PETE GEREN of may not protect anything that has to would be looking for is ways to find Texas, GIBBONS, GILCHREST, GILMAN, do with child survival. We could lose compromise between the House and GONZALEZ, GORDON, GENE GREEN of many things, including the prohibition Senate so we can move more of these Texas, GREENWOOD, GUNDERSON, of USAID from moving into a Taj bills forward. GUTIERREZ, and HAMILTON, Ms. HAR- Mahal downtown and paying each That is what I very much want to do MAN, Messrs. HASTINGS of Florida, HEF- month hundreds of thousands of dollars on this bill, but this language, as the NER, HILLIARD, HINCHEY, HOBSON, HORN, in unnecessary rent. A CR will not re- gentleman who just spoke clearly indi- HOUGHTON, and HOYER, Ms. JACKSON- duce funding to USAID. It will not cut cated, this language has no chance LEE, Mr. JACOBS, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mrs. the funding that we were successful in whatsoever of being accepted by the JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mr. JOHNSON passing through this House, unless we Senate or becoming law. So my ques- of South Dakota, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE get something realistic that both sides tion is, why on earth should we do this? JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of can work with. Mr. Speaker, this proposal meets Texas, Mr. JOHNSTON of Florida, and In a sense, Mr. Speaker, I chastise somebody's strategic idea that what we Mr. KANJORKSI, Ms. KAPTUR, Mrs. those Members of Congress who are so have to do is send another piece of leg- KELLY, Mr. KENNEDY of Massachusetts, hell-bent and determined to have their islation to the Senate which we know Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mrs. way that they are interfering, in my will not pass. I think all that does is to KENNELLY, Messrs. KLECZKA, KLINK, opinion, with the due process and with harden each side, rather than make KLUG, KOLBE, LANTOS, LAZIO of New the compromise that this body must each side more flexible. I would point York, LEACH, LEVIN, LEWIS of Califor- occasionally represent. out, the practical effect of this strat- nia, and LEWIS of Georgia, Mrs. LIN- Mr. Speaker, this measure is another egy is to ask 221 Members of this House COLN, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. LONGLEY, Mrs. vehicle going back to the Senate. We from both sides of the aisle who voted LOWEY, Mr. LUTHER, Mrs. MALONEY, do not expect the Senate to accept it. against this proposition on the Labor- Messrs. MARKEY, MARTINEZ, MARTINI, I would not think that the President HEW bill to vote for it today. and MATSUI, Ms. MCCARTHY, Messrs. would sign the bill if they Senate What this proposition essentially MCDERMOTT, MCHALE, and MCINNIS, passed it, so it is futile, in a sense, to does is to eliminate all international Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. think that we are going to enact this family planning money. This is not an MEEHAN, Mrs. MEEK of Florida, Mr. legislation with this language in here, abortion issue.