SENATE—Monday, September 13, 1999

September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 21215 SENATE—Monday, September 13, 1999

The Senate met at 12 noon and was RECOGNITION OF THE ACTING We are challenged by different phi- called to order by the President pro MAJORITY LEADER losophies, of course, as to what that tempore [Mr. THURMOND]. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. ROB- spending ought to be; we are always The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Our ERTS). The acting majority leader is challenged by a difference of view as to guest Chaplain, Father Paul Lavin, recognized. what the priorities are. That is the na- pastor of St. Joseph’s on Capitol Hill, ture of our body. Washington, DC, will now give the f So, Mr. President, I would like now prayer. SCHEDULE to yield to my friend, the Senator from Arkansas, for 15 minutes. PRAYER Mr. THOMAS. Mr. President, today The PRESIDING OFFICER. The dis- The guest Chaplain, Father Paul the Senate will be in a period of morn- tinguished Senator from Arkansas is Lavin, offered the following prayer: ing business until 2 p.m. Following recognized. In Psalm 103 David sings: morning business, the Senate will re- Mr. HUTCHINSON. I thank the sume consideration of the Interior ap- Bless the Lord, O my soul Chair. and all my being bless His holy name. propriations bill. As a reminder, clo- f ture motions were filed on Friday on Bless the Lord, O my soul TAX RELIEF and forget not all His benefits. S.J. Res. 33 denouncing the offer of He pardons all your inequities, clemency to Puerto Rican terrorists Mr. HUTCHINSON. Mr. President, I He heals all your ills. and on the Hutchison amendment re- rise today to address for a few minutes He redeems your life from destruction, garding oil royalties. These cloture the tax relief package that the Senate He crowns you with kindness and com- votes have been scheduled for 5 p.m. passed before the August recess. passion. today and may be followed by addi- I had the opportunity during the Au- He does not always chide, tional votes on judicial nominations. It gust recess to travel much of Arkansas. nor does He keep His wrath forever. I was in 27 counties in Arkansas in Not according to our sins does He deal is hoped that action on the Interior appropriations bill can be completed by about a month. So we were very busy. with us, In each one of those counties there nor does He requite us according to our tomorrow and that the Senate can begin consideration of the bankruptcy were opportunities for people to ex- crimes. press their opinions and to talk about For as the heavens are high above the reform bill. issues that were of concern to them. Earth I thank colleagues for their atten- so surpassing is His kindness toward tion. We heard much about the farm crisis. I those who fear Him. f know the Presiding Officer has been As far as east is from the west, very involved in trying to fashion a so far has He put our transgressions RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME farm policy that is going to allow fam- from us. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under ily farmers to survive, be viable, and Let us pray. the previous order, the leadership time has been very involved in the ag policy Almighty and eternal God, You have is reserved. of this country. We have heard a lot of concerns about agriculture. revealed Your glory to all nations. God f of power and might, wisdom and jus- I also heard a lot about the tax pack- tice, through You authority is rightly MORNING BUSINESS age, and there were a lot of questions. I want to take a few minutes today to administered, laws enacted, and judg- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under ment is decreed. Let the light of Your talk about what I heard and what I the previous order, there will now be a shared about the tax relief package divine wisdom direct the deliberations period for the transaction of morning of the Senate and shine forth in all the that we passed in the Senate and the business not to extend beyond the hour conference that was agreed upon with proceedings and laws formed for our of 2 p.m., with Senators permitted to the House. I think it is responsible and rule and government. May they seek to speak therein for up to 10 minutes. provides much-needed relief for the preserve peace, promote national hap- Under the previous order, the time American taxpayer. piness, and continue to bring us the until 1 p.m. shall be under the control I think that is the first thing we have blessings of liberty and equality. of the distinguished Senator from Wyo- to realize—how much there is a need We likewise commend to Your ming, Mr. THOMAS. for tax relief. People say, well, the unbounded mercy all citizens of the f economy is booming; we are doing fine; United States, that we may be blessed people are fine; no one really wants a in the knowledge and sanctified in the SENATE CHALLENGES tax cut. I think the reality is far dif- observance of Your holy law. May we Mr. THOMAS. Mr. President, as was ferent. be preserved in union and that peace noted, there are 2 hours of morning Under the Clinton administration, which the world cannot give; and, after business. My associates are going to taxes have risen to the highest level in enjoying the blessings of this life, be undertake for the first hour to talk a peacetime history—almost 21 percent admitted to those which are eternal. little bit about the challenges that we of the gross domestic product. When We pray to You, who are Lord and face over the next month, 2 months. By you compare that to the 1950s and the God, for ever and ever. Amen. the end of this month, of course, we are Eisenhower years, the tax burden upon f to have completed the appropriations, the American people measured—there PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE and we will be moving forward with are lots of ways of measuring ‘‘tax bur- The Honorable PAT ROBERTS, a that. We will be dealing with the ad- den,’’ but one of the most helpful, I Senator from the State of Kansas, led ministration and with the President on think, is in terms of the gross domestic the Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: their completion. We hope that it will product. At that time, it was about 15 I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the not end up in a closing down of Govern- percent of GDP; it is now 21 percent of United States of America, and to the Repub- ment but, rather, finding some con- GDP. And it took that last leap when lic for which it stands, one nation under God, sensus as to how we deal with our Congress passed and the President indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. budget for next year. signed the 1993 tax hike.

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VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.000 S13SE9 21216 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE September 13, 1999 When we are talking in terms of the pay an average of $14,000 extra; for 20 be lost when Clarence dies and his fam- tax relief package, the $792 billion—and years, couples must pay $28,000 extra. ily is faced with a huge Government for a farm boy from north Arkansas The tax relief package that passed death tax bill. Clarence has worked that is a lot of money, $792 billion—it would finally achieve equity and fair- hard to try to reduce the burden of the is over 10 years, and when you realize ness by eliminating the marriage tax death tax. He slowed the growth of his that what we are doing is rolling back penalty. business. He has hired lawyers. He has the tax burden on the American people The other aspect of the tax relief purchased life insurance. He has estab- by a grand total of 1 percentage point package we passed that I think is espe- lished trusts—all with the hope that he of GDP; we would take it from about 21 cially helpful and important and about could create a plan to enable his chil- percent to about 20 percent, there is which people feel strongly in Arkansas dren to keep the family business when nothing draconian—an overused word is the death tax. Small business owners he dies. All of that work and planning these days—there is nothing irrespon- and farmers can lose their lives and all still may not be enough. sible about the tax relief package that they have saved for their children be- Clarence figures that his son will owe was passed by the House and Senate. cause of death taxes. Since the value of the Federal Government about $1.5 mil- According to the Office of Manage- a business is added to the estate and lion upon his death, an impossible ment and Budget, total Federal re- taxed after exemption, sometimes as amount to pay for a man who makes ceipts amounted to 19.9 percent of GDP high as 55 percent, many small busi- only $31,000 a year. His son will almost in 1998 and will be 20.1 percent of GDP nesses and farms must be sold in order certainly have to sell all or part of the in 1999. to pay the death tax. It is wrong. Just business in order to pay the con- Now, in Arkansas, that amounts to as the marriage penalty, it is some- sequences of the death tax. Over four about $7,352 in taxes per capita, in 1998. thing we should not allow, it is some- generations, Clarence’s family busi- In a State such as Connecticut, it is thing we should not tolerate, and it is nesses have been whittled down to a about twice that; $15,525 was paid in something we have the ability and ca- sliver of what they once were. taxes for every man, woman, and child pacity to change this year. It is a form Then consider the case of Mr. in Connecticut. It was Ben Franklin of double taxation. The most obvious Kennard, whose spirit of free enterprise who said a penny saved is a penny inequity is the death tax. is being stifled by the death tax. He earned. I think maybe we could adjust It also doesn’t make a lot of sense. It owns a small septic tank company in that motto and say: A dollar earned is taxes investment and savings. It taxes Virginia. He began his business in 1963. 38 cents spent by the Federal Govern- the American dream. Part of the Amer- Today, he employs 15 people, including ment. The typical American family ican dream is, if you work hard and his son and daughter who have worked sees 38 percent of its income paid in save and invest well and are able to ac- with him since they were teenagers. taxes, as opposed to 28 percent of its in- cumulate something in life, you will be His son runs one of the businesses and come for food, clothing, and housing able to pass that on to your children takes home about $30,000 a year, hardly and only 3.6 percent that goes to sav- and your grandchildren so they can enough to pay the $2 million bill the ings. start their lives with better prospects Government will hand him when his fa- I believe at a time of surplus, it than what you did. It is not all of the ther dies. would be unthinkable, it would be un- American dream, but it is part of the Death should not be a taxable experi- conscionable for us not to allow the American dream. The death tax is ab- ence. In order to reduce the estate tax, American people to keep more of what solutely contrary to what we hold out Mr. Kennard has stopped expanding his they have worked so hard to make. As as being something Americans should businesses and is considering transfer- Ronald Reagan once remarked: The strive toward—investment, savings, ring shares of his business to his chil- taxpayer is someone who works for the building for the future. dren now rather than wait until his Federal Government but doesn’t have Right now, the survival rate for a death. He would like to invest in insur- to take a Civil Service exam. When we family farm from the first to the sec- ance and put some of his money back think about the increasing percentage ond generation is only about 30 per- into the business, but it doesn’t make of our income going to taxes, that is, cent. The odds are against a family sense when his family will have to pay unfortunately, more true today than it farmer being able to pass along that exorbitant taxes on any new apprecia- was when President Reagan said it. farm to their children or grand- tion. In fact, Mr. Kennard may have to The American people are laboring children. I know our farmers are work- liquidate one or two of his businesses under a heavy burden of taxation and ing hard, and these are difficult times in order to pay the death tax on the re- an intrusive Tax Code and tax system. for them. We keep having emergency maining businesses. There are many provisions in the tax bills to help alleviate the problems, but The tax refund bill would provide re- relief package. I want to address two they are kind of a Band-Aid solution. lief by lowering the 5-percent surtax on that are particularly compelling. One We have one the Senate passed before estates and replace the unified credit is the marriage penalty tax. the August recess. with the unified exemption of $1.5 mil- Approximately 42 million American Eliminating the death tax is some- lion. We would ultimately be rid of the couples, including 6 million senior citi- thing we can do that will permanently death tax altogether. It is something zens, must pay an average of $1,400 benefit agriculture and farmers in this we should do. It is something we have extra in taxes for simply being mar- country. Only a fraction of 1 percent of within our power to do. We have passed ried. The marriage penalty punishes in small businesses make it through to it. We will send it to the President. It two ways. It pushes married couples four generations. Just as the family is our hope, still, that the President into a higher tax bracket, and it lowers farm, which is, in effect, a small busi- will change his mind and not veto this couples’ standard deduction. So two ness, other small businesses are also very important legislation. married income earners with combined having a difficult time surviving and There are many other important pro- income must pay their income tax at a certainly being passed on to future visions in the bill as well. People say: higher rate with a lower deduction generations. Why spend your time on tax relief than they would if they were two sin- Consider the case of Clarence who when the President said he is going to gle people. It is unfair. It is wrong. owns a farming and lumber business in veto it? Because it is important, be- Most Americans are absolutely per- North Carolina. He provides jobs to 720 cause it is the right thing to do, be- plexed why such a quirk in the Tax people in his community through three cause our responsibility to our con- Code would be allowed to continue. small farms, a fertilizer and tobacco stituents is not what the President Keep in mind, it is not a one-time warehouse, and a small lumber mill. may or may not do. I recall well my penalty. Under our tax system, mar- His family has worked hard for four early years in the House when we riage is not a freeway; it is a toll road. generations to build this business to passed welfare reform and had to send For 10 years of marriage, couples must what it is today. All of that may well it to the President not once, not twice,

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.000 S13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 21217 but three times, before the President One of the other myths I heard while things that are there to encourage re- finally decided the American people I was traveling across Arkansas was tirement funding and educational fund- wanted welfare reform. He signed an that there was concern that somehow ing, you really get a great deal more important piece of reform legislation these surpluses might not become re- interest in it. that has transformed welfare in this ality. Conservative Arkansans who I think the Senator pointed out country and cut the rolls in half in look at the Congressional Budget Of- clearly the real philosophical dif- State after State, including my home fice projections a decade out, I think, ference. If the money is here, it will be State of Arkansas. are right to say: What happens if, in spent for increased government and in- I hope the President will reconsider, fact, the surpluses don’t become re- creased programs rather than going and I hope the American people will let ality? Are you going to give all of this back to the people who really own the us and the administration know how back in tax cuts? And are we going to money. important tax relief is. When they un- go back up in deficit spending? I thank the Senator. derstand what is in it, they do support I was glad to be able to report that f it. In 27 counties in Arkansas, I did there was an important provision in- PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR hear some concerns, primarily because cluding a trigger—maybe it is better to of the myths that have been per- call it a safety valve—that ensures Mr. THOMAS. Mr. President, I ask petrated about this tax relief bill. that if the surpluses do not become re- unanimous consent that privilege of One of the concerns was the myth ality, the tax cuts don’t kick in. They the floor be granted to David Stewart, that this tax relief bill somehow trades don’t become reality either. That, I an intern in my office, during the debt reduction for tax cuts. The fact is, think, is the ultimate fallback to en- course of morning business. the budget and the tax relief bill we sure that we don’t return to the big The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without passed will reduce public debt by 60 spending, red-ink, deficit spending objection, it is so ordered. percent and achieve over $200 billion ways of the past. Mr. THOMAS. Mr. President, I yield more in public debt reduction than the The bottom line is that in Arkansas to the Senator from Iowa 10 minutes. President’s plan over the next 10 years. 683,741 people would have tax reduc- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The dis- It is not a matter of either/or. It is not tions under this bill. That is, 750 mil- tinguished Senator from Iowa is recog- a matter of whether you are going to lion Americans would see their tax nized. have debt reduction or we are going to bills reduced. It is not something tar- Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I have tax relief. We can and should have geted for the wealthy, but it is some- thank the Senator from Wyoming for both. thing that would benefit every tax- yielding. Another one of the myths people are paying American. Even though I am not going to speak concerned about, and understandably Opponents of tax relief insist that on the issue of taxes, I just heard the concerned, is that somehow, if you pass money must be left on the table in the remarks by the Senator from Arkan- a meaningful tax relief bill, as we did, name of debt reduction. The reality is sas. Obviously, voting for that bill was it is going to erode and eat into the So- that if you leave it on the table in difficult. I agree with the statements cial Security surplus. In fact, that is Washington, it will be spent. and plead with the President to sign nothing but a myth. We would lockbox Therein is the great divide philo- the bill and give the people back some Social Security. We would not touch sophically between those who believe of the money or let them keep the any of the Social Security surpluses, the American people can better decide money rather than running it through and we shouldn’t. We should not per- and determine how they ought to spend Washington. We are overtaxing the petrate the wrong that has been done what they have earned and what they people at the highest level of taxation by previous Congresses by dipping in have worked for than people in Wash- in the history of our country. and using those revenues which are ington, DC—Government officials and f designated and should be designated for bureaucrats in Washington. For those NURSING HOME INDUSTRY Social Security only. who believe we have to keep that Then there is, perhaps, one of the money up here because we have to re- Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I greatest myths of all; that is, the tax serve it on the table for more spending chair the Committee on Aging. We relief bill will primarily benefit the programs because, truly, wisdom is have been holding some hearings about wealthy. This tax relief package would found here inside the beltway, we re- the nursing home industry over the provide broad-based tax relief. It cuts ject that. I reject that. last several months. I would like to every bracket 1 percent. That is not I ask my colleagues to request of the make a comment. much. But it cuts across the board of President his reconsideration of what First of all, I would like to speak tax brackets by 1 percent. It doesn’t is desperately needed for the American about credibility. It is similar to an old take somebody trained in math to fig- people—lowering that tax burden from maple tree. It takes years to develop, ure out that if you are in the 15-per- 21 percent to 20 percent. There is noth- but a big storm can wipe it out just cent tax bracket and you lower it from ing too dramatic nor too drastic about like that. I have a story that makes 15 to 14 percent, it is a much bigger it, but it is a small step in providing the point. personal tax cut than for somebody the American people the tax relief they The nursing home industry chal- who is in a lower tax bracket who also deserve and they desire. lenged the credibility of nursing home sees only a 1-percent reduction in I thank the Chair. inspectors. The nursing home industry, taxes. I thank Senator THOMAS for pro- after this challenge, lost. The fact is that this tax relief pack- viding this time and this opportunity When I refer to the nursing home in- age benefits low-income earners in the to discuss what we have done in the dustry, I mean the American Health lowest tax bracket more than any area of tax relief. Care Association. This group rep- other taxable group. We not only lower I yield the floor. resents the for-profit nursing homes. It the rate, we expand the bracket to in- Mr. THOMAS. Mr. President, I think has thousands of members across the clude yet more hard-working Ameri- the Senator from Arkansas stated very country. cans. clearly the strong feeling that I have Nursing home inspectors operate in In a State such as Arkansas, where received from folks in Wyoming. As I every State. They inspect every nurs- we have one of the lowest per capita in- went around as well, when I first ing home that accepts Federal money. comes, lowering the tax by even 1 per- talked about tax relief, people kind of The inspectors gauge whether nursing cent for the lowest tax bracket has a rolled their eyes. But when you start homes follow the Federal laws that significant benefit for hard-working talking about the specifics of it—estate were passed to protect nursing home Arkansans and hard-working Ameri- taxes and marriage penalty taxes— residents. They evaluate everything cans. when you talk about the kinds of from the most severe problems to the

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.000 S13SE9 21218 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE September 13, 1999 most minor problems. The most severe residents pulling at the spigot of the legislation to preserve, strengthen, and problems include malnutrition, dehy- hot coffee urn. The inspectors believed save the Medicare system for current dration, bedsores, inadequate medical that the residents were in immediate and future generations. The Republican treatment—matters that can be life- danger of suffering serious burns from congressional budget plan has set aside threatening. The most minor problems the coffee. Of course, with this, the $505 billion over the next 10 years spe- might include things such as com- General Accounting Office agreed. cifically to address domestic issues fortable lighting and access to sta- Example No. 2: The industry com- such as Medicare. Moreover, $90 billion tionery. plained that a California nursing home of this amount has been set aside in a At my request, the General Account- was cited for bed sores on a resident’s reserve fund that is dedicated exclu- ing Office has issued a series of reports foot that predated his admission, and sively to strengthening Medicare’s fi- documenting severe problems in too in fact the bed sores were healing. The nancing and modernizing its benefits, many nursing homes, thus pointing up General Accounting Office said the in- including the provision of coverage for the shortcomings of the inspection. spector found conditions that actually prescription drugs. Prescription drugs On March 18, when I released one of had worsened the bed sores. The resi- are as important to our senior citizens’ these reports, the American Health dent was wearing leather shoes when in health today as the hospital bed was Care Association issued a critical news a wheelchair. His feet were not ele- back in 1965 when the Medicare pro- release. The association said: vated when in bed. His bedsore gram was first created. Medicare clear- Inspectors have closed down facilities, dressings were changed without proper ly should be restructured to reflect without consulting residents and their fami- techniques to prevent infection. There these changing priorities. lies, for technical violations posing no jeop- again, the example given by the nurs- The money to address this challenge ardy to residents. ing home association was wrong. has been set prudently aside as part of The association also said: Example No. 3: The industry claimed the Republican budget. We have the re- Unfortunately, the current Federal inspec- that an Alabama nursing home was sources, we have the determination, tion system has all the trademarks of a bu- cited for a bald kitchen worker who and we have the will to address this reaucratic government program out of con- failed to wear a hair net. The GAO re- critical issue. Now it is up to Congress trol. ported that the industry did not iden- to come up with the plan, which I hope These, of course, were very serious tify the nursing home involved nor pro- our colleagues on the other side of the charges made by the association of vide any documentation; therefore, the aisle will help us devise. We need to nursing homes, and I took those General Accounting Office could not strengthen and modernize this criti- charges very seriously. The Federal in- assess what had happened. cally important program to meet the spection system is responsible for the I could go on in more detail from the health care needs of elderly and dis- welfare of 1.6 million nursing home General Accounting Office report. I abled Americans into the 21st century. residents. If that system fails, these have that report here, and I would like In addition to addressing the long- frail individuals will bear the brunt. to point out to my colleagues that they term structural issues facing Medicare, That is something that should concern should look at it, read it. Hopefully, it is essential that Congress also take action this year to address some of the every one of us in the Senate. everyone is interested and they will do Following up, I asked the American so. It tells a valuable cautionary tale. unintended consequences of the Bal- Health Care Association for proof of its Members of Congress, as I felt a respon- anced Budget Act of 1997, as well as regulatory overkill by the Clinton ad- claims issued in that news release crit- sibility to do, should always seek out ministration, which is jeopardizing ac- ical of what the General Accounting both sides of every story. Industry as- cess to critically important home Office had to say at my behest to study sociations work hard to seek our agree- health care services for millions of sen- the issue. On May 6, I received an infor- ment with their side and, of course, in our system of government, and wheth- ior citizens. mation packet from the American The growth in Medicare spending has Health Care Association describing 10 er individual, or an association of individuals, that is their right. But it is slowed dramatically, and that is due, examples that the association saw as in part, to the reforms that were en- proof of overzealous regulations. I our obligation as representatives of the people to weigh every issue with all the acted as part of the Balanced Budget turned this information over to the Act of 1997. While it was Congress’ in- General Accounting Office and asked facts at hand. It is equally our obligation to consider the credibility of every tent in enacting this legislation to for its analysis. slow the rate of growth, it has become The GAO did not find evidence of source. I yield the floor and reserve the re- increasingly clear that the payment overzealous regulation. In fact, the mainder of time for Senator THOMAS. policies implemented by the Clinton General Accounting Office found just Mr. THOMAS. I thank the Senator. administration as a consequence of the the opposite. There was adequate infor- Certainly, he has been the leader in Balanced Budget Act have gone too far mation for an objective assessment for rural health care, which is very impor- and that the cutbacks have been far 8 of the 10 industry examples. In each tant to my State, as it is for the State too deep, jeopardizing our seniors’ ac- of those 8 cases, the General Account- of the Presiding Officer. cess to critical hospital, skilled nursing Office found that regulators acted I am pleased to have the Senator ing, and home health care. appropriately. from Maine, Ms. COLLINS, join us this Nowhere is this problem more serious I am not going to go through all morning for some comments on our fu- than in home health care. America’s eight examples, but I will use three. I ture activities. I yield 15 minutes to home health agencies provide services think they show that there is a big dif- the Senator from Maine. that have enabled a growing number of ference in what the industry presented The PRESIDING OFFICER. The dis- our most frail and vulnerable senior and what the General Accounting Of- tinguished Senator from Maine is rec- citizens to avoid hospitals, to avoid fice found; in other words, the indus- ognized. nursing homes, and to receive the care try’s accusations that the inspection Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I want they need and want in the security and system was a bureaucratic thing out of also to join in the Senator’s praise of privacy of their homes, just where they control and that it was based upon just Senator GRASSLEY for his leadership on want to be. technicalities was wrong. many of the issues affecting senior I have visited with home health Example No. 1: The industry com- citizens and rural health care in Amer- nurses in Maine who have taken me on plained that a Michigan nursing home ica. home health visits. I know firsthand was severely punished for providing f how vital these important health care complimentary coffee to family mem- services are to our frail seniors. I know bers, staff, and residents. The General MEDICARE of couples who have been able to stay Accounting Office said that the nursing Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, Senate together in their own home solely be- home inspectors saw two vulnerable Republicans are committed to enacting cause of the services provided by our

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.000 S13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 21219 home health agencies. In 1996, home too severe, and much more wide-reach- Budget Act of 1997, my colleague from health was the fastest growing compo- ing than Congress ever intended. Missouri, Senator BOND, and I have to- nent of the Medicare budget. That, un- Again, the flaws in the Balanced gether introduced legislation titled, derstandably, prompted Congress and Budget Act have been exacerbated by ‘‘The Medicare Home Health Equity the Clinton administration to initiate regulatory decisions made by this ad- Act,’’ which is cosponsored, I am changes that were intended to make ministration. Earlier this year, I pleased to say, by a bipartisan group of the program more cost-effective and ef- chaired a hearing held by the Perma- 26 of our colleagues. It makes needed ficient. nent Subcommittee on Investigations. adjustments in the Balanced Budget There was strong bipartisan support We heard firsthand about the financial Act and related Federal regulations to for the provisions in the BBA that distress and cash-flow problems of very ensure that our senior citizens have ac- called for the implementation of a pro- good, cost-effective, home health agen- cess to necessary home health services. spective payment system for home cies from across the country. We heard One of the ironies of the formula en- care. Unfortunately, until this system about the impact of these cutbacks on acted in the Balanced Budget Act is is implemented, home health agencies our senior citizens. Witnesses expressed that it penalizes the low-cost nonprofit are being paid under a very flawed in- concern that the problems in the sys- agencies that had been doing a good job terim payment system, or IPS. tem are inhibiting their ability to de- of holding down their expenses. The In trying to get a handle on cost, liver much needed care, particularly to program needs to be entirely revamped. Congress and the administration cre- chronically ill patients with complex The most important provision of our ated a system that penalizes efficient needs. Some agencies have actually bill eliminates the automatic 15-per- agencies and that may be restricting closed because the reimbursement lev- cent reduction in Medicare home access to care for the very Medicare els under Medicare have fallen far health payments that is now scheduled beneficiaries who need the care the short of their actual operating costs. for October 1 of next year, whether or most. These include our sicker patients Many others in Maine and throughout not a prospective payment system is with complex chronic care needs, like the Nation are laying off staff or de- enacted. I am not overstating the situ- diabetic wound care patients, or IV- clining to accept new patients, particu- ation when I say that if another 15-per- therapy patients who require multiple larly those with the more serious cent cut is imposed on America’s home visits. health problems that require more care health agencies, it would be a disaster. According to a recent survey by the and more visits. It would threaten our ability to pro- Medicare Payment Advisory Commis- This points to the most critical and vide these services to millions of senior sion, almost 40 percent of home health central issue: Cuts of this magnitude citizens throughout this country. agencies indicated that there were pa- simply cannot be sustained without ul- A further 15-percent cut would be tients whom they previously would timately affecting the care that we devastating. It would destroy the low- have accepted for care, whom they no provide to our senior citizens. More- cost, cost-effective providers, and it longer serve due to this flawed interim over, the financial problems that home would further reduce our seniors’ ac- payment system and the regulatory health agencies have been experiencing cess to home health care. Furthermore, overkill of the Clinton administration. have been exacerbated by a host of on- as I mentioned earlier, it is entirely Thirty-one percent of these agencies erous, burdensome, and ill-conceived unnecessary because we have already admitted they had actually discharged new regulatory requirements imposed achieved the budget savings that were patients due to the inadequate pay- by the Clinton administration through anticipated in the Balanced Budget Act ment system. The discharged patients HCFA, including the implementation of 1997. We have not only exceeded tend to be those with chronic care of what is known as OASIS, the new them, we have exceeded them by a fac- needs who require a large number of outcome and assessment information tor of three. visits and are expensive to serve. In- data set; new requirements for surety Our legislation also provides for what deed, they are the very people who bonds; sequential billing requirements; we call supplemental ‘‘outlier’’ pay- most need home health services. IPS overpayment recoupment; and a ments to home health agencies on a pa- I know that Congress simply did not new 15-minute increment home health tient-by-patient basis. This is needed intend to construct a payment system reporting requirement requiring nurses because there are some patients who that inevitably discourages home to act as if they were accountants or are expensive to care for because they health agencies from caring for those lawyers, billing every 15 minutes of have complex and chronic health con- senior citizens who need the service the their time. ditions that need a great deal of care. most. These problems are all the more Witnesses at our hearing before the We heed to have a formula that recog- pressing because they have been exac- Permanent Subcommittee on Inves- nizes that there are certain higher cost erbated by the failure of the Clinton tigations expressed particular frustra- patients who are higher cost in a legiti- administration to meet the original tion with what the CEO from the Vis- mate sense. It is still far cheaper to deadline for implementing a prospec- iting Nurse Service in Saco, ME, treat those patients through home tive payment system. As a result, Maryanna Arsenault, termed as the health care than in a nursing home or home health care agencies will be Clinton administration’s regulatory hospital setting. struggling under a flawed IPS system, policy of ‘‘implement and suspend.’’ The provision in our bill removes the the interim payment system, for far She and others pointed to numerous existing financial disincentive for longer than Congress ever envisioned examples of hastily enacted, ill-con- agencies to care for patients with in- when it enacted the Balanced Budget ceived requirements for surety bonds tensive medical needs. We know from Act of 1997. and sequential billing. No sooner had the recent studies from GAO and the Moreover, it now appears the savings HCFA imposed the cost burden of a Medicare Payment Advisory Commis- from the Balanced Budget Act were specific mandate on America’s home sion that those are the individuals who greatly underestimated. Medicare health agencies, than it then had sec- are most at risk right now of losing ac- spending for home health care fell by ond thoughts and suspended the recess to home health services under the nearly 15 percent last year and the CBO quirements—but only after damage had current interim payment system. now projects that the post-Balanced been done, only after our home health To decrease total costs in order to re- Budget Act reductions in home health agencies had invested significant time main under their per-beneficiary lim- care will exceed $46 billion over the and resources they do not have, trying its, too many home health agencies next 5 years. This is three times great- to comply with this regulatory over- have had to significantly reduce the er than the $16 billion that CBO origi- kill. number of visits, which in turn has in- nally estimated for that time period. Responding to the excessive regula- creased the cost of each visit. We need That is another indication that the tion of the Clinton administration, as to deal with the regulatory issues that cutbacks have been far too deep, far well as the problems in the Balanced I have mentioned, including OASIS,

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.000 S13SE9 21220 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE September 13, 1999 surety bonds, sequential billing, and mind that we, the Members of the Con- dicated, we put aside about $505 billion the 15-minute incremental reporting gress, are delivering to the President a for contingencies over the next 10 requirement. Our legislation accom- financial plan for the next decade. He years, things we might want to spend plishes these goals. will have an opportunity to act on that money on over and above what we are The Medicare Home Health Equity plan this week. That plan has been spending now. So not only do we have Act of 1999 will provide a measure of fi- talked about, the tax relief contained a reservation of $1.9 trillion for Social nancial and regulatory relief to belea- in the plan, but it has not been spoken Security, not only do we cut the pub- guered home health agencies in order of very generously in terms of the licly held debt of this country in half, to ensure that our senior citizens have other major features of this financial but we also reserve a half trillion dol- access to medically necessary home plan for America for the next 10 years. lars for expenditures we are not now health services. I think we can only understand the making. It has been a pleasure to work with plan by looking at it as a whole, under- It is only in the context of these the Senate majority leader, Senator standing what we are doing to protect three items—the saving of the Social LOTT, as well as Senator ABRAHAM, the interests of this country in the Security surplus for Social Security; Senator SANTORUM, Senator BOND, and years ahead. reducing the national debt, the pub- others who have been real leaders in The first thing I think people want licly held debt of America, by 50 per- this effort to come up with a solution us to start to do is to be more respon- cent; putting aside a half trillion dol- to this very pressing problem. My hope sible in the way we in Washington han- lars for contingencies—that we under- is that we will make reforming the dle their money. One of the areas of ir- stand what the tax relief is all about. payment system for Medicare home responsibility in the past has been the The tax relief is what is left over. health services a top priority this fall. Social Security trust fund. When there Americans earn the money. We trust I yield back the remainder of my has been a little bit more in the trust Americans to earn this money; we time to the Senator from Wyoming. fund—or a lot more in the trust fund— should trust them to spend it. The Mr. THOMAS. I thank the Senator than was needed for that particular question is whether we are going to from Maine, not only because of the year, Members of the House and Senate fund families or bureaucracies. have been a part of budgeting that We got the President to agree with us good job she does all across the board money for expenditures not related to on saving Social Security to the extent but particularly on this matter of Social Security, to support the oper- of putting $1.9 trillion aside, and I com- health care, rural health care. As co- ational costs of Government. mend him for getting there. He wasn’t chairman of the Rural Health Care Americans are duly concerned be- there in his State of the Union Mes- Caucus, I am particularly interested in cause they know the reason there is a sage. I commend the President for those kinds of things. For example, in surplus in the Social Security trust being willing to pay down the national Wyoming, home health care is so im- fund is that big bulge of us baby debt. But the President, after that, portant and sometimes quite expen- boomers are paying in, but they know wants to spend so much more of what sive, particularly because of the when this big bulge of baby boomers is left over on more Government pro- amount of miles that have to be trav- starts to consume instead of contribute grams. eled. But for the patient, and because to the trust fund, we are going to need Frankly, we ought to be giving a tax of the cost, home health care is the the surplus. So the first thing we have relief package, 1 percent, to every right way to go. done in our financial plan for the fu- bracket. We ought to be doing away I now yield to the Senator from Mis- ture is to put an end to that. We are with the marriage penalty tax. We souri to talk a little more about the fu- going to stop the practice of spending ought to allow parents and grand- ture and our plans with respect to the trust fund. So the financial plan parents to invest money so their kids taxes. which will go to the President this can have money for education, and the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The dis- week says $1.9 trillion—trillion being a growth of that money can have a tax tinguished Senator from Missouri is thousand billions and a billion being a preferred status. We ought to allow recognized. thousand millions; I mean, it is almost people to buy health care in a more tax Mr. ASHCROFT. Mr. President, I impossible to think of it that way—$1.9 beneficial way, especially the self-em- commend the Senator from Maine for trillion is going to be reserved for So- ployed who do not get it on their jobs. her sensitivity to a crisis which is cial Security, a major step forward. It is with that in mind I think this looming in American health care and Americans have a right to expect us to package is delivered to the President that she is willing to constructively plan to do that and we are doing it. to say this is a comprehensive financial deal with that crisis. I thank her for That is a big part of the financial plan plan for the future. The tax relief only her thoughts on this matter and for her for the future. amounts to 23.8 percent of the total cosponsorship of important legislation. No. 2, people say over time most fam- surplus as we have defined surpluses f ilies, most organizations want to re- historically because we have been so TAX RELIEF duce their debt; they would like to get responsible as to set that Social Secu- their debt down to manageable levels. rity surplus aside. It is not part of Mr. ASHCROFT. Mr. President, as we Most of us take 30 years to pay off a what we will spend. And we start to look to the future, most of us, in our home. We have decided to start paying knock down the national debt, take families, in our businesses, in our civic down the national debt. In a part of the down the publicly held debt of the organizations, in our churches, like to plan which I think is very important, country 50 percent in the next 10 years deal with some sort of plan. As a mat- we are taking the publicly held debt of and set aside a half trillion dollars for ter of fact, there is a lot of buzz or talk the United States of America from $3.8 contingencies, and then work on abol- these days about financial planning, trillion down to $1.9 trillion, a 50-per- ishing the marriage penalty and tax, making sure we have the capacity to cent decline in the national debt held saving for education and expanded meet the demands of the future when by the public of the United States of IRAs, and knocking every tax rate they come to us and when they fall America. What a tremendous decline in down by 1 percent—a 1-percent decline upon us. debt. As part of a rational plan, the for folks at the top brackets and a 1- It is incumbent on the Congress of debt to the gross domestic product percent decline for folks at the bottom the United States to engage in some ratio goes from 43 percent to 14 percent brackets. planning, to take a look at the future over that 10-year plan we are sending It seems to me that is the kind of and find out exactly where we ought to to the President. First, we protect So- plan upon which a nation can march be going and how we ought to get cial Security. Second, we pay the debt forward. I call upon the President of there, and the things that are impor- down by 50 percent. the United States to reevaluate his po- tant and what we ought to do to pro- No. 3, as the chairman of the Budget sition. He has expressed real doubts, se- tect our interests. It is with that in Committee, Senator DOMENICI, has in- rious reservations about this. Seeing it

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.000 S13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 21221 in the context of a financial plan for that will put us into the future or, in not, and I do not believe we will do the future of the United States is to fact, we are faced with the possibility that. see it as a roadmap to opportunity and of the President vetoing the legislation On the other hand, we can find, I am success and prosperity. and of having the Government shut sure, agreement in the appropriations I close with this. Because we had the down, as happened in the past. I hope areas, and we can move forward with two biggest tax increases in history in this will not be the case. that. this decade, Americans have paid in far I noticed in the paper the other day Mr. President, our time has expired. I more money than we are going to need. the President has indicated he would see there is a Senator on the other side It is like going to the grocery store and like nothing better than a bipartisan of the isle, so I yield back my time. you hand the man a $10 bill for a $2.45 compromise. Hopefully, that is what The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. gallon of milk. You expect change. You will happen. Yet he has suggested ‘‘if KYL). Under the previous order, the expect to get something back when you only the Republicans could be a little time until 2 p.m. shall be controlled by pay more than is needed for what you more reasonable.’’ I am not sure that is the Senator from Illinois, Mr. DURBIN, have ordered. You would not think necessarily a part of it. Probably his or his designee. much of the grocer who said: I’m going White House aides are happy about this The Senator from Minnesota. to give you two more gallons of milk partisan combat because, as we know, Mr. WELLSTONE. I thank the Chair. and a pound of bacon, whether you the last time the Government was shut Mr. President, I say to my colleague need it or not. That is what has hap- down, the Congress shouldered all the from Wyoming, I did not hear all of his pened. The President said we have the responsibility. I do not believe that remarks, but I always appreciate what Government covered, the costs are cov- ought to be the case, and hopefully it he has to say, agree or disagree. ered, but they have overpaid. Now we will not be this year. We are looking f are going to give them a whole bunch forward to working in those areas. ECONOMIC CONVULSION IN In terms of Social Security, there are more Government, whether they have AGRICULTURE ordered it or not. some changes that need to be made. We I think we need a little change. are talking about saving Social Secu- Mr. WELLSTONE. Mr. President, I Americans deserve some tax relief, and rity. We ought to do that. We are com- will not speak for a long time about I am pleased to have had this oppor- mitted to doing that. The method of the economic convulsion in agri- tunity to present this financial plan doing it currently, of course, is to put culture. I think my colleague sees which the President should sign. the Social Security surplus in to re- some of this in Wyoming as well. I said I yield the floor. place the publicly held debt. The fact last week I was going to come to the Mr. THOMAS. Mr. President, I think is, it then becomes debt that has to be floor and talk about what is happening we have used the time that has been al- covered by the taxpayers when the to family farmers in Minnesota and located. I ask unanimous consent for time comes to use it. around the country. I want to speak an additional 10 minutes. Since I am We also are looking at a change in about this briefly today and announce the only one present, the chances are the Social Security Act which responds a bill that I will be introducing. I also probably pretty good. to what is happening with Social Secu- want to say to my colleagues, as I see The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without rity. The demographics are changing. us moving forward over the next couple objection, it is so ordered. When Social Security started, there of days this week, that I do intend to f were 34 people working for every 1 ben- be back on the floor with amendments eficiary. People paid about $30 a year that relate to how we can get a decent A BUDGET AGREEMENT into the program. Now there are three price for family farmers and how we Mr. THOMAS. Mr. President, I am people working for every beneficiary, can get some competition and how we very pleased my associates could come and it is moving toward two. They are can put some free enterprise back into over this morning and talk about some paying 12.5 percent of up to nearly the food industry. of the programs that are before us, to $80,000 into this fund. I am also prepared—and I am sure talk about some of the directions we The fact is, over a period of time, other Senators would feel the same will be taking. I think there is another probably in 20 years, there will not be way if they came from an agricultural area, in addition to what has been enough money to continue as we have, State—I am also prepared, starting talked about, that is right before us. so we have to make some changes. The this week and every week, to spend a We are dealing now with spending. We choices are very simple ones basically: considerable amount of time before the are now in the process of finishing the We can increase taxes. Nobody really Senate talking, not so much in statis- appropriations process. Congress must wants to do that. The Social Security tical terms but more in personal terms, adopt 13 different appropriations bills tax is the largest tax paid by almost all about what is happening. for future spending of the Government taxpayers in the lower-income brack- I give, by the way, a lot of credit to and we are in the process of doing that. ets. Willie Nelson and Neil Young and John We also have some budget limita- We can reduce benefits. People are Mellencamp for putting together Farm tions that we have placed on ourselves, not much interested in that. Aid. I had a chance to be there yester- some caps that we have to honor. We The third alternative, of course, is to day morning with my wife Sheila. It are dealing also with emergency spend- increase the revenue that comes from was an important gathering. I thank ing. We have talked some now about the moneys that are in the trust fund. them for bringing some attention to the surpluses that have been available. We are very anxious to do that. It also the crisis in agriculture and what is The surpluses that are available this gives an opportunity to take that happening to family farmers. year, however, are generally Social Se- money when it comes in and put it They are not Johnny-come-latelys. curity dollars. But there are $14 billion somewhere other than into additional They have been at this for some time. in the regular budget and those will, of national debt loans and put it into in- There was a rally this morning, a course, be available. Most of those have dividual accounts that people would ‘‘Save the Family Farm’’ coalition already been set aside as emergency have as their own, to be invested in the rally, and then the Farmers Union was spending. private sector for a much higher yield. meeting with Secretary Glickman. I What we have before us is an oppor- These are some of the things with know there are hundreds of Farmers tunity to continue to work and com- which we grapple. Certainly, we are Union members who are going to be plete this matter of funding the budget going to be working with the adminis- meeting with Republican and Demo- for this year. At the same time, we tration to see if we can do something cratic Senators. must pass it on to the White House. We in that respect. I do not think there is What everybody is saying right now must find some agreement, either that willingness on this side to trade off tax is, we have this convulsion in agri- or have some continuing resolutions relief for increased spending. I hope culture. When I was a college teacher

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.000 S13SE9 21222 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE September 13, 1999 in the mid-1980s in Northfield, MN, in are other Senators who are going to be price be, and what will be the quality Rice County, I did a lot of organizing talking about this. of the food? Will there be an agri- with farmers. I had some friends who Going back to the Sherman Act or culture that respects the air and the took their lives. I am not being melo- the Clayton Act, or Senator Estes land and the water and the environ- dramatic, unfortunately. I was at more Kefauver’s work in the 1950s, Congress ment? I think not. foreclosures than I ever wanted to be. I has said there was a role for Govern- I do not think our country is yet en- saw a tremendous amount of economic ment to protect consumers and also to gaged. I hope the national media will pain. protect producers. In fact, a lot of the cover this crisis. And it is a crisis. I What we are experiencing now in ag- history of the Sherman Act and Clay- will be coming to the floor of the Sen- riculture in this country is far worse. ton Act goes back to agriculture and ate with longer and longer and longer On present course, we are going to lose, the concerns of family farmers. and longer speeches, backed up by lots as I said last week, a generation of What I am saying in this legislation of data and statistics of what is hap- family farmers. I simply say, in an em- is, obviously, the status quo is not pening in Minnesota, backed up with a phatic way, the political question for working. These conglomerates have lot of personal stories of hard-working us is whether we stay the course or muscled their way to the dinner table. people who have now lost their farms, whether we change course. I do not be- They are pushing family farmers out. where they not only live but where lieve that any Senator, Democrat or There is no real competition in the they have also worked. I will have Republican, who comes from a State food industry any longer. In order for amendments on legislation, in an effort like the State of Minnesota and who our producers to get a decent price, and to change things for the better. has been traveling in communities and in order to make sure our producers If my colleagues have other ideas seeing the pain in people’s eyes and and family farmers have a future, in about how to change things for the bet- seeing people who literally are almost order to make sure the rural commuter, great. Then get out on the floor of at the very end, could not take the po- nities of my State of Minnesota have a the Senate—this week, next week, the sition that we have to do something future, we are going to have to take following week. Personally, at this different when it comes to agricultural some action. Our action and our legis- point in time, I am focused on family policy. lation ought to be on the side of family farmers in the State of Minnesota. I I am not going to be shrill today—or farmers. am focused on our rural communities. I hopefully any other day—but I am tell- So I intend to introduce this bill am focused on family farmers and rural ing my colleagues, the status quo is later today. I will also draft this as an communities all across our country. unacceptable. It is unacceptable. The amendment to the bankruptcy bill. I I intend, as a Senator, to do every- piece of legislation we passed several also will be on the floor with other thing I can on the floor of the Senate years ago called Freedom to Farm—I amendments. Unfortunately, the bank- to fight for people, everything I know believe it’s really ‘‘Freedom to Fail,’’ ruptcy bill applies all too well to fam- how to do to fight for people. I also am going to spend as much time as I can though others can take a different po- ily farmers in my State of Minnesota organizing the farmers because I am sition—at minimum has to be modi- and to family farmers all around the convinced, I say to Senator REID and fied. If we do not take the cap off the country. Senator WYDEN, we are going to need loan rate and we do not have some kind There are other colleagues who want farmers and rural people to come and of target price and we do not do some- to speak, so I am going to try to con- rock this capital before we get the thing to make sure that farmers have a clude in the next 3 or 4 minutes, I say change we need. But we are going to decent price for what they produce so to my colleague from Oregon. I will not keep pushing very hard. An awful lot of they can get the cash flow to earn a de- take a lot of time because we only have good people’s lives are at stake. cent living, they are going to go under. an hour and others want to speak as I think in many ways this is a ques- Many of them are going under right well. tion that speaks to what America is now as I speak. But I have had a chance to travel a about as well. I cannot be silent on it. The second thing I want to talk lot in Minnesota. I have had a chance I know of many Senators from other about is a piece of legislation I will to spend time in other States—in Iowa, agricultural States who feel the same offer this week as an amendment to the in Texas, in Missouri. I have met with way. We have to push this on to the bankruptcy bill. I will have plenty of a lot of organizers around the coun- agenda of the Congress, and we have to data. For example, five firms account try—in the Midwest and in the South— do it now. for over 80 percent of beef packing mar- and I am telling you that I think rural f ket. That is a higher concentration America has to take a stand. I do not than the FTC found in 1918 leading up care whether we use the language of EAST TIMOR to enactment of the Packers and modifying legislation or amending leg- Mr. WELLSTONE. Mr. President, in Stockyards Act. Six firms account for islation. the final 1 minute—and I did not bring 75 percent of pork packing. Now we I personally thought the Freedom to any talking points; I do not have it have a situation where Smithfield Farm was really ‘‘Freedom to Fail’’ written now—I would like to thank the wants to buy out Murphy. And the from the word ‘‘go.’’ Others can have President. I was critical of the Presi- largest four grain buyers control near- different opinions. But for sure, time is dent last week about East Timor, but I ly 40 percent of the elevator facilities. not on the side of family farmers. A lot think we ought to give credit where The legislation I am going to intro- of people in Minnesota, a lot of farmers credit is due. duce—I am now waiting for the final are 45, 50 years old. They are burning I am glad he spoke out. I am glad he draft from legislative counsel—will im- their equity up. They look at me hard, put pressure on the Indonesian Govern- pose a moratorium on mergers, acquisi- and they say: Look, Paul, do we basi- ment. I know there are a number of im- tions, and marketing agreements cally take everything we have and try portant questions to resolve about the among dealers, processors, commission to keep this farm going? We will. We nature of whatever kind of peace- merchants, brokers, or operators of a want to. It has been in our family for keeping force goes in, but the sooner warehouse of agricultural commodities four generations. We love farming. But the better because this has been geno- with annual net sales or total assets of if there is no future for us, tell us now. cide. An awful lot of people have had more than $50 million. The moratorium I do not want to tell family farmers the courage to stand up against the re- would last for 1 year, or until Congress in Minnesota there is no future for pressive government, or in this par- enacts legislation that addresses the them. I do not want to tell our rural ticular case, stand up for the independ- problems of concentration of agri- communities there is no future for ence of East Timor, that have been culture, whichever comes first. I think them. I do not want to tell our country murdered. The sooner we get an inter- Senator DORGAN is working on a simi- that a few conglomerates are going to national presence, an international lar piece of legislation. I am sure there own all the land. Then what will the force in there, the better.

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.000 S13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 21223 I think the President was forceful First, rights that they already have; of the contract of carriage or take home the this past weekend and should continue second, rights that the airline industry address or phone number, if available, of the to be forceful. We should not let the In- is reluctant to write into the legalese airline’s consumer affairs department, send donesian Government delay. The soon- that constitute the contract between for it, and then wait for the contract of carriage to arrive in the mail. er we get a force in there to protect the airline and the customer; and fi- people, and to follow through on the nally, their rights that are ignored al- As the Congressional Research Serv- mandate of the people—which was together. ice puts it, with their usual diplomacy something the United Nations spon- For example, among the several and understatement: sored and supported, where the people rights airlines refuse to provide is dis- The airlines do not appear to go out of voted for their own independence—I closure about overbooking on flights. If their way to provide easy access to these contracts of carriage. think the better off the world will be you call an airline this afternoon and because whenever our Government can ask about a particular flight and it is I hope my colleagues will read the ac- be on the side of human rights, then we overbooked, the airline is not required tual specifics included in the airlines are living up to who we are as a Na- to tell you that before they take your so-called ‘‘customer first’’ pledge. tion. money. When I and other advocates for What they will see is a lot of high I thank my colleagues and yield the the consumer have asked them to pro- sounding rhetoric about improving floor. vide just this information—we are not service to the passengers, but the harsh Mr. WYDEN addressed the Chair. calling for a constitutional right to a reality is, it is business as usual. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- fluffy pillow on an airline flight but Last year, there were an unprece- ator from Oregon. just the information about over- dented number of complaints about air- Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, before he booking—the airline industry simply line service. Based on the figures I have leaves the floor, I commend the Sen- won’t follow through. The fact is, the just obtained for the first 6 months of ator from Minnesota for an excellent industry’s voluntary pledges are gob- this year, there has been another huge statement. I happen to think those bledygook. increase, in fact a doubling, in the statements reflect his commitment to To determine if there was any sub- number of consumer complaints about justice, both here at home and over- stance to them at all, I asked the Gen- passenger service. It is easy to see why, seas. I commend him for an excellent eral Accounting Office and the Con- when you examine how hedged and statement. gressional Research Service to com- guarded the airline industry is with re- I also, before I begin, thank my col- pare the voluntary pledges made by the spect to actually giving consumers league, the distinguished whip from industry to the hidden but actually meaningful and timely information Nevada. I understand he had the time, binding contractual rights the airline that will help them make their choices and he was gracious enough to give me passengers have that are written into about travel. this opportunity to speak briefly. I what are called contracts of carriage. For example, let us look briefly at thank my good friend from Nevada for The General Accounting Office found the pledge to offer the lowest fare the opportunity to speak this after- that of the 16 pledges the airline indus- available on airline flights. What this noon. try has made to consumers, only 4 are means is if a consumer uses the tele- f actually provided in the contracts of phone to call an airline and asks about carriage. Three of them are mandated a specific flight on a specific date in a CUSTOMER SERVICE PROTECTIONS already by Federal regulation, and specific class, the airline will tell them FOR AIRLINE TRAVELERS most of them are left out altogether, the lowest fare, as they are already re- Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President and col- including informing the customers of quired to do. But not only will they not leagues, for many months now the Na- the lowest fare, informing customers provide you relevant information about tion’s airlines have been doing their ut- about delays, cancellations and diver- lower fares on other flights on the most to prevent the Congress from en- sions, returning checked bags within 24 same airline, they won’t even tell you acting meaningful customer service hours, providing credit card refunds about lower fares that are probably protections for airline travelers. The within 7 days, informing the passenger available on their web page. The reason airline industry lobbyists have fanned about restrictions on frequent flier why is simple: They have got you when out across the Nation’s capital telling rules, and assigning customer service they have you on the telephone, and our colleagues that meaningful protec- representatives to handle complaints they will sell you the ticket when it is tions for consumers—such as the right and other problems. an opportunity to sell it and they can to timely and accurate information— Moreover, the airlines are not ex- make money on it. But when it is a are going to increase the costs for air- actly tripping over themselves to re- chance to help the consumer and the line passengers, reduce service, and to write these contracts of carriage, the consumer can get a break by knowing hear them tell it, it is practically going actual contract that protects the con- about other fares available on the web to bring about the end of Western civ- sumer. When General Accounting Of- page, there is no disclosure ilization as we know it. fice officials contacted the airlines to The purchase of an airline ticket As part of their campaign to prevent inquire about actually putting teeth today in America is like virtually no the enactment of enforceable legisla- into pledge language, the officials at 10 other consumer choice. Unlike movie tion to protect the consumer, the air- of the major airlines said they were theaters that sell tickets to a movie or line industry has made a host of vol- ‘‘considering revisions’’ to their con- a sporting goods store that sells soccer untary pledges to improve passenger tracts of carriage to reflect at least balls, the airline industry provides no service. some of the customer service plans. real assurance that you will be able to Today, I am releasing two reports, Even more importantly, if the pas- use their product as intended. Movie one done by the General Accounting senger wants to know what their ac- theaters can’t cancel shows because Office and the other done by the Con- tual contractual rights are to these they don’t have enough people for a gressional Research Service, that show key services, the airlines have made it show, but airlines cancel flights when the voluntary pledges made by the air- very difficult for the consumer to find they don’t have enough passengers. line industry are worth little more out. The Congressional Research Serv- The sporting goods store can’t lure you than the paper on which they are writ- ice points out: in with a pledge to give you that soccer ten. Frontline airline staff seems uncertain as ball at an attractive price and then Let me be specific. to just what contracts of carriage are. give you a less desirable product at a After evaluating the airline indus- The Service found: greater cost after you get there. But try’s proposals, it is clear the airline Even if the consumer knows that they the airline industry can do both of industry provides passengers rights in have a right to the information, they must those things. They can make arbitrary three categories: accurately identify the relevant provisions cancellations. They can lure you in for

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.000 S13SE9 21224 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE September 13, 1999 a product and, after they have you, not 700 percent increase in corporate fund- credit [a commercial], that’s less news you make it available. The fact is, the air- ing over the past 5 or 6 years. It is just can do. line industry is insisting they ought to not listeners who are noticing the So as I stated, we have to either be outside the basic laws that protect change. If I were the owner of a private make public broadcasting public or do consumers in every other economic broadcasting station, I would be up in away with it. If we continue the road field from coast to coast. arms. And some private station owners we are going on, we are going to wind I conclude by saying that over the are tremendously disturbed about the up having public broadcasting in name next few weeks the Congress is going to increasing commercialism of this so- only, and it is going to be unfair that have the chance to right the wrongs called public broadcasting. they are competing with the private spelled out by the Congressional Re- Private stations aren’t tax exempt stations, in which we have people who search Service and the General Ac- like public broadcasting stations are. have invested a lot of money, trying to counting Office studies that I release The private stations are now voicing make money on an uneven playing today. I look forward to working with their concerns about the existing un- field because of the protections public my colleagues on a bipartisan basis to even playing field. I don’t want to broadcasting have. make sure airline passengers across sound as though I am beating up on f this country get a fair shake. public broadcasting because, as I have A DEMOCRATIC PLAN WITH WHICH Mr. President, I yield the floor and indicated in my opening statement, I THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN thank my colleague from Nevada. really do like public broadcasting. I AGREE Mr. REID. Mr. President, I say to my enjoy the programs on National Public friend from Oregon, I have appreciated Radio and public television. I believe Mr. REID. Mr. President, we had his presentation. It reminds me of the public broadcasting should remain just some good news last week when the work he has done since he has been in that—public. That means we have to do majority leader, Senator LOTT, indi- Congress. We served together in the a better job with public funding. cated that if the President vetoed the House of Representatives, and the Sen- We can trace very clearly what has $800 billion Republican tax plan, that ator from Oregon was known in the happened to public broadcasting. Newt would be the end of it. That is good news for the American House as being someone who dealt with Gingrich, and others with whom he as- public on the $800 billion attempt to substance. The same tradition that he sociated, came out with the bad idea cut taxes in this country because, in established in the House, is being car- that they wanted to eliminate public fact, it really wasn’t a tax cutting ried over to the Senate, as indicated by broadcasting. This group found that measure. It was something that would his remarks dealing with airline travel. they could not do that. So, in effect, give no immediate relief to the Amer- f they cut back the funding and they are ican taxpayer. There was relief in the strangling public broadcasting to COMMERCIALISM OF PUBLIC outyears. In fact, what it would have death. done is prevent us from directing mon- BROADCASTING Mr. President, we need to do the nec- Mr. REID. Mr. President, I am a eys toward the debt, and the debt of $5 essary things to make public broad- trillion is something we need to ad- great fan of public broadcasting. I lis- casting more public in nature. I believe ten almost every day to public radio. I dress. it is time for us to decide whether we If the national debt were lowered, it am tremendously impressed with pro- want to have a public broadcasting sys- would be a tax cut for everyone, rich grams such as ‘‘Prairie Home Com- tem or whether we don’t want to have and poor. We pay hundreds of millions panion’’ and all the news stories in the one. Either we fund the Corporation for of dollars every year in interest on morning that are extremely in depth. Public Broadcasting so they can exist, that debt. If we lower that, it will be With public television, we all recognize or we end it. I prefer the former. There- good for everyone. We are not going to the contributions made by the series fore, when the Subcommittee on Labor, continue to live in this great economy on the Civil War, which is a classic and Health and Human Services, and Edu- where everything is looking good, for- will continue to be in American tele- cation marks up its bill—and I am a ever. Hard times may lie ahead, and I vision. The ‘‘MacNeil, Lehrer News member of that subcommittee—I plan think we will rue the day we didn’t use Hour,’’ which is now the ‘‘Lehrer News to offer an amendment to increase the these good times to pay down that Hour,’’ is the most in-depth news cov- Corporation for Public Broadcasting debt. erage that we have any place in Amer- appropriation to $475 million. This is This massive tax package that was ica. There are many other programs on $125 million more than their request. passed on a very partisan basis, and radio and on public television which I However, I also plan to include report then withheld from the American pub- haven’t mentioned that are quite good language that would encourage public lic during the August break so there as well. radio and television to scale back their could be a public relations effort to I am struck by the amount of com- so-called enhanced underwriting prac- have the American people accept this mercials I endure and we all have to tices and to become, once again, a pub- tax cut, never materialized. The Amer- endure when we listen to public radio lic broadcasting system that is pub- ican people would not accept it because and watch public television. In my esti- licly funded. it was not acceptable on its face. They mation, it is out of hand. These com- As long as the Corporation for Public realized there was no meaningful tax mercials are technically called ‘‘en- Broadcasting is leery of Congress cut- relief in this package. It was more of a hanced underwriting.’’ You can call ting their funds or doing away with public relations ploy. The fact is that them whatever you want, but they are Federal funds altogether, they will there should have been more attention commercials. begin to sound more and more like pri- focused on paying down the debt and An article appeared a short time ago vate broadcasting stations. The people protecting Social Security and Medi- in the Washington Post entitled ‘‘Now who run those stations don’t like it. care. We must pay down the debt. That a Word About Our Sponsor.’’ Critics You have people, as indicated in the would be a tax cut for everyone. say public radio’s on-air credits come Post article that I referred to earlier, We must protect Social Security. The too close to being commercials, and, as who are continually talking about how majority touted the Social Security indicated in that article, they are abso- difficult it is and how unfair it is. In lockbox in conjunction with the tax lutely right. People are getting more this article, the author cites Bob Ed- cut. But the Republican lockbox fails disturbed every day with commer- wards from the NPR Morning Edition, to extend the solvency in the Social cialism of public broadcasting. which is a very fine program for news Security trust fund by a single day, I point this out because I am not the in the morning. He says: and it includes, in this so-called only one who has noticed the increas- Underwriting has kept us alive, but there’s lockbox, a trapdoor, a loophole, that ing sponsored announcements. Accord- also a downside. It has cut into our air time. would allow Republicans to label any- ing to this article, one survey shows a If you have to read a 30-second underwriting thing Social Security reform and to

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.000 S13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 21225 raid the Social Security trust fund. Fi- We are very proud of our universities great Poncho Gonzales. This was cer- nally, the Republican lockbox does for a number of reasons. We have a tainly the case as proven yesterday nothing to protect Medicare. great engineering program at the Uni- when he won the U.S. Open Tennis So by proposing targeted tax cuts to- versity of Nevada, Reno. The Mackay Championship. ward working families, the minority School of Mines is there, and we are I want to, on the Senate floor, con- believes our Democratic plan is able to proud of that as well. We have a great gratulate Andre Agassi on this remark- prioritize paying down the debt and school for biological sciences, which able comeback yesterday in the U.S. protecting Social Security and Medi- has a national reputation. At UNLV, Open and, of course, his comeback vic- care while still providing almost $300 we have the finest hotel administration tory in the French Open. billion in targeted tax cuts. program in the entire country. The Andre, as I have indicated, is a native What would those cuts do? They universities in Nevada are very proud of Las Vegas and dominated this sum- would increase the standard deduction of the football teams that we had in mer with 35 victories in 39 matches. for all individuals and married couples. the forties and fifties. Since the That is almost unheard of. They would provide marriage penalty schools have been divided, UNR has Andre Agassi is the No. 1 ranked ten- relief for those taxpayers who pay been a power in division II football, and nis player in the United States. Not more as married couples than they they have played for the national too long ago, because of an injury and would if they were to file their taxes as championship. They are now a division other problems, Andre Agassi was two single individuals. They would pro- I team. UNLV has won national cham- ranked 141. He is now ranked the best vide for a long-term-care tax credit to pionships in basketball. The UNLV tennis player in the world, as he should make it easier to care for elderly fam- football team has had some bad years, be. ily members. They would provide for a losing dozens of games. Last year they I was watching the tennis matches 100-percent deduction for health insur- didn’t win a single game, but this year over the weekend. John McEnroe, one ance costs of the self-employed and in- they were able to beat North Texas of the great tennis players of all time, clude tax incentives to build and mod- State in their first away game. commenting about Andre Agassi, said ernize more than 6,000 schools. That is A week ago last Thursday and then his ability to return service is the best important. this past Saturday, they played Baylor. there has ever been in the entire his- Clark County, Las Vegas, NV, has the Even though Baylor was favored by a tory of tennis. His reputation and his eighth-largest school district in Amer- couple of touchdowns, one of the most abilities are still being proven. He is ica, with over 200,000 schoolchildren. miraculous wins in the history of foot- getting better with every match he We are having to build over a dozen ball at the professional or college level plays. new schools every year. In one year occurred when Baylor was ahead by But yesterday he closed out one of —and we hold the record—we dedicated four points with less than 10 seconds the greatest summers in tennis his- 18 new schools in Clark County. We left. They had the ball inside the 10- tory. He came up with some of the have to build one new elementary yard line of UNLV. Rather than take most impressive shots ever seen in ten- school every month to keep up with their four-point victory, they wanted nis in a dominating fifth set to capture the growth in Clark County. We need to run the score up a little bit and go his second U.S. Open. some help to do that. The Democratic for a touchdown. In the end zone there Andre has made his place in tennis tax plan would give us some of that was a fumble picked up by a UNLV de- history. When he won the French Open, needed help. fensive back who ran 101 yards for the he joined Roy Emerson, Rod Laver, Also, one of the things we have touchdown and beat Baylor with no Don Budge, and Fred Perry as the only talked about, which is so important, is time left on the clock. This was tremen to win all four major tournaments a tax credit for research and develop- mendous. in their career. ment for high-tech companies. That is People are going to be very happy Andre not only won the French and part of the Democratic tax plan—some- with their new football couch, John the U.S. Opens this year, he was also in thing we hope the majority leader and Robinson, who had a great career be- the finals at Wimbledon, making him others will take a look at and be will- fore coming to UNLV from the Univer- the first man since Ivan Lendl in 1986 ing to compromise on. Democrats have sity of Southern California and, of to have gone to three grand slam finals been out in front on the issue for a long course, coaching the Los Angeles in the same year. time. We pushed hard for a permanent Rams. No man had fought back to win the R & D tax credit. The majority talked We offer our congratulations to John U.S. Open from a 2–1 deficit in sets about how they were in favor of a per- Robinson and UNLV for two victories, since John Newcombe did it 26 years manent credit as well, until it came which is two more than they had dur- ago. But that is exactly what Agassi time to actually do it. In the end, the ing all of last year. did in a 3-hour and 23-minute match minority, myself included, were push- f yesterday. ing for a ten year R & D tax credit. The The match was only the fifth all- majority ended up only committing to CONGRATULATIONS TO ANDRE American men’s final at the U.S. Open a five year tax credit in their package. AGASSI in 32 years. The matchup of these two Due in large part to initiatives like the Mr. REID. Mr. President, the main men who are almost 30-years-old, was R & D tax credit, the high-tech indus- reason I wanted to talk about athletics the oldest since 39-year-old Ken try exists and has flourished. Without in Nevada is not because of the team Rosewall lost to 22-year-old Jimmy knowing whether or not that tax credit victories that we have had over the Connors in 1974. Even though these two will be around next year or the year years in Nevada but because of a great men had not reached the age of 30, they after or the year after that, hinders young man who was born and raised in played great tennis. They will be these companies’ long term planning. Nevada who has been part of the Ne- talked about as being old men at ten- f vada athletic scene for some 25 years, nis, I repeat, even though they were even though he is only 29 years old. not even 30 years old yet. They set a ATHLETICS IN NEVADA Andre Agassi and his family have great example for tennis generally and Mr. REID. Mr. President, in Nevada been great for the State of Nevada. for American tennis in particular. we are very proud of a number of Andre, when he was a little boy still in I have to agree with Andre when things. We have a beautiful State. We elementary school, it was said by Pon- after the match he said, ‘‘I’ll tell you are the most mountainous State in the cho Gonzales, who was a tennis great. what. How can you ask for anything Union, except for Alaska, with over 300 ‘‘He will be better than I someday.’’ more than two Americans in the final separate mountain ranges, with 32 This is when he was a little, tiny boy. of the U.S. Open playing a great five- mountains over 11,000 feet high. Las Poncho Gonzales was right. set match?’’ Vegas, of course, is the entertainment Andre Agassi has already proven Andre turned pro when he was 16 capital of the world. himself to be even greater than the years old. We can all remember—I

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.000 S13SE9 21226 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE September 13, 1999 shouldn’t say ‘‘we can all’’ because ORDER OF PROCEDURE Gorton amendment No. 1359, of a technical that was 13 or 14 years ago—a lot of us nature. Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, as in exec- Hutchison amendment No. 1603, to prohibit can remember when he turned pro. In utive session, I ask unanimous consent those 13 or 14 years, he has changed. He the use of funds for the purpose of issuing a that immediately following the two notice of rulemaking with respect to the won Wimbledon in 1992, the U.S. Open cloture votes scheduled for 5 p.m. valuation of crude oil for royalty purposes in 1994, and was the No. 1 player in the today, and regardless of the outcome of until September 30, 2000. world by 1995. those cloture votes, the Senate proceed Mr. BRYAN. Mr. President, I ask But by 1997, Andre had, as I have in- to executive session for the consider- unanimous consent that the pending dicated, come across some tough times. ation of Executive Calendar No. 210, amendments be laid aside. But he has fought back remarkably the nomination of Maryanne Trump The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without well. He finished sixth in the world last Barry to be the U.S. circuit judge for objection, it is so ordered. The Sen- year. Earlier this year, he was ranked the Third Circuit. I further ask unani- ator’s request is granted. No. 1. He is now No. 1 again. mous consent that the Senate imme- AMENDMENT NO. 1588 In a period of 4 months, he won the diately proceed to a vote on the con- (Purpose: To make certain modifications to French Open—coming back from two firmation of the nomination with no the Forest System budget) sets down in the final—reached the intervening action or debate. I finally Mr. BRYAN. Mr. President, I call up Wimbledon final, and won the U.S. ask consent that following that vote, amendment No. 1588, which I believe is Open, a truly phenomenal comeback. the President be immediately notified currently at the desk, and ask for its Andre deserves to be congratulated of the Senate’s action, and the Senate immediate consideration. not only for his tremendous tennis, but then return to legislative session. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The for all the great work he does for at- Mr. REID. Reserving the right to ob- clerk will report. risk youth in Las Vegas. He truly has ject, and I shall not object, other than The bill clerk read as follows: put his money where his mouth is. to say it would be nice if the majority The Senator from Nevada [Mr. BRYAN], for The Agassi Foundation has helped leader would allow that one to go to himself, Mr. FITZGERALD, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. poor kids in Nevada. That is an under- voice vote. But if he will not allow REID and Mr. WYDEN, proposes an amend- statement. He personally raises mil- that, I will be happy to withdraw my ment numbered 1588. lions of dollars. He is going to have an objection. Mr. BRYAN. I ask unanimous con- event this month. He has gotten some The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there sent reading of the amendment be dis- of his friends to come from Las Vegas. objection? Without objection, it is so pensed with. He will raise $3 million at that event, ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without all of which will go into his foundation Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I ask objection, it is so ordered. to help the youth of Las Vegas. unanimous consent it be in order to The amendment is as follows: His exhibition against Todd Martin ask for the yeas and nays at this time. On page 63, beginning on line 1, strike yesterday was exciting. Todd Martin is The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there ‘‘$1,239,051,000’’ and all that follows through a great champion in his own right. His objection? Without objection, it is so line 6 and insert ‘‘$1,216,351,000 (which shall towering stature of 6-foot-6 was as tow- ordered. include 50 percent of all moneys received ering on the tennis court. These two Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I ask for during prior fiscal years as fees collected men were interviewed after the tennis the yeas and nays. under the Land and Water Conservation The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a Fund Act of 1965 in accordance with section match, and that should certainly be an 4(i) of that Act (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i))), to re- inspiration to all young people who sufficient second? main available until expended, of which want to compete because as winner and There appears to be a sufficient sec- $33,697,000 shall be available for wildlife habi- loser, they both talked as winners and ond. tat management, $22,132,000 shall be avail- indicated how important it was that The yeas and nays were ordered. able for inland fish habitat management, they were able to represent the United Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I suggest $24,314,000 shall be available for anadromous States at the U.S. Open. the absence of a quorum. fish habitat management, $29,548,000 shall be The PRESIDING OFFICER. The available for threatened, endangered, and Andre Agassi is good on the court sensitive species habitat management, and and off the court with the tremendous clerk will call the roll. The legislative assistant proceeded $196,885,000 shall be available for timber sales work he has done with the Andre management.’’. Agassi Foundation. He has helped the to call the roll. On page 64, line 17, strike ‘‘$362,095,000’’ and youth of Las Vegas by giving them a Mr. BRYAN. Mr. President, I ask insert ‘‘$371,795,000’’. helping hand in growing up to be suc- unanimous consent that the order for On page 64, line 22, strike ‘‘205:’’ and insert cessful individuals. His foundation the quorum call be rescinded. ‘‘205, of which $86,909,000 shall be available even branched out to a program to help The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without for road construction (of which not more than $37,400,000 shall be available for engi- women and children who have become objection, it is so ordered. f neering support for the timber program) and victims of domestic abuse. $122,484,000 shall be available for road main- Today on the floor of the U.S. Sen- CONCLUSION OF MORNING tenance:’’. ate, I congratulate a great American, BUSINESS Mr. BRYAN. Mr. President, today I Andre Agassi, someone who will go The PRESIDING OFFICER. Morning am offering an amendment with my down in the annals of history as a great business is closed. colleague from Illinois and my col- athlete and who will go down in the an- f league from Oregon that is a win-win nals of history in the State of Nevada for the American taxpayer and the en- as a good person. Andre Agassi is some- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR vironment. one who is willing to help those who AND RELATED AGENCIES APPRO- Our amendment reduces the subsidy certainly aren’t as fortunate as he. PRIATIONS ACT, 2000 for the below-cost timber program ad- I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under ministered by the Forest Service and The PRESIDING OFFICER. The the previous order, the Senate will now for the construction of logging roads in clerk will call the roll. resume consideration of H.R. 2466, our national forests. The legislative assistant proceeded which the clerk will report by title. In addition, our amendment reallo- to call the roll. Mr. CRAIG. Mr. Presi- The bill clerk read as follows: cates needed monies to those Forest dent, I ask unanimous consent that the A bill (H.R. 2466) making appropriations Service programs underfunded by the order for the quorum call be rescinded. for the Department of the Interior and re- committee, such as road maintenance, The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. lated agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- wildlife and fish habitat management, FRIST). Without objection, it is so or- tember 30, 2000, and for other purposes. and threatened and endangered species dered. Pending: habitat management.

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.000 S13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 21227 Each year, the American taxpayers causes erosion of soils, fragments in- store several hundred miles of stream spend millions of dollars to subsidize tact forest ecosystems, encourages the and over 400 additional acres of ponds, the construction of roads needed for spread of noxious weeds and invasive lakes, and reservoirs. logging on national forest lands. species, and reduces habitat for many The National Forests also provide The appropriations bill before us animals needing refuge from man. critical spawning and rearing habitat today contains over $37 million for the It has been found that when roads for Pacific, Great Lakes, and Atlantic Forest Service to assist in the con- wash out they dump rocks and soil on stocks of anadromous fish, such as struction and reconstruction of timber lower slopes and into streambeds, and salmon, sturgeons, and lampreys. roads in our national forests. This as- even when they remain intact, roads These stocks contribute significantly sistance is in the form of contract ad- act as channels for water and con- to the quality of life, recreational and ministration, construction oversight, tribute further to the erosion of lands commercial fishing, and the economy and engineering, planning, and design and streams. of local communities. work performed by the Forest Service Scientists say that the overall effect The Interior bill cuts the administra- for the logging companies which are is that the streams and rivers fill with tion’s funding request for anadromous merely left with the task of building silt and the shallower waters mean de- fisheries habitat management by $6.4 the roads to extract the timber. graded fish habitat and more flooding. million. Our amendment would reduce this In my home state of Nevada, the road Our amendment proposes to restore subsidy by a modest amount, $1.6 mil- network throughout the Lake Tahoe $1.6 million for this program. lion, which is the amount the program basin has been identified as a major This funding will enable the Forest was increased above the administra- contributor to the degradation of water Service to complete critical work on tion’s budget request. quality and decline in clarity of Lake over 100 additional miles of anad- Similarly, this bill contains $228.9 Tahoe. romous streams and 1,000 acres of addi- million for the administration of the An important component of the For- tional acres of anadromous lakes and timber sale program, which is more est Service’s road maintenance pro- reservoirs, complementing the efforts than $32 million above the administra- gram involves the decommissioning of of our state, federal, and tribal part- tion’s budget request. old logging roads. ners. These expenditures for a money los- This program has been essential to The wildlife habitat management ing timber program are an enormous efforts in the Lake Tahoe basin to im- program of the Forest Service for fiscal drain on the Treasury. prove erosion control and the overall year 2000 will focus on prescribed burns In their most recent Forest Manage- water quality of the lake. to improve wildlife habitat. ment Program Annual Report, dated The bill before us today cuts the ad- It will help to develop and protect July 1998, the Forest Service acknowl- ministration’s request for road mainte- wetlands and water sources in arid edges losing $88.6 million from their nance by $11.3 million. habitats for waterfowl, quail, and wild timber program in fiscal year 1997. The Forest Service has indicated turkey, in addition to restoring ripar- This was the second consecutive year that their annual road maintenance ian habitat that benefits big game. that the Forest Service reported a loss. needs total $431 million per year, and The subcommittee cut $5 million In addition to the reported loss, the that their backlog for deferred mainte- from the wildlife program. $88.6 million figure excludes a full ac- nance totals $3.85 billion. Our amendment would restore $1.6 counting of all costs associated with The bill before us today provides less million in funding for this program. logging. than a quarter of the funding the For- This funding would provide for an ad- In past fiscal years, independent est Service requires to address their ditional 8,000 acres of important habi- analyses estimate the loss from below- annual road maintenance needs. tat improvement, which would benefit cost timber sales are far greater than Addressing this need would have con- both game and nongame species, and those reported by the Forest Service. The General Accounting Office esti- siderable environmental benefits, such result in enhanced opportunities for mated that the timber program cost as reducing erosion from roads and wildlife-related recreation. The activities of the threatened, en- taxpayers at least $1.5 billion from 1992 storm proofing existing culverts. dangered, and sensitive species pro- to 1997. It is important to remember that the Our amendment would reduce fund- timber industry’s responsibility for gram serve to achieve recovery goals ing for timber sale management by maintaining logging roads ends with for threatened and endangered animals $32.015 million to the level requested by the end of the timber sale, leaving all and plants. the administration. future maintenance costs to the tax- The Forest Service has indicated In spite of the fact that our National payer. that this program continues to be es- Forests supply a mere 4 percent of our Our amendment adds $5.3 million for sential to the mission of their agency. nation’s annual timber harvest, this important road maintenance projects The committee cut the endangered bill continues to reflect the dominance throughout our national forests. species program by $5 million. of the timber program at the expense The National Forests include nearly Our amendment would restore $2 mil- of other programs designed to improve 200,000 miles of fishable streams and lion for this program, which would forest health and enhance the public’s more than 2 million acres of lakes, allow the Forest Service to pursue con- enjoyment of our national forests. ponds and reservoirs that support hun- servation strategies to prevent the More than 380,000 miles of roads dreds of inland fish species with impor- need for listing, thereby avoiding the criss-cross the national forests. This is tant recreational, commercial, and ec- loss of management flexibility and in- a more extensive road network than ological values. creased operating costs once listing oc- the National Interstate Highway Sys- The inland fisheries habitat manage- curs. tem. ment program allows the Forest Serv- Mr. President, the $20 million our The Forest Service estimates that ice to protect and restore inland amendment adds to wildlife, fisheries, over 80% of these roads are not main- streams and lakes, along with the fish and rare plant habitat management tained to public safety and environ- and aquatic life they support. programs would enable the Forest mental standards. The bill before us today cuts the ad- Service to increase Challenge Cost- As a matter of public policy, I would ministration’s request for this program Share partnerships with organizations argue that it makes more sense to by $7 million. throughout the country, enabling the maintain the roads we already have Our amendment proposes to restore agency to leverage funding, better than to spend money building new $3.115 million in funding for this pro- serve the public, and improve vital roads we don’t need. gram. habitats for fish and wildlife. Many scientists have found that road This additional funding would allow This funding is an investment for the building threatens wildlife because it the Forest Service to enhance or re- nation’s 63 million wildlife watchers, 14

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.000 S13SE9 21228 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE September 13, 1999 million hunters, and 35 million anglers pact statement is to be published by Feb- Later this week, in the Forestry Sub- who spend approximately 127.6 million ruary 14, 2000’’. committee, chaired by my friend and On page 2, line 6, strike ‘‘$371,795,000’’ and activity days hunting, fishing, and ob- colleague, Senator CRAIG, we are going insert ‘‘$365,795,000’’. serving fish and wildlife annually on On page 2, line 11, strike ‘‘$122,484,000’’ and to talk about who exactly is to blame national forests. insert ‘‘$116,484,000’’. for that fiasco. But today, we in the This result in local community ex- Mr. BRYAN. Mr. President, I note Pacific Northwest are left with dozens penditures of billions of dollars and that my colleague, one of the prime of suspended timber sales as a result of over 230,000 full-time equivalent jobs. sponsors of the amendment, has joined the Forest Service’s failure to follow One out of every three anglers fish us on the floor. I yield the floor at this through on environmental protection national forest waters nationally, and point. obligations. two out of three anglers in the West Mr. WYDEN addressed the Chair. The Bryan-Fitzgerald-Wyden amend- fish national forest waters. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ment would earmark resources for this That is why our amendment is sup- ator from Oregon is recognized. costly environmental work and place a ported by groups like Trout Unlimited, Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I express stringent timetable on the completion the American Sportfishing Association, my appreciation to the Senator from of the surveys’ environmental impact and Wildlife Forever. Nevada for all his effort in working statement. Thus, by making sure these Mr. President, I would urge my col- with me and other colleagues from the environmental surveys get done, and leagues to join a strong coalition of en- Pacific Northwest on this issue. Folks done quickly, we will help both the environmental, hunting, fishing, and tax- in your part of the United States want vironment and timber workers do well. Building on the philosophy that we payer organizations in support of the to be sensitive to environmental values heard from Senator GORTON, that the Bryan-Fitzgerald-Wyden amendment. and economic needs in our commu- program has not worked very well, and I yield the floor. nities. As a result of recent court deci- what we heard from Senator ROBB Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I suggest sions and other problems, instead of about the importance of environmental the absence of a quorum. that win-win, we have essentially had a values, what Senator BRYAN, Senator The PRESIDING OFFICER. The lose-lose, where we are not doing what FITZGERALD, and I are trying to do is is needed to protect environmental val- clerk will call the roll. incorporate some of the thinking be- ues; nor are we doing what is needed to The legislative clerk proceeded to hind both of those approaches so we protect communities—particularly call the roll. can try to put this survey and manage- rural communities—that have very le- Mr. BRYAN. Mr. President, I ask ment program on track but also bring gitimate economic concerns as a result unanimous consent that the order for to it some of the accountability that the quorum call be rescinded. of having resource-dependent econo- Senators GORTON and CRAIG are abso- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without mies. lutely right in saying has been lacking The Senator from Nevada has been objection, it is so ordered. in the past. working with us. I will begin my re- AMENDMENT NO. 1623 TO AMENDMENT NO. 1588 I have shared, as I say, many of the marks by saying what we are trying to (Purpose: To make available funds for the concerns of the manager of the bill. survey and manage requirements of the do in the Bryan-Fitzgerald-Wyden But I don’t think we can simply waive Northwest Forest Plan Record of Decision) amendment is incorporate some of the survey and management requirements Mr. BRYAN. Mr. President, I send an thinking that has been behind what the altogether because what will happen is amendment to the desk and ask for its chairman of the subcommittee, Sen- that will lead to a full employment immediate consideration. ator GORTON, has talked about on the program for lawyers if it were adopted The PRESIDING OFFICER. The floor and some of what Senator ROBB and, even if in the short term, very se- clerk will report. tried to do last week with respect to rious problems because the bill would The legislative clerk read as follows: environmental values. I think if you be vetoed by the President if section look at the Bryan-Fitzgerald-Wyden The Senator from Nevada [Mr. BRYAN], for 329 survived conference in its present himself, Mr. WYDEN, and Mr. FITZGERALD, amendment, you will see, to some de- form. proposes an amendment numbered 1623 to gree, efforts to try to reconcile some of In August of this year, right after the amendment No. 1588. the important points that Senator first Northwest Forest Plan timber Mr. BRYAN. Mr. President, I ask GORTON has made and the important sales were enjoined, Senator MURRAY unanimous consent that reading of the points Senator ROBB has made that are and I sent a letter to Under Secretary amendment be dispensed with. brought together in our amendment so Lyons asking that the Forest Service The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without we can take advantage of an oppor- and BLM meet with our offices to dis- objection, it is so ordered. tunity to both improve the environ- cuss how and why the survey and man- The amendment is as follows: ment and move timber more quickly agement requirements were stopping Beginning on page 1, line 3, strike from the forests to the mills. the Northwest Forest Timber Program ‘‘$1,216,351,000’’ and all that follows through When President Clinton took office and what could be done about it. ‘‘management’’ on page 2, line 4, and insert in 1993, he came to the Pacific North- Initially, in the August meeting be- ‘‘$1,225,351,000 (which shall include 50 percent west with a promise to help resolve the tween agency staff and the congres- of all moneys received during prior fiscal battle over owls and old growth. The sional staff, held both in D.C. and in years as fees collected under the Land and administration put in place the North- my hometown of Portland, the Forest Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 in ac- west Forest Plan which promised pro- Service stated that $10 million more cordance with section 4(i) of that Act (16 tection for my State’s ancient forests, funding for personnel and addressing U.S.C. 460l–6a(i))), to remain available until and also sustainable forestry for a the scientific issues was necessary in expended, of which $33,697,000 shall be available for wildlife habitat management, State that has long been dependent in order to get the survey and manage- $22,132,000 shall be available for inland fish rural communities on forestry for fam- ment program back on track. So let’s habitat management, $24,314,000 shall be ily wage jobs. be clear; the survey and management available for anadromous fish habitat man- Over the past few months, the plan, program is an unparalleled under- agement, $28,548,000 shall be available for which has already been failing to de- taking. It is going to provide new sci- threatened, endangered, and sensitive spe- liver what it promised, threatened to entific protocols and data that can be cies habitat management, $196,885,000 shall come completely undone when a Fed- useful in forests across the country. be available for timber sales management, eral judge ruled that the Forest Serv- But it has to be done in a way that ad- and $10,000,000 shall be available for survey ice had failed to conduct biological sur- and manage requirements of the Northwest dresses the legitimate issues with re- Forest Plan Record of Decision, for which veys—an obligation known as survey spect to accountability that our col- the draft supplemental environmental im- and management—as required under league from Washington State, Senator pact statement is to be completed by Novem- the court-approved Northwest Forest GORTON, and Senator CRAIG of Idaho ber 15, 1999, and the final environmental im- Plan. have addressed on this floor.

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.000 S13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 21229 So the Bryan-Fitzgerald-Wyden The time for those empty promises is that State, that he would not be sup- amendment directs $10 million for sur- over. This administration needs some portive of programs within the U.S. vey and management requirements to direction, and they need the extra Forest Service that deal with public help the Forest Service conduct sur- money to achieve it. land resources in an appropriate and veys on judicially stalled timber sales Finally, let me reiterate what I think responsible way. for species with known survey proto- the Bryan-Fitzgerald-Wyden amend- I say that before I get to the specific cols. It will help the Service create ment does. I say this to colleagues on issues of the amendment because I find protocols for the species currently both sides of the aisle. It incorporates it fascinating that in a publication lacking such data. This money starts much of the important analysis done called ‘‘Public Lands Forests, What We us toward completion of the environ- by Senator GORTON and Senator CRAIG Get, What We Pay For’’—an inter- mental scientific work that is nec- with respect to why the survey and esting publication from the Political essary to move timber sales toward management program has not worked Economy Research Center which deals harvest. and why the administration has with the subject that the Senator from During the August meetings, the dragged its feet on it while at the same Nevada knows a great deal about, and Forest Service was initially optimistic time trying to incorporate the environ- in fact knows a great deal more about about the time it would take them to mental concerns Senator ROBB has le- than I do as the chairman of the For- complete the environmental impact gitimately addressed to ensure this estry Subcommittee. That the Tahoe statements which they believe will an- program gets carried out. Basin, a beautiful and unique area in swer the questions with respect to the Under the Bryan-Fitzgerald-Wyden his State that is being dramatically success of the Northwest Forest Plan. amendment, we would add the money impacted at this moment by a lack of At first, the Forest Service told me in necessary to carry it out. But we would forest management in a responsible a draft response to the letter Senator finally have some real accountability way as we begin to see a relatively af- MURRAY and I sent them that the envi- and some real deadlines to make sure fluent urban interface grow around ronmental impact statement, draft these important obligations, both in Lake Tahoe and into a forest that is statement, would be completed this terms of environmental protection and dramatically different than what it fall, and that the final would be ready in terms of meeting economic needs of was 40, 50, or 100 years ago. early next year. Now the Forest Serv- rural communities, are addressed. Let me quote from this article. I am ice is telling us that the draft will be I hope my colleagues on both sides trying to set a tone for my frustration available for public comment by De- will support it. If we adopt this amend- over why the Senator from Nevada is cember and perhaps the final environment, I believe the end result will be doing what he is doing and the Senator mental impact statement will be ready healthier forests and a healthier tim- from Oregon would join with him. Let in May or June of next year. They have ber economy. me quote from this publication, and not given us any indication, other than I, again, thank my colleague from the title to the article is called ‘‘One overlap of this work with the holidays, Nevada for all of his assistance. I know Spark From Disaster.’’ why the timing of the work had to my colleagues from Idaho and Wash- I quote: change. ington as members of our Senate dele- As the road dropped out of the Sierras into The Forest Service has been working gation from the Northwest have strong the Lake Tahoe basin below, the scenery on this project since 1997 and knew views on this as well. The Senator from made an abrupt change from healthy, green since 1994 that the survey and manage- Idaho knows how much I enjoy work- forests to dead and dying stands of timber. ment requirement was coming down ing with him. We are getting ready to The congressmen on their way to the June the pike. I certainly wasn’t one who go forward with our accounting pay- 1997 Presidential Summit on the problems ment legislation which gives us a facing the lake and surrounding basin were succeeded in getting his homework al- taken aback by what they saw. Later, during ways done on time, but the Forest chance to break some gridlock in that a session on forest health, U.S. Senator Service’s timetable reflects extraor- area. I am hopeful as we go forward on Richard Bryan of Nevada exclaimed, ‘‘This dinarily poor planning, by any cal- this important Interior bill we can also forest looks like hell!’’ It appeared as if culus. break the gridlock with respect to sur- someone had drawn an imaginary line across It is time for some accountability. vey management and have additional the landscape and then nurtured the trees on We are going to have a chance to dis- funds that are needed but also addi- one side, while destroying those on the cuss those accountability issues later tional accountability. That is why I am other. this week. I note the chairman of the hopeful my colleagues on both sides of What the Senator was experiencing Forestry Subcommittee has arrived. He the aisle will support the Bryan-Fitz- was what many are now experiencing knows I share many of his concerns gerald-Wyden amendment. on a Forest Service landscape across about the lack of accountability with I yield the floor. our Nation where we have constantly respect to the Forest Service on survey The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. COL- put out fires over the last 75 to 100 and management, and in other key LINS). The Senator from Idaho. years and have not gone in and done se- areas. Mr. CRAIG. Madam President, as we lective logging or fuel reduction on our The Forest Service needs administra- debate the Interior appropriations forest floors. We have literally created tive deadlines to move this process bill—and now the amendment and the jungles—jungles that some would like along. They need to make this environ- substitute amendment offered by Sen- to portray as beautiful, sweeping mental impact statement a priority ators BRYAN and WYDEN—I guess I can landscaped timbered vistas when it is and get it done. The Bryan-Fitzgerald- say at the outset that the only thing I quite obvious they are jungles that in Wyden amendment states the survey arrive at in trying to consider a $34 the right environment—and the Tahoe and management draft environmental million cut in a very essential program Basin gets that environment every so impact statement should be completed to the U.S. Forest Service, especially often—could explode into total disaster by November 15 of this year, and the when the advocacy of the cut comes of the landscape by the kinds of fires final version of that impact statement from the two Senators from large pub- California has experienced this year should be published by February 14, lic land Western States such as Nevada and as have other parts of the country. 2000. and Oregon, is ‘‘frustration’’ over the Those of us more to the North in the Those deadlines also allow for the lack of understanding by a Senator Pacific Northwest have been fortunate public a comment period required by from Nevada who is responsible for rep- enough this year in that our relatively law, plus some additional time for open resenting his State which is predomi- unmanaged forests—and mismanaged and public discussion. nately a public lands State where graz- in some instances—have been wet This administration for years has ing on public lands and mining the nat- enough that we haven’t had the fire been promising Congress they will get ural resources from those public lands threat. to work on the Northwest Forest Plan. are two of the primary economies of The article goes on to say:

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.000 S13SE9 21230 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE September 13, 1999 Ironically, forest management practices on sion, he is affecting timber sales or The President traveled this summer surrounding federal lands have put at risk timber management programs every- to several sections of the country suf- the very qualities they were supposed to pre- where else in the country because fering from poverty. I applaud him for serve: the integrity of the forest and the while he is supporting taking 34 mil- dramatizing where poverty still exists clarity of the lake below— lion dollars out of that sales and prepa- in a country today that is nearly at Talking about the beautiful Lake ration base and putting some of it over full employment. It is almost ironic Tahoe— into surveys, he is denying the States that in nearly the same breath it could Environmental regulations have delayed of Arkansas, Idaho, and others the very be said that we are at full employment some management actions and restricted resources they need to keep their peo- yet we have in certain areas high de- timber harvests for forest treatments. ple working and to keep an industry grees of poverty. Most of that poverty It has resulted, of course, in the situ- that is now staggering to stay alive on exists in rural areas today. Most of ation that I described around the its feet. that poverty exists in rural areas Tahoe Basin. That is what brings Members to this where those communities of working Of course, the reason the Senators point. Yes, we come to the floor now men and women are tied directly to the from Nevada are appropriately con- after having dramatically reduced public lands and tied to the resources cerned about the Tahoe Basin is not these programs in the name of the en- of those public lands. timber production per se because I vironment—and in many instances ap- Nearly one-third of the counties adja- don’t think you would view the Tahoe propriate reductions—and say we have cent to national forests suffer poverty Basin as being an area where you to notch them down even more. levels that are at least one and a half would expect timber production, but it For the next few moments I will talk times higher than the national aver- is the recent interfacing of resort about the adverse effects on rural com- age. Let me refer to a fascinating chart homes—summer homes, many of them munities and jobs that the Bryan- that comes from the U.S. Forest Serv- Wyden substitute will have. That sub- going in the millions of dollars—that ice’s TSPIRS employment figures. use Lake Tahoe and find Lake Tahoe to stitute takes money away from the I refer to the solid bars on this chart be a marvelous place to live and, of program that supports good family showing employment from the har- course, coupled with the thousands of jobs. I am talking about good-paying vesting and processing of national for- tourists who come there on an annual jobs. The two Senators plan to redirect est timber between 1989 and 1997—just basis to see this tremendously beau- funds out of the timber program into over a few years—has dropped from wildlife surveys and road maintenance, tiful high mountain alpine lake. 140,000 working men and women to which I think will be counter- Why, then, would a Senator from Ne- 55,500. Let me repeat that. That is productive because we are already put- vada want to cut a program where the more dramatic than any other employ- ting millions of dollars into that pro- money is utilized to do the necessary ment sector in our country, except in gram. surveys and the preparations for the the making of buggies and buggy kind of fuel unloading or fuel decreases For me to oppose their amendment does not mean we oppose the surveys. whips, and no young person on this that Tahoe Basin would need because floor even knows what I am talking most of our timber sales are no longer We know we have ramped up the amount of money that goes into those about because that industry died a long green sales, they are sales of dead and surveys and, of course, in ramping up time ago. In a decade we have lost from dying timber. They are sales that are a the surveys, added costs to every tim- a 140,000 high down to 55,000 jobs for product of forest health and not an on- ber sale. Then the Senator from Ne- working men and women. The Senator going aggressive timber program of the vada can come to the floor and talk from Nevada wants to take that down kind that brought the environmental about these timber sales being too ex- even further by the action he proposes outcry of a decade or two ago. pensive and we ought to eliminate today. I must say the Senator from Oregon them. The reason they are expensive is I am not quite sure I understand why, has a bit of a different circumstance. that the court and some in the environ- but let me show the very real impact. He and I joined ranks on the floor last mental community are demanding the I am tremendously familiar with this week on a very critical issue. As you money be transferred over to do the because not only in my lifetime but in know, when this administration came surveys. my tenure in the Congress, from when to town a few years ago, they were It is a Catch-22. We shove these costs I started serving in 1981 until today, faced with the situation of a timber in- off on to the price of a timber sale. We what I speak of has happened. I have dustry imploding in the State of Or- escalate it to the point it is not a cost- watched it happen. I have been to the egon, imploding as a result of a spotted effective timber sale. Therefore, we locations. I went to Grangeville, ID. I owl decision that took a tremendous give some Senators a basis to come to watched grown men sit on stacks of amount of the timbered landscape of the floor and argue we ought to elimi- lumber and cry, literally, tears rolling that State—both Forest Service and nate them because we can’t make down their cheeks because there were BLM timber—off the table, or at least money at them when, in fact, the poli- no more trees to cut under the Federal had locked it all up in the courts. tics have pushed the cost of the sur- forest plan and they had lost their job. This President, with the right inten- veys well beyond what would be rea- The mill was going to be unbolted, tion—with the right intention—went sonable, appropriate, and responsible, placed in shipping containers, and sent out to try to solve the problem and ba- for the purpose of cutting those trees. to Brazil to cut the rain forests be- sically said: Let me reduce your cut by That is the ultimate Catch-22 in forest cause the environmentalists decided 80 percent and for the other 20 percent management today that has nearly laid that the Nez Perce Forest in Idaho was remaining, or something near that, we the State of Oregon low and has dra- no longer producing trees—although it will focus all of our intent there, all of matically impacted the State of Idaho. was growing 10 times more trees than our energy, and do the finest environ- Regarding the timber funding and it was cutting. mental assessment possible, and that the Forest Service that prepares the What happened? Here are the very you will be able to log. administrative forest activities, the dramatic figures from a tremendously We know the court decisions have committee already has an appropriate narrow period of time. The State of gone well beyond the intent of the En- amount for wildlife and for road fund- Washington, 1989 to today, 55 mills dangered Species Act—reasonable and ing. Redirecting funds, as I have said, closed and the loss of 3,285 jobs; Or- right surveys—and basically even will harm the timber program. It will egon, 111 mills closed and the loss of stopped all of that logging. not be consequence free. It will cost 11,600 jobs; Montana, 13 mills closed I can understand why the Senator jobs in Arkansas, in Idaho. It could and 1,083 jobs lost; Idaho, 17 mills and would want to try to divert money to cost jobs in other forested States 707 jobs lost. solve his problem. But he also probably across the Nation where there remains Let me talk about Midvale, ID, my fails to recognize that, in that diver- a struggling timber program. hometown. If I am a little sensitive

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.000 S13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 21231 today, I should be. I used to go to that I will go on to quote from those men The livelihoods of U.S. forest products mill and buy lumber. It employed 45 and women who work in the industry. workers—including tens of thousands of our men. The attitude on the floor is: What They say: lumber, sawmill, pulp and paper workers— rely on Forest Service programs that pro- is the big deal? It is only 45 jobs. But it More than 80,000 men and women have lost mote active management. Timber harvests their jobs as that timber program has re- was 45 jobs and 45 homes in a commu- on federal lands have fallen by almost 70 per- duced by more than 70 percent since 1990. nity of 300 people—not 30,000, not 50,000, cent over the last decade, resulting in mill not 100,000, but a community of 300 peo- We know that is real. The Senator closures and job loss. Further reductions in ple. To lose 45 jobs is to lose a lot. That from Oregon knows it is real. The Sen- funding for the federal timber sale program mill has closed. Why? Because on the ator from Idaho knows it is real. I have will only exacerbate the economic devasta- Payette National Forest, argumen- attended the mill closures. My guess is, tion to working families and rural commu- tatively, at least by national forest so has the Senator from Oregon. nities. Also reductions in timber supply con- standards, there were no more trees to I ask unanimous consent to have tinue to contribute to the rising U.S. trade deficit in the forest products sector, as wood cut. printed in the RECORD these letters from the Western Council of Industrial and paper imports reach record levels. That is why I can responsibly and le- In addition, the health and vitality of our gitimately turn to the Senator from Workers and the United Brotherhood of nation’s forests are being crippled by crisis. Nevada today and say: Senator, your Carpenters and Joiners of America, op- Twenty-six million acres are in jeopardy bill destroys jobs. Your bill destroys posing reductions in the timber pro- from insect and disease, while forty million high-paying jobs, $35,000, $45,000, gram. acres are at risk to catastrophic wildfire. $55,000-a-year jobs for men and women, There being no objection, the mate- Our union supports responsible efforts to rial was ordered to be printed in the protect our forests, including thinning and important jobs in rural communities, harvesting to maintain forest health, limit RECORD, as follows: in Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Cali- the spread of insect infestation and reduce fornia, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alaska. WESTERN COUNCIL OF INDUSTRIAL the risk of forest fires. In talking of mill closures—and I re- WORKERS, UNITED BROTHERHOOD We must continue our nation’s global lead- ferred to the dramatic numbers—let me OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF ership in environmental stewardship without also quote the Western Council of In- AMERICA, sacrificing the livelihoods of thousands of Portland, OR, July 19, 1999. working families. The UBCJA urges you to dustry Workers, the United Brother- U.S. Senate, hood of Carpenters and Joiners of help protect forests, jobs and communities Washington, DC. by supporting the current funding levels for America. It is their people, in many in- DEAR SENATOR: On behalf of the 20,000 men the federal timber sale program in the FY stances, who are losing these jobs. and women of the Western Council of Indus- 2000 Interior Appropriations bill and by op- They say: trial Workers (WCIW), I urge you to oppose posing any effort to reduce funding for this any effort to reduce funding for the U.S. For- Legislative efforts to reduce funding for essential program. est Service timber sale and related programs forest management programs seriously jeop- Thank you for your consideration. when the FY 2000 Interior Appropriations ardize the livelihoods of our members and Sincerely, bill comes to the Senate floor for consider- tens of thousands of forest products workers DOUGLAS J. MCCARRON, ation. General President. nationwide. Job loss within our industry has Legislative efforts to reduce funding for been severe, as the timber sales program has forest management programs seriously jeop- Mr. CRAIG. Unemployment in rural been reduced by 70 percent since the early ardize the livelihoods of our members and timber-dependent communities is in 90s. tens of thousands of forest products workers double-digit figures despite rosy em- A 70-percent reduction in the timber nationwide. Job loss within our industry has ployment figures in the rest of Amer- program, a reduction in jobs from been severe as the timber sale program has ica. The Senator from Oregon and I vis- 140,000 to 55,000, and the Senator from been reduced by almost 70 percent since the ited similar communities—he in his Nevada wants to cut it even deeper. It early 1990s. More than 80,000 men and women State, I in my State—over the August is pretty hard to understand why, espe- have lost their jobs due to this decline and further cutbacks in these important pro- recess. I can go from my community of cially when you look at the new envi- grams will only add to the unemployment. Boise where there is near zero unem- ronmental standards of today and what Additionally, adequate funding for forest ployment—it is a growth community, the Forest Service is demanding of a management programs is critical to protect it is a high-tech community, it is doing timber sale as it relates to the survey the health of our forests. According to the very well—and I can drive 100 miles to and the kind of mitigation plan that Forest Service, approximately 40 million a community that has 14 to 16-percent comes because of the Clean Water Act acres of our national forests are at high risk unemployment. Why? That community and the Clean Air Act and, of course, of catastrophic forest fire. Active management is the single most effective tool for re- is right here. That community is right the National Environmental Policy Act ducing the risk of wild fires and protecting here. That is because they were de- and the Endangered Species Act and all nearby communities, as well as maintaining pendent upon the public lands and our of those kinds of rules and regulations forest health and limiting the spread of in- Government and the politics of the and processes and procedures that by sects and disease. public lands said: Stay off the land. law are required. I am not sure I under- The WCIW urges you to support land man- Don’t cut a tree. The mills closed or stand why. agement policy that provides an adequate the mill is closing or the mill is at I do know several years ago the Na- balance for all concerns—environmental and economic. Please support the current fund- risk. Those people are unemployed. tional Sierra Club developed as one of ing levels in the FY 2000 Interior Appropria- They cannot identify with a job in their policies, zero cut on public lands. tions bill and oppose any effort to cut fund- the high-tech industry. Why? Each of I know that is what they believe. I ing for these important active management them would have to move 100 miles and know that is what they advocate. I programs. uproot their family and they would know they are champions of this kind Thank you for your consideration. have to be retrained and educated. A of amendment because if you cannot Sincerely, 45-year-old man does not want to do stop logging altogether, you stop it a MIKE PIETI, that. He cannot understand, if we are Executive Secretary-Treasurer. little bit at a time until it is all gone, growing five times more trees than we even if the health of the forests are at UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF are cutting, why we cannot at least the point of explosion from wildfires CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA, create a balance in a program that will like those being experienced in Cali- Washington, DC, July 21, 1999. afford him or his son, who is grad- fornia today, and even if the Tahoe DEAR SENATOR: On behalf of the United uating from high school and does not Basin runs at a high risk, with the risk Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of want to go on to college, a job in the not just to the trees but the loss of America, I urge your support for the federal forest products industry. timber sale program as the Senate debates hundreds of multimillion-dollar homes the Fiscal Year 2000 Interior Appropriations While the national average unem- where the wealthy come to play and re- bill. Additionally, I urge you to oppose any ployment rate hovers at around 4 per- side in the urban/rural interface. That harmful amendment that seeks to reduce cent, more than 30 forest-dependent is the issue at hand. timber sale funding. counties have three times that rate.

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.000 S13SE9 21232 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE September 13, 1999 Over a dozen forest-dependent counties cies. I do not think that is responsive brant and youthful stands just do not have an unemployment rate of 16 per- to the problem of the unreasonable cut them at all; let Mother Nature be cent. I believe the Bryan amendment wildlife survey requirements in the our manager. will bring even further economic harm President’s Northwest Forest Plan, That is not good business. We know to the people of those rural areas. which we discussed in this body last that is not good business, especially When I first got here in 1981, there week. when man, for the last 40 or 50 years, was a mantra about the debate on the First of all, the Forest Service tim- has put out all the fires and not al- forest products industry and about for- ber sale budget is what pays for the lowed Mother Nature to manage. Now est management: Take away a few jobs surveys. Thus, rather than a $10 mil- when she has an opportunity to man- and we will replace them. We will re- lion increase for this purpose, the net age where there are 50 trees instead of place them with tourism and recre- effect of this proposal is a $24 million 5—that would have been true 100 years ation. It was America wanting to go to decrease. So we give them not even a ago—we create monstrous wildfires the public lands to enjoy the environ- half a loaf. We give them a quarter of that not only destroy the stands but ment of the public lands. a loaf. scald the land and make it sterile and To some extent that has happened Second, the Clinton administration nonproductive for decades to come. but only to a minor degree compared to has agreed that many of these surveys That is where man has to step back in what was projected during the decade should not be done; indeed, many can- as a good steward, a right and respon- of the early 1980s. But remember, while not be done. That is precisely why the sible steward, for all of the environ- some of it happened, the kind of jobs administration is writing an EIS in an mental reasons, the water quality rea- that were created were fundamentally attempt to change these requirements. sons, and the wildlife habitat reasons different jobs from those $30,000, Unfortunately, timber sales are en- for which we manage a forest. $40,000, $50,000-a-year jobs that I am joined until the EIS is completed. I yield such time as is required to the talking about in the forest products in- I happen to agree with the editorial Senator from Arkansas. dustry. A maid or waitress or a gas sta- statement this past Sunday in the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- tion attendant or a tour guide does not Portland Oregonian, the largest and ator from Arkansas is recognized. Mr. HUTCHINSON. Madam Presi- make that kind of money. They work most respected newspaper in Oregon. dent, I thank the Senator from Idaho at slightly above minimum wage. They The Oregonian correctly notes that: for clearly laying out the issues in this have no health benefits. They have no The surveys of rare species of ani- debate, and I associate my remarks retirement program. Their work is sea- mals and plants required in the North- west Forest Plan are ‘‘technically im- with his. sonal. They are oftentimes out of work I rise to strongly speak against the possible’’ and [they use the right word] 4 or 5 months out of the year. And, yes, Bryan-Wyden amendment for a variety ‘‘preposterous. . . .’’ they are on welfare. And, yes, they of reasons but, most importantly, be- The Senate didn’t use the word ‘‘pre- qualify for food stamps. cause it simply does not support posterous,’’ but last week the Senate I must say these once were the proud healthy and sustainable national for- said no to the judges; they are not men and women of the forest products ests. Many Senators, I suspect, will going to let the judges in the Eleventh industry that we politically destroyed. speak today claiming this reduction to Circuit and the Ninth Circuit write pol- We politically destroyed it. We are the Timber Management Program icy. That is our job. That is what we here today for politics. We are politi- makes sound fiscal and environmental are elected to do. They are appointed cally trying to destroy what remains of sense. a responsible way of managing our for- to interpret the Constitution and not From my perspective as an Arkan- ests today, not because it is the right to write timber policy. The Oregonian san, as a Senator from Arkansas, I can thing to do from a management point calls it ‘‘preposterous.’’ The Oregonian tell you that is far from the truth and of view but because it is the right thing further describes the requirements as: that there are 35,440 workers in my to do politically. I know of no other . . . a poison pill—a way to block all log- home State who make up the forest reason. I cannot understand why the ging and prevent the plan from working as it products industry who strongly oppose Senator from Nevada, who comes from was designed. this amendment. If our forests are not the great public land State that he Yet we want to put more money into healthy and if we continue to ignore does, would want to turn his back on that. It makes no sense to spend $10 the problems facing these public lands, one segment of the economy of a public million for a prescription for a poison we run the risk of jeopardizing these land State such as Idaho or Nevada. pill or for preposterous survey proce- jobs and the future health and sustain- He and I stand arm in arm together dures. This Congress should not spend ability of our Nation’s forests. on mining issues. I was in Elko, NV, 10 cents in what I believe is a most in- During the August recess, I met with last week in a community that 15 years appropriate fashion. the Forest Service on the Ouachita Na- ago was 5,000 people; today, 25,000 peo- That is the foundation of the debate tional Forest in Arkansas. Sometimes ple, not because of the high-tech indus- as I see it. I believe that is a reasonable our distinguished Senators from the try but because of gold, gold in the interpretation of why we are on the West forget that there are national for- Carlin Trend; mining, high-priced jobs floor today. I know of no other. At a ests all across the South, and in the being paid to thousands of men and time when we have reduced the overall State of Arkansas, I say to my good women in the mining industry. So timber program in this country by 7 friend, the Senator from Oregon, we when we battle on that issue, the Sen- percent, we have reduced employment have two large national forests, the ator from Nevada and I stand arm in by almost 50 percent, and we have dra- Ouachita National Forest and the arm. But when we try to work on a rea- matically transformed the rural land- Ozark National Forest. sonable and responsible forest manage- scape to communities of unemployed In a meeting with the National For- ment plan that allows some tree cut- people and empty homes. That is the est Service on the Ouachita National ting, I am tremendously frustrated the policy of this Government at this time. Forest last month, I discovered, be- Senator from Nevada and I cannot And somehow we want to perpetuate cause of decreasing budgets in the tim- stand arm in arm on that issue also. that or increase it? I think not. ber sales account, they are doing only It is an issue of jobs. It is an issue of The only explanation possible that I one-third of the vegetation manage- right and responsible ways of managing believe is reasonable and right is the ment required by the forest plan. So our forests. It is political. I am sad- politics of it. We are on the floor today forgive me if I find it ironic that this dened that it is. because the National Sierra Club and second-degree amendment, the sub- The substitute amendment transfers others said we ought not be cutting stitute amendment, would shift $10 $10 million of the reduction that I have trees on public lands at all, zero, end of million from the Timber Management talked about, $34 million in timber statement, not to improve health, not Program to the surveys in the North- funds to pay for surveys on rare spe- for fire prevention, not to create vi- west when, in the State of Arkansas, in

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.000 S13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 21233 our national forests, they are only St. Francis National Forests in Arkan- policy of the administration is towards doing one-third of the vegetation man- sas. Our national forests are adding 23 the U.S. forests managed by the Forest agement required by the forest plan. billion board feet each year. While 3 Service. Because of the severe erosion of fund- billion board feet are being harvested Clearly, as we look at where we are ing that the Senator from Idaho has al- each year, 6 billion board feet die each today, as this chart shows in the dark luded to, the forest is unable to achieve year from insects, disease, fire, and purple, the U.S. Forest Service volume the desired future conditions required other causes, and the amendment be- sold, vis-a-vis the annual mortality— for a healthy and sustainable eco- fore us will only make that situation the annual mortality are those trees system. Extremists, litigation, appeals, worse. that are dead or dying—that in the or lack of public support did not bring The majority of the timber sales in years 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, about this crisis. It is the result of a the program are done for other eco- 1998, the annual mortality, compared misguided effort by the administration system objectives—improving habitat with the volume sold—and that is evi- to reduce timber harvests without tak- for wildlife, reducing fuels that may in- dent by the green spheres that come up ing into consideration the real impacts crease fire risk, especially in the urban through the chart—the mortality has on the conditions of the forests and the interface areas, combating insect and exceeded the commercial volume sold. communities associated with these na- disease infestations, and improving The suggestion is, what has happened tional forests. true growth for future timber. to forest health? The Timber Management Program is We cannot ignore the contributions You have to manage for forest health funded at a level equal to the fiscal that the Timber Management Program based on professionals, professionals year 1999 funding level. There was level makes each year, even if it might who are trained and have committed funding before this amendment. Before sound politically advantageous. The their lives to best forest management these additional cuts, there was level byproduct of a healthy, sustainable practices. funding, no increase, and yet the de- timber program is equally as impor- What we have in the debate that is mands on the program have increased tant as healthy rural communities. occurring on this floor is a debate over dramatically. The timber sales program generates re- emotions, the emotions over whether The program objective for the timber gional income of $2 billion—over $2 bil- timber, trees, a renewable resource, sales program is ‘‘a sustainable yield of lion; in fact, $2.3 billion—in Federal in- should be harvested or not. forest products that contributes to come tax receipts. Seventy percent of We have heard the Senator from meeting the Nation’s demands and re- the timber from national forests is sold Idaho expound a little bit on the atti- storing, improving, or maintaining the to small businesses that could be tude prevailing in the U.S. environ- forest ecosystem health.’’ Yet the forced to close their doors if we support mental groups, and particularly the Si- amendment before us reduces the fund- further reductions to the program. erra Club, which, much to their credit, ing level when more than 40 million A $1 million reduction in the timber has come out wholeheartedly and said: acres of our national forests are at sales program on the Ouachita, Ozark, We want to terminate harvesting in high risk of catastrophic fire due to an or St. Francis National Forests simply the national forests, all of the national accumulation of dead and dying trees means 10,000 acres of forest designated forests. and an additional 26 million acres are for treatment by the forest plan will go They make no bones about it. That is at risk of insect and disease infesta- untreated. That is what it will mean: a just a fact. tion. $1 million reduction, 10,000 acres that The justification for Senator BRYAN’s We have a crisis now; we risk a catas- will go unmanaged, untreated. Perhaps amendment, which would timber pro- trophe. We have level funding in the that is the goal. Perhaps that is the gram in the committee bill by $34 mil- appropriations bill before us, and the backdoor objective of such an amend- lion, leads to the environmental agen- amendment suggests we should cut ment. The byproducts—round wood and da, the agenda of the Sierra Club that even further in a program that has not saw logs —will be unavailable. Commu- wants to terminate harvesting in na- the resources to do the job it has been nities will lose 500 years of work and tional forests. charged with doing as it stands. over $15 million from the local econ- The amendment isn’t what it appears The addition of Senator WYDEN as a omy. to be. While I am sympathetic to my cosponsor of the amendment, the sec- By any reasonable standard, the U.S. friend from Oregon and his efforts to ond-degree amendment, only exacer- forest practices are the best in the redirect $10 million to wildlife surveys bates the problem that the underlying world, ensuring forests are regenerated in the Northwest, I again think we amendment creates in shifting an addi- and that water quality and wildlife ought to go back and recognize where tional $10 million out of timber man- habitat are protected or enhanced. De- the objection is. The objection comes agement and moving it to the North- creasing this program is wrongheaded. from national environmental groups west. This impacts every national for- It will only set us back environ- who are opposed to logging in the na- est, every timber management program mentally. It will surely negatively im- tional forests. The policies of the Clin- in the Nation. It dilutes what can be pact us economically. ton administration relative to logging done in those areas where they are al- I suggest we do the right thing and in the national forests are evident, but ready suffering, where they are already support no less than level funding for the justification to support that is very short to move additional resources be- this important program and oppose the lacking if we look at the facts. cause of the situation faced in the Bryan-Wyden amendment. The facts are that there is currently Northwest. I think that is wrong. It is I thank the chairman. I yield the almost 250 billion cubic feet—more not economically or environmentally floor. than 1 trillion board feet—of volume of advisable. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- standing timber in the national forests. The debate today will speak about ator from Idaho. That is a significant amount—250 bil- doing right by the environment. How Mr. CRAIG. Madam President, I yield lion cubic feet of volume. The annual can you justify reducing a level-funded the chairman of the full Committee on growth—that is the growth that occurs program that is dealing with millions Energy and Natural Resources, Senator every year—is about 23 billion board of acres of land that are too crowded MURKOWSKI, such time as he may con- feet. for new and healthy trees to grow? sume. Do you know what we are cutting, We will also hear talk today about The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Madam President? We are cutting how the Timber Management Program ator from Alaska is recognized. somewhere between 2.5 and 3 billion is antienvironmental or environ- Mr. MURKOWSKI. I thank the Chair. board feet. What is the justification in mentally destructive. That is not what Madam President, let’s start with the sense of forest management prac- I have seen in the management that is some facts because what is appropriate tices and the forest health when clear- being done in the Ouachita, the Ozark, is to recognize just what the current ly the forests are not in danger of being

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.000 S13SE9 21234 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE September 13, 1999 overcut? The regrowth at 23 billion We had the U.S. Forest Service in- threatened by the timber harvest pro- board feet each year, compared with volved in what they called the TLMP, gram in the Tongass. We thought we the cut of 2.5 to 3 billion board feet, the Tongass Land Management Plan. had that issue behind us. We didn’t. clearly shows we are growing timber They spent 10 years to develop a plan. Environmental groups—from the faster, much faster than we are cutting They spent $13 million. Previously, we Southwest, I might add—petitioned the it—in fact, about 7 to 8 times faster had been cutting about 420 million judge on the adequacy of the U.S. Fish than we are cutting it. As evidenced by board feet a year. The TLMP came and Wildlife Service evaluation of the this chart, the mortality now is ex- down, after this 10-year study and $13 goshawk study and the judge said, go ceeding what we are cutting in com- million, and cut it, the allowable cut, back and do it again. If you can’t de- mercial timber. to 267 million board feet. pend on the best experts to come to a Good forest management practices What happened as a consequence of conclusion, then this is simply an would indicate something be done that? We lost our only two year-round open-ended effort by either bureau- about the dead and dying trees that are manufacturing plants in our State. The crats, or environmental groups, or both infested with the spruce bark beetle Sitka and Ketchikan pulpmills, the to terminate harvesting in the national and so forth, and that a program be ini- combined workforce, plus those in the forests. That is what has happened as a tiated so healthy trees grow back in woods, amounted to some 3,400 jobs, consequence of the attitude of this ad- again. But, again, these decisions are most of which were lost. ministration towards timber har- not being made by those responsible for What was the forest health issue re- vesting. forest health, professional forest man- garding this reduction? All the timber Again, we have 250 billion cubic feet agers. They are being made by environ- in the Tongass, as most Members who of volume standing in the national for- mental groups, and they are being have been up there know, is old growth ests of the United States. The annual made on the basis of emotional argu- timber. But what they do not realize is growth is 23 billion board feet. We are ments. that 30 percent of that timber is dead harvesting between 2.5 and 3 billion You should recognize the reality that or dying. It has no other use than wood board feet. We are regrowing seven to timber is a renewable resource that can fiber. So it is put in the pulp mills. eight times our annual harvest. Yet we be properly managed, as evidenced by Without the pulp mills, we have no have those who would say the forest the existing volume that we have in utilization of that timber. Much of program is being subsidized. There is this country, 250 billion cubic feet in those logs are now ground up in chips no realization of what timber sales and the national forests—and I will repeat or exported to Japan or out to pulp related roads offer in providing access it again—with 23 billion board feet an- mills in the Pacific Northwest. for timber, availability to the public, nual growth, and the realization we are Let me go back to the Tongass Land jobs, payrolls and communities. The only cutting 3 billion board feet a year. Management Plan where they cut the proposal by Senator BRYAN would re- We certainly need some changes. The sales level from 420 million board feet duce the program about 13 percent changes need to move off the emo- to 267 million board feet. Within 9 below the current 1999 program level. tional arguments and get into what is months, the administration, after I am pleased the Society of American good for the forests, what is good for spending 10 years and $13 million, de- Foresters opposes the amendment. I be- the health of the forests. You clear out cided that volume of 267 million board lieve that letter has been introduced in the diseased trees. You encourage pro- feet was too high. So they cut it arbi- the RECORD. If not, I ask unanimous grams that eliminate fire hazards. trarily, without any public hearing, as consent that it be printed in the I have worked with Senator BRYAN a consequence of pressure from na- RECORD. and his colleague from Nevada on min- tional environmental groups who used There being no objection, the letter ing legislation which is important to an emotional argument, and also the was ordered to be printed in the his State and important to Western reality that maybe the easiest place to RECORD, as follows: States, important to my State of Alas- terminate harvesting in national for- SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FORESTERS, ka. I am disappointed that he has seen ests is in Alaska. We have two Sen- Bethesda, MD, July 26, 1999. fit to again take this issue on to reduce ators and one Congressman. Alaska is a Hon. TED STEVENS, by $34 million the Committee’s rec- long way away. Nobody can go up and Chairman, Committee on Appropriations, ommended timber program. I recognize look at it and recognize that we have Washington, DC. DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: It has come to our at- that is not a big issue in his State. But cut less than one-tenth of 1 percent of tention that Senator Bryan may offer an I think it basically addresses a policy the Tongass forest in Alaska over the amendment or amendments to the Interior within this administration that has last 40 years and that our regrowth is Appropriations bill designed to significantly prevailed for some time, and that is to 10 times what we have cut. They want reduce the amount of funding available for oppose resource development on public to terminate harvesting, and the the Forest Service Timber Sale program or lands, whether it be grazing, whether it Tongass national forest in Alaska is a its Roads program. We believe this would be be oil and gas leasing, whether it be good place to start. So they came back a mistake. While we are sure that Senator Bryan is mining, and certainly in the case of and cut the proposed allowable sales well intentioned in his efforts, he may not timber. level from 267 to 178 million—no public understand the significant contributions the I would like to communicate a little hearings, no input, no further studies. timber sale program makes to improving our experience that we had in Alaska rel- They spent, again, 10 years and $13 mil- national forests. The Fiscal Year 1998 Report ative to studies and the resource man- lion for the first study, and they of the Forest Service states ‘‘today, national agement associated with the wildlife of weren’t satisfied with it. forest timber sales are designed to incor- the forest and to suggest to the Sen- So I say to my friend from Oregon, porate multiple objectives, including insect ator from Oregon that these challenges don’t be misled by the question of the and disease prevention and control, wildlife adequacy of wildlife studies in the Pa- habitat management, fuels treatment, and on the adequacy of wildlife studies reconstruction or construction of roads need- seem endless. You no sooner get a pro- cific Northwest. On the goshawk, we in ed for long-term access.’’ Foresters in the fessional opinion on the adequacy or Alaska are now under a challenge, on private and public sector design timber sales inadequacy of a certain species within an issue we thought we had behind us for purposes in addition to producing timber. the forest, and if it is unfavorable to because several years ago we had a There are many examples of timber har- those who want to terminate logging in challenge on a threatened and endan- vests that benefit other resources. For exam- the forest, they simply go to a judge, gered species, the goshawk. The U.S. ple, the July 1999, edition of the Journal of Fish and Wildlife Service spent several Forestry has an article called ‘‘Designing get an injunction, and suggest that the Spotted Owl Habitat in a Managed Forest.’’ study was inadequate and lacked the years working with the Forest Service The article describes how to harvest trees thoroughness that it needed. to do an evaluation, and the U.S. Fish and manipulate the forest for the benefit of Let me tell you a little story about and Wildlife Service came to the con- spotted owls. Natural resource management what happened in Alaska. clusion that the goshawk was not professionals can produce forest products

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.000 S13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 21235 and healthy forests; they just need tools like industry base. They recognize that in that involve the extensive cutting of the Forest Service’s Timber Sale program to our case our forest, as an old-growth road network to the Tahoe Basin. The accomplish their goals. We can harvest trees forest, is in the process of dying. Thir- clarity of the lake is declining rapidly. from the forest and still leave behind quality ty percent of that timber is dying. This is a lake that Mark Twain rhap- conditions for wildlife. We are also very concerned about a pos- I had an opportunity to fly over some sodized about. John C. Fremont, on sible reduction in funding for the Roads proof the Northeastern States over the re- Valentine’s Day in 1844, was the first gram. The Forest Service estimates that cess, Maine and other areas. I noted European to see Lake Tahoe, and per- they have a $10 billion backlog in road main- that they have a healthy timber indus- haps that date has some significance tenance. Now is not the time to reduce fund- try, managed, if you will, to a large de- because those of us who live in Nevada ing for these important forest assets that gree through the private holdings of have had a love affair with Lake Tahoe can turn into environmental nightmares landowners and corporations and the ever since. without proper design and maintenance. State. They have jobs. They have pulp The problem in Tahoe is exacerbated Thank you for your consideration and your because of this road network that was support of professional forestry. mills. They have a renewability. Yet Sincerely, we are strangled by policies that are built throughout the basin during a pe- WILLIAM H. BANZHAF, dictated by environmental groups, that riod of intense harvesting in the last Executive Vice President. are dictated by Members from States century. The timber at Tahoe was used Mr. MURKOWSKI. Madam President, who have no interest in the national for the great mining activities of Vir- I urge the Congress to support the sig- forest from the standpoint of those of ginia City. But it is instructive and nificant contribution that the timber us who are dependent on it in the West helpful because the primary contrib- program, even though it is in decline, and particularly in my State in Alas- uting factor to the erosion that is caus- has been making to improve the na- ka. ing the deterioration of waters and tional forests. Finally, I ask that my colleagues re- clarity is the runoff from these old Again, recognize that the program is flect that this amendment would really roads, and road maintenance is what smaller than a few years ago. The reduce the tools the Forest Service has we need so desperately. So I say that my friend from Idaho BRYAN amendment would continue this available for stewardship activities, harmful slide, because the ultimate ob- tools that improve forest health and confuses the issue when he talks about the problems at Tahoe and the thrust jective is to terminate harvesting in improve wildlife habitat and improve of the Bryan-Wyden amendment, which the national forests. The redirecting of other forest ecosystems as well. Don’t is simply to take about $32 million timber funds to wildlife activities in be misled by the objective of those who from the commercial timber operations support of timber still has the same have a different agenda with regard to and reprogram those into some ac- negative effect. That negative effect the national forests. Let us recognize counts that include road maintenance has been highlighted by my friend from that forests live and die. With proper and fish and wildlife management. Idaho, as he discussed the effects of a management, they can yield a bounty Let me make the point about road reduction in the timber program. of prosperity, a bounty of renewability. maintenance, if I may, again. The What we are talking about on this But we have to have the recognition Bryan-Wyden amendment does not chart is that there is more timber that those decisions with regard to the eliminate commercial timber sales in dying than is being cut. That is the forest are not going to be made by the the national forests. My friend from harsh reality of where we are. What politicians in this body. They are going Alaska referenced that we should allow kind of forest management practice is to be made by those professionals who professionals to make the determina- that? It is a preservationist practice. are prepared to put their reputation be- tion as to how much harvesting should What is the role of the Forest Serv- hind their recommendations or, for occur. That recommendation is in- ice? Habitat management? Stewards of that matter, the other way around, and cluded by the managers of the Forest the forest? They are not aggressive in do what is best for the forest. The Service, and they recommended a num- thinning programs, which are needed Bryan amendment certainly does not ber of $196 million. That was in the for the growth of new trees. What the do this, by cutting funding for timber President’s recommendation. Forest Service has become is a custo- sales and roads, and hence, decreasing Now, what the appropriators did was, dial management agency. They don’t the timber program. they stripped out $34 million from road know where they are going. They are I yield the floor. maintenance and fish and wildlife ac- torn between past leaders that used to Mr. BRYAN. Madam President, dur- counts and added that back into the make decisions on the basis of what is ing the course of the debate, the Sen- timber sales to bring that number up best for forest health, and the new gen- ator from Idaho propounded to the Sen- to about $228 million. My friend from eration that is directed to a large de- ator from Nevada a query as to how I Arkansas was talking about the need gree by national environmental groups could be supportive of this amendment for forest health and to do a lot of that want to terminate harvesting in and then made reference to the fact of things. Those are totally different ac- the national forests. Lake Tahoe, with all the problems we counts. We are talking, on the one It is OK if you are from a State that have in Tahoe. My own previous state- hand, of reducing to the level of the has large private holdings. Washington ments on Tahoe indicated the extent of President’s recommended appropria- State has a number of large private the devastation that has been caused tion the commercial timber sale ac- land companies. It is OK if you have with dying trees and timber. count of $196 million and to add $32 large State-owned forests. But if you To suggest that somehow increasing million to that account. What the ap- are in my State of Alaska, where the the commercial harvesting of timber propriators did was to reduce by $11 Federal Government, the U.S. Forest would in any way ameliorate the prob- million the road maintenance account. Service—the entire Tongass National lems we face at Tahoe would be a to- It is the road maintenance account Forest is owned and managed by the tally spurious argument. The problems that helps to alleviate the erosion and Federal Government—you have a dif- at Tahoe are compounded because we the other adverse environmental con- ferent set of circumstances. Our com- had a 7-year drought, the most pro- sequences that attach to the neglect of munities are in the forest. Our State tracted in recorded memory, and as a that maintenance. The testimony is capital, Juneau, towns like Ketchikan, result, the forest became very vulner- that the Forest Service would need $431 Wrangell, Petersburg, Haines, able to infestation from beetles that million a year for road maintenance Skagway, Sitka, all are in the forest. ultimately killed vast amounts of trees alone, that there is a total backlog of People live in the forest. They were in the Tahoe Basin. So adding to the $3.85 billion in road maintenance. By under the assumption they would be commercial harvest would in no way rejecting the Bryan-Wyden amend- able to work with the Federal Govern- help. ment, you make that backlog even ment, when we became a State in 1959, Secondly, with respect to Tahoe, we longer because the appropriators have to maintain, on a renewable basis, an are reaping a whirlwind of practices stripped $11 million from that account.

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.000 S13SE9 21236 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE September 13, 1999 Now, every mile of new construction deal with neglected road maintenance What needs to be done—and what adds to that backlog because under the and provide additional money in that Senator BRYAN and Senator FITZ- law, once the harvesting operation has account rather than to add to the com- GERALD and I are trying to do—is to been completed, the timber harvester mercial sale account. I wanted to make put in place a program with real ac- has no responsibility for the mainte- that point for the record. countability. nance of that road. That, then, is left I yield the floor. My colleague from Idaho talked to the Forest Service and the American Mr. WYDEN addressed the Chair. about the need for accountability of taxpayer. We already have 380,000 miles The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- the Forest Service. The chairman of in the National forests. As I com- ator from Oregon is recognized. the full Senate Energy Committee has mented in my opening statement, that Mr. WYDEN. Madam President, this correctly said more emphasis needs to is more mileage than we have on the has been an important debate—impor- be placed on oversight. The fact of the interstate system in America. tant for the Northwest and important matter is that under the Bryan-Fitz- The things my friend from Idaho was as it relates to the direction of the For- gerald-Wyden amendment, for the first talking about, in terms of fire burns est Service. time the Congress will put in place a and removing dead timber, have noth- I think my colleagues on the other program in the survey and manage- ing to do—absolutely nothing—with side of the aisle would be surprised to ment area which has essentially shut the commercial timber sale account. know that I agree with a number of the down the forests and that will have Those activities are included in other things they have said about the Forest real accountability. Under our amend- accounts, such as the Wild Land Fire Service not knowing where they are ment, the survey and management Management Act. So I think we have a headed. Frankly, I have made much draft environmental impact statement confusion here as we debate these stronger statements than that in the will have to be completed by November issues. last few days. It is very clear in the Pa- 15 of this year, and the final version of The Bryan-Wyden amendment would cific Northwest that the Forest Service that impact statement would have to simply reduce to the level of the pro- is just flailing around. be published by February 14 of 2000. fessional managers’ recommendation The chairman of our subcommittee That is allowing for public comment. in the Forest Service the commercial and I both read these Oregonian edi- That is accountability. That is giving timber sale account of $196 million and torials talking about blame with re- some direction to the Forest Service on would restore, essentially, to the envi- spect to gridlock in the forests. In the the key issue that has in effect shut ronmental accounts and road mainte- Northwest, the Oregonian, our news- down the forests in our part of the nance accounts much of that money paper, editorialized that: country. that was taken out. That is where the Forest biologists searching for signs of the So the choice is, do we do business as management practices need to be ad- rare mosses listed above ought to look under we have done in the past, which is to dressed. That is the focus. That is the backsides of the federal officials man- throw money, for example, at a par- where the environmental problems are aging the forest plan. That seems a rel- ticular program, the timber sale pro- —road maintenance and fish and wild- atively undisturbed habitat. gram, or do we try, as the Bryan-Fitz- life habitat. I think it is fair to say that those gerald-Wyden amendment does, to tie In effect, what the appropriators did Forest Service officials knew for years that amendment to dealing with the is to strip those accounts and reduce they had to go forward with survey and key concerns that have shut down our them substantially to add to the tim- management in a responsible fashion forests and put in place real account- ber sale account. There is no benefit to and haven’t done so. So I think the ability in the process? the environment at Lake Tahoe by in- comments that have been made by the Beyond that, I think the only other creasing the commercial timber sale chairman of the Forestry Sub- major difference I have, as some of our accounts. That simply does absolutely committee, Senator CRAIG, and the colleagues on the other side of the nothing for us at all. So I wanted to chairman of the full committee, with aisle, is that they have correctly said clarify the record where my friend respect to the Forest Service not they don’t want the courts to make from Idaho has confused it. The Sen- knowing where it is going, are ones forest policy. Section 329, as it stands ator from Nevada is being absolutely that I largely share. in this bill, is a lawyer employment consistent. But where we have a difference of program. This is going to be a huge bo- I might just say, in terms of the opinion and where I think the Bryan- nanza for lawyers as it stands in its broad public policy, the General Ac- Fitzgerald-Wyden and the substitute present form. counting Office concluded that, from help to bring together colleagues on That is why I am hopeful that col- 1992 to 1997, the commercial sales in both sides of the aisle is that the his- leagues, regardless of how they feel the national forests have cost the tory of the last few years demonstrates about section 329 in its original farm, American taxpayer $1.5 billion. So very clearly that just spending more regardless of how they voted on the there is another issue out here to be money on the timber sale program Robb legislation earlier, will see that debated in terms of the public policy. doesn’t help these rural communities the approach that Senator BRYAN and The Bryan-Wyden amendment does not either from an economic standpoint or Senator FITZGERALD and I are talking eliminate but simply reduces to the from an environmental standpoint. about tries to borrow from the philos- level of the Presidential recommenda- The fact of the matter is, Madam ophy of both of the approaches that tion in terms of the appropriation. President and colleagues, for the last have been debated on the floor of the If the Senator from Idaho were inter- several years this Congress has author- U.S. Senate. I happen to agree with ested in seeing the problems more ade- ized a greater expenditure for the tim- Senator GORTON and Senator CRAIG quately addressed, he would favor reber sale program than the President of that the survey and management producing the amount of the commercial the United States has called for. gram has not worked. The Forest Serv- sales and restoring the $11 million that This Congress has appropriated more ice has dawdled. They have known was stripped from that account. We funds for the timber sale program, and what they were supposed to do for need far more dollars in the road main- the fact is the problems in many of some time. tenance account, in which the backlog these rural communities in the West, We can read editorials to each other is over $3 billion. from an economic and environmental for many hours to compete for who is So every attempt to reduce the standpoint, are getting worse. the toughest on the Forest Service. amount of the road maintenance ac- So I think the notion that throwing But the fact is they haven’t known count and add money to the new con- more money at the timber sales pro- where they are going, and we are going struction account makes the situation gram is going to address the needs of to try to get them on track. But this much worse. I argue that the more pru- these rural communities is not borne amendment is the very first effort in dent and rational public policy is to out by the events of the last few years. the Senate to put them on track in a

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Those are what the kind discussed. This has created we are going to try to do in the over- we call timber-dependent communities. the negative habitat today that sight hearing that Chairman CRAIG is The Senator and I worked to try to changes the character of the lake’s holding on Thursday. resolve that issue. We are very close to water quality because of the runoff. I I am very hopeful that those Mem- what I think is some tremendously also understand that this creates phe- bers of this body who understand how positive and creative thinking that re- nomenal bug problems with dead and wrong it is for the courts to make for- sults from, hopefully, minds coming to- dying trees because the ground cannot estry policy and how important it is to gether out of conflict to bring resolu- support the base. have a balanced approach that will tie tion. I am fearful this amendment does As the Senator from Nevada and I additional funding with account- not do that. I say that because while know in looking at computer models, ability—and a recognition that there is the Senator suggests that he prescribes before European man came to this con- more to this than appropriating addi- deadlines by which EISs ought to be tinent, many of the acreages we are tional funds for the timber sale pro- done, this administration and this For- talking about were sparsely timbered gram—will support our bipartisan est Service isn’t talking anywhere near and were much more pastoral. That amendment. that. They are suggesting the deadline was partly because of fire moving I gather we will not have a final vote for a draft EIS ought to be in February through the habitat, creating a mosaic on this amendment until tomorrow, and that the final ought to be in June of young and old alike. The Tahoe and perhaps we will hear from some ad- for the EISs we are talking about for Basin changed when we became the ditional colleagues. But I am very these sales. Whether you could expe- stewards of the land and put out the hopeful, regardless of how a Member of dite that, I am not sure. fires. this body voted on those Robb amend- The one thing we want to be very The Senator from Nevada and I both ments or felt about the original section careful about in light of the environ- agree on the condition of the Tahoe 329, the Gorton language, that they ment in which we are doing these kinds Basin. The point I am trying to make: will see what Senator BRYAN and Sen- of EIS’s and studies is that the work be What the Senator is doing is, in fact, ITZGERALD and I are trying to do, ator F done right. As the Senator from Oregon taking money away from the ability of which is pull together an approach that and I know, the judges and the environ- the Tahoe Basin to manage itself be- will give the Forest Service some di- mental communities will be like vul- cause the Tahoe Basin money is not a rection, give them some account- tures hovering over each one of those single-line item issue. ability, and do it in a responsible fash- efforts to fine pick every bone to make Let me explain. The Senator is ion. sure the work is done well. amending an account that is divided I yield the floor. Accelerating some of those studies The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- into three categories. I am looking now ator from Idaho is recognized. could put at risk—I am not saying at Forest Service management pro- Mr. CRAIG. Madam President, I ‘‘will,’’ but I think we need to be very gram reports. In the timber revenues thank my colleague from Oregon. We cautious at this moment as we try to and expenses, there are three cat- have worked closely together for the wrestle through this very difficult pol- egories. There is the timber com- last number of months to try to resolve icy issue between whether the Eleventh modity program component, there is a variety of timber issues and conflicts Circuit is right or whether this Con- the forest stewardship program compo- that have brought some of our rural gress will finally get aggressive enough nent, and the personal-use program communities to their knees. to lead in changing the law in a way component. Those are the three that Those are communities that not only that we will not have our judges ad- make up the account the Senator has in many instances have lost jobs in the ministering forest policy through their amended. sawmills that I have talked about in own whim, be it law, or, in many in- The last report we have is 1997. In my opening comments, but these are stances, be it their politics as applied that year, in the first account, the tim- communities that also lost their mon- to the law that causes Eleventh Circuit ber commodity program account, the eys to run their schools. or Ninth Circuit judges to do what they Senator is absolutely right, the Tahoe My colleague from Oregon has com- have done recently that the Senator Basin had not one dollar of revenue or munities that only go to school 4 days from Oregon is so worried about, and expenses because it is not a timber-pro- out of 5 days of a week because they that I, not only as the Senator from ducing area. In the stewardship area in have no more money to run their buses Idaho but as chairman of the Sub- revenues produced by actions, about and to keep their schools open. I have committee on Forests and Public Land $377,000 and $1,383,000 spent on steward- communities in my State that are now Management, literally go into the tank ship programs—the very kind the Sen- debating over whether to put their because the Congress of the United ator wants to see that begins to change money in the hot lunch program or States has been unwilling to lead in the culture, the environment, of the athletics and ask all of their high this area and establish well-based pol- basin area. There was approximately school and grade school students to icy that we can effectively defend and $39 million in revenues from the per- brown bag all the time. are willing to defend. That is part of sonal-use program and about $181 mil- You say: What does this have to do the problem we are dealing with, and I lion in expenses. with this debate? What does this have hope the work of the Senator from Or- I believe I am right. It was not my to do with cutting trees in the national egon and me results in that. intent to mislead or to distort the forests? It has a great deal to do with Let me make a final comment to the record. The Senator and I should clar- these communities that are timber de- Senator from Nevada. It was not my ify this. This is the document from the pendent because 25 percent of the intent to make an inaccurate state- Forest Service. The account the Sen- stumpage fee that comes from a Fed- ment. As chairman of the Forests and ator amends and takes $34 million from eral timber sale goes to the local com- Public Land Management Sub- is the account from which the steward- munities for their schools, their county committee, I have spent the last sev- ship programs from the Tahoe Basin roads, and their bridges. eral years and 45 hearings looking at are funded. There is not a line item That is historically what we believe every aspect of the forest management specific to the Tahoe Basin that I know is a fair treatment of those commu- of our country to try to understand it. or that we can find in any research. If

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The two I just mentioned, money, as I think the Senator from Ar- In our stewardship analysis of the ba- the wildlife fire management account kansas so clearly spoke to. sins that are in trouble around the and the forest land vegetation manage- Let me yield such time to the Sen- Intermountain West, and primarily the ment program, are where some of the ator from Montana as he should con- Great Basin environment of the West— controlled burns and thinning occur. sume. because that is where fire is a critical Those are the programs, from our point The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- tool—let me read again from the arti- of view, that have a priority over the ator from Montana is recognized. cle ‘‘One spark from a disaster.’’ Senator’s priority which would lead to Mr. BURNS. Madam President, this On adjacent lands just above the national an increased commercial operation. morning as I returned from Montana forests the trees remain vigorous and That is where the Senator from Ne- and I was listening to the local news, I healthy with a similar history of early forest vada comes from. heard a 30-second spot advising folks to clearing followed by fire suppression. These Mr. CRAIG. I thank the Senator for call the White House to stand up, to stands have escaped the bug infestation and responding. stop this disappearance of the national the high mortality of the lower basin area It is important to understand that forest lands. It was paid for by the Her- [which is Federal land]. These privately owned timber lands were intensively man- one third of that fund still goes to itage Forest—some group. We have not aged to ensure vigor and high productivity. stewardship. That is not just commer- been able to run it down yet. The mes- Unlike the Federal forest lands, private cial activity. That is thinning and sage went on to say we have to stop timberland managers responded to the bot- cleaning. this because our forests will be gone tom line and protected their forest assets Also, it is important for the Senate forever. over time. and the record to show we increase We can talk about semantics. We can My point is, what the Senator has ap- road maintenance by $10 million this talk about budgets. We can talk about propriately advocated in getting into year over last year. There was a rec- where we apply the money. Let’s face the basin, to change the way it is man- ommendation of $20 million; we in- it; the $11 million for road maintenance aged, to bring stewardship programs to creased it by $10 million. There has that we increased is mostly being used do the thinning and to do the selective been an actual net increase of $11 mil- for road obliteration. burn, absolutely has to be done to re- lion, and a fair amount goes to the It seems we fight these little fights store the vigor, to create an ecosystem Tahoe Basin. every year because there are those who that is less dependent on moisture, so So the Forest Service is responding. completely do not, and I say this in all it can handle itself through the kinds We believe the committee and the ap- disrespect, know one whit about what of droughts that we in the West experi- propriators were responsible, going in is a renewable resource and how we are ence—especially those in Great Basin the right direction. What I think is im- to manage it. It seems to me this is the States. portant to say is that there were no reason a person on his ranch or farm If the Senator could clarify that for cuts. We did not cut the program. We does not run that ranch or farm by a me, I would appreciate that. It is my raised the program by $10 million. committee. If we did, we would not get knowledge at this moment that the ac- While some suggested it ought to go $20 a crop in; we would not grow anything, count his amendment pulls money million, it is a net increase over last and we sure would not get a crop har- from is the very account from which year’s funding level of $10 million. vested. I would say the good Lord the stewardship program for the Tahoe Mr. BRYAN. If I can respond brief- above does have a sense of humor. If Basin finds its funding. ly—I don’t want to get into a semantic you want to look at what a committee I yield the floor. game—it is a reduction over what the does, I always thought a horse was a Mr. BRYAN. Madam President, I President recommended, I think the camel put together by a committee. thank the floor manager for an oppor- Senator will agree. It is a reduction of Everything is an afterthought. tunity to respond. $11.3 million over what the President Let’s dispel some of this myth that When one looks at the totality of proposed. It may very well be, as the seems to be going across our land. In problems, they are tall: Runoff, the Senator indicates, an increase over the Flathead National Forest alone, we erosion control, and the declining clar- what was approved for the last pro- are growing 120 million board feet of ity. These are the primary, but not the gram. lumber a year. The Forest Service, in exclusive, problems in the basin. Mr. CRAIG. The Senator knows rec- their plans, only planned to harvest 19 The roads that were cut through ommendations are recommendations. I million. Let me tell you, due to laws many decades ago are in the road believe his first words were the pro- and roadblocks and lawsuits, we will be maintenance account. As the Senator gram has been cut. The program has lucky to cut 6 million board feet. This understands, there is a new construc- been increased by $10 million over last does not include our wilderness areas tion account; there is a road mainte- year while some, including the Presi- or recreational areas. These are in nance account. The appropriators re- dent, suggested it ought to be in- managed forest areas. This is about a moved $11.3 million from the road creased by more. third of what historically has been re- maintenance account. From our per- Mr. BRYAN. I think I did use the sponsibly forested and harvested. How- spective, that is the most serious ac- term ‘‘cut.’’ What I meant to say, and ever, due to litigation and other road- count reduction that would impact what I stand by, is the appropriators, blocks, only 6 million will be har- what we are talking about. The road in effect, cut this money from the vested. maintenance money account has a original appropriation of the President. We cannot survive with that scenario backlog: $3.85 billion has been dis- That represents a difference in prior- and neither can the forest. Understand cussed by the Forest Service, or $431 ities, the $431 million annual backlog, that. Neither can the forest. It will million. I think it is a matter of prior- with a total backlog of $3.85 billion. It burn. Trees are similar to any other re- ities. Our priority is to get back the would be the priority of the Senator newable crop: they sprout, they grow, road maintenance account money. from Nevada that the President’s rec- they get old, and like every one of us in Indeed, with respect to some of the ommendation not be reduced as the ap- this building, they will die. What hap- prescribed burn and other forest prac- propriators did, and I appreciate the pens to them? They hit the forest floor, tices the Senator talks about, I think chance to clarify that point. there is a fuel buildup, there is infesta- we are in agreement that clearly there Mr. CRAIG. I thank the Senator from tion by the pine beetle, there is dry are things that need to be done to thin Nevada. I believe, if I understand For- weather, there is lightning, and there

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.000 S13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 21239 is fire. I realize that doesn’t mean When we put together this appropria- not winter on public lands because much to those of us who sit in this 17- tion and this budget, there was bal- there is no water and there is no feed. square miles of logic-free environment ance. It brought balance of wildlife, It is covered up. They have to winter because we get our paycheck every 2 balance of timber and new timber on private lands. So are we so bad? I do weeks. We are very comfortable. But growth, balance of timber that we not think so. We would not have it any out there, their paychecks stop right could harvest for the benefit of Ameri- other way because we are all hunters then. Their equipment is burned up. cans, for those folks who build homes, and fishermen and we enjoy the sights The cycle starts all over again. Is that and for those folks who work with tim- of big game. We want to maintain the an environmental benefit to this coun- ber. habitat. We enjoy seeing those elk. We try? I don’t think so. If one looks across the Nation right enjoy this season of the year when they We have seen what happened in 1988 now, not many commodities are mak- start bugling. Go out and listen. That in Yellowstone National Park, the ing money—gas, oil, no farm commod- is what makes my State worth living crown jewel of all parks, we are told. ities. If you look at all the litigation, in. Fire swept across that park; and you timber is not making any money ei- It costs more money and the timber should have seen the water that ran ther. Anything that comes from min- sale budget offers us an opportunity to from that park for the next 3 years being is not making any money. Why feed our Nation’s need for raw mate- cause there was nothing to hold the should we do it? Where would those in- rials while employing Montanans and soil that had been turned sterile by the dustries move? What other land on this making and protecting habitat. We are heat of the fires. globe will be devastated because we are talking about balance. Someone is buy- So according to the misinformation not allowed to manage our renewable ing that lumber or we would not have thrown around by the self-proclaimed resources? the demand to harvest it. environmentalists, leaving the land to I can remember dirt under the finger- Harvesting a crop is not a sin. To the rot, they believe, is best for the envi- nails and the ability to produce a crop contrary, it keeps this country moving ronment; the forests are gone forever every year was pretty honorable. forward. It provides the timber to build whenever they are harvested. I wonder Madam President, 1.5 million Ameri- our homes, and it provides the paper if they think it was all a barren land cans provide all the food and fiber for that often gets shuffled back and forth up here until one Friday we got up and, the other 260 million. That is not bad. in this town. Quite simply, a timber lo and behold, there was a forest. Just We do a pretty good job, and we do it sale budget is essential to America for like a bolt of lightning, it was there. under conditions that are getting more food and fiber by proud producers. That When you get a haircut, is that head of and more difficult all the time. is what it is all about. They do not like hair gone forever? To some it might be. Modern forestry, of course, with to be lied to. They do not even require Who knows. But I don’t think so. Cur- some rules and regulations passed by much support. They ask very little. rently, most of our national forests in Congress, is being regulated more and They ask to grow, to plant, nurture, Montana, and throughout the West, we more every day. Environmental laws and harvest. That is what it is all face a 25-percent tree mortality in the require foresters to take a look at the about. next 15 years. We will lose 25 percent of impact of what they are doing. It em- How did those people who work in our forests just to mortality, getting ploys independent timber firms that natural resources and agriculture—and old and dying. know the land. They are harvesting. this is agriculture in its highest form— So I am saying land management, All of this costs money, and yet they who are responsible for 22 or 23 percent proper land management saves our for- will say below-cost-timber sales. If we of the Nation’s GDP become bad folks? ests. I can take you to one of the worst lump all the rules and regulations, all How did we get that way? Because we areas there is in the Forest Service—it the hoops we have to jump through for used the resources around us, and our happens to be up in northwest Mon- one timber sale on a forest, it probably definition of conservation is the wise tana—and even the foresters them- could be called a below-cost-timber use of a natural renewable resource. selves will tell you that we are sale. Those are hoops we have to jump Think about that. Twenty-three per- ashamed of the condition of this forest. through. So we increased the budget. It cent of the GDP in this Nation is in the But because of litigation, they are pow- costs more money to complete a tim- production and the feeding of this erless to do anything about it. Fuel ber sale. country. It is unbelievable how that loads, beetle infestations, it is not a We do not clearcut areas with dis- can be overlooked. pretty sight. regard. We spend more time making I ask my colleagues to contemplate It is not a pretty sight. sure everything we do is done in a re- the alternative. Let’s say we quit har- Healthy forests are usually the ben- sponsible manner. Dispel the misin- vesting trees in America, and that is efit of good management. Harvesting of formation, get away from the inflam- what some extremist groups want us to timber is healthy, and it is all part of matory words of growing a commodity do, or they want to make it so expen- management. That is aside from the and harvesting a commodity. In Mon- sive we cannot compete on the open faces of the people who live in these tana, the people who harvest timber market. Do you realize that I have forest communities. Two weeks ago, we are the same ones who come back to mills in Montana that are hauling logs shut down a mill in Darby, MT. We sold hunt and fish. They do it every week- 500 miles, out of where? Canada. So is it at auction. Jobs are gone. A tax base end. They recreate all that same forest. your demand for lumber so high that is gone. The ability to build roads on Contrary to the doomsayers, we want you want to so-called devastate the Ca- private lands, to maintain services, and our land to be usable. We want healthy nadian land? I do not think so. to build schools—all that revenue is wildlife populations, we want clean Why do people like to visit States gone. water, and we want to make sure our such as Montana? No. 1, we are kind of The opponents of timber production native fish are healthy. authentic. Because we have done a would have you believe we still Let’s talk about this wildlife habitat. pretty good job of taking care of it. clearcut entire forests when we do not Most of the wildlife habitat is found on And it is true of our good neighbors to do that anymore. They would have you public land in the summertime. When the west in Idaho. It makes us the believe we have industrial lawn mowers they have to make it through the win- friendliest and the nicest people you big enough to mow down the great red- ter, do you know where the deer, the will ever meet. But our people are woods as we clear swaths from seed to elk, the moose winter? On private starting to get cranky because their seed, and we do not do that anymore. lands, in my neighbor’s hay meadow. livelihood is being taken away from In fact, there are more trees in this Did you know we have to board up our them, their ability to take care of country than during the time of Lewis haystacks in the West or the elk and themselves, by the rest of the country and Clark. It is hard to believe, isn’t the deer will eat all the hay and leave in its desire for the food and fiber that it? But it is true. us none for our own livestock? They do it takes for us to subsist.

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.000 S13SE9 21240 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE September 13, 1999 So if you want to see our forests die I am not inclined to take a great deal The Allegheny National Forest is vi- in front of us, if you want to see our of time. The chief of the Forest Service tally important for several of our wildlife choked out of its habitat, and has stated there are 40 million acres of smallest counties. We have 67 counties if you want to see our rural commu- national forests which are at risk, ei- in Pennsylvania. Our smallest county nities die, and to see foreign corporate ther through fire or infestation. This in population, oddly enough, is called timber production unfettered, fueled by amendment would cripple the Forest Forest County. Forest County has our need for fiber, then vote for the Service’s ability to use the timber har- about 4,000 or 5,000 people who live Bryan amendment. That is what it is vest to promote health. The amend- there. The biggest part of it is the na- all about. ment will crush a program that pro- tional forest, the Allegheny National But there is balance here. I urge my vides significant economic contribu- Forest. But there are other counties colleagues to vote to maintain that tions to both the Federal Government surrounding it that have bits and balance. We believe in the balance of and the communities. This amendment pieces of the national forest in their our forest lands and good stewardship. is wrong. It is shortsighted. I question county: Warren County, McKean Coun- If you want to talk about steward- why the Congress would continue to ty, and Elk County. ship, we have a stewardship plan that ask the agency to manage this land In Elk County, PA—aptly named—we is getting started on a trial basis in and then take away their ability to do have about 600 elk, big ones, that have Montana that is being participated in that. come back over the past years and are by a lot of people, including very small So I will end by urging Members not thriving in our forests, almost to the harvesters. So if you say you want a to vote for this amendment. point of being domesticated in some re- stewardship program, you have one. It I yield back the time. spects and causing problems. But that is a good one. It is a dandy. It will Mr. CRAIG addressed the Chair. is another issue for another day. work. But we cannot make it work un- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- But those four counties get a lot of less we have funds to balance the needs ator from Idaho. revenue because big chunks of them Mr. CRAIG. If there is no objection, I of our forests. are national forest areas. They get a I thank the Chair and my chairman would like to amend my immediate lot of revenues from the timber sales and yield the floor. past unanimous consent request. It was that principally support their school Mr. CRAIG addressed the Chair. from 9:30 to 10 a.m. tomorrow morning districts. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- equally divided. I ask unanimous con- I spoke to students at the Forest ator from Idaho. sent to amend that to be from 9:30 County schools a couple of weeks ago. Mr. CRAIG. Madam President, I ask until 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, equally di- The No. 1 issue that the kids asked me unanimous consent that a vote occur vided in the usual form. about was, what are we going to do on or in relation to the pending amend- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there about timber sales? Because they po- ment No. 1623 at 10 a.m., and the time objection? tentially will have to close down one of between 9:30 and 10 a.m. on Tuesday be Without objection, it is so ordered. their schools because of cuts in the equally divided in the usual form. Mr. CRAIG. I am happy to yield to Forest Service budget, as well as law- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there the Senator from Pennsylvania on this suits because of the Indiana bat, which, objection? most important amendment. I guess, stays up in the Allegheny Na- Without objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- tional Forest for a couple days a year, Mr. CRAIG. I thank the Chair. ator from Pennsylvania is recognized. so there are all sorts of lawsuits tying I am happy to yield to the Senator Mr. SANTORUM. Madam President, up the Allegheny National Forest in from Wyoming. it isn’t often I rise to talk about these harvesting. Mr. THOMAS addressed the Chair. kinds of issues because, by and large, The Allegheny National Forest is the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- these issues generally affect the West, single largest area for the harvesting of ator from Wyoming is recognized. and we in Pennsylvania do not have black cherry timber. You look at your Mr. THOMAS. I will take a very much direct involvement. But in this black cherry veneer and you will see a short while. case we are directly affected in Penn- lot of it comes from the largest black I think the details, the information sylvania. cherry stand in the country, which is of this issue have been well discussed. We have a national forest in Pennsyl- the Allegheny National Forest. But I rise in strong opposition to what vania, the Allegheny National Forest. The Allegheny National Forest, by is being proposed based simply on the What has been going on in the Alle- the way, is a profitable forest. They health of forests. gheny National Forest over the past make a lot of money in their timber In Wyoming, of course, we have na- several years has been a very troubling sales because of high value trades. So tional forests, as they do in Pennsyl- thing to thousands of residents in my they are not losing any money to any- vania and other places. These forests State; it has had a dramatic negative body. They are making a lot of money. need to be managed. I just spent sev- impact on the quality of life for the In fact, the less we harvest, the worse eral days in August in Yellowstone Na- residents in northwestern and north off we are financially. tional Park. We road for 2 days, and all central Pennsylvania, as the amount of It has been very deleterious to those of it was in burnt forests. I have to tell timber harvests have continued to de- counties. I will look at the timber re- you, that burn was not even effective cline. ceipts for the past several years. Even because the ground fuel is still there. What we have seen, as a result of last year, which was not particularly a The trees are dead, but the ground fuel that, is a real damaging of the econ- great year, we had $1.6 million for War- is there. omy. It is a very rural area. Most peo- ren County; $1.5 million for McKean So all I am saying is, you have to ple think of Pennsylvania and think of County; $1.3 million—$1.3 million for a manage this resource. Something will big cities and factories, Philadelphia county of 4,000 people is a lot of money. happen to the trees. They will either and Pittsburgh. But Pennsylvania has All these other counties range in the die or they will be harvested or they the largest rural population of any area of 20-, 30,000 people; Elk County, will be diseased. So if we are to have State in the country. I repeat that. 1.26. All of them, every one of those healthy forests, certainly they need to Pennsylvania has the largest rural pop- counties, will have their revenues cut be managed. ulation of any State in the country. by more than half this year, by more The proponents of the amendment That rural population, by and large, than half because of legal roadblocks have said the timber program is waste- survives on agriculture and off the nat- and cutbacks in the amount of timber ful. It was never intended to operate as ural resources, whether it is coal min- sales as a result of Federal legislation. a commercial tree farm. We have some ing or whether it is quarrying or The problems we confront are not numbers as to the resources that are whether it is timber or whether it is just financial in terms of tax revenue. provided for communities and the Fed- what we consider traditional agri- They are financial, but they are also fi- eral Government. They are substantial. culture. nancial with respect to our economy.

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.000 S13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 21241 Logging is a very important aspect of eties of plants down to 4. I don’t know the forest, it is an absolute must for the way of life. Wood products: Because about you, but I am not too sure that me to stand here and oppose this of our high-value black cherry and is protecting the environment or the amendment. I urge my colleagues to do other species, we have a lot of high- health of the environment. likewise. value processing of that wood, which is I am an easterner. I am not one of I yield the floor. resulting in very high unemployment. these guys who understands public The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Many of these areas, in this very lands and forests and all that stuff. I ator from Idaho. strong economy, are experiencing dou- grew up around the city of Pittsburgh Mr. CRAPO. Madam President, in the ble-digit unemployment, and have con- and didn’t know too much about for- few minutes remaining, I wish to add sistently for the past couple of years. ests. But I remember hearing people my voice to those in opposition to this We also have another concern which, say: We have to manage the forest. You amendment. We thank the Senator again, when you go up and talk to the say: Forests manage themselves pretty from Pennsylvania for his sensitivity folks who live around the forests, is al- well. What do you mean? Well, yes, for- to these issues. most frightening, the kind of misin- ests manage themselves pretty well, As he correctly said, this amendment formation that is out there about our but they manage themselves not in a could be devastating to the people and forests and the management of the for- way that you and I would consider to the families who depend on their ests. them. They manage it through, in a jobs in many counties across America. I remember going to Gray Towers, sense, a boom-and-bust cycle, growth I think it is important that we under- which is outside of Milford, PA. Gray and then destruction and then growth stand this amendment in the context Towers was the home of Gifford Pin- and then destruction. That is pretty in which it is being proposed. Federal chot, who was the Governor of Penn- much how forests grow if you leave timber sales are in a steep and dev- sylvania and was a conservationist. them alone. That is OK, I guess. But it astating decline. Since the early 1990s, Gifford Pinchot went on to be the first doesn’t provide what is, I think, in the the timber program has been reduced head of the U.S. Forest Service around best interest of the animal life and the in America by over 70 percent. Already, the turn of the century. The Yale plant life and certainly the community more than 75 percent of the National School of Forestry was actually co- for recreation. The economic resources Forest System is off limits to timber located in Milford, PA, at Gray Towers, that are derived from the forest are not harvests. The Federal timber supply which was the mansion the Pinchot maximized when you allow this kind of has dropped from 12 billion board feet family lived in. Now it is a museum wild and unmanaged forest generation to the 3 billion board feet being har- dedicated to forestry. I was up there and regeneration to occur. vested today. looking at old pictures of Pennsyl- I trust the Forest Service. I don’t al- Both the economic and the ecological vania. It is remarkable. In picture after ways agree with them, but I trust the context created by this reduction are picture after picture, Pennsylvania was Forest Service will work to maintain not desirable. More than 80,000 jobs completely clearcut—clearcut. forests and wisely manage them, using have been lost already, and of the 55,000 I stood on the front porch of Gray sound science to provide the best envi- jobs that remain, they will be jeopard- Towers and looked out and saw the ex- ronment for stable growth of the forest ized by this amendment. That rep- panse. You can see literally for miles. I as well as for the indigenous animal resents over $2 billion in employment looked at the picture on the portico of species that are there to feed. It is very income, mostly in rural parts of Amer- roughly 100 years ago. It literally was serious—it is the No. 1 issue in about 5 ica. The families who depend on those stumps of trees for as far as the eye or 6 counties in my State—that we jobs are counting on us to understand could see. Of course, now it is green as allow the timber harvesting program this issue and to vote correctly. far as the eye can see, full of trees. to continue. It is the economic life- It is confounding also that these ad- Pennsylvania is just remarkable. I blood of those counties. ditional cuts are being considered at a fly over it all the time in small planes. I felt compelled to give a little dif- time when the industry and those It is just literally covered with trees, ferent perspective, as someone who working men and women who depend almost all of which, if not all of doesn’t talk to these issues very on it have already been deeply hurt by which—because I have been told it was much—and maybe it is best I don’t— the critical cuts in the timber pro- completely clearcut—were not there but who has a real sensitivity as to gram. 100 years ago. So the regeneration hap- what sounds good. As I have told peo- In my home State of Idaho, our rural pens. In fact, the Allegheny National ple about what sounds good in subur- communities continue to suffer dev- Forest is a valuable forest today be- ban Philadelphia, saying leave these astating reductions in the 25 percent cause it was clearcut and because a trees alone, we love the trees, don’t funds from timber sales. Schools are shade-resistant strain of black cherry hurt the trees, a little knowledge is going without needed renovation, and couldn’t grow in those old forests. In dangerous sometimes and no knowl- county governments are going without fact, there are areas that are now dedi- edge is downright lethal. And in the needed support and jeopardizing their cated to old growth in the Allegheny case of dealing with forest manage- basic services because of these steep re- National Forest that have a lot less di- ment, a lot of folks don’t have a darn ductions. versity. bit of knowledge. And it is killing peo- This amendment is also People are worried about the health ple. It is killing their economy. It is counterintuitive from an environ- of the forest, environmental diversity. killing their school districts. It is kill- mental perspective. Active forest man- You get to some of these old-growth ing the forests. agement, including thinning and other forests. You take the combination of That is not something we should timber harvest, has widely acknowl- the old growth and the fact that you allow to go unchallenged in Congress. edged benefits. In fact, most timber have less vegetation, which puts pres- Just because it makes a good TV com- sales are currently designed to attain sure on your deer and everything else— mercial, just because it sounds as if other stewardship objectives, in addi- we have a lot of deer. They completely you care more, you don’t care more if tion to the sales themselves. Timber decimate old-growth forests, where it you understand the facts involved in sales are the most economic and effi- is a desert there because of these high forest management. cient and effective methods available trees. You don’t have a lot of younger I am an enthusiastic opponent of this for our managers to treat and control growth. Whatever does crop up, be- amendment. I must tell you, when I many insect epidemics. cause there isn’t much else around, the first got to Congress, I was not. But the Madam President, each year the Na- deer take it right out. more I have learned about forest man- tional Forest System grows by 23 bil- So we went, in this area called the agement and the impact of timber sales lion board feet; 6 billion board feet die heart of the forest, when they dedi- on not only the health of the forest but naturally. Only 3 billion board feet are cated it to old growth, from 37 vari- the health of the economy related to being harvested. Tree growth in our

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.000 S13SE9 21242 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE September 13, 1999 National Forest System exceeds har- ple conditions that the President grant, which is a power the Constitu- vest by 600 percent. placed on his generous offer. It took tion invested in the President without I stand firmly with those who have them weeks to agree to renounce the a congressional role, the Senate should cast their opposition today against this use of violence and submit to standard find time to consider the nomination of amendment and encourage my col- conditions of parole. Indeed, some this fine Hispanic judge. leagues to reject it. never did. Moreover, it does not appear Judge Paez has the strong support of f that they have even expressed regret or both California Senators and a ‘‘well- remorse for their crimes. This is clear qualified’’ rating from the American DEPLORING THE GRANTING OF from one of the members’ appearance Bar Association. He has served as a CLEMENCY—MOTION TO PRO- on a Sunday news program, where he municipal judge for 13 years and as a CEED—Resumed refused to express sorrow or regret for federal judge for four years. Mr. THURMOND. Madam President, I his crimes. In my view Judge Paez should be rise to express my strong opposition to An obvious question we must ask is commended for the years he worked to the President’s decision to commute whether the President will continue to provide legal services and access to our the prison terms of 16 members of the grant clemency in a way contrary to justice system for those without the fi- FALN, a Puerto Rican terrorist group. American interests. I sincerely hope nancial resources otherwise to retain I also strongly support S.J. Res. 33, the President will not pardon or com- counsel. His work with the Legal Aid which expresses the Senate’s opposi- mute the sentence of convicted Israeli Foundation of Los Angeles, the West- tion to this misguided decision. spy Jonathan Pollard. I sent the Presi- ern Center on Law and Poverty and There is no question that the Presi- dent a letter last week asking him to California Rural Legal Assistance for dent has the Constitutional power to clearly affirm that he will not do this. nine years should be a source of praise do what he did. The President receives I hope the Senate today will invoke and pride. thousands of requests per year for a cloture on the resolution and express Judge Paez has had the strong sup- pardon or clemency, and the Depart- our profound opposition and concern port of California judges familiar with ment of Justice has a standard proce- regarding this matter. his work, such as Justice H. Walter dure under which the Pardon Attorney Mr. LEAHY. Madam President, the Crosky, and support from an impres- reviews these requests each year. How- Hispanic whose actions and fate I sive array of law enforcement officials, ever, all indications are that the proce- would like the Senate to focus on for including Gil Garcetti, the Los Angeles dures were not followed in these cases, action is Richard Paez. Richard Paez District Attorney; the late Sherman and that these cases were anything but has never been convicted of a crime Block, then Los Angeles County Sher- routine. and is not associated with the FALN. iff; the Los Angeles County Police News reports indicate that the Jus- He is not a petitioner seeking presi- Chiefs’ Association; and the Associa- tice Department did not make a rec- dency clemency. Rather, he is a judi- tion for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs. The Hispanic National Bar Associa- ommendation for or against clemency cial nominee who has been awaiting tion, the Mexican American Legal De- in these cases like it normally does. consideration and confirmation by the fense and Educational Fund, the There is no excuse for the Department Senate since January 1996—for over 31⁄2 League of United Latin American Citi- to stand neutral on very significant re- years. zens, the National Association of quests such as these. Also, the terror- The vacancy for which Judge Paez Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, ists apparently did not personally take was nominated became a judicial emer- and many, many others have been the proper steps to seek the relief, gency during the time his nomination seeking a vote on this nomination for given that one of the conditions for has been pending without action by the what now amounts to years. clemency was that the prisoners had to Senate. His nomination was first re- I want to commend the Chairman of sign statements requesting it. ceived by the Senate almost 44 months the Judiciary Committee for his stead- Although the White House says the ago. This nomination has now been fast support of this nominee and Sen- members were not convicted of com- held even longer than the unconscion- ator BOXER and Senator FEINSTEIN of mitting murder or physical injury, it is able 41 months this Senate forced California for their efforts on his be- clear that these criminals were ac- Judge William Fletcher to wait before half. tively involved in the militant group. confirming his nomination last Octo- Last year the words of the Chief Jus- Making bombs and transporting fire- ber. tice of the United States were ringing arms designed to carry out the reign of Judge Paez has twice been reported in our ears with respect to the delays terror, or committing armed robbery favorably by the Senate Judiciary in Senate consideration of judicial to finance the deeds, is not fundamen- Committee to the Senate for final ac- nomination. He had written: ‘‘Some tally different from personally harm- tion. He is again on the Senate cal- current nominees have been waiting a ing innocent victims. They were con- endar. He was delayed 25 months before considerable time for a Senate Judici- spirators in the FALN, a terrorist finally being accorded a confirmation ary Committee vote or a final floor group, and they received stiff prison hearing in February 1998. After being vote. . . . The Senate is surely under no terms for good reasons. reported by the Judiciary Committee obligation to confirm any particular News reports indicate that the law in March 1998, his nomination was held nominee, but after the necessary time enforcement organizations that re- on the Senate Executive Calendar for inquiry it should vote him up or viewed the issue, including the FBI and without action for over 7 months, for vote him down.’’ Those words resonate Federal Bureau of Prisons, rec- the remainder of the last Congress. with respect to the nomination of ommended against it. Also, law en- Judge Paez was renominated by the Judge Paez. forcement organizations have ex- President again this year and his nomi- I trust the American people recognize pressed strong opposition. nation was stalled without action be- who is playing politics with the issue The opposition is based on good rea- fore the Judiciary Committee until of clemency. I disagreed with the sons. America has long had a firm pol- late July, when we were able to have President’s decision, but it was his to icy of intolerance regarding terrorism. his nomination reported again. The make. He says that he granted clem- Granting clemency to members of the Senate refused to consider the nomina- ency with conditions after study and FALN sends the wrong message about tion before the August recess. I have based on a sense of proportion and jus- America’s commitment to fighting ter- repeatedly urged the Republican lead- tice. The calls for clemency in these rorism. In fact, it sends the wrong mes- ership to call this nomination up for cases came from Bishop Tutu, Coretta sage about America’s commitment to consideration and a vote. If they can Scott King, other Nobel peace prize fighting crime at home. make time on the Senate floor for de- winners, a number of churches and reli- It is telling that the FALN terrorists bate and consideration of a Senate res- gious groups. It has drawn praise in did not immediately agree to the sim- olution commenting on the clemency some circles and criticism in others.

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.000 S13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 21243 I do not agree with the President, but subject for September 15. However, not- resulted in over $3.5 million in dam- I caution that the overreaching by Re- withstanding these planned hearings, ages, 5 deaths, and 84 injuries.’’ publican critics in the Congress on this the Republican leadership filed this The prisoners who received clemency is worrisome, as well. To contend that resolution condemning the clemency were active participants in this cam- this shows a weakness of resolve and scheduled a vote related to it for paign of terror. For instance, against international terrorism is both today. Alejandrina Torres, Edwin Cortes and wrong and may itself be creating a dan- Holding a vote before the hearings is Alberto Rodriguez were convicted of gerous atmosphere. akin to having the verdict first, and conspiring to, and I read now from the We ought to be careful when anyone, then the trial. indictment against them, ‘‘oppose by let alone the Senate and Congress of Nevertheless, since we must vote, I force the authority of the government the United States, start bandying will address the merits of the Presi- of the United States by means of force, about declarations that accuse the dent’s decision, based upon the infor- terror and violence, including the con- United States Government of making mation which is available to me before struction and planting of explosive and ‘‘deplorable concessions to terrorists,’’ the hearings. incendiary devices at banks, stores, of- ‘‘undermining national security’’ or At the outset, let me say that seri- fice buildings and government build- ‘‘emboldening domestic and inter- ous, thoughtful people urged the Presi- ings . . . It was a further part of the national terrorists.’’ dent to offer this clemency. These peo- said conspiracy that the conspirators Playing politics with this matter and ple include former President Carter; would claim credit in the name of the accusing the President of ‘‘under- eleven Nobel Peace Prize winners, in- FALN for certain . . . bombings mining our national security’’ or cluding Archbishop Desmond Tutu and through either telephone calls or typed ‘‘emboldening terrorists’’ carries sig- Coretta Scott King; and dozens of reli- communiques.’’ This is classic terrorist nificant risks. Could a potential ter- gious leaders and organizations. Presi- activity. rorist somewhere in the world believe dent Clinton’s decision was not a frivo- As part of this plot, Torres and this political rhetoric and be lous one, nor did it appear from out of Cortes stockpiled dynamite, weapons, ‘‘emboldened’’ by it? This is risky busi- thin air. blasting caps and bulletproof vests. To- ness. I do not believe the short-term However, that having been said, I be- gether with Rodriguez, they planned to political gain to the other party is lieve strongly that the decision the bomb U.S. military facilities in the worth having the Senate endorse a res- President made was the wrong one. Chicago, cased the facilities, and re- olution that might itself have precisely In the post-Cold War era, terrorism viewed a communique to be published that effect. presents perhaps the greatest threat to in conjunction with the planned bomb- The Senate cannot find time to vote our national security. As Ranking ings. They built bombs containing 21 on the nomination of Judge Richard Member of the Terrorism Sub- pounds of dynamite. They also planned Paez or that of Bill Lann Lee to head committee of the Judiciary Com- to use explosives to free FALN leader the Civil Rights Division of that of mittee, I have done what I can to assist Oscar Lopez (who also was offered Justice Ronnie White to be a federal law enforcement in combating ter- clemency by the President) from pris- judge in Missouri or any of the scores rorism. on, to rob a Chicago Transit Authority of other nominees pending before it. These prisoners were terrorists, and facility to fund FALN operations, and The Senate has not completed work on granting them leniency is exactly the to harbor another FALN leader who 11 of the 13 appropriations bills that wrong thing to do. We have tried in re- had escaped from prison. Four others who were offered clem- must be passed before October 1. The cent years to send a clear, unequivocal ency were convicted in connection with Republican Congress cannot find time message to terrorists: if you plan or the armed robbery of seven million dol- commit acts of terrorism against the to consider campaign finance reform or lars from a Wells Fargo depot, to fund United States, we will find you, hunt pass a real patients’ bill of rights or a similar Puerto Rican revolutionary you down, and punish you severely. consider raising the minimum wage or independence group, Los Macheteros. Until this point, President Clinton’s reforming Medicare or complete the ju- This is an organization that ambushed administration carried this message venile crime bill conference, but there a Navy bus and killed two U.S. service- forward forcefully, including, for exam- is plenty of time for floor debate and men and launched a rocket attack at on the President’s decision to exercise ple, apprehending and punishing the the federal courthouse in Hato Rey, his clemency power. The Senate has Oklahoma City bombers and taking re- Puerto Rico. had three hearings on judicial nomina- taliatory strikes against Osama bin Madam President, building bombs tions all year and the Republican Con- laden. However, the President’s deci- and committing armed robberies on gress will have that many hearings on sion last month undermines this mes- U.S. soil are not political acts. They the clemency decision this week. sage. are crimes, plain and simple, and these In closing, I ask: If the Senate has Some have described these prisoners people were appropriately locked up for the time to debate and vote on this res- as political prisoners. They were not. their offenses. It should make no dif- olution, why does it not have time to They were terrorists. Let me describe ference that the prisoners had political vote on the nomination of Judge Rich- for a minute some of what they did. motivations which some may share. ard Paez to the Ninth Circuit? These prisoners were members of the Virtually all terrorists are politically Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Madam President, FALN, the Armed Forces for National motivated, and many justify their acts I rise to address Senate Joint Resolu- Liberation, which seeks to make Puer- in the cause of ‘‘national liberation.’’ tion 33, regarding the President’s to Rico and independent nation, But terrorism is a cowardly and evil granting of conditional clemency to through violent means. While some of means to achieve such ends, which can certain Puerto Rican prisoners. them will not admit it, this was alleged never be justified, and which must be Before addressing the merits of this and proven in the trials against them. punished harshly. resolution, I must note that I am trou- According to the FBI, and I quote, It has been reported that the clem- bled by the procedure which has been ‘‘In the past, Puerto Rican terrorist ency petition was opposed by the FBI employed for its consideration. Almost groups struggling for Puerto Rico’s and the Bureau of Prisons. The Fra- two weeks ago, Senator COVERDELL an- independence from the United States ternal Order of Police has vehemently nounced that he would hold a hearing have been responsible for the majority condemned this offer, calling it a ‘‘hor- on President Clinton’s decision in the of terrorist incidents perpetrated by rendously bad idea.’’ Terrorism Subcommittee of the Senate domestic terrorist groups within the Clemency proponents have asserted Foreign Relations Committee, this United States.’’ The FBI’s Terrorist that these prisoners harmed no one. A coming Wednesday, September 15. Last Research and Analytical Center re- former Assistant U.S. Attorney who Wednesday, the Judiciary Committee ported in 1996 that the ‘‘FALN has been prosecuted some of these FALN mem- also gave notice of a hearing on this linked to over 130 bombings which have bers counters this assertion, noting: ‘‘A

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.000 S13SE9 21244 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE September 13, 1999 few dedicated federal agents are the which time we will hear from the law Boxer Gramm McConnell Breaux Grams Mikulski only people who stood in their way. enforcement community and those neg- Brownback Grassley Moynihan The conspirators made every effort to atively affected by this grant of clem- Bryan Gregg Murkowski murder and to maim. It is no small ency. Bunning Hagel Murray irony that they should be freed under I believe, Madam President, that our Burns Harkin Nickles Byrd Hollings Reed the guise of humanitarianism.’’ entire nation is victimized by ter- Campbell Hutchinson Reid History has shown us that making rorism. A bomb at the World Trade Chafee Hutchison Robb concessions to terrorists spurs in- Center, the Oklahoma City Federal Cleland Inhofe Roberts Cochran Inouye Rockefeller creased terrorism. The President made Building, or a U.S. embassy abroad has Collins Jeffords Roth the wrong decision. I hope and pray an effect on all of us. Conrad Johnson Santorum that his decision will not have this ef- This clemency deal is an insult to Coverdell Kennedy Sarbanes fect, but I fear it will. every American citizen. This clemency Craig Kerrey Schumer Crapo Kerry Shelby Despite the flawed procedure, I will deal is not humanitarian; it is not just. Daschle Kohl Smith (NH) vote to proceed to Senate Joint Resolu- Exactly what is this? A weak mo- DeWine Kyl Snowe tion 33, and I will subsequently vote for ment? Political favoritism? Another Dodd Landrieu Specter its passage. Terrorism does not deserve Domenici Lautenberg Stevens foreign policy miscalculation? Dorgan Leahy Thomas leniency. I’ll tell you what it is—it is wrong.∑ Durbin Levin Thompson ∑ Edwards Lieberman Thurmond Mr. HATCH. Madam President, the CLOTURE MOTION President’s ill-considered offer of clem- Feingold Lincoln Torricelli The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under ency has now been accepted by 12 of Feinstein Lott Voinovich the previous order, the hour of 5 p.m. Fitzgerald Lugar Warner the 16 FALN members, many of whom having arrived, the clerk will report Frist Mack Wellstone are now back on the street. Gorton McCain Wyden the motion to invoke cloture. These are people who have been con- The legislative clerk read as follows: NOT VOTING—7 victed of very serious offenses involv- Bennett Hatch Smith (OR) CLOTURE MOTION ing sedition, firearms, explosives, and Enzi Helms threats of violence. The FALN has We the undersigned Senators, in accord- Graham Sessions claimed responsibility for past bomb- ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. ings that have killed and maimed Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the mo- SNOWE). On this vote, the yeas are 93, American citizens. I pray that no one tion to proceed to S.J. Res. 33, a joint resolu- the nays are 0. Three-fifths of the Sen- else gets hurt. tion deploring the actions of President Clin- ators duly chosen and sworn having This is yet another example of this ton regarding granting clemency to FALN voted in the affirmative, the motion is Administration sending the wrong mes- terrorists: agreed to. sage to criminals—be they foreign Trent Lott, Conrad R. Burns, Ted Ste- f spies, gun offenders, or—in this case— vens, Peter Fitzgerald, Jim Bunning, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR terrorists. Larry E. Craig, Michael D. Crapo, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPRO- In this case, it appears President Chuck Hagel, Fred Thompson, Bill PRIATIONS ACT, 2000—Continued Clinton put the interests of these con- Frist, Michael B. Enzi, Judd Gregg, victed criminals ahead of the interests Craig Thomas, Jesse Helms, Pat Rob- CLOTURE MOTION erts, and Paul Coverdell. of victims, the law enforcement com- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under munity, and the public. The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unan- the previous order, the cloture motion I think we need to know: Did Attor- imous consent, the mandatory quorum having been presented under rule XXII, ney General Janet Reno do her job? call has been waived. the Chair directs the clerk to read the Media reports suggest that—notwith- The question is, Is it the sense of the motion. standing the strong opposition of pros- Senate that debate on the motion to The legislative clerk read as follows: ecutors, the FBI, the Bureau of Pris- proceed to S.J. Res. 33, a joint resolu- CLOTURE MOTION ons, and the victims of crime, the De- tion deploring the actions of President We the undersigned Senators, in accord- partment of Justice and the Attorney Clinton regarding the granting of clem- ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby General apparently did not take a for- ency to FALN terrorists, shall be brought to a close? move to bring to a close debate on amend- mal position on the matter even ment No. 1603 to Calendar No. 210, H.R. 2466, though the Department’s own rules re- The yeas and nays are required under the Interior appropriations bill. quire doing so. the rule. Trent Lott, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Gor- Here we have another example of The clerk will call the roll. don Smith of OR, Thad Cochran, Larry what people suspect: The Attorney The legislative assistant called the E. Craig, Bill Frist, Michael Crapo, Don General is asleep at the switch while roll. Nickles, Craig Thomas, Chuck Hagel, the White House runs the Justice De- Mr. NICKLES. I announce that the Christopher Bond, Jon Kyl, Peter Fitz- gerald, Pete V. Domenici, Phil Gramm, Senator from Alabama (Mr. SESSIONS), partment. and Slade Gorton. As Chairman of the Senate Com- the Senator from Utah (Mr. HATCH), The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- mittee with oversight of the Depart- the Senator from Utah (Mr. BENNETT), ator from Texas. the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. ENZI), ment of Justice, I have requested cop- Mrs. HUTCHISON. Madam President, the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. ies of all relevant documents, including in view of the fact that seven of our HELMS) and the Senator from Oregon the Department’s memo to the White Members are missing, I ask unanimous (Mr. SMITH) are necessarily absent. House. Even our colleague Senator consent to move the cloture vote to to- SCHUMER believes we should have these Mr. REID. I announce that the Sen- morrow following the votes at 10:30. documents. But, so far, the Depart- ator from Florida (Mr. GRAHAM), is The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there ment has refused to turn over any- necessarily absent. objection? thing. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there Mrs. BOXER. I object. I object. The Department and the Attorney any other Senators in the Chamber de- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- General are hiding behind their tired, siring to vote? tion is heard. Under the previous order, old ploy of studying whether to assert The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 93, there will now be 5 minutes of debate executive privilege. If the President nays 0, as follows: equally divided between the Senator has confidence that his decision was a [Rollcall Vote No. 270 Leg.] from Texas and the Senator from Cali- just one, then he ought to be willing to YEAS—93 fornia. hold it up to public scrutiny. Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, I ask Abraham Ashcroft Biden I will hold a hearing on the matter Akaka Baucus Bingaman if Senator HUTCHISON would like to go next Wednesday, September 15, at Allard Bayh Bond first?

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.001 S13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 21245 Mrs. HUTCHISON. Madam President, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The time apparent cost of standing up for Con- I prefer to reserve my time and close. of the Senator has expired. The Sen- gress’ constitutional prerogative to Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, may ator from Texas. raise revenues. we have order in the Chamber, please. Mrs. HUTCHISON. I yield 1 minute to The domestic oil and gas industry is The PRESIDING OFFICER. The the Senator from Louisiana, Mr. being driven from our shores. During point is well taken. Senators will take BREAUX. the oil embargo in 1973, we imported 36 their conversations to the Cloakroom, Mr. BREAUX. Madam President, I percent of our oil. Today, we import 56 please. thank the Senator for yielding. In just percent of our oil. We will continue to The Senator from California. 60 seconds, it is unfortunate we are burn oil—in fact, we burn a bit more Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, I voting with a number of Senators ab- now than we did in 1973. But our own have taken the Senate’s time on this sent. I guess we will have to do that. industry is in a death spiral, caused in matter. Here is why: I simply care The question is, How do we value oil? part by government actions like this. about the Senate too much to see it be The law says the companies owe the Over 50,000 American families have lost a party to a deliberate scheme by just Federal Government, taxpayers, one- their jobs in the last two years as com- 5 percent of the oil companies to under- sixth to one-eighth of the value of the panies leave the U.S. for foreign pay their royalty payments to our con- oil. The problem is, how do you deter- shores—foreign shores where it’s stituents. The Hutchison amendment mine the value? It is a very com- cheaper to drill and governments en- allows the situation to continue by plicated rulemaking procedure that is courage domestic energy production. stopping the Interior Department from ongoing to try to determine what are Without adoption of the Hutchison fixing it. the legitimate deductions and trans- amendment, we will be saying: ‘‘Go How do we know taxpayers are being portation costs, in particular, deter- ahead. Raise royalties and taxes. We, cheated? First, there are many whistle- mining what the fair market value of the U.S. Senate, yield our power to the blowers, former oil executives, who say oil is. We can rush this thing through. Executive.’’ This Senator cannot stand under oath they undervalued the oil by and watch all power flow to the Ex- from Federal lands in order to pay less. It will result in years of litigation. Or Second, settlements are occurring all we can pause for a few moments, which ecutive. over the country whereby these oil is what we are asking to be done, to try ‘‘RENT-A-RULE’’—POGO, ETC. companies are paying billions of dol- to negotiate out something to which Neither can this Senator stand aside lars in back royalties to keep their both sides can agree. I think it makes when there are serious allegations of cases out of court. more sense to pause for a few moments, payoffs to government employees in- Senator HUTCHISON has said the Inte- get the groups together and work it volved in the rule. rior Department wants to raise taxes out, rather than run the risk of years In May of this year, the press began on the oil companies. Royalties are not and years of litigation. We know what to report that two federal employees— taxes; they are legal agreements just is going to happen then. Nobody is one at the Department of Interior; the as your mortgage or rent is. As USA going to win. The American public is other, retired from the Department of Today says: not going to win. energy—had taken $700,000 from a self- Imagine if one day you decided to lower I urge we support the Hutchison described ‘‘public interest group’’ as an your rent by 10 percent. No individual could amendment and get it done in a more ‘‘award’’ for their work in the federal do that. And yet the oil companies are. realistic and fair fashion. government on the rule to raise roy- You may hear all we need is more Mrs. HUTCHISON. I yield 30 seconds alty rates on domestic oil producers. time, but this is the fourth rider this to the Senator from New Mexico. This group, the project on Government Senate has passed, although we have The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Oversight, or POGO, has not been very never had a vote on it before. This is ator from New Mexico. effective in its membership drive—it the first vote. We have already lost $88 Mr. DOMENICI. I rise in support of has only about 200 subscribers—but it million from the Department of the In- the Hutchison-Domenici amendment has been very successful attracting terior because of it. These companies because the MMS’s procedures are trial lawyers as board members. In should do what 95 percent of them are flawed. Department of the Interior em- fact, the trial lawyers on its board already doing, base their royalty pay- ployees involved in the writing of the have spent years litigating the very ments on fair market value. regulations received $300,000 each from cases on oil value that the proposed Senator HUTCHISON has said the oil a group that had interests contrary to DOI rule would benefit if the Boxer companies are suffering now and it is those of the oil and gas firms. Amendment is adopted. bad timing to fix this. I voted, and It is wrong on substance. I will just The inspector general and the U.S. most of us did, for a bill to help the oil give one example showing it is flawed. Department of Justice public Integrity companies. That is fine. But royalty A producer from one oil well producing Section are investigating these pay- payments must be collected and be- one kind of oil would be forced to value ments. cause they are based on fair market his oil ten different ways under this In two letters to the Secretary of In- value, they do go down when oil prices MMS proposal. terior, Senators DOMENICI, NICKLES, are depressed. That is a better deal Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I and I have asked the Department to than most Americans get on their strongly support Senator HUTCHISON’s withdraw the proposed rule pending the mortgages or their rent. amendment to keep the Department of outcome of the investigations into You may hear about a court case in Interior from spending additional whether the employees can take money California that the oil companies won. money for one year to implement their for ‘‘fixing’’ a rule. The Department But that had nothing to do with Fed- flawed oil valuation regulation. I am a has declined to do so twice. eral oil royalties; it was about State cosponsor of the amendment. In answering our first letter, DOI royalties. Our amendment does two things: said the two had nothing to do with the Finally, the Hutchison amendment is First, it puts the Senate on record op- rule. Senators DOMENICI, NICKLES, and I not in the House bill because this is an posing a Value-added Tax proposed by wrote back, this time providing public appropriations bill, and the Hutchison the executive branch. Second, it pre- documents proving their involvement, amendment will strip another $66 mil- vents MMS from implementing a rule and asking them, based upon the evi- lion out of the Land and Water Con- that is so corrupt the Interior Depart- dence, to withdraw the rule. servation Fund. We need those funds ment’s inspector general and the De- The response to our second letter was very much. Senator HUTCHISON says it partment of Justice are currently in- to acknowledge that the two appar- is just $10 million. Interior and OMB vestigating $700,000 in payoffs to fed- ently did have some involvement in the say $66 million. Regardless, it is a bad eral employees involved in the rule. rule, but the decision to change the rider. I hope you will not vote for clo- The CBO scored the impact of this rule was made prior to their official in- ture. amendment at $11 million. This is the volvement.

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.001 S13SE9 21246 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE September 13, 1999 The Department’s argument is mis- of the Senate that debate on amend- EXECUTIVE SESSION leading. The two federal employees ment No. 1603 to H.R. 2466, the Interior worked hand-in-glove with POGO to appropriations bill, shall be brought to convince the Department to craft a a close? The yeas and nays are required NOMINATION OF MARYANNE rule to POGO’s liking. According to under the rule. The clerk will call the TRUMP BARRY, OF NEW JERSEY, POGO’s Executive Director, POGO even roll. TO BE U.S. CIRCUIT JUDGE FOR arranged for the employees to be spe- The legislative clerk called the roll. THE THIRD CIRCUIT cifically requested to testify before a Mr. NICKLES. I announce that the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- House subcommittee to put pressure on Senator from Utah (Mr. BENNETT), the ate will now proceed to executive ses- the Department to start a rulemaking. Senator from Utah (Mr. HATCH), the sion to consider Executive Calendar All the facts suggest that these em- Senator from North Carolina (Mr. No. 210, which the clerk will report. ployees were influential, if not instru- HELMS), and the Senator from Alabama THE JUDICIARY mental, in the decision to issue the (Mr. SESSIONS) are necessarily absent. The legislative clerk read the nomi- rule and the content of the rule. After Mr. REID. I announce that the Sen- nation of Maryanne Trump Barry, of ator from Florida (Mr. GRAHAM influencing the decision to issue the ) is nec- New Jersey, to be United States Cir- essarily absent. rule, the employees took part in the cuit Judge for the Third Circuit. The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 55, public comment phase of the rule- Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I also indi- nays 40, as follows: making. In other words, they were up cate that we will be prepared to con- to their elbows in this issue from start [Rollcall Vote No. 271 Leg.] firm two further judicial nominations to finish. YEAS—55 by consent before we close business A skeptic could conclude that the Abraham Fitzgerald McConnell this evening. Therefore, there will be Allard Frist Murkowski employees, working with POGO and Ashcroft Gorton Nickles no further votes this evening, and the the trial attorneys who stood to gain Bingaman Gramm Roberts next vote will occur at 10:30 a.m. on from out-of-court settlements, earned Bond Grams Roth Tuesday in relation to the Bryan for- their ‘‘rewards.’’ POGO, after all, ad- Breaux Grassley Santorum Brownback Gregg estry amendment. mits they paid them $350,000 each. The Shelby Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, the con- Bunning Hagel Smith (NH) Burns Hutchinson Department’s position appears to be Smith (OR) firmation of Maryanne Trump Barry to Campbell Hutchison that POGO paid the wrong bureaucrats. Snowe the Third Circuit—and I predict that Chafee Inhofe Specter The public integrity of the public Cochran Inouye she will be confirmed—will bring to 15 rulemaking process is at stake, even if Collins Jeffords Stevens the total number of federal judges con- Secretary Babbitt fails to see it. Coverdell Kyl Thomas sidered by the Senate all year. Thompson In our nation, federal employees are Craig Landrieu While I am appreciative of this op- Crapo Lincoln Thurmond not paid to push rule changes which DeWine Lugar Voinovich portunity to consider this nomination, benefit one party in a lawsuit. This is Domenici Mack Warner I note that the Republican leadership a dangerous precedent. Enzi McCain has chosen to skip over the nomina- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- NAYS—40 tions of Marsha Berzon, Judge Richard ator from Texas. Akaka Feingold Mikulski Paez, and Ray Fisher to the Ninth Cir- Mrs. HUTCHISON. Madam President, Baucus Feinstein Moynihan cuit. These nominations have all been we directed the MMS to simplify the Bayh Harkin Murray on the Senate calender for as long or Biden Hollings oil royalty payments so that compa- Reed longer than that of Ms. Barry. The Re- Boxer Johnson Reid nies would know what their fair share Bryan Kennedy Robb publican leadership has, again, skipped is. This is what MMS has come forward Byrd Kerrey Rockefeller over the nomination of Justice Ronnie with as a simplification. Cleland Kerry Sarbanes Conrad Kohl White for the federal court in Missouri, Schumer Companies still do not know what Daschle Lautenberg as well. Torricelli they will owe. They want to pay their Dodd Leahy All of these nominations could and Wellstone fair share. I want them to pay their Dorgan Levin should have been considered before the Durbin Lieberman Wyden fair share. Whether they have in the Edwards Lott August recess. Indeed the nominations past is not an issue. We are trying to of Judge Paez and Justice White, have a fair setting of taxes. NOT VOTING—5 should have been considered when they The question is: Who makes tax pol- Bennett Hatch Sessions were first reported last year. Graham Helms icy in this country? Is it Congress or is Mr. LAUTENBERG. Mr. President, I it unelected bureaucrats who are not The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this rise in strong support of the nomina- accountable to the people? We are talk- vote the yeas are 55, the nays 40. Three- tion of Maryanne Trump Barry to the ing about a 1-year moratorium so that fifths of the Senators duly chosen and United States Court of Appeals of the this can be worked out in a way that is sworn not having voted in the affirma- Third Circuit. acceptable to Congress. tive, the motion is rejected. I commend Senator HATCH for mov- The Senator from California says Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I move ing forward with this nomination. We this only affects 5 percent of the pro- to reconsider the vote. must ensure that the federal bench is Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I enter a ducers. I have a letter from the Cali- at full strength so that our citizens motion to reconsider the vote by which fornia Independent Petroleum Associa- will receive justice promptly and fair- the Senate failed to invoke cloture on tion, representing 450 independent oil ly. The distinguished chairman of the the pending Hutchison amendment. and gas producers, which says: The PRESIDING OFFICER. The mo- Judiciary Committee deserves thanks It is false to claim that this rulemaking tion is entered. from all who believe that our court only affects the top 5 percent of all oil pro- system is at the core of our precious f ducers. It affects every California producer democratic structure. on Federal land. ORDER OF PROCEDURE Judge Barry’s reputation is well Madam President, I urge a vote for Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unan- known and she has excellent creden- cloture so we can have a fair up-or- imous consent that the yeas and nays tials. In 1983, she was nominated to a down vote on this amendment so that be vitiated on the nomination of federal district court judgeship by Congress will set the policy of this Maryanne Trump Barry. President Reagan, and since being con- country. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without firmed for that post she has compiled The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time objection, it is so ordered. an impressive record and become a na- has expired. By unanimous consent, Mr. LOTT. I understand the Chair tionally recognized expert on a wide the mandatory quorum call has been will now put the question on this nomi- range of criminal and civil law mat- waived. The question is, Is it the sense nation. ters.

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.001 S13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 21247 Her knowledge of criminal law led Those who know Judge Barry, and It may well be that that will be the Chief Justice Rehnquist to appoint her have had the pleasure of working with last contested matter in connection to chair the Committee on Criminal her, have spoken openly of her integ- with this appropriations bill other than Law of the Judicial Conference of the rity and thorough knowledge of the the disposition of the Hutchison United States, a position she held from law. Some have highlighted her de- amendment. I am not entirely certain 1993–1996. Additionally, the Federal Ju- cency, while others have focused upon of that at this point. But we are close dicial Center asked her to make an in- her razor-sharp wit. However, everyone to having agreed-upon managers’ structional videotape called ‘‘How to has agreed on one point—Judge Barry amendments both with respect to legis- Try a Complex Criminal Case’’ and has developed a reputation as a skilled lative matters and with respect to that tape is played for all new district jurist with a judgment and tempera- money matters, with the exception of court judges at their orientation sem- ment that are highly respected by her the motion to reconsider the invoca- inar. peers. The other members of the Sen- tion of cloture. In the area of civil law, Judge Barry ate Judiciary Committee agreed with For that reason, this is a notice and has issued many important rulings in- this assessment, and I was pleased that a request to Members that if they have cluding a decision that Blue Cross was Judge Barry’s nomination was passed other matters they wish debated, or if required to pay for a bone marrow out of the Committee by voice-vote on they have other matters they wish transplant for a terminally ill young July 29th. brought to the managers’ attention, girl who would have died without the For those who are unfamiliar with they should do so very promptly. We procedure. Judge Barry’s distinguished career, she will not in the managers’ amendment New Jersey residents are particularly has graduated with Master’s and law dispose of all the amendments which proud of her decision holding New York degrees from Columbia and Hofstra were reserved, but I think we probably City responsible and in contempt for Universities respectively. Judge Barry will be able to take care of all of those failing to obey a court order designed first worked for the U.S. Attorney’s Of- that look as if they would be otherwise to prevent garbage and medical waste fice in New Jersey and quickly rose brought up and voted on. from New York’s Fresh Kills Landfill through the ranks. She served as Chief We are tantalizingly close to fin- from drifting onto New Jersey’s shore. of the Appeals Division, and then as a ishing. But, of course, we will not fin- Not only do her judicial colleagues first assistant to the U.S. Attorney. At ish or go to third reading under the hold her in high regard, Judge Barry is the time, Judge Barry was the highest- present circumstances at least until also well-respected by the many attor- ranking female prosecutor in any after disposition of the motion to re- neys who have appeared before her. major U.S. Attorney’s Office in the consider the motion to invoke cloture, They praise her command of the law, country. and that motion will certainly pass, her professional demeanor, and her In 1983, Judge Barry was appointed to and there will be at least one more razor-sharp wit. vote on cloture itself. As a result of her tenure in the U.S. the U.S. District Court by President The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- attorney’s office, her 16 years of out- Reagan. For almost 16 years, she has ator from California. standing service at the district court served as a pragmatic and vocal pres- Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, thank level, and her legal expertise, Judge ence on the bench in Newark, New Jer- you very much. Barry is well-prepared for elevation to sey. As a former President of the Asso- I would just like to comment upon the circuit court. In fact, she has al- ciation of the Federal Bar of the State the vote the Senate has just taken on ready sat on the Court of Appeals—by of New Jersey, Judge Barry has had a whether to shut down debate on the designation—and has written several tremendous impact on policy across Hutchison amendment. I thank very opinions. the State. She currently serves on its Mr. President, I highly recommend advisory board, and continues to be much those colleagues who voted Judge Barry for elevation to the third highly regarded for her insights and against that cloture motion. I think it circuit. As some of my colleagues may opinions. Judge Barry has consistently is very important that the light and know, the third circuit is currently impressed me as an extraordinary the truth be shone upon this matter. I facing a judicial emergency, and the woman, and one who will continue to think the way to do it is to have more appointment of Judge Barry will help. distinguish herself. I urge my col- discussion. To further address this crisis, I hope leagues to support her confirmation to I just want to say to the Senate that that the Judiciary Committee will the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. when I made my 21⁄2-minute presen- soon take up the nomination of an- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The tation, it is always very difficult to say other excellent candidate for the third question is, Will the Senate advise and everything in your heart in 21⁄2 min- circuit, Judge Julio Fuentes. I would consent to the nomination of utes. But I said the reason I am doing also be remiss if I did not point out Maryanne Trump Barry, of New Jersey, this—there is no other reason in the that the elevation of Judge Barry will to be United States Circuit Judge for world for me to be delaying a vote on create another vacancy on the District the Third Circuit? an amendment—is that I love the Sen- Court of New Jersey, and so it would be The nomination was confirmed. ate too much to see it be a party to essential that the committee move for- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The such a scheme by just 5 percent of the ward with the nomination of Faith President will be immediately notified oil companies to essentially rob this Hochberg to that court. of the Senate’s action. Treasury of millions and millions of Mr. TORRICELLI. Mr. President, I f dollars. rise today in support of Judge This is the fourth time that Senator Maryanne Trump Barry’s confirmation LEGISLATIVE SESSION Hutchison has attempted to pass this to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under rider. It never had a Senate vote be- As a member of the Senate Judiciary the previous order, the Senate will now fore. This is the first vote in any way Committee, I have followed Judge Bar- return to legislative session. about the Hutchison amendment. ry’s nomination closely as it has The Senator from Washington. By the way, I know that some people moved through the confirmation proc- f who voted aye on the cloture motion ess. During this time, I have been im- will vote with me on the substance. I pressed by her candor, intelligence, and ORDER OF BUSINESS am looking forward to that. qualifications for the position. She has Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, with re- But the bottom line is, when we look moved through the process quickly, spect to the Interior appropriations at this closely, we see a number of and I believe the overwhelming support bill, there will be a vote on or in rela- things—that most of the oil companies for her nomination is evidence of her tion to the Bryan amendment and the are doing the right thing on their roy- ability to ultimately fulfill the obliga- second-degree Wyden amendment to- alty payments. Ninety-five percent of tions of serving on the Third Circuit. morrow morning at 10:30. them are doing the right thing. They

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.001 S13SE9 21248 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE September 13, 1999 pay the appropriate royalty when they How else do we know there is cheat- when these 5 percent—and they are the drill on Federal lands, onshore or off- ing going on? big ones, the billion-dollar companies— shore, and they send that check over to Look at all the settlements that the call you on the phone and say: Come the taxpayers. You know where the oil companies are agreeing to with the on, this is just a procedural matter, funds go—right into the Land and various States all throughout our stick with us. Water Conservation Fund and Historic country on this matter. They don’t What will we have in the end? More Preservation Fund to be used for envi- want to go to court. They are afraid delay and a $66 million loss to the ronmental purposes for the upkeep of they are going to lose because the Treasury on top of the $88 million we our parks and for the upkeep of our whistleblowers will get out there—be- have already lost from the Land and historical monuments. We all know cause the facts are there. So they are Water Conservation Fund. I think if from both sides of the aisle that we settling for millions of dollars. the American people will focus on this, need to do more for our parks and open Ironically, Mr. President, I think I they will thank those colleagues who space. even sent it to your office on Friday, stood with me today. They are all con- As a matter of fact, there are bipar- two more big oil companies are settling sumers. They all understand this. tisan proposals to pass legislation to do this week for over $100 million rather There has been a lot of talk on the that. Yet at the same time, too many than take their weak case to the court. floor that oil companies are suffering. I people seem willing to shut their eyes We know that the posted prices they was very strongly in support of helping to a raid on the Treasury that would are paying their royalty on are just the oil companies and the steel compa- lower the revenues to the Land and made up and they are far less than the nies that were in trouble. I am the first Water Conservation Fund. market price. one to say we need to give them help. You have to ask yourself why the oil All Interior wants to do is fix the sit- But don’t allow 5 percent to cheat the companies are so interested in this. I uation. taxpayers. That is a different issue. think the answer is in the record. You will hear the argument: It is a The interesting thing about royalty There have been several whistleblowers bureaucracy run amok. Let me say payments is they go down when there who have come forward who have stat- this: You could say that about any- is a depression in all prices. ed in the most eloquent of terms that thing. But the facts belie that state- Wouldn’t it be nice if our rent went when they were working for the oil ment because the Interior Department down if there was a depression or we companies, the companies purposely has held many meetings. By the way, lost our job? Wouldn’t it be wonderful undervalued the oil so that they could they have opened up their rule for fur- if our mortgage automatically went pay fewer dollars of royalty payments. ther comment. down if there was a recession? That is As USA Today says, what if we all All I want to say to my colleagues by what happens with these royalty pay- woke up one day and said: You know, I way of thanking them for this is that ments. They are very fair. They are don’t think I am paying a fair amount because of your standing with me based on the fair market value of the of rent. Forget about the contract I against this cloture amendment, it oil. There is no set price because we signed with my landlord. I am just means we are going to continue to have want to be fair to the oil companies. going to cut it back. the American people focus in on this It is a privilege to drill on the peo- It wouldn’t be too long before that scam. When they do, they are going to ple’s land. It is a privilege, whether it tenant was out on the street, and right- want to know who stood with them or is offshore or onshore. If it is Federal ly so. If he or she signed an agreement, who stood with the vertically inte- land, the taxpayers, the American peo- they have to pay it. grated oil companies that had been get- ple own that land. We want to make What if one of us decided not to pay ting away with this robbery. sure we work in a cooperative spirit our mortgage and just say, let’s take 10 That is all I want. I don’t gain any- with those who would like to exploit or 20 percent off the top? The answer thing out of this. There are lots of oil our resources. Make sure, at the same is, if we did that on a continual basis, companies in my State. They are not time, that they are good corporate citi- the banker would take over our home, thrilled. This is not something I do to zens. What stuns me about this debate and rightly so, because we signed an be popular. But if in your heart you is that 95 percent of them are and 5 agreement. know you are right, and if in your percent of the oil companies are not. The oil companies have signed an heart you don’t want to see the Senate All the Department of the Interior is agreement. They have signed an agree- associated with this kind of scam, then saying is: Please, let us straighten this ment with the Federal Government, you have to stand up and be counted. mess out with these 5 percent. It is a and 95 percent of them are doing the Many of my colleagues, including Sen- lot of money to the Treasury, money right thing, but 5 percent of them are ator DURBIN, Senator FEINGOLD, Sen- that is necessary to keep our parks up, not. ator WELLSTONE, and Senator MURRAY, preserve our remaining open space, in- The Interior Department wants to stood with me and entered statements vest in our historical monuments that make sure that those 5 percent do the in the RECORD or stood by my side on this great Nation so cherishes. It is a right thing by clarifying the rules that the floor of the Senate. shame to see these 5 percent of the oil govern these royalty payments. The I say to my friend, Senator companies—and this is the fourth time Hutchison amendment would stop the HUTCHISON, she was the one who want- this rider is before the Senate—walk- Interior Department in its tracks from ed a vote on Monday originally. The ing off with millions of dollars that be- trying to collect the fair royalties. vote was supposed to be held on Tues- long to the American taxpayers. I have used another analogy in this day. I did not object to an earlier vote. Senator HUTCHISON says the Office of debate before. If somebody came run- A lot of people came back for the vote. Management and Budget is wrong when ning through the Senate Chamber with Therefore, of course, I insisted we have they say it is a $66 million loss. The In- a big sack of money that he had just a vote. We are going to have another terior Department says it is a $66 mil- stolen from the Treasury, every one of vote. This could be from my perspec- lion loss. The CBO tells Senator us on both sides of the aisle would stop tive a very short-lived victory. It is HUTCHISON it is about $11 million. I say that individual. Frankly, this is no dif- true, they could come up with the 60 it doesn’t matter if it is $11 million or ferent. votes. But I feel good tonight. We have $66 million. Maybe it is somewhere in How do I know that? courage on this floor. This was not an between. It is the principle here of mil- The whistleblowers have told us so easy vote. lions of dollars that belong to the tax- under penalty of perjury that they sat Senator FEINGOLD has taken to the payers not winding up in the Land and around and said: Let’s undervalue this floor. He has shown the biggest con- Water Conservation Fund to take care oil and ‘‘wait for the day of judgment.’’ tributions have come from oil compa- of our natural resources. That is what one of the whistleblowers nies. I understand the power of that. I Whether this is a victory for those actually said. understand that. It is hard to stand up who believe in fairness and justice and

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.001 S13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 21249 truth, if it is a victory that lasts 24 USA Today article saying that this represents 450 independent oil and gas pro- hours, so be it. To me it is an impor- would be like a lessee saying: I’m not ducers, royalty owners and service compa- tant point. We have made our point. going to pay $500 a month for this nies operating in California CIPA wants to This is not a trivial debate. This is not apartment; I’m going to pay $400 a set the record straight. The MMS oil royalty rulemaking affects all California producers a trivial argument. As a matter of fact, month even though I agreed to pay $500 on federal land. It is false to claim that this I think the Senator from Idaho, Mr. a month. rulemaking only affects the top 5% of all CRAIG, was on the floor and said it is a Actually, it is just the opposite. The producers. baseless debate. It is far from baseless. oil companies have a contract with the How are California independents affected? We see that tonight with this vote, Federal Government. They have met The proposed rulemaking allows the govern- however it winds up. This is a divided all the criteria that the Federal Gov- ment to second guess a wellhead sale. If re- Senate. ernment has put down in order to drill jected, a California producer is subjected to Again, I thank the people who stood on Federal lands. What the Senator an ANS index that adjusts to the wellhead set by the government. Using a government for fairness, who stood with the tax- from California has asked that we do is formula instead of actual proceeds results in payers, who stood with the environ- to allow the Mineral Management a new tax imposed on all producers of federal ment, who stood with those who say Service to raise the rent on the apart- oil. you have to be a good corporate cit- ment in the middle of the month. They It doesn’t end, if a California producer izen. That is all we are saying. We ex- are breaking a contract and saying: We chooses to move its oil downstream of the pect our citizens to be good. Boy, if are going to raise your taxes right in well, the rulemaking will reject many of the they don’t pay their taxes, we are after the middle of the contract. costs associated with these activities. Again, them. And don’t have the lawyers that to reject costs results in a new tax being lev- If we allow that to happen, who will ied on the producer. the oil companies have on their side to be next? Who is the next person who is Senator Hutchison, California producers drag out these arguments in court, going to have a contract and have the support your amendment to extend the oil month after month—ordinary citizens price increased in the middle of the royalty rulemaking an additional year. We don’t have that. If they don’t pay their contract? Contract rights are part of offer our support not on behalf of the largest taxes, they have to explain why. If the basis of the rule of law in this producers in the world but instead on behalf they don’t pay their rent, they better country, and we seem to be blithely of independent producers in the state of Cali- explain why. If they don’t pay their going over it as if, ‘‘It’s a big oil com- fornia. Your amendment will provide the needed impetus to craft a rule that truly mortgage, they better tell the bank pany; we can run over them.’’ That is does affect the small producer and creates a why. not the rule of law. We should not be new rulemaking framework that is fair and We shouldn’t have a double standard raising taxes in the middle of a con- equitable for all parties. just because an oil company is power- tract. It is not right and I hope in the Again, thank you for offering this amend- ful, just because an oil company can end the Senate will prevail and we will ment. We cannot allow the government to give millions of dollars of contribu- make the tax policy for this country. unilaterally assess an additional tax on inde- tions, just because an oil company is No. 2, the Senator from California pendent producers. After record low oil influential. This day we stood up for keeps saying only 5 percent of the oil prices. California producers are barely beginning to travel down a lengthy road to recov- the average person. I hope we do it companies are going to be affected by ery. To assess a new tax at this time could again. For me, it was all worth it. the MMS-proposed rule. In fact, every have a devastating effect on federal produc- I yield the floor. company that drills on public lands is tion and the amount of royalties paid to the Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I affected by this ruling. I want to put in government. think it is very clear that the Senate the RECORD the letter that was re- Sincerely, has seen through all of the rhetoric, ceived on September 13, 1999, by the DANIEL P. KRAMER, through all of the hyperbole, and they California Independent Petroleum As- Executive Director. have made the right decision on this sociation. Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I amendment. I am very proud tonight Dear Senator Hutchison: submit for the RECORD the very people that if everyone had been here we The California Independent Petroleum As- who are affected are from the home would have had 60 votes for cloture. As sociation represents 450 independent oil and State of the Senator from California, it is, we had 55 votes. The clear will of gas producers, royalty owners, and service the small producers, the independents the Senate is to do the right thing on companies operating in California. We want who do not have the luxury of big mar- this issue—not to be led down a path, to set the record straight. The MMS oil roy- gins. They are very much affected and bringing up issues that are unrelated in alty rulemaking affects all California pro- very concerned about this rule and ducers on federal land. It is false to claim order to make a point that isn’t rel- that this rulemaking only affects the top 5 what it would do to somebody who has evant to what we are talking about percent of oil producers. a contract, who says: Pull your truck today. How are California independents affected? up and I will sell you 1000 barrels of oil. The Senate voted, overwhelmingly, The proposed rulemaking allows the govern- Here is the price, $12 a barrel. to come to closure and take control of ment to second guess a wellhead sale. If re- And the Government says: No, we the tax policy of this country. After jected, a California producer is subjected to will not accept the $12 a barrel, even all, if the Senate doesn’t make the tax an ANS index that adjusts to the wellhead though they are picking it up right policy along with our colleagues in the set by the government. Using a government there. formula instead of actual proceeds results in House, are we going to let unelected a new tax being imposed on all producers of That is exactly what the MMS rule bureaucrats make decisions that will federal oil. does. So every independent is affected affect our economy, the jobs of thou- and it is the independents who are hav- I ask unanimous consent the entire sands of people, possibly sending them ing to lay people off in this industry letter be printed in the RECORD. because the oil prices have been so low overseas for foreign jobs instead of There being no objection, the mate- over the last year that they have not American jobs? Our Senate colleagues rial was ordered to be printed in the tonight said the Senate of the United been able to stay in business. RECORD, as follows: States is going to speak on oil and gas Do you know what happens when tax policy. We spoke very clearly that CALIFORNIA INDEPENDENT somebody shuts down? Every family PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION, we want a 1-year moratorium. We hope Sacramento, CA, September 13, 1999. that is dependent on employment from MMS will do the right thing in giving Hon. KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON, that small producer no longer has a a simple and fair tax that will be paid U.S. Senate, job, and they may live in a place where by the oil companies for the right to Washington, DC. it is not easy to find another job. The drill on public lands. That is the issue CIPA SUPPORTS YOUR AMENDMENT TO EXTEND big oil companies just chose to move here. ROYALTY RULEMAKING AN ADDITIONAL YEAR overseas where they know what the There has been a lot said tonight. DEAR SENATOR HUTCHISON: The California regulatory environment is. They know First of all, the quote was made from a Independent Petroleum Association (CIPA) it is stable. They do not want to create

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.001 S13SE9 21250 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE September 13, 1999 foreign jobs, but that is what they are Mr. President, I thank the chairman of the Under the May 5 agreements, if East forced to do because it is so hard to do committee for being so gracious in pre- Timor opted for independence, the Gov- business in the United States and espe- serving my rights. My friend from Texas and ernment of Indonesia committed itself cially when an unelected bureaucracy I feel equally strongly on the point, just on to a process of peaceful and constitu- different sides. I think each of us wants to is able to change the taxes in the mid- have justice done on the amendment. tional change, in which the United Na- dle of a contract. That is just not the tions would oversee the transition to If the Senator from California will American way. independence for East Timor. stick with her commitment that we I am very proud the people of the would have justice done on the amend- Unfortunately, following the Sec- Senate spoke clearly tonight, very ment, she will allow the majority to retary General’s announcement of the clearly; 55 Members of the Senate rule. The majority has heard the de- clear, overwhelming, and freely-ex- voted to make the tax policy in this bate on this issue; they have seen pressed choice of the East Timor peo- country. through the rhetoric; they have seen ple, anti-independence militias, backed Congress did hope we could simplify by the Indonesian military and police, oil royalty rates. We asked the Mineral that lawsuits are not a part of making a fair rule. They have seen it is the re- began a systematic and organized cam- Management Service to come forward paign of terror, violence and intimida- with a simplified system so everyone sponsibility of Congress to set policy because we do have accountability. We tion in an effort to overturn the will of would know exactly what the price the people of East Timor. would be to drill on Federal lands. Sim- are accountable to the people. So if the Senator from California The criminal action undertaken by ply, they have failed so far in the pro- means to do justice by the amendment, the militias and their backers in the posed rule. Indonesian military are reprehensible: This is the diagram of what will hap- as she stated on September 9 in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, she will let us mass looting, arson, systematic de- pen if this rule goes into effect against struction of infrastructure, and most the wishes of Congress that we simplify have an up-and-down vote on this amendment and let the majority rule disturbing of all, murder. it so oil companies will know what According to the United Nations, they owe without question. By the in the Senate. f hundreds, and possibly thousands, have time you go through all of this, how been killed and more than 200,000 peo- could anyone know for sure what they MORNING BUSINESS ple have been forced to flee their owed? Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I homes. There are also reports of mass Furthermore, the MMS will not allow ask unanimous consent that the Sen- killings and a systematic campaign of the ruling for one company on oil roy- ate proceed to a period of morning political assassination. alty rates and the basis for those rates business, with Senators permitted to to apply to any other person who is The May 5 Agreements between the speak for up to 10 minutes each. Governments of Indonesia and Por- drilling, unlike the IRS, which will The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without give you a ruling letter so you will tugal and the United Nations mandated objection, it is so ordered. the popular vote on the offer of auton- know this is the precedent, this is the f way the IRS will treat this particular omy and clearly delegated responsi- fact situation so anyone else with the THE SITUATION IN EAST TIMOR bility for peace and security before, during and after the ballot process to same fact situation can rely on the Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, like the Government of Indonesia. And the precedent and can give IRS that ruling many of my colleagues, I was pleased Government of Indonesia freely agreed document and know they will be treat- yesterday when President B.J. Habibie to take on that responsibility. ed the same. That is not the case. The of Indonesia agreed to work with the Yet, in the face of widespread vio- MMS refuses to be bound by the prece- United Nations to allow international lence, the Indonesian army and police dents they set themselves, even if the peacekeepers to restore peace and sta- forces have stood aside and, worse, as- facts happen to be the same. That is bility to East Timor. The reprehensible sisted the anti-independence militias. not sound policy. That is not fair treat- wave of violence that engulfed East I, like many of my colleagues, was ment for the taxpayers and the people Timor in the week following the an- startled by the Government of Indo- doing business and creating jobs in our nouncement of the August 30 ref- nesia’s unwillingness or inability to country. erendum was inexcusable, and demands control its own military forces and po- The Senate has clearly spoken. The the harshest condemnation by the lice in East Timor. question is, Will the Senator from Cali- international community. fornia let the majority rule? Will the But, more importantly, the inter- Now that the Government of Indo- Senator from California say 55 Mem- national community must now work to nesia has agreed to work with the bers on both sides of the aisle have bring an immediate end to the violence United Nations to restore peace to East voted for Congress to set tax policy and in East Timor, protect refugees, safe- Timor, there is much work to be done. to require the oil companies to pay a guard humanitarian aid for displaced First, I am heartened by the willing- fair price for drilling on public lands? persons, and work with Indonesian ness of the Australian government to That is the question. troops already in East Timor to see to lead peacekeeping efforts to restore The Senate has voted 55, with 5 Mem- it that they fulfill their mission of pro- peace in security to East Timor, by the bers missing—according to the votes tecting the East Timorese. willingness of the states of ASEAN to that have been taken it will be 60 votes On August 30, close to 98 percent of participate in this peacekeeping mis- if everyone is here and voting. So we the eligible voters of East Timor went sion, and by the efforts of the United have the vast majority to invoke clo- to the polls for the United Nations Nations Security Council to engage the ture, and the question is, Will the Sen- sponsored vote on East Timor’s auton- Government of Indonesia to address ator from California do the honorable omy. This vote was in keeping with the these issues. The United States, along thing? She said earlier in this debate May 5 agreements between Indonesia, with our partners in the United Na- she wanted fair treatment of this Portugal, and the United Nations re- tions and the international commu- amendment. Fair treatment means an garding the future of East Timor. nity, must be responsive to these ef- up-or-down vote on the amendment. So On September 4, the Secretary Gen- forts and provide appropriate assist- the question is, in the face of the over- eral of the United Nations announced ance. whelming majority of the Senate who the outcome of the August 30 vote, and Second, I believe that it is essential want to do the right thing, who want the results show that the people of that the international community con- fair taxation of our oil and gas indus- East Timor have spoken with a clear demns the acts of violence that have try, will she let the majority rule? She voice: 78.5 percent rejected autonomy occurred in East Timor in the past said, in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD on in favor of complete independence from week—as it has in Bosnia, Kosovo, September 9: Indonesia. Rwanda, and elsewhere—and urge a

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.001 S13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 21251 complete investigation into any crimi- effectiveness of the United States’ ex- REPORT ON THE UNITED STATES nal acts with those responsible being port control program. PARTICIPATION IN THE UNITED brought to justice. Last June Senator THOMPSON, Chair- NATIONS—MESSAGE FROM THE Third, now that the Government of man of the Governmental Affairs Com- PRESIDENT—PM 56 Indonesia has agreed to allow inter- mittee, held very important hearings The PRESIDING OFFICER laid be- national peacekeepers into East Timor, on the findings and recommendations fore the Senate the following message I am hopeful that it will continue to of reports issued by the Inspectors Gen- from the President of the United work with the United Nations to imple- eral from six U.S. agencies involved in States, together with an accompanying ment the August 30th vote and safe- the export control process: namely, the report; which was referred to the Com- guard East Timor’s transition to inde- Departments of Commerce, Defense, mittee on Foreign Relations. pendence. The United States and the Energy, State, Treasury (U.S. Cus- international community must remain toms), and the Central Intelligence To the Congress of the United States: engaged and involved with this transi- Agency. One of the critical rec- I am pleased to transmit herewith a tion, and strongly encourage the Gov- ommendations made by several of the report of the activities of the United ernment of Indonesia to make those Inspectors General was that licensing Nations and of the participation of the changes that the people of East Timor officials should perform ‘‘cumulative United States therein during the cal- in the August 30 referendum over- effect analysis’’ of proposed export endar year 1998. The report is required whelmingly supported. transactions. The primary tool for this by the United Nations Participation Lastly, I believe that President Clin- analysis will be information gathered Act (Public Law 79–264; 22 U.S.C. 287b). ton’s decision to review U.S. inter- in the AES. WILLIAM J. CLINTON. national financial and military assist- Furthermore, the recent report from THE WHITE HOUSE, September 13, 1999. ance to Indonesia in the context of the the Commission to Assess the Organi- f violence in East Timor was wholly ap- zation of the Federal Government to propriate, and that Jakarta must un- Combat the Proliferation of Weapons MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE derstand that as much as we value our of Mass Destruction, chaired by former At 12:54 p.m., a message from the relations with the people of Indonesia, CIA Director John Deutch, entitled future U.S. assistance will depend on House of Representatives, delivered by ‘‘Combating Proliferation of Weapons their continued cooperation with the Mr. Berry, one of its reading clerks, an- of Mass Destruction,’’ also highlighted international community in resolving nounced that the House has agreed to the AES program as a central tool for this deplorable situation. the following concurrent resolution, in Mr. President, the people of East improving the overall performance of which it requests the concurrence of Timor have made their feelings clear. our export control program. The the Senate: They want a peaceful transition to Deutch Report observed that the AES H. Con. Res. 180. Concurrent resolution ex- independence. The Government of In- could be used as a tool to identify pressing the sense of Congress that the donesia has made a commitment that trends in shipments of otherwise non- President should not have granted clemency they would grant the people of East strategic items that might be used by to terrorists. Timor independence and oversee a rogue nations pursuing the develop- The message also announced that the peaceful transition. As the Government ment of weapons of mass destruction. House has passed the following bill, in of Indonesia has belatedly recognized, Based upon the Deutch Commission’s which it requests the concurrence of it must live up to its commitments. recommendation, Senator SPECTER in- the Senate: The international community can play troduced a bill, S. 1372, entitled ‘‘Pro- H.R. 2684. An act making appropriations a crucial role in providing support and liferation Prevention Enhancement for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and helping guarantee the security of the Act of 1999.’’ This bill mandates that Housing and Urban Development, and for people of East Timor in this transition U.S. companies electronically files sundry independent agencies, boards, com- to independence. We must not let them Shipper’s Export Declarations (SEDs) missions, corporations, and offices for the through AES for exports of items that fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for down. other purposes. f are on the U.S. Munitions List of the Commerce Control List. I commend my The message further announced that EFFECTIVE EXPORT CONTROLS colleague for his efforts to improve the the House agrees to the report of the Mr. AKAKA. Mr. President, as Rank- overall effectiveness of our export con- committee of conference on the dis- ing Member of the Governmental Af- trol program which is so essential to agreeing votes of the two Houses on fairs Subcommittee on International preserving our nation’s security. I am a the amendment of the Senate to the Security, Proliferation and Federal cosponsor of this legislation and urge bill (H.R. 2587) making appropriations Services, I wish to call attention to an its support. Our continued oversight of for the government of the District of important briefing given to Senate exports of dual-use and munitions list Columbia and other activities charge- staff just prior to the August recess by items will help ensure that exports do able in whole or in part against reve- Administration officials from the U.S. not go awry to rogue nations or indi- nues of said District for the fiscal year Customs Service and the U.S. Census viduals. ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes. Bureau on the new Automated Export f System (AES). f The AES is a joint venture between MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT the U.S. Customs Service and the For- Messages from the President of the EXECUTIVE AND OTHER eign Trade Division of the U.S. Census COMMUNICATIONS Bureau. AES provides for the elec- United States were communicated to The following communications were tronic filing of the Shipper’s Export the Senate by Mr. Williams, one of his laid before the Senate, together with Declaration (SED) and electronic filing secretaries. of the outbound manifest. AES is an in- EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED accompanying papers, reports, and doc- formation gateway designed to ensure As in executive session the Presiding uments, which were referred as indi- compliance with and enforcement of Officer laid before the Senate messages cated: laws relating to exporting. It will im- from the President of the United EC–5111. A communication from the Assist- prove the collection of trade statistics States submitting a treaty and sundry ant General Counsel for Regulatory Law, De- nominations which were referred to the partment of Energy, transmitting, pursuant and improve customer service. Its goal to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Radio- is a paperless reporting of export infor- appropriate committees. active Contamination Control Guide’’ (DOE mation by the year 2002. (The nominations received today are G 441.1–9), received September 7, 1999; to the I believe the AES will become the printed at the end of the Senate pro- Committee on Energy and Natural Re- centerpiece of efforts to improve the ceedings.) sources.

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.001 S13SE9 21252 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE September 13, 1999 EC–5112. A communication from the Acting Parties; Licensing Policy Clarification’’ ice, Marketing and Regulatory Programs, Assistant Administrator, Office of Preven- (RIN0694–AB67), received September 7, 1999; Department of Agriculture, transmitting, tion, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, Envi- to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ronmental Protection Agency, transmitting, Urban Affairs. ‘‘Oranges and Grapefruit Grown in Lower Rio pursuant to law, a report relative to condi- EC–5123. A communication from the Chair- Grande Valley in Texas; Changes to Pack Re- tional pesticide registrations for 1997 and man and Chief Executive Officer, Farm Cred- quirements’’ (FV99–906–3 IFR), received Sep- 1998; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nu- it Administration, transmitting, pursuant to tember 9, 1999; to the Committee on Agri- trition, and Forestry. law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Transfers culture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC–5113. A communication from the Sec- of Capital from Banks to Associations’’ retary, Securities and Exchange Commis- (RIN3052–AB80), received September 9, 1999; f sion, transmitting, pursuant to law, the to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, Board’s report under the Government in the and Forestry. PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS Sunshine Act for calendar years 1996, 1997, EC–5124. A communication from the Under and 1998; to the Committee on Governmental Secretary, Food, Nutrition and Consumer The following petitions and memo- Affairs. Services, Department of Agriculture, trans- rials were laid before the Senate and EC–5114. A communication from the Ad- mitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule were referred or ordered to lie on the ministrator, General Services Administra- entitled ‘‘Food Stamp Program: Food Stamp table as indicated: tion, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report Provisions of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997’’ (RIN0584–AC63), received September 7, POM–348. A resolution adopted by the relative to personal property furnished to Board of Supervisors of Latimer County, non-Federal recipients; to the Committee on 1999; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nu- trition, and Forestry. Oklahoma relative to the English language; Governmental Affairs. to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC–5115. A communication from the Direc- EC–5125. A communication from the Ad- ministrator, Farm Service Agency, Farm tor of the Office of Management and Budget, f Executive Office of the President, transmit- and Foreign Agricultural Services, Depart- ting, pursuant to law, a report on direct ment of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant spending or receipts legislation dated August to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Final REPORTS OF COMMITTEES 17, 1999; to the Committee on the Budget. Rule: 1998-Crop Peanuts, National Poundage The following reports of committees Quota, National Average Price Support EC–5116. A communication from the Direc- were submitted: tor, Regulations Policy and Management Level for Quota and Additional Peanuts, and By Mr. LUGAR, from the Committee on Staff, Food and Drug Administration, De- Minimum Commodity Credit Corporation Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, with partment of Health and Human Services, Export Edible Sales Price for Additional an amendment in the nature of a substitute transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of Peanuts’’ (RIN0560–AF81), received Sep- and an amendment to the title. a rule entitled ‘‘Indirect Food Additives: Ad- tember 7, 1999; to the Committee on Agri- S. 566. A bill to amend the Agricultural juvants, Production Aids, and Sanitizers’’, culture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC–5126. A communication from the Con- Trade Act of 1978 to exempt agricultural received September 9, 1999; to the Committee gressional Review Coordinator, Regulatory commodities, livestock, and value-added on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Analysis and Development, Policy and Pro- products from unilateral economic sanc- EC–5117. A communication from the Direc- gram Development, Animal and Plant Health tions, to prepare for future bilateral and tor, Regulations Policy and Management Inspection Service, Department of Agri- multilateral trade negotiations affecting Staff, Food and Drug Administration, De- culture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the United States agriculture, and for other pur- partment of Health and Human Services, report of a rule entitled ‘‘High-Temperature poses (Rept. No. 106–157). transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of Forced-Air Treatments for Citrus’’ (Docket a rule entitled ‘‘Listing of Color Additives No. 96–069–4), received September 7, 1999; to f for Coloring Bone Cement; FD&C Blue No. 2- the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, Aluminum Lake on Alumina’’, received Sep- and Forestry. tember 9, 1999; to the Committee on Health, INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND EC–5127. A communication from the Con- JOINT RESOLUTIONS Education, Labor, and Pensions. gressional Review Coordinator, Regulatory EC–5118. A communication from the Direc- Analysis and Development, Policy and Pro- The following bills and joint resolu- tor, Regulations Policy and Management gram Development, Animal and Plant Health tions were introduced, read the first Staff, Food and Drug Administration, De- Inspection Service, Department of Agri- partment of Health and Human Services, and second time by unanimous con- culture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the sent, and referred as indicated: transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of report of a rule entitled ‘‘Mediterranean a rule entitled ‘‘Indirect Food Additives: Ad- Fruit Fly; Removal of Quarantined Area’’ By Mr. MCCAIN: juvants, Production Aids, and Sanitizers’’, (Docket No. 98–083–6), received September 2, S. 1577. A bill to assure timely, rational, received September 9, 1999; to the Committee 1999; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nu- and complete Federal Communications Com- on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. trition, and Forestry. mission resolution of all pending proceedings EC–5119. A communication from the Gen- EC–5128. A communication from the Ad- reexamining the current radio and television eral Counsel, Federal Emergency Manage- ministrator, Agricultural Marketing Serv- broadcast stations ownership rules; to the ment Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, ice, Marketing and Regulatory Programs, Committee on Commerce, Science, and the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Extension of Department of Agriculture, transmitting, Transportation. Application Period for Temporary Housing pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled By Mr. SANTORUM: Assistance; 64 CFR 46852; 08/27/99’’ (RIN3067– ‘‘Milk in the Southwest Plains Marketing S. 1578. A bill to suspend temporarily the AC82), received September 7, 1999; to the Area—Suspension’’ (DA–99–06), received Sep- duty on ferroniobium; to the Committee on Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban tember 2, 1999; to the Committee on Agri- Finance. Affairs. culture, Nutrition, and Forestry. By Ms. SNOWE: EC–5120. A communication from the Sec- EC–5129. A communication from the Ad- S. 1579. A bill to amend title 38, United retary of Transportation, transmitting, pur- ministrator, Agricultural Marketing Serv- States Code, to revise and improve the au- suant to law, a report relative to the ade- ice, Marketing and Regulatory Programs, thorities of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs quacy of the nation’s marine transportation Department of Agriculture, transmitting, relating to the provision of counseling and system; to the Committee on Commerce, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled treatment for sexual trauma experienced by Science, and Transportation. ‘‘Irish Potatoes Grown in Colorado; In- veterans; to the Committee on Veterans’ Af- EC–5121. A communication from the Chair- creased Assessment Rate’’ (FV99–948–1 FR), fairs. man, Federal Election Commission, trans- received September 2, 1999; to the Committee By Mr. ROBERTS (for himself, Mr. mitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. KERREY, Mr. CRAIG, Mr. BURNS, Mr. entitled ‘‘Public Financing of Presidential EC–5130. A communication from the Ad- BAUCUS, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. Primary and General Election Campaigns’’, ministrator, Agricultural Marketing Serv- SANTORUM, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. JOHNSON, received September 7, 1999; to the Committee ice, Marketing and Regulatory Programs, Mr. THOMAS, Mr. BROWNBACK, Mr. on Rules and Administration. Department of Agriculture, transmitting, HAGEL, Mr. DASCHLE, Mr. HARKIN, EC–5122. A communication from the Assist- pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled Mr. ENZI, Mr. INHOFE, and Mr. ant Secretary for Export Administration, ‘‘Vidalia Onions Grown in Georgia; Fiscal CONRAD): Bureau of Export Administration, Depart- Period Change’’ (FV99–955–1 IFR), received S. 1580. A bill to amend the Federal Crop ment of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant September 9, 1999; to the Committee on Agri- Insurance Act to assist agricultural pro- to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Chem- culture, Nutrition, and Forestry. ducers in managing risk, and for other pur- ical Weapons Convention, Revisions to the EC–5131. A communication from the Ad- poses; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nu- Export Administration Regulations; States ministrator, Agricultural Marketing Serv- trition, and Forestry.

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.001 S13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 21253 SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND The proliferation of alternative remembrances of things past, whether SENATE RESOLUTIONS sources of electronic news, information they be the long-gone days of network The following concurrent resolutions and entertainment hasn’t just made TV hegemony or old stories in the local and Senate resolutions were read, and the old ownership rules useless—it’s ac- newspaper, are no way to deal with the referred (or acted upon), as indicated: tually made them harmful. Faced with problems of the present. By Mr. LEVIN (for himself and Mr. daunting competition from these new Uncle Miltie TV ownership rules COCHRAN): media, broadcasters, and especially don’t work in a Chris rock media mar- S. Res. 182. A resolution designating Octo- newspaper owners, must have the op- ket. Let’s face that fact, shed our out- ber, 1999, as ‘‘National Stamp Collecting portunity to realize the increased oper- dated notions, and finish the job the Month’’; to the Committee on the Judiciary. ating economy and efficiency that lib- FCC didn’t f eralized ownership rules make possible. Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED If we do not allow this to happen, we sent that the text of the bill be printed BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS place the future of these older media in in the RECORD. even greater doubt in today’s There being no objection, the bill was By Mr. MCCAIN: hypercompetitive market. ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as S. 1577. A bill to assure timely, ra- Congress recognized all this when it follows: tional, and complete Federal Commu- directed the FCC to review all its S. 1577 nications Commission resolution of all broadcast ownership rules every two Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- pending proceedings reexamining the years. Although the Commission re- resentatives of the United States of America in current radio and television broadcast cently overhauled some of these rules, Congress assembled, stations ownership rules; to the Com- it left two others intact—the national SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. mittee on Commerce, Science, and network ownership limit and the ban This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Broadcast Transportation. on owning a daily newspaper and a Ownership Reform Act of 1999’’. BROADCAST OWNERSHIP REFORM ACT OF 1999 broadcast station in the same market. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, I rise That’s not consistent with what Con- The Congress makes the following findings: today to introduce legislation that will (1) The contemporary electronic mass gress told the Commission to do, and it media market provides consumers with make federal radio and television own- isn’t fair. We told the Commission to ership rules Y2K compatible. abundant alternative sources of news, infor- reexamine all the rules precisely be- mation and entertainment, including radio When Congress passed the Tele- cause all the rules, not just some of the and television broadcast stations, cable telecommunications Act of 1996 almost rules, have been rendered counter- vision systems, and the Internet. four years ago, we recognized that the productive by the changes that have (2) Due to the advent of digital technology, forty-year-old rules restricting broad- taken place in the electronic mass these alternative sources of electronic news, cast station ownership were badly out- information and entertainment are con- media marketplace. In fact, the rule dated and in need of change. They re- verging as well as proliferating. that’s arguably the most hopelessly flected a mass media industry made up (3) The simultaneous proliferation and con- anachronistic is the newspaper/broad- of radio stations, TV stations, and vergence of electronic mass media renders cast cross-ownership ban—yet the FCC technology-specific regulation obsolete. newspapers—and that’s all. None of the (4) The public interest demands that the dominant new multichannel media like shows no sign of budging on it. Mr. President, this bill corrects this Federal Communications Commission reex- cable TV, satellite TV, or the Internet situation. With respect to the national amine its technology-specific regulation of figured in, because they didn’t exist. TV ownership limits, it follows the ap- electronic mass media to assure that it re- But they exist now, and they have tains its relevance in the face of the pro- transformed the way Americans get proach Congress used in the 1996 Tele- liferation and convergence of electronic their news, information, and entertain- communications Act by raising the na- mass media. ment. As more and more people turn to tional audience reach limitation from (5) Section 202(h) of the Telecommuni- cable channels and the Internet as 35 to 50 percent, and allows the FCC to cations Act of 1996 recognized that there is a raise it further if the public interest particular public interest need for the Fed- their preferred means of electronic eral Communications Commission to periodi- communications, the audience and rev- warrants it. It eliminates the newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership ban, cally and comprehensively reexamine its enues of the big TV networks have radio and television broadcast ownership plummeted, and the number and cir- but would allow the FCC to reimpose it rules, which predate the proliferation and culation of daily newspapers have spi- if the Commission can do so by Janu- convergence of alternative competing elec- raled downward. ary 1, based on the extensive record tronic sources of news, information and en- The days when Huntley, Brinkley that has been pending before them for tertainment. and Cronkite on the air, and the Times, over three years. (6) Although the Commission has reexam- the Post, and the Tribune at the break- Mr. President, there are lots of policy ined and revised its broadcast duopoly and one-to-a-market ownership rules, it has not fast table dominated our perspectives cobwebs that have kept these rules in place despite the permanent and un- completed long-pending reexaminations of on the issues are forever gone. In their its national television station ownership replace are CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, and the mistakable changes the electronic strictions or the newspaper-broadcast cross- innumerable web sites available on the media market has undergone. Some of ownership prohibition. Internet. them spring from the notion that (7) The Commission’s failure to simulta- Even more important, Americans broadcasting, as a free rider on the neously resolve all its pending broadcast today are no longer just passive recipi- public’s multibillion-dollar spectrum, cross-ownership rules fails to recognize, as ents of the news and views doled out by can and should be subject to regulation Congress did in enacting section 202(h), that a handful of powerful TV networks and over and above that of other media. the proliferation and convergence of alter- daily newspapers. Today, thanks to the Others are stubbornly ingrained no- native electronic media implicates the bases of the national television ownership rules Internet, anyone on line can pose questions of how powerful the TV networks and the newspaper broadcast cross-ownership tions and exchange perspectives with and newspapers are. Still others—the rules no less than the bases of the local radio anyone else on line. least worthy—are scars left over from and television station ownership rules. In other words, the days when net- what particular newspapers have had (8) The Commission’s failure to simulta- work news and big-city newspaper edi- to say on their editorial pages. neously resolve all its broadcast cross-own- tors were the dominant opinionmakers Nobody is less sympathetic than I am ership rules will affect all potential buyers are long over. But the restrictive own- to the fact that broadcasters, unlike and sellers of radio and television stations in ership rules that were a product of that other users of the public’s spectrum, the interim, because the current restrictions will prevent networks and newspaper pub- time aren’t over. Like so many federal pay nothing for the privilege. But sub- lishers from engaging in station transactions regulations, they live on, despite the jecting them to anachronistic, even to the extent they otherwise might. fact that they’re as out-of-date as Alice counterproductive, rules isn’t a sub- (9) The Commission’s failure to simulta- Kramden’s ice box. stitute for lost spectrum revenues. And neously resolve its pending proceedings on

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.001 S13SE9 21254 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE September 13, 1999 the national television ownership and news- their families, have served this country Eighty eight percent of females said paper/broadcast crossownership restrictions with courage, honor and distinction. the harassment occurred on a base; 74 is arbitrary and capricious, because it treats Today, as they have throughout this percent said the harassment occurred similarly-situated entities—those bound by proud nation’s history, they stand at work; 77 percent said it occurred ownership rules that predate the advent of increased competition from alternative elec- ready to answer the call to duty, and during duty hours; 44 percent said that tronic media—differently, without any con- they deserve, at the very least, to serve military coworkers of equal rank were sideration of, or reasoned analysis for, this free from the threat of sexual abuse the perpetrators; and 43 percent said disparate treatment. and harassment. And yet, an estimated the perpetrator was of a higher rank. (10) The increase in the national television 35 percent of all female veterans report These findings are very disturbing. audience reach limitation to 35 percent man- at least one incident of sexual harass- The data illustrates just how wide- dated by section 202(c)(1)(B) of the Tele- ment during their military service. spread this problem is, and indicates communications Act of 1996 was not estab- That it why I am introducing this leg- the need for a program to treat victims lished as the maximum percentage compatible with the public interest. On the con- islation today. upon separation from active duty serv- trary, section 202(h) of that Act expressly di- The Veterans Sexual Trauma Treat- ice. I credit the DOD with working to rects the Commission to review biennially ment Act, which is similar to legisla- reduce the prevalence of sexual harass- whether any of its broadcast ownership tion introduced in the House of Rep- ment in the military. However, as long rules, including those adopted pursuant to resentatives by Representative GUTIER- as there is harassment and abuse in the section 202 of the Act, are necessary in the REZ, will enable former military per- military, it is vital that victims have public interest as a result of competition. sonnel who were subjected to sexual access to counseling while on active (11) The 35-percent national television au- harassment or abuse while in the mili- duty and after separation from the dience reach limitation is unduly restrictive in light of competition. tary to receive proper medical and psy- service as well. (12) The newspaper/broadcast cross-owner- chological care. The legislation does so We expect active duty servicemen ship restriction in unduly restrictive in light by extending and improving the VA’s and women to make extraordinary sac- of competition. abuse counseling initiatives. rifices to safeguard the democracy we (13) The Commission’s failure to resolve its The bill makes permanent a program cherish. We should not expect them to pending proceedings on the national tele- to require the VA to provide counseling accept abuse and harassment while vision ownership and newspaper/broadcast to veterans to overcome psychological they serve. cross-ownership restrictions simultaneously trauma resulting from a physical as- The legislation I am introducing with its resolution of the proceedings on the today is aimed specifically at ensuring duopoly and one-to-a-market rules does not sault or battery of a sexual nature, or serve the public interest. from sexual harassment, which oc- that veterans have access to abuse SEC. 3. INCREASE IN NATIONAL TELEVISION AU- curred during active military service. counseling after they leave the mili- DIENCE REACH LIMITATION. Under current law the program author- tary. It has the backing of the VFW, (a) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Communica- izing such counseling expires in 2001. Vietnam Veterans of America, the tions Commission shall modify its rules for The bill authorizes the program to American Legion, and AMVETS. multiple ownership set forth in section include appropriate treatment, and re- I urge my colleagues to join me in a 73.3555(e) of its regulations (47 C.F.R. quires a VA mental health professional strong show of support for this legisla- 73.3555(e) by increasing the national audience to determine when such counseling and tion. reach limitation for television stations to 50 treatment is necessary. Currently, the percent. By Mr. ROBERTS (for himself, (b) FURTHER INCREASE.—The Commission VA Secretary makes this determina- Mr. KERREY, Mr. CRAIG, Mr. may modify those rules to increase the limi- tion. tation to a greater percentage than the 50 The bill also calls for the dissemina- BURNS, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. GRASS- percent required by subsection (a) if it deter- tion of information concerning the LEY, Mr. SANTORUM, Mr. CRAPO, mines that the increase is in the public in- availability of counseling services to Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. THOMAS, Mr. terest. veterans, through public service and BROWNBACK, Mr. HAGEL, Mr. SEC. 4. TERMINATION OF NEWSPAPER/BROAD- other announcements. It also calls for DASCHLE, Mr. HARKIN, Mr. ENZI, CAST CROSS-OWNERSHIP RULE. a report on joint DOD/VA efforts to en- Mr. INHOFE, and Mr. CONRAD): (a) IN GENERAL.—The newspaper/broadcast sure that military personnel are in- S. 1580. A bill to amend the Federal cross-ownership rule under section 73.3555(d) formed upon their separation from Crop Insurance Act to assist agricul- of the Federal Communication Commission’s tural producers in managing risk, and regulations (47 C.F.R. 73.3555(d)) shall cease service about available sexual trauma to be in effect after December 31, 1999, unless counseling and treatment programs. for other purposes; to the Committee it is reinstated by the Commission under Most importantly, the bill eases re- on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For- subsection (b) before January 1, 2000. strictions under the existing program. estry. I find it very troubling, for example, RISK MANAGEMENT FOR THE 21ST CENTURY ACT By Ms. SNOWE: that women with fewer than two years Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. President, I rise S. 1579. A bill to amend title 38, of service are not eligible for coun- today to introduce on behalf of myself, United States Code, to revise and im- seling, even if they separated from the Senator KERREY of Nebraska, and a bi- prove the authorities of the Secretary military due specifically to incidents partisan group of 17 of our colleagues— of Veterans Affairs relating to the proof harassment or abuse. including a majority of the members of vision of counseling and treatment for According to the DOD, over 5 percent the Senate Agriculture Committee, the sexual trauma experienced by veterans; of female active duty personnel have ‘‘Risk Management for the 21st Cen- to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. been sexually assaulted while in the tury Act.’’ VETERANS SEXUAL TRAUMA TREATMENT ACT service. And a recent survey conducted This legislation represents a signifi- Ms. SNOWE. Mr. President, I rise for the Pentagon found that between cant step in improving the risk man- today to introduce the Veterans Sexual 1988 and 1995, the percentage of active agement tools available to producers Trauma Treatment Act, legislation au- duty women who reported that they throughout the United States. thorizing a program within the U.S. had received uninvited or unwanted In early March, Senator KERREY and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) sexual attention stood at 55 percent, I joined to introduce S. 529, the ‘‘Crop which will offer counseling and medical while the percentage for men stands at Insurance for the 21st Century Act.’’ At treatment to veterans who suffered 14 percent. the time, we stated that we did not from sexual abuse while serving in the The survey also reported that 78 per- necessarily believe it was ‘‘the bill,’’ armed forces. cent of female respondents said they but that we hoped it would serve as the I have nothing but the utmost re- had experienced one or more specific starting point for a discussion that spect for those who have served or are types of unwanted behaviors from a would lead to the introduction of a currently serving their country in uni- range of specified inappropriate behav- comprehensive piece of legislation to form. Countless men and women, and iors. improve the risk management tools

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.001 S13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 21255 available to producers throughout the tween private sector companies and the Additionally, 50 percent of these R&D U.S. and which could be supported by a FCIC Board of Directors. funds must be contracted out to orga- majority of our colleagues. Allow companies to charge minimal nizations and entities outside RMA. I believe this is that bill. Going back fees to other companies selling their Reaffirms the authority of the Spe- to last fall and through this spring and products, in order to allow the recov- cialty Crops Coordinator in RMA. The summer, we have been involved in lit- ery of research and development costs. bill also allows the Specialty Crops Co- erally hundreds of hours of discussions Mr. President, our legislation also fo- ordinator to make competitive grants with producers, commodity and farm cuses on several areas that I want to for research and development of new organizations, insuranceproviders, in- place special emphasis on because they products in the specialty crops area. surance agents, and Members of the are areas that I know are of interest to Contains provisions regarding sales House and Senate regarding what needs many of my colleagues and which some closing dates and the issuance of new to be done to improve the risk manage- often think those of us in the Midwest polices. ment tools available to our farmers and Plains States tend to ignore. Orders the Specialty Crops coordi- and ranchers. The first deals with program compli- nator and the FCIC to study the feasi- The bill we introduce today is the ance. We have heard complaints from bility of offering cost-of production, product of these many discussions. some of our colleagues and specific Adjusted Gross Income (AGI), quality- This bill includes many of the provi- commodity groups that fraud exists in based policies, and an intermediate sions included in the original Roberts/ several areas of the country. Let me coverage level (higher than current Kerrey legislation, but it also includes make clear, Senator KERREY and I op- CAT coverage) for specialty crops. many new provisions recommended pose any attempts to defraud the crop Requires the Board to annually re- during our discussions with Members insurance program. view and certify that speciality crops and agricultural organizations. These To prevent this fraud, the legislation are adequately covered. If insufficient include: calls for penalties of up to $10,000 for coverage is available for a commodity, An inverted subsidy structure. producers, agents, loss adjusters, and the Board can require RMA to under- An equal level of subsidy for revenue approved insurance providers that at- take R&D activities. insurance products. tempt to defraud the program. It also Provides mechanisms whereby the APH adjustments for producers suf- allows for USDA to remove producers Secretary must take steps to improve fering multiple years of crop losses. participation in the program when APH adjustments for new and begin- from eligibility for all USDA programs total participation for a crop in an in- ning farmers, those farming new land, if they have defrauded the program. dividual state falls below 75 percent of and those rotating crops. Furthermore, agents, loss adjusters, the national participation average. Instructions to undertake alternative and approved companies that do busi- Mr. President, these changes for spe- rating methodologies for low risk pro- ness in the program could be banned cialty crops are significant and we be- ducers and regions and crops with low from participation for up to five years lieve they give important attention to participation percentages and to then if they have committed fraud. a group of producers that has often felt implement this new rating system. Mr. President, these provisions are neglected in U.S. agricultural policy. I This at the request of many of our strong and they are clear—those who hope that our colleagues will agree and southern colleagues. attempt to defraud the program and Changes in prevented planting and taxpayers will be punished. that they will join us in supporting incentives to encourage producers to Mr. President, another concern that this legislation. take additional risk management Senator KERREY and I have heard re- Mr. President, let me also state that measures. Similar to car insurance, if peatedly is the lack of emphasis and I realize some will argue that specific you take drivers education classes you prioritization for specialty crops and provisions should have been included in get an additional discount on your pre- development of new crop insurance and this legislation that currently are not. mium. Under our legislation, producers risk management tools for these crops. I understand these concerns, but as we who take additional risk management We have included many provisions in developed this bill, we had to deter- steps will also receive a bonus discount our legislation to address these con- mine the priorities of each agricultural on their premiums. cerns. region and commodity groups. There is Authority for several pilot programs, These specialty crop provisions in- something from this bill that all of us placing special emphasis on polices to clude: would like to see included, including explore coverage for livestock and to Changes in the Noninsured Assist- Senator KERREY and myself, but as a expand the quality and levels of cov- ance Program that we believe will whole it is I believe the best package erage available to specialty crops. make it easier to obtain assistance and available. Mr. President, in addition to the funding through changes in which com- I also realize that some in this body many changes mentioned above, our modities can be covered and by allow- claim that crop insurance is not nec- legislation also provides for major ing payments in some instances irre- essary and that we do not need to act changes in the Risk Management Agen- gardless of an area trigger occurring. on this legislation this year. I could cy (RMA) and the regulatory process Several pilot projects geared specifi- not disagree more. governing the crop insurance program. cally towards looking at the feasibility Mr. President, every year our producers put the seed in the ground and We change the members of the Fed- of Gross Revenue and Whole Farm Rev- believe that with a little faith and luck eral Crop Insurance Corporation’s enue polices that include coverage for they will produce a crop. But, some- Board of Directors to include: specialty crops. Four Farmers from geographic re- Requiring the newly created Office of times the creeks do rise and the mul- gions to be determined by the Sec- Private Sector Partnership to include tiple perils of drought, flood, fire, hail, retary. staff with specialty crop expertise. blizzard, pests, and disease get the bet- One member active in the crop insur- Allow RMA to spend up to $20 million ter or our producers. They must have ance industry. per year to create partnerships with the tools to manage these risks. One member with reinsurance exper- Land Grant Universities, the Agricul- The agricultural and lending commu- tise. tural Research Service, National Oce- nities have spoken loudly, and they all The Undersecretary for Farm and anic and Atmospheric Administration, have continually expressed the need to Foreign Agricultural Services, the Un- and other qualified entities to develop improve the risk management tools dersecretary for Rural Development, and implement new specialty crop risk available to producers throughout the and the USDA Chief Economist. management options. U.S. It is time for us to move towards Make the FCIC the overseer of RMA. Requires 50 percent of RMA’s reaction on this issue. The House Agri- Create an Office of Private Sector search and development funds to go to culture Committee approved legisla- Partnership to serve as a liaison be- specialty crop products development. tion prior to the August recess. It is

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.001 S13SE9 21256 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE September 13, 1999 time for the Senate Agriculture Com- S. 690 1153, a bill to establish the Office of mittee to do the same. A majority of At the request of Mr. SARBANES, the Rural Advocacy in the Federal Commu- the Committee has said as much by names of the Senator from Maryland nications Commission, and for other supporting our legislation. (Ms. MIKULSKI) and the Senator from purposes. Mr. President, we know there are California (Mrs. FEINSTEIN) were added S. 1268 many disagreements within members as cosponsors of S. 690, a bill to provide At the request of Mr. HARKIN, the of the Senate in regards to specific ag- for mass transportation in national name of the Senator from Nebraska ricultural policy. In fact, Senator parks and related public lands. (Mr. HAGEL) was added as a cosponsor KERREY and I have disagreements of S. 693 of S. 1268, a bill to amend the Public our own on the underlying Farm Bill. At the request of Mr. HELMS, the Health Service Act to provide support However, we all agree that our pro- name of the Senator from Oklahoma for the modernization and construction ducers today cannot be successful with- (Mr. INHOFE) was added as a cosponsor of biomedical and behavioral research out access to new, improved, and ade- of S. 693, a bill to assist in the enhance- facilities and laboratory instrumenta- quate risk management tools. This leg- ment of the security of Taiwan, and for tion. islation accomplishes these needs, and other purposes. S. 1322 I urge my colleagues to join us in S. 765 At the request of Mr. DASCHLE, the working towards an improved crop in- At the request of Ms. COLLINS, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin surance program and risk management name of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. FEINGOLD) was added as a cospon- tools. (Mr. DODD) was added as a cosponsor of sor of S. 1322, a bill to prohibit health f S. 765, a bill to ensure the efficient al- insurance and employment discrimina- location of telephone numbers. ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS tion against individuals and their fam- S. 805 ily members on the basis of predictive S. 37 At the request of Mr. DURBIN, the genetic information or genetic serv- At the request of Mr. GRASSLEY, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island ices. (Mr. CHAFEE) was added as a cosponsor names of the Senator from Missouri S. 1325 (Mr. BOND) and the Senator from New of S. 805, a bill to amend title V of the At the request of Mr. FRIST, the Jersey (Mr. TORRICELLI) were added as Social Security Act to provide for the name of the Senator from Tennessee cosponsors of S. 37, a bill to amend establishment and operation of asthma (Mr. THOMPSON) was added as a cospon- treatment services for children, and for title XVIII of the Social Security Act sor of S. 1325, a bill to amend the other purposes. to repeal the restriction on payment Applachian Regional Development Act for certain hospital discharges to post- S. 882 of 1965 to add Hickman, Lawrence, acute care imposed by section 4407 of At the request of Mr. MURKOWSKI, the Lewis, Perry, and Wayne Counties, the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. name of the Senator from North Da- Tennessee, to the Appalachian region. S. 345 kota (Mr. CONRAD) was added as a co- S. 1332 At the request of Mr. ALLARD, the sponsor of S. 882, a bill to strengthen provisions in the Energy Policy Act of At the request of Mr. BAYH, the name name of the Senator from Connecticut of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. (Mr. DODD) was added as a cosponsor of 1992 and the Federal Nonnuclear En- ergy Research and Development Act of DODD) was added as a cosponsor of S. S. 345, a bill to amend the Animal Wel- 1332, a bill to authorize the President fare Act to remove the limitation that 1974 with respect to potential climate change. to award a gold medal on behalf of Con- permits interstate movement of live gress to Father Theodore M. Hesburg, S. 1023 birds, for the purpose of fighting, to in recognition of his outstanding and States in which animal fighting is law- At the request of Mr. MOYNIHAN, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. enduring contributions to civil rights, ful. higher education, the Catholic Church, NOUYE S. 391 I ) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1023, a bill to amend title XVIII of the the Nation, and the global community. At the request of Mr. KERREY, the S. 1399 name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Social Security Act to stabilize indirect graduate medical education pay- At the request of Mr. DEWINE, the MURKOWSKI) was added as a cosponsor ments. names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. of S. 391, a bill to provide for payments S. 1024 COLLINS), the Senator from Massachu- to children’s hospitals that operate setts (Mr. KERRY), and the Senator graduate medical education programs. At the request of Mr. MOYNIHAN, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. from Vermont (Mr. LEAHY) were added S. 514 INOUYE) was added as a cosponsor of S. as cosponsors of S. 1399, a bill to amend At the request of Mr. COCHRAN, the 1024, a bill to amend title XVIII of the title 38, United States Code, to provide name of the Senator from Minnesota Social Security Act to carve out from that pay adjustments for nurses and (Mr. WELLSTONE) was added as a co- payments to Medicare+Choice organi- certain other health-care professionals sponsor of S. 514, a bill to improve the zations amounts attributable to dis- employed by the Department of Vet- National Writing Project. proportionate share hospital payments erans Affairs shall be made in the man- S. 562 and pay such amounts directly to those ner applicable to Federal employees At the request of Mr. HARKIN, the disproportionate share hospitals in generally and to revise the authority name of the Senator from Nebraska which their enrollees receive care. for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to (Mr. KERREY) was added as a cosponsor S. 1025 make further locality pay adjustments of S. 562, a bill to provide for a com- At the request of Mr. MOYNIHAN, the for those professionals. prehensive, coordinated effort to com- names of the Senator from Nebraska S. 1463 bat methamphetamine abuse, and for (Mr. HAGEL), the Senator from North At the request of Mr. DEWINE, the other purposes. Carolina (Mr. HELMS), and the Senator name of the Senator from California S. 659 from Hawaii (Mr. INOUYE) were added (Mrs. BOXER) was added as a cosponsor At the request of Mr. MOYNIHAN, the as cosponsors of S. 1025, a bill to amend of S. 1463, a bill to establish a program name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide assistance for programs of WYDEN) was added as a cosponsor of S. to ensure the proper payment of ap- credit and other financial services for 659, a bill to amend the Internal Rev- proved nursing and allied health edu- microenterprises in developing coun- enue Code of 1986 to require pension cation programs under the medicare tries, and for other purposes. plans to provide adequate notice to in- program. S. 1466 dividuals whose future benefit accruals S. 1153 At the request of Mr. THOMPSON, the are being significantly reduced, and for At the request of Mr. DURBIN, his name of the Senator from Tennessee other purposes. name was added as a cosponsor of S. (Mr. FRIST) was added as a cosponsor of

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.001 S13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 21257 S. 1466, a bill to amend chapter 8 of research should be increased substan- tion’s artistic legacy, and celebrate the title 5, United States Code, to provide tially. strength of our Nation’s diversity; Whereas starting October 1, 1999, ‘‘National for congressional review of rules estab- SENATE RESOLUTION 108 lishing or increasing taxes. Stamp Collecting Month’’ will transform At the request of Mr. BREAUX, the more than 100,000 schools, libraries, and post S. 1473 names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. offices into learning centers where our Na- At the request of Mr. ROBB, the name SNOWE), the Senator from North Caro- tion’s young people can honor the past and of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. REID) lina (Mr. HELMS), the Senator from celebrate the future through stamps; was added as a cosponsor of S. 1473, a New Jersey (Mr. TORRICELLI), the Sen- Whereas the founders and participants of bill to amend section 2007 of the Social ator from Louisiana (Ms. LANDRIEU), ‘‘National Stamp Collecting Month’’ include millions of adult and youth collectors, thou- Security Act to provide grant funding and the Senator from Maine (Ms. COL- for additional Empowerment Zones, sands of teachers and schools, the American LINS) were added as cosponsors of Sen- Philatelic Society, and the United States Enterprise Communities, and Strategic ate Resolution 108, a resolution desig- Postal Service; Planning Communities, and for other nating the month of March each year Whereas the people, places, and events purposes. as ‘‘National Colorectal Cancer Aware- shaping America today will be United States S. 1500 ness Month.’’ commemorative stamps tomorrow; At the request of Mr. HATCH, the SENATE RESOLUTION 133 Whereas ‘‘National Stamp Collecting names of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Month’’ will help empower our Nation’s chil- At the request of Mr. ABRAHAM, the dren and future generations to study and SMITH), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. names of the Senator from Virginia learn from our Nation’s history; and AKAKA), the Senator from Texas (Mrs. (Mr. ROBB) and the Senator from Min- Whereas as our Nation’s children learn the HUTCHISON), the Senator from Ne- nesota (Mr. WELLSTONE) were added as lessons of the past, the children will be bet- braska (Mr. HAGEL), the Senator from cosponsors of Senate Resolution 133, a ter prepared to guide our Nation in the fu- South Carolina (Mr. HOLLINGS), the resolution supporting religious toler- ture: Now, therefore, be it Senator from South Dakota (Mr. JOHN- ance toward Muslims. Resolved, That the Senate designates Octo- ber, 1999, as ‘‘National Stamp Collecting SON), the Senator from North Dakota SENATE RESOLUTION 163 (Mr. DORGAN), the Senator from Arkan- Month’’. At the request of Mrs. BOXER, the sas (Mrs. LINCOLN), the Senator from name of the Senator from Illinois (Mr. f Nevada (Mr. REID), the Senator from DURBIN) was added as a cosponsor of Alaska (Mr. MURKOWSKI), and the Sen- Senate Resolution 163, resolution to es- ator from North Dakota (Mr. CONRAD) AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED tablish a special committee of the Sen- were added as cosponsors of S. 1500, a ate to study the causes of firearms vio- bill to amend title XVIII of the Social lence in America. Security Act to provide for an additional payment for services provided to SENATE RESOLUTION 179 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR certain high-cost individuals under the At the request of Mr. BIDEN, the AND RELATED AGENCIES APPRO- prospective payment system for skilled names of the Senator from North Da- PRIATIONS ACT, 2000 nursing facility services, and for other kota (Mr. DORGAN), the Senator from purposes. Nevada (Mr. REID), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. JOHNSON), the Sen- S. 1528 BRYAN (AND WYDEN) AMENDMENT ator from North Carolina (Mr. HELMS), At the request of Mr. LOTT, the name NO. 1623 of the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. the Senator from Oregon (Mr. SMITH), the Senator from New York (Mr. SCHU- Mr. BRYAN (for himself, and Mr. FRIST) was added as a cosponsor of S. WYDEN) proposed an amendment to 1528, a bill to amend the Comprehen- MER), the Senator from Washington amendment No. 1588 proposed by Mr. sive Environmental Response, Com- (Mrs. MURRAY), the Senator from Geor- BRYAN to the bill (H.R. 2466) making pensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to gia (Mr. CLELAND), and the Senator appropriations for the Department of clarify liability under that Act for cer- from Michigan (Mr. ABRAHAM) were the Interior and related agencies for tain recycling transactions. added as cosponsors of Senate Resolu- tion 179, a resolution designating Octo- the fiscal year ending September 30, SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 33 ber 15, 1999, as ‘‘National Mammog- 2000, and for other purposes; as follows: At the request of Mr. LOTT, the raphy Day.’’ Beginning on page 1, line 3, strike names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. f ‘‘$1,216,351,000’’ and all that follows through COLLINS) and the Senator from South ‘‘management’’ on page 2, line 4, and insert Carolina (Mr. THURMOND) were added as SENATE RESOLUTION 182—DESIG- ‘‘$1,225,351,000 (which shall include 50 percent cosponsors of Senate Joint Resolution NATING OCTOBER, 1999, AS ‘‘NA- of all moneys received during prior fiscal 33, a joint resolution deploring the ac- TIONAL STAMP COLLECTING years as fees collected under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 in actions of President Clinton regarding MONTH’’ granting clemency to FALN terrorists. cordance with section 4(i) of that Act (16 Mr. LEVIN (for himself and Mr. U.S.C. 460l–6a(i))), to remain available until SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 53 COCHRAN) submitted the following reso- expended, of which $33,697,000 shall be avail- At the request of Mrs. FEINSTEIN, the able for wildlife habitat management, name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. lution; which was referred to the Com- mittee on the Judiciary: $22,132,000 shall be available for inland fish INOUYE) was added as a cosponsor of habitat management, $24,314,000 shall be Senate Concurrent Resolution 53, a S. RES. 182 available for anadromous fish habitat man- concurrent resolution condemning all Whereas over 150 years ago, United States agement, $28,548,000 shall be available for prejudice against individuals of Asian commemorative stamps began honoring the threatened, endangered, and sensitive spe- and Pacific Island ancestry in the people, places, and events that have shaped cies habitat management, $196,885,000 shall our Nation’s history; be available for timber sales management, United States and supporting political Whereas in 1999, more than 22,000,000 Amer- and $10,000,000 shall be available for survey and civic participation by such individ- icans, including children, collect and learn and manage requirements of the Northwest uals throughout the United States. about our Nation through stamps, making Forest Plan Record of Decision, for which SENATE RESOLUTION 92 stamp collecting one of the most popular the draft supplemental environmental im- At the request of Mrs. BOXER, the hobbies in our Nation and the world; pact statement is to be completed by Novem- names of the Senator from California Whereas as we stand on the threshold of ber 15, 1999, and the final environmental im- the 21st century, it is important that we pact statement is to be published by Feb- (Mrs. FEINSTEIN) and the Senator from pause to reflect on our Nation’s history; ruary 14, 2000’’. Wisconsin (Mr. FEINGOLD) were added Whereas stamps honor statesmen and sol- On page 2, line 6, strike ‘‘$371,795,000’’ and as cosponsors of Senate Resolution 92, diers who fought for freedom and democracy, insert ‘‘$365,795,000’’. a resolution expressing the sense of the recognize our Nation’s scientific and techno- On page 2, line 11, strike ‘‘$122,484,000’’ and Senate that funding for prostate cancer logical achievements, pay tribute to our Na- insert ‘‘$116,484,000’’.

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.001 S13SE9 21258 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE September 13, 1999 NOTICES OF HEARINGS quests unanimous consent to conduct a This year’s theme of National As- SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY RESEARCH, hearing on Monday, September 13, 1999, sisted Living Week is ‘‘A Community DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION AND REGULATION beginning at 9:15 a.m. in the Ceremo- of Families’’ and I think that is appro- Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I would nial Court Room of the Federal Court priate because assisted living encour- like to announce for the information of Building, Philadelphia, PA. ages the involvement of families in the the Senate and the public that a hear- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without lives of the residents of assisted living ing has been scheduled before the Sub- objection, it is so ordered. facilities, and because this option can committee on Energy Research, Devel- f mean so much for seniors and their opment, Production and Regulation. families. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS Oregon has led our nation in pio- The purpose of the hearing is to re- neering the concept of assisted living ceive testimony on past and present and the state spends more state health worker safety issues in DOE facilities TRIBUTE TO CLIFF GULLICKSON ∑ dollars to provide assisted living serv- at the Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Pa- Mrs. BURNS. Mr. President, I rise ices than any other state in our nation. ducah, Kentucky. today to recognize the Cliff Gullickson Assisted living has taken different di- The hearing will take place on Mon- family and a group of North-Central rections in different states and I be- day, September 20, 1999 from 9:00 a.m. Montana farmers that pulled together lieve providing these choices for con- to 1:00 p.m. in the Paducah Community in true Montana tradition this harvest sumers is important to provide secu- College Fine Arts Auditorium in Padu- season. rity, dignity and independence for sen- Cliff Gullickson was killed in a farm cah, Kentucky. iors. Because of the limited time available accident when the grain truck he was Assisted living will become even for the hearing, witnesses may testify driving to Big Sandy rolled on August more important as an option of seniors by invitation only. However, those 8. Neighbors rallied together the way and their families as our nation experi- wishing to submit written testimony only agricultural folks can to harvest ences the tsunami of aging baby for the hearing record should send two the Gullickson’s grain. boomers. It is important for us to con- copies of their testimony to the Sub- Some of the combines came from 50 tinue to support options that allow committee on Energy Research, Devel- miles away for the harvest and all seniors and their families a choice of opment, Production and Regulation, started the day with a prayer for their settings in order to assure that they Committee on Energy and Natural Re- safety and for Cliff Gullickson. In four get the level of care that they need.∑ sources, United States Senate, 364 hours the remaining 170 acres were har- f Dirksen Senate Office Building, Wash- vested. ington, DC, 20510–6150. Don Jenkins, who lives on the north- IN RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL For further information, please call east border of the Gullickson’s farm PAYROLL WEEK 1999 Kristin Phillips, Staff Assistant, or said, ‘‘This is what you do when there’s ∑ Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I Colleen Deegan, Counsel, at (202) 224– a tragedy. This is their bread and but- rise today in recognition of National 8115. ter. This is their livelihood sitting out Payroll Week 1999, which has been des- SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER AND POWER in this field.’’ That statement summa- ignated as September 13–17. Mr. SMITH of Oregon. Mr. President, rizes the attitude and depth of feeling National Payroll Week was founded I would like to announce for the infor- prevalent in farming and ranching. by the American Payroll Association I extend my deepest sympathies to mation of the Senate and the public in 1996 to honor the men and women the Gullickson family for the loss of a that a hearing has been scheduled be- whose tax contributions support the fine person who dedicated his life to fore the Subcommittee on Water and American Dream and the payroll pro- agriculture and also commend them for Power. fessionals who are dedicated to proc- their hard work and dedication to the The purpose of the hearing is to con- essing those contributions. agricultural community. In particular, the Susquehanna Val- duct oversight on the practices of the Additionally, I commend each and ley Chapter of the American Payroll Bureau of Reclamation regarding oper- every neighbor who lent a helping hand Association represents 200,000 residents ations and maintenance costs and con- this harvest season in the face of a and 25 businesses in Pennsylvania. tract renewals. tragedy.∑ These taxpayers contribute millions of The hearing will take place on f dollars to the federal and state treas- Wednesday, September 29, 1999 at 2:30 uries through payroll taxes each year. NATIONAL ASSISTED LIVING p.m. in room SD–366 of the Dirksen These taxes help pay for important WEEK Senate Office Building in Washington, civic projects including roads, schools, DC. ∑ Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I rise crime prevention, and national defense. Because of the limited time available today to draw the Senate’s attention In addition, taxpayers and payroll pro- for the hearing, witnesses may testify to National Assisted Living Week. The fessionals are partners in maintaining by invitation only. However, those National Center for Assisted Living is the Social Security and Medicare sys- wishing to submit written testimony sponsoring National Assisted Living tems. for the hearing record should send two Week this week to highlight the sig- I ask my colleagues to join me in copies of their testimony to the Sub- nificance and the hope that this type of commending the taxpayers and payroll committee on Water and Power, Com- service can provide seniors. professionals who, through the pay- mittee on Energy and Natural Re- Assisted living is a long term care al- ment, collection, and reporting of pay- sources, United States Senate, 364 ternative for seniors who need more as- roll taxes, have helped make our na- Dirksen Senate Office Building, Wash- sistance than is available in retirement tion great.∑ ington, DC, 20510–6150. communities, but do not require the f For further information, please call heavy medical and nursing care pro- Kristin Phillips, Staff Assistant, or vided by nursing facilities. Approxi- CONGRATULATING DR. SUPACHAI Colleen Deegan, Counsel, at (202) 224– mately one million of our nation’s sen- PANITCHPAKDI 8115. iors have chosen the option of assisted ∑ Mr. BOND. Mr. President, I congratu- f living in this country. This dem- late Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi of onstrates a tremendous desire by sen- Thailand on his selection to serve as AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEE TO iors and their families to have the kind Director General of the World Trade MEET of assistance that they need in bathing, Organization. Dr. Supachai, Thailand’s COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY taking medications or other activities Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Mr. HUTCHINSON. Mr. President, of daily living in a setting that truly Commerce, has been an unfailing advo- the Committee on the Judiciary re- becomes their home. cate for the principles of free trade and

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.001 S13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 21259 is an excellent choice to lead this orga- I believe it is important that an indi- So once again, I congratulate Dr. nization. I am very pleased that our vidual representing Asia and a devel- Supachai on his appointment. He is faithful friend and ally, the Royal oping economy has an important role very strong on promoting expanded Kingdom of Thailand, will have one of in a prominent international organiza- trade and I am confident that a leader- their citizens guiding an international tion, as Dr. Supachai will have. There ship role for a representative of a organization. are over 400 million people living in Southeast Asian nation is a positive The agreement reached will split the Southeast Asia alone, this region will development for the World Trade Orga- next term between Dr. Supachai and soon be the second largest market for nization. I would like to commend the Michael Moore, the former Prime Min- our exports. This region and all of Asia people of Thailand for their persistence ster of New Zealand. As many of my are growing in importance to our econ- and not backing down in their support colleagues know, the process for select- omy and security. A strong voice rep- of their candidate. I would also like to ing a new Director General was at a resenting the Asian economies is over- congratulate Mr. Moore and wish him standstill for months. Renato Ruggerio due. the best; he is taking control of the or- of Italy, the first and very successful The economic collapse in Asia, Rus- ganization at a critically important Director General, finished his term and sia and other nations did not simply time. I look forward to working with stepped down at the end of April. De- stifle growth of U.S. exports, it put both of these gentleman on the issues spite the fact that his departure was millions of people out of work in these that are important to advancing free known well in advance, no consensus countries, exacerbated the poverty and fair trade around the world.∑ level and in some cases led to social on a successor was formed and the post f remained vacant at a critical time— upheaval. Unfortunately, it caused pol- the Seattle round of trade talks being icy makers in many foreign nations to THE ARAB AMERICAN CULTURAL on the immediate horizon. Most of the question the pace of globalization and AND COMMUNITY CENTER, HOUS- countries of Europe and Asia have been in some cases question the wisdom of TON, TEXAS. united in their support of Dr. Supachai globalization. Many countries believe ∑ Mr. ABRAHAM. Mr. President, I rise that they have little to gain through while the administration has supported today to express my sincere congratu- expanding trade and everything to lose Mr. Moore. The agreement reached by lations to the Arab American Cultural and that their stake in trade negotia- the member nations will permit Mr. and Community Center in Houston, tions is limited. I do not agree. Increas- Moore to serve a three year term to be Texas. The Center will be hosting its ing fair trade has contributed greatly followed by a three year term for Dr. Fourth Annual Gala ‘‘Unity of Friend- to improving the standard of living of Supachai. ship’’ in Houston on October 16, 1999, Americans and sustaining the growth For those of you unfamiliar with Dr. and it is worthy of recognition. of our economy and it holds the same Supachai’s work, as Deputy Prime Mr. President, I commend those who potential for our trading partners. Minister and Minister of Commerce, While this is an unfortunate develop- have strived so hard to build this Cen- his most pressing responsibility has ment, it is not one without a solution. ter and make it a vibrant part of the been developing policy to guide his The solution is working with individ- community in Texas. This is an impor- country through their current eco- uals like Dr. Supachai who believe in tant effort which has advanced and nomic challenges. This included taking expanding trade and working to im- demonstrated the continuing positive a significant role in shepherding improve the role and the economies of de- contributions of Arab-Americans. This portant banking and regulatory re- veloping nations. Rather than being an Center has served as a cultural reforms through the Thai Parliament after thought, we must begin to work source center for all nationalities in that are important to the sound eco- with more nations if more are to be- Houston, but is a special place where nomic foundation of his country. The lieve that they have a role in Arab-American culture, art, and lan- IMF has reported good news for Thai- globalization. For the global trading guage can be preserved and carried on land on the economic front. After expe- structure to succeed and prosper, all for generations to come. It has assisted riencing an economic contraction of 8% countries must have faith in the trad- the children in the Arab American in 1997, their economy is expected to ing system and faith that trade deals community by teaching them about grow this year by 2–3% with an ex- are being reached to the benefit of all their ancestors’ impressive history and pected growth rate of 5% in 2000. Their member nations rather than just the heritage. currency, the baht, has stabilized and most powerful. Dr. Supachai is unique- I am pleased to recognize the efforts the government has rebuilt reserves to ly suited to facilitate such change and of those involved in this year’s banquet higher than pre-crisis levels. This is his increased role in the international and to note that they are generously very good news and a positive sign for stage is a very positive development donating a portion of the proceeds to an economic recovery for all of Asia. for the World Trade Organization. help very worthwhile humanitarian Dr. Supachai was also one of the ar- Finally, I believe the people of Thai- projects. They are to be commended for chitects of the economic policies that land could have been treated better by their efforts and foresight, and I am led his country to merge as a dynamic the United States in this process. They pleased to acknowledge them in the economic engine in Asia and experi- are our good friends and faithful allies. United States Senate.∑ ence several years of phenomenal eco- We on the other hand were slow in se- f nomic growth. As Minister of Com- lecting a candidate and did not do a CONGRATULATIONS TO WHP–AM merce he has been active in opening good job in forging a compromise. De- 580 the business sector to foreign partici- spite Dr. Supachai’s strong advocacy of pation and improving transparency. He the principles of free trade, we actively ∑ Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I helped create the country’s Export-Im- worked against him. Fortunately, rise today to congratulate WHP–AM port Bank and has worked very closely groups such as the US-ASEAN Business 580 in Harrisburg, PA as they celebrate with the countries of Southeast Asia in Council and companies like Boeing their 75th anniversary as a prominent creating the ASEAN free trade zone. In were outspoken on Dr. Supachai’s news leader in Central Pennsylvania. Thailand, he was a strong voice in forg- strong record on trade issues. This lack For 75 years, WHP has covered the ing public acceptance of the Uruguay of leadership does not enhance the biggest news stories of the day, includ- round of trade talks and guiding ratifi- credibility of the WTO and needlessly ing the holocaust, Pearl Harbor, the cation of the treaty through the Par- strains relationships with our friends. Korean War, Vietnam, Watergate and liament. Throughout the economic cri- But I am confident that the new lead- the fall of the Berlin Wall. sis, Dr. Supachai’s support for free ership, Mr. Moore and Dr. Supachai, As the owner of the radio news fran- trade has not waivered. His credentials can overcome these obstacles and look chise in the Capitol region, WHMP on the issues important to leadership forward to working with them on these reaches more than 100,000 people a at the WTO speak volumes. issues. week. The unique talent at WHP along

VerDate May 04 2004 10:21 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\S13SE9.001 S13SE9 21260 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE September 13, 1999 with their exceptional news coverage MODIFICATION OF LIST OF unanimous consent that on Tuesday, and distinct personalities, have con- CONFEREES—H.R. 2670 immediately following the prayer, the tributed to the station’s listener loy- Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I Journal of proceedings be approved to alty and enthusiasm. ask unanimous consent that the list of date, the morning hour be deemed ex- I ask my colleagues to join with me conferees for the Commerce, State, pired, the time for the two leaders be in congratulating WHP on their 75th Justice appropriations bill be modified reserved for their use later in the day, anniversary and on their commitment to add Senator LEAHY. and the Senate then resume debate on to excellence in their news coverage to the Bryan second-degree amendment Pennsylvania and the Capital region.∑ The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. No. 1623 to H.R. 2466, the Interior ap- f propriations bill. f THE VERY BAD DEBT BOXSCORE The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without REMOVAL OF INJUNCTION OF SE- objection, it is so ordered. ∑ Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, at the CRECY—TREATY DOCUMENT NO. Mrs. HUTCHISON. I further ask close of business Friday, September 10, unanimous consent that the Senate 1999, the Federal debt stood at 106–9 stand in recess from the hours of 12:30 $5,652,191,549,114.70 (Five trillion, six Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, as p.m. to 2:15 p.m. for the weekly policy hundred fifty-two billion, one hundred in executive session, I ask unanimous conferences to meet. ninety-one million, five hundred forty- consent that the injunction of secrecy nine thousand, one hundred fourteen be removed from the following conven- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without dollars and seventy cents). tion transmitted to the Senate on Sep- objection, it is so ordered. One year ago, September 10, 1998, the tember 13, 1999, by the President of the f Federal debt stood at $5,545,658,000,000 United States: Tax Convention with PROGRAM (Five trillion, five hundred forty-five Slovenia, Treaty Document No. 106–9. Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, for billion, six hundred fifty-eight mil- I further ask unanimous consent that lion). the information of all Senators, the the convention be considered as having Senate will resume consideration of Fifteen years ago, September 10, 1984, been read the first time, that it be re- the Federal debt stood at the Bryan second-degree amendment ferred, with accompanying papers, to regarding the forest system budget at $1,572,266,000,000 (One trillion, five hun- the Committee on Foreign Relations dred seventy-two billion, two hundred 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday. By previous con- and ordered to be printed, and that the sent, a vote on the pending Bryan sixty-six million). President’s message be printed in the Twenty-five years ago, September 10, amendment will occur at 10:30 a.m. to- RECORD. 1974, the Federal debt stood at morrow. Further amendments to the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without $479,580,000,000 (Four hundred seventy- Interior appropriations bill are ex- objection, it is so ordered. nine billion, five hundred eighty mil- pected throughout tomorrow’s session. The message of the President is as lion) which reflects a debt increase of Therefore, Senators can expect votes more than $5 trillion— follows: throughout the day in anticipation of $5,172,611,549,114.70 (Five trillion, one To the Senate of the United States: completing action on the bill. hundred seventy-two billion, six hun- I transmit herewith for Senate advice In light of today’s cloture vote on dred eleven million, five hundred forty- and consent to ratification the Conven- S.J. Res. 33, the Senate will have lim- nine thousand, one hundred fourteen tion Between the United States of ited debate on the resolution with a dollars and seventy cents) during the America and the Republic of Slovenia vote on final passage during tomor- past 25 years.∑ for the Avoidance of Double Taxation row’s session at a time to be deter- f and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion mined by the two leaders. with Respect to Taxes on Income and For the remainder of the week, the EXECUTIVE SESSION Capital, signed at Ljubljana on June 21, Senate is expected to begin consider- EXECUTIVE CALENDAR 1999. Also transmitted is the report of ation of the transportation appropria- Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I the Department of State concerning tions bill. ask unanimous consent that the Sen- the Convention. Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I ate proceed to executive session to con- This Convention, which is similar to suggest the absence of a quorum. sider the following nominations en tax treaties between the United States The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bloc: Executive Calendar Nos. 211 and and OECD nations, provides maximum clerk will call the roll. 212. I further ask unanimous consent rates of tax to be applied to various Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I that the nominations be confirmed en types of income and protection from ask unanimous that the order for the bloc, the motion to reconsider be laid double taxation of income. This Con- quorum call be rescinded. upon the table, any statements relat- vention also provides for resolution of The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ing to the nominations be printed in disputes and sets forth rules making objection, it is so ordered. the RECORD, the President be imme- its benefits unavailable to residents f diately notified of the Senate’s action, who are engaged in treaty-shopping or ADJOURNMENT UNTIL 9:30 A.M. and the Senate then return to legisla- with respect to certain abusive trans- TOMORROW tive session. actions. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without I recommend that the Senate give Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, if objection, it is so ordered. early and favorable consideration to there is no further business to come be- The nominations were considered and this Convention and that the Senate fore the Senate, I now ask unanimous confirmed, as follows: give its advice and consent to ratifica- consent that the Senate stand in ad- THE JUDICIARY tion. journment under the previous order. David N. Hurd, of New York, to be United WILLIAM J. CLINTON. There being no objection, the Senate, States District Judge for the Northern Dis- THE WHITE HOUSE, September 13, 1999. at 6:52 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, trict of New York. September 14, 1999, at 9:30 a.m. Naomi Reice Buchwald, of New York, to be f United States District Judge for the South- ORDERS FOR TUESDAY, f ern District of New York. SEPTEMBER 14, 1999 NOMINATIONS f Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I Executive Nominations Received by LEGISLATIVE SESSION ask unanimous consent that when the the Senate September 13, 1999: The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under Senate completes its business today, it DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE adjourn until the hour of 9:30 a.m. on the previous order, the Senate will now JOHN F. POTTER, OF MARYLAND, TO BE A MEMBER OF return to legislative session. Tuesday, September 14. I further ask THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES

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UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES FOR A TERM EX- LAWRENCE W. JEFFREY M. THOMPSON *GEORGE BROUGHTON II WILMA I. LARSEN PIRING MAY 1, 2005, VICE T. BURTON SMITH, JR., TERM STEINKRAUS, JR. JAY A. WINZENRIED *MICHAEL E. BROWN JEFFREY A. LAWSON EXPIRED. KATHLEEN S. TAJIRI GROVER K. YAMANE *WILLIAM T. BURNS *LAWRENCE S. LEPLER JOHN CAMPBELL *THOMAS E. LEVOYER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM IN THE ARMY ANTHONY J. CANFIELD *ANGELA D. LEVY *MARY L. CANNON EDWARD B. LUCCI ROGER WALTON FERGUSON, JR., OF MASSACHUSETTS, THE FOLLOWING NAMED PERSON FOR APPOINTMENT *JOHN N. CAREY JEFFREY S. MACINTIRE TO BE VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE *BRIAN E. CAVALLARO ANDREW J. MACLELLAN THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR A TERM OF FOUR ARMY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: *PAUL S. CHANG *FRANCIS J. MALONE YEARS, VICE ALICE M. RIVLIN, RESIGNED. To be colonel *DARREN C. CHAPMAN *JOHN R. MAYER ROGER WALTON FERGUSON, JR., OF MASSACHUSETTS, *GREGORY E. CHOW DONALD R. MCCLELLAN TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE ROBERT A. VIGERSKY *LARRY D. CHRISTOPHER *SHANNON S. MCGEE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR A TERM OF FOURTEEN *LAWRENCE E. CLAPP *JAMES W. MCLANE YEARS FROM FEBRUARY 1, 2000. (REAPPOINTMENT) THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT GARY W. CLARK WILLIS A. MCVAY TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE *COLIN K. MILLER DEPARTMENT OF STATE *JOSEPH Y. CLARK ARMY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203 AND 1552: HEIDI L. CLOSE *JERRY J. MILLER WILLIAM B. BADER, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE AN ASSISTANT *JOSE J. CONDE *RICKEY C. MYHAND To be colonel *SRIDHAR NATARAJAN SECRETARY OF STATE (EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL *NORVELL V. COOTS ROBERT J. OGLESBY AFFAIRS). (NEW POSITION) MICHAEL V. KOSTIW DAVID T. ULMER *BRIAN E. COTHERN *COLIN K. OHRT SIM FARAR, OF CALIFORNIA, TO BE A REPRESENTA- *TALLEY F. CULCLASURE, FREDERICK V. PALMQUIST TIVE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR REGULAR AP- JR. *MARY F. PARKER FIFTY-FOURTH SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF POINTMENT TO THE GRADES INDICATED IN THE UNITED JAMES A. DAHL *ANTHONY J. PARKER THE UNITED NATIONS. STATES ARMY MEDICAL CORPS (MC) AND MEDICAL *ALEXANDER K. DEITCH SERVICE CORPS (MS) UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS *CHRISTOPHER A. DILLON *GEORGE D. PATRIN IN THE COAST GUARD 531, AND 3064: * THEODORE A. DORSAY *GEORGE E. PEOPLES, JR. *KENNETH N. DUNN GREGORY W. PETERMANN THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER OF THE UNITED To be lieutenant colonel ANNETTE DUSSEAU *RONALD J. PLACE ALBERT V. PORAMBO STATES COAST GUARD TO BE A MEMBER OF THE PERMA- *JOHN R. EKSTRAND ROBERT S. ADAMS, MC MARY E. PORISCH NENT COMMISSIONED TEACHING STAFF OF THE COAST SUSAN EMANUEL *STEVEN J. POSNICK GUARD ACADEMY IN THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER *JOHN W. ETZENBACH To be major LAURA L. PRATT TITLE 14, U.S.C., SECTION 188: LILIA A.FANNIN *BRADLEY P. PRESNAL JEFFREY P. STOLROW, MS GERALD L.FARBER KELLY D. PRIDGEN To be lieutenant commander *JEFFREY A. FAULKNER THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT *WILLARD F. QUIRK LOIS A. FIALA KURT A. SEBASTIAN TO THE GRADES INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES *KENDALL L. RAY *DAVID K. FIASCHETTI ARMY MEDICAL CORPS AND CHAPLAINS AND FOR REG- *JAY A. RIDDLE THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT *ROGER S. FIEDLER ULAR (IDENTIFIED BY AN ASTERISK (*)) APPOINTMENT RANDAL D. ROBINSON TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES *STEPHEN F. FLAHERTY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 531, 624, 628, AND 3064: *JEFFREYE. RODZAK COAST GUARD UNDER TITLE 14, U.S.C., SECTION 271: *DAVID T. FLOYD WALTER F. RONGEY THOMAS B. FRANCIS To be captain To be lieutenant colonel *BRADLEY J. ROTH *BARTON K. GEORGE *MICHAEL J. ROY *SEAN D. GHIDELLA ERNEST J. FINK MARK J. KERSKI JON A. HINMAN, MC *STEVEN P. RUBCZAK *BENJAMIN N. GILBERT ALAN L. PEEK TEDRIC R. LINDSTROM *MICHAEL B. RUSSO To be major *BRUCE E. GOECKERITZ JAMES S. ANGERT RONALD T. HEWITT GLENN D. SANDBERG *MONICA B. GORBANDT GERALD R. WHEATLEY ROBERT W. DURFEY MARTIN P. CURRY, MC *GLENN R. SCHEIB, CH *DARRELL K. SCALES *PAUL E. GOTT MARK P. THOMAS DOUGLAS C. CONNOR LISA M. L. PARKER, MC *CRAIG K. SETO MICHAEL B. KARR JEFFREY A. KAYSER WAYNE E. HACHEY JOHN M. SHEPHERD JOHN J. O’BRIEN WILLIAM G. DAVIDSON THE FOLLOWING NAMED ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OF NELSON A. HAGER *NEAL I. SHPARAGO KEITH D. CAMERON CURTIS B. ODOM THE UNITED STATES OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO *STEVEN W. HAMMOND BORIS J. SIDOW BARRY A. HARNER RICHARD B. CUSSON THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE ARMY *JACKIE A. HAYES *CHRISTOPHER K. SINHA ROBERT C. LORIGAN MARK J. SIKORSKI UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 12211: JON A. HINMAN *CURTIS M. SORENSEN PATRICK A. HARRIS MARK H. LANDRY *WILLIAM K. HIROTA *DAVID B. SPROAT JONATHAN D. SARUBBI PETER J. DINICOLA To be colonel DAVID P. HOCHSCHILD *JOHN J. STASINOS *ROBERT L. HOLMES *KEITH D. STEWART DONALD B. THOMPSON KEVIN P. CARPENTIER JAMES E. COBB RANDALL W. MOON *DUANE R. HOSPENTHAL *ALEXANDER BENJAMIN A. WATSON MASON K. BROWN AUGUSTUS L. COLLINS MICHAEL E. NUNLEY *WILLIAM T. HUMPHREY, STOJADINOVIC WILLIAM M. MOORE MARK L. MILLER JOHN E. DAVOREN ERROL R. SCHWARTZ JR. *THOMAS R. TEMPEL, JR. JOSEPH J. COCCIA CLINTON S. GORDON ALBERT E. FRANKE, III JOSEPH A. WANNEMACHER RAYMOND G. HYNSON *HEIDI P. TERRIO KEVIN B. SMITH WAYNE N. COLLINS DANIEL J. MCCORMACK CURTIS G. WHITEFORD RAYMOND J. MILLER JAMES A. WATSON *JEFFREY L. JACKSON *JAMES D. TERRIO KENNETH G. THYSELL BRIAN J. O’KEEFE THE FOLLOWING NAMED ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OF JAMES R. JEZIOR *SONJA M. THOMPSON JOSEPH J. SABOE WILLIAM P. LAYNE THE UNITED STATES OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO KAREN B. JOHANSEN *GLEN E. TOMKINS JACK R. SMITH WILLIAM J. WAGNER THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE ARMY LUTHER B. JOHANSEN *BRIAN K. UNWIN UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 12211: BARBARA JOSLOW *DAVID A. VINCENT IN THE AIR FORCE *BYRON D. JOYNER *BRAD E. WADDELL To be colonel *LISA W. KEEP *PAUL J. WARDEN THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT *KENNETH R. KEMP *ROBERT A. WASCHER IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDI- HERBERT J. ANDRADE KEVIN J. LORDS KEVIN L. KENWORTHY *PETER J. WEINA CATED WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE SUSAN M. CHESHIER JOSEPH G. MATERIA *JOHN S. KITZMILLER *GARY A. WHEELER AND RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION THOMAS C. COBURN OLGA C. RODRIGUEZ- *ERIK J. KOBYLARZ *SCOTT C. WILLIAMS 601: MICHAEL FITZPATRICK RAMIREZ JOSEPH R. KOLB, III *MARK R. WITHERS JIMMY R. GOMEZ JAMES M. STEWART *MARK G. KORTEPETER *GLENN W. WORTMANN To be lieutenant general RICHARD E. HENS KRISTIAN J. STOLTENBERG DAVID A. KRISTO *JOHN S. XENOS THOMAS R. LAMONT NATHAN A.K. WONG MAJ. GEN. CHARLES H. COOLIDGE, JR.. *KEVIN M. KUMKE *CLIFTON E. YU THE FOLLOWING NAMED ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OF THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE MARINE CORPS THE UNITED STATES OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO AS PERMANENT PROFESSOR, UNITED STATES AIR FORCE THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE ARMY THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT ACADEMY, UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 9333(B): UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 12211: TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES MA- RINE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: To be colonel To be colonel THOMAS G. BOWIE, JR. To be major RICHARD P. ANDERSON DAVID M. PARQUETTE THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR REGULAR AP- LARRY D. BARTTELBORT WILLIAM H. PETTY MICHAEL J. DELLAMICO HERBERT W. BEAM THOMAS H. REDFERN POINTMENT IN THE GRADES INDICATED IN THE UNITED THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT STATES AIR FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 531: MICHAEL L. BOYD JAMES M. ROBINSON CHARLES A. CHAMBERS, IV SHERWOOD J. SMITH TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES MA- To be colonel RICHARD D. FINDLAY ROBERTA P. STANDISH RINE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: ROBERT LEROY FINN ROBERT H. TOWER JAMES W. BOST RICHARD L. STAHLMAN JORGE B. GONZALEZ HORACE S. TUCKER, JR. To be lieutenant colonel JEAN C. COMEAU JAMES K. WRIGHT JOHN A. GOODALE WILLARD G. VARIAN CHARLES S. DUNSTON LOREN M. JOHNSON JOHN L. GRONSKI PEDRO G. VILLARREAL KATHLEEN A. MORRISSEY GARY F. WAINWRIGHT IN THE NAVY To be lieutenent colonel THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT PETER A. BAUER JAMES R. LITTLE TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY EVA T. BERRO ABUBAKR A. MARZOUK AND FOR REGULAR APPOINTMENT IN THE MEDICAL UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: CATHERINE E. BIERSACK JAMES S. MOELLER CORPS (MC) AND DENTAL CORPS (DE) (IDENTIFIED BY AN MARK W. BOWYER SUSAN W. MONGEAU ASTERISK (*)) UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 624, 531 To be lieutenant commander WILLIAM M. CAMPBELL RANDALL J. MOORE AND 3064: ANIBAL L. ACEVEDO CATHERINE R. ALLEN GEORGE W. CHRISTOPHER EMMANUEL D. NAVAL JOHN J. ADAMETZ CONNIE J. ALLEN GARY D. CROUCH PAUL A. PHILLIPS To be lieutenant colonel DAVID L. DAWSON BRIAN K. ADAMS JANE D. ALLEN ODES B. ROBERTSON, JR. STEPHEN E. GARNER *RODNEY H. ALLEN *ELIZABETH A. BLAIR DAWN E. ADAMS TONY L. AMMONS, JR. MARC S. ROBINS DAN R. HANSEN EDWARD D. ARRINGTON *JODIE L. BOLT KEITH N. ADAMS TERESA A. ANDERSEN JAMES H. HERIOT JOSE E. *THOMAS P. BAKER *STEPHEN L. BOLT LAURA M. ADAMS DONALD W. ANDERSON, JR. ROBERT R. IRELAND RODRIGUEZVAZQUEZ *JOHN M. BALAS, JR. *OTTO F. BONETA LYNNE B. AHN MICHAEL L. ANDERSON MOON Y. JEU WILLIAM M. ROGERS *ITALO M. BASTIANELLI *SHERI Y. BOYD JOHN C. ALBERGHINI YVONNE ANDERSON PHILIP T. KLAZYNSKI CHRISTOPHER SARTORI *JOHN J. BAUER *GEORGE T. BRANDT CARLA M. ALBRITTON MICHAEL J. ANGERINOS JAMES R. KNOWLES ROBERT E. SMITH, II *AMY E. BENSON THOMAS D. BRESLEY THOMAS C. ALEWINE JEFFREY G. ANT

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PAUL T. ANTONY NORMAN F.J. CHARBONEAU KRISTIN M.H. FIELDING MATTHEW T. HORVATH ANN E. MACKE EDWARD OMRON DANAE M. APLAS JAMES T. CHEEK MARTIN F. FIELDS, JR. LINDA J.A. HOUDE MICHAEL J. MAGUIRE KEVIN R. O’NEIL LORIMEL F. ARABE JAMES G. CHRISTENSON ASHLEY W. FISH BRUCE A. HOUGESEN MARIA MAHMOODI BENJAMIN L. ORCHARD MONICA J. ARELLANO MARLIN L. CHRISTIANSON DAN E. FISHER KURT J. HOUSER GARY M. MAJOR CARLOS B. ORTIZ ANTHONY A. ARITA CHARLES E. CHURCHWARD BRIAN T. FITZGERALD JOHN P. HOWARD RICHARD E. MAKARSKI PETER D. PANAGOS ADAM W. ARMSTRONG ALFRED J. CIUZIO EILEEN M. FITZGERALD STUART D. HUBBARD JOHN MALLOY CHRISTINA G. PARDUE THOMAS S. ARMSTRONG CHRISTOPHER R. CLAPP GEOFFREY M. FITZGERALD STEVEN J. HUDSON GEORGE C. MANSFIELD PETER J. PARK VERONICA G. ARMSTRONG WILBURN A. CLARKE DEREK R. FLEITZ BARBARA L. HUFF DAVID A. MARCH LORI A. PARKER ELIZABETH A. G. ASHBY JEFFREY C. CLEARY EUGENE H. FLETCHER KAREN A. HULBERT LOUIS J. MARCHIORI II ROBIN J. PARKER CHRIS ATKINS BRIAN D. CLEMENT TIFFANY A. FLORES THOMAS R. HUNT, JR. TIMOTHY R. MARKLE HOWARD A. AUPKE, JR. DAVID T. CLONTZ ROBIN E. FONTENOT HEIDI K. HUPP ALBERT W. PARULIS, JR. KATHLEEN A. MARKS CHARLES R. BAILEY PATRICK W. CLYDE DONNA J. FORBES THOMAS L. HUSTED STEVEN R. PATTON THOMAS R. MARSZALEK JONATHAN G. BAKER GEORGE W. COLE, JR. LEE A. FORDYCE CHRIS B. HYUN MARK D. PENNINGTON JOEL L. BALDWIN PETER C. COLELLA KIM M. FORMAN BARBARA R. IDONE RONALD R. MARTEL LUIS M. PEREZ SUSAN BARNES JOELLE M. COLETTA ROBERT T. FRANKS ARISTIDES ILIAKIS BETH A. MARTIN SHELLEY K. PERKINS CARL R. BARR MICHAEL A. COLSON ILIANA FREDMIRANDA ROBERT D. JACKSON JOEL E. MARTIN KYLE PETERSEN JAMES R. BARRON CANDACE L. COLSTON ADRIENNE M. FRENCH MARGARET A. JACOBSEN PAUL E. MARTIN PATRICIA L. PETITT BRADLEY E. BARTH LUNDY W. COLVERT ELIZABETH J. FRENCH ALAN D. JACOVICH JULIE MAURER BRADLEY B. PHILLIPS JAMES BASS FERNANDO T. CONDE WILLIAM C. FREUDENTHAL RICHARD H. JADICK CHERYL L. MAUZY HOMER C. PHILLIPS BARRY J. BAUGHMAN AVAMARIE S. CONLIN JOHN J. FROIO GLADYS L. JAFFARI SHIRLEY A. MAXWELL JOHNNY L. PHILLIPS CATHERINE A. BAYNE BYRON F. CONNER EDDIE G. GALLION JAMES JAWORSKI TODD J. MAY MICHAEL E. PICIO PAUL E. BEDSOLE MARK J. CONRAD DIONISIO S. GAMBOA STEVEN M. JEFFS KEITH L. MAYBERRY JOSEPH J. PICKEL BRIAN E. BEHARRY LEONARD W.W. COOKE WALTER G. GARNER TRACY A. JENKINS JOHN P. MAYE MARK R. PIMPO CARMEL M. BELANGER RONALD A. COOLEY ADOLPH C. GARZA DENISE JOHNSON MICHAEL T. MAZUREK DREW S. PINILLA AMY M. BELFORD KEVIN J. COOLONG KIRK P. GASPER ERIC JOHNSON JEROME F. MC CABE MATTHEW M. POGGI ANGELA BELL JAMES F. COONEY JENNIFER M. GEDDES JAMES M. JOHNSON BRIAN L. MC CANN WILLIAM F. POLITO DEDRA A. BELL KIM CORLEY ERIC M. GESSLER KENNETH B. JOHNSON PATRICK J. MCCLANAHAN MICHAEL J. POLIZZOTTO BRODERICK C. BELLO PATRICIA CORLEY VINCENT F. GIARDINO, JR. ROBERT JOHNSON TROY M. MCCLELLAND TANYA M. PONDER MARK BENTON MICHAEL E. CORSEY MATTHEW J. GIBBONS ROBERT F. JOHNSON CATHY M. MCCRARY MAY B. PORCIUNCULA LAMONT S. BERG ANTHONY A. CORSINI ROBIN D. GIBBS JOHN W. JOHNSTON DENISE K. MCELDOWNEY ERIK W. BERGMAN ALLISON J. COSTE CYNTHIA L. GIBSON ATHANASE J. JONES, JR. GARY J. POWE SEAN K. MCELHANEY RICHARD D. BERGTHOLD SCOTT A. COTA GUSTAVO GIERBER DAVID E. JONES CRAIG S. PRATHER ROBERT K. MCGAHA STEPHANIE A. BERNARD KENNETH D. COUNTS MARCIA L. GILL KARON V. JONES DAVID E. PRATT KEVIN A. MCKENNEY GARTH B. BERNINGHAUS RICHARD COWAN, JR. ELIZABETH K. GILLARD KEVIN M. JONES ANDREA M. PRINCE BRIAN BERRYMAN BENJAMIN M. CRANDALL GREGG D. GILLETTE JOSEPH P. JORDAN KENNETH W. MCKINLEY JACQUELINE PRUITT GEOFFREY B. BETSINGER JOHN L. CRAPO LAURA G. GILLIS SUSAN A. JORDAN DANIEL J. MCLAUGHLIN TEJASHRI S. VALERIE J. BEUTEL GERALD L. CREECH REGINA M. GODBOUT ETHAN B. JOSIAH LAURA J. MCLAUGHLIN PUROHITSHETH DAVID T. BEVERLY IV SAMUEL D. CRITIDES, JR. CARLOS D. GODINEZ MICHAEL JURGENS DAVID B. MCLEAN ARMAND T. QUATTLEBAUM RAYMOND W. BICHARD GILBERT M. CSUJA MARK R. GOHL PETER M. KADILE MARY A. MCMACKIN GARY E. RAFFEL MICHAEL A. BIDUS THOMAS B. CULLEN MICHAEL D. GOLIGHTLY DAVID H. KAO BRIAN T. MCNAMARA MICHAEL D. RAMOS BRITTON K. BISHOP ROBERT CUNARD THOMAS J. GORMAN, JR. GLORIA S. KASCAK BRYON K. MCNEIL JOE F. RAY CHARLES S. BLACKADAR MARY F. DALESSANDRO JAMES C. GOUDREAU ERIC J. KASOWSKI DWAYNE R. MEEKER SANDRA H. RAY ANA L. BLACKMON ELIZABETH V. DANG ROBERT A. GRAMZINSKI MICHAEL D. KAZEL JAMES E. MEEKINS WILLIAM S. REAMER BRYAN P. BLAIR CHRIS J. DARRUP JAMES A. GRAPES JANET R. KEAIS JAMES W. MELONE KAY R. REEB STEVEN J. BLIVIN SURJYA P. DAS MICHAEL R. GREEN CHRISTOPHER A. KELLY JILL S. MEONI CHRISTOPHER H. REED DAVID C. BLOOM RAYMOND B.J. DAUGHERTY MICHAEL L. GREENWALT SEAN R. KELLY ROSARIO P. MERRELL JENNIFER L. REED TAMMY L.K. BLOOM STEPHEN S. DAVIS ROBIN C. GREGORY LISA A. KELTY THOMAS V. MESSE JESSICA D. REED PRODROMOS G. STEVEN W. DAVIS HERBERT L. GRIFFIN, JR. DAVID M. KENEE DREW C. MESSER PAUL L. REED BORBOROGLU PATRICIA K. DAY ROWDY C. GRIFFIN EDWARD M. KENNEDY WENDELL Q. MEW EDWARD REEDY ALEXANDER J. BORZYCH ROBERT P. DAY, JR. JEFFREY T. GRILL TERRI KEPPINGER STERLING A. MEZA KEVIN J. REGAN PIA S. BOSTON TONY F. DEALICANTE JONATHAN C. GROH MARK L. KIEFER CONNIE S. MICEK LAURA G. REILLY PAUL J. BOURGEOIS HONEY L. DEARMOND IAN R. GROVER ROBERT J. KILLIUS JOSEPH B. MICHAEL BRUCE H. BOYLE SCOTT M. DEEDS JAMES M. GRUESKIN MARY J. KINSELLA FRANK M. RENDON MARTHA J. MICHAELSON GERALD BOYLE DIRK R. DEHAAS ANNA M. GRUETZMACHER STANLEY A. KLOSS MICHAEL L. RENEGAR AMY C. MICHALSKI KEVIN R. BRADSHAW MICHAEL W. DELANEY CARLOS GUEVARRA STEVEN T. KNAUER CHARLES R. REUNING ADAM S. MICHELS RUSTY C. BRAND NANCY R. DELANEY PEDRO G. GUZMAN TAMMY L. KOCH STEPHEN K. REVELAS WILLIAM D. MILAM KAREN M. BRANSONBERRY DANIEL J. DELAURENTIS DONNA M. HAASE NEVANNA I. KOICHEFF ORLANDO RICCI DEANA J. MILLER JAMES M. BRIAN EFRAIN DELEON CLYDE A. HAIG CHRISTINA M. KOONCE MICHAEL D. RICHARD NEAL A. BRICKHOUSE JOHN P. DEMCHAK ANNE R. HALEY MARK KOSTIC JONATHAN A. MILLER ANDREA M. RIES LYNN S. BRINKER PAUL J. DEMIERI ERIC R. HALL CARMEN KRETZMER RONALD P. MILLER TRACY V. RIKER MARC E. BRODSKY JAMES T. DENLEY SANDRA M. HALTERMAN KRISTIN L. KRUSE ROLAND A. MINA MARCIA A. RIPLEY MYLES E. BROOKS, JR. DANE A. DENMAN FRANCES K. HAMMAN ALLEN R. KUSS KRAIG A. MITCHELL PAUL B. ROACH WILLIAM D. MITCHELL MATTHEW J. BROTT DAWN DENNIS ROBERT J. HAMMOND RICKY A. KUSTURIN RONALD R. ROBERSON EDWARD T. MOLDENHAUER ELIZABETH BROUWER JAMES S. DEROSA WILLIAM C. HANCOCK MICHELLE C. LADUCA LOVETTE T. ROBINSON JOSEPH M. MOLNAR DANIEL A. BROWN ROBERT P. DEVINE BRYAN HANFTWURZEL ALBERT LAFERTY MIRTA C. ROE NANCY L. MONTAGOT DONALD C. BROWN JUAN J. DEZENGOTITA ALAN M. HANSEN GARY E. LAMB CORAZON D. ROGERS JOHN P. MOON MARGO H. BROWN FLORENCIO A. DICTADO ERIC L. HANSON JOHN A. LAMBERTON LORI M. ROGERS DANIEL H. MOORE MARY M. BROWN DARIN L. DINELLI JULIE C. HANSON ROBERT B. LANCIA DALE M. ROHRBACH RYAN A. BROWN STACY K. DIPMAN GREGORY P. HARBACH TAMERA L. LANE JULIE C. MOORE KIMBERLY W. ROMAN HAROLD M. BRUCE JOSEPH DIVINO CHRISTINA A. HARDAWAY LENORA C. LANGLAIS RODNEY M. MOORE JAMES E. ROMINE KEVIN J. BUCHLI DEMETRIO L. DOMINGO JOHN V. HARDAWAY GRAINGER S. LANNEAU, JR. CYNTHIA E. MOOREFIELD LOUIS ROSA KAREN J. BUENGER GERALD F. DONOVAN NADJMEH M. HARIRI BRIAN C. LANSING ELIZABETH A. MORAN PATRICK ROSATO EDDY R. BUENO WADE E. DOSCH DALE R. HARMAN MARCUS S. LARKIN KENNETH F. MORE DEBORAH E. ROY PAUL R.A. BUENVENIDA BRAD H. DOUGLAS TIMOTHY J. HARRINGTON JONATHAN LARSEN SANDRA M. MORFORD KEVIN L. ROYE JOHN R. BUFFINGTON BRADLEY K. DRAPER JAMES HARRIS MARK A. LARUSSO SCOTT J. MOSES BRANCH BULLARD BRIAN J. DREW MARK K. HARRIS CLYDA L. LAURENT DONALD R. MOSS MARK A. RUCH DOUGLAS BUNTING BARBARA J. DROBINA BARRY L. HARRISON ROBERT S. LAWRENCE MEDGAR M. MOYA MICHAEL J. RUNDELL RONALD B. BURBANK THOMAS M. DUGGAN BRADLEY J. HARTGERINK SCOTT P. LAWRY MICHAEL G. MUELLER ANDREW A. RUSNAK LLOYD G. BURGESS DEBRA L. DUNCAN ROSANNE I. HARTLEY CATHERINE L. LAWSON SUSAN K. MUELLER GLORIA A. RUSSELL TIMOTHY H. BURGESS MARGARET T. DUPREE LEE P. HARTNER LORI J. LEARNEDBURTON JEFFREY P. MUENCH GREGORY G. RUSSELL MICHAEL S. BURKE GREGORY D. EBERHART JEFFREY J. HAWKER CARLOS I. LEBRON DAVID D. MULLARKEY MICHAEL B. RUSSO ROBERT E. BURKE MARK K. EDELSON GENE A. HAWKS REES L. LEE JAMES J. MURRAY HERMAN M. SACKS PATRICIA M. BURNS JOEL E. EDGEMAN RICHARD D. HAYDEN RONNELL R. LEFTWICH BENFORD O. NANCE DEIDRE I. SALL CHARLES C. BURROUGHS MASOUD EGHTEDARI RUSSELL B. HAYS, JR. KAREN M. LEHEW KEVIN T. NAPIER ROSE M. SALUKE GREGORY W. BURT MARK S. EICH J.P. HEDGES, JR. JOSE R. LEMA BRUCE C. NEVEL JOSE E. SANCHEZ EDWARD G. BUTLER KURT R. EICHENMULLER JOHN W. HEDRICK LINDA L. LEMASTER CUONG T. NGUYEN DAVID D. SANDERS HEIDI M. BYERS DENISE J. EICHER RICHARD D. HEINZ STEVEN R. LENGA KHANH K. NGUYEN FLOYD I. SANDLIN, III JAMES D. BYRNE REBEKAH J. EID JOE H. HEMENWAY DAVID S. LESSER MARK M. NGUYEN JEFFREY N. SAVILLE LORI R. CAHILL CARL C. EIERLE ROY L. HENDERSON CHRISTOPHER T. LEWIS MCHUGH L.A. SAVOIA EUGENE C. CARLSON SAMY M. ELHALAWANI MARK R. HENDRICKS TINA T. LIEBIG THOMAS T. NGUYEN KELLY K. SAWYER KENNETH D. CARNEIRO CHAD R. ELLER TODD B. HENRICKS DAVID A. LIFSET DANIEL J. NOLL JON D. SCHAAB CAROL A. CAROTHERS THOMAS M. ELLIOTT CARL R. HERRON JAMES LILLY MICHAEL K. NORBECK JAMES W. SCHAFFER CYNTHIA L. CARPENTER ROBERT P. ENGLERT BRIAN M. HERSHEY MATTHEW L. LIM MARY J. P. NORDMANN CHERYL L. CARSON KENNETH W. EPPS KATHLEEN E. HEWITT ARTHUR H. LOGAN BARBARA E. NOSEK THOMAS R. SCHLUETER WILLIAM R. CARTER ANDREW C. ESCRIVA JEFFREY D. HICKS FRANK J. LORENTZEN LORRAINE E. NUDD MARK A. SCHMIDHEISER LISA D. CASTLEMAN JOSEPH B. ESSEX LAWRENCE D. HILL, JR. JOHN W. LOVE ROBERT E. O’BRECHT KATHRYN SCHMIDT JERRY R. CASTRO ROBERT M. FAIRBANKS VINCENT T. HILL SCOTT W. LOWE REBECCA M. O’BRIEN MICHELLE M. SCHMODE JEFFREY J. CAVENDISH DEANN J. FARR EDWARD J. HILYARD JAMES M. LOWTHER DENNIS M. O’DELL DYLAN D. SCHMORROW DANIEL C. CELESKI MARC J. FARRAYE MICHAEL C. HOLIFIELD GREGORY D. LUNSFORD PAUL J. ODENTHAL GEORGE B. SCHOELER THERESE S. CERMAK TRISHA L. FARRELL KEITH G. HOLLEY SCOTT A. LUZI DIANNE M. OKONSKY WILLIAM G. SCHORGL JOSE CERVANTES MAURICE F. FAULK, JR. KARINE M. HOLLISPERRY MICHAEL P. LYNN MARK V. OLCOTT RICHARD SCHUSTER WALTER M. CHANNELL JOHN F. FERGUSON KATRINA M. HOOD SYLVIA A. LYON GREGORY J. O’LEARY ANN T. SCHWARTZ

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ERIK J. SCHWEITZER PETER P. TOLAND, JR. JEFFREY T. BARNABY MICHAEL S. CAMPBELL DAVID A. DEMOULPIED DENNIS E. FLORENCE BRENT W. SCOTT WENDY J. TOOLE DANELLE M. BARRETT NICOLO R. CANDELA THOMAS W. DENT, JR. MICHAEL O. FLORENCE KIRBY J. SCOTT DEVORAH A. TORIAN TERRY S. BARRETT EUGENE C. CANFIELD ROBERT J. DENTON DAVID M. FLOWERS DANIEL P. SEEP JOSUE TORO JAMES A. BARTELLONI ERIC S. CARL TIMOTHY A. DERNBACH MARK A. FONDREN CRAIG S. SELF MEHUL TRIVEDI AARON C. BARTLETT ROBERT B. CARLSON BRUCE L. DESHOTEL KEVIN S. FORD GREGORY J. SENGSTOCK JEFFREY C. TROWBRIDGE SUZANNE I. BASALLA DANIEL P. CARRIGG DAVID W. DEUTERMANN DAVID L. FORSTER JEOSALINA N. SERBAS DAVID A. TUBLEY DONALD A. BASDEN JAMES A. CARROLL MICHAEL K. DEVAUX MARK J. FORSTER ERIC M. SERGIENKO BARBARA D. TUCKER KENNETH D. BATES DAVID B. CARSON EDWARD W. DEVINNEY, II SUSAN A. FORTNEY DAVID SHAPIRO DEAN A. TUFTS ARTHUR J. BAYER DAVID M. CARSTEN CHRISTOPHER T. DEWEY MAUREEN FOX AMIT SHARMA DERRIC T. TURNER JAMES B. BEARD GUY N. CARUSO RANDY L. SHARP DALE H. TYSOR ROBERT E. BEAUCHAMP LOUIS A. CARVALHO ROBERT A. DEWS, JR. DEREK L. FRANKLIN DAVID A. SHEALY LINDA C. ULRICH DOUGLAS B. BECKER, JR. ALDEN E. CARVER BRUCE A. DICKEY GEORGE F. FRANZ MARIA T. SHELDRAKE KEN H. UYESUGI KENNETH R. BECKER MATTHEW O. CASE NICHOLAS J. DIENNA BRYAN P. FRATELLO GLENN A. SHEPHARD HAROLD W. VALENTINE VANCE A. BECKLUND FRANCIS X. I. CASTELLANO KAMRAN A. DIL BRETT D. FRAZIER CRAIG D. SHEPPS ANASTASIA F. PHILIP J. BECKMAN ROLAND M. CASTRO DAVID L. DILLENSNYDER FREDERICK P. FREELAND, WILLIAM T. SHIMEALL VALENZUELA RICHARD S. BEGGS KENNETH C. CAVES JERRY B. DISMUKE JR. ALFRED F. SHWAYHAT PAUL J. VANDENBERG MARK D. BEHNING THOMAS G. CAWLEY JOHN A. DISSINGER RONALD W. FREITAS LESLIE K. SIAS STRATEN M. R. VANDER ALICE E. BELLAFIORE FRANK K. CERNEY THOMAS C. DISY MARGARET R. FRIERY CYNTHIA S. SIKORSKI ANDREW F. VAUGHN LAURA L. BELLOS THOMAS CHABY DAVID J. DITALLO DEREK K. FRY DORANEA L. SILVA KEITH K. VAUX BASILIO D. BENA ANNE L. CHAPMAN DANNY J. DOBBINS PIERRE A. FULLER RACHEL M. SILVER ALCHRISTIAN C. VILLARUZ PAUL T. BENNETT WILLIAM E. CHASE, III WILLIAM A. DODGE, JR. JOHN V. FUNN DANIEL S. SIMPSON CAMERON L. WAGGONER KATHLEEN A. BENSE ERIC D. CHENEY MICHAEL J. DODICK WALLACE J. GABER, JR. STEVEN L. SIMS DAWN M. WAGNER SHAWN M. BENTLEY WILLIAM C. CHINWORTH LEONARD C. DOLLAGA GEOFFREY S. GAGE PETER SINGSON GREGORY S. WAGNER PETER D. BERARDI DANIEL J. CHISHOLM JOHN H. DONEY, IV ANGELITO R. GALICINAO GLENDA D. SINK LORI A. WAGNER HARALD BERGE HEEDONG CHOI WILLIAM P. DONNELLY, JR. JANET A. GALLAGHER PATRICK L. SINOPOLE TODD L. WAGNER LEIF E. BERGEY JOHN J. CHOI ROBERT F. SKJONSBY LORINDA C. WAHTO BRODERICK V. BERKHOUT CHRISTOPHER A. CHRISLIP ALAN D. DORRBECKER TYSON J. GALLANDER ALMAZ A. SMITH GARY J. WALKER JOHN G. BERNARD STEVEN J. CHRISTIAN MICHAEL E. DOUGLASS PETER G. GALLUCH CLIFFORD L. SMITH PETER D. WALL JOSE M. BERNARDO JAMES L. CHRISTIE THOMAS R. DOWDLE EDWARD M. GALVIN GREGORY J. SMITH THOMAS J. WALSH BRENDAN D. BERRY CYNTHIA L. CHURBUCK JOHN S. DOWNEY TIMOTHY L. GAMACHE JONATHAN M. SMITH CHRISTOPHER L. WALTON WILLIAM J. BILLINGSLEY CYNTHIA C. CLARK EUGENE J. DOYLE LAWRENCE M. GARCIA RICHARD Q. SMITH JULIA R. WARD VICTOR P. BINDI III ROBERT J. CLARK RICHARD M. DOYLE JOSEPH L. GARDINER, III RICHARD S. SMITH ROBYN C. WARD DWAYNE V. BLACK CARLTON T. CLEVENGER STEVEN E. DRADZYNSKI ROBERT T. GARRETSON STUART D. SMITH KARIN E. WARNER WILLIAM D. BLACKBURN MICHAEL CLIFFORD PATRICK J. DRAUDE BRIAN M. GARRISON CAROL SOLOMON CHARLES R. WARREN BRADFORD A. MARY F. CLOE TIMOTHY D. DREW WILLIAM P. GARRITY, JR. DANIEL J. SOLOMON TERESA M. WATSON BLACKWELDER RICHARD F. CLOUGH JEFFREY B. DRINKARD JOSEPH T. GARRY JOHN D. SORACCO JAMES E. WATTS ROCK E. BLAIS DOUGLAS A. COCHRAN RICHARD J. MELVIN C. GATES KAREN A. SORIA DAVID K. WEBER CRAIG R. BLAKELY ROBERT B. COCO DROMERHAUSER DOMINIC C. GAUDIN BRETT V. SORTOR TIMOTHY H. WEBER JOHN H. BLALOCK, JR. JAMES W. COFFMAN TIMOTHY E. DRY JASON L. GEIGER CHRISTOPHER T. SOSA MICHAEL B. WEIGNER JEFFREY E. BLANKENSHIP HEATHER E. COLE BEAU V. DUARTE KENDALL GENNICK DEBRA R. SOYK STEVEN WEINSTEIN LARRY D. BLAYLOCK, II VERNON C. COLE DOUGLAS R. DUCHARME BRENT K. GEORGE JONATHAN M. STAHL NEIL WEISMAN TIMOTHY A. BOCHARD ROBERT J. COLES, JR. ALESSANDRO I. STAMEGNA KARIN C. WELLS TODD S. BOCKWOLDT KEVIN P. COLLING JAMES A. DUFFORD BRIAN E. GEORGE AARON K. STANLEY KENNETH WELLS ROBERT W. BODVAKE CHRISTOPHER N. COLLINS JAY R. DUHADWAY REBECA M. GIACOMAN SUSAN A. STEINER JEFFREY G. WEYENETH BOBBY C. BOLT TIMOTHY R. COLLINS CHARLES H. DUNAVANT, ARTHUR GIBB, III LAURA M. STERLING DEREK S. WHEELER CHRISTOPHER C. BONE DANIEL M. COLMAN JR. ALAN E. GIBSON MICHAEL L. STITELY MARK S. WHEELER RICK D. BONEAU WILLIAM M. COMBES GRADY D. DUNN ROBERT J. GIBSON, JR. KAREN A. STOVER THOMAS C. WHIPPEN BARTEL J. BOOGERD, III MICHAEL D. CONKEL PHILIP D. DUQUETTE MARK S. GILBERT BRIAN H. SULLIVAN JOHN D. WHITE BRIAN W. BOOKER MICHAEL A. CONNER KENNETH E. DURBIN MICHAEL W. GILES SEAN D. SULLIVAN CATHERINE E. WIDMER JOSEPH D. BORGIA JOHN P. CONSIDINE JOHN A. DUVALL, III DONALD H. GILL, III TERRY M. SURDYKE BARRY E. WILCOX, II MICHAEL D. BOSLEY JAMES M. CONWAY STEPHEN DVORNICK HOWARD J. GILLESPIE GEORGE N. SUTHER CYNTHIA A. WILKES JAMES E. BOSWELL WILLIAM K. COOKE ROBERT P. DYE CHARLES R. GILLUM, JR. JOANNE M. SUTTON ROBERT A. WILLIAMS DENNIS R. BOYER MICHAEL G. COONAN ANTHONY G. DYER DAVID T. GLENISTER TIMOTHY M. SWAN CHARLES E. WILSON STEVEN J. BRACKETT WALTER A. COPPEANS, II JAMES C. DYKEMA WALTER H. GLENN, JR. TRACY B. SWANSON JEFFREY WINEBRENNER CHARLES J. BRADY, III CHRISTOPHER M. DAVID B. EDWARDS DOUGLAS K. GLESSNER FREDERIC R. SYLVIA, JR. DIANA B. WISEMAN JON N. BRADY CORGNATI MARK A. EDWARDS JEFFREY L. GOERGES AMY M. TARBAY COLLEEN R. WITHERELL MICHAEL G. BRADY RENEE R. CORNETT TANYA M. EDWARDS CHARLES P. GOOD GARY A. TAVE PETER J. WITUCKI REGINALD T. BRAGGS ALBERT R. COSTA ERIC R. TAYLOR POLLY S. WOLF JAMES M. BRANDT BRETT M. COTTRELL PAUL F. EICH RICHARD A. GOODWIN RICHARD C. TAYLOR CAROL J. WOMACK KEITH A. BRANNER MICHAEL R. COUGHLIN RONALD W. EICKHOFF CHRISTOPHER L. GORDON FRANLILS C. JENNIFER L. WOMELDORPH GUNTER I. BRAUN GREGORY E. COUPE DONALD E. ELAM DANA R. GORDON TENGASANTOS DONALD P. WOODMANSEE, RALPH R. BRAUND, III PETER T. COURTNEY DANIEL P. ELEUTERIO ROBERT M. GORDON ELIZABETH A. H. TEWELL JR. DONALD J. BREEN STEVEN P. COUTE JOHN D. ELLIOT JOHN R. GORMAN DEANNA L. THOMAS ROWLAND WU SCOTT E. BREES NEIL B. COVINGTON ERNEST ELLIOTT RONALD P. GORMAN, JR. KEVIN C. THOMAS ADORADO B. YABUT BRENT M. BREINING DAVID M. COX, JR. MICHAEL E. ELMSTROM WILLIAM E. GOSSETT CHARLOTTE A. THOMPSON NOBORU YAMAKI BENJAMIN H. BRESLIN JOHN COYNE JAIME W. ENGDAHL BRIAN J. GOSZKOWICZ JOHN C. THOMPSON JOSHUA S. YAMAMOTO MARK O. BRINKERHOFF STEVEN E. CRABB ROBERT J. ENGELHARDT RICHARD S. GOURLEY JANET E. THORLEY MIL A. YI STEPHEN J. BROKENS ROBERT W. CRAIG, JR. JOHN E. ERICKSON, JR. RAYMOND D. GOYET, JR. ERIK THREET DOUGLAS YIM CHAD D. BROWN MARK A. CREASEY TIMOTHY J. ERICSEN GLEN D. GRAEBNER MARY A. TILLOTSON LINDA D. YOUBERG CHRISTOPHER H. BROWN DENNIS R. CREWS THOMAS M. ERTEL DAVID E. GRAEFEN MARK A. TITTLE EDWARD L. ZAWISLAK LINWOOD L. BROWN, III GARY W. CRIGLOW PAUL A. ESQUIBEL SCOTT A. GRAHAM WILLIAM D. TITUS TARA J. ZIEBER WILLIAM A. BROWN SPENCER J. CRISPELL JAMES M. ESQUIVEL BRIAN S. GRAY ERIC R. TOGNOZZI STEVEN T. ZIMMERMAN WOODS R. BROWN, II DAVID C. CRISSMAN HILARIO A. ESTRADA EDWARD J. GRAY PUTNAM H. BROWNE PATRICIA A. CRONIN THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT MARK C. BRUINGTON WAYNE A. CROSS ERIK O. ETZ JEFFREY J. GRAY TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY ANTHONY C. BRUNER DAVID R. CROWE MICHAEL P. EURELL JEFFREY W. GRAY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: DANIEL J. BRUNK TIMOTHY M. CULLEN SCOTT A. EVANS ROBERT J. GRAY DANIEL W. BRYAN, II MARCUS CULVER STEVEN T. EVERARD RICHARD A. GREEN To be lieutenant commander MICHEAL L. BRYANT JOANNE T. CUNNINGHAM RICK C. EYMAN ROBERT A. GREEN EDWARD A. BUERO ROGER L. CURRY, JR. DAVID C. FADLER CONSTANCE M. GREENE DANIEL A. ABRAMS RANDALL G. ANDERSON FRANK V. BULGES MICHAEL R. CURTIS SEAN P. FAGAN JAMES M. GREENE KEVIN H. ADAMS JOSEPH C. ANDREATTI WILLIAM A. BULIS DONALD E. J. CZARAPATA ANDREW R. FALKENBERG GEORGE D. GREENWAY, JR. PAUL M. AGUILAR ANTHONY J. ANGLIN PAUL R. BUNNELL JEFFREY J. CZEREWKO GARRETT J. FARMAN DAVID S. GRENNEK JULIE C. ALBANUS JASON L. ANSLEY ANDREW D. BURDEN WILLIAM A. DAHL JOHN M. FARWELL JEFFREY M. GRIMES BRIAN N. ALBRO MICHAEL R. ARMSTRONG DAVID J. BURDICK JENNIFER A. DANIELS ANDREW I. FATA GEOFFREY M. GRINDELAND JOSEPH A. ALCORN THOMAS W. ARMSTRONG MARK A. BURGESS MICHAEL R. DARGEL GERARD R. FEAGLES CHRISTOPHER E. NATHAN J. ALLEN LOUIS W. ARNY IV BARBARA M. BURGETT JOSEPH R. DARLAK HANS J. FELDMANN GRONBECH THOMAS H. ALLEN JAMES F. ARRIGHI JOHN N. BURK RACHEL E. DARR JAMES A. FELTY TIMOTHY T. GRUNDEN WILLIAM B. ALLEN DAVID A. ARTETA CARL A. BURKINS KEITH B. DAVIDS MICHAEL W. FENDLEY WILLIAM J. GUARINI, JR. DAVID R. ALLISON LAWRENCE J. ARTMAN EDWIN J. BURNS LANCE G. DAVIDSON ANTHONY L. ALLOU III MONTY G. ASHLIMAN, JR. MICHAEL P. BURNS SCOTT D. DAVIES HORACIO FERNANDEZ CORNELIUS M. GUINAN RICHARD B. ALSOP CRAIG R. BACON JASON B. BURROWS CARL P. DAVIS JUAN G. FERNANDEZ, II ANDREW J. GWYER JILL C. ALSTON MICHAEL G. BADORF ANGELO D. BURSTION CHRISTOPHER S. DAVIS RODOLFO FERNANDEZ RICHARD J. J. HABERLIN TINA M. ALTON MARK O. BAILEY DERRICK J. BUSSE DERRICK M. DAVIS SCOTT P. FIELDS GARY L. HACKADAY JEFFREY M. ALVES JOHN M. BAILLIO ARTHUR D. BUSSIERE RICHARD W. DAVIS JACQUELINE R. FINCH MICHAEL W. HADER, JR. MICHAEL D. AMROZOWICZ KIM W. BALDWIN EDWARD L. BUTTS TRACY S. DAY NANCY J. FINK JOHN A. HAGA SAUNDRA L. AMSDEN WALTER L. BANKS RICHARD P. BYRNES, JR. ALAN D. DEAN STEVEN J. FINNEY CHRISTOPHER J. HAGEN TROY A. AMUNDSON DANIEL J. BARBER AARON M. CADENA JAMES P. DEAN ERIK R. FINO JAMES E. HAIGH ERIC L. ANDALIS TIMOTHY C. BARKDOLL THOMAS M. CALLENDER JOSEPH C. DEGRANDI EDWARD J. FIORENTINO HENRY J. HAIGLER EDWARD L. ANDERSON ERIC S. BARKER ARLENE L. CAMP RUSSELL J. DELANEY MICHAEL R. FISHER WILLIAM B. HALE EMORY A. ANDERSON III HERBERT C. BARKER JANE E. CAMPBELL RAYMOND R. DELGADO, III MATTHEW G. FLEMING GREGORY L. ANDERSON KENNETH L. BARKER MATTHEW G. CAMPBELL MARK F. DEMERS

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MICHAEL J. HALL STANLEY C. JONES BARBARA L. LOPEZ ALBERT G. MOUSSEAU, JR. DAVID A. PIERSON EUGENE A. SANTIAGO JOHN H. HALTOM LARRY L. JORDAN ERNESTO LOZANO JOSEPH A. MOYER MICHAEL E. PIETRYKA DAVID D. SANTOS HARRIS B. HALVERSON, II JEFFREY L. JOYNT EDGAR LUCAS PATRICK T. MOYNIHAN NOEL A. PITONIAK CARLOS A. SARDIELLO JEFFREY HALVORSON LETITIA D. JUBERT TIMOTHY C. LUND PATRICK R. MUELLER DARREN R. PLATH STEPHEN K. SAULS JACKIE D. HAMILTON BRIAN D. JULIAN JOHN A. MACDONALD EDWARD D. MURDOCK MICHAEL A. POLIDORO CHARLES SAUTER MARK D. HAMILTON MICHAEL JUNGE ALVAH B. MACDOUGALL, JOHN S. MURGATROYD PHILLIP W. POLIQUIN MICHAEL A. SCHACHTER KRIS B. HANCOCK FREDERICK W. KACHER JR. GERALD D. MURPHY BRYAN P. PONCE KEITH E. SCHAFFLER MICHAEL J. HANNAN EDWIN D. KAISER CORAL L. MACINTOSH JOHN B. MUSTIN WILLIAM R. POPPERT LOUIS J. SCHAGER, JR. ANTHONY P. HANSEN JOSEPH Y. C. KAN TERRENCE MACK SERDAR M. MUTLU MALCOLM H. POTTS PHILIP M. SCHEIPE BENJAMIN B. HANSEN KYLE G. KARSTENS RANDY N. MACTAL BARBARA J. MYTYCH CRAIG M. HANSON DAVID L. KAYEA PAUL J. MAGOON KENNETH E. NAFRADA DOUGLAS A. POWERS FRANK M. SCHENK, JR. DAVID K. HARDEN FRANTZ E. KEBREAU JANET K. MAHN JOSEPH P. NAMAN MICHAEL S. PRATHER GREGORY J. SCHMEISER WILLIAM T. HARDER JOHN J. KEEGAN RICHARD D. MAHONE, JR. MICHAEL D. NASH CHARLES A. PRATT KENT R. SCHRADER RHONDA K. HARDERS JOHN A. KEETON FERNANDO MALDONADO ANDREW W. NEAL MATTHEW S. PREGMON CHARLES W. SCHREIBER WALTER O. HARDIN STANLEY O. KEEVE, JR. CHARLES W. MALONE JEFFREY W. NEGUS PERRY D. PREUETT KARAN A. SCHRIVER REBECCA L. HARPER SEAN P. KELLY SHAWN P. MALONE JOHN D. NELL MICHAEL J. PREWITT THOMAS S. SCHUMACHER CHRISTOPHER A. HARRIS THOMAS M. KEMPER MICHAEL J. MANGIAPANE RICHARD M. NELMS, JR. ERIC K. PRIME MARK C. SCOTT DANIEL A. HARRIS HERBERT L. KENNEDY, III JEFFREY S. MANNING DAVID A. NELSEN MARK A. PROKOPIUS SHARI L. SCOTT DAVID J. HARRIS DAVID A. KENNETT PETER M. MANTZ JAMES R. NELSON KEVIN J. PROTZMAN STEPHEN D. SCOTTY ROY HARRISON MARK C. KESTER STEVEN J. MARINELLO KARLA J. NEMEC ROBERT S. PRYCEJONES KARLA W. SCROGGINS ANGELA K. HART ROBERT E. KETTLE MATTHEW J. MARONE CLINTON A. NEUMAN JOHN A. PUCCIARELLI SCOTT R. SENAY JOSEPH M. HART MUHAMMAD M. F. KHAN DAVID J. MARTAK PAUL V. NEUZIL ROBERT J. PUDLO ROBERT N. SEVERINGHAUS MICHAEL T. HART QUINTEN M. KING EUGENE T. MARTIN, III JOHN P. NEWCOMER JOSEPH P. PUGH SEAN T. SEXTON STEPHEN J. HARTUNG RICHARD T. KING MICHIKO J. MARTIN RICHARD P. NEWTON GERARD F. QUINLAN BRYAN P. SHEEHAN PAUL HARVEY JEFFREY R. KINSMAN STEPHEN D. MARTIN KENNETH A. PAUL D. QUINN THAD M. SHELTON HERBERT S. HASELL JAMES A. KIRK MARK M. MARTY NIEDERBERGER JAMES E. HASSETT, JR. GARY W. KIRKPATRICK CATHERINE M. MASAR DAN A. NIGHTINGALE CHARLES E. QUINTAS STEVEN B. SHEPARD DENNIS L. HASSMAN LISA A. KIRKPATRICK MARK D. MASKIELL MICHAEL A. NIKOLICH DAVID A. QUIRK MICHAEL E. SHERWIN DAVID A. HAWKINS RICHARD L. KIRMIS KENT R. MATHES DAVID H. NORMAN JOSEPH V. QUIRK LEONARD M. SHETLER CHRISTOPHER T. HEBERT LESA J. KIRSCH ALAN L. MATHIS MICHAEL K. NORTIER HERBERT R. RACE, JR. RANDALL B. SHOCKEY DAVID D. HEBERT DONALD E. KLEIN GARY L. MATHIS STEVEN D. NORTON NICK C. RADNEY DENNIS A. SHOOK JONATHAN D. HECKER BRYAN J. KLIR KEVIN M. MATULEWICZ YVONNE D. NORTON SALVATORE P. RAFANELLO KIRSTINA D. SHORE CHRISTINE Y. HEISER MARY J. B. KLUG THOMAS E. MAURER DEVON C. NUGENT JAMES R. RAIMONDO JOHN J. SHRIVER KURT A. HELGERSON GRANT W. KLUZAK DAVID M. MAXWELL TODD M. NUNNO DAVID C. RAINE MICHAEL L. SHUMBERGER JOSEPH B. HENDERSON KENN M. KNITTEL DONALD G. MAY HAROLD O. OAKLEY THOMAS A. RAINVILLE DENNIS W. SICKEL STEVEN R. HENDRICKS KEITH A. KNUTSEN SEAN C. MAYBEE JOHN M. O’BRIEN TIM RAINWATER TODD M. SIDDALL PAUL A. HERBERT RAYMOND E. KOCHEY TODD A. MAYFIELD SEAN P. O’BRIEN BRUCE C. RASCHE EDWARD A. SIMILA GERALD R. HERMANN STEVEN F. KOENIG RAYMOND C. MCBROOM STEPHEN F. O’BRYAN, JR. JAMES J. RASMUSSEN, JR. DONALD B. SIMMONS, II REBECCA S. HERRINGTON DAVID K. KOHNKE JOHN P. MCCALLEN RICHARD F. O’CONNELL EUGENE R. RATHGEBER KEVIN S. SIMOES JEFFREY W. HICKOX ALAN L. KOLACKOVSKY CHRISTOPHER M. JAMES S. OGAWA JAMES D. RAULSTEN DAVID C. SIMS GEOFFREY T. HICKS NILS C. KONIKSON MCCARTHY ANTHONY L. OHL DEAN T. RAWLS GREGORY J. SINGERLE, JR. GREGORY L. HICKS ERIK A. KOONCE MICHAEL A. MCCARTNEY KLAS W. OHMAN JOEL T. HICKS BRETT J. KORADE JEFFREY W. MCCAULEY MICHAEL J. O’KEEFE JOSEPH P. REASON, JR. MICHAEL J. SINGLETON EDWARD F. HILER MATTHEW A. KOSNAR ROBERT A. MCCORD HAL S. OKEY KENNETH L. REBER JOHN P. SIPES, JR. ROBERT R. HILL, JR. MICHAEL A. KOSTIUK RICHARD C. MCCORMACK JOHN A. OKON DOUGLAS E. RECKAMP JAMES G. SIRES KARL E. HINES WILLIAM P. KRONEN RUSSELL S. MCCORMACK PETER S. OLEP CHARLES V. RED, JR. DAVID M. SLIGER LYLE E. HOAG DEBORAH S. KRONGARD ALLEN H. MCCOY EDWARD OLEYKOWSKI CARL S. REED JAMES F. SLOAN, III ROBERT I. HOAR, JR. WILLIAM R. KRONZER ANTOINETTE MCCRACKEN CHRISTOPHER V. OLSON LEONARD E. REED WAYNE F. SLOCUM SCOTT P. HOARD JEFFREY R. KRUSLING MARY J. O. MCCREA JON R. OLSON ROBERT M. REEVES TIMOTHY B. SMEETON DAVID W. HODGES BRIAN W. KUDRNA DENNIS W. MCFADDEN MICHAEL N. OLUVIC ANGUS P. REGIER JEFFREY E. SMITH JAMES E. HODGES BRIAN S. KULLEY KEVIN C. MCGOFF JULIE O’ROURKE PHILIP N. REGIER MARY E. SMITH CHRISTOPHER F. HOFFER JOHN G. KURTZ JAMES T. MCGOVERN PEDRO J. ORTIZ MICHAEL R. REIN TOMMIE C. SMITH BRIAN M. HOFFMANN MICHAEL A. KUYPERS KEVIN MCGOWAN MICHAEL J. OSBORN DENNIS W. REINHARDT WESLEY A. SMITH PATRICK J. HOGAN DARRELL D. LACK JAMES P. MCGRATH, III RAYMOND B. OTT BARON V. REINHOLD WESLEY S. SMITH SHAUN D. HOLLENBAUGH NANCY S. LACORE JOHN P. MCGRATH JAMIE R. OTTO MARK W. RENAUD JOHN J. SNIEGOWSKI ANN E. HOLLENBECK DAVID A. LADERER WILLIAM C. MCKINNEY JOHN F. OUELLETTE CURT A. RENSHAW ERIN G. SNOW FRANK O. HOLLEY PATRICK B. LAFONTANT VAN P. MCLAWHORN CLARK J. OVERBAUGH GREGORY A. REPPAR TAMARA L. SNYDER CRAIG A. HOLTSLANDER ANDREW S. LAMBLEY RICHARD A. MCLEAN JOE V. OVERSTREET WILLIAM F. HOMAN CHRISTOPHER F. MARK W. MCMANUS CHARLES L. OWENS JAY S. RICHARDS MARK W. SORTINO JOHN G. HONER LAMOUREAUX MICHAEL M. MCMILLAN, PATRICK M. OWENS TIMOTHY P. RICHARDT MICHAEL J. SOWA GLENN M. HOPSON CHRISTOPHER J. LANDIS JR. HOWARD PACE TIMOTHY E. RIEGLE ROBERT J. SPANE, II DARYL S. HORNE DOUGLAS M. LANGLOIS PAUL R. MCMULLEN DAVID M. PADULA DALE C. RIELAGE CHARLES C SPARKS, II JENNIFER P. HORNE JULIE M. LAPOINT THOMAS E. MCNERNEY, III DONALD F. PAGLIARO KIM H. RIGAZZI PAUL C. SPEDERO, JR. STEVEN L. HORRELL RUSSELL C. LARRATT SCOTT G. MCWETHY MELODIE S. PALMER DENNIS B. RITCHEY JOHN M. SPEREDELOZZI KEITH W. HOSKINS CHRISTOPHER M. LATHEM TYLER L. MEADOR ROBERT D. PALMER WILLIAM M. ROARK TIMOTHY W. SPITSER DAVID M. HOUFF JEROME P. LAVELY, JR. DAVID A. MEECHAN STEPHEN E. PALMER DION A. ROBB PAUL B. SPOHN MICHAEL D. HOUSTON THOMAS A. LAVERGHETTA ROBERT L. MEEKER, JR. JOHN S. PAMER DONALD A. ROBERTSON TIMOTHY W. STAATS HUGH W. HOWARD III CARLTON L. LAVINDER DAVID G. MELONSON JAMES M. PARISH JOHN D. 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RUSNAK LEIF E. STEINBAUGH GREGORY A. HUSMANN DEREK J. LENEY WILLIAM G. MILLER MARK E. PELTON RONALD W. RUSSELL EHRICH W. STEINMETZ MARIA T. ILLINGWORTH DARRYL J. LENHARDT WILLIAM K. MIMS WILLIAM P. PENNINGTON TED M. RUSSELL JOSEPH S. STENAKA ERIK K. ISAACSON KEVIN P. LENOX DALE R. MINICH MICHAEL J. PERRY MICHAEL D. RUSSO LEE C. STEPHENS MARK D. JACKSON TIMOTHY G. LEONARD ALLEN R. MINICK STEFAN PERRY MICHAEL L. RUSSO MARC A. STERN TROY S. JACKSON BRADLEY J. LEONHARDT CHRISTOPHER C. MISNER JOHN A. PESTOVIC, JR. DAVID M. RUTH BENJAMIN J. STEVENS BRIAN K. JACOBS ROGER J. LERCH, JR. ABRAHAM K. MITCHELL AARON S. PETERS STEVEN M. RUTHERFORD MICHAEL J. STEVENS DARRYN C. JAMES MICHAEL LESCHINSKY CLELAN R. MOFFITT RANDALL V. PETERS MICHAEL S. RYAN WILLIAM C. STEWART ROBERT B. JAMES GLEN S. LEVERETTE JOHN C. MOHN, JR. CHRISTOPHER L. RICHARD J. RYAN CHRISTOPHER STEYN JAMES W. JENKS MARY E. LEWELLYN MICHAEL F. MONAGLE PETERSON JOHN A. SAGER RONALD J. STINSON KARL E. JENSEN ERIC M. LEWIS DEBORA R. MONROE MICHAEL C. PETERSON CHRISTOPHER M. SAINDON EDWARD J. STOCKTON MICHAEL L. JENSEN JONATHAN A. LEWIS GEORGE T. MOODY TRAVIS A. PETERSON ANTHONY W. SAMER JAMES G. STONEMAN MICHAEL H. JOHANSSON LLEWELLYN D. LEWIS RONALD F. MOODY TIMOTHY H. BRENT L. JOHNSON MICHAEL D. LEWIS KEITH G. MOORE PFANNENSTEIN SCOTT A. SAMPLES MARK R. STOOPS ERIK O. JOHNSON RONALD T. LEWIS MICHAEL R. MOORE JESSICA PFEFFERKORN DOUGLAS A. SAMPSON KIRK A. STORK KEVIN B. JOHNSON THERESA A. LEWIS SCOTT D. MORAN DANIEL M. PFEIFF BENNIE SANCHEZ HAROLD W. STOUT MARK H. JOHNSON TODD A. LEWIS KIMBERLY S. MOREIRA TUAN N. PHAM THOMAS E. SANCHEZ SHELBY STRATTON MICHAEL C. JOHNSON WARREN N. LIPSCOMB, III WILLIAM K. MORENO TUNG X. PHAM MATTHEW R. SANDBERG DAVID A. STREIGHT MICHAEL D. JOHNSON JOSEPH A. LISTOPAD REECE D. MORGAN MICHAEL W. PHARES DAVID P. SANDERS LAWRENCE J. STROBEL GEORGE S. JOHNSTONE MATTHEW J. LITTLETON DAVID N. MORIN CLIFTON T. PHILLIPS JOHN R. SANDERSON, IV MICHAEL O. STUART MARK A. JOINES KEVIN F. LIVOLSI KEVIN R. MORRISON CURTIS K.M. PHILLIPS MALACHY D. SANDIE LYLE D. STUFFLE DOREEN M. JONES ADAM C. LOCHMANN SHENAE Y. MORROW PETER C. PHILLIPS GREGORY M. SANDWAY WILLIAM C. SUGGS EDWARD D. JONES JANET E. LOMAX DARREN V. MORTON ERIC R. PHIPPS JOHN P. SANFORD JERRY L. SULLIVAN ERIC R. JONES KENNETH S. LONG JON T. MOSTYN THOMAS C. PICKETT, JR. ANTONIO P. SANJOSE, JR. JOHN M. JONES RUSSELL G. LONGLEY BRIAN C. MOUM MICHAEL R. PIERCE

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DAVID P. SUPPLE JOEL R. WALKER REGINALD C. BROWN ANDREW D. LEVITZ TODD M. STEIN JOHN F. VANPATTEN JOSEPH A. SURETTE PATRICK J. WALKER BRADLEY D. BUCHANAN MICHAEL LIBERATORE MELISSA R. STERNLICHT JOHN A. VAZZANO PARKER W. SWAN JEROME WALLACE, JR. KAREN J. BUENGER BRIAN R. LOMAX TIMOTHY D. STONE ESTELA I. VELEZ SCOTT H. SWORDS RICKEY D. WALLEY JASON A. BURNS KEVIN T. LONG TIFFANY J. STYLES CHERRI L. VILHAUER ROBERT M. SYMULESKI MICHAEL E. WALLIS BRENT A. BUSHEY TRACY L. LOPEZ SANDRA M. SUDDUTH DAWN M. WAGNER JAMES S. TALBERT JOSEPH E. WALTER, JR. VIRGINIA L. BUTLER EVA M. LOSER JOHN D. SULLIVAN KURTT H. WALTON JAMES B. TANNAHILL JON D. WALTERS RONNIE M. CANDILORO PETER M. LUDWIG CHARLES D. SWIFT CHAD E. WEBSTER CHRIS E. TAYLOR ANN M. CASE JOHN S. LUGO DAVID E. WARD DEANNA L. THOMAS TYNAH R. WEST GUY A. TAYLOR MATTHEW CASE MICHAEL P. LYNN JOHN M. WARD CARLA K. THORSON WENDY WIESE JAMES E. TAYLOR MARGARET M. WARD JEROME J. CHRISTENSEN JENNIFER J. MACBAIN CONNIE L. TODD BARRY E. WILCOX, II DEREK L. TEACHOUT ROBERT J. WARE JEFFREY CLARK DENNIS B. MACDOUGALL TOBEY A. TOLBERT JACK E. WILCOX MICHAEL W. TEMME DENNIS J. WARREN LORI J. CLAYTON IAN A. MACKINNON VALORIE A. TOTH FLOYD M. WILLIAMS, JR. THOMAS R. TENNANT DAVID H. WATERMAN SCOTT O. CLOYD CARL H. MANEMEIT HENRY J.M. THAXTON TODD M. WATKINS TIMOTHY A. COAKLEY PAUL A. MANNER JENNIFER L. TREDWAY SHENEKIA D. WILLIAMS RICHARD A. THIEL, JR. JILL C. WATSON MICHAEL L. COE CHRISTOPHER R. MANNION JOANNE M. TUIN DOUGLAS A. WINEGARDNER JOHN J. THOMPSON STEVEN H. WATSON LAURA K. COMSTOCK DAVID M. MARTIN JEFFREY F. TULLIS LISA M. WING KENT F. THOMPSON STEVEN D. WEBER GREGORY W. COOK DWAYNE B. MARYOTT PATRICK O. TURPIN THERESA M. WOOD PAUL A. THOMPSON TIMOTHY R. WEBER CHERYL J. COSTA MICHAEL R. MAULE SUSAN R. TUSSEY REGINALD G. WYCOFF, JR. RICHARD W. THOMPSON ROY T. WEDGEWOOD ANDREW B. CRIGLER CAREN L. MC CURDY LISA M. UMPHREY NICOLAS D.I. YAMODIS MARK E. THORNELL WILLIAM A. WEEDON ROBERT J. CROW ERIC J. MC DONALD JOHN E. URBAN DEBRA L. YNIGUEZ MICHAEL L. THRALL KENNETH L. WEEKS, III JOHN M. DANIELS STUART R. MCKENNA JODY A. VANKLEEF LENORA J. YOUNG DARCEY J. THURESON ANDREW J. WEGNAN CASSANDRA CATHLEEN M. MC QUADE NIEVA K. VANLEER KIM T. ZABLAN MARIE A. THURMAN EVAN W. WEINTRAUB DARDENBARNES PATRICK G. MELER JANICE E. ZERISHNEK BRADLEY S. TIDWELL MARK W. WEISGERBER BRADLEY S. DAVIS PHILIP B. MELTMAR KEITH G. TIERNAN CHRISTOPHER D. ROSARIO P. MERRELL STEVEN G. WELDON To be lieutenant (junior grade) KATHRYN E. TIERNEY RICHARD T. WELHAM DECLERCQ ANDREW P. MESHEL RODNEY P. TISHNER KRISTA J. DELLAPINA XANTHE R. MIEDEMA DANIEL A. WELLS CYNTHIA J. ANDRESEN RICARDO F. HUGHES JAMES T. TOBIN FARIA DIAZ JULIE K. MILLER DEAN E. WENCE REID B. APPLEQUIST ALEXANDER K. HUTCHISON EDWIN TOBON THOMAS L. DORWIN PAUL C. MILLER PAUL G. WERRING, JR. CLAUDE W. ARNOLD, JR. ROLANDO R. IBANEZ WILLIAM E. TOEPPE BARBARA J. DROBINA ANN K. MINAMI THOMAS L. WESTER STEVEN A. ATTENWEILER DENNIS J. JACKO CHARLES J. TOLEDO JOEL D. DULAIGH CHAD A. MITCHELL EDWARD J. WETZEL JOHANNES M. BAILEY ERIC T. TOOKE GARETT E. EDMONDS MONICA E. MITCHELL TEDDI M. JOHNSON CRAIG M. WEVLEY SAMANTHA D. BALDWIN RAYMOND M. TORTORELLI KAREN L. EGGLESTON CARLOS MONTANEZ GREGORY S. JONES CHARLES R. WHEELER DEETTA L. BARNES THOMAS A. TRAPP JOHN W. EJNIK JOHN P. MOON WILLIAM L. JONES JEFFREY P. WHETMAN MELISSA A. BARNETT TARA K. TRAYNOR DANIEL E. ELDREDGE KARIN S. MOREAN NICHOLAS S. KAKARAS MICHELLE K. WHISENHANT THOMAS J. TREACY LORRAINE A. ENGLISH MARK S. MORRELL ERNESTO B. BARRIGA MICHAEL T. KELLEY DAVID A. WHITE BRETT H. TREESE TODD M. EVANS DANIEL MORITSCH SUZANNE L. BLANTON ROBERT D. KETCHELL GEORGE F. TRICE, JR. ERASMUS D. WHITE BRADLEY A. FAGAN SYLVIA I. NAGY DONALD W. BOWKER JERRY A. KING DAVID M. TRZECIAKIEWICZ WILLIAM S. WHITE KRISTIN M. FERER JAMES A. NEUMAN DONNA N. BRADLEY TERESA M. JAMES M. TURECEK SCOTT E. WHITMORE GERRY M. FERNANDEZ, JR. THANH V. NGUYEN THOMAS R. BROADWAY, JR. KRONENBERGER PHILLIP H. TURNER MICHAEL V. WIECZOREK GLENN S. FISCHER PAMELA E. NICKRAND CHRISTOPHER P. BROWN KEVIN A. LANE TROY J. TWOREK ERIC S. WIESE BARBARA H. FLETCHER JEREMY C. NIKEL ELIZABETH M. BROWN JASON R. LEACH ROGER R. ULLMAN, II JAMES W. WIGGS, 8748 ] JOSEPH P. FLOTT JOHNNY M. NILSEN ROBERT B. BUCHANAN GREGORY J. LELAND MONTE L. ULMER GEORGE M. WIKOFF DAVID R. FOSTER EDWARD B. O’BRIEN, III KELLY M. CANTLEY PAUL S. LETENDER CHRISTINA L. ULSES DEAN R. WILL SHELLY V. FRANK NATHAN R. OGLE JOHN E. CARROLL, II PAUL A. LOESCHE BART J. UMENTUM PAT L. WILLIAMS THERESA L. FRITH JANICE K. O’GRADY STEVEN B. CARROLL LAVERNE R. LOWRIMORE LOUIS T. UNREIN RACQUEL M. WILLIAMS ORLANDO J. FUGARO SHIRLEY E. OGUIN YONG K. CHA SHELTON L. LYONS, II RAJAN VAIDYANATHAN ROBERT A. WILLIAMS IVAN R. GARCIA JOHN A. OLIVEIRA RALPH C. CICCI, JR. DEBORAH L. MABEY JOHN L. VALADEZ SUSAN M. WILLY EUGENE K. GARLAND CLYDE D. OWEN CHRISTOPHER F. CIGNA MICHAEL A. MARSTON SALLY A. VANHORN ANHTUAN N. WILSON JOSEPH R. 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ROBERT R. PHILLIPS JEFFREY J. WALKER JOHN M. ZUZICH STEPHEN F. HIGUERA DAVID C. REITER MELISSA A. FARINO KEMAL O. PISKIN LAURA J. M. HOBBS JOANNA M. REITER STEFAN C. FARRINGTON JEFFREY J. POOL THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR REGULAR AP- DENISE L. HOFFMAN JANELLE A. RHODERICK PAUL A. FEIKEMA NATHANAEL B. PRICE POINTMENT IN THE GRADES INDICATED IN THE UNITED EMILIE R. HOOK JEFFREY P. RICHARD PAUL S. FERMO JAMES G. REESE, JR. STATES NAVY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 531 AND DEREK O. HOOKS TIMOTHY R. RICHARDSON LONNIE L. FIELDS VIRGLE D. REEVES 5582: WILLIAM J. HUGHES, IV SHAWN A. RICKLEFS EARL D. FILLMORE CRAIG A. RETZLAFF JULIE A. HUNT GEORGE P. RILEY MARK C. RICE To be lieutenant commander JEAN F. FISAK CHARLES E. HURST JOHN ROROS KENNETH L. FLAHERTY CHRISTOPHER P. RINAUDO MARC E. ARENA THOMAS K. LEAK LEON R. JABLOW, IV KEVIN S. ROSENBERG CHRISTOPHER G. FOLLIN TOMMY RODRIGUEZ RONNY L. JACKSON PAUL W. ROUSSEAU SCOTT A. CURTICE ALISON C. LEFEBVRE PATRICK M. FOSTER JENNIFER K. RUEGG JEFFREY J. JAKUBOSKI ROBIN L. ROWEADLER KENNETH C. EARHART SCHALK J. LEONARD KEITH A. FREESE CHRISTOPHER M. SACCO CHRISTINA A. JAMIESON BRET A. RUSSELL JAIME J. SALAZAR JOHN G. ESAREY IVAN K. LESNIK RHONDA A. L. GABEL ALBERT S. JANIN, IV REGINALD T. RUSSELL SONDRA M. SANTANA PRESTON S. GABLE EDWIN T. LONG ORLANDO GALLARDO, JR. KARON V. JONES SCOTT A. RUSSELL MATTHEW I. SAVAGE TAMARA J. HOOVER ANTHONY C. MILLER NATASHA A. GAMMON ULETHA M. JONES PHILIP J. RYNN DANIEL G. GARCIA ZOAH SCHENEMAN CYNTHIA R. JOYNER EILEEN SCANLAN RACHEL L. KATZ PAUL C. KAPFER LINDA M. SALEH JAYSON L. GARRELS KENNETH E. GAYLE D. SHAFFER STEVEN A. KLOCK STEPHANIE A. KAPFER SCOTT A. SAMPLES MARK R. GARRIGUS SCHEUERMANN FRANK T. KATZ JOSE L. SANCHEZ JOHN D. GATES RICHARD M. SCHMIDT DUANE M. KEMP PETER M. SCHEUFELE To be lieutenant WILLIAM P. GILROY STEVEN K. SCHULTZ SHARI D. KENNEDY GRACE K. SEABROOK BRADLEE E. GOECKNER JOEL K. SENSENIG SETH D. ABBOTT JOHN M. BARRETT YOLANDA KERN SHERRY J. SEAGRAM LEON M. 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LAW GEOFFREY W. SPENCER BRENT A. HOLBECK ROBERT THOMAS ANDREW B. BAKER WALTER D. BRAFFORD KATRINA M. LEEK MARK O. STEARNS JOHNNIE M. HOLMES ERIK M. THORS JONATHAN G. BAKER AARON G. BRODSKY DENISE M. LEVELING MICHAEL J. STEFFEN

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MICHAEL J. TODD GEORGE A. WESTLAKE To be ensign THE JUDICIARY MICHAEL A. TORRES DAVID L. WHITLEY KHIEM Q. TRAN ANN WILLIAMS DAVID R. ARNING SHIKINA M. JACKSON MARYANNE TRUMP BARRY, OF NEW JERSEY, TO BE KAREN D. TREANOR DANNY A. WILLIAMS PATRICK J. FORD MICAH D. NEWTON UNITED STATES CIRCUIT JUDGE FOR THE THIRD CIR- ANDREW E. TUTTLE TRA D. WILLIAMS GARY HULING ANTONIO J. SCURLOCK CUIT. BENTON K. VAUGHAN, III MICHAEL L. WITHERSPOON f DAVID N. HURD, OF NEW YORK, TO BE UNITED STATES AARON J. WAGNER NORMAN B. WOODCOCK DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW LISA L. WAND SARAH L. WRIGHT CONFIRMATIONS YORK. CHRISTOPHER A. WEAVER MICHAEL D. YOUNG NAOMI REICE BUCHWALD, OF NEW YORK, TO BE UNITED Executive nominations confirmed by STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT the Senate September 13, 1999: OF NEW YORK.

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The House met at 12:30 p.m. and was utes, and each Member, except the ma- gress needs only to pass legislation re- called to order by the Speaker pro tem- jority leader, the minority leader, or quiring the U.S. Treasury to print and pore (Mr. GIBBONS). the minority whip, limited to 5 min- issue U.S. Treasury currency in the f utes. same amount and the same denomina- The Chair recognizes the gentleman tions as the Federal Reserve notes. DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO from Washington (Mr. METCALF) for 5 The Treasury would issue these new TEMPORE minutes. U.S. notes through the banks, while The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- f withdrawing a like amount of Federal Reserve notes. Thus, there would be no fore the House the following commu- MONEY nication from the Speaker: change in the money supply. As these Mr. METCALF. Mr. Speaker, my WASHINGTON, DC, Federal Reserve notes are collected by September 13, 1999. topic today is money. About the only the U.S. Treasury, they must be re- I hereby appoint the Honorable JIM GIB- thing most of us know about money is turned to the Fed to buy back or re- BONS to act as Speaker pro tempore on this that we need more of it. But there is deem the face value, the same face day. really a lot more that we need to know value in U.S. interest-bearing bonds J. DENNIS HASTERT, about our money system. now held by the Fed, a total of about Speaker of the House of Representatives. For example, most people do not $500 billion. So over a couple of years, f know that we pay rent on our money; we would have real U.S. currency cir- yes, interest or rent on the cash we MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE culating, and the U.S. debt would be re- use. It costs every American about $100 duced by substantially more than $400 A message from the Senate by Ms. every year indirectly to rent our cash, billion. It sounds too simple, does it McDevitt, one of its clerks, announced that is, our paper money, from its own- not? There must be a down side. Well, that the Senate had passed with an ers, the Federal Reserve. it is that simple, and there is no down amendment in which the concurrence Of course, the Fed does not just side. of the House is requested, a bill of the spend that money. It is returned to the In fact, there is a substantial up side. House of the following title: Federal Treasury. Thus, in reality, if it The U.S. debt would be reduced by over H.R. 1906. An Act making appropriations goes to the Treasury, it is a tax or rent $400 billion, and U.S. interest on the for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food we Americans pay to the Fed for the debt reduced each year by about $25 and Drug Administration, and Related Agen- privilege of using the Fed’s money, an billion. Ask the chairman of the Com- cies for the fiscal year ending September 30, indirect tax on our money in circula- mittee on the Budget if it could help to 2000, and for other purposes. tion. reduce U.S. Treasury expenditures by The message also announced that the We all know that we are taxed on $25 billion each year. I intend to intro- Senate insists upon its amendment to nearly everything, but not many peo- duce legislation to carry out this con- the bill (H.R. 1906) ‘‘An Act making ap- ple know that we pay a tax on our cept. propriations for Agriculture, Rural De- money. This tax, about $25 billion, or f velopment, Food and Drug Administra- $100 per person, is paid to the Fed each tion, and Related Agencies for the fis- year by the U.S. Treasury to pay inter- EAST TIMOR cal year ending September 30, 2000, and est on U.S. bonds that are held by the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under for other purposes,’’ requests a con- Fed to back our money. What a foolish the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- ference with the House on the dis- and costly system, to rent Federal Re- uary 19, 1999, the gentleman from Or- agreeing votes of the two Houses there- serve notes for $25 billion a year, when egon (Mr. BLUMENAUER) is recognized on, and appoints Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. the U.S. Treasury could issue our own during morning hour debates for 5 min- SPECTER, Mr. BOND, Mr. GORTON, Mr. currency, our own United States notes, utes. MCCONNELL, Mr. BURNS, Mr. STEVENS, without debt or bonds or any interest Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, Mr. KOHL, Mr. HARKIN, Mr. DORGAN, at all, just as we issue our coins. earlier this year I had an opportunity Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. DURBIN, and Mr. Our coins are minted by the United to travel with a congressional delega- BYRD, to be the conferees on the part of States Treasury and essentially spent tion chaired by the gentleman from Ne- the Senate. into circulation. The Treasury makes a braska (Mr. BEREUTER) and the gen- The message also announced that the neat profit on them of over 80 percent tleman from Arizona (Mr. KOLBE) to Senate has passed a bill of the fol- of the face value of the coins issued. the island Nation of Indonesia. lowing title in which concurrence of That is a lot of profit. A grave question There we had an opportunity to meet the House is requested. is, why do we not issue our paper with President Habibie, to meet in S. 28. An Act to authorize an interpretive money the same way we issue coins, prison with Jose Alexandre Gusmao, center and related visitor facilities within and gain an immense profit or seignior- who is likely to be the president of an the Four Corners Monument Tribal Park, age for our Treasury, and, of course, independent East Timor, should that and for other purposes. for the American people? ever come to pass, as well as maybe of f It has been said that the U.S. Govern- Indonesia’s military leaders, people ment goes further into debt whenever who appear to be sophisticated, many MORNING HOUR DEBATES it issues currency, but makes a profit of whom are United States-educated. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- when coins are placed into circulation. Again and again we heard of Indo- ant to the order of the House of Janu- This is truly a system that defies logic. nesia’s commitment to democracy and ary 19, 1999, the Chair will now recog- Again, why do we not issue our own its determined effort to undo the dam- nize Members from lists submitted by paper money, just as we issue our age done by the Asian financial crisis the majority and minority leaders for coins? There is no legitimate reason and its need for our support. The sched- morning hour debates. The Chair will why we do not. uling of an election on independence alternate recognition between the par- I am pleased to present a simple and for East Timor was perceived as a posi- ties, with each party limited to 30 min- realistic way to accomplish this. Con- tive sign. But over the last 8 months

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.

VerDate May 04 2004 10:26 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\H13SE9.000 H13SE9 21268 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE September 13, 1999 we have been watching those events such direct interest to them, and per- ance. Bless us, O God, this day and unfold in East Timor, hoping for the haps putting a more Asian face on any every day, we pray. Amen. best, but with a growing sense of appre- peacekeeping effort. f hension. Last month’s election results The United States should continue to THE JOURNAL and the carnage that followed realized exert pressure and influence through our worst fears. every means possible to restore peace The SPEAKER pro tempore. The East Timor is in fact different from and bring democracy to East Timor. Chair has examined the Journal of the Indonesia’s other areas of ethnic ten- For 20 years, we have erred on the side last day’s proceedings and announces sion. Its history is different. It was of caution. We have been timid in seek- to the House his approval thereof. ruled for hundreds of years by the Por- ing to protect East Timor. Perhaps Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- tuguese, not the Dutch. It is over- that role is changing, as it should. I am nal stands approved. whelmingly Roman Catholic, not Mus- greatly encouraged by the United f lim, like most of Indonesia. States’ role over the last 96 hours. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The people of East Timor have done There are some that argue that we The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the everything that the world community have to be selective in playing a role as gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. could have expected in seeking their the guarantor of freedom and the pro- PITTS) come forward and lead the independence. They have suffered 25 tector of those who seek democracy House in the Pledge of Allegiance. years of repression at the hands of In- worldwide. There are limitations, it is Mr. PITTS led the Pledge of Alle- donesian military and paramilitary argued, on the powers and realities in giance as follows: groups. In August, over 98 percent of the many potential areas of involve- I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the the 450,000 eligible voters braved grave ment. United States of America, and to the Repub- personal peril to journey to the polls. But the people of East Timor have al- lic for which it stands, one nation under God, Only 2 weeks ago, those election re- ready earned our support, paying a hor- indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. sults were described as a model vote, rible price over the last 25 years. The f and the results, of course, were over- world community needs to prove its ca- REPUBLICAN PLAN DOWNSIZES whelmingly clear. By a majority of pacity to keep its commitments to peo- THE POWER OF GOVERNMENT more than three to one, East Timor ple aspiring to freedom. Indonesia must AND UPSIZES THE POWER OF voted for independence from Indonesia. be strongly encouraged in new direc- PEOPLE But the reaction to this vote was tions of tolerance and democracy, lest chilling. Military groups have gone on this vast island country dissolve, with (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given a rampage. Innocent civilians, United enormous consequences to world sta- permission to address the House for 1 Nations personnel, priests, nuns, bility, as well as to the 211 million In- minute and to revise and extend his re- women, and children have been at- donesians. marks.) tacked and killed. Hundreds, perhaps The United States has the oppor- Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, over the thousands, of deaths have been added tunity and the responsibility to help August recess I held nearly 20 town to the over 200,000 lives that have been Indonesians and the world keep their hall meetings across the great State of Nevada talking with constituents lost on this troubled island over the commitments. We in Congress should about the Republican tax plan and how last 25 years. use every opportunity in the days it was going to help them and their The situation in East Timor is indeed ahead to keep the spotlight trained on complex and delicate, because Indo- families. this troubled island. Now this legislation is based on a nesia is simultaneously trying to re- f store its own democracy after years of very simple idea, the idea that once military dictatorship, repair a shat- RECESS Government pays its bills and has tered economy, and retrain its military money left over, it should be returned The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- to those who paid: the taxpayer. Most to respect civilian authority. ant to clause 12 of rule I, the Chair de- Whether it will be able to do those taxpayers know if their money is left clares the House in recess until 2 p.m. in Washington, politicians will spend it things is very much an open question. Accordingly (at 12 o’clock and 42 There is a great deal at stake in Indo- every time. minutes p.m.), the House stood in re- Mr. Speaker, the average family in nesia’s resolving these problems. It is cess until 2 p.m. Nevada worked until May 14 this year indeed a huge country, the fourth most f just to pay their tax bill. Simply put: populous in the world. It has the larg- Nevadans spent roughly the first 4 est Muslim population in the world. It b 1400 months of each year working for the is rich in natural resources. It was, AFTER RECESS Federal Government. until recently, aspiring to be an Asian We are at a crossroads in our coun- The recess having expired, the House and a world leader. Now it is just try- try’s history. We balanced the budget, was called to order by the Speaker pro ing to hold itself together. Struggling reformed welfare, cut wasteful spend- tempore (Mr. FOLEY) at 2 p.m. with centrifugal forces of ethnicity are ing, and created a surplus revenue in Nation’s separatist movements that f Washington, D.C. But a windfall for could splinter this vast Nation created PRAYER Washington is not right. Working fami- and held together by force. lies should not be working just for But the greatest threat to Indo- The Chaplain, Reverend James David Washington, but Washington should be nesia’s future is to allow the hardliners Ford, D.D., offered the following pray- working for taxpayers, and cutting to overturn the referendum through vi- er: taxes is the best way to tip the scales olence and fear. Tolerating this would We know, O God, that You are the back to our constituents, the hard- send exactly the wrong message to the God of grace and forgiveness. At our working people. Indonesians, their military, and people best moments we realize that You wish After all, Mr. Speaker, this debate is struggling to make democracy work. to save us from any conceit or selfish- about downsizing the power of Govern- The credibility of many is on the ness that keeps us from being truly ment and upscaling the power of the line. The United Nations did not create human. Allow us to open our hearts people. this crisis, but it must follow through and our very souls to Your life giving f if it is to have political and moral peace, that peace that passes all credibility. The neighboring Asian human understanding. May Your good PILLOW TALK AT THE countries, through ASEAN, have a spirit fulfill our lives that we will live DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY chance to be heard and a chance to with thanksgiving and praise and our (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was play an important role in events of lives will have confidence and assur- given permission to address the House

VerDate May 04 2004 10:26 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\H13SE9.000 H13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 21269 for 1 minute and to revise and extend schools offer students excellent edu- Such rollcall votes, if postponed, will his remarks.) cations and many benefits including be taken today after debate has been Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, after small classes, excellent educations, concluded on all motions to suspend all the buying and spying, the Depart- personal attention, strong family and the rules, but not before 6 p.m. today. ment of Energy has announced their community involvement. However, f new security policy. All scientists until now federal education programs CONGRESSIONAL AWARD ACT must now report any and all romantic have not addressed the unique funding AMENDMENTS OF 1999 affairs that they have with foreigners. needs in these districts. All current Now if that is not enough to center- federal education formula grants unin- Mr. TANCREDO. Mr. Speaker, I move fold our Playboys, check this out. tentionally ignore small rural schools to suspend the rules and pass the Sen- There is one exception, and I am not because these formulas do not produce ate bill (S. 380) to reauthorize the Con- kidding: one night stands are still per- enough revenue to carry out the pro- gressional Award Act. mitted. gram the grant is intended to fund. The Clerk read as follows: Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. The next To address this problem I have intro- S. 380 time, Congress, we see an ad for a tem- duced a bill, the Small Rural Schools Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- porary, overnight, meaningful relation- initiative to provide flexibility for dis- resentatives of the United States of America in ship, be careful. It may be from a real tricts with fewer than 600 students to Congress assembled, rocket launcher at the Department of combine funds from federal education SECTION 1. CONGRESSIONAL AWARD ACT Energy. formula grants to support local edu- AMENDMENTS OF 1999. Launch this. cation efforts. The Small Rural (a) CHANGE OF ANNUAL REPORTING DATE.— Section 3(e) of the Congressional Award Act I yield back all the pillow talk at the Schools initiative is a common sense approach to help these schools to use (2 U.S.C. 802(e)) is amended in the first sen- Department of Energy. tence by striking ‘‘April 1’’ and inserting f federal funds for the purpose that Con- ‘‘June 1’’. gress intended, to make a meaningful (b) MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS.—Section SUPPORT THE PAIN RELIEF impact in the education of all students. 4(a)(1) of the Congressional Award Act (2 PROMOTION ACT f U.S.C. 803(a)(1)) is amended— (Mr. PITTS asked and was given per- (1) in subparagraphs (A) and (D), by strik- TIME TO ELIMINATE THE ing ‘‘member of the Congressional Award As- mission to address the House for 1 MARRIAGE TAX PENALTY minute and to revise and extend his re- sociation’’ and inserting ‘‘recipient of the Congressional Award’’; and marks.) (Mr. WELLER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 (2) in subparagraphs (B) and (C), by strik- Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, is the Neth- ing ‘‘representative of a local Congressional erlands really ready for killing sick minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) Award Council’’ and inserting ‘‘a local Con- children? That is the question cur- gressional Award program volunteer’’. Mr. WELLER. Mr. Speaker, I have an rently pending in Holland as they con- (c) EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENTS REGARD- important question to ask, and that is sider a bill that would allow the killing ING FINANCIAL OPERATIONS OF CONGRESSIONAL what is the President going to do about of six children as young as 12 years old AWARD PROGRAM; NONCOMPLIANCE WITH RE- the marriage tax penalty? if they are terminally ill. A spokes- QUIREMENTS.—Section 5(c)(2)(A) of the Con- Over the last 2 years, dozens of us in gressional Award Act (2 U.S.C. 804(c)(2)(A)) is woman for the Royal Dutch Medical this House have asked the important amended by striking ‘‘and 1998’’ and insert- Association said: question, is it right, is it fair, that ing ‘‘1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004’’. ‘‘The doctor will do his utmost to try under our Tax Code married working (d) TERMINATION.—Section 9 of the Con- to reach an agreement between patient couples with two incomes pay higher gressional Award Act (2 U.S.C. 808) is amend- and parents, but if the parents do not taxes than identical couples with iden- ed by striking ‘‘October 1, 1999’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2004’’. want to cooperate, it is the doctor’s tical incomes living together outside of duty to respect the wishes of their pa- marriage. We believe it is wrong that The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- tient.’’ 21 million married working couples pay ant to the rule, the gentleman from So much for the Hippocratic Oath for higher taxes just because they are mar- Colorado (Mr. TANCREDO) and the gen- a civilized medical institution. ried; and this Congress, this Repub- tleman from California (Mr. MARTINEZ) This situation in Netherlands gives lican Congress, has passed, the end of each will control 20 minutes. us all the more reason to work to pass July, legislation which will eliminate The Chair recognizes the gentleman the Pain Relief Promotion Act, which the marriage tax penalty for a major- from Colorado (Mr. TANCREDO). disallows the intentional use of con- ity of those who suffer it. Mr. TANCREDO. Mr. Speaker, I yield trolled substances to cause or assist in The question we have: Is the Presi- myself such time as I may consume. suicide. At the same time it recognizes dent going to join with us and make it Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support that using controlled substances to al- a bipartisan effort to eliminate the of S. 380, the Congressional Award Act leviate pain and discomfort in the marriage tax penalty by signing into amendments of 1999. Congress estab- usual course of professional practice is law the tax cut when we send it to him lished the Congressional Award in 1979 a legitimate medical purpose and con- later this week? to recognize initiative, achievement, sistent with public health and safety. Twenty-one million married working and service in our young people across Mr. Speaker, we never want to see a couples pay $1,400 more in higher taxes the country. Senator Malcolm Wallop, day when our young kids or elderly just because they are married. Is it not a Republican from Wyoming, and Rep- parents legally and intentionally die at time that we eliminate the marriage resentative James Howard, a Democrat the hands of a so-called doctor. Sup- tax penalty? from New Jersey, authored the original port the Pain Relief Promotion Act. f legislation in a bipartisan effort. f The original legislation established ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER the Congressional Award as a private- RURAL EDUCATION INITIATIVE PRO TEMPORE public partnership which receives fund- (Mr. BARRETT of Nebraska asked The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- ing from the private sector and was and was given permission to address ant to the provisions of clause 8 of rule originally signed into law by President the House for 1 minute and to revise XX, the Chair announces that he will Jimmy Carter. In addition, Presidents and extend his remarks.) postpone further proceedings today on Reagan, Bush, and Clinton have signed Mr. BARRETT of Nebraska. Mr. each motion to suspend the rules on legislation to reauthorize the act. Speaker, over 20 percent of the stu- which a recorded vote or the yeas and The Congressional Award is pre- dents in this country attend small nays are ordered, or on which the vote sented on a noncompetitive individual rural schools. Many of these schools is objected to under clause 6 of rule basis to young people in the United are in my Nebraska district. These XX. States between the ages of 14 and 23 to

VerDate May 04 2004 10:26 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\H13SE9.000 H13SE9 21270 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE September 13, 1999 recognize their initiative, achieve- process and changes the membership Carter in 1979, the Congressional Award ment, and service. Young people from requirements of the board of directors Act recognizes young Americans for all walks of life and levels of ability to allow for more participation at the their commitment to self-and commu- can work to earn the award. Partici- local level enabling communities that nity-improvement. pants range from the academically and do not have a Congressional Award Program participants ages 14 to 23 physically gifted to those with severe Council to participate on the board of set individual goals in the areas of vol- physical, mental and socioeconomic directors. untary community service, personal challenges. b 1415 development, physical fitness, and ex- To earn a Congressional Award, par- ploration. Once these goals are ticipants work with advisers to set in- The bill passed the Senate by unani- achieved, they earn bronze, silver, or dividual goals and plan activities to mous consent on April 13, 1999. gold medals which are presented to meet these goals in four program areas It is important to continue the au- them during a special ceremony by including voluntary public service, per- thorization of the Congressional Award their Member of Congress. sonal development, physical fitness, for several reasons. The Congressional Because a Congressional Award is and expedition exploration. Partici- Research Service submitted a memo- noncompetitive and individuals earn pants strive for either a bronze, silver, randum to committee staff regarding rather than win awards, any young per- or gold award. At each level 50 percent the potential consequences to the Con- son, regardless of his or her life cir- of the required minimum hours to earn gressional Award program if it were cumstances or physical or mental the award are in volunteer public serv- not reauthorized. CRS concluded that abilities, can participate. ice, a minimum of 100 hundred hours if the board were not reauthorized, The benefits of the Congressional for the bronze, 200 for the silver and 400 questions may arise as to the propriety Award program are numerous and last- for the gold. To date, more than 6,500 of its continued use of the Congres- ing. While young people work to earn Congressional Awards have been pre- sional Award program name; an alter- awards, they develop a sense of self- sented representing more than 1.5 mil- native mechanism for appointment of worth, self-confidence, and responsi- lion hours of volunteer service from all board members would be required be- bility. They also learn important life 50 States, the District of Columbia, and cause members of the board are cur- skills such as initiative, organization, Puerto Rico. rently appointed by Congressional teamwork and problem solving. Congress has spent a greater part of leadership. Alternative means of fi- In addition, the communities in the 106th Congress working to ensure nancing the Congressional Award med- which these young people reside benefit that tomorrow is a safer and more posi- als would be required because the U.S. from their volunteerism and hard tive place for our youth. We now have Mint is currently directed to strike the work. Since the program’s inception in an opportunity to reaffirm our com- medals used for the Congressional 1979, 8,204 young Americans have re- mitment to America’s youth for an- Award; I might add, at no direct ex- ceived Congressional Awards, and over other 5 years. Crime prevention, work- pense to the taxpayers, and an in-kind 2 million hours of volunteer service ing with the United Way, aiding the el- congressional support, primarily office have been completed. derly, collecting, sorting and distrib- space at the Ford Building, could be While programs are administered at uting food for the needy and building a terminated because of questions as to the local level by Congressional Award handicap-accessible ramp are just a few the propriety of the use of official re- Councils, national activities and proof the services that individuals perform sources to support an activity that did gram oversight are carried out by the while working to attain Congressional not seem to have the support of Con- Congressional Award Foundation and Awards. gress. the board of directors. Currently serv- America’s youth is crying out for There are currently around 2,000 ing on the board are Senators MAX support and encouragement, and this young people from across the country BAUCUS and LARRY CRAIG, and the gen- award is helping to give them this pursuing the Congressional Award, tlewoman from Wyoming (Mrs. CUBIN) today. with more entering the program each and the gentleman from New Jersey Several challenges are currently day. Each of these young people exem- (Mr. PAYNE) and the gentleman from being implemented to the Congres- plifies the qualities of commitment to Puerto Rico (Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO´ ). sional Award program to give more service and citizenship that our coun- Although the Congressional Award young people the opportunity to par- try embodies and which we promote program is a private-public partnership ticipate and earn awards. These through our own service in Congress. that receives no Federal funding, the changes include the reduction in the I believe that this program, which is Congressional Award Act has been re- paperwork necessary to enroll, a lower a private-public partnership that reauthorized twice, once during the enrollment fee, a shift of authority ceives nearly all of its funding from the Reagan administration and once during from national to local control which private sector should be supported by the Bush administration, and it is once allows State councils, youth service or- each and every Member. again due for reauthorization. ganizations, and other entities to oper- Congress should support our Nation’s On April 13, S. 380 passed the Senate ate the Congressional Award and an ad- youth in their efforts and recognize by unanimous consent, and I urge my ditional track of awards called the their achievements through the Con- House colleagues to follow that body’s Congressional Certificates to recognize gressional Award program. example and pass S. 380 today. individuals in a less demanding manner I urge my colleagues to support this Mr. HOLT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to and help instigate interest in earning bill and ask them to encourage the speak in support of reauthorization of the Con- the Congressional Award. In addition, youth of their States to begin a quest gressional Award Program. This year marks the Congressional Award has made a to earn the Congressional the 20th anniversary of the award program commitment to America’s promise, Award by enrolling on-line at and I believe that it is appropriate to consider headed by General Colin Powell, to in- www.congressionalaward.org. and review the origins and meaning of the crease the number of youth enrolled in Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of award and our expectations for the board that the program over the next 2 years. my time. serves to administer it on our behalf. S. 380 was introduced in the Senate Mr. MARTINEZ. Mr. Speaker, I yield I take special pride in the fact that the Con- by Senator LARRY CRAIG on February 4, myself such time as I may consume. gressional Award was started by our late dis- reported out by the Senate Committee Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of S. tinguished colleague Representative James J. on Governmental Affairs on March 4. 380, a bill to reauthorize the Congres- Howard from central New Jersey. The award The bill would reauthorize this impor- sional Award Act. As has been said by was enacted 20 years ago this November by tant initiative for 5 years. It also the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Representative Howard who began laying the makes minor changes to current law to TANCREDO), first passed by Congress groundwork in 1969 for the program with the better streamline the annual reporting and signed into law by President help of a young and future physician, Frank H.

VerDate May 04 2004 10:26 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 9920 E:\BR99\H13SE9.000 H13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 21271 Arlinghaus, Jr., of Rumson, NJ, to fashion this mony in the Capitol. Each of these awards are honored for their hard work, I would like to ask uniquely American program. With the help of earned separately and work done on one level that the National Board of the Congressional former Senator Malcolm Wallop, a bipartisan is not counted for work on another level. Award address these questions and respond program was enacted in 1979. At the time of Indeed the special and rigorous nature of to the concerns raised by the programs in this sponsorship in the Senate, Senator Wal- the award as achieved by those outstanding New Jersey, Arizona and elsewhere. lop and Representative Howard noted that future leaders was cited by our distinguished I believe we have a commitment to those Congress recognized a responsibility and op- Senate colleagues Senator LOTT and Senator who have earned the awards to date to main- portunity to elevate and encourage the pursuit DASCHLE as a requisite hallmark of the Con- tain the high standards of the program. We of excellence and to focus the creative ener- gressional Award in their remarks at the Gold also have a commitment to future participants gies of America’s young people on positive Award ceremony on June. and our colleagues to maintain the Award as ends. Congress, they said, wished to offer How do young people meet this challenge it was originally intended by Congress. young people an opportunity and a challenge and earn this distinction? As was provided for Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I to new endeavors and achievement. in prior legislation, a state council is formed rise today to speak about the Congressional Representative Howard noted at that time and appointed with consultation among our Award program and specifically how this pro- that, although there were many programs for colleagues. The many adult volunteers and gram has worked in New Jersey. young people throughout the world, the Con- advisors who assist these young people are Mr. Speaker, many involved in the Congres- gressional Award Program was ours, it was recruited, educated, and trained to administer sional Award program know that this pro- unique and was to be independent of any the program. Each applicant registers, program’s success is the byproduct of the hard other organization or association. Indeed the poses their program, and it is evaluated and work of my former colleague and a member of senior leadership of Congress gave explicit modifications made where appropriate. At the the New Jersey delegation, Congressman Jim guidance to the National Director in 1982 that conclusion of that initial process their work be- Howard. Jim worked closely with Dr. Frank H. while the mandate of the Congressional Award gins. At the conclusion of demonstrated com- Arlinghaus, Jr., the Chairman of the New Jer- is to make the program available to all inter- mitment, service, and achievement, we in turn sey Congressional Award Council, in drafting ested young Americans, the autonomy of the through our councils assisted by the National the legislation that created this program in Congressional Award as an independent pro- Office salute their work with Congressional 1979. Dr. Arlinghaus, as a member of the na- gram must be preserved at all times as it bore Award. tional board of directors, as well as the driving the imprimatur of Congress. Any relationship Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I would like to force behind the program in New Jersey, has with any organization wither domestic or inter- include in the legislative record my concerns been instrumental in the growth of this pro- national is subject to that proviso. about the direction of the Congressional gram, both in New Jersey, as well as across My distinguished colleagues on both sides Award and the changes that have been pro- the country. He has advised other state coun- of the aisle from New Jersey take special posed by the National Office. cils on the best way to educate America’s pride in the fact that the Congressional Award From the very beginning, when the Con- youth as to the intent and benefits of participa- in New Jersey operates under the most suc- gressional Award was introduced by my pred- tion in the Congressional Award Program. cessful council in the country. That council has ecessor, Representative James J. Howard, As part of the Congressional Award pro- recently surpassed 1,300 awards earned in and then passed by the Congress In 1979, it gram, my office has worked closely with teen- New Jersey alone and is now embarked on a was made very clear that the Award should be agers in the 4th Congressional District of New record setting year of participation. There are its own independent award under the sponsor- Jersey, as they volunteer the hundreds of hundreds of young people participating in the ship of the U.S. Congress. Congress did not hours required for the bronze, silver, and gold program, equally as many advisors and intend that it be part of an international award medals. Many of them have shared with me validators, and a host of supporting voluntary under the patronage of Prince Philip of Great how their experiences in the areas of public agencies and corporate supporters. This year Britain. As stated by Congressman Howard ‘‘It service, physicial fitness, and personal growth alone there may be as many as four cere- was never our intention to duplicate in design have broadened their world view and fostered monies to recognize these special young and purpose the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.’’ a greater appreciation for personal achieve- Americans. The National Office of the Congressional ment. The Congressional Award is Congress’s Award has established new standards that On average, four students per year from the special message to young people about na- make major changes in the award require- 4th Congressional District have received one tional aspirations, values and goals. This ments including creating a second, less de- of the three medals. Highlights of their com- award is a special message to young people manding track that enable young people to munity service has included volunteering at a and is a way of our communicating to them earn Congressional Award certificates. This is local hospital where the students have as- and to provide an avenue of communication intended to bring the program more in line sisted with everything from admitting patients with the young people who will comprise the with the International Award. Unfortunately, it and discharging patients, working in the chil- leadership of America in the future. would also water down the overall program. dren’s clinic, and helping visitors with a variety This program is not necessarily easy nor is Ultimately, I fear, young people would choose of requests. Personal growth has included it difficult, but it takes character, persistence, the easier route and the more intense medal building physical endurance or improving a initiative, service and achievement. At the program would fall by the wayside. This is not skill such as piano playing, which has facili- Bronze Award level 100 hours of public serv- what Congress intended in 1979. tated their abilities on a variety of sports ice, 50 hours of personal development and 50 In addition the certificate track eliminates teams and in musical competitions. Students hours of physical fitness endeavors with a one the close relationship that develops between have also traveled overseas to the Philippines, night expedition is a beginning test for a adult advisors and young people as they plan Western Europe, and the Bahamas, experi- young person over 14 years old. It requires 7 their program goals. The certificate is awarded encing first hand the challenges of cross cul- months but not more that 12 to complete. The after the fact and there is little if any contact tural communication. Silver Award requires 200 hours of public prior to that. Recently, the National Board of Directors service, 100 hours of personal development Finally, other changes have been made that has been examining various ways to expand effort, and 100 hours of physical fitness en- affect how the hours spent by young people in participation through a certificate program. To deavor with a 2-night expedition. This requires voluntary public service, personal development date, more than 6,500 awards have been pre- over a 12-month commitment but not over 24 and physical fitness as calculated toward sented nationwide. In New Jersey, we are months. The Gold Congressional Award re- earning gold medals. proud that 1300 of those awards, roughly 20 quires 400 hours of public service, 200 hours I am very proud of the success of our New percent, have been given to young people of personal achievement effort, 200 hours of Jersey Congressional Award Program under from our state. Clearly, a program that is physical fitness with a 4-night expedition. This the leadership of Dr. Frank Arlinghaus of working so well in my state could offer a lot of supreme effort requires a 24-month commit- Rumson, NJ. It was his idea to establish a ideas to the rest of the country about ways to ment but not more than 36 months. A young Congressional Award. attract more and more qualified students into person must be at least 16 to begin and be As someone who has attended many of the the program. over 18 to earn and receive the Gold Award Congressional Award ceremonies in New Jer- In light of the recently proposed changes in which our leaders present in a special cere- sey and seen many of my young constituents the program and the shared goal of attracting

VerDate May 04 2004 10:26 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 9920 E:\BR99\H13SE9.000 H13SE9 21272 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE September 13, 1999 more young people, I would suggest that a in the form of gold, silver and bronze awards. (H.R. 2112) to amend title 28, United hearing on the Congressional Award program Each award is earned through the accumula- States Code, to allow a judge to whom would be appropriate. The future growth of tion of hours of community service. When an a case is transferred to retain jurisdic- this program requires that Congress examine award is earned, those hours can be applied tion over certain multidistrict litiga- its development over the last 20 years as well toward the achievement of the next award. tion cases for trial, and to provide for as its future. I hope my good friend and col- The gold medal, which is the highest level of Federal jurisdiction of certain league Chairman GOODLING will give full con- the awards, is extremely prestigious and very multiparty, multiforum civil actions, sideration to this request. difficult to earn, because it requires a min- as amended. Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support imum of 800 hours of service accumulated The Clerk read as follows: of the Congressional Award Program. This over a period of at least 24 months. H.R. 2112 program has an Olympian quality because it I am one of the Members of Congress cur- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- encourages young people to stretch to their rently serving on the Board of Directors of the resentatives of the United States of America in limits. The difference is that they set the high Congressional Award Foundation and I am Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. goals themselves. The experience is that the honored to serve in this position. I have the This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Multidis- self-initiated goals are set so high that only privilege of working alongside Congress- trict, Multiparty, Multiforum Trial Jurisdic- 400 of the 1,000 students who start the pro- woman BARBARA CUBIN in this capacity. tion Act of 1999’’. gram complete it. In addition to serving on the Board of Direc- SEC. 2. MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION. Too often, we allow the impressive accom- tors of the Foundation, I am equally proud that Section 1407 of title 28, United States Code, plishments of our youth to go unrecognized the congressional award will soon be estab- is amended— and unappreciated. We must encourage our lished in Puerto Rico. We hope to publicize (1) in the third sentence of subsection (a), young women and young men to strive to do the award in schools on the island and I am by inserting ‘‘or ordered transferred to the their best in activities which develop them- transferee or other district under subsection confident that there will be large numbers of (i)’’ after ‘‘terminated’’; and selves or their communities. The Congres- school children who will take up the challenge (2) by adding at the end the following new sional Award Program does just that by chal- to earn their own congressional medals. subsection: lenging students to set high goals for them- I would like to encourage other members to ‘‘(i)(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and except selves in either personal development, phys- publicize the award and ask the young people as provided in subsection (j), any action ical fitness, or public service and provides in their districts to participate in the Congres- transferred under this section by the panel them with recognition when they reach these sional Award process. This is an excellent way may be transferred for trial purposes, by the goals. Last year I was proud to present seven judge or judges of the transferee district to to motivate young people to make positive whom the action was assigned, to the trans- awards representing a total of at least 400 contributions in their local communities and to feree or other district in the interest of jus- hours of work to D.C. high school students, develop important leadership skills for the fu- tice and for the convenience of the parties and this year, I believe that I will be able to ture. I believe it is the duty for all of us serving and witnesses. award many more. I would like to recognize in this body to make the Congressional Award ‘‘(2) Any action transferred for trial pur- the 1998 recipients of the Congressional more readily available to every young person poses under paragraph (1) shall be remanded Award: in our communities. The first step in this proc- by the panel for the determination of com- Leidi Reyes of Bell Multicultural High pensatory damages to the district court from ess is through the passage and enactment of which it was transferred, unless the court to School, Silver medal; Jehan Carter—Banneker this Congressional Award reauthorization bill. which the action has been transferred for Senior High School, Bronze medal; Christin Mr. MARTINEZ. Mr. Speaker, I yield trial purposes also finds, for the convenience Chism—Bishop McNamara High School, back the balance of my time. of the parties and witnesses and in the inter- Bronze medal; Brian Ford—Eastern Senior Mr. TANCREDO. Mr. Speaker, I have ests of justice, that the action should be re- High School, Bronze medal; Miya Jackson— no further requests for time, and I tained for the determination of compen- Eastern Senior High School, Bronze medal; yield back the balance of my time. satory damages.’’. Christiana Hodge—Eastern High School, SEC. 3. MULTIPARTY, MULTIFORUM JURISDIC- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. TION OF DISTRICT COURTS. Bronze medal; and Kate Ottenberg—Maret FOLEY). The question is on the motion (a) BASIS OF JURISDICTION.— High School, Bronze medal. offered by the gentleman from Colo- (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 85 of title 28, These young people’s families and commu- rado (Mr. TANCREDO) that the House United States Code, is amended by adding at nity are rightly proud of them. They are mem- suspend the rules and pass the Senate the end the following new section: bers of an elite group of only 400 young peo- bill, S. 380. ‘‘§ 1369. Multiparty, multiforum jurisdiction ple across the country who completed the pro- The question was taken; and (two- ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The district courts shall gram. I ask my colleagues to support them by thirds having voted in favor thereof), have original jurisdiction of any civil action supporting the re-authorization of the Congres- the rules were suspended and the Sen- involving minimal diversity between adverse sional Award Program through 2004. ate bill was passed. parties that arises from a single accident, Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO. Mr. Speaker, I A motion to reconsider was laid on where at least 25 natural persons have either would like to support this bill (S. 380) that will the table. died or incurred injury in the accident at a re-authorize the Congressional Award Act. discrete location and, in the case of injury, f the injury has resulted in damages which ex- The re-authorization of this Act is significant GENERAL LEAVE ceed $75,000 per person, exclusive of interest because the program that is supported by this and costs, if— bill is one way in which the Congress provides Mr. TANCREDO. Mr. Speaker, I ask ‘‘(1) a defendant resides in a State and a an opportunity for the youths of the United unanimous consent that all Members substantial part of the accident took place in States to better their own lives. may have 5 legislative days within another State or other location, regardless The Congressional Award has existed since which to revise and extend their re- of whether that defendant is also a resident 1979 as a way to encourage and reward marks on S. 380, the Senate bill just of the State where a substantial part of the American youth who undertake community passed. accident took place; ‘‘(2) any two defendants reside in different service to benefit their community and them- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there States, regardless of whether such defend- selves. It teaches our young people about objection to the request of the gen- ants are also residents of the same State or such American values as citizenship, civic re- tleman from Colorado? States; or sponsibility, and the importance of setting and There was no objection. ‘‘(3) substantial parts of the accident took achieving personal goals. Several thousand f place in different States. youths have participated in this program since ‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULES AND DEFINITIONS.—For its inception and have received recognition for MULTIDISTRICT, MULTIPARTY, purposes of this section— ‘‘(1) minimal diversity exists between ad- their efforts. MULTIFORUM TRIAL JURISDIC- TION ACT OF 1999 verse parties if any party is a citizen of a Congressioinal awards come in different State and any adverse party is a citizen of forms: certificates, which are ‘‘introductory’’ The SPEAKER pro tempore. another State, a citizen or subject of a for- level awards; and medals, which are more dif- Mr. COBLE. Mr. Speaker, I move to eign state, or a foreign state as defined in ficult to achieve. Certificates and medals come suspend the rules and pass the bill section 1603(a) of this title;

VerDate May 04 2004 10:26 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\H13SE9.000 H13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 21273 ‘‘(2) a corporation is deemed to be a citizen peal, the remand shall not be effective until choice of law determination shall not be sub- of any State, and a citizen or subject of any the appeal has been finally disposed of. Once ject to further review by appeal or otherwise. foreign state, in which it is incorporated or the remand has become effective, the liabil- ‘‘(4) Any decision under this subsection has its principal place of business, and is ity determination and the choice of law de- concerning remand for the determination of deemed to be a resident of any State in termination shall not be subject to further damages shall not be reviewable by appeal or which it is incorporated or licensed to do review by appeal or otherwise. otherwise. business or is doing business; ‘‘(3) An appeal with respect to determina- ‘‘(5) An action removed under this sub- ‘‘(3) the term ‘injury’ means— tion of punitive damages by the transferee section shall be deemed to be an action ‘‘(A) physical harm to a natural person; court may be taken, during the 60-day period under section 1369 and an action in which ju- and beginning on the date the order making the risdiction is based on section 1368 of this ‘‘(B) physical damage to or destruction of determination is issued, to the court of ap- title for purposes of this section and sections tangible property, but only if physical harm peals with jurisdiction over the transferee 1407, 1660, 1697, and 1785 of this title. described in subparagraph (A) exists; court. ‘‘(6) Nothing in this subsection shall re- ‘‘(4) the term ‘accident’ means a sudden ac- ‘‘(4) Any decision under this subsection strict the authority of the district court to cident, or a natural event culminating in an concerning remand for the determination of transfer or dismiss an action on the ground accident, that results in death or injury in- damages shall not be reviewable by appeal or of inconvenient forum.’’. curred at a discrete location by at least 25 otherwise. (e) CHOICE OF LAW.— natural persons; and ‘‘(5) Nothing in this subsection shall re- (1) DETERMINATION BY THE COURT.—Chapter ‘‘(5) the term ‘State’ includes the District strict the authority of the transferee court 111 of title 28, United States Code, is amend- of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto to transfer or dismiss an action on the ed by adding at the end the following new Rico, and any territory or possession of the ground of inconvenient forum.’’. section: United States. (d) REMOVAL OF ACTIONS.—Section 1441 of ‘‘§ 1660. Choice of law in multiparty, ‘‘(c) INTERVENING PARTIES.—In any action title 28, United States Code, is amended— multiforum actions in a district court which is or could have (1) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘(e) The been brought, in whole or in part, under this court to which such civil action is removed’’ ‘‘(a) FACTORS.—In an action which is or section, any person with a claim arising and inserting ‘‘(f) The court to which a civil could have been brought, in whole or in part, from the accident described in subsection (a) action is removed under this section’’; and under section 1369 of this title, the district shall be permitted to intervene as a party (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol- court in which the action is brought or to plaintiff in the action, even if that person lowing new subsection: which it is removed shall determine the could not have brought an action in a dis- ‘‘(e)(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of source of the applicable substantive law, ex- trict court as an original matter. subsection (b) of this section, a defendant in cept that if an action is transferred to an- ‘‘(d) NOTIFICATION OF JUDICIAL PANEL ON a civil action in a State court may remove other district court, the transferee court MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION.—A district court the action to the district court of the United shall determine the source of the applicable in which an action under this section is States for the district and division embrac- substantive law. In making this determina- pending shall promptly notify the judicial ing the place where the action is pending if— tion, a district court shall not be bound by panel on multidistrict litigation of the pend- ‘‘(A) the action could have been brought in the choice of law rules of any State, and the ency of the action.’’. a United States district court under section factors that the court may consider in choos- (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of 1369 of this title, or ing the applicable law include— sections at the beginning of chapter 85 of ‘‘(B) the defendant is a party to an action ‘‘(1) the place of the injury; title 28, United States Code, is amended by which is or could have been brought, in ‘‘(2) the place of the conduct causing the adding at the end the following new item: whole or in part, under section 1369 in a injury; ‘‘1369. Multiparty, multiforum jurisdiction.’’. United States district court and arises from ‘‘(3) the principal places of business or (b) VENUE.—Section 1391 of title 28, United the same accident as the action in State domiciles of the parties; States Code, is amended by adding at the end court, even if the action to be removed could ‘‘(4) the danger of creating unnecessary in- the following: not have been brought in a district court as centives for forum shopping; and ‘‘(g) A civil action in which jurisdiction of an original matter. ‘‘(5) whether the choice of law would be the district court is based upon section 1369 The removal of an action under this sub- reasonably foreseeable to the parties. of this title may be brought in any district section shall be made in accordance with The factors set forth in paragraphs (1) in which any defendant resides or in which a section 1446 of this title, except that a notice through (5) shall be evaluated according to substantial part of the accident giving rise of removal may also be filed before trial of their relative importance with respect to the to the action took place.’’. the action in State court within 30 days after particular action. If good cause is shown in (c) MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION.—Section the date on which the defendant first be- exceptional cases, including constitutional 1407 of title 28, United States Code, as comes a party to an action under section 1369 reasons, the court may allow the law of more amended by section 2 of this Act, is further in a United States district court that arises than one State to be applied with respect to amended by adding at the end the following: from the same accident as the action in a party, claim, or other element of an action. ‘‘(j)(1) In actions transferred under this State court, or at a later time with leave of ‘‘(b) ORDER DESIGNATING CHOICE OF LAW.— section when jurisdiction is or could have the district court. The district court making the determination been based, in whole or in part, on section ‘‘(2) Whenever an action is removed under under subsection (a) shall enter an order des- 1369 of this title, the transferee district court this subsection and the district court to ignating the single jurisdiction whose sub- may, notwithstanding any other provision of which it is removed or transferred under sec- stantive law is to be applied in all other ac- this section, retain actions so transferred for tion 1407(j) has made a liability determina- tions under section 1369 arising from the the determination of liability and punitive tion requiring further proceedings as to dam- same accident as that giving rise to the ac- damages. An action retained for the deter- ages, the district court shall remand the action in which the determination is made. mination of liability shall be remanded to tion to the State court from which it had The substantive law of the designated juris- the district court from which the action was been removed for the determination of dam- diction shall be applied to the parties and transferred, or to the State court from which ages, unless the court finds that, for the con- claims in all such actions before the court, the action was removed, for the determina- venience of parties and witnesses and in the and to all other elements of each action, ex- tion of damages, other than punitive dam- interest of justice, the action should be re- cept where Federal law applies or the order ages, unless the court finds, for the conven- tained for the determination of damages. specifically provides for the application of ience of parties and witnesses and in the in- ‘‘(3) Any remand under paragraph (2) shall the law of another jurisdiction with respect terest of justice, that the action should be not be effective until 60 days after the dis- to a party, claim, or other element of an ac- retained for the determination of damages. trict court has issued an order determining tion. ‘‘(2) Any remand under paragraph (1) shall liability and has certified its intention to re- ‘‘(c) CONTINUATION OF CHOICE OF LAW AFTER not be effective until 60 days after the trans- mand the removed action for the determina- REMAND.—In an action remanded to another feree court has issued an order determining tion of damages. An appeal with respect to district court or a State court under section liability and has certified its intention to re- the liability determination and the choice of 1407(j)(1) or 1441(e)(2) of this title, the district mand some or all of the transferred actions law determination of the district court may court’s choice of law under subsection (b) for the determination of damages. An appeal be taken during that 60-day period to the shall continue to apply.’’. with respect to the liability determination court of appeals with appellate jurisdiction (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of and the choice of law determination of the over the district court. In the event a party sections at the beginning of chapter 111 of transferee court may be taken during that files such an appeal, the remand shall not be title 28, United States Code, is amended by 60-day period to the court of appeals with ap- effective until the appeal has been finally adding at the end the following new item: pellate jurisdiction over the transferee disposed of. Once the remand has become ef- ‘‘1660. Choice of law in multiparty, court. In the event a party files such an ap- fective, the liability determination and the multiforum actions.’’.

VerDate May 04 2004 10:26 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0655 E:\BR99\H13SE9.000 H13SE9 21274 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE September 13, 1999 (f) SERVICE OF PROCESS.— to multidistrict litigation, the so- for trial or to refer them to other dis- (1) OTHER THAN SUBPOENAS.—(A) Chapter called ‘‘Lexecon’’ case. tricts as it sees fit. 113 of title 28, United States Code, is amend- Section 2 of the bill would simply Section 3 is comprised of the lan- ed by adding at the end the following new amend the multidistrict litigation guage of H.R. 967, which beginning in section: statute by explicitly allowing the the 101st Congress has been supported ‘‘§ 1697. Service in multiparty, multiforum ac- transferee court to retain jurisdiction by the Department of Justice, the Ad- tions over referred cases for trial or refer ministrative Office of the U.S. Courts, ‘‘When the jurisdiction of the district them to other districts as it sees fit. two previous Democratic Congresses, court is based in whole or in part upon sec- This change, it seems to me, Mr. and one previous Republican Congress. tion 1369 of this title, process, other than Speaker, makes sense in light of past Section 3 will help reduce litigation subpoenas, may be served at any place with- costs as well as the likelihood of forum in the United States, or anywhere outside judicial practice under the multidis- the United States if otherwise permitted by trict litigation statute. shopping in single-accident mass tort law.’’. In addition, section 3 of H.R. 2112 of- cases. All plaintiffs in these cases (B) The table of sections at the beginning fers what I believe are modest but nec- would ordinarily be situated identi- of chapter 113 of title 28, United States Code, essary improvements to a specific type cally, making the case for consolida- is amended by adding at the end the fol- of multidistrict litigation, that involv- tion of these actions especially compel- lowing new item: ing disasters such as an airline or train ling. These types of disasters, with ‘‘1697. Service in multiparty, multiforum ac- accident, in which several individuals their hundreds of thousands of plain- tions.’’. from different States are killed or in- tiffs and numerous defendants, have (2) SERVICE OF SUBPOENAS.—(A) Chapter 117 the potential to impair the orderly ad- of title 28, United States Code, is amended by jured. Finally, I note that there is a tech- ministration of justice in the Federal adding at the end the following new section: courts for an extended period of time. ‘‘§ 1785. Subpoenas in multiparty, multiforum nical error in the committee report. Pursuant to a change advocated by the In brief, section 3 addresses these actions problems by conferring original juris- ‘‘When the jurisdiction of the district gentleman from Michigan (Mr. CON- YERS), which we accepted at full com- diction upon a Federal District Court court is based in whole or in part upon sec- of any civil action which features four tion 1369 of this title, a subpoena for attend- mittee markup, the dollar threshold ance at a hearing or trial may, if authorized for cases brought under section 3 was basic attributes. First, the action is by the court upon motion for good cause raised from a previous draft of $50,000 one in which minimal diversity exists shown, and upon such terms and conditions to $75,000. $75,000 is the correct figure. between adverse parties. Second, the as the court may impose, be served at any This legislation obviously promotes action arises from a single accident. place within the United States, or anywhere judicial administrative efficiency with- Third, at least 25 people have either outside the United States if otherwise per- out compromising the rights of liti- died or incurred injury in the accident. mitted by law.’’. Fourth, in the case of injury, the in- (B) The table of sections at the beginning gants and their counsel to due process and appropriate compensation. It is jury has resulted in damages which ex- of chapter 117 of title 28, United States Code, ceed $75,000 per person. is amended by adding at the end the fol- strongly endorsed by the Administra- Moreover, the relevant district court lowing new item: tive Office of the United States Courts, overseeing such a consolidated action ‘‘1785. Subpoenas in multiparty, multiforum and I urge my colleagues to support it actions.’’. is given wider authority to apply ap- as well. propriate choice of law rules. This is a SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of great improvement over the existing (a) SECTION 2.—The amendments made by my time. convoluted system in which a myriad section 2 shall apply to any civil action Mr. MARTINEZ. Mr. Speaker, I yield of State laws ties the hands of a federal pending on or brought on or after the date of myself such time as I may consume. the enactment of this Act. judge. The criteria the Court must in- Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the (b) SECTION 3.—The amendments made by voke when making its decisions in- Multidistrict, Multiparty, Multiforum section 3 shall apply to a civil action if the clude examination of the place of the accident giving rise to the cause of action Trial Jurisdiction Act of 1999. I would injury, the place of the conduct caus- occurred on or after the 90th day after the like to thank, on behalf of the ranking ing the injury, the principal place of date of the enactment of this Act. member, the gentleman from Michigan business or domicile of the parties, the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- (Mr. CONYERS), the gentleman from danger of creating unnecessary incen- ant to the rule, the gentleman from North Carolina (Chairman COBLE), and tives for forum shopping and whether North Carolina (Mr. COBLE) and the the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. the choice of law would be reasonably gentleman from California (Mr. MAR- SENSENBRENNER) of the Subcommittee foreseeable to the parties. TINEZ) each will control 20 minutes. on Courts and Intellectual Property for In addition, Mr. Speaker, the gen- The Chair recognizes the gentleman their hard work on this bill and for the tleman from California (Mr. BERMAN) from North Carolina (Mr. COBLE). bipartisan fashion in which they oper- and I jointly amended the bill at full GENERAL LEAVE ated. committee by making two basic and Mr. COBLE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unan- Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of noncontroversial changes. imous consent that all Members may my time. First, the treatment of compensatory have 5 legislative days within which to Mr. COBLE. Mr. Speaker, I thank the damages in Section 2 will be made con- revise and extend their remarks on the gentleman from California (Mr. MAR- sistent with that in section 3. bill under consideration. TINEZ) for his generous remarks. Second, based upon a recommenda- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he tion from the gentleman from Michi- objection to the request of the gen- may consume to the gentleman from gan (Mr. CONYERS), we will raise the tleman from North Carolina? Wisconsin (Mr. SENSENBRENNER), the dollar threshold in section 3 actions There was no objection. sponsor of the bill from $50,000 to $75,000. Mr. COBLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- Finally, Mr. Speaker, I wish to ac- self such time as I may consume. er, H.R. 2112 is a combination of two knowledge the good faith efforts of the Mr. Speaker, I rise today, in support other freestanding bills which I have gentleman from California (Mr. BER- of H.R. 2112, the Multidistrict, introduced. Section 2 consists of the MAN) in resolving the one outstanding Multiparty, Multiforum Trial Jurisdic- text of H.R. 1852, which would reverse issue governing compensatory damages tion Act of 1999 and urge the House to the effects of the 1998 Supreme Court prior to the full committee markup. adopt the measure. This bill is au- decision in the so-called ‘‘Lexecon’’ His willingness to work with us has re- thored by the gentleman from Wis- case, that would simply amend the sulted in a truly bipartisan and non- consin (Mr. SENSENBRENNER). multidistrict litigation statute by ex- controversial measure. I want these Section 2 of H.R. 2112 responds to a plicitly allowing a transferee court to sentiments on the record, especially in 1998 Supreme Court decision pertaining retain jurisdiction over referred cases his absence today.

VerDate May 04 2004 10:26 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\H13SE9.000 H13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 21275 So, Mr. Speaker, this legislation cases that would be included would be plane, such as the United Mine Workers of America, speaks to process, fairness and judicial train, bus, boat accidents, environment spills, and crucial struggles to improve wages and efficiency. It will not interfere with etc.—many of which may already be brought working conditions, such as the 1900 and 1902 jury verdicts or compensation rates for anthracite strikes. in federal court. (5) The Department of the Interior is respon- litigators. I, therefore, urge my col- While I traditionally oppose having federal sible for protecting the Nation’s cultural and leagues to join the gentleman from courts decide state tort issues, and disfavor historic resources, and there are significant ex- California (Mr. BERMAN) and myself in the expansion of the jurisdiction of the al- amples of these resources within this 4-county a bipartisan effort to support the ready-overloaded district courts, unlike the region to merit the involvement of the Federal Multidistrict, Multiparty, Multiforum broader class action bill (H.R. 1875), this bill Government to develop programs and projects, Jurisdiction Act of 1999. would only expand federal court jurisdiction in in cooperation with the Lackawanna Heritage Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in a much narrower class of actions, with the ob- Valley Authority, the Commonwealth of Penn- support of the ‘‘Multidistrict, Multiparty, sylvania, and other local and governmental bod- jective of judicial expedience. ies, to adequately conserve, protect, and inter- Multiforum Jurisdiction Act of 1999.’’ I’d like to Thus, I support this Section with the under- pret this heritage for future generations, while begin by expressing thanks to Chairman standing that it would only apply to a very nar- providing opportunities for education and revi- COBLE and Representative SENSENBRENNER of rowly defined category of cases and does not talization. the Intellectual Property and Courts Sub- in any way serve as a precedent for broader (6) The Lackawanna Heritage Valley Author- committee for their hard work and dedication expansion of diversity jurisdiction. ity would be an appropriate management entity to working out the concerns that we raised Mr. MARTINEZ. Mr. Speaker, I have for a Heritage Area established in the region. with respect to the original version of the bill no further requests for time, and I (b) PURPOSE.—The objectives of the Lacka- wanna Valley National Heritage Area are as in a truly bipartisan fashion. yield back the balance of my time. follows: I. SECTION 2—OVERTURNS LEXECON V. MILBERG WEISS, Mr. COBLE. Mr. Speaker, I have no (1) To foster a close working relationship with 523 U.S. 26 (1998) further requests for time, and I yield all levels of government, the private sector, and Section 2 of the bill overturns the recent Su- back the balance of my time. the local communities in the anthracite coal re- preme Court decision of Lexecon V. Milberg The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gion of northeastern Pennsylvania and empower Weiss, where the Supreme Court held that a question is on the motion offered by the communities to conserve their heritage while transferee court (a district court assigned to the gentleman from North Carolina continuing to pursue economic opportunities. (2) To conserve, interpret, and develop the hear pretrial matters by a multidistrict litigation (Mr. COBLE) that the House suspend the historical, cultural, natural, and recreational panel in multidistrict litigation cases) must re- rules and pass the bill, H.R. 2112, as resources related to the industrial and cultural mand all cases back for trial to the districts in amended. heritage of the 4-county region of northeastern which they were originally filed, regardless of The question was taken; and (two- Pennsylvania. the views of the parties. thirds having voted in favor thereof) SEC. 3. LACKAWANNA VALLEY NATIONAL HERIT- It is my understanding from the hearing that the rules were suspended and the bill, AGE AREA. for some 30 year the transferee court often re- as amended, was passed. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby estab- tained jurisdiction over all of the suits by in- A motion to reconsider was laid on lished the Lackawanna Valley National Herit- voking a venue provision of Title 28, allowing the table. age Area (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Herit- age Area’’). a district court to transfer a civil action to any f (b) BOUNDARIES.—The Heritage Area shall be other district where it may have been b 1430 comprised of all or parts of the counties of brought—in effect, the transferee court simply Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wayne, and Susque- transferred all of the cases to itself. The Judi- LACKAWANNA VALLEY NATIONAL hanna in Pennsylvania, determined pursuant to cial Conference testified that this process has HERITAGE AREA ACT OF 1999 the compact under section 4. worked well, and as a matter of judicial expe- Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I (c) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The management dience, I support overturning the Lexecon de- entity for the Heritage Area shall be the Lacka- move to suspend the rules and pass the wanna Heritage Valley Authority. cision. bill (H.R. 940) to establish the Lacka- There was a concern raised at the Sub- SEC. 4. COMPACT. wanna Heritage Valley American Her- To carry out the purposes of this Act, the Sec- committee hearing, however, that Section 2, itage Area, as amended. as originally drafted, would have gone far be- retary of the Interior (in this Act referred to as The Clerk read as follows: the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall enter into a compact with yond simply permitting a multidistrict litigation the management entity. The compact shall in- transferee court to conduct a liability trial, and H.R. 940 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- clude information relating to the objectives and instead, would have allowed the court to also management of the area, including each of the determine compensatory and punitive dam- resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, following: ages. The concern here is that trying the case (1) A delineation of the boundaries of the Her- SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. in the transferee forum could be extremely in- itage Area. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lackawanna convenient for plaintiffs who would need to (2) A discussion of the goals and objectives of Valley National Heritage Area Act of 1999’’. the Heritage Area, including an explanation of testify at the damages phase of the trial. SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. As a result of discussions between the mi- the proposed approach to conservation and in- (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the fol- terpretation and a general outline of the protec- nority and majority, Representative BERMAN lowing: tion measures committed to by the partners. successfully offered a bipartisan amendment (1) The industrial and cultural heritage of SEC. 5. AUTHORITIES AND DUTIES OF MANAGE- addressing this concern at the Full Committee northeastern Pennsylvania inclusive of Lacka- MENT ENTITY. markup. Pursuant to this amendment, Section wanna, Luzerne, Wayne, and Susquehanna (a) AUTHORITIES OF THE MANAGEMENT ENTI- 2 now creates a presumption that the trial of counties, related directly to anthracite and an- TY.—The management entity may, for purposes compensatory damages will be remanded to thracite-related industries, is nationally signifi- of preparing and implementing the management the original district court. cant, as documented in the United States De- plan developed under subsection (b), use funds partment of the Interior-National Parks Service, made available through this Act for the fol- II. SECTION 3—MINIMAL DIVERSITY FOR SINGLE National Register of Historic Places, Multiple lowing: ACCIDENTS INVOLVING 25 PEOPLE Property Documentation submittal of the Penn- (1) To make grants to, and enter into coopera- Section 3 of the bill expands federal court sylvania Historic and Museum Commission tive agreements with States and their political jurisdiction for single accidents involving at (1996). subdivisions, private organizations, or any per- least 25 people having damages in excess of (2) These industries include anthracite min- son. $75,000 per claim and establishes new federal ing, ironmaking, textiles, and rail transpor- (2) To hire and compensate staff. procedures in these narrowly defined cases tation. (3) To enter into contracts for goods and serv- for selection of venue, service of process, (3) The industrial and cultural heritage of the ices. issuance of subpoenas and choice of law. It is anthracite and related industries in this region (b) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The management en- includes the social history and living cultural tity shall develop a management plan for the my understanding here that mass tort injuries traditions of the people of the region. Heritage Area that presents recommendations that involve the same injury over and over (4) The labor movement of the region played a for the Heritage Area’s conservation, funding, again such as asbestos and breast implants, significant role in the development of the Nation management, and development. Such plan shall etc., would be excluded. And that the types of including the formation of many key unions take into consideration existing State, county,

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and local plans and involve residents, public (8) for any year in which Federal funds have (c) AUTHORITIES AND DUTIES.—The authorities agencies, and private organizations working in been received under this Act, make available for and duties of the management entity and other the Heritage Area. It shall include recommenda- audit all records pertaining to the expenditure Federal agencies for the Schuylkill River Na- tions for actions to be undertaken by units of of such funds and any matching funds, and re- tional Heritage Area shall be the same as pro- government and private organizations to protect quire, for all agreements authorizing expendi- vided for by sections 5 and 6 of this Act, except the resources of the Heritage Area. It shall ture of Federal funds by other organizations, that for such purposes any reference in such specify the existing and potential sources of that the receiving organizations make available sections to the ‘‘Heritage Area’’ shall be deemed funding to protect, manage, and develop the for audit all records pertaining to the expendi- to be a reference to the Schuylkill River Na- Heritage Area. Such plan shall include, as ap- ture of such funds. tional Heritage Area and any reference to the propriate, the following: (d) PROHIBITION ON THE ACQUISITION OF REAL ‘‘management entity’’ shall be deemed a ref- (1) An inventory of the resources contained in PROPERTY.—The management entity may not erence to the Schuylkill River Greenway Asso- the Heritage Area, including a list of any prop- use Federal funds received under this Act to ac- ciation. erty in the Heritage Area that is related to the quire real property or an interest in real prop- SEC. 8. CULTURE AND HERITAGE OF ANTHRACITE themes of the Heritage Area and that should be erty. Nothing in this Act shall preclude any COAL REGION. preserved, restored, managed, developed, or management entity from using Federal funds All authorized existing and future heritage maintained because of its natural, cultural, his- from other sources for their permitted purposes. area management entities in the Anthracite toric, recreational, or scenic significance. (e) SPENDING FOR NON-FEDERALLY OWNED Coal Region in Pennsylvania are authorized (2) A recommendation of policies for resource PROPERTY.—The management entity may spend and directed to coordinate with one another in management which considers and details appli- Federal funds directly on non-federally owned the management of such areas. Each such man- cation of appropriate land and water manage- property to further the purposes of this Act, es- agement entity is authorized to use funds appro- ment techniques, including, but not limited to, pecially in assisting units of government in ap- priated for such heritage areas for the purposes the development of intergovernmental coopera- propriate treatment of districts, sites, buildings, of this section. tive agreements to protect the Heritage Area’s structures, and objects listed or eligible for list- SEC. 9. SUNSET. historical, cultural, recreational, and natural ing on the National Register of Historic Places. The Secretary may not make any grant or resources in a manner consistent with sup- SEC. 6. DUTIES AND AUTHORITIES OF FEDERAL provide any assistance under this Act after Sep- porting appropriate and compatible economic vi- AGENCIES. tember 30, 2012. ability. (a) TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.— SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. (3) A program for implementation of the man- The Secretary may, upon request of the manage- (a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be agement plan by the management entity, includ- ment entity, provide technical and financial as- appropriated under this Act not more than ing plans for restoration and construction, and sistance to the management entity to develop $1,000,000 for any fiscal year for each heritage specific commitments of the identified partners and implement the management plan. In assist- area designated by this Act. Not more than a for the first 5 years of operation. ing the management entity, the Secretary shall total of $10,000,000 may be appropriated for each (4) An analysis of ways in which local, State, give priority to actions that in general assist heritage area under this Act. and Federal programs may best be coordinated in— (b) 50 PERCENT MATCH.—Federal funding pro- to promote the purposes of this Act. (1) conserving the significant natural, his- vided under this Act, after the designation of (5) An interpretation plan for the Heritage toric, and cultural resources which support its each heritage area, may not exceed 50 percent of Area. themes; and the total cost of any assistance or grant pro- The management entity shall submit the man- (2) providing educational, interpretive, and vided or authorized under this Act. agement plan to the Secretary for approval recreational opportunities consistent with its re- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. within 3 years after the date of enactment of sources and associated values. FOLEY). Pursuant to the rule, the gen- this Act. If a management plan is not submitted (b) APPROVAL AND DISAPPROVAL OF MANAGE- to the Secretary as required within the specified MENT PLANS.—The Secretary, in consultation tleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. SHER- time, the Heritage Area shall no longer qualify with the Governor of Pennsylvania, shall ap- WOOD) and the gentleman from Amer- for Federal funding. prove or disapprove a management plan sub- ican Samoa (Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA) each (c) DUTIES OF MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The mitted under this Act not later than 90 days will control 20 minutes. management entity shall— after receiving such management plan. The Chair recognizes the gentleman (1) give priority to implementing actions set (c) ACTION FOLLOWING DISAPPROVAL.—If the from Pennsylvania (Mr. SHERWOOD). forth in the compact and management plan, in- Secretary disapproves a submitted management Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I yield cluding steps to assist units of government, re- plan, the Secretary shall advise the management myself such time as I may consume. gional planning organizations, and nonprofit entity in writing of the reasons therefore and I am pleased that we are considering shall make recommendations for revisions in the organizations in preserving the Heritage Area; H.R. 940, the Lackawanna Valley Na- (2) assist units of government, regional plan- plan. The Secretary shall approve or disapprove ning organizations, and nonprofit organizations a proposed revision within 90 days after the tional Heritage Area Act, a similar in establishing and maintaining interpretive ex- date it is submitted. version which was passed by the House hibits in the Heritage Area; assist units of gov- (d) APPROVING AMENDMENTS.—The Secretary in the last Congress. ernment, regional planning organizations, and shall review substantial amendments to the There are many excellent reasons to nonprofit organizations in developing rec- management plan for the Heritage Area. Funds support the designation of this historic reational resources in the Heritage Area; appropriated pursuant to this Act may not be heritage area. The Lackawanna Valley (3) assist units of government, regional plan- expended to implement the changes made by National Heritage Area Act would en- ning organizations, and nonprofit organizations such amendments until the Secretary approves sure the conservation of northeastern in increasing public awareness of and apprecia- the amendments. Pennsylvania’s significant natural, his- tion for the natural, historical, and architec- SEC. 7. ADDITIONAL ANTHRACITE COAL REGION tural resources and sites in the Heritage Area; DESIGNATION. toric and cultural resources. The assist units of government, regional planning (a) DESIGNATION.—Upon publication by the Lackawanna Valley was the first herit- organizations and nonprofit organizations in Secretary in the Federal Register of notice that age area designated by the Common- the restoration of any historic building relating the Secretary has signed a compact (as provided wealth of Pennsylvania and is recog- to the themes of the Heritage Area; for in subsection (b)) there is hereby designated nized as nationally significant through (4) encourage economic viability in the Herit- the Schuylkill River National Heritage Area. its documentation into the U.S. De- age Area consistent with the goals of the plan; (b) COMPACT.—The compact submitted under partment of Interior’s Register of His- encourage local governments to adopt land use this section with respect to the Schuylkill River policies consistent with the management of the National Heritage Area shall consist of an toric Places. Heritage Area and the goals of the plan; agreement between the Secretary and the In the last decade, for every dollar (5) assist units of government, regional plan- Schuylkill River Greenway Association (who contributed by the National Park Serv- ning organizations, and nonprofit organizations shall serve as the management entity for the ice to the Lackawanna Heritage Valley to ensure that clear, consistent, and environ- area). Such agreement shall define the area (in- Authority, the ‘‘management entity’’ mentally appropriate signs identifying access cluding a delineation of the boundaries), de- cited in my bill, has leveraged $10 in points and sites of interest are put in place scribe anticipated programs for the area, and in- other federal, State, local and private throughout the Heritage Area; clude information relating to the objectives and sector funds to finance preservation ac- (6) consider the interests of diverse govern- management of the area. Such information shall tivities. The Lackawanna Heritage mental, business, and nonprofit groups within include, but not be limited to, an explanation of the Heritage Area; the proposed approach to the conservation and Valley Authority would continue to (7) conduct public meetings at least quarterly interpretation of the area and a general outline foster these important relationships regarding the implementation of the manage- of the protection measures committed to by the with all levels of Government, the pri- ment plan; and partners. vate sector, and local communities.

VerDate May 04 2004 10:26 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\H13SE9.000 H13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 21277 The Lackawanna Valley encompasses Wayne, and Susquehanna Counties. In heritage corridor, and I do truly appre- the counties of Lackawanna, Wayne, 1991, local citizens and governments es- ciate the cooperation of the gentleman. Susquehanna, and Luzerne in north- tablished the Lackawanna Heritage The link between the Schuylkill Her- eastern Pennsylvania. The Valley tells Valley Authority to foster a partner- itage Corridor and the Lackawanna the story of the development of anthra- ship among State and local govern- Heritage Corridor, as the gentleman cite coal, one of North America’s great- ments, business and civic organizations mentioned, is anthracite coal, the an- est natural resources. From early in in the promotion of the Valley’s his- thracite coal that fueled the industrial the 19th century, Pennsylvania’s coal toric, cultural, natural and economic revolution in this country, first by way provided an extraordinary source of en- resources. of the Schuylkill Canal and then by ergy which fueled America’s economic Unlike other proposed heritage areas, way of the railroads. We should all be growth for over 100 years. At the center the Lackawanna Valley has received proud of that heritage, and I am cer- of the world’s most productive anthra- significant federal funding prior to its tain that our managing entities are cite field, the Lackawanna Valley wit- establishment. Since 1989, a total of going to work very closely together so nessed the inception, spectacular $3.147 million in the National Park that we can highlight that proud his- growth, and eventual deterioration of Service funds has been earmarked in tory of anthracite coal. an industry which led our country to appropriations bills for a variety of un- Along with the coal fields in Pennsyl- unparalleled prosperity. authorized purposes. vania came the first real effort for or- The landscape of the Valley conveys In hearings on H.R. 940 before the ganized labor to set foot in the United the story of the industrial revolution Committee on Resources, the National States. I am very pleased to say that most clearly. Miles of track and hun- Park Service testified in general sup- the work of the association started in dreds of industrial sites and abandoned port of the legislation, but did note Schuylkill County and was the fore- mines are daily reminders of the im- several concerns with the bill’s lan- runner to the United Mine Workers of portance of the regent industry. Herit- guage, especially in regards to the America, where men fought long and age sites like Pennsylvania’s Anthra- lending authority and the requirement hard for equitable pay and for working cite Heritage Museum, the Scranton for certain studies. The bill was amend- privileges and working rights that they Iron Furnace Historic Site, the Lacka- ed by the committee to address those were not able to have in the days when wanna County Coal Mine, and the concerns. anthracite coal was first begun to be Steamtown National Historic Site help Mr. Speaker, in addition, the Com- mined in Pennsylvania. Through their efforts and through to commemorate the hardships of the mittee on Resources adopted an their long and hard work, they were industrial revolution which has led us amendment that provides for the des- able to have decent salaries and decent to our current prosperity. These sites ignation of an additional heritage area wages and decent working conditions provide the framework for the historic so that the preservation and interpre- in the anthracite fields right now. We preservation which will be cemented by tation of the resources of the anthra- should continue to honor the heritage my proposed legislation. cite coal region will also include those A hearing was held on June 10 in the of what was done in organized labor. resources found in the southern an- Mr. Speaker, there is much more to Subcommittee on National Parks and thracite coal fields of the Schuylkill Public Lands in which testimony was be told about the Schuylkill River Her- River Valley located in the district of heard from the National Park Service, itage. As we leave Schuylkill County our colleague, the gentleman from private citizens, and elected officials in and move down the Schuylkill River, Pennsylvania (Mr. HOLDEN). strong support of the legislation. Mr. we have a proud heritage in agri- The bill already anticipated such co- Speaker, H.R. 940 was subsequently culture, a proud heritage in textiles, operative heritage efforts by directing amended in the full Committee on Re- and in iron ore. All of these industries that the various management entities sources to direct the Secretary of the have a great tradition, and we all have to coordinate with one another in the Interior to designate the Schuylkill great pride in what was accomplished management of the heritage of the an- River Corridor as a national heritage right down the Schuylkill River as we thracite coal region in Pennsylvania. area. This addition to the bill will get to Valley Forge and to Philadel- The changes made by the amendment allow the history and culture of the phia. It was our link to get our goods will provide more complete coverage of major anthracite coal regions in Penn- to the marketplace, and we should the heritage of this entire coal region. sylvania to be preserved for future gen- make every effort possible to be appre- Mr. Speaker, H.R. 940, as amended, is erations. The amended bill passed by ciative as to what was done, but also a good piece of legislation for heritage voice vote. try to highlight through Heritage Cor- Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the preservation, and I do urge my col- ridor what was done in the past and gentleman from Utah (Mr. HANSEN), leagues to support this bill. continue to move for economic devel- the chairman of the Subcommittee on Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of opment. National Parks and Public Lands, and my time. I am absolutely positive that when the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I have this Schuylkill River Heritage Corridor YOUNG), the chairman of the full Com- no more requests for time, and I re- gets into a working agreement and hits mittee on Resources, for their support serve the balance of my time. the ground running, that it is going to and leadership on this important legis- Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, be able to model itself after the Lacka- lation. H.R. 940 is a bipartisan bill I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman wanna Corridor, as my friend men- which deserves our support. from Pennsylvania (Mr. HOLDEN). tioned, where they were able to lever- Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of Mr. HOLDEN. Mr. Speaker, I thank age with federal money, with private my time. my friend for yielding me this time. money, and State money and county Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support money to do so much good in the I yield myself such time as I may con- of H.R. 940 this afternoon. I would like Lackawanna Valley, and I am hoping sume. I do want to commend the gen- to thank the chairmen of the com- we are going to use that example as we tleman from Pennsylvania for his spon- mittee and the subcommittee for do in the Schuylkill River Corridor. sorship of this piece of legislation. bringing this legislation to the floor, So I would just like to take this op- H.R. 940, as introduced by the gen- and I thank the ranking members of portunity to say that this is a good tleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. SHER- the committee and subcommittee for piece of legislation. It certainly has WOOD), my colleague of the Committee their assistance, as well as the gen- been done in a very bipartisan manner. on Resources, would have established tleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. SHER- I think we all cooperated very well. the Lackawanna Valley Heritage Area WOOD), my good friend, for the way Again, I would like to extend my grati- in northeastern Pennsylvania. that he cooperated and extended his fication for that effort that was made The Lackawanna Valley covers the hand so that we were able to include to assist in making sure that anthra- four counties of Lackawanna, Luzerne, the entire anthracite coal field in this cite coal and all of the treasures of the

VerDate May 04 2004 10:26 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\H13SE9.000 H13SE9 21278 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE September 13, 1999 Schuylkill River can have a heritage (1) The term ‘‘historic site’’ means the Thomas own, administer, manage, and operate the his- corridor that we can work on. Cole National Historic Site established by sec- toric site. Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I re- tion 4 of this Act. SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATION OF HISTORIC SITE. (2) The term ‘‘Hudson River artists’’ means (a) APPLICABILITY OF NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM serve the balance of my time. artists who were associated with the Hudson LAWS.—The historic site shall be administered in Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, River school of landscape painting. I yield myself such time as I may con- (3) The term ‘‘plan’’ means the general man- a manner consistent with this Act and all laws sume. agement plan developed pursuant to section generally applicable to units of the National 6(d). Park System, including the Act of August 25, I certainly want to thank both gen- 1916 (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.; commonly known as the tlemen from Pennsylvania for their in- (4) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of the Interior. National Park Service Organic Act), and the Act troduction of this piece of legislation. I (5) The term ‘‘Society’’ means the Greene of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.; com- note with interest the mentioning of County Historical Society of Greene County, monly known as the Historic Sites, Buildings, Susquehanna County as part of a very New York, which owns the Thomas Cole home, and Antiquities Act). strong cultural heritage as part of our studio, and other property comprising the his- (b) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— American history. In my little reading toric site. (1) ASSISTANCE TO SOCIETY.—The Secretary of history, I recall that the Susque- SEC. 3. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. may enter into cooperative agreements with the Society to preserve the Thomas Cole House and hanna River has a very profound his- (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: (1) The Hudson River school of landscape other structures in the historic site and to assist torical event that transpired as far as painting was inspired by Thomas Cole and was with education programs and research and in- the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter characterized by a group of 19th century land- terpretation of the Thomas Cole House and as- Day Saints is concerned, and I wanted scape artists who recorded and celebrated the sociated landscapes. to note that as a matter of record. I do landscape and wilderness of America, particu- (2) OTHER ASSISTANCE.—To further the pur- want to thank my good friend, the gen- larly in the Hudson River Valley region in the poses of this Act, the Secretary may enter into tleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. State of New York. cooperative agreements with the State of New (2) Thomas Cole is recognized as America’s York, the Society, the Thomas Cole Foundation, HOLDEN) for his comments. most prominent landscape and allegorical paint- and other public and private entities to facili- Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance er of the mid-19th century. tate public understanding and enjoyment of the of my time. (3) Located in Greene County, New York, the lives and works of the Hudson River artists Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I yield Thomas Cole House, also known as Thomas through the provision of assistance to develop, back the balance of my time. Cole’s Cedar Grove, is listed on the National present, and fund art exhibits, resident artist The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Register of Historic Places and has been des- programs, and other appropriate activities re- question is on the motion offered by ignated as a National Historic Landmark. lated to the preservation, interpretation, and (4) Within a 15 mile radius of the Thomas Cole the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. use of the historic site. House, an area that forms a key part of the rich (c) ARTIFACTS AND PROPERTY.—The Secretary SHERWOOD) that the House suspend the cultural and natural heritage of the Hudson rules and pass the bill, H.R. 940, as may acquire personal property associated with, River Valley region, significant landscapes and and appropriate for, the interpretation of the amended. scenes painted by Thomas Cole and other Hud- historic site. The question was taken; and (two- son River artists, such as Frederic Church, sur- (d) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.—Within two thirds having voted in favor thereof) vive intact. complete fiscal years after the date of the enact- the rules were suspended and the bill, (5) The State of New York has established the ment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop a as amended, was passed. Hudson River Valley Greenway to promote the general management plan for the historic site preservation, public use, and enjoyment of the with the cooperation of the Society. Upon the The title of the bill was amended so natural and cultural resources of the Hudson as to read: ‘‘A bill to designate the completion of the plan, the Secretary shall pro- River Valley region. vide a copy of the plan to the Committee on En- Lackawanna Valley National Heritage (6) Establishment of the Thomas Cole National ergy and Natural Resources of the Senate and Historic Site will provide opportunities for the Area and for other purposes.’’. the Committee on Resources of the House of illustration and interpretation of cultural A motion to reconsider was laid on Representatives. The plan shall include rec- themes of the heritage of the United States and the table. ommendations for regional wayside exhibits, to unique opportunities for education, public use, f be carried out through cooperative agreements and enjoyment. with the State of New York and other public THOMAS COLE NATIONAL (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are— (1) to preserve and interpret the home and and private entities. The plan shall be prepared HISTORIC SITE ACT studio of Thomas Cole for the benefit, inspira- in accordance with section 12(b) of Public Law Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I tion, and education of the people of the United 91–383 (16 U.S.C. 1a–1 et seq.; commonly known move to suspend the rules and pass the States; as the National Park System General Authori- ties Act). bill (H.R. 658) to establish the Thomas (2) to help maintain the integrity of the setting in the Hudson River Valley region that in- SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. Cole National Historic Site in the spired artistic expression; State of New York as an affiliated area There are authorized to be appropriated such (3) to coordinate the interpretive, preserva- sums as are necessary to carry out this Act. of the National Park System, as tion, and recreational efforts of Federal, State, amended. and other entities in the Hudson Valley region The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- The Clerk read as follows: in order to enhance opportunities for education, ant to the rule, the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. SHERWOOD) and the H.R. 658 public use, and enjoyment; and (4) to broaden understanding of the Hudson gentleman from American Samoa (Mr. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- River Valley region and its role in American his- FALEOMAVAEGA) each will control 20 resentatives of the United States of America in tory and culture. minutes. Congress assembled, SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF THOMAS COLE NA- SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. TIONAL HISTORIC SITE. The Chair recognizes the gentleman (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established, as from Pennsylvania (Mr. SHERWOOD). the ‘‘Thomas Cole National Historic Site Act’’. an affiliated area of the National Park System, Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I yield (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of con- the Thomas Cole National Historic Site in the myself such time as I may consume. tents of this Act is as follows: State of New York. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 658 would establish Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. (b) DESCRIPTION.—The historic site shall con- the Thomas Cole Historic Site in the Sec. 2. Definitions. sist of the home and studio of Thomas Cole, comprising approximately 3.4 acres, located at State of New York as an affiliated area Sec. 3. Findings and purposes. of the National Park System. This bill Sec. 4. Establishment of Thomas Cole National 218 Spring Street, in the village of Catskill, New York, as generally depicted on the boundary is the result of the dedication of the Historic Site. gentleman from New York (Mr. Sec. 5. Retention of ownership and manage- map numbered TCH/80002, and dated March ment of historic site by Greene 1992. SWEENEY) and retired Congressman County Historical Society. SEC. 5. RETENTION OF OWNERSHIP AND MAN- Jerry Solomon, also from New York, AGEMENT OF HISTORIC SITE BY who worked hard to protect this his- Sec. 6. Administration of historic site. GREENE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCI- Sec. 7. Authorization of appropriations. ETY. toric site. The Thomas Cole House is SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. The Greene County Historical Society of currently listed on the National Reg- As used in this Act: Greene County, New York, shall continue to ister of Historic Places and has been

VerDate May 04 2004 10:26 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\H13SE9.000 H13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 21279 designated as a national historic land- Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I yield who worked strenuously to see this bill mark. H.R. 658 also authorizes the Sec- 5 minutes to the gentleman from New passed, and who worked as a partner- retary to enter into cooperative agree- York (Mr. SWEENEY). ship to ensure the continuation of the ments with both public and private en- Mr. SWEENEY. Mr. Speaker, I would Thomas Cole House. I look forward to tities relating to the preservation, the like to begin by thanking my good seeing the Thomas Cole site become an interpretation and use of this historic friend, the gentleman from Pennsyl- important addition to the National site. vania (Mr. SHERWOOD), for bringing up Park Service. One of the private entities, the this legislation, and also thanking the Mr. HINCHEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support Greene County Historical Society, gentleman from Alaska (Chairman of this legislation that will provide the Thomas shall continue to own, manage and op- YOUNG) of the Committee on Rules, the Cole National Historic Site with appropriate erate this historic site. subcommittee chairman, the gen- federal recognition and assistance. It is appro- This bill also directs the historical tleman from Utah (Mr. HANSEN), the priate because Thomas Cole continues to be society with assistance from the Sec- ranking member, the gentleman from a major figure in our nation’s history, and an retary to develop a management plan Puerto Rico (Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO´ ), important influence on many Americans who for the site within 2 fiscal years of en- and my friends on the other side for would not recognize his name. actment. This bill is supported by the their assistance here. As founder of the Hudson River School of administration, and I urge my col- This legislation, as has been said, Mr. American Painting, Thomas Cole stood at the leagues to support H.R. 658. Speaker, would allow the Greene Coun- beginning of a long line of artists who taught Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of ty Historical Society to remain as own- Americans to love and appreciate dramatic my time. ers and operators of the Thomas Cole landscapes. It is hard for us now to imagine a Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, House while establishing the site as an time when places like the Hudson Highlands, I yield myself such time as I may con- affiliated area of the national park sys- the Grand Canyon, and the mountain peaks of sume. tem. the east and west were not treasured, but that Mr. Speaker, H.R.658 establishes the Essentially what this legislation was largely the case before Thomas Cole’s Thomas Cole National Historic Site in does, it allows for the historical soci- time. They were regarded as obstacles or the State of New York as an affiliated ety to develop interpretive programs places of danger. His paintings showed people area of the National Park System. related to the facility. It also requires they were beautiful; his allegories invested Mr. Thomas Cole, who lived from 1801 an annual general management plan by them with meaning. If it were not for Thomas to 1848, was the founder of an American the historical society. Both of these Cole, we might not have our national parks artistic movement known as the Hud- things I think are very important to today; we would almost certainly not have our son River School. Mr. Cole painted the continued health and welfare of the long tradition of landscape art. landscapes of the American wilderness. Thomas Cole House. I hope this legislation will enable more peo- Students and followers included such I am a strong supporter of preserving ple to learn about Thomas Cole and his fol- artists as Frederick Church, Alfred our national historical sites generally, lowers and the history of how our people Dierstadt, and Thomas Moran. This and specifically here as it relates to came to appreciate the beauty of nature and school of painting, with its focus on the Thomas Cole House. The cir- the landscape. I further hope it will bring more natural landscapes, is closely associ- cumstances of the Thomas Cole House people to the Hudson Valley that Cole loved ated with the beginning of the con- make this an important piece of legis- and painted, and educate them about the role servation movement. lation, given its age. It is a true na- that the Hudson Valley—through its natural The Thomas Cole property, known as tional treasure in the heart of one of features, its people, and its history—has had Cedar Grove, is located in Catskill, the most scenic areas of the Nation, in defining our country’s vision of itself. New York. Originally encompassing 88 New York’s Hudson River Valley. Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, acres, the home and grounds now oc- As has been stated, Thomas Cole was I have no further requests for time, and cupy 3.4 acres. The property has been one of the country’s preeminent land- I yield back the balance of my time. designated a national historic landscape painters in the earlier 19th cen- Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I have mark. In 1991, the National Park Serv- tury. His work inspired generations of no further requests for time, and I ice completed a suitability and a feasi- artists, including Frederick Church yield back the balance of my time. bility study of the Thomas Cole prop- and Thomas Moran, to chronicle the The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. erty. growth of the young United States and FOLEY). The question is on the motion help to generate interest in our coun- offered by the gentleman from Penn- b 1445 try’s natural beauty. sylvania (Mr. SHERWOOD) that the Legislation dealing with the Thomas Today the paintings provide insight House suspend the rules and pass the Cole property has been around since and reflect the growth of what is the bill, H.R. 658, as amended. the early 1900s. Hearings were held on a uniquely American spirit. In passing The question was taken. nearly identical bill, H.R. 1301, in the this legislation, we will preserve this Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I ob- 105th Congress. That legislation was fa- school of art and the very residence ject to the vote on the ground that a vorably reported by the Committee on Thomas Cole worked from within in quorum is not present and make the Resources, passed the House last Sep- creating many of his paintings, as well point of order that a quorum is not tember, but unfortunately, action was as the landscapes these artists painted present. not completed on the measure prior to of the beautiful Hudson River Valley. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- adjournment. Last year the legislation passed the ant to clause 8 of rule XX and the Mr. Speaker, the Committee on Re- House. It was not passed by the Senate Chair’s prior announcement, further sources adopted a minor amendment to point. That was because there was proceedings on this motion will be H.R. 658 that made a clarifying change some language in the bill that the Sen- postponed. requested by the National Park Serv- ate objected to regarding the purchase The point of no quorum is considered ice. We believe this is a good change in by the Secretary of the Interior of the withdrawn. the bill, and support the bill. I do urge paintings and artwork. We have revised f my colleagues to support this legisla- that and made amendments to make tion. that language more palatable. I am FISHERMAN’S PROTECTIVE ACT Again, I thank my good friend, the confident that the Senate will pass it AMENDMENTS OF 1999 gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. this year. Mr. SAXTON. Mr. Speaker, I move to SHERWOOD) for his management of this In conclusion, I would like to thank suspend the rules and pass the bill legislation. the committee and the National Park (H.R. 1651) to amend the Fisherman’s Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of Service for their assistance, as well as Protective Act of 1967 to extend the pe- my time. the local organizations in my district riod during which reimbursement may

VerDate May 04 2004 10:26 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\H13SE9.000 H13SE9 21280 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE September 13, 1999 be provided to owners of United States (B) In making the nominations, the Gov- (b) EFFECT OF DESIGNATION.—The designa- fishing vessels for costs incurred when ernor of Alaska may consider suggestions for tion under subsection (a) shall not be consid- such a vessel is seized and detained by nominations provided by organizations with ered to expand, diminish, or otherwise a foreign country, as amended. expertise in Yukon River salmon fisheries. change the management authority of the The Clerk read as follows: (C) The Governor of Alaska may make ap- State of Alaska or the Federal Government propriate nominations to allow for appoint- with respect to fishery resources. H.R. 1651 ment of, and the Secretary of State shall ap- (c) RECOMMENDATIONS OF PANEL.—In addi- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- point, under paragraph (1)(C)— tion to recommendations made by the Panel resentatives of the United States of America in (i) at least one member who is qualified to to the responsible management entities in Congress assembled, represent the interests of Lower Yukon accordance with any agreement with Canada TITLE I—EXTENSION OF PERIOD FOR RE- River fishing districts; and regarding management of salmon stocks IMBURSEMENT UNDER FISHERMEN’S (ii) at least one member who is qualified to originating from the Yukon River in Canada, PROTECTIVE ACT OF 1967 represent the interests of Upper Yukon River the Panel may make recommendations con- SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. fishing districts. cerning the conservation and management of This title may be cited as the ‘‘Fisher- (D) At least one of the members appointed salmon originating in the Yukon River to men’s Protective Act Amendments of 1999’’. under paragraph (1)(C) shall be an Alaska the Department of the Interior, the Depart- ment of Commerce, the Department of State, SEC. 102. EXTENSION OF PERIOD FOR REIM- Native. BURSEMENT UNDER FISHERMEN’S (3) ALTERNATES.—(A) The Secretary of the North Pacific Fishery Management PROTECTIVE ACT OF 1967. State may designate an alternate Panel Council, and other Federal or State entities (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7(e) of the Fisher- member for each Panel member the Sec- as appropriate. Recommendations by the men’s Protective Act of 1967 (22 U.S.C. retary appoints under paragraphs (1) (A) and Panel shall be advisory in nature. 1977(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘2000’’ and in- (C), who meets the same qualifications, to SEC. 206. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS. serting ‘‘2003’’. serve in the absence of the Panel member. (a) COMPENSATION.—Panel members and al- (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 7(a)(3) (B) The Governor of the State of Alaska ternate Panel members who are not State or of the Fishermen’s Protective Act of 1967 (22 may designate an alternative Panel member Federal employees shall receive compensa- U.S.C. 1977(a)(3)) is amended by striking for the Panel member appointed under sub- tion at the daily rate of GS–15 of the General ‘‘Secretary of the Interior’’ and inserting section (b)(1)(B), who meets the same quali- Schedule when engaged in the actual per- ‘‘Secretary of Commerce’’. fications, to serve in the absence of that formance of duties. (b) TRAVEL AND OTHER NECESSARY EX- TITLE II—YUKON RIVER SALMON Panel member. PENSES.—Travel and other necessary ex- SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. (c) TERM LENGTH.—Panel members and al- penses shall be paid by the Secretary of the This title may be cited as the ‘‘Yukon ternate Panel members shall serve four-year Interior for all Panel members, alternate River Salmon Act of 1999’’. terms. Any individual appointed to fill a va- Panel members, and members of any advi- cancy occurring before the expiration of any SEC. 202. YUKON RIVER SALMON PANEL. sory committee established under section 203 term shall be appointed for the remainder of (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— when engaged in the actual performance of that term. (1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be a Yukon duties. (d) REAPPOINTMENT.—Panel members and River Salmon Panel (in this title referred to (c) TREATMENT AS FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.— alternate Panel members shall be eligible for as the ‘‘Panel’’). Except for officials of the United States Gov- reappointment. (2) FUNCTIONS.—The Panel shall— ernment, all Panel members, alternate Panel (e) DECISIONS.—Decisions of the Panel shall (A) advise the Secretary of State regarding members, and members of any advisory com- be made by the consensus of the Panel mem- the negotiation of any international agree- mittee established under section 203 shall bers appointed under subparagraphs (B) and ment with Canada relating to management not be considered to be Federal employees (C) of subsection (b)(1). of salmon stocks originating from the Yukon while engaged in the actual performance of (f) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out their River in Canada; duties, except for the purposes of injury com- functions, Panel members may consult with (B) advise the Secretary of the Interior re- pensation or tort claims liability as provided such other interested parties as they con- garding restoration and enhancement of such in chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, sider appropriate. salmon stocks; and and chapter 71 of title 28, United States (C) perform other functions relating to SEC. 203. ADVISORY COMMITTEE. Code. (a) APPOINTMENTS.—The Governor of Alas- conservation and management of such salm- SEC. 207. YUKON RIVER SALMON STOCK RES- on stocks as authorized by this or any other ka may establish and appoint an advisory TORATION AND ENHANCEMENT title. committee of not less than 8, but not more PROJECTS. (3) DESIGNATION AS UNITED STATES REP- than 12, individuals who are knowledgeable (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the In- RESENTATIVES ON BILATERAL BODY.—The Sec- and experienced with regard to the salmon terior, in consultation with the Secretary of retary of State may designate the members fisheries on the Yukon River. At least 2 of Commerce, may carry out projects to restore of the Panel to be the United States rep- the advisory committee members shall be or enhance salmon stocks originating from resentatives on any successor to the panel Alaska Natives. Members of the advisory the Yukon River in Canada and the United established by the interim agreement for the committee may attend all meetings of the States. conservation of salmon stocks originating Panel, and shall be given the opportunity to (b) COOPERATION WITH CANADA.—If there is from the Yukon River in Canada agreed to examine and be heard on any matter under in effect an agreement between the Govern- through an exchange of notes between the consideration by the Panel. ment of the United States and the Govern- Government of the United States and the (b) COMPENSATION.—The members of such ment of Canada for the conservation of salm- Government of Canada on February 3, 1995, if advisory committee shall receive no com- on stocks originating from the Yukon River authorized by any agreement establishing pensation for their services. in Canada that includes provisions governing such successor. (c) TERM LENGTH.—Members of such advi- projects authorized under this section, (b) MEMBERSHIP.— sory committee shall serve two-year terms. then— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Panel shall be com- Any individual appointed to fill a vacancy (1) projects under this section shall be car- prised of six members, as follows: occurring before the expiration of any term ried out in accordance with that agreement; (A) One member who is an official of the shall be appointed for the remainder of that and United States Government with expertise in term. (2) amounts available for projects under salmon conservation and management, who (d) REAPPOINTMENT.—Members of such ad- this section— shall be appointed by the Secretary of State. visory committee shall be eligible for re- (A) shall be expended in accordance with (B) One member who is an official of the appointment. the agreement; and State of Alaska with expertise in salmon SEC. 204. EXEMPTION. (B) may be deposited in any joint account conservation and management, who shall be The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 established by the agreement to fund such appointed by the Governor of Alaska. U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Panel or projects. (C) Four members who are knowledgeable to an advisory committee established under SEC. 208. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. and experienced with regard to the salmon section 203. There are authorized to be appropriated to fisheries on the Yukon River, who shall be SEC. 205. AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY. the Secretary of the Interior to carry out appointed by the Secretary of State in ac- (a) RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT ENTITY.— this title $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years cordance with paragraph (2). The State of Alaska Department of Fish and 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003, of which— (2) APPOINTEES FROM ALASKA.—(A) The Sec- Game shall be the responsible management (1) such sums as are necessary shall be retary of State shall appoint the members entity for the United States for the purposes available each fiscal year for travel expenses under paragraph (1)(C) from a list of at least of any agreement with Canada regarding of Panel members, alternate Panel members, 3 individuals nominated for each position by management of salmon stocks originating United States members of the Joint Tech- the Governor of Alaska. from the Yukon River in Canada. nical Committee established by paragraph

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C.2 of the memorandum of understanding Mr. SAXTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield tleman from Alaska (Mr. YOUNG), and concerning the Pacific Salmon Treaty be- myself such time as I may consume. the gentleman from California (Mr. tween the Government of the United States Mr. Speaker, H.R. 1651 is a package of MILLER), our ranking Democrat, for and the Government of Canada (recorded noncontroversial bills that should pass their support of this legislation. January 28, 1985), and members of an advisory committee established and appointed this body without much debate. Mr. Speaker, the three fisheries-re- under section 203, in accordance with Federal The first title amends the Fisher- lated bills included in the substitute Travel Regulations and sections 5701, 5702, man’s Protective Act to extend the pe- amendment that will be offered are 5704 through 5708, and 5731 of title 5, United riod of time during which reimburse- noncontroversial and have the full sup- States Code; ments may be provided to owners of port of the administration. Thus, I do (2) such sums as are necessary shall be U.S. fishing vessel for costs incurred urge that the substitute be adopted by available for the United States share of ex- when a vessel is illegally seized and de- my colleagues. penses incurred by the Joint Technical Com- tained by a foreign country. The time I am particularly pleased this bill mittee and any panel established by any will authorize funding to construct a agreement between the Government of the period is extended from October 1, 2000, United States and the Government of Canada to October 1, 2003. fisheries research vessel. The fleet of for restoration and enhancement of salmon The second title, the Yukon River research vessels operated by the Na- originating in Canada; Salmon Act of 1999, establishes the tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad- (3) up to $3,000,000 shall be available each Yukon River Salmon Panel, which will ministration, Mr. Speaker, is aging. fiscal year for activities by the Department advise the Secretary of State regarding Without modern vessels, NOAA will be of the Interior and the Department of Com- negotiations on any international unable to obtain accurate data on fish merce for survey, restoration, and enhance- agreement with Canada relating to the stocks and oceanographic conditions, ment activities related to salmon stocks management of salmon stocks origi- and thus will compromise the Adminis- originating from the Yukon River in Canada, of which up to $1,200,000 shall be available nating from the Yukon River. tration’s ability to manage our Na- each fiscal year for Yukon River salmon In addition, the panel will advise the tion’s fisheries as mandated by the stock restoration and enhancement projects Secretary of the Interior and the Alas- Magnuson-Stevens Act and several under section 207(b); and ka Department of Fish and Game re- international treaties. (4) $600,000 shall be available each fiscal garding restoration and enhancement Mr. Speaker, this bill will authorize year for cooperative salmon research and of Yukon River salmon. funds for one vessel. I look forward to management projects in the portion of the In 1995, Congress passed the Yukon working with the chairman of the Com- Yukon River drainage located in the United River Salmon Act as part of the Fish- mittee on Resources to authorize funds States that are recommended by the Panel. eries Act of 1995. This Act created the in future years to modernize NOAA’s TITLE III—FISHERY INFORMATION Yukon River Salmon Panel, as required fishing research fleet, not only for ACQUISITION in the interim agreement between the ships in Alaska, but throughout our SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. United States and Canada for the con- Nation’s waters, so our administration This title may be cited as the ‘‘Fisheries servation of Yukon River salmon can gather the best data possible to Survey Vessel Authorization Act of 1999’’. stocks originating in Canada. fulfill its statutory obligations and SEC. 302. ACQUISITION OF FISHERY SURVEY VES- SELS. This interim agreement expired in successfully manage our $3 billion an- (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, subject to March of 1998. The expiration of the in- nual commercial fishing industry. the availability of appropriations, may in ac- terim agreement has made the role of Mr. Speaker, I have no further re- cordance with this section acquire, by pur- the Yukon Salmon Panel unclear. This quests for time, and I yield back the chase, lease, lease-purchase, or charter, and legislation authorizes the panel and its balance of my time. equip up to 6 fishery survey vessels in ac- activities, regardless of the agreement Mr. SAXTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield cordance with this section. with Canada. If a new agreement can- myself such time as I may consume. (b) VESSEL REQUIREMENTS.—Any vessel ac- not be reached between United States Mr. Speaker, I would just like to quired and equipped under this section and Canada, the Secretary of State is thank the gentleman from American must— Samoa, the ranking member of the sub- (1) be capable of— authorized to appoint the advisory (A) staying at sea continuously for at least panel members to any panel created by committee, for his great work in sup- 30 days; the new agreement. The authorized ap- port in getting this bill to the floor. It (B) conducting fishery population surveys propriations in this title have been is much appreciated. using hydroacoustic, longlining, deep water, capped at the level authorized in 1995. Mr. Speaker, I have no further re- and pelagic trawls, and other necessary sur- The third title to the bill authorizes quests for time, and I yield back the vey techniques; and the Secretary of Commerce to acquire balance of my time. (C) conducting other work necessary to and equip a fishery survey vessel. This The SPEAKER pro tempore. The provide fishery managers with the accurate new vessel will provide fishery man- question is on the motion offered by and timely data needed to prepare and im- the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. plement fishery management plans; and agers with accurate and timely data SAXTON) that the House suspend the (2) have a hull that meets the Inter- necessary to implement the fishery national Council for Exploration of the Sea management plans and to meet inter- rules and pass the bill, H.R. 1651, as standard regarding acoustic quietness. national treaty obligations. amended. (c) AUTHORIZATION.—To carry out this sec- Mr. Speaker, I ask for an aye vote on The question was taken; and (two- tion there are authorized to be appropriated the bill, and I reserve the balance of thirds having voted in favor thereof) to the Secretary $60,000,000. my time. the rules were suspended and the bill, Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘To as amended, was passed. amend the Fishermen’s Protective Act of Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may con- The title was amended so as to read: 1967 to extend the period during which reim- ‘‘To amend the Fishermen’s Protective Act bursement may be provided to owners of sume. Mr. Speaker, I would like to initially of 1967 to extend the period during which re- United States fishing vessels for costs in- imbursement may be provided to owners of curred when such a vessel is seized and de- commend the gentleman from New Jer- United States fishing vessels for costs in- tained by a foreign country, and for other sey (Mr. SAXTON), the chairman of our curred when such a vessel is seized and de- purposes.’’. Subcommittee on Fisheries Conserva- tained by a foreign country, and for other The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- tion, Wildlife and Oceans, and as the purposes.’’. ant to the rule, the gentleman from ranking member of that subcommittee, A motion to reconsider was laid on New Jersey (Mr. SAXTON) and the gen- again I want to thank the gentleman the table. tleman from American Samoa (Mr. for his leadership and for his ability to f FALEOMAVAEGA) each will control 20 bring these pieces of legislation under minutes. a substitute format. GENERAL LEAVE The Chair recognizes the gentleman I also want to thank the chairman of Mr. SAXTON. Mr. Speaker, I ask from New Jersey (Mr. SAXTON). our Committee on Resources, the gen- unanimous consent that all Members

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Al- objection to the request of the gen- These funds will provide relocation though Kili receives more rainfall than tleman from New Jersey? assistance now to the surviving 90 Bikini and has richer soils, it is an is- There was no objection. members of Bikini who were removed land, a high island, not an atoll, and it f from their home island, as it may still is about one-ninth the land area of Bi- take years to complete radiological MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT kini. restoration of the atoll to permit safe It has neither lagoon, sheltered fish- A message in writing from the Presi- habitation. ing ground, protected anchorage, nor dent of the United States was commu- The bill also responds to the resolu- good beaches. Instead, a flat reef shelf nicated to the House by Mr. Sherman tion of the Bikini Council requesting forms around the circumference of the Williams, one of his secretaries. this legislative action by Congress. I island and drops abruptly to great f urge my colleagues to support this bi- depths. As a result, it is virtually inac- BIKINI RESETTLEMENT AND partisan measure. cessible by sea from November to May, RELOCATION ACT OF 1999 Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of when tradewinds cause heavy surf to my time. Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I pound the shore. Mr. UNDERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I This drastic change from an atoll ex- move to suspend the rules and pass the yield myself such time as I may con- bill (H.R. 2368) to assist in the resettle- istence, with its abundant fish and is- sume. lands as far as the eye could see, to an ment and relocation of the people of Mr. Speaker, this act would author- Bikini Atoll by amending the terms of isolated island with no lagoon and in- ize a one-time 3 percent distribution accessible marine resources, took a se- the trust fund established during the from the resettlement fund for the peo- United States administration of the vere physiological toll on the Bikini ple of Bikini established by Congress in people. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. 1982 for relocation and resettlement as- The Clerk read as follows: Since their arrival there in 1948, the sistance primarily for the remaining Bikinians have compared Kili to a jail. H.R. 2368 senior citizens of Bikini Atoll. The elders sorely miss the ability to Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- The odyssey of the Bikini people is a move about an atoll, engage in fishing resentatives of the United States of America in very sad one, indeed. They were moved Congress assembled, expeditions across the lagoon or in the off their atoll in March of 1946 by the open sea, and sail to other islands. At SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. U.S. Navy to facilitate the U.S. nuclear This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bikini Re- Bikini, much of men’s lives had cen- settlement and Relocation Act of 1999’’. testing program. They were first tered about their sailing canoes, and SEC. 2. PARTIAL DISTRIBUTION OF TRUST FUND moved to Rongerik, an uninhabited they spent many hours working to- AMOUNTS. atoll some 100 miles east of Bikini. gether on them. These sailing canoes Three percent of the market value as of Naval officials stated that Rongerik had to be abandoned on Kili, and the June 1, 1999, of the Resettlement Trust Fund was bigger and richer than Bikini, but Bikinians have lost virtually all thier for the People of Bikini, established pursuit turned out that the move was ill- ant to Public Law 97–257, shall be made sailing and fishing skills. conceived and poorly planned. Today, 53 years after their move from available for immediate ex gratia distribu- Contrary to the Navy’s assertions, tion to the people of Bikini, provided such Bikini, less than half the ‘‘elders’’ who distribution does not reduce the corpus of Rongerik’s land area is one-quarter of were moved off originally in 1946 are the trust fund. The amount of such distribu- the size of Bikini, and its life-sus- still alive. The radiological cleanup tion shall be deducted from any additional ex taining pandanus and coconut trees and resettlement of Bikini is at least a gratia payments that may be made by the were considerably less productive than decade away, and will cost at least sev- Congress into the Resettlement Trust Fund. those of Bikini. eral hundred million dollars, and the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- The situation on Rongerik steadily numerous relocations of the people ant to the rule, the gentleman from deteriorated over the next 2 years. In have had severe consequences. Pennsylvania (Mr. SHERWOOD) and the July of 1947, a medical officer who vis- The Bikinians did not desire reloca- gentleman from Guam (Mr. UNDER- ited the atoll reported that the tion in 1946, but they believed they had WOOD) each will control 20 minutes. Bikinians were visibly suffering from no alternative but to comply with the The Chair recognizes the gentleman malnutrition. Several sites for another wishes of the United States. from Pennsylvania (Mr. SHERWOOD). relocation were explored, but none Much of the Bikinians’ culture and Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I yield proved satisfactory. society and identity are rooted in their myself such time as I may consume. However, when a Navy physician ex- ancestral home: the islands, reefs, and Mr. Speaker, H.R. 2368, the Bikini amined the Bikinians in March of 1948 lagoon of Bikini Atoll. The people’s Resettlement and Relocation Act of and found them to be a starving people, identity, the very essence of their per- 1999 is an important measure to help emergency measures were called for ceptions of themselves, is intimately the relocation and resettlement of the and the Bikinians were immediately tied to their home atoll. people of the Bikini Atoll. This com- evacuated to the Navy base at Kwaja- The system of land rights provided munity was displaced during the time lein Atoll. As early as 1948, as the offi- much of the underlying structure for of United States nuclear testing in the cial Navy history of the Trust Terri- the organization of the community. Pacific, and while the U.S. was the ad- tory notes, ‘‘Definite physiological Short of loss of life itself, the loss of ministering authority for the islands scars were left on the people.’’ The con- their ancestral homeland represented under the United Nations’ Trust Terri- sequences of their two relocations, 2 the worst calamity imaginable for the tory of the Pacific islands. years on Rongerik and nearly 8 months Bikini people. In the 1982, Congress established a on Kwajalein, were already abundantly The confinement of the Bikini people Resettlement Trust Fund for the ben- evident. to Kili has deprived them of most of efit of the Bikinians. H.R. 2368 would In less than 3 years, the once self-suf- the activities and pleasures that they authorize a one-time 3 percent dis- ficient people had been transformed enjoy at Bikini Atoll. tribution from the Resettlement Trust into dependent wards of the United The people of Bikini gave the United Fund for relocation and resettlement States. Their very existence had been States everything they had, their land assistance primarily for the remaining threatened, and the little confidence and their home. They demanded noth- senior citizens of the Bikini Atoll, 3 that they had in themselves was dimin- ing in return. They asked only that the percent of $126 million, or $3.7 million. ished. United States care for them until their

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land had served its purpose and could inhabitable. In 1968, we told the former man YOUNG which directs the Secretary of In- be returned to them. The United States residents it was safe to return to the terior to distribute 3% of interest made from promised that it would do so, but some Atoll only to remove them again in the Resettlement Trust Fund for the People of 53 years later, and 41 years after the 1979 because radiation levels were still Bikini to surviving Bikini elders. This payment last nuclear test at Bikini, the far in excess of Federal standards. will be a one time only payment and comes Bikinians are still not home. They Mr. Speaker, today the remaining from interest made, does not need an addi- lived up to their side of the deal, and nine residents of Bikini in 1946 who are tional appropriation, and will not effect the the people of the free world did well by still alive, and some of the descendants original corpus of the fund. them. of the other 158 people of the atoll, are To facilitate the US nuclear testing program, They made contributions to the vic- still living in a temporary location 400 the people of Bikini were moved off their is- tory and the Cold War that many other miles from their true home. lands in 1946. Between 1946 and 1958, the peoples did not. The tests in the Mar- Mr. Speaker, in an effort to partially U.S. government detonated 23 atomic and hy- shall Islands cost hundreds of billions compensate the residents of Bikini for drogen bombs at Bikini Atoll, including the of dollars, but we never questioned all the injury and suffering the United March 1, 1954 Bravo shot, the largest nuclear their value because these nuclear tests States has caused them, it is only rea- test ever conducted by the United States. Our assured U.S. nuclear superiority over sonable that Congress establish a trust treatment of the people directly affected by the Soviet Union and saved billions of fund in 1982, and a total of $110 million these tests has not always been forthright and dollars in defense spending. has been appropriated for the fund. The just. Much information about the test shots As the Atomic Energy Commission fund has been well managed, and the was kept from the Marshallese until I was able reported to Congress in 1953, ‘‘Each of market value of the fund is now ap- to persuade the Bush Administration to finally the tests involved a major expenditure proximately $126 million. H.R. 2368 au- release DOE documents to the Marshall Is- of money, manpower, scientific effort, thorizes a one-time distribution of 3 lands Government. While this process has and time. Nevertheless, in accelerating percent of the value of the trust, which been slow, it has resulted in thousands of the rate of weapons development, they will go primarily to the elders of this pages of new information released. saved far more than their costs.’’ group. In 1982 Congress established the Resettle- In an attempt to assist the people of Mr. Speaker, I have taken to this ment Trust Fund to assist the people of Bikini, Bikini, we provided funding for their floor many times over the years to ad- ‘‘for the relocation and resettlement of the Bi- Resettlement Trust Fund in 1982. vocate that the United States devote kini People in the Marshall Islands, principally Those funds have been well invested, more of its resources to this problem, on Kili and Ejit Islands.’’ Congress appro- and it is only appropriate for us to sup- especially as it deals with the good priated additional funds in 1988 into the trust port a one-time 3 percent distribution people of the Republic of the Marshall and modified its terms to provide that monies Islands. This is only a small part of the to the heads of household, with the un- could also be ‘‘expended for the rehabilitation mess we created by conducting atomic derstanding that the Bikini elders will and resettlement of Bikini Atoll.’’ and nuclear atmospheric tests in the The people of Bikini have maintained the be the primary beneficiaries. Pacific. fiscal integrity of the Resettlement Trust Fund Thanks to sound investment deci- The residents of the Bikini and other since its inception. They have hired U.S. sions, this trust fund has earned almost atolls of the Pacific have been forced banks as trustees and well respected invest- 14 percent annually since 1982, so a 3 to make considerable sacrifices so that ment advisors and money managers. The percent distribution will not require an our Nation could remain militarily Trust has averaged a nearly 14% annual re- appropriation of funds by Congress nor strong, and I find it highly offensive turn since inception and has permitted the Bi- will it diminish the original corpus of that we have not addressed this prob- kini community to provide for scholarships, the trust. lem forthrightly. health care, food programs, housing electrical I want to say on a personal note that Even today, Mr. Speaker, we do not power, construction, maintenance and repairs this especially goes out to the family have a plan to clean up and resettle the on the islands of Kili and Ejit, as well as infra- of Ralph Waltz who was a Peace Corps atoll, and it is estimated that cleanup structure, cleanup and resettlement activities volunteer on Kili Atoll and who was and resettlement will take 10 years, 10 on Bikini Atoll. Through prudent management personal witness to this. Mr. Waltz has more years, Mr. Speaker. We can, and and voluntary restrictions on the use of the since passed away, but he was a very we should be doing better than that. corpus by the people of Bikini, the market good friend of mine, and he first I want to thank the gentleman from value of the Resettlement Trust Fund today is brought me to these issues that are at- Alaska (Mr. YOUNG), the gentleman approximately $125 million. tendant to the plight of the Bikini peo- from California (Mr. GEORGE MILLER), Throughout this most tumultuous time, the ple. our ranking Democrat of the com- elders of the community have remained the Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as I mittee, and their staffs for moving this solid base for all the people of Bikini. This one may consume to the gentleman from bill as quickly as they have. This is im- time payment is being made at the request of American Samoa (Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA). portant to the former residents of Bi- the Bikini community based, in part, on the re- Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, kini and shows that this authorizing ality that resettlement of the atoll is unlikely I want to thank the gentleman from committee can act in a timely manner. during the lifetime of the elders. I urge my col- Guam (Mr. UNDERWOOD) for yielding Mr. Speaker, I know the Bikinians leagues to support this legislation. this time to me to say a few words con- would have liked to have seen this pro- Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, cerning this piece of legislation. I do vision in the fiscal year 2000 Interior I rise in support of H.R. 2368, the Bikini Re- thank the gentleman from Pennsyl- appropriations bill, but with today’s settlement and Relocation Act of 1999. I fully vania (Mr. SHERWOOD) for his manage- action in the House and a little luck in support the request of the Bikini Council to ment of the bill. the Senate, they may get their money have a one-time 3% distribution from the Re- Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support just as quickly as following regular au- settlement Trust fund to assist in the resettle- of H.R. 2368, a bill to assist the reset- thorizing procedures. I support this bill ment and relocation of the people of Bikini tlement and relocation of the people of and believe we have a moral obligation Atoll. Bikini Atoll by amending the terms of to do much more than this. In 1946, our country made the decision to the trust fund established during the Mr. Speaker, again I want to com- test nuclear weapons in the Bikini Atoll in the United States administration of a mend the gentleman from Guam (Mr. Marshall Islands. This difficult decision, during Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. UNDERWOOD) for his tireless efforts and World War II, created a negative situation for Mr. Speaker, 53 years ago, we re- tremendous leadership to assist his fel- the Bikini Atoll. This environmental catas- moved the residents of Bikini Atoll low Pacific Island community. trophe still exists, over thirty years later. The from their home to conduct atomic and Again, I ask my colleagues to sup- people of Bikini Atoll have been relocated nuclear weapons tests. Between 1946 port this bill. twice since the Island was polluted with nu- and 1958, we conducted well over 23 Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, I clear residue during the nuclear testing that such tests, which made the Atoll un- have cosponsored this legislation with Chair- started in 1946.

VerDate May 04 2004 10:26 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 9920 E:\BR99\H13SE9.000 H13SE9 21284 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE September 13, 1999 I commend our government’s recognition of $126 million or $3.7 million]; not require an ap- bill (H.R. 898) designating certain land the devastation caused during this testing pe- propriation of any funds by the U.S. Congress; in the San Isabel National Forest in riod and I commend our efforts to restore this not diminish the original corpus of the Reset- the State of Colorado as the ‘‘Spanish magnificent Island so its citizens can return to tlement Trust Fund [$110 million]; provide relo- Peaks Wilderness.’’ their homes. Unfortunately, it appears another cation assistance now to the surviving 90 The Clerk read as follows: 10 years is necessary to guarantee the return members of Bikini who were removed from H.R. 898 of the Bikini people to an environmentally safe their home island, as it may still take years to home. complete radiological restoration of the atoll to Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Traditionally, the people of Bikini Atoll have permit safe habitation; and respond to the res- resentatives of the United States of America in administered the Resettlement Trust Fund in a olution of the Bikini Council requesting this Congress assembled, commendable manner. I fully support the legislative action by Congress. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. Council’s decision to make available 3% per- The Bikinians, for their part, have ensured This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Spanish cent of the market value of the Resettlement the fiscal integrity of the Resettlement Trust Peaks Wilderness Act of 1999’’. Trust Fund for immediate ex gratia distribution Fund. They have selected reputable U.S. SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF SPANISH PEAKS WIL- to the people of Bikini. The culture and tradi- banks as trustees, hired well-respected and DERNESS. tion of the people of Bikini pay special hom- talented investment advisors and money man- (a) COLORADO WILDERNESS ACT.—Section age to the seniors of the communities. It is an- agers, and provided for routine monthly finan- 2(a) of the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 ticipated that the senior citizens of Bikini, cial statements and annual audits. Due to the (Public Law 103–77; 107 Stat. 756; 16 U.S.C. many who will not have an opportunity to re- Bikini Council’s voluntary restraint on the use 1132 note) is amended by adding at the end turn to the Island and their homeland because of these funds, and the success of the fund the following: of the length of clean-up time, may be the pri- managers, the corpus remains intact, the trust ‘‘(20) SPANISH PEAKS WILDERNESS.—Certain land in the San Isabel National Forest that— mary beneficiaries of this distribution. fund has earned almost 14% annually, every ‘‘(A) comprises approximately 18,000 acres, The Congressional Budget Office estimates dollar has been accounted for, annual audits as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘Pro- that the enactment of the bill would have no are prepared, and monthly financial state- posed Spanish Peaks Wilderness’, dated Feb- impact on the federal budget. Mr. Speaker, ments are sent to the Interior Department. ruary 10, 1999; and dear colleagues, I urge that we continue to In light of the strength of the trust, its fiscal ‘‘(B) shall be known as the ‘Spanish Peaks support the restoration of Bikini Island and re- integrity, the lengthy time a cleanup and res- Wilderness’.’’. settlement of its citizens. toration will take, and the special cir- (b) MAP; BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION.— Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Speaker, the Bi- cumstances of the elders, the Bikinians wish (1) FILING.—As soon as practicable after kini Resettlement and Relocation Act of 1999, to make a one-time 3% distribution from the the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec- H.R. 2368, is an important measure to help Resettlement Trust Fund, with the under- retary of Agriculture (referred to in this Act the relocation and resettlement of the people as the ‘‘Secretary’’), shall file a map and standing that the primary beneficiaries of the boundary description of the area designated of Bikini Atoll. This community was displaced distribution will be the 90 surviving Bikini el- under subsection (a) with— during the time of United States nuclear test- ders. Because of the excellent management of (A) the Committee on Resources of the ing in the Pacific and while the U.S. was the the trust fund, such a distribution will not re- House of Representatives; and administering authority for the islands under quire an appropriation of funds by Congress, (B) the Committee on Energy and Natural the United Nations Trust Territory of the Pa- nor will it diminish the original corpus of the Resources of the Senate. cific Islands. Congress continues to have re- trust. (2) FORCE AND EFFECT.—The map and sponsibility for the trust funds that were estab- The authorization in H.R. 2368 for the peo- boundary description under paragraph (1) lished during the trusteeship for the resettle- shall have the same force and effect as if in- ple of Bikini is appropriate and consistent with cluded in the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 ment and relocation of certain island commu- the desires of the community of Bikini and (Public Law 103–77; 107 Stat. 756), except that nities, including Bikini Atoll. congressional intent for the resettlement of the the Secretary may correct clerical and typo- The Committee on Resources conducted a people whose lives and homes were disrupted graphical errors in the map and boundary de- Congressional pre-hearing briefing on May by U.S. testing. This measure assists some of scription. 10th and a hearing on May 11th, 1999, on the the people of the former Trust Territory com- (3) AVAILABILITY.—The map and boundary status of nuclear claims, relocation and reset- munity administered by the United States, who description under paragraph (1) shall be on tlement efforts in the Marshall Islands. During we still maintain relations through a Compact file and available for public inspection in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service. the hearing process, the elected representa- of Free Association. Without any additional tive of the people of Bikini presented the Kili/ cost to the U.S. taxpayer, Congress can be re- SEC. 3. ACCESS. Bikini/Ejit Local Government Council’s May 12, sponsive to the remaining senior Bikini elders’ Within the Spanish Peaks Wilderness des- 1999 Resolution, asking Congress to support resettlement and relocation efforts. ignated under section 2— a one-time 3% distribution from the Resettle- Mr. UNDERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I (1) the Secretary shall allow the continu- ment Trust Fund, which is used both for the have no further speakers. I urge an ation of historic uses of the Bulls Eye Mine cleanup of Bikini and for the ongoing needs of ‘‘aye’’ vote, and I yield back the bal- Road established prior to the date of enact- the Bikini people. In addition, the Marshall Is- ment of this Act, subject to such terms and ance of my time. conditions as the Secretary may provide; and lands Government expressed unqualified sup- Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I yield (2) access to any privately owned land port for the Bikini request. Congress estab- back the balance of my time. within the wilderness areas designated under lished the Resettlement Trust Fund in 1982 The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. section 2 shall be provided in accordance pursuant to P.L. 97–257 and appropriated ad- FOLEY). The question is on the motion with section 5 of the Wilderness Act (16 ditional funds in 1988 pursuant to P.L. 100– offered by the gentleman from Penn- U.S.C. 1134 et seq.). 446. sylvania (Mr. SHERWOOD) that the SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. I introduced H.R. 2368 jointly with the Rank- House suspend the rules and pass the Section 10 of the Colorado Wilderness Act ing Minority Member GEORGE MILLER of the bill, H.R. 2368. of 1993 (Public Law 103–77; 107 Stat. 756; 16 Committee on Resources on June 29, 1999, The question was taken; and (two- U.S.C. 1132 note) is repealed. to respond to the request of the Bikini commu- thirds having voted in favor thereof) The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- nity and the government of the Marshall Is- the rules were suspended and the bill ant to the rule, the gentleman from lands. My statement of introduction appeared was passed. Pennsylvania (Mr. SHERWOOD) and the in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD on that date A motion to reconsider was laid on gentleman from American Samoa (Mr. with the text of the Kili/Bikini/Ejit Local Govern- the table. FALEOMAVAEGA) each will control 20 ment Council’s May 12, 1999 Resolution on f minutes. June 29, 1999 H.R. 2368 would: Authorize a one-time 3% distribution from SPANISH PEAKS WILDERNESS ACT The Chair recognizes the gentleman the Resettlement Trust Fund for relocation and OF 1999 from Pennsylvania (Mr. SHERWOOD). resettlement assistance primarily for the re- Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I yield maining senior citizens of Bikini Atoll [3% of move to suspend the rules and pass the myself such time as I might consume.

VerDate May 04 2004 10:26 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\H13SE9.000 H13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 21285 Mr. Speaker, H.R. 898, the Spanish Accordingly, at the request of the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Peaks Wilderness Act of 1999, was in- gentleman from Colorado (Mr. UDALL) I MCINNIS). troduced by the gentleman from Colo- would like to engage the gentleman Mr. MCINNIS. Mr. Speaker, this is a rado (Mr. MCINNIS), my esteemed col- from Colorado (Mr. MCINNIS) in a brief very exciting day for me and for the league, and would simply add the Span- colloquy regarding this part of the bill. people of the State of Colorado that ish Peaks area to a list of areas des- Mr. Speaker, one of the questions the designation of the Spanish Peaks ignated as wilderness by the Colorado that has been raised concerning the au- as a wilderness area is about to pass Wilderness Act of 1993. thority of the Secretary of Agriculture the House of Representatives. This bill The gentleman from Colorado (Mr. with regard to regulating the use of the has bipartisan support. This bill does MCINNIS) has worked long and hard to road. During the subcommittee hearing something that we should have done a protect local interests while trying to of the bill, the gentleman from Mon- couple of years ago. preserve an outstanding scenic and ge- tana (Mr. HILL) asked whether the Sec- At the very beginning of my com- ological area. I have hunted and hiked retary would continue to limit those ments, I think it is appropriate to give through the Spanish Peaks, and they uses to hiking and horseback riding credit to my former colleague, our rise above the high plains majestically and was assured that the Secretary former colleague, David Skaggs, who all by themselves and are an area cer- could do that under the terms of the retired from Congress 2 years ago, I tainly worthy of preservation. bill. think. The gentleman put a lot of ef- This bill passed through sub- Would my colleague agree that, fort into the Spanish Peaks wilderness. committee and full committee on a under this bill, the Secretary will con- I was privileged to work with David voice vote, therefore, I would urge my tinue to have that authority? Skaggs for a period of several years on colleagues to support the passage of Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman this legislation, and today I hope he is H.R. 898, the Spanish Peaks Wilderness from Colorado (Mr. MCINNIS). watching so he gets to see this pass. Act of 1999, under suspension of the Mr. MCINNIS. Mr. Speaker, to the I have got a lot of personal interest rules. gentleman’s inquiry, the answer to in the Spanish Peaks of Colorado. First Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of that is yes. a little description of the Spanish my time. Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, Peaks. There are two peaks, the east Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, another important question concerns and west peak. These peaks were often I yield myself such time as I may con- the extent to which the bill might be used as guidance for the pioneers who sume. read as requiring the federal govern- settled in Colorado. When we see them Mr. Speaker, H.R. 898 would des- ment to repair or maintain the road. against the Colorado horizon, they ignate approximately 18,000 acres of This is important, Mr. Speaker, be- stand out against that beautiful blue land in Colorado, San Isabel National cause my colleague will recall that the sky. It really is an asset to the people Forest, as wilderness. These lands Forest Service testified that they are of this country to have the Spanish which contain headwaters in two spec- in no position to make any commit- Peaks. Now to take that movement to tacular 13,000 foot peaks have been ments to keep the road open, and be- put the Spanish Peaks into a wilder- studied and considered for wilderness cause its condition is such as to raise ness area is a designation that is well designation for nearly two decades. serious safety problems and possibly served. This month marks the 35th anniver- even questions of liability, would the Let me point out an issue that I sary of the law that created a national gentleman from Colorado agree that think is very important. Number one, wilderness preservation system. The nothing in the bill would have the efit is important for all who are watch- Wilderness Act has led to the protec- fect of requiring the United States to ing today and my colleagues on the tion of more than 104 million acres of undertake any improvements of the floor to understand that there are lots Federal lands. In light of this anniver- road or to maintain any part of the of different ways to manage public sary, it is most appropriate, Mr. Speak- road? lands. Wilderness is not the only way er, that the House is acting on a wil- Mr. MCINNIS. Mr. Speaker, to the to manage public lands. We have lots of derness bill, an all too infrequent event gentleman from American Samoa, the tools out there. in recent years I would say. answer is yes. For example, we have national parks, I do commend the gentleman from Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, we have national forests, we have spe- as I understand it, some parties have Colorado (Mr. MCINNIS) and the gen- cial areas. There are lots of different raised the question about ownership of tleman from Colorado (Mr. UDALL), our ways to manage public lands. The most Democratic colleague, for their spon- the road right-of-way itself. Does the restrictive and, therefore, the one we sorship and hard work on this legisla- gentleman from Colorado agree that should utilize with the most caution is tion. nothing in this bill would have the ef- the wilderness designation. This is a worthy bill, this legislation. fect of lessening any property before How should we go about naming an It certainly deserves the support of our the United States of that land or of area or designating an area as ‘‘wilder- colleagues, and I ask my colleagues to limiting the ability of the Secretary to ness’’? The first thing that I think fun- support this bill. take legal action to assert those inter- damentally to the principle of wilder- Mr. Speaker, I would like to engage ests? ness is that we have got to have local in a colloquy here with the gentleman Mr. MCINNIS. Mr. Speaker, would input. We do not have an outside inter- the gentleman repeat the question. from Colorado (Mr. MCINNIS). est come in and dictate to the local Mr. Speaker, this bill does differ b 1515 people what they ought to do in that from last year’s Skaggs-McInnis bill in Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Does my col- local community. We had a lot of local a few respects, and I want to take a few league agree that nothing in this bill input. moments to discuss one in particular, would have the effect of lessening any This bill did not start with an out- namely the exclusion from wilderness of the property interests of the United side interest. This bill did not start of an old road, known as the Bulls Eye States in that land or of limiting the with some organization outside of the Mine Road and the inclusion of lan- ability of the Secretary to take legal area. This bill started with the local guage related to that road. action to assert those interests? people. I know a lot of those local peo- Because some questions have been Mr. MCINNIS. The answer to that is ple. raised about the scope and effect of yes. My great grandparents homesteaded that language, contained in subsection Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, down in that area in La Veta, Colo- 3(1), I think it appropriate to provide a I have no further speakers at this time, rado, in the 1880s. I know those people further explanation of how that sub- and I reserve the balance of my time. down there, and they got together sev- section would or would not affect man- Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I yield eral years ago and they said, the Span- agement of this area. such time as he may consume to the ish Peaks at the very top where, by the

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I am proud to be the overturn a wilderness designation, but wilderness; and let us do it at the very sponsor of the Spanish Peaks Wilder- for that politically to occur it would be top where it does not impact water ness area. next to impossible. rights, where it limits impact on pri- Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, So before we designate wilderness, I vate property. I yield myself such time as I may con- think we, one, need to take our time I am a strong advocate of private sume. and make sure that it meets all of the property rights in this country. When Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the conditions for wilderness designation; this idea first came up, there was some gentleman from Colorado for his elo- number two, that we try to think into conflict, there was some controversy. quence and certainly for in a more spe- the future and try to come up with So did we look outside of the State of cific way allowing Members of our body what might be the unintended con- Colorado or even outside that area for to understand the specifics of this leg- sequences in putting that into wilder- advice or dictate on how we ought to islation. I, too, would like to commend ness instead of, say, a special area or resolve that controversy or that con- his former colleague and our good some type of reserve or a conservation flict? No. We sat down together; we sat friend, the gentleman from Colorado, area or national park and so on. down and we talked. Mr. David Skaggs, for his cosponsor- Because the measure is so dramatic, We have had a lot of able leadership ship originally of this legislation with we should manage a wilderness des- through that community to come to a my good friend from Colorado. ignation just like the former Congress- resolution that we are now seeing Mr. Speaker, since I do not have any man David Skaggs and myself and the today about ready to pass the United additional speakers, I yield back the Colorado delegation and my good col- States House of Representatives. balance of my time. league on the other side of the aisle This bill will mark the Spanish Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, could have done, and that is we sat down and Peaks as a wilderness for many, many, we have a time check? we met with the local community, we many centuries to come. And long The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. took the local input; we let most of the after we are all gone, people will look FOLEY). The gentleman from Pennsyl- controversy be resolved at the local back and say, the United States Con- vania (Mr. SHERWOOD) has 12 minutes level; we put together legislation in a gress, with these conditions and this remaining, and the gentleman from very open type of manner. We did not particular area, made the right deci- American Samoa (Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA) push this as a public relations type of sion for wilderness. has yielded back the balance. campaign, going out and getting bill- A moment to comment about my col- Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I yield boards for wilderness and things like league WAYNE ALLARD. Senator WAYNE such time as he may consume to the that. This has a lot of substance to it. ALLARD is also carrying this. He has gentleman from Colorado (Mr. It has got a lot of study and a lot of en- put a lot of time into this effort. We MCINNIS). ergy into it. This is the way we ought have got a good team working. We have Mr. MCINNIS. Mr. Speaker, to my to name wilderness bills that go also had good support from the Colo- good colleagues on the other side, I through this Congress. rado delegation. I would be remiss if I would like to make a couple more com- So once again, I thank my colleagues did not mention the gentleman from ments. I do not have any other speak- from the Colorado delegation. I thank Colorado (Mr. HEFLEY), our senior ers. My colleague, although he has my good colleague from the other side Member from Colorado Springs; if I did yielded back his time, if he would like of the aisle. But more than anything not mention the gentleman from Colo- me to yield time, I would be happy to. else, I thank the people of America for rado (Mr. SCHAFFER), if I did not men- Again, now that I know I have got a allowing us to take care of the Spanish tion the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. couple more minutes, let me be a little Peaks with this designation at the very TANCREDO), and the gentlewoman from more exhaustive in my remarks about, top. Colorado (Ms. DEGETTE). number one, David Skaggs. Every one of my colleagues, this vote I should also mention the gentleman David came to me several years ago. they make today will be a vote that from Colorado (Mr. UDALL) who has As my colleagues know, David is a generations from now will look back spent a good deal of time since he has Democrat. I am a Republican. David and say, my grandpa and my grandma been elected to Congress to work spe- and I have known each other for a long or my great grandpa or my great cifically with me on making sure that period of time. We worked together in grandma voted yes for this. the agreements that we have in place the Colorado House of Representatives. Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, are being kept. He has been supportive. At the time, I was the majority leader will the gentleman yield? I know that that came up a little and he was the minority leader. Mr. MCINNIS. I yield to the gen- quicker today than we imagined, so he It was kind of fun to come back here tleman from American Samoa. is not in our presence. He certainly in Congress and to be able to work on Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, would be here today, but he does sup- something that we completely agreed I want to note, for the RECORD, if there port it. And his concerns I think are on and we had our hearts in. I wish is anything as a demonstration of my well protected. David were here today, but I know that colleagues in this chamber, I would say But back to what I think is some- David will be at the dedication that we that the delegation from Colorado, thing all of us can be proud of, and that have of the Spanish Peaks down in both Republican and Democrats, prob- is, if my colleagues have the oppor- southern Colorado when we dedicate ably has displayed the highest example tunity to go to Colorado, my district, that portion of the wilderness. of what bipartisanship should be when the third congressional district is the I also want to emphasize and talk for it comes to this issue of wilderness leg- highest district in the country in ele- just a couple more minutes about wil- islation. vation and so on. It has got 56 moun- derness and what is important about it. I want to commend the gentleman tains over 14,000 feet, and one of those There is a philosophy out there or a for being a part of that ability to give Spanish Peaks goes over that 14,000. If thought out there that the only way to and take. Sometimes we get to be a lit- my colleagues have an opportunity to protect federal lands is to put them in tle too extreme in our views and not be go to Colorado, take a look at the wilderness. As I mentioned, earlier in tolerable to the views of another Mem- Spanish Peaks. Understand the history my remarks, wilderness is the most reber, especially on an issue as important of those mountains and what it means strictive and most inflexible manage- as wilderness area. So I commend and to the people of this country, what it ment tool we have in our arsenal of thank the gentleman for yielding.

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Mr. MCINNIS. Mr. Speaker, I too how that subsection would or would not affect such amendment or repeal shall be considered to share the comments of the gentleman. management of this area. Accordingly, I great- be made to that section or other provision of the We did not try to sneak minimum wage ly appreciate the assistance of the gentleman Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley Na- or the Republican tax cut in this bill. from American Samoa in engaging my col- tional Heritage Corridor Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–449; 16 U.S.C. 461 note). This bill was kept clean through the league from Colorado, Mr. MCINNIS, in a brief SEC. 2. FINDINGS. process. It is purely bipartisan, and we colloquy regarding that part of the bill. This Section 102 of the Act is amended— can all be very proud when the vote colloquy is an important part of the legislative (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and the names the Spanish Peaks of Colorado history of this bill. Commonwealth of Massachusetts’’ after ‘‘State as a wilderness. As was mentioned earlier during debate on of Connecticut’’; Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, as an this bill, its passage is an appropriate step in (2) by striking paragraph (2) and redesig- original cosponsor of H.R. 898, I rise in sup- recognition of the recent 35th anniversary of nating paragraphs (3) through (9) as para- port of this important bill to designate the the enactment of the Wilderness Act. As a graphs (2) through (8), respectively; and Spanish Peaks as wilderness. strong supporter of protecting wilderness—and (3) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), by inserting ‘‘New Haven,’’ after ‘‘Hartford,’’. The mountains we call the Spanish Peaks particularly of protecting our wilderness areas SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF QUINEBAUG AND are two volcanic peaks in Las Animas and in Colorado—I hope that this is only the first SHETUCKET RIVERS VALLEY NA- Huerfano Counties. Their Native American of several Colorado wilderness bills that will TIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR; PUR- name is Wayatoya. The eastern peak rises to come before the House in the months ahead. POSE. 12,893 feet above sea level, and the summit Already, the Resources Committee has ap- (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 103(a) of the Act of the western peak is at 13,626 feet. proved a bill that, among other things, would is amended by inserting ‘‘and the Common- These two peaks were landmarks for Native designate additional wilderness in the area of wealth of Massachusetts’’ after ‘‘State of Con- necticut’’. Americans and for some of Colorado’s other the Black Canyon of the Gunnison. And cur- (b) PURPOSE.—Section 103(b) of the Act is early settlers and for travelers along the trail rently pending before the Committee are two amended to read as follows: between Bent’s Old Fort on the Arkansas wilderness bills I have introduced, dealing with ‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this title River and Taos, New Mexico. the James Peak area and with lands within to provide assistance to the State of Connecticut This part of the San Isabel National Forest Rocky Mountain National Park, as well as a and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, their has outstanding scenic, geologic, and wilder- very important bill by our colleague Ms. units of local and regional government and citi- ness values, including a spectacular system of DEGETTE that breaks important new ground in zens in the development and implementation of more than 250 free-standing dikes and ramps terms of protecting wilderness areas on public integrated natural, cultural, historic, scenic, recreational, land, and other resource manage- of volcanic materials radiating from the peaks. lands in Colorado managed by the Bureau of ment programs in order to retain, enhance, and These lands are striking for their beauty and Land Management. In my opinion, all these interpret the significant features of the lands, are also very valuable for wildlife habitat. measures deserve priority consideration in our water, structures, and history of the Quinebaug Since 1977, the Spanish Peaks have been Committee and here on the floor of the House. and Shetucket Rivers Valley.’’. included on the National Registry of Natural Meanwhile, Mr. Speaker, I again thank both SEC. 4. BOUNDARIES AND ADMINISTRATION. Landmarks, and the State of Colorado has the gentleman from American Samoa and my (a) BOUNDARIES.—Section 104(a) of the Act is designated them as a natural area. The Forest colleague, Mr. MCINNIS, for their cooperation, amended— Service first reviewed them for possible wilder- and am glad to join in support of the Spanish (1) by inserting ‘‘Union,’’ after ‘‘Thompson,’’; ness designation as part of its second Peaks Wilderness Act. and roadless area review and evaluation and first Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I have (2) by inserting after ‘‘Woodstock’’ the fol- no more requests for time, and I yield lowing: ‘‘in the State of Connecticut, and the recommended them for wilderness in 1979. towns of Brimfield, Charlton, Dudley, E. Brook- However, the Colorado Wilderness Act of back the balance of my time. field, Holland, Oxford, Southbridge, Sturbridge, 1980 instead provided for their continued man- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The and Webster in the Commonwealth of Massa- agement as a wilderness study area—a status question is on the motion offered by chusetts, which are contiguous areas in the that was continued on an interim basis by the the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley, related Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993. SHERWOOD) that the House suspend the by shared natural, cultural, historic, and scenic In short, Mr. Speaker, the Spanish Peaks rules and pass the bill, H.R.898. resources’’. are a very special part of Colorado. Their in- The question was taken; and (two- (b) ADMINISTRATION.—Section 104 of the Act is amended by adding at the end the following: clusion in the National Wilderness Preserva- thirds having voted in favor thereof) ‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATION.— the rules were suspended and the bill tion System has been too long delayed. In ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—(A) The Corridor shall be fact, I had hoped that designation of this area was passed. managed by the management entity in accord- as wilderness would be completed last year. A motion to reconsider was laid on ance with the management plan, in consultation The House did pass a Spanish Peaks wilder- the table. with the Governor and pursuant to a compact ness bill sponsored by my predecessor, Rep- f with the Secretary. resentative David Skaggs, and Representative ‘‘(B) The management entity shall amend its QUINEBAUG AND SHETUCKET RIV- by-laws to add the Governor of Connecticut (or MCINNIS after it was favorably reported by the ERS VALLEY NATIONAL HERIT- the Governor’s designee) and the Governor of Resources Committee. Unfortunately, the Sen- AGE CORRIDOR REAUTHORIZA- the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (or the ate did not act on that measure. TION ACT OF 1999 Governor’s designee) as a voting members of its So, I am very appreciative of the persist- Board of Directors. ence shown by Representative MCINNIS as Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I ‘‘(C) The management entity shall provide the well as the good work of Chairman YOUNG move to suspend the rules and pass the Governor with an annual report of its activities, and Subcommittee Chairman CHENOWETH, bill (H.R. 1619) to amend the Quinebaug programs, and projects. An annual report pre- and the leadership of Representative MILLER and Shetucket Rivers Valley National pared for any other purpose shall satisfy the re- of California and the gentleman from Wash- Heritage Corridor Act of 1994 to expand quirements of this paragraph. the boundaries of the Corridor, as ‘‘(2) COMPACT.—To carry out the purposes of ington, Mr. SMITH. As a new Member of the this Act, the Secretary shall enter into a com- Committee, I am very glad to have been able amended. The Clerk read as follows: pact with the management entity. The compact to work with them to bring us to where we are shall include information relating to the objec- today with this bill. H.R. 1619 tives and management of the Corridor, includ- This bill does differ from last year’s Skaggs- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- ing, but not limited to, each of the following: McInnis bill in a few respects, and in particular resentatives of the United States of America in ‘‘(A) A delineation of the boundaries of the by the exclusion from wilderness of an old Congress assembled, Corridor. road, known as the Bulls Eye Mine Road, and SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCE. ‘‘(B) A discussion of goals and objectives of the Corridor, including an explanation of the the inclusion of language related to that road. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley proposed approaches to accomplishing the goals Because some questions have been raised National Heritage Corridor Reauthorization Act set forth in the management plan. about the scope and effect of that language, of 1999’’. ‘‘(C) A description of the role of the State of contained in subsection 3(1), I thought it was (b) REFERENCE.—Whenever in this Act a sec- Connecticut and the Commonwealth of Massa- important to provide a further explanation of tion or other provision is amended or repealed, chusetts.

VerDate May 04 2004 10:26 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 6333 E:\BR99\H13SE9.000 H13SE9 21288 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE September 13, 1999 ‘‘(3) AUTHORITIES OF MANAGEMENT ENTITY.— (4) by adding at the end the following: tration. I urge my colleagues to sup- For the purpose of achieving the goals set forth ‘‘(6) The term ‘management plan’ means the port H.R. 1619, as amended. in the management plan, the management entity document approved by the Governor of the State Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of may use Federal funds provided under this of Connecticut on February 16, 1999, and adopt- my time. ed by the management entity, entitled ‘Vision to Act— Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, ‘‘(A) to make grants to the State of Con- Reality: A Management Plan’, the management necticut and the Commonwealth of Massachu- plan for the Corridor, as it may be amended or I yield myself such time as I may con- setts, their political subdivisions, nonprofit or- replaced from time to time. sume. ganizations, and other persons; ‘‘(7) The term ‘management entity’ means Mr. Speaker, I do want to commend ‘‘(B) to enter into cooperative agreements with Quinebaug-Shetucket Heritage Corridor, Inc., a first the gentleman from Connecticut or provide technical assistance to the State of not-for-profit corporation (or its successor) in- (Mr. GEJDENSON) and the gentleman Connecticut and the Commonwealth of Massa- corporated in the State of Connecticut.’’. from Massachusetts (Mr. NEAL) for chusetts, their political subdivisions, nonprofit SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. their sponsorship of this legislation. I organizations, and other persons; Section 109 of the Act is amended to read as also want to commend the gentleman ‘‘(C) to hire and compensate staff; and follows: from Utah (Mr. HANSEN) and the gen- ‘‘(D) to contract for goods and services. ‘‘SEC. 109. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. ‘‘(4) PROHIBITION ON ACQUISITION OF REAL tleman from Puerto Rico (Mr. ROMERO- ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be ´ PROPERTY.—The management entity may not appropriated under this title not more than BARCELO), the chairman and ranking use Federal funds received under this Act to ac- $1,000,000 for any fiscal year. Not more than a member of the Subcommittee on Na- quire real property or any interest in real prop- total of $10,000,000 may be appropriated for the tional Parks and Public Lands, for erty.’’. Corridor under this title after the date of the en- their sponsorship and support of this SEC. 5. STATES CORRIDOR PLAN. actment of the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers legislation; and definitely both the Section 105 of the Act is amended— Valley National Heritage Corridor Reauthoriza- gentleman from Alaska (Mr. YOUNG) (1) by striking subsections (a) and (b); tion Act of 1999. and the gentleman from California (Mr. (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub- ‘‘(b) 50 PERCENT MATCH.—Federal funding GEORGE MILLER), the chairman and the section (a); provided under this title may not exceed 50 per- (3) in subsection (a) (as so redesignated)— cent of the total cost of any assistance or grant ranking member of the full committee, (A) by striking the first sentence and all that provided or authorized under this title.’’. for their support. follows through ‘‘Governor,’’ and inserting the SEC. 10. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. Mr. Speaker, the Quinebaug and following: ‘‘The management entity shall imple- (a) LONG TITLE.—The long title of the Act is Shetucket Rivers Valley National Her- ment the management plan. Upon request of the amended to read as follows: ‘‘An Act to estab- itage Corridor is an 850-square-mile management entity,’’; and lish the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley area, including more than 25 towns, (B) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘identified National Heritage Corridor in the State of Con- along the Quinebaug and Shetucket pursuant to the inventory required by section necticut and the Commonwealth of Massachu- Rivers in Northeastern Connecticut. 5(a)(1)’’; and setts, and for other purposes.’’. The area includes lush woodlands, (4) by adding at the end the following: (b) HEADING.—The heading for section 110 of ‘‘(b) GRANTS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—For the Act is amended by striking ‘‘service’’ and clean rivers and streams, as well as the purposes of implementing the management inserting ‘‘system’’. many historically and culturally sig- plan, the management entity may make grants The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- nificant sites. This corridor has been or provide technical assistance to the State of ant to the rule, the gentleman from referred to as the ‘‘last green valley’’ Connecticut and the Commonwealth of Massa- in the area between Boston and Wash- chusetts, their political subdivisions, nonprofit Pennsylvania (Mr. SHERWOOD) and the gentleman from American Samoa (Mr. ington. organizations, and other persons to further the The 103rd Congress designated the FALEOMAVAEGA) each will control 20 goals set forth in the management plan.’’. area as a National Heritage Corridor. SEC. 6. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY. minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentleman None of the land within the corridor is Section 106 of the Act is amended— federally owned but the designation (1) in subsection (a)— from Pennsylvania (Mr. SHERWOOD). (A) by striking ‘‘Governor’’ each place it ap- Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I yield has allowed the National Park Service pears and inserting ‘‘management entity’’; myself such time as I may consume. to provide important technical assist- (B) by striking ‘‘preparation and’’; and Mr. Speaker, H.R. 1619 amends the ance, coordination and funding to what (C) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Such Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Na- began, and has continued to be, a assistance shall include providing funds author- tional Heritage Corridor Act of 1994 by grassroots effort to preserve this area ized under section 109 and technical assistance and to educate people about its impor- necessary to carry out this Act.’’; and expanding the boundaries of the Cor- ridor. tance. (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol- Mr. Speaker, a management plan for lows: Specifically, this bill authorizes the the corridor, approved by the Governor ‘‘(b) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The Sec- expansion of the Corridor into the retary may not make any grants or provide any Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The of Connecticut, was adopted earlier assistance under this Act after September 30, Corridor currently is wholly contained this year and a private, nonprofit orga- 2009.’’. within the State of Connecticut. These nization has been designated to imple- SEC. 7. DUTIES OF OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES. river valleys contain significant nat- ment the plan. Section 107 of the Act is amended by striking ural and historical resources, including The bill, H.R. 1619, sponsored, as I ‘‘Governor’’ and inserting ‘‘management enti- scenic vistas, archaeological sites, and said earlier, by the gentleman from ty’’. recreational opportunity. Connecticut (Mr. GEJDENSON) and the SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS. As a college student, I canoed down gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Section 108 of the Act is amended— through this river. It is a beautiful NEAL) would reauthorize the corridor (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the river valley. and extend its reach in the process. period the following: ‘‘and the Commonwealth This legislation would add several of Massachusetts’’. b 1530 counties in Massachusetts to the cor- (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the period the following: ‘‘and the Governor of the The bill, as amended, assures that ridor and amend the original enabling Commonwealth of Massachusetts’’; both the Commonwealth of Massachu- legislation to reflect adoption of the (3) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘each of’’ setts and the State of Connecticut re- management plan. Importantly, this and all that follows and inserting the following: main involved in the management of measure was amended by the Com- ‘‘the Northeastern Connecticut Council of Gov- the corridor. Furthermore, the legisla- mittee on Resources to increase over- ernments, the Windham Regional Council of tion provides for a sunset of the fund- sight of the corridor’s management en- Governments, and the Southeastern Connecticut ing and assistance from the Federal tity. Council of Governments in Connecticut, (or Government which may not exceed 50 Mr. Speaker, creation of this herit- their successors), and the Pioneer Valley Re- gional Planning Commission and the Southern percent of the total cost of that assist- age corridor has led to important edu- Worcester County Regional Planning Commis- ance or grant. cational and preservation efforts. It sion (or their successors) in Massachusetts.’’; This bill has local and State support has worked so well, in fact, that an- and and is also supported by the adminis- other State now wants to be included.

VerDate May 04 2004 10:26 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\H13SE9.000 H13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 21289 This bill, H.R. 1619, would allow more Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I and have increased preservation of open people to experience and benefit from rise today in support of an extremely worth- space and wildlife habitats, resulting in an in- the beauty and history of this area. while piece of legislation, the Quinebaug and crease in tourism. The proximity of the Cor- Again, I urge my colleagues to support Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage ridor to the major metropolitan areas of this legislation. Corridor Reauthorization Act of 1999, House Springfield, Worcester, Boston, Hartford, Prov- Mr. GEJDENSON. Mr. Speaker, as the Resolution 1619. H.R. 1619 expands the idence, and New York City serves as further sponsor of H.R. 1619 along with Congress- boundaries of this National Heritage Corridor evidence that this expansion is an economi- man NEAL, I rise in strong support of this by ten towns, nine of which are in my home cally viable venture. measure. I would like to begin by thanking state of Massachusetts. I’d also like to take In order to ensure that the projects selected Chairmen YOUNG and HANSEN and Ranking this opportunity to thank Mr. GEJDENSON for reflect the needs and desires of the states, the Members MILLER and ROMERO-BARCELO´ and his tireless efforts on behalf of this bill. Corridor Commission Board of Directors will their staffs for their support in moving this leg- The Quinebaug and Shetucket region’s his- include voting members from the offices of the islation through the Committee process. I truly tory and significance begins with the Native Governors of Massachusetts and Connecticut. appreciate their efforts. Americans, as it was largely a frontier zone The Commission will also be linked to, and The bill before us today represents a con- between tribes. European settlement began in under the guidance of, the Secretary of the In- sensus reached between residents of Con- the late 1650s, and the area soon became a terior via a compact. necticut and Massachusetts to expand the center of fiscal, religious, and political radi- Mr. Speaker, the most important people in- Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley Na- calism. The Industrial Revolution began on a volved in the environmental and historical preservation process are the locals. These are tional Heritage Corridor. The new communities small scale here, with water powered textile the people involved in the actual work that our in Massachusetts and Connecticut are linked structures on lesser streams and as a spillover legislation authorizes. I would like my col- to the existing 25 towns in the Corridor by ge- from the adjoining Blackstone Valley. How- leagues to understand that the local govern- ography, history, culture and, most impor- ever, the latter half of the nineteenth century ments and local business along the Corridor tantly, the rivers they share. saw the construction of the great mills that are in overwhelming support of this legislation. The bill before us today has been slightly characterize the valley. Staffed by immigrants I have received numerous calls from business- modified from the measure Congressman Neal from Europe and Canada, these factories men and women looking for ways to get in- an I introduced in late April. I am pleased to were the region’s prime economic engine. volved and the Boards of Selectmen of the af- report that the amended version has the sup- However, the twentieth century brought fected towns have been pressing the issue in port of the National Park Service, the States of steady declines of the textile industry, leaving their town halls. The people have spoken out Connecticut and Massachusetts, the manage- many formerly busy mills empty or only mar- and they are in favor of the Corridor Expan- ment authority and citizens in both states. ginally used. Thus, the region entered a long sion. The bill expands the boundary of the Cor- period of economic recession and the need to Mr. Speaker, it is important to note that we ridor to include Union, Connecticut and the develop a more diversified economy, a condi- in Massachusetts are not stepping on the toes towns of Brimfield, Charlton, Dudley, E. Brook- tion that brings us to the present day. of our Connecticut neighbors. The members of field, Holland, Oxford, Southbridge, Sturbridge, The region into which we wish to expand the Massachusetts State Heritage Corridor and Webster, Massachusetts. It designates a this Heritage Corridor is clearly both culturally Commission have been working with their suc- local, nonprofit entity—Quinebaug-Shetucket and environmentally part of ‘‘the Last Green cessful counterparts from Connecticut for a Heritage Corridor, Inc.—as the management Valley.’’ The expansion area shares a history, long time now. The two groups have come to entity. It provides a continuing role for the a desire to protect resources and a view to an understanding and are looking forward to Governors of Connecticut and Massachusetts economic revitalization. The mill towns and working together. In order for the Corridor Ex- in Corridor management. Finally, the measure farmland offer residents and visitors a special pansion to be a success, the experience of increases federal support for the Corridor. view into the American experience and allow those on the Connecticut side must be uti- I believe the increase in funding is reason- them to explore New England’s agrarian and lized. able. It would provide the necessary funds to industrial past. Mr. Speaker, once again I would like to expand programs into the new communities in Environmental protection is one of the most thank Mr. GEJDENSON for all of his work, and Massachusetts and Connecticut. It would also important tasks facing the American people as I would like to thank the members of the Cor- bring the Quinebaug and Shetucket in line we go forth into the new millennium. As such, ridor Commission who have been the driving with other Corridors created since 1996. The the goal of this legislation is to develop and force behind this legislation. National Park Service has also supported the implement natural, cultural, historic, scenic, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, increase in testimony before the subcommittee recreational, land and other resource manage- I have no requests for time, and I yield on Parks and Public Lands. ment programs. The purpose is to retain and back the balance of my time. I want to note that this bill does not change enhance the significant features of lands, Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I yield the non-regulatory nature of the Corridor. Land water, structures, and history of the back the balance of my time. use and zoning regulations will remain com- Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley. The The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. pletely under the control of local governments. National Heritage Corridor designation allows FOLEY). The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Penn- Moreover, the management entity does not local governments and grassroots organiza- sylvania (Mr. SHERWOOD) that the have the authority to purchase land with fed- tions to carry out their visions for a healthier, House suspend the rules and pass the eral funds. Land will remain in private hands more sustainable society. As always, the deli- bill, H.R. 1619, as amended. and local residents will continue to chart the cate balance between environmental protec- The question was taken; and (two- region’s direction. The Corridor has always tion and economic growth is at the heart of the thirds having voted in favor thereof) been, and continues to be, a mechanism for Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley Na- the rules were suspended and the bill, organizing many efforts to achieve common tional Heritage Corridor. as amended, was passed. goals. Since the authorization of the Quinebaug A motion to reconsider was laid on The Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Na- and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage the table. tional Heritage Corridor is a nationally signifi- Corridor in 1994, the State of Connecticut, via f cant resource which deserves continued fed- the Quinebaug-Shetucket Heritage Corridor, eral support. The Corridor has proven to be Inc., has worked efficiently under a con- GENERAL LEAVE successful over the last four years in pre- strained budget by combining the financial re- Mr. SHERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I ask serving cultural, natural and historic resources sources of the public and private sectors. As unanimous consent that all Members and in promoting to better understanding of a result, the economic aspect of the Corridor may have 5 legislative days to revise the importance of this region to our country. has been as successful as the environmental and extend their remarks and include Passing this legislation today will allow citizens protection programs. The Corridor Commis- extraneous material on the six bills in Connecticut and Massachusetts to build on sion has been able to match federal funds at just considered. this record of success. a ratio of 12:1. The Commission and its part- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there I urge my colleagues would join me in vot- ners have revitalized Industrial Revolution era objection to the request of the gen- ing in support of H.R. 1619. mills, enhanced greenways and waterways, tleman from Pennsylvania?

VerDate May 04 2004 10:26 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\H13SE9.000 H13SE9 21290 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE September 13, 1999 There was no objection. (4) encourages the media and American ad- tion is pretty straightforward. It recog- f vertisers to further a family friendly tele- nizes the importance, as the gentleman vision environment within which appropriate from Michigan has said, of family- SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING advertisements can accompany the program- friendly television programming and IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY ming. the specific contributions of a new FRIENDLY TELEVISION PRO- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- group called the Family Friendly Pro- GRAMMING ant to the rule, the gentleman from gramming Forum and the efforts they Mr. UPTON. Mr. Speaker, I move to Michigan (Mr. UPTON) and the gen- are undertaking to make this goal a re- suspend the rules and agree to the con- tleman from Massachusetts (Mr. MAR- ality. current resolution (H. Con. Res. 184) ex- KEY) each will control 20 minutes. Recent events have intensified a na- pressing the sense of Congress regard- The Chair recognizes the gentleman tional debate on child development and ing the importance of ‘‘family friend- from Michigan (Mr. UPTON). particularly the influence of popular ly’’ programming on television. GENERAL LEAVE culture on our children. We cannot The Clerk read as follows: Mr. UPTON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unan- overlook the important role that tele- H. CON. RES. 184 imous consent that all Members may vision plays in shaping the attitudes Whereas American children and adoles- have 5 legislative days within which to and the outlook of our Nation’s young cents spend between 22 and 28 hours per week revise and extend their remarks on this people. Studies show that on average viewing television; legislation and insert extraneous mate- Whereas American homes have an average children will watch between 22 and 28 of 2.75 television sets, and 87 percent of rial in the RECORD. hours of television every week which in homes with children have more than one tel- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there many cases, Mr. Speaker, is about the evision set; objection to the request of the gen- same amount of time they spend in Whereas there is a need to increase the tleman from Michigan? school. availability programs suitable for the entire There was no objection. And television is not only a powerful family during prime time viewing hours; Mr. UPTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- influence, unfortunately it is too often Whereas surveys of television content dem- self such time as I may consume. a negative one. Let us be clear. Parents onstrate that many programs contain sub- Mr. Speaker, the resolution before us stantial sexual or violent content; should always have the final responsi- Whereas although parents are ultimately today is also a statement on behalf of bility for regulating their children’s responsible for appropriately supervising the Members of this body that we ex- viewing habits. But the simple fact re- their children’s television viewing, it is also pect better television programming mains that the number of family- important to provide positive, ‘‘family than perhaps what is being offered friendly programs available, particu- friendly’’ programming that is suitable for today to our children and our families larly during prime time, has been de- parents and children to watch together; to survive the ratings battle. The clining. Parents are looking for more Whereas efforts should be made by tele- broadcast networks do spend a consid- vision networks, studios, and the production programs that are appropriate for them community to produce more quality family erable amount of time trying to de- to watch together with their children. friendly programs and to air them during velop sound, family-friendly program- This resolution specifically supports times when parents and children are likely ming that consumers will watch. Un- the work of the Forum, an organiza- to be viewing together; fortunately, all too often this type of tion of 33 of the Nation’s very largest Whereas members of the Family Friendly programming does not receive the high advertisers who have recognized this Programming Forum are concerned about ratings necessary to keep those series unmet need in the marketplace. the availability of family friendly television on the air. This is unfortunate, but the The argument is sometimes made programs during prime time viewing hours; networks should not give up hope or and that family-friendly programs do not Whereas Congress encourages activities by stop trying to improve the quality of draw big ratings, that advertisers will the Forum and other entities designed to their TV offerings. not support them and that, therefore, promote family friendly programming, in- I am pleased that the House today networks cannot afford to carry them. cluding— has an opportunity to consider H. Con. The work of the Family Friendly Pro- (1) participating in meetings with leader- Res. 184. I am hopeful that the other gramming Forum is changing this per- ship of major television networks, studios, body will soon offer a companion reso- ception. The major advertisers who are and production companies to express con- lution. I would also like to acknowl- members of the Forum are taking spe- cerns; (2) expressing the importance of family edge the leadership of the gentleman cific steps, including a new annual friendly programming at industry con- from Ohio (Mr. PORTMAN) for bringing awards program that recognizes excel- ferences, meetings, and forums; this issue to the attention of the Com- lence in family-friendly programming, (3) honoring outstanding family friendly mittee on Commerce. I am also hopeful the first of which took place in Beverly television programs with a new tribute, the that the Committee on Commerce Hills, California just last week. The Family Program Awards, to be held annually members will have an opportunity to Forum is also making a financial com- in Los Angeles, California; consider the impact of media outlets mitment. It has established a develop- (4) establishing a development fund to fi- on the culture of the Nation in the nance family friendly scripts; and ment fund to finance family-friendly (5) underwriting scholarships at tele- near future. scripts. It is underwriting university vision studies departments at institutions of Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he scholarships to encourage students’ in- higher education to encourage student inter- may consume to the gentleman from terest in writing family-friendly pro- est in family friendly programming: Now, Ohio (Mr. PORTMAN). gramming. The Forum is also con- therefore, be it Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. Speaker, I thank ducting a series of public awareness Resolved by the House of Representatives (the the gentleman from Michigan for yield- events, campaigns around the country, Senate concurring), That Congress— ing and for all the effort he has put (1) recognizes and honors the efforts of the to encourage families to seek out new Family Friendly Programming Forum and into this and for coming to the floor options during prime time. other entities supporting family friendly today to support it. I would also like to Mr. Speaker, family-friendly does not programming; thank the gentleman from Virginia mean dull. Good programming over the (2) supports efforts to encourage television (Mr. BLILEY), the gentleman from years, such as the 1999 Family Friendly networks, studios, and the production com- Michigan (Mr. DINGELL) and the Com- Programming Forum Lifetime munity to produce more quality family mittee on Commerce staff for allowing Achievement award winner ‘‘The Cosby friendly programs; us to have this resolution come to the Show’’ and the long-running ‘‘Home (3) supports the proposed Family Friendly floor today in an expedited manner. Improvement’’ demonstrates that tele- Programming Awards, development fund, and scholarships, all of which are designed to Mr. Speaker, I was pleased to join vision programming can be both appro- encourage, recognize, and celebrate creative with the gentleman from Massachu- priate and enjoyable for the entire excellence in, and commitment to, family setts (Mr. MARKEY) to introduce House family and very successful. There is a friendly programming; and Concurrent Resolution 184. The resolu- market for good programming of this

VerDate May 04 2004 10:26 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\H13SE9.000 H13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 21291 type. Frankly, the statement made by Bell Atlantic, Gillette and others. gentleman from Ohio pointed out. It is the advertising community through These companies are the life’s blood of something that should be applauded this forum about their interest in this free, over-the-air television, because, of and encouraged. kind of programming is to me very sig- course, without advertising from these The WB Network has already taken nificant. large companies, there can be no tele- up the challenge. In August, WB CEO Mr. Speaker, as a father of three, I vision because there would be no adver- Jamie Kellner and Andrea Alstrup, vice am all too well aware of the powerful tising that the networks would use in president of advertising for Johnson & influence that television programming order to fund the production of pro- Johnson, on behalf of the Forum can have on our kids and the need for grams that are run on every single agreed to identify writers to produce more programming we can enjoy as a community in our country. These net- new scripts that will entertain and en- family. While Congress cannot and work ads are critically important to gage family audiences. should not tell the television networks the cable industry and to the satellite As my colleagues know, the V-Chip is what programming to air, we can and industry as well, and as a result they an important device to have built into should support efforts like the Forum’s have tremendous leverage over the tel- TV sets, and by the beginning of next constructive, free market approach to evision industry in general, whether it year, that is, January of the year 2000, promoting family-friendly television. be broadcast, cable or satellite. And so every television set that is sold in the That is what this resolution is all we should all applaud this effort. United States will have a V-chip built about. By passing it at the beginning of The gentleman from Ohio (Mr. into it. We sell 25 million TV sets a the school year as we are doing, we as PORTMAN) has, I think, done an enor- year in the United States. But the V- a Congress are making an important mous favor to each of us in bringing chip is really only a way by which par- statement about the need for more this resolution out because it will give ents, in programming it, can block out suitable programming on our Nation’s us a chance to go on record in support the programming they do not want airwaves for all Americans. of the kinds of initiatives that we their children to be exposed to. In no I commend the Family Friendly Pro- would like to see large American cor- way can the V-Chip put good program- gramming Forum and the goals they porations undertake to use their lever- ming on the air. What is happening here, what is are advancing. I urge adoption of House age in order to stem the trend towards being encouraged by the advertisers of Concurrent Resolution 184. more sex, more violence, lowering of the United States, is encouragement Mr. UPTON. Mr. Speaker, I reserve standards, increasing the tsunami of given to the networks, to the cable in- the balance of my time. words and images that assault the dustry, to the satellite industry to put Mr. MARKEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield minds of young children in our coun- myself such time as I may consume. good programming on that parents can try. sit their children down in front of with I begin by complimenting, praising Now, this is a huge breakthrough. the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. the parent sitting there with them and Back in 1993, I attempted to have a watch as a family. It is something that PORTMAN), who is the principal author hearing on this issue, inviting the larg- of this resolution. I thank him for ask- should be encouraged. It is something est advertisers to come to Congress to that this resolution, I think, correctly ing me to be his coauthor. This is with- discuss it. At the time, only AT&T was out question an important statement identifies as just the kind of trend that willing to come forward to discuss a we should be encouraging here in the for the Congress to make. After all, we strategy by which these largest cor- do spend a considerable amount of time Congress. porations would advance this kind of a I want to again congratulate my here in Congress criticizing the impact cause. So it is heartening indeed to see friend from Ohio. which the media have upon the culture this broad coalition today come to- Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of of our country, especially as it impacts gether. I think that the more that we my time. the children in our society, so I think come to realize that these advertisers Mr. UPTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 that as the Family Friendly Program- have this clout as the broadcasters at- minutes to the gentleman from Wash- ming Forum begins a process of trying tempt to attract large audiences in in- ington (Mr. METCALF). to encourage positive, family-friendly fluencing the kind of programming Mr. METCALF. Mr. Speaker, I thank television, that we should praise them. that is played on the air, that we are the gentleman for yielding me the This resolution does four things: going to have the kind of influence time. I rise in support of this resolu- First, it recognizes and it honors the that we would like to see, and, as the tion. I have long been an advocate for efforts of the Family Friendly Pro- gentleman from Ohio said, private sec- more family-friendly programming on gramming Forum and other entities tor initiated, advertisers pressuring, television. American children spend supporting family-friendly program- encouraging broadcasters to do the much of their time each week in front ming. Secondly, it supports efforts to right thing, because they, that is, of a TV, and it is important that at encourage television networks, studios those advertisers, want to be associ- least some of the programs available to and production communities to ated with the right thing, with that them are devoid of the gratuitous sex produce more quality family-friendly kind of programming. and violence that so frequently pollute programs. Third, it supports the pro- prime TV. I really believe the sponsors b 1545 posed Family Friendly Programming should not be allowed their advertising Awards, development fund, and schol- As the Family Friendly Forum states deduction when they sponsor program- arships, all of which are designed to en- in their mission statement: we support ming which is clearly over the line for courage, recognize and celebrate cre- a wide range of programming options, family audiences. We in the House ative excellence in, and commitment and we will continue to advertise on should be encouraging the television to, family-friendly programming. And, shows that appeal to different target industry to clean up its act, and I am fourth, it encourages the media and audiences, but we want to ensure the happy to support this resolution today. American advertisers to further a fam- existence of a family-friendly tele- Again, I thank the gentleman for ily-friendly television environment vision environment, particularly in the having yielded this time to me. within which an appropriate advertise- early evening time period. Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, ment campaign can accompany the ap- And most importantly, they are es- I rise in support of this resolution because it propriate programming. tablishing a development fund to fi- encourages TV networks, studios, and the Now, this Family Friendly Program- nance TV scripts, underwriting schol- production community to produce more quality ming Forum is a project of the Na- arships for students interested in ex- family programs. In a time of extreme violence tional Association of Advertisers, ploring family-friendly programming, and graphic situations on television, I am which includes some of our Nation’s and granting awards for excellence in proud to support this measure. We need to largest companies: General Motors, this area. They held their first awards encourage any voluntary efforts by the enter- Procter & Gamble, Wendy’s, Coca-Cola, ceremony just last Thursday, as the tainment industry to clean up prime time TV.

VerDate May 04 2004 10:26 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 9920 E:\BR99\H13SE9.000 H13SE9 21292 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE September 13, 1999 Traditionally, prime time television was con- The point of no quorum is considered b 1600 centrated in the early portion of the evening withdrawn. Mr. SKEEN. Mr. Speaker, I share the TV schedule—7 or 8 pm. During this time, f same approach that the gentleman has families would watch television together, usu- UNITED STATES PARTICIPATION because we were given the word at ex- ally with dinner or shortly thereafter while the IN THE UNITED NATIONS— MES- actly about the same time that he had children were still awake. The programming it. Thank God the word finally got that was aired during these hours focused on SAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES here, but it certainly puts a lot of folks the family unit. in a position of not knowing that it Recently, this trend has changed dramati- The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- was coming on the floor. cally. Most of the networks do not air any fam- fore the House the following message Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I thank the ily programming at this time, or such program- from the President of the United gentleman for his comments. I would ming has been limited to certain nights of the States; which was read and, together simply say to the leadership of the week, such as Sunday. Gone are the days of with the accompanying papers, without House, we are trying to be cooperative an entire family sitting around the television objection, referred to the Committee on this committee on both sides. It is set. on International Relations: pretty hard to cooperate if we don’t The traditional family programming has To the Congress of the United States: have prior notice. been replaced with violence, sexual situations I am pleased to transmit herewith a The gentleman has indicated he and profanity. Thankfully, the industry’s inter- report of the activities of the United hasn’t had that notice either, and I nal system of checks and balances has Nations and of the participation of the think that’s equally unfortunate. weighed heavily in favor of the family’s return United States therein during the cal- Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reserva- to prime time. endar year 1998. The report is required tion of objection. The Family Friendly Programming Forum, by the United Nations Participation The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. established this year by 30 advertisers, en- Act (Public Law 79–264; 22 U.S.C. 287b). FOLEY). Is there objection to the re- courages the networks to develop family WILLIAM J. CLINTON. quest of the gentleman from New Mex- friendly programming for families to view to- THE WHITE HOUSE, September 13, 1999. ico? gether. In addition to encouraging more family f There was no objection. friendly programming through advertising reve- MOTION TO INSTRUCT OFFERED BY MR. OBEY nues, the Forum will establish a special fund APPOINTMENT OF CONFEREES ON Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I offer a mo- to finance scripts written for such program- H.R. 1906, AGRICULTURE, RURAL tion to instruct conferees. ming. DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG The Clerk read as follows: The Forum will also establish a scholarship ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED Mr. OBEY moves that the managers on the program to encourage student interest in fam- AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS part of the House at the conference on the ily friendly programming. Such efforts will send ACT, 2000 disagreeing votes of the House and Senate on a powerful message to television producers, Mr. SKEEN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unan- H.R. 1906, Agriculture, Rural Development, network executives and other advertisers that imous consent to take from the Speak- Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations for FY 2000, be in- consumers deserve better programming for er’s table the bill (H.R. 1906) making their families and that advertisers will be more structed to provide maximum funding, with- appropriations for Agriculture, Rural in the scope of conference, for food safety selective in sponsoring certain programs. Development, Food and Drug Adminis- I support this effort because families de- programs at the Department of Agriculture tration, and Related Agencies for the and the Food and Drug Administration. serve to have a time to sit and watch tele- fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, vision together. Parents should ultimately The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under and for other purposes, with a Senate maintain control over the television and what the rule, the gentleman from Wisconsin amendment thereto, disagree to the programs are acceptable in the home, but the (Mr. OBEY), and the gentleman from Senate amendment, and agree to the networks do have some responsibility to pro- New Mexico (Mr. SKEEN) each will be conference asked by the Senate. mote a more positive alternative to the sex recognized for 30 minutes. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there and violence currently seen in prime time. The Chair recognizes the gentleman Advertisers are in the unique position to pro- objection to the request of the gen- from Wisconsin (Mr. OBEY). vide that internal check—advertising dollars tleman from New Mexico? Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, reserving that can send the message that parents want self such time as I may consume. the right to object, I will not object, Mr. Speaker, I will not take very more programming geared for family viewing. but I do want to take this time simply long. The situation is very simple. The I strongly support internal industry checks on to point out that the minority was not House bill is $15 million above the Sen- television content and I support the efforts of told until a very few minutes ago that ate bill for the Department of Agri- the Family Friendly Programming Forum. I these motions were going to be made at culture’s food and safety inspection urge my Colleagues to support this resolution. Mr. UPTON. Mr. Speaker, I do not this time today. We are in the situa- service programs, and it is $5 million have any further speakers, so I yield tion where several of our ranking sub- above the Senate bill for FDA food back the balance of my time. committee members are not on the safety initiatives. We believe the pub- Mr. MARKEY. Mr. Speaker, I have no floor because they did not know this lic has a right to have total confidence additional requests for time either, so I motion was going to be made. I do not in the safety of its food supply. It cer- yield back the balance of my time. think it is quite fair to them to pro- tainly, in some instances unfortu- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. ceed under this kind of a situation. nately, does not have that to date. We FOLEY). The question is on the motion I recognize it is not the fault of the think that the numbers in the bill will offered by the gentleman from Michi- gentleman from New Mexico, so I will be at least minimally affected in in- gan (Mr. UPTON) that the House sus- not object; and we have no interest in creasing our ability to assure a safe pend the rules and agree to the concur- delaying the action of the House, but I food supply for the American public rent resolution, H. Con. Res. 184. would simply ask that in the future, and would urge, therefore, that the The question was taken. action be taken to make certain that conferees be instructed to provide the Mr. UPTON. Mr. Speaker, I object to the minority is made aware in a timely higher of the two numbers in each ac- the vote on the ground that a quorum fashion of the intent to make these count in order to do the maximum that is not present and make the point of motions at a time so that we can be is allowable under rules, given the dif- order that a quorum is not present. prepared as quickly as possible in mak- ference in scope between the two bills, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- ing the correct motions. to assure that food safety is the high- ant to clause 8, rule XX and the Chair’s Mr. SKEEN. Mr. Speaker, will the est priority in the bill as it comes back prior announcement, further pro- gentleman yield? from conference. ceedings on this motion will be post- Mr. OBEY. I yield to the gentleman Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of poned. from New Mexico. my time.

VerDate May 04 2004 10:26 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\H13SE9.000 H13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 21293 Mr. SKEEN. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- maining bills that we simply deal with Mr. Speaker, I bring this motion to self such time as I may consume. it tomorrow morning, if we run out of instruct conferees to the House floor Mr. Speaker, I want to tell the gen- bills that we can handle in a rational today and would argue four points on tleman that I support his effort and fashion, because otherwise we are sim- its behalf. have no quarrel whatever with the ply stumbling around here. And in the First of all, I again would want to work. I think this is the time that we process, we will be denying Members compliment the gentleman from Cali- should work toward the goal of taking the opportunity to debate questions fornia (Mr. PACKARD) and the staff on care of the matters attendant to the which I know Members wanted to de- both sides and members of the sub- field of agriculture, and to get it done bate on at least two of the bills that committee because I think we in the as quickly as possible because it has are coming up today. House have put together a very good been sitting there fermenting for quite Members did not know this would be work product. I would hope that we some time. happening before they got back, and I collectively in the House could protect Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance think the leadership has an obligation our prerogatives during the conference. of my time. to avoid situations like that. I would, first of all, point out as far Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I have no f as water projects that are important as further requests for time, I yield back far as the economic viability and fu- the balance of my time, and I move the RECESS ture of this country, as well as to indi- previous question. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- vidual Members and their constitu- The previous question was ordered. ant to clause 12 of rule I, the Chair de- encies, our figure is $454 million over The SPEAKER pro tempore. The clares the House in recess subject to the Senate figure. question is on the motion to instruct the call of the Chair. Because of the misallocation between offered by the gentleman from Wis- Accordingly (at 4 o’clock and 8 min- the two bodies, there is a $1.2 billion consin (Mr. OBEY). utes p.m.), the House stood in recess difference between the House and Sen- The motion was agreed to. subject to the call of the Chair. ate versions. And, essentially, if we factor that $400 million in, the differen- A motion to reconsider was laid on f the table. tial as far as protecting Members’ in- b The SPEAKER pro tempore. The 1700 terest is about 1.6. So I think it is very Chair will name the conferees at a AFTER RECESS important that we make the point later time. today to the other body that we want The recess having expired, the House to hold firm to protect the economic f was called to order by the Speaker pro infrastructure of this country and THE REASON FOR CONFUSION IN tempore (Mr. SHIMKUS) at 5 p.m. Members’ prerogatives. THE HOUSE f Secondly, since this House passed the bill to the other body, the Water Re- (Mr. OBEY asked and was given per- APPOINTMENT OF CONFEREES ON sources and Development Act has been mission to address the House for 1 H.R. 2605, ENERGY AND WATER signed into law and that has placed minute.) DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS even more demand as far as the limited Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, in case peo- ACT, 2000 ple are wondering what is happening resources we have. Mr. PACKARD. Mr. Speaker, I ask The third point I would make is that, here, why the House looks so disorga- unanimous consent to take from the even with the higher water figure in nized, it is for the following reason: Speaker’s table the bill (H.R. 2605) the House, we are $320 million under Those of us on the Minority on the Ap- making appropriations for energy and what the Corps’ capability is if we propriations Committee have been water development for the fiscal year would fund all of the Corps’ capability working with the Majority on the com- ending September 30, 2000, and for and projects on the boards. mittee all today under the assumption other purposes, with a Senate amend- Those include such important eco- that we would have a common under- ment thereto, disagree to the Senate nomic improvement such as harbor standing about what the schedule amendment, and agree to the con- dredging, commercial and navigation would be for the remainder of the day, ference asked by the Senate. as far as our economic infrastructure, and we had expected one and perhaps The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there including flood control to prevent the at most two motions would be made to objection to the request of the gen- loss of life and property damage. It in- go to conference on appropriation bills. tleman from California? cludes environmental restoration. And We were trying to cooperate with the There was no objection. we have some major projects in the Majority in making sure that that proposal of the beach nourishment. We went smoothly on the matters that we MOTION TO INSTRUCT OFFERED BY MR. VISCLOSKY recently had tropical storms and hurri- understood might come before us. Then Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, I offer canes devastate portions of the United what happened is that evidently the a motion to instruct conferees. States. House leadership decided it wanted to The Clerk read as follows: Finally, the important issue of water make a unilateral decision to have mo- supply. I would close this portion of my tions on five different appropriation Mr. VISCLOSKY moves that in resolving the remarks by simply saying again, given bills. The problem is that the Majority difference between the House and Senate, the managers on the part of the House at the the misallocation and higher alloca- on the Committee on Appropriations conference on the disagreeing votes of the tion with the other body, given their did not know that that was going to two Houses on the bill H.R. 2605, be in- preponderance to oversubscribe for De- happen and neither did the Minority. structed to insist on the higher funding lev- partment of Energy programs, I would In my view, that is a lousy way to run els for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers want to protect the prerogatives of this a railroad. The House is running Civil Works program included in the House- institution. around here now looking confused be- passed bill. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of cause it is confused. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under my time. It just seems to me that there is no the rule, the gentleman from Indiana Mr. PACKARD. Mr. Speaker, I yield particular purpose to be served in rush- (Mr. VISCLOSKY) and the gentleman myself such time as I may consume. ing to conference on these bills when from California (Mr. PACKARD) each Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from In- neither side even understood that we will be recognized for 30 minutes. diana (Mr. VISCLOSKY) has made I were going to be doing that. I am still The Chair recognizes the gentleman think very substantive points on his trying to cooperate under these cir- from Indiana (Mr. VISCLOSKY). motion, and I support his motion with- cumstances, but I would ask the House Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, I out exception to instruct conferees. leadership that if we cannot do this in yield myself such time as I may con- Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance an orderly fashion for some of the resume. of my time.

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Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, I have intention of the House to deal with the California, YOUNG of Florida, SKEEN, no further speakers, and I yield back State, Justice, Commerce bill. The HOBSON, BONILLA, NETHERCUTT, ISTOOK, the balance of my time. gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. CUNNINGHAM, DICKEY, FRELINGHUYSEN, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without MURTHA) is in the same situation with MURTHA, DICKS, SABO, DIXON, VIS- objection, the previous question is or- respect to the Defense appropriations CLOSKY, MORAN of Virginia, and Mr. dered on the motion to instruct. bill. OBEY. There was no objection. Let me say that this motion to in- There was no objection. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The struct is very simple. It asks the Con- f question is on the motion to instruct gress to think about the kind of offered by the gentleman from Indiana threats that we will face in the future, APPOINTMENT OF CONFEREES ON (Mr. VISCLOSKY). not the kind of threats that we have H.R. 2670, DEPARTMENTS OF The motion was agreed to. faced in the past. We must be mindful COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND A motion to reconsider was laid on of the latter, but we must be even more STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RE- the table. alert to the former. LATED AGENCIES APPROPRIA- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without It seems to me that we have to recog- TIONS ACT, 2000 objection, the Chair appoints the fol- nize the fact that one of the largest Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Speaker, I ask lowing conferees: Messrs. PACKARD, dangers to our security interests over unanimous consent to take from the ROGERS, KNOLLENBERG, FRELING- coming years will be a threat that Speaker’s table the bill (H.R. 2670) HUYSEN, CALLAHAN, LATHAM, BLUNT, comes from potential terrorist attacks making appropriations for the Depart- YOUNG of Florida, VISCLOSKY, ED- using chemical and biological and ments of Commerce, Justice, and WARDS, PASTOR, FORBES, and OBEY. other different kinds of weapons that State, the Judiciary, and related agen- There was no objection. are traditionally thought of when one cies, for the fiscal year ending Sep- f thinks of war. tember 30, 2000, and for other purposes, APPOINTMENT OF CONFEREES ON As we move more and more into an with a Senate amendment thereto, dis- H.R. 2561, DEPARTMENT OF DE- electronics age, as we are more and agree to the Senate amendment, and FENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, more both aided by and imprisoned by agree to the conference asked by the 2000 computers, we need to recognize the Senate. Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speak- fact that there is a substantial security The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there er, I ask unanimous consent to take risk to this country on the part of per- objection to the request of the gen- from the Speaker’s table the bill (H.R. sons who can weave their way into our tleman from Kentucky? 2561) making appropriations for the De- own computers, not just at DOD but There was no objection. partment of Defense for the fiscal year other agencies across Government. MOTION TO INSTRUCT CONFEREES OFFERED BY ending September 30, 2000, and for So this motion simply asks that the MR. OBEY other purposes, with a Senate amend- higher amounts that are within scope Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I offer a moment thereto, disagree to the Senate in the conference on these items be ap- tion to instruct conferees. amendment, and agree to the con- proved so that we do whatever it is pos- The Clerk read as follows: ference asked by the Senate. sible to do to the maximum given the Mr. OBEY moves that in resolving the dif- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there nature of the bills before us to enhance ference between the House and Senate, the objection to the request of the gen- our security against terrorist attacks managers on the part of the House at the tleman from California? and to enhance our ability to defend conference on the disagreeing votes of the There was no objection. against computer hackers. two Houses on the bill H.R. 2670, be instructed to insist on the higher funding lev- MOTION TO INSTRUCT OFFERED BY MR. OBEY Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time. els for programs related to embassy security Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I offer a mo- included in the House-passed bill. tion to instruct conferees. Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speak- The Clerk read as follows: er, I yield myself such time as I may The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the rule, the gentleman from Wisconsin Mr. OBEY moves that the managers on the consume. part of the House at the conference on the Mr. Speaker, I would say to the gen- (Mr. OBEY) and the gentleman from disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the tleman from Wisconsin (Mr. OBEY) that Kentucky (Mr. ROGERS) each will be bill, H.R. 2561, be instructed to insist on: he is never here on the floor alone recognized for 30 minutes. Section 8113 of the House bill providing when he and I have an opportunity to The Chair recognizes the gentleman $50,000,000 to enhance United States defense work on behalf of the American public from Wisconsin (Mr. OBEY). capabilities against domestic terrorist at- together. Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- tacks using weapons of mass destruction, self such time as I may consume. and on Section 8114 of the House bill pro- In the meantime, the motion of the viding $150,000,000 to improve the protection gentleman is a good one. It is not con- Mr. Speaker, what is at issue here is of Department of Defense computer systems troversial. We are pleased to accept it what level of funding we ought to pro- from non-authorized access. on our sides. vide to do our dead-level best to pro- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under Mr. Speaker, I have no further re- vide security arrangements for our var- the rule, the gentleman from Wisconsin quests for time, and I yield back the ious embassies around the world. As we (Mr. OBEY) and the gentleman from balance of my time. very well know, we have had a number California (Mr. LEWIS) each will be rec- Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield back of terrorist attacks against those em- ognized for 30 minutes. the balance of my time. bassies. Many people in our society The Chair recognizes the gentleman The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without have a tendency to dismiss State De- from Wisconsin (Mr. OBEY). objection, the previous question is or- partment officials as being ‘‘stripe Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- dered. pants boys.’’ But the fact is that many self such time as I may consume. There was no objection. of them have lost their lives promoting Mr. Speaker, I did not expect to be The SPEAKER pro tempore. The U.S. interests around the world and a here alone on this question today. I re- question is on the motion to instruct number of those lives have been lost in gret that because of the surprise na- offered by the gentleman from Wis- terrorist attacks. ture of the consideration of these consin (Mr. OBEY). I find it somewhat interesting that issues that the gentlewoman from Ohio The motion was agreed to. the administration seems to be in a po- (Ms. KAPTUR) was not able to be here to A motion to reconsider was laid on sition where they are damned if you do deal with the agriculture bill that was the table. and damned if they do not in terms of brought before us. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without embassy security. The gentleman from New York (Mr. objection, the Chair appoints the fol- I remember earlier in the year the SERRANO) had no notice either of the lowing conferees: Messrs. LEWIS of House committee held a hearing and at

VerDate May 04 2004 10:26 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\H13SE9.001 H13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 21295 that point demanded that the adminis- I commend the gentleman from Wis- RECESS tration support a higher level of fund- consin (Mr. OBEY) for bringing the mat- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- ing for embassy security. The administer to the attention of the body, and it ant to clause 12 of rule I, the Chair de- tration requested an additional $314 is a matter that we can fully agree clares the House in recess until ap- million in this bill, and the House com- upon. I urge the adoption of the mo- proximately 6 p.m. mittee approved $314 million. But then tion. Accordingly (at 5 o’clock and 20 min- when it got to the Senate, the Senate Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance utes p.m.), the House stood in recess cut back that number to $110 million. of my time. until approximately 6 p.m. In my view, the House number is cor- Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- rect. The purpose of this motion is to self such time as I may consume. f send a clear signal that the House I would simply say in closing that I b 1802 would prefer to fund the highest level think this is one point on which there possible given what the spread of the is no difference of opinion between the AFTER RECESS difference is between the House and the administration and the House on either The recess having expired, the House Senate on this issue. side of the aisle in the House. I do was called to order by the Speaker pro Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of think if I were the administration, I tempore (Mr. SHIMKUS) at 6 o’clock and my time. would be hard-pressed to follow the 2 minutes p.m. Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield conflicting instructions that seem to myself such time as I may consume. be coming from the two congressional f Mr. Speaker, I will be brief. This is a bodies, with the Senate going in one di- motion that we can agree to. It is not rection and the House in another, but I MOTION TO CLOSE CONFERENCE controversial, at least on this side of think they are going in the right direc- COMMITTEE MEETINGS ON H.R. the Capitol. It may be when we reach tion on this item with their amended 2561, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE the other body. request. I think the House agrees with APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2000, But the gentleman from Wisconsin that. I think this motion to instruct WHEN CLASSIFIED NATIONAL SECURITY IS UNDER CONSIDER- (Mr. OBEY) is correct. After the em- will make it clear to the Senate that bassy bombings in Africa, the adminis- we believe they ought to back off and ATION tration made announcements that they accept the higher number now con- Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speak- were going to pursue embassy security tained in the administration request. er, I offer a motion. around the world in a much more vig- Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. orous way, something that we agree of my time. SHIMKUS). The Clerk will report the with here in this subcommittee and I The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. motion. think the full Congress. SHIMKUS). Without objection, the pre- The Clerk read as follows: b 1715 vious question is ordered on the motion Mr. LEWIS of California moves, pursuant to to instruct. rule XXII, clause 12 of the House rules, that But then when the administration There was no objection. the conference meetings between the House sent their budget to the Hill, we looked The SPEAKER pro tempore. The and the Senate on the bill H.R. 2561, making very quickly to the section dealing question is on the motion to instruct appropriations for the Department of De- with embassy security and mainte- fense for the fiscal year ending September 30, offered by the gentleman from Wis- 2000, and for other purposes, be closed to the nance of U.S. missions abroad, and consin (Mr. OBEY). found that there was an absolutely in- public at such times as classified national The motion was agreed to. security information is under consideration; adequate request. When the Secretary A motion to reconsider was laid on provided, however, that any sitting Member came to testify before the sub- the table. of Congress shall have a right to attend any committee, the request, I think, was The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without closed or open meeting. for $36 million. We told the Secretary objection, the Chair appoints the fol- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- that the request was absolutely inad- lowing conferees: Messrs. ROGERS, ant to clause 12 of rule XXII, this mo- equate, that we had to pay attention to KOLBE, TAYLOR of North Carolina, REG- tion is nondebatable and must be taken the problems that were being presented ULA, LATHAM, MILLER of Florida, by the yeas and nays. to us around the world in the way of WAMP, YOUNG of Florida, SERRANO, Members are advised that this vote threats to our personnel, and we asked DIXON, MOLLOHAN, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, will be followed by a 15-minute vote her to go back to the White House and and Mr. OBEY. and a 5-minute vote on suspensions to come up with an amended request. There was no objection. considered earlier today. In due course of time, they did just The vote was taken by electronic de- f that. And so the request, then, from vice, and there were—yeas 388, nays 7, the administration was amended. They not voting 38, as follows: requested an additional $264 million, APPOINTMENT OF CONFEREES ON [Roll No. 405] for a total of $300 million for a security H.R. 1906, AGRICULTURE, RURAL capital construction program. And that DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG YEAS—388 is exactly the dollar figure that the ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED Abercrombie Bereuter Brady (TX) AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS Ackerman Berkley Brown (OH) subcommittee, the full committee and Aderholt Berman Bryant now the full House included in this ap- ACT, 2000 Allen Berry Burr propriation bill. The Senate bill is at The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without Andrews Biggert Burton Archer Bilbray Callahan $36 million for this program. That is objection, the Chair appoints the fol- Armey Bilirakis Calvert the original request level. The Crowe lowing conferees on the bill (H.R. 1906) Bachus Bishop Camp Commission, named for Admiral Crowe making appropriations for Agriculture, Baird Blagojevich Campbell who headed it up, dealing with embassy Rural Development, Food and Drug Ad- Baker Bliley Canady Baldacci Blumenauer Cannon security, had called for a major invest- ministration, and Related Agencies for Baldwin Blunt Capps ment in new secure embassy facilities. the fiscal year ending September 30, Ballenger Boehlert Capuano That followed on the heels of many 2000, and for other purposes: Messrs. Barr Boehner Cardin Barrett (NE) Bonilla Castle other requests by various commissions SKEEN, WALSH, DICKEY, KINGSTON, Barrett (WI) Bonior Chabot down through the years. And so we NETHERCUTT, BONILLA, LATHAM, Mrs. Bartlett Bono Chambliss stand ready to pursue the full House EMERSON, MR. YOUNG of Florida, Ms. Barton Borski Chenoweth figure. We hope we can convince our KAPTUR, Ms. DELAURO, and Messrs. Bass Boswell Clayton Bateman Boucher Clement colleagues across the Capitol that this HINCHEY, FARR, BOYD and OBEY. Becerra Boyd Clyburn level of funding is necessary. There was no objection. Bentsen Brady (PA) Coble

VerDate May 04 2004 10:26 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\H13SE9.001 H13SE9 21296 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE September 13, 1999 Coburn Holden Obey Thune Vento Weldon (FL) The question was taken. Collins Holt Olver Thurman Visclosky Weldon (PA) Combest Hooley Ortiz Tiahrt Vitter Weller RECORDED VOTE Condit Horn Ose Tierney Walden Wexler Mr. SWEENEY. Mr. Speaker, I de- Conyers Hostettler Owens Toomey Walsh Weygand mand a recorded vote. Cook Houghton Oxley Towns Wamp Wilson Cooksey Hoyer Packard Traficant Waters Wise A recorded vote was ordered. Costello Hunter Pallone Turner Watkins Wolf The vote was taken by electronic de- Cox Hutchinson Pascrell Udall (CO) Watt (NC) Woolsey vice, and there were—ayes 396, noes 6, Coyne Hyde Pastor Udall (NM) Watts (OK) Wynn Cramer Inslee Paul Upton Waxman Young (AK) not voting 31, as follows: Crane Isakson Payne Velazquez Weiner Young (FL) [Roll No. 406] Crowley Istook Pease Cubin Jackson (IL) Pelosi NAYS—7 AYES—396 Cummings Jackson-Lee Peterson (MN) DeFazio Kucinich Stark Abercrombie Davis (IL) Holden Cunningham (TX) Peterson (PA) Gutierrez Lee Ackerman Davis (VA) Holt Danner Jenkins Petri Hilliard McKinney Aderholt Deal Hooley Davis (FL) John Phelps Allen DeFazio Horn Davis (IL) Johnson (CT) Pickering NOT VOTING—38 Andrews DeGette Hostettler Davis (VA) Johnson, E.B. Pickett Barcia Kasich Pryce (OH) Archer Delahunt Houghton Deal Jones (NC) Pitts Brown (FL) Kingston Rogan Armey DeLauro Hoyer DeGette Jones (OH) Pombo Buyer Lantos Ros-Lehtinen Bachus DeLay Hunter Delahunt Kanjorski Pomeroy Carson Largent Scarborough Baird DeMint Hutchinson DeLauro Kaptur Portman Clay Linder Serrano Baker Deutsch Hyde DeLay Kelly Price (NC) Dooley Manzullo Shaw Baldacci Diaz-Balart Inslee DeMint Kennedy Quinn Baldwin Dickey Ehlers McCarthy (MO) Shuster Isakson Deutsch Kildee Radanovich Ballenger Dicks Gephardt McCrery Tauzin Istook Diaz-Balart Kilpatrick Rahall Hansen McIntosh Barr Dingell Taylor (NC) Jackson (IL) Dickey Kind (WI) Ramstad Hastings (FL) Meeks (NY) Barrett (NE) Dixon Whitfield Jackson-Lee Dicks King (NY) Rangel Hulshof Moakley Barrett (WI) Doggett (TX) Wicker Dingell Kleczka Regula Jefferson Neal Bartlett Doolittle Jenkins Wu Dixon Klink Reyes Johnson, Sam Porter Barton Doyle John Doggett Knollenberg Reynolds Bass Dreier b Johnson (CT) Doolittle Kolbe Riley 1827 Bateman Duncan Johnson, E. B. Doyle Kuykendall Rivers Mr. HILL of Indiana changed his vote Becerra Dunn Jones (NC) Dreier LaFalce Rodriguez Bentsen Edwards from ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ Jones (OH) Duncan LaHood Roemer Bereuter Ehlers Kanjorski Dunn Lampson Rogers So the motion was agreed to. Berkley Ehrlich Kaptur Edwards Larson Rohrabacher The result of the vote was announced Berman Emerson Kasich Ehrlich Latham Rothman as above recorded. Berry Engel Kelly Emerson LaTourette Roukema Biggert English A motion to reconsider was laid on Kennedy Engel Lazio Roybal-Allard Bilbray Eshoo Kildee English Leach Royce the table. Bilirakis Etheridge Kilpatrick Eshoo Levin Rush Stated for: Bishop Evans Kind (WI) Etheridge Lewis (CA) Ryan (WI) Mr. EHLERS. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. Blagojevich Everett King (NY) Evans Blumenauer Ewing Lewis (GA) Ryun (KS) Kleczka Everett Lewis (KY) Sabo 405, I missed the vote due to flight delays on Blunt Farr Klink Ewing Lipinski Salmon Boehlert Fattah two successive United Airlines flights. Had I Knollenberg Farr LoBiondo Sanchez Boehner Filner been present, I would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ Kolbe Fattah Lofgren Sanders Bonilla Fletcher Ms. MCCARTHY of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, Kucinich Filner Lowey Sandlin Bonior Foley Kuykendall Fletcher Lucas (KY) Sanford on rollcall No. 405. The motion to close pro- Bono Forbes LaFalce Foley Lucas (OK) Sawyer Borski Ford ceedings on H.R. 2561, I was unavoidably de- LaHood Forbes Luther Saxton Boswell Fossella tained on Midwest Express. Had I been Lampson Ford Maloney (CT) Schaffer Boucher Fowler Larson Fossella Maloney (NY) Schakowsky present, I would have voted ‘‘aye’’. Boyd Frank (MA) Latham Fowler Markey Scott f Brady (PA) Franks (NJ) Frank (MA) Martinez Sensenbrenner Brady (TX) Frelinghuysen LaTourette Franks (NJ) Mascara Sessions ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER Brown (OH) Frost Lazio Frelinghuysen Matsui Shadegg PRO TEMPORE Bryant Gallegly Leach Frost McCarthy (NY) Shays Burr Ganske Lee Gallegly McCollum Sherman The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Burton Gejdenson Levin Ganske McDermott Sherwood SHIMKUS). Pursuant to clause 8 of rule Buyer Gekas Lewis (CA) Lewis (GA) Gejdenson McGovern Shimkus XX, the Chair will now put the ques- Callahan Gibbons Gekas McHugh Shows Calvert Gilchrest Lewis (KY) Gibbons McInnis Simpson tion on each motion to suspend the Camp Gillmor Linder Gilchrest McIntyre Sisisky rules on which further proceedings Campbell Gilman Lipinski Gillmor McKeon Skeen were postponed earlier today in the Canady Gonzalez LoBiondo Lofgren Gilman McNulty Skelton order in which that motion was enter- Cannon Goode Gonzalez Meehan Slaughter Capps Goodlatte Lowey Goode Meek (FL) Smith (MI) tained. Capuano Goodling Lucas (KY) Goodlatte Menendez Smith (NJ) Votes will be taken in the following Cardin Gordon Lucas (OK) Goodling Metcalf Smith (TX) order: H.R. 658, de novo; and House Castle Goss Luther Gordon Mica Smith (WA) Chabot Graham Maloney (CT) Goss Millender- Snyder Concurrent Resolution 184, de novo. Chambliss Granger Maloney (NY) Graham McDonald Souder The Chair will reduce to 5 minutes Clayton Green (TX) Markey Granger Miller (FL) Spence the time for any electronic vote after Clement Green (WI) Martinez Green (TX) Miller, Gary Spratt the first such vote in this series. Clyburn Greenwood Mascara Green (WI) Miller, George Stabenow Coburn Gutierrez Matsui Greenwood Minge Stearns f Collins Gutknecht McCarthy (MO) Gutknecht Mink Stenholm Combest Hall (OH) McCarthy (NY) Hall (OH) Mollohan Strickland THOMAS COLE NATIONAL Condit Hall (TX) McCollum Hall (TX) Moore Stump HISTORIC SITE ACT Conyers Hastings (WA) McDermott Hastings (WA) Moran (KS) Stupak Cook Hayes McGovern Hayes Moran (VA) Sununu The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Cooksey Hayworth McHugh Hayworth Morella Sweeney pending business is the question of sus- Costello Hefley McInnis Hefley Murtha Talent pending the rules and passing the bill, Cox Herger McIntyre Herger Myrick Tancredo H.R. 658, as amended. Coyne Hill (IN) McKeon Hill (IN) Nadler Tanner Cramer Hill (MT) McKinney Hill (MT) Napolitano Tauscher The Clerk read the title of the bill. Crane Hilleary McNulty Hilleary Nethercutt Taylor (MS) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Crowley Hilliard Meehan Hinchey Ney Terry question is on the motion offered by Cubin Hinchey Meek (FL) Hinojosa Northup Thomas the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Cummings Hinojosa Meeks (NY) Hobson Norwood Thompson (CA) Cunningham Hobson Menendez Hoeffel Nussle Thompson (MS) SHERWOOD) that the House suspend the Danner Hoeffel Metcalf Hoekstra Oberstar Thornberry rules and pass the bill, as amended. Davis (FL) Hoekstra Mica

VerDate May 04 2004 10:26 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\H13SE9.001 H13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 21297 Millender- Regula Stupak motion to suspend the rules on which Hilleary McKeon Saxton McDonald Reyes Sununu the Chair has postponed further pro- Hilliard McKinney Schaffer Miller (FL) Reynolds Sweeney Hinchey McNulty Schakowsky Miller, Gary Riley Talent ceedings. Hinojosa Meek (FL) Scott Miller, George Rivers Tancredo Hobson Meeks (NY) Sensenbrenner f Minge Rodriguez Tanner Hoeffel Menendez Sessions Mink Roemer Tauscher Hoekstra Metcalf Shadegg Mollohan Rogers Tauzin SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING Holden Mica Shays Moore Rohrabacher Taylor (MS) IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY Holt Millender- Sherman Moran (KS) Rothman Terry FRIENDLY TELEVISION PRO- Hooley McDonald Sherwood Moran (VA) Roukema Thomas Horn Miller (FL) Shimkus Morella Roybal-Allard Thompson (CA) GRAMMING Hostettler Miller, Gary Shows Murtha Rush Thompson (MS) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Houghton Miller, George Simpson Myrick Ryan (WI) Thornberry Hoyer Minge Sisisky Nadler Ryun (KS) Thune pending business is the question of sus- Hunter Mink Skeen Napolitano Sabo Thurman pending the rules and agreeing to the Hutchinson Mollohan Skelton Nethercutt Salmon Tiahrt Hyde Moore Slaughter Ney Sanchez Tierney concurrent resolution, House Concur- Inslee Moran (KS) Smith (MI) Northup Sanders Toomey rent Resolution 184. Isakson Moran (VA) Smith (NJ) Norwood Sandlin Towns The Clerk read the title of the con- Istook Morella Smith (TX) Nussle Sawyer Traficant current resolution. Jackson (IL) Murtha Smith (WA) Oberstar Saxton Turner Jackson-Lee Myrick Snyder Obey Schaffer Udall (CO) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The (TX) Nadler Souder Olver Schakowsky Udall (NM) question is on the motion offered by Jenkins Napolitano Spence Ortiz Scott Upton the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. John Nethercutt Ose Sessions Velazquez Stabenow PORTMAN) that the House suspend the Johnson (CT) Ney Stark Owens Shadegg Vento Johnson, E. B. Northup Oxley Shays Visclosky rules and agree to the concurrent reso- Stearns Jones (NC) Norwood Stenholm Packard Sherman Vitter lution, H. Con. Res. 184. Jones (OH) Nussle Pallone Sherwood Walden Strickland The question was taken. Kanjorski Oberstar Stump Pascrell Shimkus Walsh Kaptur Obey Pastor Shows Wamp RECORDED VOTE Stupak Kasich Olver Sununu Payne Simpson Waters Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. Speaker, I de- Kelly Ose Pease Sisisky Watkins Sweeney mand a recorded vote. Kennedy Owens Talent Pelosi Skeen Watt (NC) Kildee Oxley Peterson (MN) Skelton Watts (OK) A recorded vote was ordered. Tancredo Kilpatrick Packard Tanner Peterson (PA) Slaughter Waxman The vote was taken by electronic de- Kind (WI) Pallone Petri Smith (MI) Weiner Tauscher vice, and there were—ayes 396, noes 0, King (NY) Pascrell Tauzin Phelps Smith (NJ) Weldon (FL) Kleczka Pastor not voting 37, as follows: Taylor (MS) Pickering Smith (TX) Weldon (PA) Klink Paul Terry Pickett Smith (WA) Weller [Roll No. 407] Knollenberg Payne Thomas Pitts Snyder Wexler Kolbe Pease AYES—396 Thompson (CA) Pombo Souder Weygand Kucinich Pelosi Thompson (MS) Pomeroy Spence Whitfield Abercrombie Canady Ehlers Kuykendall Peterson (MN) Thornberry Portman Spratt Wilson Ackerman Cannon Ehrlich LaFalce Peterson (PA) Thune Price (NC) Stabenow Wise Aderholt Capps Emerson LaHood Petri Thurman Quinn Stark Wolf Allen Capuano Engel Lampson Phelps Tiahrt Radanovich Stearns Woolsey Andrews Cardin English Larson Pickering Tierney Rahall Stenholm Wynn Archer Castle Eshoo Latham Pickett Toomey Ramstad Strickland Young (AK) Armey Chabot Etheridge LaTourette Pitts Rangel Stump Young (FL) Bachus Chambliss Evans Lazio Pombo Towns Baird Chenoweth Everett Traficant NOES—6 Leach Pomeroy Baker Clayton Ewing Lee Portman Turner Chenoweth Paul Sanford Baldacci Clement Farr Levin Price (NC) Udall (CO) Coble Royce Sensenbrenner Baldwin Clyburn Fattah Lewis (CA) Quinn Udall (NM) Ballenger Coble Filner Upton NOT VOTING—31 Lewis (GA) Radanovich Barr Coburn Fletcher Lewis (KY) Rahall Velazquez Barcia Johnson, Sam Rogan Barrett (NE) Collins Foley Linder Ramstad Vento Bliley Kingston Ros-Lehtinen Barrett (WI) Combest Forbes Lipinski Rangel Visclosky Brown (FL) Lantos Scarborough Bartlett Condit Ford LoBiondo Regula Vitter Carson Largent Serrano Barton Conyers Fossella Lofgren Reyes Walden Bass Cook Fowler Clay Manzullo Shaw Lowey Reynolds Walsh Bateman Cooksey Frank (MA) Wamp Dooley McCrery Shuster Lucas (KY) Riley Becerra Costello Franks (NJ) Waters Gephardt McIntosh Taylor (NC) Lucas (OK) Rivers Bentsen Cox Frelinghuysen Watkins Hansen Moakley Wicker Luther Rodriguez Hastings (FL) Neal Bereuter Coyne Frost Watt (NC) Wu Maloney (CT) Roemer Hulshof Porter Berkley Cramer Gallegly Maloney (NY) Rogers Watts (OK) Jefferson Pryce (OH) Berman Crane Ganske Markey Rohrabacher Waxman Berry Crowley Gejdenson b Martinez Rothman Weldon (FL) 1846 Biggert Cubin Gekas Mascara Royce Weldon (PA) Bilbray Cummings Gibbons Mr. SENSENBRENNER changed his Matsui Rush Weller Bilirakis Cunningham Gilchrest McCarthy (MO) Ryan (WI) Wexler vote from ‘‘aye’’ to ‘‘no.’’ Bishop Danner Gillmor McCarthy (NY) Ryun (KS) Weygand So (two-thirds having voted in favor Blagojevich Davis (FL) Gilman McCollum Sabo Whitfield thereof) the rules were suspended and Blumenauer Davis (IL) Gonzalez McDermott Salmon Wilson Blunt Davis (VA) Goode McGovern Sanchez Wise the bill, as amended, was passed. Boehlert Deal Goodlatte McHugh Sanders Wolf The result of the vote was announced Boehner DeFazio Goodling McInnis Sandlin Woolsey as above recorded. Bonilla DeGette Gordon McIntosh Sanford Young (AK) Bonior Delahunt Goss McIntyre Sawyer Young (FL) A motion to reconsider was laid on Bono DeLauro Graham the table. Borski DeLay Granger NOT VOTING—37 f Boswell DeMint Green (TX) Boucher Deutsch Green (WI) Barcia Lantos Roybal-Allard ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER Boyd Diaz-Balart Greenwood Bliley Largent Scarborough PRO TEMPORE Brady (PA) Dickey Gutierrez Brown (FL) Manzullo Serrano Brady (TX) Dicks Gutknecht Carson McCrery Shaw The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Brown (OH) Dingell Hall (OH) Clay Meehan Shuster Bryant Dixon Hall (TX) Dooley Moakley Spratt SHIMKUS). Pursuant to the provisions Burr Doggett Hastings (WA) Gephardt Neal of clause 8 of rule XX, the Chair an- Taylor (NC) Burton Doolittle Hayes Hansen Ortiz Weiner Buyer Doyle Hayworth Hastings (FL) Porter nounces that he will reduce to a min- Wicker Callahan Dreier Hefley Hulshof Pryce (OH) imum of 5 minutes the period of time Wu Calvert Duncan Herger Jefferson Rogan Wynn within which a vote by electronic de- Camp Dunn Hill (IN) Johnson, Sam Ros-Lehtinen vice may be taken on the additional Campbell Edwards Hill (MT) Kingston Roukema

VerDate May 04 2004 10:26 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\H13SE9.001 H13SE9 21298 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE September 13, 1999 b 1856 that set earlier in the post-World War Partly this discussion this evening is So (two-thirds having voted in favor II period. prompted by a very effective hearing, thereof) the rules were suspended and Evidence of failures to maintain and field hearing, that was held today that the concurrent resolution was agreed improve infrastructure is seen every I just came from in Chicago, Illinois, to. day in such problems as unsafe bridges, called by the chairman of the Com- The result of the vote was announced urban decay, dilapidated and over- mittee on the Judiciary, the gentleman as above recorded. crowded schools, and inadequate air- from Illinois (Mr. HYDE) and attended A motion to reconsider was laid on ports. A General Accounting Office by the chairman of the subcommittee, the table. study finds that education is seriously the gentleman from Texas (Mr. SMITH) handicapped by deteriorating school and myself, the ranking Democrat on f buildings and that an investment of the Subcommittee on Immigration and PERSONAL EXPLANATION $110 billion is needed to bring them up Claims of the House Committee on the to minimally acceptable. Judiciary. Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, due to The problems take a toll in less visi- What I was most struck by is the the threat of Hurricane Floyd to South Florida ble and perhaps even more important consensus of all those who had gath- I found it necessary to stay in my district to at- ways, in unsatisfactory gains in pri- ered that this is a Nation of laws but it tend to the needs of my constituents. How- vate sector productivity and a dimin- is also a Nation of immigrants. We all ever, I wish to be recorded as a ‘‘yes’’ vote on ished rise in real income for the Nation have come from somewhere. And we all the motion to close the conference on H.R. at large. Seemingly endless traffic stand willing and waiting, if you will, 2561, the Fiscal Year 2000 Defense Appro- jams, disruptions to commuter service to be patriotic and to love this country priations bill due to national security reasons. and backed-up airport runways, every- if given the opportunity. In fact, one of I also wish to be recorded as a ‘‘yes’’ vote on day experiences for Americans, spell the statements made by the witnesses H. Con. Res. 184 and H.R. 658. waste and inefficiency for the economy was that many immigrants and most of f at large. Congestion on the Nation’s them come to this land for a better way of life. We heard testimony from SPECIAL ORDERS highways alone costs the Nation over $100 billion a year according to the very outstanding members of the Illi- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under Competitiveness Policy Council esti- nois delegation, Democrats and Repub- the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- mate. That estimate does not include licans, we heard testimony from dis- uary 6, 1999, and under a previous order the cost of added pollution and the trict constituency workers of Members of the House, the following Members wear and tear on vehicles. of Congress, Democrats and Repub- will be recognized for 5 minutes each. This legislation is designed to help licans, and we heard testimony from f the Nation take a significant step both the INS regional director. Sadly, how- toward overcoming its infrastructure ever, much of the commentary was ENHANCING INFRASTRUCTURE debt and promoting the productivity about the ills of the INS, the difficul- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a needed to meet the competitive chal- ties in getting service, the difficulties previous order of the House, the gen- lenges of the 21st century. in getting the right answers, the dif- tleman from Washington (Mr. The plan is fiscally sound. It follows ficulties in the timeliness of the re- METCALF) is recognized for 5 minutes. the best accounting procedures of the sponses, the long lines. I was very Mr. METCALF. Mr. Speaker, citizens private sector and is designed to recog- gratified to hear by the INS regional chronically complain about the state of nize the statutes that mandate a bal- director, however, that he was struck America’s public capital, about dilapi- anced Federal budget. In salient ways, by these complaints, and of course, had dated school buildings, condemned it advances sound fiscal operation. The been working over the last couple of highway bridges, contaminated water plan would provide $50 billion a year months to remedy the concerns that supplies, and other shortcomings of the for mortgage loans to State and local had been expressed. He offered on be- public infrastructure. governments for capital investment in half of his staff a genuine interest to In addition to inflicting inconven- types of projects specified by Congress work with congressional offices but ience and endangering health, the inad- and the President. These mortgage most importantly to do the taxpayers’ equacy of public infrastructure ad- loans would be at zero interest. They business, and, that is, to do the very versely affects productivity and the would thereby cut the overall cost of best task that he might be able to do. growth of our economy. Public invest- projects about in half, depending on I believe, however, that he needs ad- ment, private investment, and produc- the prevailing interest rates, for State ditional assistance. And one of the tivity are intimately linked. and local taxpayers. points that was made is that we should For more than two decades, Wash- We have a plan, the opportunity to not throw money, good money, if you ington has retreated from public in- rebuild and maintain our infrastruc- will, after bad. We should not throw vestment as the costs of entitlements ture for the 21st century. By using an money at a problem and yet not be able and of the interest payable on rapidly innovative and logical approach to to fix its very infrastructure. And so rising debt have mounted. sound public financing without debt the Immigration Restructuring and Ac- State and local governments, albeit and without huge interest payments. countability Act of 1999, I believe, of- to a lesser extent, have also slowed in- f fers real reform. vestments. Their taxpayers were fre- Americans, I think, in their heart of quently reluctant to approve bond IMMIGRATION RESTRUCTURING hearts appreciate the fact that this is a issues to finance the infrastructure. AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 1999 Nation that welcomes immigrants in Whereas, in the early 1970s, non-de- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. order to have a better way of life. We fense public investment accounted for SIMPSON). Under a previous order of the realize that we support and our Con- 3.2 percent of GDP, it now accounts for House, the gentlewoman from Texas stitution and our laws support legal only 2.5 percent. That is a huge loss. (Ms. JACKSON-LEE) is recognized for 5 immigration, not illegal immigration. Widespread neglect of maintenance has minutes. In order to do that, we must encourage contributed substantially to the failure Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. those who seek to go through the proc- of the stock of public capital assets to Speaker, I rise this evening to talk esses, the legal processes, we must ex- keep pace with the Nation’s needs. about the Immigration Restructuring pedite that process, we must not penal- and Accountability Act of 1999 that I ize and be punitive, we must not be b 1900 have offered along with the gentleman negative, we must not characterize im- For instance, the real nondefense from Michigan (Mr. CONYERS), the gen- migrants as people who are taking and public capital stock expanded in the tleman from California (Mr. BERMAN) not giving, deadbeats who are not will- past two decades at a pace only half and others. ing to contribute to this society. I

VerDate May 04 2004 10:26 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\H13SE9.001 H13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 21299 could list a whole litany of contribu- grants. I would ask my colleagues to saddened by the brutal, violent re- tions that immigrants throughout the join me in cosponsoring the Immigra- sponse of the pro-Jakarta militia and years and ages have given to this Na- tion Restructuring and Accounting Act Indonesian military to the over- tion. And all of us stand in a position of 1999 for real INS reform. whelming vote for independence dem- that we can claim some contribution to f onstrated by the courageous people of this Nation. East Timor. However, I am not at all The Immigration Restructuring and WELCOME BACK TO THE surprised at the rampant killings, Mr. Accountability Act of 1999 does several CLEVELAND BROWNS Speaker, as the Indonesian military things. We restructure and reorganize (Mrs. JONES of Ohio asked and was has routinely used violence as a tool of the immigration function within the given permission to address the House repression as it is doing now and for Department of Justice through the cre- for 1 minute and to revise and extend the past 30 years. ation of a fair, effective and efficient her remarks.) Mr. Speaker, although the Timorese National Immigration Bureau, the NIB. Mrs. JONES of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I struggle for self-determination has re- Such a bureau is urgently needed, rise today to speak about something ceived much publicity, scant attention given both the importance of this enti- close to my heart, the Cleveland has been paid to the people of West ty’s mission, the hundreds of thousands Browns football team. As many of my Papua New Guinea who have similarly of people, of family members who are colleagues may know, Sunday marked struggled in Irian Jaya to throw off the already citizens within this country the beginning of a new season for us, yoke of Indonesian colonialism. Mr. and in the international community an important one, a historic day in Speaker, one cannot talk about the cri- and the size of the agency which is Cleveland because this is the first sea- sis in East Timor and ignore the same larger than five current Cabinet agen- son, since the departure of the original crisis in West Papua New Guinea or it cies. We need to establish the INS not Browns for Baltimore, Cleveland has is now known as Irian Jaya. As in East as an agency but as a bureau to sepa- its own NFL franchise. Timor, Indonesia took West Papua New rate the enforcement and adjudication Though the result of the game was Guinea by military force in 1963 in a functions of the Federal immigration decidely not what the fans assembled pathetic episode, Mr. Speaker, that the function. The goal of such separation is were hoping for, seeing our Browns United Nations in 1969 sanctioned a to lead to more clarity of mission and take the field in a regular season NFL fraudulent referendum, where only greater accountability which in turn contest was extremely satisfying. We 1,025 delegates were hand-picked and will lead to more efficient adjudica- were welcomed back to the Dawg paid off by the Indonesian government, tions and more accountable, con- Pound, the brown and orange colors of permitted to participate in a so-called sistent, effective and professional en- the Browns, and the familiar uniforms plebiscite, and at the point of guns on forcement to create strong centralized of the team. Just being able to host the their heads and with threats on their leadership for integrated policymaking game was exciting for those of us from lives, these 1,025 individuals voted obvi- and implementation. Cleveland. ously for Indonesian rule. At the same Coordination is a key. In order to ful- Hats off to Al Lerner, the owner, and time, the rest of West Papua New Guin- fill this new agency’s important re- Carmen Policy, its manager. Thank ea, well over 800,000 strong Indonesians, sponsibilities, a single voice is needed you. Cleveland Browns, we are going to had absolutely no voice in this un- at the top to coordinate policy matters win the rest of the season. democratic process. and interpret complex laws in both en- f Mr. Speaker, since Indonesia sub- forcement and adjudications. We must jugated West Papua New Guinea, the CRISIS IN EAST TIMOR also emphasize that the INS, now native Papuan people have suffered named INS, I hope the NIB, key goal is The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a under one of the most repressive and service. There is an enforcement re- previous order of the House, the gen- unjust systems of colonial occupation sponsibility and we all know the trag- tleman from American Samoa (Mr. in the 20th century. Like in East Timor edy of the Resendez-Ramirez case, the FALEOMAVAEGA) is recognized for 5 where 200,000 East Timorese are alleged serial killer, we want to end minutes. thought to have died, the Indonesian that as well by giving the enforcement Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, military has been just as brutal in aspect the tools that it needs to ensure last Thursday, the House Committee Irian Jaya. Reports estimate that be- that illegal and also criminal aliens do on International Relations Sub- tween 100,000 to 300,000 West Papua New not make it into the United States, committee on Asia-Pacific Affairs, of Guineans have died or simply vanished and if they do so that they are caught which I am a member, held a joint at the hands of the Indonesian mili- immediately. hearing with the Senate Subcommittee tary. While we search for justice and To coordinate policymaking and on East Asian and Pacific Affairs to re- peace in East Timor, Mr. Speaker, we planning between the National Immi- view the current crisis in East Timor should not forget the violent tragedy gration Bureau offices so as to ensure and the implications on the overall fu- that continues to this day to play out efficiencies and effectiveness that re- ture of Indonesia. I certainly want to in West Papua New Guinea. I would sult from shared infrastructure and commend the gentleman from Ne- urge my colleagues and my fellow unified implementation of the law braska (Mr. BEREUTER) and the Senator Americans and the international com- among the office of immigration, adju- from Wyoming (Mr. THOMAS) for joint- munity to revisit the status of West dication, enforcement, prehearing serv- ly addressing this compelling crisis Papua New Guinea to ensure that jus- ices and detention and shared services. now confronting the international tice is also achieved there. Those are the subsets of what I think community. Mr. Speaker, with respect to the we need to fully fund the adjudication Mr. Speaker, I recall some 38 years events of the past week in East Timor, function. Many, many people are in the ago right outside this Chamber at his the Indonesian government should be process, are in the works, if you will, inaugural address, I believe it was in condemned in the strongest terms for yet they wait 3 and 4 and 5 years in 1961, that President John F. Kennedy allowing untold atrocities to be com- order to be adjudicated to become a made this profound statement to the mitted against the innocent, unarmed naturalized citizen. This keeps them world, and I quote: ‘‘Let every Nation civilians of East Timor. I commend from employment. This keeps them know that we shall pay any price, bear President Clinton for terminating all from planning for their future. This any burden, meet any hardship, sup- assistance to and ties with the military disallows young people to get scholar- port any friend, oppose any foe to as- of Indonesian. The latest United Na- ships. It prevents young people from sure the survival and the success of lib- tions estimates are that up to 300,000 getting into college. erty.’’ East Timorese, over a third of the pop- We are a Nation, Mr. Speaker, of Mr. Speaker, like many of my col- ulation of East Timor, have been dis- laws, but we are also a Nation of immi- leagues, I am greatly disturbed and placed and it remains to be seen how

VerDate May 04 2004 10:26 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\H13SE9.001 H13SE9 21300 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE September 13, 1999 many hundreds more, if not thousands, and paid off by the Indonesian government a small, if not symbolic, contingent of ground have been killed in the mass blood- were permitted to participate in a so-called troops, which could easily be drawn from our letting and carnage. A war crimes tri- plebiscite, and at the point of guns on their substantial forces of U.S. Marines based in bunal as called for by UNHCR head heads and with threats on their lives, these Okinawa. Mary Robinson is necessary to punish 1,025 individuals voted for Indonesia. The rest With Indonesia being the fourth largest na- those responsible for the atrocities. of the West Papuan people, over 800,000 tion and the largest Muslim country in the Mr. Speaker, I further commend the strong, had absolutely no voice in this un- world, which sits astride major sealanes of decision of the United Nations to main- democratic process. communication and trade—certainly we have tain its presence in Delhi, even if only And, Mr. Speaker, recent media reports indi- substantial national interests in preserving sta- with a skeletal staff. It was absolutely cate even Australia and our own country were bility in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, as well essential that international observers, parties to this fraudulent plebiscite. as preventing a U.N. initiative from turning into such as the United Nations, not desert Since Indonesia subjugated West Papua a catastrophic humanitarian disaster. East Timor or the likelihood of geno- New Guinea, the native Papuan people have Moreover, Mr. Speaker, I believe that what cide against the Timorese people would suffered under one of the most repressive and has happened in East Timor—where the Indo- have substantially increased. unjust systems of colonial occupation in the nesian military forces played a major role in It is clear the United Nations must 20th century. Like in East Timor where the horrific violence—holds prophetic ramifica- also commit to a peacekeeping force 200,000 East Timorese are thought to have tions for the future of Indonesia as a whole. In and not shirk its duty. Besides playing died, the Indonesia military has been just as front of the world, President Habibie has been a significant role in supplying airlift brutal in Irian Jaya. Reports estimate that be- humiliated by the inability to control his own capabilities and logistical support, I tween 100,000 to 300,000 West Papuans military while Defense Minister General believe America should also contribute have died or simply vanished at the hands of Wiranto’s hand in the unfolding events in East a small, if not symbolic, contingent of the Indonesian military. While we search for Timor is still being questioned. It raises the ground troops which by its presence, justice and peace in East Timor, Mr. Speaker, question as to who is actually in control in Ja- Mr. Speaker, an international peace- we should not forget the violent tragedy that karta, and whether a civilian democratic gov- keeping force in East Timor may well continues to play out today in West Papua ernment or military regime holds the reigns of lend a hand in stabilizing not just that New Guinea. I would urge my colleagues, my power to Indonesia—now and for the future. island but the fragile democracy that fellow Americans, and the international com- By its simple presence, Mr. Speaker, an ostensibly governs that country. munity to revisit the status of West Papua international peacekeeping force in East Timor Mr. Speaker, with Indonesia being New Guinea to ensure that justice is also may well lend a hand in stabilizing not just the fourth largest nation and the larg- achieved there. that island but the fragile democracy that os- est Muslim country in the world which Mr. Speaker, with respect to the events of tensibly governs Indonesia. sits astride major sea lanes of commu- the past week in East Timor, the Indonesian f nication and trade, I urge my col- Government should be condemned in the leagues that we do something about strongest terms for allowing untold atrocities to b 1915 this, raising the question about the in- be committed against the innocent, unarmed PREPARING FOR HURRICANE stability of that country but more im- civilians of East Timor. I commend President FLOYD portantly make the will of the East Clinton for terminating all assistance to and Timorese people become a reality. ties with the Indonesian military. The latest The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Mr. Speaker, last Thursday, the House U.N. estimates are that up to 300,000 Timor- SIMPSON). Under a previous order of the International Relations Subcommittee on Asia- ese, over a third of the population of East House, the gentleman from Florida Pacific Affairs, of which I am a member, held Timor, have been displaced and it remains to (Mr. WELDON) is recognized for 5 min- a joint hearing with the Senate Subcommittee be seen how many hundreds, if not thou- utes. on East Asian and Pacific Affairs to review the sands, have been killed in the mass blood- Mr. WELDON of Florida. Mr. Speak- current crisis in East Timor, and the implica- letting and carnage. A war crimes tribunal, as er, I rise tonight to speak out in sup- tions on the overall future of Indonesia. I com- called for by UNHCR head Mary Robinson, is port for all of those people who are now mend the gentleman from Nebraska, Chair- necessary to punish those responsible for the working to prepare for the probable ar- man DOUG BEREUTER, and the gentleman from atrocities. rival of Hurricane Floyd. Hurricane Wyoming, Senate Chairman CRAIG THOMAS for I further commend the decision of the Floyd is a Class Four, possibly Class jointly addressing this urgent and compelling United Nations to maintain its UNAMET oper- Five, hurricane right now, which rep- crisis now confronting the international com- ations in Dili, even if only with a skeletal staff. resents an extremely powerful and munity. It was absolutely essential that international strong storm. The last hurricane that Like many of our colleagues, I am greatly observers, such as the U.N., not desert East was a Class Four to hit the United disturbed and saddened by the brutal, violent Timor or the likelihood of genocide against the States was Hurricane Andrew. response of the pro-Jakarta militia and Indo- Timorese people would have substantially in- I had the opportunity to go down into nesian military to the overwhelming vote for creased. the devastated area after Hurricane independence demonstrated by the coura- As to the issue of a U.N. or international Andrew came through south Florida as geous people of East Timor. However, I am peacekeeping force, I strongly support such part of a program involving the Florida not at all surprised at the rampant killings, Mr. an intervention in East Timor and commend Medical Society. I went into the area Speaker, as the Indonesian military has rou- Indonesian President Habibie for his decision to work in a clinic, and I was able to tinely used violence as a tool of repression this weekend to authorize entry. While Aus- see firsthand the devastation wrought now, and for the past thirty years. tralia and new Zealand may take the lead in by this powerful storm, and it is for Although the Timorese struggle for self-de- the formation of such a peacekeeping force, it that reason that my heart, my con- termination has received much publicity, Mr. is crucial that Southeast Asian nations, such cerns, my prayers go out to all those Speaker, scant attention has been paid to the as the Philippines, Malaysia, and Thailand, people who are being now asked to re- people of West Papua New Guinea who have contribute significant troops to the effort, and spond to this devastating storm, and in similarly struggled in Irian Jaya to throw off the I applaud the cooperation and commitment of particular those people who are being yoke of Indonesian colonialism. Mr. Speaker, these countries. Jakarta, however, should not asked to evacuate. Emergency manage- one cannot talk about the crisis in East Timor, be permitted to dictate which countries shall ment personnel are now calling for the and then ignore the same crisis in West comprise and contribute to the international evacuation of many of the barrier is- Papua New Guinea or Irian Jaya. As in East peacekeeping force. land communities such as the commu- Timor, Indonesia took West Papua New Guin- It is clear the United States must also com- nity of Indialantic in my congressional ea by military force in 1963. In a pathetic epi- mit to this peacekeeping effort and not shirk district. sode, Mr. Speaker, that the United Nations in its duty. Besides playing a significant role in Additionally, the storm is projected 1969 sanctioned a fraudulent referendum, supplying airlift capabilities and logistical sup- to go up the coast and come very close where only 1,025 delegates were handpicked port, I believe America should also contribute to Kennedy Space Center, and I had the

VerDate May 04 2004 10:26 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\H13SE9.001 H13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 21301 opportunity to visit Kennedy Space tainly do hope that the winds carry it 2,000 people were seeking refuge. Fa- Center today and review there with the out to sea further up north into the ther Hilario Madeira, the senior parish gentleman from Florida (Mr. MCCOL- cooler waters of the Atlantic where it priest, and Father Francisco Soares LUM) and the Senate Director, Roy could be downgraded into a tropical who would be our guides greeted us. Bridges, the preparations that are un- storm and then ultimately perhaps just They introduced us to their world, one derway. At Kennedy Space Center right become a rain storm. filled with worry and tension and sub- now is about $8 billion worth of space Mr. MCCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, will jected daily to violence and intimida- station hardware that is being prepared the gentleman yield again? tion by the Indonesian military and for launch on the space shuttle. Obvi- Mr. WELDON of Florida. I yield to militias organized and armed by the In- ously, all the space shuttles are there the gentleman from Florida. donesian armed forces. as well. And the crews are doing a Mr. MCCOLLUM. As my colleague Despite the strain and uncertainty of great job in getting ready, and board- knows, one of the things that we their situation, I was impressed by Fa- ing up the buildings and preparing the talked about today that was impressive ther Hilario and Father Francisco’s equipment for the arrival of this storm, to me is this is just the wind damage warmth, good humor, hospitality, and and I would be very happy to yield to that could be terrible and devastating. steady nerves. Here were men carrying my colleague from Orlando, Florida It is the storm surge itself, the water out God’s mandate to love and care for (Mr. MCCOLLUM). levels, Pointed out at the Cape that your neighbor, protect the weak and Mr. MCCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, I want that could come up 6 to 15 feet above live humbly. to thank the gentleman for yielding sea level; and I know that is important In talking to the refugees, we discov- both because I want to comment on to everybody concerned with the pro- ered most had been burned out of their this storm with him as I know all tection of all of the valuable equip- homes or forcibly evicted. The major- about the east coast of Florida is pre- ment that is there. ity were women and children. They paring for what could be one of the But in addition to that, in your dis- sought refuge in the church compound most serious hurricanes to strike the trict and in many others along the surrounded by militia who over the United States in years, including Hur- coast of Florida there are many, many past 2 days had cut off all their food ricane Andrew; and we all pray that it homes that are at a level which could and water. does not happen. be devastated by this, not just right on Our delegation met with town offi- We do not want to see it strike land- the beaches, but inland, too, if the cials asking that the water be restored. fall anywhere because of the strength water surge and storm surge comes up It was clear that militias were in and power of this storm, but it could be that much. charge of the water and that town offi- particularly devastating to our coast- So there is a great threat in the cials would do nothing. The armed In- line and for the families that are there; storm that is approaching, not just in donesian police and soldiers, those but also to comment with him, as he the wind and the things you read about charged with protection and security of has pointed out on the fact, that we from the tornadoes and the storms that the East Timorese people during the were today at the Cape. I was sched- are spawned by it, but also by the tre- U.N. process, stood in the shade doing uled as my colleague, the gentleman mendous potential for flooding and nothing, laughing and joking with the from Florida (Mr. WELDON), knows to water damage from that surge. militias. go with him to visit and tour the Cape Mr. WELDON of Florida. Mr. Speak- When I met with President Habibie in for other reasons, as it is a neighboring er, I thank the gentleman. Jakarta, we demanded the water be re- district to mine and I have a great in- f stored in Suai. Less than 24 hours later terest in the space program, as the gen- the militias turned on the water. IN MEMORY OF FATHER HILARIO tleman and I have shared over the Father Hilario shared with us his MADEIRA AND FATHER FRAN- years. concerns about the current violence But to me to be there today when CISCO SOARES WHO WERE MUR- and his fears about violent retaliation they were making these preparations is DERED IN EAST TIMOR against the people who would go to the a reminder of the enormous task that The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a polls scarcely a week later, and we NASA has to be involved with not only previous order of the House, the gen- took that message to heart. in launch preparations in terms of all tleman from Massachusetts (Mr. That evening in Dili we had dinner of the shuttle program and now the MCGOVERN) is recognized for 5 minutes. with Nobel Peace Prize winner and space station program and the tremen- Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I wel- Catholic bishop Carlos Belo. In the din- dous effort and dedication the men and come the news that Indonesia will ing room of his house overlooking the women there for those purposes, but allow an international peacekeeping courtyard between his residence and also to prepare for disasters like this, force into East Timor, but let me em- the chapel where he said mass, Bishop to protect those valuable goods that phasize that the international commu- Belo emphasized the need for protec- are there at taxpayer expenses. nity must act quickly before more tion following the vote, and as we met So I want to pay tribute with the lives are lost. in Dili with Indonesian officials, police gentleman from Florida tonight to the Shortly before the August 30 ref- and military commanders, we were men and women who work at the Cape erendum on independence, I was in constantly assured they were providing for all they have done to be dedicated East Timor with two of my colleagues security for the people. They brushed not only to the program itself, but to from the other body. Dili was a bus- aside our description of the situation the preparation each and every time tling city as it prepared for the U.N.- in Suai, and I asked that they could there has been an approaching storm supervised vote. We were the only Con- cite a single instance where they had like this, but particularly now. gressional delegation to travel to East detained, arrested, or confiscated the I thank the gentleman for yielding. Timor before the elections and the last weapons of any militia member, and Mr. WELDON of Florida. Mr. Speak- Members of Congress to see Dili as it they could not. er, I thank the gentleman, and I, too, once was. The burned, looted, and de- As our delegation prepared to depart would ask that all Members keep the stroyed city emptied of its people is from Dili, we called upon the U.N. to communities not only in coastal Flor- heartbreaking. Our delegation traveled immediately deploy armed peace- ida, but as well Georgia and South to two towns along the western border, keepers to East Timor to protect the Carolina in the path of this devastating Maliana and Suai; and I would like to people from further violence, especially storm in their thoughts and prayers. share some of what I saw in Suai. following the referendum. We have great emergency management August is the dry season in East Now we know everyone’s worst fears personnel that are preparing the com- Timor. It was sweltering, hot and have been realized. Over the Labor Day munities and getting ready for the ar- dusty. In this poor town we went to the weekend I received word that the home rival of Hurricane Floyd; and we cer- Catholic church compound where over of Bishop Belo where I had dined just 2

VerDate May 04 2004 10:26 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\H13SE9.001 H13SE9 21302 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE September 13, 1999 weeks ago had been burned to the Inside, there had been only young children ‘‘They are afraid to show their faces. It ground. The bishop barely escaped with and women, babies at their mothers’ breasts, could cost them their lives,’’ said Agapitus his life. The 3,000 people given refuge in and pregnant women, Barudero said. The Prasetya, an Indonesia UNICEF worker who his courtyard were forced out at gun men had fled days earlier. Barudero, who has been in the refugee camps. ‘‘The militias works as a nurse, had sent four of the preg- are everywhere. They are all over.’’ point by uniformed Indonesian mili- nant women from her hospital to Suai just Anti-foreigner passions have been whipped tary militias. Their fates are unknown. two hours earlier to await further progress up by the militias, and even Indonesian staff And on Wednesday morning I rein their labor. members distributing food to the refugees ceived a phone call from human rights ‘‘They went to the church because that’s strip the UNICEF signs off their cars, he workers in Jakarta that eyewitnesses where they felt safe. They felt being near the said. reported militias had gunned down and priests was protection,’’ said the 64-year-old ‘‘The militias are killing people, and the nun, vainly fighting her tears. people are threatened here in west Timor,’’ killed Father Hilario and Father Fran- Her account of the massacre, also reported cisco along with Jesuit priest Father complained a Catholic clergyman who fled Thursday by the Vatican’s missionary news Dili only to find militiamen in control of ref- Dewanto. Many of the people of Suai agency Fides, is one of the first graphic de- ugee camps in western Timor. ‘‘Where is the sheltering inside the church were also scriptions of the violence that has wracked law and order in Indonesia? The militias, the killed. Some escaped while others were East Timor at the hands of Indonesian mili- military and the police are above the law.’’ forcibly transported out of the coun- tary-backed militiamen who opposed the He and several other clergy members de- try. These were good men; these were independence for the province. scribed their flight from East Timor on con- holy men. Nothing we say or do here in Roman Catholic clergy, seen by the militia dition that their names not be used. They as having supported independence for East said they fear consequences from the Indo- Congress, nothing President Clinton Timor, were among the first victims. Most may say or do, nothing the U.N. may nesian military and Timorese militias. citizens of East Timor, a former Portuguese One nun who lived in Dili said the gunfire say or do can bring these men back to colony, are Roman Catholics. Indonesia is began about three hours after the ballot re- the people of Suai. In so many ways we the world’s largest Muslim country. sult approving independence was announced in the United States and the inter- Barudero, a Philippine-born Indonesian cit- last Saturday. national community failed them. They izen who belongs to the French order of Sis- ‘‘It was really frightening. We couldn’t go trusted us, and we failed them. If we ters of St. Paul of Chartres, agreed to talk to out of the house,’’ she said. ‘‘We could see a a reporter here in western Timor, because ‘‘I were to honor their memory, then we lot of fires. It looked like they would use die- have lived my life. I am not afraid to die.’’ sel gas, because the fires would be big black must not fail them again. Other refugees still feel the militias’ reach balls, and then you could see white smoke Mr. Speaker, we must support the in the supposed safety of western Timor, and from houses. That was everywhere.’’ have been warned not to talk to reporters. rapid deployment of an international On Monday, she and other nuns decided it Barudero’s colleague who watched the mas- force to rescue and guarantee the secu- was too dangerous, and left in an old pickup sacre, and who belongs to the Canossian rity of the people of East Timor. We truck in a convoy escorted by police. As they order, has fled to Darwin, Australia, but still must take immediate steps to protect passed through Dili, she saw a surrealistic is afraid to be identified, she said. scene of fires and lawlessness, she said. refugees and displaced people from fur- Barudero said the militia that carried out ‘‘It was remarkable. There was shooting ther harm and attacks. We must dis- the massacre had been active in the area and going on, and people were running for their arm the militias and confiscate and de- was well known to residents. Of the three lives. But others were looting the stores, stroy their weapons. We must provide priests who died, young Father Dewanto was very calmly, as though they were so re- an Indonesian citizen from Java who arrived humanitarian support, food and medi- laxed.’’ She said she saw some looters load- in Suai just three weeks before the massacre cine for East Timor. We must safely re- ing goods into military trucks. and had been ordained only a month before turn those who are forced to leave In one section, ‘‘all the stores were razed,’’ that. Father Hilario, who had been in the their homes, villages, and country. We she said. ‘‘I saw a lot of military, and of town for some time, was well known as a course, the militias. Some people were ran- must guarantee the full and safe imple- supporter of independence for East Timor, sacking, and some people were looting. The mentation of the independence process according to Fides. for East Timor, and we must help the Fides also said about 100 people were killed whole place was in ruins, except for the gov- East Timorese people rebuild their cit- in the Suai massacre. It quoted witnesses as ernment buildings.’’ saying 15 priests were killed in the cities of ‘‘And there were a lot of people moving ies and towns. out, because their houses were burning.’’ This time the international commu- Dili and Baukau, and some nuns were killed in Baukau. Another clergyman said the gunfire inten- nity must keep its word to the people Here in the western part of the island of sified after the referendum results. ‘‘God, it of East Timor. Timor, refugees who fled the violence in East was frightening,’’ he said. ‘‘There were mo- [From the Washington Post, Sept. 11, 1999] Timor still have cause for fear. The militia- torcycles running all over, bringing military and militias. You could hear the big guns of NUNS DESCRIBE SLAUGHTER IN E. TIMOR—MI- men who brought destruction to East Timor, the military.’’ LITIAMEN KILLED PRIESTS, THEN REFUGEES have taken control of the 84,000 refugees now On Tuesday, water, electricity and tele- IN CHURCH, WITNESS SAYS in camps in western Timor, and move freely around the city. Some are armed; some seem phone lines were cut in his section of Dili, (By Doug Struck) intent on intimidating foreigners and refu- and he decided to leave, the clergyman said. KUPANG, Indonesia, Sept. 10—Father gees. Foreigners have not been allowed in He passed many burned houses, he said. ‘‘It Dewanto was the first to die, said Sister the camps. seemed the pro-independence houses were Mary Barudero. At a western Timor refugee camp in targed. But the referendum was approved 4 The militiamen had lined up outside the Atambua, on the border with East Timor, a to 1, so they didn’t have to go very far.’’ old wooden church filled with refugees from man identified as a supporter of independ- ‘‘I never saw any instance of refugees being East Timorese town of Suai on Monday ence was killed Wednesday, apparently by forced by gun-point,’’ said a priest. ‘‘Our peo- afternoon, and parishioners watched as the militiamen. ple did not want to leave. But they were told young Indonesian Jesuit priest stepped out An official of Catholic Relief Services, who if they stayed, the houses would be burned dressed in his clerical robes to meet the had just returned from Atambua, provided and they might be killed. They were forced trouble. some confirmation of reports that pro-inde- out by fear.’’ A burst of gunfire cut him down. Father pendence refugees were forcibly removed The militias were particularly strong in Francisco followed. The militiamen waited from East Timor. the western areas of East Timor, where for the senior parish priest, Father Hilario. ‘‘If you ask the refugees once, they say Barudero and four other nursing nuns ran a When he did not emerge, a witness said, they they left because it was unsafe, and they had hospital in Suai, and where Roman Catholic kicked down the door to his study and to leave their houses. But if you ask again, priests ran the church where the massacre sprayed him with automatic weapons fire. they will tell you that the soldiers terrorized occurred. A nun who watched the massacre from the them and made them come,’’ said William Barudero said she was not intending to window of her house described the scene to Openg, an Indonesian relief worker for leave, even after the men fled, even after Barudero less than an hour later. The nun Catholic Relief Services. more victims of the rising violence came to told Barudero the militiamen entered the Although many in the refugee camps are the hospital, even after she and the other church filled with refugees, and began firing said to be opponents of independence—like nuns had to dig a grave for a victim on the long bursts from their weapons. Then they the militiamen—those who support the out- grounds of the hospital. The victim’s family threw hand grenades into the huddled vic- come of the Aug. 30 referendum favoring members were too afraid to claim him or tims. independence may not acknowledge it. were victims themselves, she said.

VerDate May 04 2004 10:26 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\H13SE9.001 H13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 21303 But after the massacre, ‘‘there was no one reports in Dili before chaos engulfed the city three priests, had died in an attack earlier left to help. They had all left or been killed. last week. Its offices there were ransacked, this week on refugees sheltering in the And I knew, if we stayed, we could be and many of its files were destroyed. church at Suai, on the remote east coast. killed,’’ she said. ‘‘I am old, I’m ready to die. Much of the violence has been carried out The dead priests were Father Hilario Ma- But the young sisters would not go unless I by pro-Indonesian militias, but there also deira, who had long been an outspoken critic went. They have many years left to help peo- have been frequent reports of shooting and of military and militia abuses, Father Fran- ple. Finally, I said, ‘pack what you can. We looting by the military. The Indonesian cisco Soares and Father Tarcisius Dewanto. will leave.’ ’’ armed forces chief Gen. Wiranto, acknowl- The savage attacks are the first deliberate edged today that the militias and military violations of the sanctity of the church [From the Washington Post, Sept. 12, 1999] are ‘‘comrades in arms.’’ He said his forces under Indonesian rule and have robbed the JAKARTA’S ARMY TIED TO DEATHS—REPORT have not succeeded in ending the violence East Timorese of their last refuge. SAYS SYMPATHETIC TROOPS JOINED MILITIA because, for his soldiers, ‘‘I can understand it The militias appear to be using a death list RAMPAGE is very hard to shoot their own people.’’ of independence sympathizers compiled be- An official of the foundation asked not to (By Doug Struck) fore the ballot to systematically hunt down be identified for fear the group’s work would KUPANG, Indonesia, Sept. 11—A human their targets. be stopped by the military or the militias, rights organization said today it has docu- Many of the priests and nuns are shel- who control the refugee camps in western mented atrocities in East Timor that impli- tering on Mate Bean, the mountain of death, Timor through fear and intimidation. For cate the Indonesian military and militias in where tens of thousands were killed by the same reason, the official said, the wit- at least seven instances of mass killings and bombing in the first years of the Indonesian nesses were not identified in the report. dozens of individual slayings. In Australia, aid worker Isa Bradridge told occupation. ‘‘Killing, plundering, burning, terror in- Channel 7 that his wife, Ina, had seen piles of It is not known whether they have any timidation and kidnapping [have] been car- supplies or access to medical treatment. ried out by the Indonesian armed forces dead bodies stacked in a room at a police station in Dili before the couple was evacu- A communications blackout in Dili has along with the pro-Jakarta militia’’ in the made it impossible to confirm the number of days since East Timor voted overwhelmingly ated. ‘‘It was chockablock full of dead bodies, right up to the roof.’’ he was quoted as dead or injured in the attacks and Catholic for independence on Aug. 30, concludes the networks in Australia and Indonesia are report by the Foundation for Law, Human saying. ‘‘All she could see through the bars were arms hanging out, heads, old and new, working with the Vatican to try to establish Rights and Justice, based in Dili, the East the facts. Timor capital. blood dribbling out under the door.’’ The re- The organization interviewed many refu- port could not be verified. Some reports have been received by over- gees secretly because of fears of retribution Some human rights groups alleged that seas diocese offices through e-main from out- from militiamen in the refugee camps. Most some East Timorese were forced by the mili- lying Catholic schools and churches in East of the atrocities cited by the group have not tias to become refugees. Accounts slowly Timor, describing attacks on churches and been verified, because after the shooting emerging from the refugee camps in western buildings were nuns and priests were shel- erupted in Dili, journalists were confined to Timor appeared to confirm that claim. tering with thousands of refugees. the U.N. compound and then evaluated. ‘‘We were asked by the local government A Caritas Australia spokeswoman, Ms. According to the report, witnesses identi- and the Aitarak [militia] to leave East Jane Woolford, said: ‘‘We don’t even know fied Indonesian military members, in addi- Timor,’’ said a 29-year-old Dili resident of where many of our local staff are. We hold tion to the militaries, as having participated the Noelbaki Refugee Camp near Kupang. ‘‘I grave fears for their safety as many of them in the atrocities. Indonesia has denied that didn’t want to go. . . . I would like to go have been on death militia lists before and any mass killings occurred and has sent back to Dili.’’ have been attacked trying to deliver aid.’’ more troops to East Timor to impose martial Reporters have been barred from the camps Many church leaders were identified as law and end the turmoil. in western Timor, though several Indonesian independence supporters and the Catholic [U.N. human rights commissioner Mary journalists accompanied Social Affairs Min- Church became an important symbol of op- Robinson said Sunday that she wanted an ister Yustika S. Baharsjah on a quick tour of position to the Muslim-dominated Indo- international war crimes tribunal set up to three camps today. nesian Government. investigate human rights violations in East The leader of the Catholic Church in East [From the Sidney Morning Herald, Sept 9, Timor. She said she would also probe the ex- Timor, Bishop Carlos Belo, was evacuated to 1999] tent of military and police involvement in Darwin earlier this week after his offices and such violations.] CATHOLIC CLERGY EXECUTED BY INDONESIAN home were burnt to the ground, with scores The Indonesian human rights group’s re- MILITARY killed. port includes some incidents that have been (By Louise Williams) Father Jose San Juan, also recently evacu- verified by the media and other sources and Catholic Church leaders were hiding in re- ated to Darwin, said: ‘‘I fear many, many others not previously known. Among them: mote East Timor mountains last night after priests and sisters will be killed if they stay. Several hours before results of the inde- military backed pro-Jakarta militia gangs In the past the church was a safe place, even pendence referendum were announced on went on a rampage of bloody retribution, from the Indonesian military, but if they can Sept. 4, 45 people were killed in Maliana, in murdering at least 14 priest and nuns and attack the bishop then that’s it.’’ western East Timor. They included 21 drivers stabbing the Bishop of Baucau. The militia units were stacked with Indo- and local employees of the U.N. observers’ Six nuns were reported killed in Baucau, nesian operatives, and Father San Juan, a operation. four nuns in Dili and three priests in Suai, Filipino from the Salesian order. Ten people in Bidau Macaur Atas, a neigh- said a spokeswoman for Caritas Australia, ‘‘I saw the militias attacking churches be- borhood in Dili, were hacked to death Sept. the Catholic overseas aid agency. The Bishop fore I got out and many of them were speak- 4 by militiamen and Indonesian soldiers, ac- of Baucau, the Most Rev Basilio do ing in Indonesian, not the local language, so cording to the human rights report. Some Nascimento, was stabbed before escaping I do not believe they are all East Timorese,’’ were buried by relatives, but ‘‘others were into the mountains. he said. put into bags and thrown away on the side of Father Francisco Barreto, the local direc- ‘‘They were yelling at people to get out or the road. Others were thrown into the tor of Caritas, was believed to have been be killed, and if they refused they just shot ocean.’’ murdered just outside the capital, Dili. or stabbed them. The Indonesian police and On the same day, militia members killed 50 He had warned the Foreign Minister, Mr. military were just standing there.’’ people in Bedois, in eastern Dili. The next Downer, during a visit to Australia in April day, the report said, eight people who went that terrible violence would be orchestrated The chairman of Caritas Australia, Bishop to the Dili harbor to try to leave by ferry by the Indonesian military. Hilton Deakin, said: ‘‘These murderous at- were identified as pro-independence and shot One account of the attack on the six tacks on the church are part of a much wider dead by Aitarak militia members. Canossian sisters in Baucau, 115 kilometers unjust genocide. The group said it also has documented the east of Dili, said the militia thugs had forced ‘‘When Catholic Church members, who attack on the Dili Roman Catholic diocese them into a forest where they were mur- have offered relief and refuge to East Timor- that killed at least 25 people, including a dered. ese, are struck down, we realize there is no baby; the killing on Sept. 5 of 15 local em- Reports of the atrocities emerged as Indo- respect for any life in East Timor.’’ ployees of the International Committee of nesia announced last night that a five-mem- Ms. Ana Noronha, director of the East the Red Cross in Dili; and an attack by the ber United Nations Security Council team Timor Human Rights Commission, said in- army and militia on a Catholic church com- would travel to East Timor tomorrow, but formation on the deaths had been sent to the pound in the Dili neighborhood of Balide, Jakarta remained strongly opposed to any United Nations. ‘‘It is now obvious that the where unknown numbers were slain. UN peacekeeping force. violence is reaching everyone and that there The human rights group, which is working In the worst slaughter to date, the UN con- is a pattern of the Catholic Church being at- in western and East Timor, provided reliable firmed that at least 100 people, including tacked.’’

VerDate May 04 2004 10:26 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\H13SE9.001 H13SE9 21304 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE September 13, 1999 [From the Carter Center East Timor Weekly of individuals have been removed from responded to that bomb threat. He Report No. 9, Sept. 13, 1999] camps or executed in the camps of militia- tried to diffuse the bomb. He is blinded INDONESIAN ARMED FORCES CONTINUE CAM- men. Militia members armed with automatic for life. He has lost all his fingers on PAIGN OF MURDER, VIOLENCE, AND MASSIVE weapons also have been seen stopping and one hand. He has 22 screws in his head, searching vehicles in central Kupang and FORCED DEPORTATION IN EAST TIMOR AS MI- has undergone 13 major surgeries. He LITIAS TERRORIZE TIMORESE REFUGEES IN driving looted UNAMET vehicles in and out will never be the same. His partner WEST TIMOR of the provincial police headquarters. The Indonesian military and police have that night was Officer Anthony Semft The Carter Center is encouraged by the de- prevented international aid workers, jour- cision of the Indonesian government to allow from Long Island, New York, who was nalists, and observers from visiting refugee the deployment of an international peace- blinded in one eye and who is partially camps in West Timor and from interviewing keeping force in East Timor. However, the deaf. Timorese refugees. Indonesian military and police, with the as- Eyewitnesses report that the Indonesian Those are just a few of the victims of sistance of their militia surrogates, continue military and police have joined in the this terrorist organization known as to murder and terrorize the people of East looting and destruction of Dili. Indonesian the FALN. They were serving rightly a Timor, destroying buildings and infrastruc- soldiers and police officers have frequently long time in prison until the President ture and forcibly expelling tens of thousands sold looted food and other basic necessities offered them clemency, clemency that of unarmed civilians from the territory. The to refugees under their control at exorbitant city of Dili, the capital of East Timor, has they initially rejected and finally ac- prices. been almost completely destroyed over the cepted. I think this is absolutely the It is now apparent that militia violence worst thing that we can be doing to past week, and reports from other parts of has been targeted at political, social, and re- the territory indicate widespread destruc- ligious leaders, and a number of priests and send a signal to anybody contem- tion, looting, and murder. It is clear that the nuns have been murdered during militia and plating terrorism on American soil to Indonesian armed forces are executing a de- military attacks on churches sheltering set these terrorists free. If anybody sit- liberate, planned campaign under the direc- those seeking refugee from the violence. ting at home or anybody in this cham- tion of senior military commanders to de- f ber could imagine if in 10 or 15 years a stroy and forcibly depopulate East Timor. man by the name of Terry Nichols who In West Timor armed pro-integration mili- PRESIDENT GRANTS CLEMENCY is affiliated or associated with the tias are now operating with official support, TO THE FALN openly terrorizing the more than 100,000 East Oklahoma City bombing, who many Timorese refugees who have been forced over The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a argue was not actually at the bomb the border. Those displaced by the violence, previous order of the House, the gen- scene, but clearly involved in the con- both in East Timor and West Timor, now tleman from New York (Mr. FOSSELLA) spiracy to kill innocent people, so face the threat of malnutrition and disease is recognized for 5 minutes. many families left without children, as domestic and international humanitarian Mr. FOSSELLA. Mr. Speaker, last efforts are hampered by militia and military left without fathers, left without moth- Friday culminated a very rough week, ers, left without grandmothers, if 10 or activity and Indonesian government efforts indeed a rough few weeks and a rough to block access to refugee camps. 15 years the then President steps for- Carter Center staff and observers, forced at 24 years for some families across Amer- ward and offers clemency, can you gunpoint to evacuate Dili Sept. 5 and now re- ica, because some individuals associ- imagine the outrage across America? ated with the FALN, the most noto- porting from several locations throughout b Indonesia, have confirmed the following rious terrorist group to set foot on 1930 through eyewitness accounts from reliable American soil, had engaged in a reign That is the outrage that we are expe- sources: of terror across America in the 1970’s riencing right here today. That is why Refugees fleeing East Timor have been sub- and 1980’s and claimed responsibility so many people cannot fathom how the ject to extreme intimidation and acts of violence. The Carter Center has confirmed that for 130 bombings that killed innocent President reached this decision. That is pro-integration militia members murdered people, that maimed innocent people, why a wide range of law enforcement approximately 35 young men traveling on that in part had no remorse or offered agencies, including the FBI, the Bu- the Dobon Solo ferry from Dili to Kupang on no apologies for the damage that they reau of Prisons, the U.S. attorney’s of- Tuesday, Sept. 7, and dumped their bodies created or for the victims that they fices in Illinois and Chicago, all rec- overboard. made. They were set free on Friday, ommended against granting clemency. In the attack at Bishop Belo’s compound back into society because our White Why? Because this is a wrong signal to last week, militiamen hacked to death with machetes some 40 refugees in the courtyard House offered these terrorists clem- be sending to terrorists but, above all, while TNI soldiers fired into the bishop’s res- ency, in other words, a get-out-of-jail- these people killed were part of a kill- idence from the street. A military ambu- free card. ing operation, and to this very day, lance later came and removed all but two of So to those families who have had to while they are celebrating their release the bodies. endure, for example, like Ms. Diana and while there are some who are call- In an Indonesian television interview, Rui Berger of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, ing them heroes, to this very day show Lopez, a militia leader, admitted that Indo- whose husband was dining in Fraunces no remorse, offer no apologies, offer no nesian civilian police and military officials Tavern in 1975 like any other American contrition for what they did. in Suai, East Timor, held a meeting before would have been in any other bar or announcement of balloting results and were Indeed, what they suggest is that the given instructions to attack UNAMET of- restaurant, Ms. Berger was 6 months Connor or the Berger family or the fices, burn the town of Suai, and drive the pregnant with their first child when Pastarella family or the Pascarella population into West Timor. her husband was killed. Or Joseph Con- family or the Semft family, they were There are now more than 100,000 refugees nor and Thomas Connor. Joseph was 9 casualties of war. I hope and pray that from East Timor in West Timor and on the years old; his brother was 11. Joseph these people never get the opportunity islands of Flores and Alor, and estimates of was celebrating his ninth birthday. His to bomb and kill an innocent person the total number of people displaced from father was in that same restaurant, ever again. the territory range from 120,000 to 200,000 (nearly one-fourth of the entire population). again out for a business lunch. He My prayers and thoughts go out to Refugees have been transported by Indo- never came home to celebrate Joseph’s all of the victims associated with the nesian military ships and aircraft to a num- ninth birthday because he was killed terror associated with the FALN and ber of locations within Indonesia, including by a FALN bomb. Or on December 31, may we rue the day if they ever act as Irian Jaya, Ambon, Sulawesi, Surabaya, and 1982, when this same group of terrorists they did for 10, 15 and 20 years. Bali, some of which are thousands of kilo- claimed responsibility proudly for sev- f meters from East Timor. eral bombs in downtown New York. Of- Pro-integration militias are now active ficer Rocco Pascarella of upstate New SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN THE throughout West Timor, particularly in the York lost a leg in that explosion. Offi- UNITED STATES AND THE IM- towns of Atambua and Kupang. Eyewitnesses PACT IT HAS ON OUR ECONOMY report that militia members have entered cer Richard Pastorella in an attempt refugee camps with lists of names of sup- to respond to officer Rocco Pascarella, The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. porters of independence, and that a number got another call for a bomb threat. He SIMPSON). Under a previous order of the

VerDate May 04 2004 10:26 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\H13SE9.001 H13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 21305 House, the gentleman from Michigan by Allan Bromley, outstanding physi- Scientific research at our universities and (Mr. EHLERS) is recognized for 5 min- cist and former presidential science ad- national labs is now a foundation of the utes. visor, who has been a leader in the sci- economy and thereby vital to the success of Mr. EHLERS. Mr. Speaker, I appre- social legislation. But rather than rein- entific community for many years. The forcing the foundation, Congress is eroding ciate the opportunity to rise and dis- title of his article is No Science and No it. That action couldn’t come at a worse cuss the issue of scientific research in Surplus, and I would like to at this time. the United States and the impact that point enter that into the RECORD. America’s science infrastructure is in it has on our economy. [From the Washington Post, August 26, 1999] decay—aged science buildings on our cam- puses, dated laboratory equipment, anti- The reason I do this is because there NO SCIENCE, NO SURPLUS currently is an underfunding of sci- quated computers. During the Bush adminis- (By D. Allan Bromley) tration, the Office of Science and Tech- entific research in the budget proposals America is on a roll. We’re balancing the nology Policy estimated the cost of rebuild- we have before us and in the appropria- federal budget, reforming welfare and making our science infrastructure at $100 billion. tions bills which we have passed. I ing retirement secure. Sound like a break- The Clinton administration has done little would like to review why that is dan- through in fiscal management? Not exactly. to address the problem. The budget Congress gerous for our Nation and why we must Our awesome economic success can be traced is proposing guarantees continued decay. increase our spending on scientific re- directly to our past investments in science. Congress must significantly increase The problem is, this year’s federal budget for science funding. Senators recognized the search. science is a disaster, and it compromises our need last week when, with the support of Let me first back up a year or two. A nation’s economic and social progress. Sens. Trent Lott and Tom Daschle, they previous speaker, Mr. Gingrich, had a Here are the latest budget numbers: NASA passed the Federal Research Investment Act, keen interest in science and technology science is slashed by $678 million; science at which calls for doubling the federal invest- and asked the gentleman from Wis- the Department of Energy is cut by $116 mil- ment in science by the year 2010. But appro- lion; and the National Science Foundation consin, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, chairman priators haven’t followed through. It’s not ends up with $275 million less than the presi- of the Committee on Science, to give too late—budgets won’t be settled until Oc- dent requested. Clearly, Congress has lost tober. me the responsibility of reviewing sight of the critical role science plays in For the sake of the country, I hope Con- science and technology policy in the America. gress will recognize the significant role United States Government and make Federal investments in science pay off— science plays in society. Without science, recommendations for improvement. they produce cutting-edge ideas and a highly there won’t be a surplus. After all, the previous study had been skilled work force. The ideas and personnel Mr. EHLERS. The key point is this: done by Vannevar Bush in 1945 and, al- then feed into high-tech industries to drive when we analyze what is causing our the U.S. economy. It’s a straightforward re- though it was outstanding, it is clearly lationship: Industry is attentive to imme- economic boom of the past few years, out of date. There has been some excel- diate market pressures; the federal govern- the first major cause is monetary pol- lent science policy work done recently ment makes the venturous investments in icy, which has largely been headed by by individuals outside of the govern- university-based research that ensures long- Alan Greenspan; next is tax and regu- ment, but our government had not term competitiveness. So far, it’s been a latory policy, where the Republicans in done anything official in that direc- powerful tandem. the Congress have made tremendous tion. Thirty years ago, the laser and fiber optic improvements; and the final and very cable were born from federal investments in vital cause is scientific research. If we As a result of our work, after holding university research. Over time, those two a considerable number of hearings, discoveries formed the backbone of a multi- analyze the economic development working hand-in-glove with the Speak- billion-dollar telecommunications industry. taking place today we will find that er and with the gentleman from Wis- The fusion of university research and in- over half of all economic development consin (Mr. SENSENBRENNER), we were dustrial development now generates about is directly related to scientific re- able to produce a new science policy re- 5,000 new jobs and contributes a quarter-bil- search, whether it is the Internet, port. It has just come out in paper- lion dollars in taxes to the federal coffer whether it is medical research, any of every day. It accounts for 70 percent of our the other research projects going on. back, and it has been very well re- economic growth. The result is undeniable. ceived by the scientific community. It Dr. Bromley’s thesis is very simple. The fusion is primarily responsible for our He says: no science, no surplus. Why? makes a number of arguments for the booming economy and our growing federal importance of scientific research in our surplus. So the consequences of a budget cut Because the economic boom we are en- Nation and explains what we should do to science are equally undeniable: no joying now, which has resulted in the first surpluses in the Federal Govern- in the way of Federal funding. I believe science, no surplus. The benefits of the science investment go ment since 1969, is to a large extent the recommendations are well founded deeper than just the surplus. Three years ago caused by the scientific research that and should be followed. this month, welfare underwent dramatic re- has been done in the last 2 to 4 decades. I would also like to briefly display form. No one knew what the fallout from If we do not continue to do that re- the number of letters I received just in that would be. But the high-tech economy search, we are doing a grave disservice the past few weeks from leaders of sci- eased the burden. Unemployment was drop- to our children and grandchildren, be- entific associations protesting the lack ping to a 25-year low, and jobs were being created at a record pace. As it turned out, cause we are condemning them to a of funding in this year’s budget. I have United States which will not have as a letter, for example, from Jerry Fried- half of those jobs were generated by the high-tech sector. much economic growth and which will man, President of the American Phys- The legislative challenge before us is not have the resources and the surplus ical Society; from the American Asso- patching up Social Security. Again, we’ll which will enable them to enjoy a good ciation for the Advancement of rely on the science and technology jug- economy as we enjoy it today. Science; American Association of Engi- gernaut. Whether the solution lies in stimu- Mr. Speaker, I advocate very strong- lating private investment or in steady fed- neering Societies; American Astronom- ly that we review the appropriations ical Society; American Ceramic Soci- eral surpluses, the proposals all rely on a familiar friend—the strength of our nation’s bills that have passed the House and ety; American Chemical Society; booming economy. And while Congress dith- are before the Senate, and that we American Electronics Associations, ers, the public already is taking steps of its make every effort to increase the fund- which represents one of the bigger in- own. ing for scientific research. dustries in our Nation; American Geo- Americans hold more than $5 trillion in As it stands now, NASA science is logical Institute; American Institute of communications and technology stocks. Our slashed by $678 million; science of the Biological Sciences, the Chemical En- mutual funds, our 401K plans and IRAs are Department of Energy is cut by $116 gineers, the Mathematical Society, et stuffed full of high-tech investments. The re- million; and the National Science tirement security of Americans now depends cetera, all expressing the great concern upon the steady flow of innovations from Foundation ends up with $275 million in the scientific world about this par- technology companies. In turn, those compa- less than requested. ticular issue. nies rely on the steady flow of discoveries I think it extremely important that Similarly, there was an op-ed piece and trained work force generated by the sci- we review these bills and that we in- in the Washington Post just a week ago entific community. No science, no savings. crease funding for scientific research

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so that we may continue to enjoy not (Mr. HUTCHINSON) for yielding, and let cannot accept soft money but allows only the results of the research, but me compliment the gentleman from independent groups to be able to con- also the economic benefits that will Arkansas (Mr. HUTCHINSON) for his tinue to express their views about what arise from the fruits of that research. untiring effort at trying to help reform we do and how we go about doing it and I90[H13SE9-402]{H8139}F the campaign finance laws of this coun- in the process not chilling free speech. f try. So those three things, this bill does. We started this process as freshmen It protects our First Amendment free- CAMPAIGN INTEGRITY ACT OF 1999 in the last Congress, holding hearings, doms, reinforces them. It eliminates The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under drafting legislation, bringing together the potential problems that soft money the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- Democrats and Republicans in a bipar- and the corrupting influence that that uary 6, 1999, the gentleman from Ar- tisan bill, and it was his leadership might have on our political parties but kansas (Mr. HUTCHINSON) is recognized that helped us accomplish that. it also endeavors to make campaigns for 60 minutes as the designee of the It seems to me that we need to ac- competitive again, which is so impor- majority leader. complish three things when we are tant to this country. Mr. HUTCHINSON. Mr. Speaker, I going to reform the campaign finance So I just want to compliment the am pleased this evening to take this laws. At least from my judgment, there gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. HUTCH- opportunity to address a very impor- are some things that are broken in the INSON) for his hard work. This is a good tant subject. Tomorrow this House will current system and we need to accom- bill. Our colleagues are going to have once again consider legislation that plish some changes. an opportunity to vote on this this would improve our campaign finance One of those is that we need to have week. I think this is the right alter- laws. more competitive campaigns. Over 90 native to reform our system, and I I know that my colleagues will say percent of the Members of this House know that the gentleman has been a well, we have been here before. In fact, who stand for reelection are reelected strong advocate for that, and I thank we have been here before many, many election after election after election. him for yielding to me this evening. times, because this Congress and pre- Even in the great revolutionary elec- Mr. HUTCHINSON. Well, I thank the vious Congresses have considered year tion of the 104th Congress in 1994, near- gentleman for his remarks. He is ex- after year various forms of campaign ly 90 percent of the Members who stood actly on point, that we do not want to finance legislation and none of those for reelection were reelected. harm the First Amendment and the have ever passed both Houses, signed One of the reasons for that is that it freedoms we all enjoy in the political by the President and actually become is difficult for challengers to raise the process in order to just do something law. So there is a growing frustration resources necessary to have a viable and make a change in the law. and cynicism among the American pub- election. In fact, I find it kind of inter- So I believe that we can have a bal- lic. esting that there are some who helped ance, that we can actually stop the I believe that this is a cause still sponsor legislation similar to this in flow of soft money into our national worth fighting for, that there is a con- the last Congress, when they came as political parties; we can stop the great- sensus still yet to be maintained and to freshmen Members who this was their est abuse; we can still have a signifi- be gained and I hope that we can do first time in Congress and they had cant and critical role that the parties that this Congress; whether it is this maybe run a challenger’s race who are play but still not infringe upon those vote tomorrow or whether it is later now incumbents, some might say are groups that are out there expressing on. entrenched incumbents, who do not themselves in election. The bill that I am proposing is the support campaign finance reform that Imagine how counterproductive it Campaign Integrity Act of 1999, which would allow us to have competitive would be if we burdened these outside we have worked hard to draft in a fair elections, but I appreciate the gentle- groups and said, you cannot participate and bipartisan manner and will address man’s untiring effort. in the political or we are going to put the greatest abuses in our campaign The other thing we need to do is deal so many regulations on you that your system. I am delighted to have two of with the issue of soft money. As the participation will be really rendered my colleagues joining me in this dis- gentleman knows, soft money are large meaningless. cussion tonight, the gentleman from corporate contributions, labor union So I do not think that is the direc- Montana (Mr. HILL) and the gentleman contributions. It has been the tradition tion we want to go. This bill is very from Texas (Mr. BRADY). I want to hear of this country for almost all of this balanced. It addresses the abuse in our what their views are on this and why century that large organizations, cor- system, but like the gentleman said, it this is important for us to address this porations and labor unions, should not makes sure that we protect our First subject of campaign finance reform, be able to contribute unlimited sums of Amendment freedoms. and particularly this bill that we have money to the political process because So I am delighted also to have my all cosponsored, the Campaign Integ- the view is that they would overwhelm good friend, the gentleman from Texas rity Act of 1999. the process. This bill that we are advo- (Mr. BRADY), here, who has been so out- So I want to express my appreciation cating would put restrictions on soft spoken in favor of reform and particu- to the gentleman from Montana (Mr. money to the political parties. larly supportive of the Campaign Integ- HILL), who has done such a tremendous The other thing that we need to ac- rity Act. So I would just like to yield job in showing leadership on an issue complish when we reform finance laws to him for his comments on this bill. that I think is vital to our political is to maintain our commitment to the Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Speaker, process. I know he has been active as a First Amendment. Some people would will the gentleman yield? State party chairman in Montana. He advocate changes in the campaign fi- Mr. HUTCHINSON. I yield to the gen- understands the political process. He nance laws that would have the effect tleman from Texas. understands the role of parties and of stifling the competitive thought Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Speaker, candidates, and I am very grateful for that is out there; the outside groups first I thank the gentleman from Ar- his support, and I want to yield to him and others who want to express them- kansas (Mr. HUTCHINSON) for yielding, so he can talk about why this is need- selves about what we do here. So there but also for his leadership on this ed. are some who in closing the soft money issue. Mr. HILL of Montana. Mr. Speaker, loophole want to close the loophole of As freshmen together 2 years ago, the will the gentleman yield? the First Amendment, the right for gentleman played the leadership role Mr. HUTCHINSON. I yield to the gen- people to express their views, and we in working together, Republicans and tleman from Montana. cannot allow that to happen, too. Democrats, over a very thoughtful 5- Mr. HILL of Montana. Mr. Speaker, I So what this bill does is it says to the month period, meeting with experts on thank the gentleman from Arkansas political parties, the political parties constitutional law, citizens who felt

VerDate May 04 2004 10:26 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\H13SE9.001 H13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 21307 the way we finance campaigns ought to nance reform is first to enforce the worked hard to do that. I think this is be changed, people who thought the laws that we have already on the a great, solid, significant step for peo- status quo was fine, listening to all books, because it does not make such ple who still have hope that Wash- opinions and approaches before, I sense to add new ones if we are not ington will change, bring a little more think, developing a very reasonable, going to enforce them either. Secondly, moderation and balance into how we fi- balanced, thoughtful approach that is we have to preserve free speech. But nance our campaigns. I appreciate the real reform. It is not, as some of these after that, the real choice tomorrow gentleman’s leadership. measures are, hidden as a campaign ad- when Congress meets on campaign fi- Mr. HUTCHINSON. Mr. Speaker, I vantage bill, which gives an edge to nance reform is this: do we go with the thank the gentleman for his remarks one party or the other. Shays-Meehan bill which has gotten a and his leadership on this important This bill is designed to create more of lot of attention, and those two spon- issue. In addition to my friend from a citizen Congress, to push us back to- sors have worked very hard on behalf Montana and my friend from Texas, we ward a Congress as a representative of of that bill. I take nothing at all away have had the gentleman from Kansas the people that we have the privilege of from them. But my concern is that (Mr. MORAN) who has been extraor- representing, and that is why I am so Shays-Meehan will pass the House dinarily instrumental this year in mov- glad to be a part of this effort. again, not much of a margin, but it ing this legislation forward, as well as I think we are drifting away from a will pass again and it will die exactly the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. citizen Congress here in this Nation. where it died last year, in the Senate. HULSHOF) who is former president of b 1945 They have debated it fully, they have the class, who has really pushed this The average cost of a congressional had a great discussion on it; it is not legislation and has been a real leader campaign, a competitive, open seat is going to pass the Senate. Even if it on this effort. just a little under $1 million, and it is were, it could never pass constitutional The gentleman mentioned how we doubling about every 4 years. muster. It would be struck down and got here and where we started with this Now, there are a lot of good people in never be the law of the land. I guess my as a freshman class, when I think back my communities who would do a great concern is that each year we raise cam- about the process and the history as to job in the U.S. House of Representa- paign finance reform and each year it how we got here. When we look back, tives or in the U.S. Senate, but they do fails. whenever we first came here as fresh- not have $1 million and they do not I think we turn off another group of men, we were still warm from the cam- know where they would get a hold of it; voters who are hoping for more of a cit- paign trail; we understood that there and as a result, they are not going to izen Congress, who want these changes. needed to be some changes, we under- raise their hand to run for Congress. People say today, well, campaign fi- stood what people were telling us to My concern is not that the very nance reform does not rate very high in get up here and make a difference and wealthy cannot make the decisions, all of these polls they take by the day work with our colleagues from the many of them can. But for a country and the hour anymore around here. My other side of the aisle. So I will never founded on a representative democracy thought is that I think people still forget our first term whenever we had where people from all walks of life, and want campaign finance reform. They six Democrats from the freshman class whether they have a big wad or they want to change the way we do business and six Republicans from the freshman have made some choices in life that in Washington. But I think they have class that were assigned together to they have pursued other goals, and so given up hope that we will do it. I work out and hammer out together in that they do not have that, but they think they have given up belief that we a bipartisan fashion this legislation. So would be great here in Congress are not will do something that makes life a lit- we met together. The gentleman from going to be able to run. tle tougher on us, and it will; that Maine (Mr. ALLEN) led the Democrat So what this bill does is really start gives more of a fair chance to chal- side, and I chaired the Republican side; to push us back toward a citizen Con- lenges, and it will; that forces us out of and we met over a period of five gress, start to close that national loop- Washington and back in our districts; months. hole on soft money, preserves free more of a citizen Congress, and it will. This is not something that happened speech for individuals, groups, even for None of those are easy tasks, but it is quickly. As the gentleman mentioned, States to remembering soft money the the right thing to do, and rather than we heard from constitutional experts; way they have very responsibly. It in- pass a bill forward that I sincerely we heard from the political party lead- creases and indexes, which is long over- know will die, and it will die again ers, we heard from the ACLU and the due, the individual contributions which next year and it will die again the year National Right to Life. We heard from again, to move people into Washington after, I think the HUTCHINSON bill is a candidates. And through that process, and back home where we want that substantial, significant reform meas- we reached some conclusions as to support to come, and increases disclo- ure that can pass the Senate, that we what we needed to do to get this sure so that people who are watching know, we know can pass constitutional passed. our campaigns, who are trying to de- muster and can become the will of the First of all, we said, if we are going cide which person to vote for can land to start to restore that faith in to pass legislation, we have to avoid quickly and electronically determine what Washington is doing. the extremes. That is what has killed who our backers are and that that rep- Mr. Speaker, I think it is a good reform in the past, is that everybody resents part of their decision-making measure, and I would say to the gen- moved to their perfect bill, to their in this process. tleman that I am here tonight mainly perfect idea which was usually sort of And, as importantly, which the gen- to tell him that with his integrity that an extreme position over here and said, tleman from Montana (Mr. HILL) and was shown throughout the impeach- this is what is going to work, and we the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. ment proceedings, the integrity shown find out there was not anyone else who HUTCHINSON) have stressed, we encour- throughout his service here in Congress supported that position, or there was age people to get involved in the proc- and before in Arkansas, the gentleman not a majority that did. So if we are ess, groups who want to do score cards, has shown he is not afraid to take on going to pass something, we have to individuals who feel so strongly about the tough issues. I know that this is a avoid the extremes in legislation. That an issue they want to take out ads to balanced bill, it does not give an edge is what we propose to do. get involved, and we preserve and en- to our party, and I love being a Repub- The second thing we have to do is we courage that free speech, but we start lican, but I am glad this does not give said we have to be realistic. We have to that very important first step back to- us an edge necessarily. figure out what can pass this body, ward a citizen Congress. I do not think we ought to take one what can pass the Senate, and what Mr. Speaker, I think all of us believe for the Democrats either. It ought to can be signed into law. And as my that the first step in any campaign fi- be balanced. 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BRADY) said, we have to follow the Con- gress is incapable of reforming cam- parties are going to be competing with stitution. We cannot just fight against paigns as opposed to what they really candidates for money. So what we are the Supreme Court; we cannot just want. There is no doubt in the minds of going to have is, parties will raise move in that direction and say we are the people that when I talk to that, money and incumbents will raise going to ignore the First Amendment, they believe that there is something money, but challengers are not going we are going to hope that they change pretty wrong with the system the way to be able to raise money. We know their position. We have to follow the it is now. that is how the system will work. Constitution, and that was the guide- The gentleman was commenting ear- Our bill fixes that by saying there line that we had. lier, the gentleman from Texas’s com- will be a separate limit. Parties can Finally, we said we have to seek comments that we have to follow the Con- raise a limit that they can use to sup- mon ground. If we are going to work, stitution. I do not feel following the port candidates, and candidates have a Democrats and Republicans together, Constitution is an obligation; I think it separate limit; and there is no money we seek the common ground, and those is a privilege to follow the Constitu- going back and forth between those. So are the principles that we followed. tion. There are some who have the ar- it eliminates that competition. And by The result was that we gave up some rogance to say that the Constitution lifting the limits of support that par- things that we wanted, but we came up gets in the way of how we would reform ties can give to challenger races, it with a bill that we genuinely believed campaign finance laws. Some of my means we can have a competitive race in our hearts could pass this body, colleagues have proposed an amend- in every district in America. That is could pass the Supreme Court, could be ment that would allow us to put re- what the goal of our bill ought to be. signed into law and really change our strictions on people’s freedom of Mr. HUTCHINSON. Mr. Speaker, if I society in terms of our campaigns. speech in order to change how we fi- understand the point the gentleman is So we did that, and we introduced nance political campaigns. making, if you have an incumbent, a the bill the last Congress, and we The fact of the matter is, the tradi- United States Congressman who has $1 fought an enormous battle against our tion, the history of this country is that million in his war chest, and he is very, leadership many times. Our leadership individuals and individual groups have very difficult to compete with finan- was not excited about this. We said a right to speak out about the political cially and you have a challenger, he this is important for the people and so leadership in this country before we can raise money individually, but that we have to stay engaged in this. ever had the Constitution. The fact is the party can put more money into his Finally, we moved this forward with that that is not only part of the Con- campaign to make that race more com- other reformers and we had a huge de- stitution, but a part of the tradition. petitive. Is that what you see in this bate on the floor of this House. We ad- I just want to comment on one thing. bill? vocated for our bill, the freshman bill Because what people are saying to me Mr. HILL of Montana. Mr. Speaker, of the last Congress. There were our as much as anything, they are con- that is exactly right. As the gentleman knows, the Shays-Meehan bill perpet- good friends, the gentleman from Con- cerned about the abuse of soft money uates a situation where the parties necticut (Mr. SHAYS) and the gen- because they read about it in the cannot do that. So what happens tleman from Massachusetts (Mr. MEE- paper; but they also know that today, around here, and you know that, is in- HAN), who said well, ours is a better elections are not competitive. They cumbents build these huge war chests bill, and they worked very hard on know that incumbents get reelected and that discourages a challenger from their bill. It was what we considered and the power of incumbency and the ever entering the race because they not seeking the common ground, but ability of the resources to gain reelec- know that they could never compete. going for that ideal, some of the ex- tion has created a tremendous advan- One of the interesting things, if we treme positions, and they said, give us tage for incumbents. Many of the other study campaigns, is that challengers a shot at this comprehensive reform. It reform measures, particularly the actually win with less money than in- Shays-Meehan measure, my greatest will pass the Senate. We said, there is cumbents do, but there is a certain not the votes over in the Senate. They objection to that bill is the fact that it minimum threshold that they have to said give us a shot, give us a shot. So does not do anything to help with com- get across. What most incumbents do is we sent that bill over to the Senate, petitive elections. they try to keep their challenger from In fact, I met last week with one of and as was predicted, it could not crossing that threshold. break filibuster; it could not get the the public interest groups that have Under this bill, under the bipartisan votes necessary and it died. been strong advocates for campaign fi- Campaign Integrity Act, every, every Once again, that increases the cyni- nance reform, and I raised this objec- challenger out there would be assured cism of the American people. It says, tion to them. I said, but the problem of the opportunity to cross that thresh- Congress cannot deal with this issue. with Shays-Meehan is that it does not old because their party could help So it tears our hearts out. We come do anything to get us back to competi- them get over that threshold and we back to this Congress, and I do not tive elections, and their comment to could have competitive elections again. know about my friends, but I really see me was, so what? That is the way the b a change in America. I see that they system is now. 2000 are more interested in reform now than Well, if we are going to reform this Mr. HUTCHINSON. Mr. Speaker, I ever before. I would just like to yield system, one of the things that we would like to just go through the basic to my colleagues to comment about should try to accomplish is to restore revisions of the bill and then yield to what they are hearing in their town the idea that people can compete for the gentleman from Texas (Mr. BRADY) meetings, what the American people elections. Now, there are two thoughts for some additional comments. are telling them. That is the sense I about that. One is public financing of But so that my colleagues will under- get, is that they are more excited, but elections. I do not happen to support stand, the Bipartisan Campaign Integ- there is a real malaise in this Congress that. The other is to allow people to rity Act does the most important about it. get the resources from the party that thing, it addresses the enormous abuse Could my friend from Montana com- they are affiliated with. That is what in our system, which is to ban soft ment? this bill does. This bill says there is no money to our national parties. This is Mr. HILL of Montana. Mr. Speaker, I limit to how much your party can sup- where our Federal candidates, our Fed- thank the gentleman for yielding. port you to help you get the resources eral officers are going out and raising One of the things that I believe is to your campaign, but it has to be hard enormous sums of money usually in that oftentimes people do not say that money; it has to be appropriate money. the chunks of $100,000, $200,000, some- they want campaign finance reform as Now, what the Shays-Meehan bill times $500,000 for the parties, and then high on their list of reforms more be- does and what the greatest flaw in it is it flows into the different campaigns cause I think they believe that Con- it creates an environment where the through ads.

VerDate May 04 2004 10:26 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\H13SE9.001 H13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 21309 This has been the abuse in the 1996 Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I nority use it as campaign tools. So election. It continues to be an enor- thank the gentleman from Arkansas that is what has happened again. Do mous problem for our political system. (Mr. HUTCHINSON) for pointing out the not believe this. We have found so So we ban that soft money to the na- key parts of this bill, because it is very many good solid Republicans who want tional parties. reasonable. As he says, it puts a pre- to change the way business is done. Then these people raise the objection mium on hard money, which sounds It is really to Speaker HASTERT’s that, well, how about if the State par- like a hard phrase, but the principal of credit that he has scheduled a very rea- ties raise the soft money? We do not hard money is so sound for America. sonable timetable this year. Rather prohibit that. Well, the State parties What it says is that we think a con- than rush into it, rather than just let try to do get out the vote efforts, some tribution ought to come from a person, one bill be anointed, Speaker HASTERT basic things that build the party struc- from their pocketbook, from what they set a September timetable which was ture, that help our candidates locally, have earned, what their family has de- very fair. He said first things first, let but it has not been a problem. cided to contribute to another person, us tackle our budget. Let us be the But to make sure that it does not be- to a party, to a cause that they believe first Congress since 1974 to get our come a problem, we say that there can- strongly in. I want everything to be budget done in time. Let us focus on not be any transfer of soft money from hard money. I want it to come from a rebuilding our defense, on quality edu- the State party that is using it for a person directly to a party, principle, a cation, on local control, on tax relief. get out the vote effort might have cause that they believe in. Let us make first things go first and some excess cash and will transfer it I watch our Republican women’s schedule a good time for campaign fi- from the national party. Well, they clubs in parties. Each year, they will nance reform. cannot do that. The national party host a fundraising, barbecue, or catfish Let us go through the committee cannot take any soft money from the fry, or silent auction that one will go process so that all the good ideas, and State parties or from anyone. It is pro- to. They will work for 2, 3 months there are a lot of them, on campaign fi- hibited. So we address that. ahead of time. They will get a local nance reform can be heard, which was The second thing that we do is that business person to donate the food. done. Then the four major bills are set we assist the parties. If we take this They decorate the tables. There are si- for debate tomorrow. I think that is a soft money away, we have to help the lent auction items, quilts that they very fair timetable. We are already in parties. So we help them to raise the have made, local restaurants donate a the election process. If we made a hard money, we call it the honest dinner. They have got American prints. change today in haste, we would only money, the regulated money. So it in- Flags have been flown over the Cap- be giving the advantage to one person creases the individual contributor lim- itols, just good solid American prod- or another in these campaigns. its to all candidates, PACs going to the ucts. Rather than to rush through this, let parties from $25,000 per election to People are out there, and they get us do it right. It is so important that $25,000 per year. The contribution lim- their neighbors to come to bid on we do it right, that we have a full and its to the parties is raised. these. Together, they might, they open debate. We are getting that. That As the gentleman from Montana (Mr. might net maybe $2,000, maybe $800 is to Speaker HASTERT’s credit. I am HILL) said, we remove the party candidate coordination limit. So we that they will net, they will make off very proud that he has given us this op- strengthen the parties, but it is all one of these events after 2 or 3 months portunity. Mr. HUTCHINSON. Mr. Speaker, I hard dollars. It is all the honest of hard work to give to their local can- will make a few closing remarks here money. didates in their State and the people Then we help the candidates out that they support. to my colleagues. Tomorrow’s debate I there. They have to raise the money. To me, I put so much more value on believe is critically important for the We finally help the individual by index- that $800 or that $2,000 that has come Nation. I would like to think as a re- ing the contribution limits for individ- in hard money from real people than a sult of this debate we are going to pass uals to inflation. So as inflation goes check written that same day for out of this House a legislative proposal up, it will not just erode that contribu- $200,000 from some company, some in- that will go to the Senate, that will tion limit, but we strengthen the role dustry, some group that goes in soft garner the support necessary there, of individual by indexing it to infla- money to one of the parties or some and be passed by the Senate, get over tion. other direction. Because I really think the filibuster, and be sent to the Presi- Then we increase disclosure. We are for the future of democracy, for the cit- dent. simply trying to provide the American izen Congress, that hard money is so But I am a realest here in this Con- public more information as to what the valuable long-term, getting people in- gress, and I understand the battle we candidates are spending so that they volved, keeping us close to the people are up against. I know the temptation are required to report more regularly, that we represent. is, well, we passed Shays-Meehan out of monthly, and more timely, and more Let me destroy two myths for my the last Congress. Let us come back in information. colleagues if people out there have and just cast the same vote. We had Then to the third party or the issue bought into this at all that we hear about 150 votes for our bill here, but advocacy groups, they are required to quite a bit. One is that the Republicans the Shays-Meehan got the majority, disclose information as to who they are and Congress do not support campaign and it went to the Senate, and it failed and how much money they are spend- finance reform. Everyone knows his- over there. ing. torically that the party that is in ma- I would just make a comment here So we are providing information to jority up here has tended to resist that I think is instructive that we can individual voters out there to strength- some of the reform because, frankly, learn from it. I actually used this en them in that way. We are reducing they used the current system, they quote in the last debate in the last the influence of special interests by fought hard, played by the rules to get Congress. This was from Roll Call, a banning soft money to the national to that majority. So human nature publication here on Capitol Hill. It is parties. Then we are strengthening the says they are a bit resistant. dated August 6, 1998, a year ago, when parties by allowing them to be able to Since we had campaign finance re- we were engaged in this debate. It says, raise the hard money, the honest dol- form under Richard Nixon, the Demo- ‘‘One leadership source said that the lars, according to the law much easier. crats held the House for more than two Republican leaders favored the Shays- So I think that this is a good bill, is decades and resisted campaign finance Meehan bill going to the Senate be- balanced, and this is the main provi- reform for all that period, or most that cause the Senate already voted on it, sions that we try to address. period themselves. So, historically, and it has no chance of passing. While Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman whoever is in the majority tends to re- the freshman bill would pose a slightly from Texas (Mr. BRADY). sist a bit, and those that are in the mi- greater threat in the Senate because,

VerDate May 04 2004 10:26 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\H13SE9.001 H13SE9 21310 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE September 13, 1999 when you offer something new, and and B–52s based in Missouri delivered a tion to the NACA that was established streamline, it becomes a new fight.’’ substantial fraction of the weapons on after the end of the Second World War. I just yearn for a new fight. I think the targets. b 2015 that we ought to learn from our past Finally, unpiloted reconnaissance mistakes. We gave the best shot for aircraft were used extensively for the In 1958, the launch of the Sputnik by Shays-Meehan. It has been voted on in first time in this conflict. the Soviet Union as the first man-made the Senate once. It has been voted Although air power has been a sig- object to orbit the Earth stimulated twice. It has never broken the magic nificant component of all warfare since the creation of the National Aero- number in order to get it passed. So we 1939, it can be argued that this was the nautics and Space Administration, do not know what would happen over first campaign where air power was ab- NASA. This organization consisted of there. But we do know what would hap- solutely the dominant factor. all of the facilities of the old NACA pen if we repeat the same actions of Given what has happened in Kosovo, plus some military facilities that were the last Congress. it is a legitimate question to ask how added to enhance the space mission of So I would just urge my colleagues to the air power that achieved that vic- the new agency. support reasonable, realistic, common- tory was created. The record shows The National Aeronautics and Space sense reform that addresses the great- that it did not happen overnight. In Act of 1958 made the new agency re- est abuse in our campaign system. I be- 1944, the Commander in Chief of the sponsible for continuing the support of lieve the Campaign Integrity Act, the U.S. Army Air Forces, General Henry military aviation. This most important old freshman bill, is much wiser now H. (Hap) Arnold said, ‘‘the first essen- mission has been successfully accom- since we are upper classmen. We have tial of air power is preeminence in re- plished for the past 40 years and the re- been here, but we are not frustrated. search.’’ The key word in this state- sults were evident in the Kosovo cam- We are not cynical. We believe that we ment is research. It is important to un- paign. can do this for the American people. derstand how this research was per- The most successful fighter-bomber If, perhaps, that we send this over to formed, who paid for it, and how the re- of the 20th century is undoubtedly the the Senate, we repeat the same action sults were used. F–16. The facilities of the National Aer- of the last Congress, we send Shays- In 1917, a provision was put in the onautics and Space Administration Meehan over there once again, and Naval appropriations bill to create a were used extensively during the dec- they do not break filibuster, then that National Advisory Committee for Aero- ade of the 1970s to develop the flying is three times. Perhaps then we can nautics called NACA because the infe- qualities of this aircraft. Many thou- take the ideas of this bill, we can work riority of American aircraft during sands of hours of wind tunnel and together in a common way, Democrats World War I was patently obvious, not flight simulator time were devoted to and Republicans, and we can move for- a single airplane of American design or the creation of the F–16. ward a bill and actually get it passed manufacture was used in combat dur- The former commander of the Israeli this Congress. It is still my goal. It is ing World War I. Air Force and the current president of still my desire. It is my yearning, and The decision to create NACA changed the state of Israel, Ezer Weitzmann, I believe it is the yearning of the that circumstance for all time. A re- has called the F–16 the ‘‘Spitfire’’ of American public. search laboratory in Hampton, Vir- the 1980s after flying the F–16 himself. f ginia, the Samuel Pierpont Langley Weitzmann became famous in 1948 THE INFLUENCE OF AERO- Aeronautical Laboratory was estab- when he flew a black painted ‘‘Spit- NAUTICAL RESEARCH ON MILI- lished a year later, and from then on, fire’’ in the Israeli war of independ- TARY VICTORY the United States of America has been ence. Thousands of pilots across the world have agreed with his assessment. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. preeminent in military aviation. The F–15 aircraft was also a product TANCREDO). Under the Speaker’s an- For a short period, the Germans and of NASA technology through the em- nounced policy of January 6, 1999, the the Japanese built more airplanes than ployment of NASA’s extensive facili- gentleman from Virginia (Mr. PICKETT) the United States during World War II. is recognized for 60 minutes as the des- However, after less than 2 years, Amer- ties. The conically cambered wing on ignee of the minority leader. ican air power emerged in vastly supe- the F–15 was a product of NASA re- Mr. PICKETT. Mr. Speaker, early rior numbers with aircraft that were search and the attack version of this this year the nations of the North At- decisively superior in quality. The rea- airplane, the F–15 ‘‘Strike Eagle,’’ is lantic Treaty Organization, the NATO son why the United States could ac- one of the most potent attack aircraft alliance achieved a military victory in complish this end was due in large in the world. Yugoslavia. The military objective of measure to the research done in the Finally, the concept of vertical take- the 3-month long campaign in the laboratories of the National Advisory off in land combat aircraft originated Yugoslav province of Kosovo was to Committee for Aeronautics between in the United States and was picked up drive the Serbian armed forces out of the First and Second World Wars. by British aerospace concerns. The Kosovo. All-metal airplanes, efficient radial first version of the aircraft that even- This objective was achieved largely engines, accurate flight control sys- tually became the ‘‘Harrier,’’ the through the use of air power applied in tems that made dive-bombing possible ‘‘Kestrel,’’ was extensively tested in a sophisticated and comprehensive were all developed during those years NASA facilities in the 1960s. The ‘‘Har- manner. The bulk of the sorties flown in the NACA laboratories with the as- rier’’ eventually evolved into the AV– were executed by fighter-bomber air- sistance of the military. 8B, which was also tested extensively craft based in Italy between 200 and 300 A strong and independent civilian rein NASA flight simulators and wind miles away from their objectives in search agency had been created to ad- tunnels. The former was particularly Yugoslavia. vance knowledge in aeronautics. The important in developing the complex These sorties were accomplished chairman of the committee was always flight control system for this aircraft. largely by F–15E, AF–8B, and F–16 air- a civilian, but both the Commanding As previously mentioned, a remark- craft operated by the United States, General of the Army Air Corps and the able feature of the Kosovo air cam- Belgium, the Netherlands, and other Chief of the Navy’s Bureau of Aero- paign was that a significant fraction of European countries, and Tornado at- nautics were statutory members of the the damage done on the ground was tack aircraft operated by Great Britain committee. Thus, a close connection to due to aircraft that were based more and Germany and also French attack the military was assured. than a thousand miles from the combat aircraft used by the Air Force of Things have changed since the end of zone. B–52 and B–1B bombers based in France. the Second World War, but the aero- England delivered thousands of tons of In addition, heavy, long-range bomb- nautical strength of the United States bombs and other guided weapons on ers, B–52s and B–1Bs based in England still depends on the successor institu- targets in Kosovo and Yugoslavia.

VerDate May 04 2004 10:26 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\H13SE9.001 H13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 21311 Even more impressive was the rately located by the GPS signal trans- ship and superiority in military avia- achievement of the stealthy B–2 air- mitted by the ‘‘Predator.’’ tion. craft which flew its missions from The B–52s bombed the troops, killing I urge all Members to support this ef- Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, most of them on the ground. This kind fort. 5,000 miles from the target zone. An F– of coordinated attack with heavy f 16 can carry two thousand-pound bombers guided to the target using LEAVE OF ABSENCE bombs, and a B–1B can carry 24 of these unpiloted aircraft and a sophisticated so that a single mission by a B–1B command and control system was a de- By unanimous consent, leave of ab- bomber might be equivalent to 12 sor- cisive element to secure the victory in sence was granted to: ties by an F–16. this campaign. Ms. CARSON (at the request of Mr. Both the B–1B and the B–2 were the The technology to do all of this could GEPHARDT) for today on account of offi- creations of an industry supported by not have been developed without the cial business. NASA facilities. Neither would have aeronautical research performed in Mr. HASTINGS of Florida (at the re- been built without thousands of hours NASA’s research centers. The research quest of Mr. GEPHARDT) for today on of wind tunnel and simulator time de- performed to create the aircraft sys- account of official business. voted to them in government-owned tems described here dates back to the Mr. WICKER (at the request of Mr. NASA facilities. 1970s, somewhere between 20 and 30 ARMEY) for today on account of official Even more important was the appli- years ago. business. cation of NASA research results to In 1970, the aeronautics budget of Mr. MANZULLO (at the request of Mr. both aircraft. These results range from NASA was approximately 25 percent of ARMEY) for today on account of illness. aerodynamics, materials, and flight the agency’s budget, some $1 billion Mr. ROGAN (at the request of Mr. controls to the human factors that had out of a total of $4 billion. It was this ARMEY) for today on account of a death to be considered to protect the pilots heavy investment in aeronautical tech- in the family. and the crew from the environments nology that in a very real sense made Mr. SHAW (at the request of Mr. that they would face in accomplishing the victory this year in Kosovo pos- ARMEY) for today on account of official their missions. sible. business. Finally, the Kosovo campaign was Today, however, we have a very seri- Mr. KINGSTON (at the request of Mr. the one in which unpiloted aircraft ous problem. The aeronautics budget in ARMEY) for today and September 14 on were extensively used for reconnais- NASA today is a much smaller fraction account of impending Hurricane Floyd. sance that turned out to be a decisive than it was in 1970, about $2 billion out f factor in the campaign. Unpiloted vehi- of $14 billion or just 14 percent. In SPECIAL ORDERS GRANTED cles have been around for a long time terms of spending power when inflation and were used as target drones and as is factored into this calculation, By unanimous consent, permission to experimental test vehicles during ex- NASA’s investment in aeronautical re- address the House, following the legis- periments that traditionally involved search today is about half of what it lative program and any special orders the destruction of the vehicle. was 30 years ago. heretofore entered, was granted to: However, recent advances once again One result of this massive reduction (The following Members (at the re- pioneered by NASA in flight control in aeronautical research has been that quest of Mr. MCNULTY) to revise and systems and in sensors have made it many important NASA aeronautical extend their remarks and include ex- possible to use unpiloted vehicles for research facilities have had to be shut traneous material:) Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, for 5 min- many other purposes. Probably the down entirely or perhaps mothballed. utes, today. first application of unpiloted vehicles This has forced some U.S. aerospace Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, for 5 minutes, requiring sophisticated technology was firms to use European facilities. More today. the highly maneuverable aircraft test important, it has become difficult to Mr. RUSH, for 5 minutes, today. vehicle. This was a small, unpiloted attract the best talent into NASA’s Mr. MCGOVERN, for 5 minutes, today. aircraft with a sophisticated flight con- aeronautical research enterprises. Mr. CUMMINGS, for 5 minutes, today. trol system designed to perform experi- In the past year, this situation has (The following Members (at the re- ments in maneuvering regimes that reached the crisis stage because further quest of Mr. WELDON of Florida) to re- had not yet been explored with piloted reductions in NASA’s aeronautics revise and extend their remarks and in- aircraft. The experiments done by search are now being proposed. In view clude extraneous material:) of this circumstance, it is legitimate to NASA with this vehicle during the Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin, for 5 min- 1970s demonstrated to all concerned the ask the question where the knowledge utes, September 15. utility of unpiloted aircraft for sophis- and the technology will come from to Mr. METCALF, for 5 minutes, today. ticated purposes. make victory possible in another Mr. EHLERS, for 5 minutes, today. In the last two decades, a large vari- Kosovo perhaps 20 years from now. Mr. WELDON of Florida, for 5 minutes, ety of unpiloted aircraft have been de- The sad fact is that we are no longer today. veloped and with the recent advances making the investments necessary to Mr. FOSSELLA, for 5 minutes, today. in control systems and communication maintain the kind of Air Force that f systems and in the ability to transmit has the capability that we have today. intelligence data in real-time to com- This situation can only be changed by ADJOURNMENT mand posts, unpiloted reconnaissance reversing the trend in aeronautical re- Mr. PICKETT. Mr. Speaker, I move aircraft have come into their own. search funding and reinvesting in this that the House do now adjourn. A special example is the ‘‘Predator’’ critically important technology. An in- The motion was agreed to; accord- unpiloted reconnaissance aircraft that vestment in NASA aeronautics pro- ingly (at 8 o’clock and 25 minutes played a very important role in gram of about $4 billion annually is p.m.), under its previous order, the Kosovo. In one incident, a ‘‘Predator’’ what is required to maintain our effort. House adjourned until tomorrow, Tues- vehicle spotted a concentration of Serb General Arnold’s statement of more day, September 14, 1999, at 9 a.m. for troops on the ground and with accurate than half a century ago is as valid as it morning hour debates. pictures transmitted by satellite link is was then. The security of the United f reported the concentration and its lo- States and the stability of the world cation to the command post. This independ on a relatively small invest- EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, formation was then used to divert a ment in advanced aeronautical tech- ETC. flight of B–52s, bombers that had al- nology so that NASA can continue to Under clause 8 of rule XII, executive ready been on another mission, to the do the work which will allow the communications were taken from the troop concentration which was accu- United States to maintain its leader- Speaker’s table and referred as follows:

VerDate May 04 2004 10:26 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\H13SE9.001 H13SE9 21312 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE September 13, 1999 4020. A letter from the Administrator, 4030. A letter from the Assistant General Food Additives Permitted in the Feed and Farm Service Agency, Department of Agri- Counsel for Regulatory Services, Office of Drinking Water of Animals; Menadione Nico- culture, transmitting the Department’s final Special Education and Rehabilitative Serv- tinamide Bisulfite [Docket No. 94F–0283] re- rule—Flood Compensation Program (RIN: ices, Department of Education, transmitting ceived September 3, 1999, pursuant to 5 0560–AF57) received September 3, 1999, pursu- the Department’s final rule—Training of In- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee terpreters for Individuals Who Are Deaf or Commerce. on Agriculture. Hard of Hearing and Individuals Who Are 4039. A letter from the Director, Regula- 4021. A letter from the Congressional Re- Deaf-Blind—received August 27, 1999, pursu- tions Policy and Management Staff, FDA, view Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee Department of Health and Human Services, Inspection Service, Department of Agri- on Education and the Workforce. transmitting the Department’s final rule— culture, transmitting the Department’s final 4031. A letter from the Assistant General Food Additives Permitted in the Feed and rule—Horses From Morocco; Change in Dis- Counsel for Regulations, Office of Postsec- Drinking Water of Animals; Menadione Nico- ease Status [Docket No. 98–055–2] received ondary Education, Department of Education, tinamide Bisulfite [Docket No. 98F–0195] re- September 3, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. transmitting the Department’s final rule— ceived September 3, 1999, pursuant to 5 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agri- William D. Ford Federal District Loan Pro- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on culture. gram (RIN: 1840–AC68) received September 3, Commerce. 4022. A letter from the Administrator, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 4040. A letter from the Director, Office of Farm Service Agency, Department of Agri- Committee on Education and the Workforce. Regulatory Management and Information, culture, transmitting the Department’s final 4032. A letter from the Assistant General Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- rule—Small Hog Operation Payment Pro- Counsel, Department of Education, Office of ting the Agency’s final rule—Approval and gram (RIN: 0560–AF70) received September 3, the Chief Financial Officer, transmitting the Promulgation of Implementation Plans Ten- 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Department’s final rule—Administration of nessee: Approval of Revisions to the Ten- Committee on Agriculture. Grants and Agreements with Institutions of nessee State Implementation Plan [TN 190– 4023. A letter from the Administrator, Ag- Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Non- 9930a; TN 196–9931a; FRL–6433–4] received ricultural Marketing Service, Department of Profit Organizations; Direct Grant Pro- September 3, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Agriculture, transmitting the Department’s grams; State-Administered Programs; Defi- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce. final rule—Milk in the New England and nitions that Apply to Department Regula- 4041. A letter from the Director, Office of Other Marketing Areas; Order Amending the tions; Uniform Administrative Requirements Regulatory Management and Information, Orders [DA–97–12] received September 3, 1999, for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- State and Local Governments; Protection of ting the Agency’s final rule—Approval and mittee on Agriculture. Human Subjects; Student Rights in Re- Promulgation of State Plans for Designated 4024. A letter from the Director, Office of search, Experimental Programs and Testing; Facilities and Pollutants; Maryland; Control Regulatory Management and Information, Family Educational Rights and Privacy—Re- of Emissions from Existing Municipal Solid Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- ceived August 27, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Waste Landfills [MD–091–3041a; FRL–6433–7] ting the Agency’s final rule—Avermectin B1 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education received September 3, 1999, pursuant to 5 and its delta-8, 9-isomer; Pesticide Tolerance and the Workforce. U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on [OPP–300916; FRL–6380–7] (RIN: 2070–AB78) re- 4033. A letter from the Assistant General Commerce. ceived September 3, 1999, pursuant to 5 Counsel for Regulatory Services, Depart- 4042. A letter from the Director, Office of U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ag- ment of Education, Office of Postsecondary Regulatory Management and Information, riculture. 4025. A letter from the Director, Office of Education, transmitting the Department’s Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- Regulatory Management and Information, final rule—Teacher Quality Enhancement ting the Agency’s final rule—Texas: Final Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- Grants Program (RIN: 1840–AC67) received Authorization and Incorporation by Ref- ting the Agency’s final rule—Chlorfenapyr; August 27, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. erence of State Hazardous Waste Manage- Re-Establishment of Tolerances for Emer- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education ment Program [FRL–6422–1] received August gency Exemptions [OPP–300910; FRL–6095–8] and the Workforce. 26, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to (RIN: 2070–AB78) received August 26, 1999, 4034. A letter from the Assistant General the Committee on Commerce. pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- Counsel for Regulations, Department of Edu- 4043. A letter from the Director, Office of mittee on Agriculture. cation Office of Special Education and Reha- Regulatory Management and Information, 4026. A letter from the Director, Office of bilitative Services, transmitting the Depart- Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- Regulatory Management and Information, ment’s final rule—Projects With Industry— ting the Agency’s final rule—Louisiana: Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- received August 27, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Final Authorization of State Hazardous ting the Agency’s final rule—Cymoxanil; Ex- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education Waste Management Program Revisions tension of Tolerance for Emergency Exemp- and the Workforce. [FRL–6428–6] received August 26, 1999, pursu- tions [OPP–300903; FRL–6094–4] (RIN: 2070– 4035. A letter from the Director, Regula- ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee AB78) received August 26, 1999, pursuant to 5 tions Policy and Management Staff, FDA, on Commerce. U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ag- Department of Health and Human Services, 4044. A letter from the Director, Office of riculture. transmitting the Department’s final rule— Regulatory Management and Information, 4027. A letter from the Director, Office of Indirect Food Additives: Polymers [Docket Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- Regulatory Management and Information, No. 96F–0176] received August 26, 1999, pursu- ting the Agency’s final rule—Approval and Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee Promulgation of State Implementation ting the Agency’s final rule—Difenoconazole; on Commerce. Plans: Alaska [AK–21–1709-a; FRL–6412–7] re- Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemp- 4036. A letter from the Director, Regula- ceived August 26, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. tions [OPP–300904; FRL–6094–3] (RIN: 2070– tions Policy and Management Staff, FDA, 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce. AB78) received August 26, 1999, pursuant to 5 Department of Health and Human Services, 4045. A letter from the Director, Office of U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ag- transmitting the Department’s final rule— Regulatory Management and Information, riculture. General and Plastic Surgery Devices; Effec- Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- 4028. A letter from the Assistant General tive Date of Requirement for Premarket Ap- ting the Agency’s final rule—Approval and Counsel for Regulations, Department of proval of the Silicone Inflatable Breast Pros- Promulgation of Implementations; Ohio Des- Housing and Urban Development, transmit- thesis [Docket No. 91N–0281] (RIN: 0910–AZ17) ignation of Areas for Air Quality Planning ting the Department’s final rule—Section 8 received August 27, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Purposes; Ohio [OH 121–1c; FRL–6425–1] re- Tenant-Based Assistance; Statutory Merger 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce. ceived August 26, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. of Section 8 Certification and Voucher Pro- 4037. A letter from the Director, Regula- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce. grams: Change in Effective Date [Docket No. tions Policy and Management Staff, FDA, 4046. A letter from the Director, Office of FR–4428–N–02] (RIN: 2577–AB91) received Au- Department of Health and Human Services, Regulatory Management and Information, gust 24, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. transmitting the Department’s final rule— Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Banking Indirect Food Additives: Adhesives and Com- ting the Agency’s final rule—Approval and and Financial Services. ponents of Coating [Docket No. 99F–0487] re- Promulgation of Air Quality Implementa- 4029. A letter from the Assistant to the ceived September 3, 1999, pursuant to 5 tion Plans; Commonwealth of Virginia; En- Board, Federal Reserve Board, transmitting U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on hanced Inspection & Maintenance Program the Board’s final rule—Truth in Savings Commerce. [VA092/098–5044; FRL–6428–8] received August [Regulation DD; Docket No. R–1003] received 4038. A letter from the Director, Regula- 26, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to September 3, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. tions Policy and Management Staff, FDA, the Committee on Commerce. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Banking Department of Health and Human Services, 4047. A letter from the Director, Office of and Financial Services. transmitting the Department’s final rule— Regulatory Management and Information,

VerDate May 04 2004 10:26 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\H13SE9.001 H13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 21313 Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- rule—Review of the Commission’s Regula- gust 16, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. ting the Agency’s final rule—Approval and tions Governing Attribution of Broadcast 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Govern- Promulgation of Air Quality Implementa- and Cable/MDS Interests [MM Docket No. 94– ment Reform. tion Plans; Massachusetts; Volatile Organic 150] Review of the Commission’s Regulations 4065. A letter from the Executive Director, Compound Regulation [MA–19–01–5892a; A–1– and Policies Affecting Investment in the Committee For Purchase From People Who FRL–6421–8] received August 30, 1999, pursu- Broadcast Industry [MM Docket 92–51] Are Blind Or Severely Disabled, transmitting ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee Reexaminiation of the Commission’s Cross- the Committee’s final rule—Procurement on Commerce. Interest Policy [MM Docket No. 87–154] re- List Addition—received August 16, 1999, pur- 4048. A letter from the Director, Office of ceived August 31, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- Regulatory Management and Information, 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce. mittee on Government Reform. Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- 4056. A letter from the Attorney, Advisor, 4066. A letter from the Assistant Secretary ting the Agency’s final rule—Approval and National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis- for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Office of Mi- Promulgation of Implementation Plans; tration, transmitting the Administration’s gratory Bird Management, Department of California—Owens Valley Nonattainment final rule—Federal Motor Vehicle Safety the Interior, transmitting the Department’s Area; PM–10 [CA–221–158; FRL–6430–7] re- Standards; Child Restraint Systems; Child final rule—Migratory Bird Permits; Amend- ceived August 30, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Restraint Anchorage Systems [Docket No. ed Certification of Compliance and Deter- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce. NHTSA–99–6160] (RIN: 2127–AH65) received mination that the States of Vermont and 4049. A letter from the Director, Office of August 27, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. West Virginia Meet Federal Falconry Stand- Regulatory Management and Information, 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce. ards (RIN: 1018–AE65) received September 3, Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- 4057. A letter from the Director, Office of 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the ting the Agency’s final rule—Approval and Congressional Affairs, Office of Nuclear Re- Committee on Resources. Promulgation of Air Quality Implementa- actor Regulation, Nuclear Regulatory Com- 4067. A letter from the Director, Fish and tion Plans; Delaware; Approval of Miscella- mission, transmitting the Commission’s Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, neous Revisions [DE101–1–25a; FRL–6434–6] final rule—Changes to Requirements for En- transmitting the Department’s final rule— received September 7, 1999, pursuant to 5 vironmental Review for Renewal of Nuclear Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Power Plant Operating Licenses (RIN: 3150– Plants; Final Endangered Status for 10 Plant Commerce. AG05) received September 3, 1999, pursuant Taxa from Maui Nui, Hawaii (RIN: 1018– 4050. A letter from the Director, Office of to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on AE22) received September 3, 1999, pursuant Regulatory Management and Information, Commerce. to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- 4058. A letter from the Secretary, Division Resources. ting the Agency’s final rule—Approval and of Investment Management, Securities and 4068. A letter from the Acting Assistant Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Exchange Commission, transmitting the Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, California State Implementation Plan Revi- Commission’s final rule—Personal Invest- Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the sion, Mojave Desert Air Quality Management ment Company Personnel [Release Nos. 33- Interior, transmitting the Department’s District and Tehama County Air Pollution 7728, IC–23958, IA–1815; File No. S7–25–95] final rule—Migratory Bird Hunting; Final Control District [CA 192–0161; FRL–6434–2] re- (RIN: 3235–AG27) received September 3, 1999, Approval of Tungsten-Iron and Tungsten- ceived September 7, 1999, pursuant to 5 pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- Polymer Shots and Temporary Approval of U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on mittee on Commerce. Tungsten-Matrix and Tin Shots as Nontoxic Commerce. 4059. A communication from the President for Hunting Waterfowl and Coots (RIN: 1018– 4051. A letter from the Director, Office of of the United States, transmitting notifica- AF65) received August 16, 1999, pursuant to 5 Regulatory Management and Information, tion that the national emergency declared U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Re- Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- by Executive Order 12924 has been extended, sources. ting the Agency’s final rule—Final Rule pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); (H. Doc. No. 4069. A letter from the Acting Assistant Making a Finding of Failure to Submit a Re- 106–118); to the Committee on International Administrator For Fisheries, National Ma- quired State Implementation Plan for Car- Relations and ordered to be printed. rine Fisheries Service, Department of Com- bon Monoxide; Nevada—Las Vegas Valley 4060. A communication from the President merce, transmitting the Department’s final [FRL–6434–4] received September 7, 1999, pur- of the United States, transmitting a 6-month rule—Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- periodic report on the national emergency Mexico, and South Atlantic; Snapper-Group- mittee on Commerce. declared by Executive Order 12924 of August er Fishery Off the Southern Atlantic States; 4052. A letter from the Director, Office of 19, 1994, to deal with the threat to the na- Closure of the Red Porgy Fishery [Docket Regulatory Management and Information, tional security, foreign policy, and economy No. 990823235–9235–01; I.D. 061699F] (RIN: 0648– Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- of the United States caused by the lapse of AM55) received September 3, 1999, pursuant ting the Agency’s final rule—Final Author- the Export Administration Act of 1979, pur- to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on ization of State Hazardous Waste Manage- suant to 50 U.S.C. 1703(c); (H. Doc. No. 106– Resources. ment Program Revision [FRL–6430–4] re- 119); to the Committee on International Re- 4070. A letter from the Acting Director, Of- ceived August 26, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. lations and ordered to be printed. fice of Sustainable Fisheries, National Ma- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce. 4061. A communication from the President rine Fisheries Service, Department of Com- 4053. A letter from the Chief, Mass Media of the United States, transmitting the Presi- merce, transmitting the Department’s final Bureau, Federal Communications Commis- dent’s bimonthly report on progress toward a rule—Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic sion, transmitting the Commission’s final negotiated settlementof the Cyprus question, Zone Off Alaska; Pollock by Vessels Catch- rule—Amendment of Section 73.202(b), Table covering the period February 1999 and March ing Pollock for Processing by the Inshore of Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations 1999, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2373(c); (H. Doc. Component in the Bering Sea Subarea [Dock- (Judsonia, Arkansas) [MM Docket No. 99–98; No. 106–120); to the Committee on Inter- et No. 990304063–9063–01; I.D. 082699E] received RM–9483] (Del Norte, Colorado) [MM Docket national Relations and ordered to be printed. September 3, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. No. 99–148; RM–9556] (Dinosaur, Colorado) 4062. A communication from the President 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources. [MM Docket No. 99–149; RM–9557] (Poncha of the United States, transmitting Progress 4071. A letter from the Director, Office of Springs, Colorado) [MM Docket No. 99–150; toward a negotiated settlement of the Cy- Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fish- RM–9558] (Captain Cook, Hawaii) [MM Dock- prus question covering the period June 1 to eries Service, National Oceanic and Atmos- et No. 99–152; RM–9560] received September 3, July 31, 1999, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2373(c); pheric Administration, transmitting the Ad- 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the (H. Doc. No. 106–121); to the Committee on ministration’s final rule—Fisheries of the Committee on Commerce. International Relations and ordered to be Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlan- 4054. A letter from the Chief, Mass Media printed. tic; Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of Bureau, Policy and Rules Division, Federal 4063. A letter from the Assistant Secretary the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic; Clo- Communications Commission, transmitting for Legislative Affairs, Department of State, sure [Docket No. 990506120–9220; I.D. 082399b] the Commission’s final rule—Review of the transmitting a report on proliferation of received August 27, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Commission’s Regulations Governing Tele- missiles and essential components of nu- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources. vision Broadcasting [MM Docket No. 91–221] clear, biological, and chemical weapons, pur- 4072. A letter from the Director, Office of Television Satellite Stations Review of Pol- suant to 22 U.S.C. 2751 nt.; to the Committee Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fish- icy and Rules [MM Docket No. 87–8] received on International Relations. eries Service, National Oceanic and Atmos- August 31, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 4064. A letter from the Executive Director, pheric Administration, transmitting the Ad- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce. Committee For Purchase From People Who ministration’s final rule—Fisheries of the 4055. A letter from the Chief, Mass Media Are Blind Or Severely Disabled, transmitting Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Bureau, Federal Communications Commis- the Committee’s final rule—Procurement Cod in the Central Regulatory Area in the sion, transmitting the Department’s final List Additions and Deletions—received Au- Gulf of Alaska [Docket No. 990304062–9062–01;

VerDate May 04 2004 10:26 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\H13SE9.001 H13SE9 21314 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE September 13, 1999 I.D. 081799D] received August 27, 1999, pursu- Legal Description of the Riverside, March No. 99–CE–10–AD; Amendment 39–11256; AD ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee Air Force Base (AFB), Class C Airspace Area; 99–17–08] (RIN: 2120–AA64) received August 24, on Resources. CA [Airspace Docket No. 99–AWA–1] (RIN: 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 4073. A letter from the Director, Office of 2120–AA66) received September 3, 1999, pursu- Committee on Transportation and Infra- Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fish- ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee structure. eries Service, National Oceanic and Atmos- on Transportation and Infrastructure. 4089. A letter from the Program Analyst, pheric Administration, transmitting the Ad- 4081. A letter from the Program Assistant, FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- ministration’s final rule—Fisheries of the FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department’s final rule—Amend- Economic Exclusive Zone Off Alaska; mitting the Department’s final rule—Air- ment of Class E Airspace; Fort Rucker, AL Groundfish Fisheries by Vessels Using Hook- worthiness Directives; Bell Helicopter Tex- [Airspace Docket No. 99–ASO–11] received and-Line Gear in the Gulf of Alaska [Docket tron, A Division of Textron Canada, Model August 27, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. No. 990304062–9062; I.D. 081799E] received Au- 206L, L–1, L–3, and L–4 Helicopters [Docket 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- gust 27, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. No. 99–SW–30–AD; Amendment 39–11265; AD tation and Infrastructure. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources. 99–17–19] (RIN: 2120–AA64) received August 24, 4090. A letter from the Program Assistant, 4074. A letter from the Director, Office of 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fish- Committee on Transportation and Infra- mitting the Department’s final rule—Re- eries Service, National Oceanic and Atmos- structure. moval of Class E Airspace: Arlington, TN pheric Administration, transmitting the Ad- 4082. A letter from the Program Assistant, [Airspace Docket 99–ASO–16] received August ministration’s final rule—Fisheries of the FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- 27, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to Northeastern United States; Summer Floun- mitting the Department’s final rule—Air- the Committee on Transportation and Infra- der, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries; Ad- worthiness Directives; Allison Engine Com- structure. justments to the 1999 Summer Flounder pany, Inc AE 2100A and AE 2100C Series Tur- 4091. A letter from the Program Assistant, Commercial Quota [Docket No. 981014259– boprop Engines [Docket No. 99–NE–14–AD; FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- 8312–02; I.D. 081199A] received August 27, 1999, Amendment 39–11257; AD 99–17–09] (RIN: 2120– mitting the Department’s final rule—Estab- pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- AA64) received August 24, 1999, pursuant to 5 lishment of Class D Airspace; Tupelo, MS mittee on Resources. U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on [Airspace Docket No. 99–ASO–10] received 4075. A letter from the Director, Office of Transportation and Infrastructure. August 27, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fish- 4083. A letter from the Senior Attorney, Of- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- eries Service, National Oceanic and Atmos- fice of the Secretary, Department of Trans- tation and Infrastructure. pheric Administration, transmitting the Ad- portation, transmitting the Department’s 4092. A letter from the Program Assistant, ministration’s final rule—Fisheries of the final rule—Petitions Involving the Effective FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Vessels Dates of the Disclosure of Code-Sharing Ar- mitting the Department’s final rule—Modi- Catching Pollock for Processing by the rangements and Long-Term Wet Leases fication of Class E Airspace; Sheridan, IN Inshore Component in the Bering Sea Sub- Final Rule, and the Disclosure of Change-of- [Airspace Docket No. 99–AGL–31] received area [Docket No. 990304063–9063–01; I.D. Guage Services Final Rule [Docket Nos. August 27, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 081899A] received August 24, 1999, pursuant to OST–95–179, OST–95–623, and OST–95–177] 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on (RIN: 2105–AC10, 2105–AC17) received Sep- tation and Infrastructure. Resources. tember 3, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 4093. A letter from the Program Assistant, 4076. A letter from the Acting Director, Of- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- fice of Sustainable Fisheries, National Ma- tation and Infrastructure. mitting the Department’s final rule—Modi- rine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and 4084. A letter from the Program Assistant, fication of Class E Airspace; Minneapolis, Atmospheric Administration, transmitting Department of Transportation, transmitting MN [Airspace Docket No. 99–AGL–33] re- the Administration’s final rule—Fisheries of the Department’s final rule—Airworthiness ceived August 27, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Directives; Pratt & Whitney PW4000 Series 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- Halibut Bycatch Mortality Allowance in the Turbofan Engines [Docket No. 99–NE–22–AD; tation and Infrastructure. Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Manage- Amendment 39–11263; AD 99–17–16] (RIN: 2120– 4094. A letter from the Program Assistant, ment Area [Docket No. 99030463–9063–01; I.D. AA64) received August 24, 1999, pursuant to 5 FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- 072199B] received August 24, 1999, pursuant to U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on mitting the Department’s final rule—Modi- 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. fication of Class E Airspace; Eau Claire, WI Resources. 4085. A letter from the Program Assistant, [Airspace Docket No. 99–AGL–28] received 4077. A letter from the Assistant Secretary FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- August 27, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. For Legislative Affairs, Department of mitting the Department’s final rule—Air- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- State, transmitting the Department’s final worthiness Directives; MD Helicopters, Inc. tation and Infrastructure. rule—VISAS: Regulations Regarding Public Model 600N Helicopters [Docket No. 98–SW– 4095. A letter from the Program Assistant, Charge Requirements under the Immigration 16–AD; Amendment 39–11264; AD 99–17–18] FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- and Nationality Act, as Amended [Public No- (RIN: 2120–AA64) received August 24, 1999, mitting the Department’s final rule—Modi- tice 2903] (RIN: 1400–AA79) received Sep- pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- fication of Class E Airspace; La Crosse, WI tember 7, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- [Airspace Docket No. 99–AGL–29] received 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on the Judici- ture. August 27, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. ary. 4086. A letter from the Program Assistant, 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- 4078. A letter from the Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- tation and Infrastructure. Office of the Chief Counsel, FAA, Depart- mitting the Department’s final rule—Air- 4096. A letter from the Program Assistant, ment of Transportation, transmitting the worthiness Directives; Bombardier Model FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- Department’s final rule—Amendment to DHC–8 Series Airplanes [Docket No. 99–NM– mitting the Department’s final rule—Modi- Class E Airspace; Nevada, MO [Airspace 55–AD; Amendment 39–11262; AD 99–17–14] fication of Class E Airspace Mankato, MN Docket No. 99–ACE–40] received September 3, (RIN: 2120–AA64) received August 24, 1999, [Airspace Docket No. 99–AGL–30] received 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- August 27, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Committee on Transportation and Infra- mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- structure. ture. tation and Infrastructure. 4079. A letter from the Program Analyst, 4087. A letter from the Program Assistant, 4097. A letter from the Program Assistant, Office of the Chief Counsel, FAA, Depart- FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- ment of Transportation, transmitting the mitting the Department’s final rule—Air- mitting the Department’s final rule—Air- Department’s final rule—Airworthiness Di- worthiness Directives; Boeing Model 757–200 worthiness Directives; Boeing Model 737–700 rectives; Boeing Model 737–100, –200, –300, and -300 Series Airplanes [Docket No. 99–NM– and -800 Series Airplanes [Docket No. 99–NM– –400, and –500 Series Airplanes [Docket No. 06–AD; Amendment 39–11266; AD 99–17–20] 179–AD; Amendment 39–11267; AD 99–18–01] 99–NM–187–AD; Amendment 39–11283; AD 99– (RIN: 2120–AA64) received August 24, 1999, (RIN: 2120–AA64) received August 27, 1999, 18–17] (RIN: 2120–AA64) received September 3, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- Committee on Transportation and Infra- ture. ture. structure. 4088. A letter from the Program Analyst, 4098. A letter from the Program Assistant, 4080. A letter from the Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- Office of the Chief Counsel, FAA, Depart- mitting the Department’s final rule—Air- mitting the Department’s final rule—Air- ment of Transportation, transmitting the worthiness Directives; Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. worthiness Directives; British Aerospace Department’s final rule—Revision to the Models PC–12 and PC–12/45 Airplanes [Docket Model BAe 146 and Model Avro 146–RJ Series

VerDate May 04 2004 10:26 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\H13SE9.001 H13SE9 September 13, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 21315 Airplanes [Docket No. 97–NM–129–AD; Airspace; Frederick Municipal Airport, MD struments Issued for Property [Rev. Rul. 99– Amendment 39–11260; AD 99–17–12] (RIN: 2120– [Airspace Docket No. 99–AEA–04FR] received 37] received August 24, 1999, pursuant to 5 AA64) received August 27, 1999, pursuant to 5 August 24, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- Ways and Means. Transportation and Infrastructure. tation and Infrastructure. 4118. A letter from the Chief, Regulations 4099. A letter from the Chief, Office of Reg- 4107. A letter from the Chairman, Surface Unit, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting ulations and Administrative Law, USCG, De- Transportation Board, transmitting the the Service’s final rule—Treatment of Dis- partment of Transportation, transmitting Board’s final rule—Expedited Procedures For tributions to Foreign Persons Under Sec- the Department’s final rule—Safety Zone: Processing Rail Rate Reasonableness, Ex- tions 367(e) and 367(e)(2) [TD 8834] (RIN: 1545– Chelsea Street Bridge Fender System Re- emption and Revocation Proceedings—re- AU22 and 1545–AX30] received August 24, 1999, pair, Chelsea River, Chelsea, MA [CGD1–99– ceived September 3, 1999, pursuant to 5 pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- 141] (RIN: 215–AA97) received August 24, 1999, U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on mittee on Ways and Means. 4119. A letter from the Director, Office of pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- Transportation and Infrastructure. Regulatory Management and Information, mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- 4108. A letter from the Deputy General Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- ture. Counsel, Small Business Administration, ting the Agency’s final rule—Approval and 4100. A letter from the Program Assistant, transmitting the Administration’s final Promulgation of Implementation Plans Ken- FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- rule—Liquidation of Collateral and Sale of tucky: Approval of Revisions to the Louis- mitting the Department’s final rule—Air- Commercial Loans—received September 3, ville State Implementation Plan [KY–75–1– worthiness Directives; Airbus Model A319, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 9910a; KY–97–1–9911a; FRL–6435–4] received A320, and A321 Series Airplanes [Docket No. Committee on Small Business. September 7, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 96–NM–29–AD; Amendment 39–11259; AD 99– 4109. A letter from the Director, Office of 801(a)(1)(A); jointly to the Committees on 17–11] (RIN: 2120–AA64) received August 27, Regulations Management, Office of General Commerce and Commerce. 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs, f Committee on Transportation and Infra- transmitting the Department’s final rule— structure. Delegations of Authority; Tort Claims (RIN: REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON 4101. A letter from the Director, Office of 2900–AJ31) received September 3, 1999, pursu- PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Regulatory Management and Information, ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- on Veterans’ Affairs. Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of ting the Agency’s final rule—Pharma- 4110. A letter from the Chief, Regulations committees were delivered to the Clerk ceutical Manufacturing Category Effluent Branch, Customs Service, Department of the for printing and reference to the proper Limitations Guidelines, Pretreatment Treasury, transmitting the Department’s calendar, as follows: Standards, and New Source Performance final rule—Textiles and Textile Products; Mr. Shuster: Committee on Transportation Standards; Correcting Amendments [FRL– Denial of Entry [T.D. 99–68] (RIN: 1515–AC94) and Infrastructure. H.R. 2681. A bill to estab- 6431–8] (RIN: 2040–AA13) received August 27, received September 3, 1999, pursuant to 5 lish a program, coordinated by the National 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation Safety Board, of assistance Committee on Transportation and Infra- Ways and Means. to families of passengers involved in rail pas- structure. 4111. A letter from the Chief, Regulations senger accidents (Rept. 106–313). Referred to 4102. A letter from the Program Analyst, Branch, Customs Service, Department of the Committee of the Whole House on the Office of the Chief Counsel, Federal Aviation Treasury, transmitting the Department’s State of the Union. Administration, transmitting the Adminis- final rule—Accreditation of Commercial Mr. Shuster: Committee on Transportation tration’s final rule—Airworthiness Direc- Testing Laboratories; Approval of Commer- and Infrastructure. House Concurrent Reso- tives; Israel Aircraft Industries, Ltd., Model cial Gaugers [T.D. 99–67] (RIN: 1515–AB60) re- lution 171. Resolution congratulating the Astra SPX Series Airplanes [Docket No. 99– ceived September 3, 1999, pursuant to 5 American Public Transit Association for 25 NM–204–AD; Amendment 39–11254; AD 99–17– U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on years of commendable service to the transit 05] (RIN: 2120–AA64) received August 24, 1999, Ways and Means. industry and the Nation (Rept. 106–314). Re- pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- 4112. A letter from the Chief, Regulations ferred to the House Calendar. mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- Unit, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting f ture. the Service’s final rule—Start-up Expendi- 4103. A letter from the Program Analyst, tures [Announcement 99–89] received August PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Office of the Chief Counsel, Federal Aviation 20, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to Under clause 2 of rule XII, public Administration, transmitting the Adminis- the Committee on Ways and Means. bills and resolutions were introduced tration’s final rule—Airworthiness Direc- 4113. A letter from the Chief, Regulations and severally referred, as follows: tives; Airbus Model A310 Series Airplanes Unit, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting [Docket No. 93–NM–125–AD; Amendment 39– the Service’s final rule—BLS–LIFO Depart- By Mr. BASS: H.R. 2839. A bill to amend the Act which 11255; AD 99–17–06] (RIN: 2120–AA64) received ment Stores Indexes—July 1999—received established the Saint-Gaudens National His- August 24, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. September 3, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. toric Site, in the State of New Hampshire, by 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and modifying the boundary, and for other pur- tation and Infrastructure. Means. poses; to the Committee on Resources. 4104. A letter from the Program Analyst, 4114. A letter from the Chief, Regulations By Mr. UPTON (for himself and Mr. Office of the Chief Counsel, Federal Aviation Unit, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting WAXMAN): Administration, transmitting the Adminis- the Service’s final rule—Capital Gains, In- H.R. 2840. A bill to amend title V of the So- tration’s final rule—Airworthiness Direc- stallment Sales, Unrecaptured Section 1250 cial Security Act to provide for the estab- tives; Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica Gain [TD 8836] (RIN: 1545–AW85) received Au- lishment and operation of asthma treatment S.A. (EMBRAER) Model EMB–120 Series Air- gust 27, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. services for children, and for other purposes; planes [Docket No. 98–NM–233–AD; Amend- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and to the Committee on Commerce. ment 39–11253; AD 99–17–04] (RIN: 2120–AA64) Means. By Mrs. CHRISTENSEN (for herself, received August 24, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 4115. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, and Mr. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- Unit, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting GEORGE MILLER of California): tation and Infrastructure. the Service’s final rule—Coordinated Issue: H.R. 2841. A bill to amend the Revised Or- 4105. A letter from the Program Analyst, All Industries-Research Tax Credit-Internal ganic Act of the Virgin Islands to provide for Office of the Chief Counsel, Federal Aviation Use Software [UIL: 41.51–10] received August greater fiscal autonomy consistent with Administration, transmitting the Adminis- 27, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to other United States jurisdictions, and for tration’s final rule—Airworthiness Direc- the Committee on Ways and Means. other purposes; to the Committee on Re- tives; Schweizer Aircraft Corporation Model 4116. A letter from the Chief, Regulations sources. 269A, 269A–1, 269B, 269C, 269C–1 and 269D Heli- Unit, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting By Mr. CUMMINGS (for himself, Ms. copters [Docket No. 99–SW–31–AD; Amend- the Service’s final rule—Coordinated Issue: NORTON, and Mrs. MORELLA): ment 39–11258; AD 99–17–10] (RIN: 2120–AA64) All Industries-Research Tax Credit-Qualified H.R. 2842. A bill to amend chapter 89 of received August 24, 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Research [UIL 41.51–11] received August 27, title 5, United States Code, concerning the 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- 1999, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) tation and Infrastructure. Committee on Ways and Means. Program, to enable the Federal Government 4106. A letter from the Program Analyst, 4117. A letter from the Chief, Regulations to enroll an employee and his or her family Office of the Chief Counsel, Federal Aviation Unit, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting in the FEHB Program when a State court or- Administration, transmitting the Adminis- the Service’s final rule—Determination of ders the employee to provide health insur- tration’s final rule—Amendment to Class E Issue Price in the Case of Certain Debt In- ance coverage for a child of the employee but

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the employee fails to provide the coverage; of Mississippi, Mr. SCOTT, Mr. DIXON, H.R. 1409: Mr. PAUL. to the Committee on Government Reform. Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. JACKSON of Illi- H.R. 1413: Mrs. CHENOWETH. By Mr. HAYES (for himself and Mr. nois, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. H.R. 1432: Mr. GEJDENSON, Mrs. MORELLA, FLETCHER): TOWNS, and Mrs. MALONEY of New and Mr. SANDLIN. H.R. 2843. A bill to provide emergency as- York): H.R. 1505: Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Ms. DANNER, sistance to farmers and ranchers in the H. Res. 287. A resolution to commend Ms. STABENOW, Mr. BORSKI, Mr. GEORGE MIL- United States; to the Committee on Agri- Serena Williams on winning the 1999 U.S. LER of California, Mr. BOYD, Mr. MURTHA, culture, and in addition to the Committees Open Women’s Singles and Doubles cham- Mr. SHOWS, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. GORDON, and on the Budget, and International Relations, pionships; to the Committee on Government Mr. BERRY. for a period to be subsequently determined Reform. H.R. 1593: Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin and Mr. by the Speaker, in each case for consider- f HOSTETTLER. ation of such provisions as fall within the ju- H.R. 1620: Mr. COOK. risdiction of the committee concerned. ADDITIONAL SPONSORS H.R. 1685: Mr. COOK. By Mr. ISTOOK: H.R. 1728: Mrs. EMERSON and Mr. FROST. H.R. 2844. A bill to direct the Secretary of Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors H.R. 1731: Mr. CANNON. Energy to convey to the city of Bartlesville, were added to public bills and resolu- H.R. 1747: Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma, Mr. Oklahoma, the former site of the NIPER fa- tions as follows: GRAHAM, and Mr. SENSENBRENNER. cility of the Department of Defense; to the H.R. 110: Mr. BLUMENAUER. H.R. 1798: Mr. DEUTSCH and Ms. ESHOO. Committee on Science. H.R. 133: Ms. PELOSI. H.R. 1814: Mr. LUCAS of Kentucky, Mr. By Mr. LUCAS of Kentucky: H.R. 188: Mr. PAUL. COOK, Mrs. BIGGERT, and Mr. SHIMKUS. H.R. 2845. A bill to encourage the use of H.R. 274: Mrs. BONO and Mr. GALLEGLY. H.R. 1870: Mr. HOSTETTLER. technology in the classroom; to the Com- H.R. 354: Mr. MATSUI, Mr. LANTOS, Ms. H.R. 1883: Mr. GEPHARDT, Ms. MCCARTHY of mittee on Education and the Workforce, and MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. SHAYS, and Mr. Missouri, Mr. WALDEN of Oregon, Mr. HUTCH- in addition to the Committee on Ways and WELDON of Pennsylvania. INSON, and Mr. SHAYS. Means, for a period to be subsequently deter- H.R. 443: Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr. LARSON, and H.R. 1916: Mr. RANGEL. mined by the Speaker, in each case for con- Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. H.R. 1926: Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. WEINER, sideration of such provisions as fall within H.R. 505: Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. RILEY, Mr. GOSS, Mr. BAKER, Mrs. BONO, the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. H.R. 534: Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. LUCAS of Okla- Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania, Mr. GORDON, By Mr. THOMPSON of California: homa, and Mr. NUSSLE. Mr. LAZIO, and Mr. MINGE. H.R. 2846. A bill to confer citizenship post- H.R. 585: Mr. SENSENBRENNER. H.R. 1933: Mr. MCKEON. humously on Jose J. Casillas; to the Com- H.R. 590: Ms. STABENOW. H.R. 2066: Mr. OXLEY, Ms. BROWN of Flor- mittee on the Judiciary. H.R. 623: Mr. LUCAS of Oklahoma. ida, Mr. COOK, Mr. METCALF, Mr. BARCIA, and By Mr. TRAFICANT: H.R. 664: Mr. BLAGOJEVICH. Mr. WU. H.R. 2847. A bill to provide for the appoint- H.R. 673: Mr. MCCOLLUM. ment of an independent counsel to inves- H.R. 712: Mr. PAUL. H.R. 2130: Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin. tigate if there were violations of Federal law H.R. 713: Mr. FOLEY and Mr. PAUL. H.R. 2149: Mr. WISE. in the raid on the Branch Davidian com- H.R. 782: Mr. SHUSTER. H.R. 2170: Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. pound in Waco, Texas; to the Committee on H.R. 783: Mr. GILCHREST and Mr. FRELING- GEPHARDT, Mr. WISE, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. the Judiciary. HUYSEN. DEUTSCH, and Mr. HALL of Ohio. By Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma (for him- H.R. 797: Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. H.R. 2221: Mr. GARY MILLER of California self, Mr. TALENT, Mr. LEACH, and Mr. LARSON, Mr. PORTER, Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr. and Mr. NEY. BAKER) (all by request): KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. DELAHUNT, Ms. H.R. 2247: Mrs. CHENOWETH and Mr. COOK. H.R. 2848. A bill to amend the Small Busi- JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mrs. H.R. 2319: Mr. SHAYS. ness Investment Act of 1958 and the Small JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mr. PRICE of North H.R. 2325: Mr. CARDIN. Business Act to establish a New Markets Carolina, and Mr. STRICKLAND. H.R. 2338: Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Venture Capital Program, to establish an H.R. 810: Mr. CALLAHAN. H.R. 2364: Mr. PITTS and Mr. PAUL. America’s Private Investment Company Pro- H.R. 860: Mr. LAHOOD. H.R. 2403: Mr. LAHOOD and Mr. UDALL of gram, to amend the Internal Revenue Code H.R. 919: Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. MINGE, Mr. NEAL Colorado. of 1986 to establish a New Markets Tax Cred- of Massachusetts, and Ms. BROWN of Florida. H.R. 2455: Ms. MCCARTHY of Missouri. it, and for other purposes; to the Committee H.R. 933: Mr. BLUMENAUER. H.R. 2662: Mr. BLUMENAUER. on Banking and Financial Services, and in H.R. 997: Mr. MOORE and Mrs. BONO. H.R. 2673: Ms. LOFGREN. addition to the Committees on Ways and H.R. 1071: Mr. FROST and Mr. BROWN of H.R. 2691: Mr. JEFFERSON. Means, and Small Business, for a period to be Ohio. H.R. 2720: Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. BARCIA, and subsequently determined by the Speaker, in H.R. 1080: Mr. BLAGOJEVICH and Mr. KING. Mr. MCGOVERN. each case for consideration of such provi- H.R. 1102: Mrs. LOWEY. H.R. 2736: Mr. SHOWS, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the H.R. 1111: Mr. BARCIA and Mrs. LOWEY. CAPUANO, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. KENNEDY of committee concerned. H.R. 1115: Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. BURR of Rhode Island, Mr. UNDERWOOD, Mr. FILNER, By Ms. CARSON (for herself, Mr. WATT North Carolina, Mr. BAKER, Mr. MALONEY of Ms. CARSON, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. WEXLER, Ms. of North Carolina, Mrs. MORELLA, Ms. Connecticut, Mr. HANSEN, and Mr. SENSEN- WOOLSEY, Mr. FROST, Mr. GUTIERREZ, and JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. BRENNER. Mr. DOYLE. CUMMINGS, Mrs. CAPPS, Mrs. THUR- H.R. 1145: Mr. HEFLEY. H.R. 2788: Mr. LATHAM and Mr. NUSSLE. MAN, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Ms. LEE, H.R. 1193: Mr. ISAKSON and Mr. MALONEY of H.R. 2792: Mr. CRAMER. Ms. KILPATRICK, Mrs. MEEK of Flor- Connecticut. H.R. 2808: Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island. ida, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. RANGEL, Ms. H.R. 1221: Mr. BURR of North Carolina, Mr. H.R. 2814: Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania, NORTON, Mr. RUSH, Mr. MEEKS of New MALONEY of Connecticut, and Mr. MCINTYRE. Mr. RADANOVICH, and Mrs. CAPPS. York, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. WYNN, Ms. H.R. 1228: Mr. MARKEY and Mr. HOLT. H.J. Res. 59: Mr. TALENT and Mrs. EMER- DELAURO, Ms. WATERS, Mr. CLAY, Ms. H.R. 1248: Mr. CLYBURN, Ms. SLAUGHTER, SON. BROWN of Florida, Ms. MILLENDER- and Mr. COOK. H. Con. Res. 77: Mr. DEUTSCH. MCDONALD, Ms. BERKLEY, Ms. MCKIN- H.R. 1283: Mr. ROGAN, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. H. Res. 16: Mr. MINGE. NEY, Mr. CLYBURN, Mrs. JONES of SWEENEY, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, and H. Res. 41: Mr. GIBBONS. Ohio, Mr. FORD, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. Mr. PACKARD. H. Res. 285: Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. UDALL of FATTAH, Mr. OWENS, Mr. BISHOP, Mrs. H.R. 1322: Mr. PAUL. Colorado, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. CHRISTENSEN, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr. H.R. 1355: Ms. KAPTUR. SERRANO, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. WU, and Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. THOMPSON H.R. 1366: Mr. KOLBE and Mr. BARCIA. TIERNEY.

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TRIBUTE TO DOROTHY KIRSTEN Mr. Speaker, distinguished colleagues, one of the greatest economic expansions our FRENCH AND RICHARD K. EAMER please join me in honoring Dorothy French, country has ever known, we should be doing Richard Eamer, and Dennis Holt, three citi- everything we can to help people move from HON. BRAD SHERMAN zens committed to the finding of a cure for homelessness to home ownership, and public OF CALIFORNIA Alzheimer’s disease and improving the lives of housing is critical in this transition. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES their fellow Americans. All the talk about revitalization and eco- f nomic integration becomes mere rhetoric Monday, September 13, 1999 when we see such drastic funding cuts pro- Mr. SHERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to TRIBUTE TO BUDDY G. BELSHE posed for our nation’s most impoverished pay tribute to Dorothy Kirsten French and communities. Richard K. Eamer, co-founders of The John HON. CHRISTOPHER COX While the President’s budget would have in- Douglas French Alzheimer’s Foundation; and OF CALIFORNIA creased vital investments in families and com- to Dennis F. Holt for his philanthropic work in munities by $2 billion, the Republican version IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES advancing the research of causes of Alz- of this bill, if passed, would have a devastating heimer’s disease. Monday, September 13, 1999 impact on these same communities nation- I am happy to report that on Sunday, Octo- Mr. COX. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recog- wide. ber 24, 1999, The Founding Associates will nize Buddy G. Belshe, who has completed his In my district, Florida’s third, the effects of celebrate its 15th anniversary during a special 50th year as an ocean lifeguard in Orange these cuts could prove disastrous. Jackson- ceremony that will honor Dennis F. Holt, County, California. ville stands to lose more than $5 million if the Chairman and CEO of Western International Buddy Belshe, a longtime lifeguard with the VA–HUD bill passes, Orlando could lose $1.9 Media, Inc., and an active member of the City of Newport Beach, California, has de- million, and Daytona could lose $842,000. Board of Directors of The John Douglas voted his life to preserving the lives of others. These cuts would be devastating to the fam- French Alzheimer’s Foundation. Mr. Holt has Beginning his career in 1950, he continues to ilies that rely on public housing services. The engaged in philanthropic work to advance reserve today working with and overseeing the number of families with worst case housing search in the causes of Alzheimer’s Disease. number of men and women who keep our needs—defined as paying more than 50 per- He has donated $2 million of broadcast time Southern California beaches safe and pro- cent of income on rent—remains at an all-time towards public service announcements in 24 tected. high. Furthermore, families in the transition markets. He is a distinguished leader in In addition to his service to the residents from welfare to work have a special need for changing the nature of advertising and media and visitors of Newport Beach, Buddy’s ac- assistance since housing is typically their buying practices. Mr. Holt is an inspiration in complishments also include his longtime serv- greatest financial burden. The slight increase in section 8 funding is perseverance and triumph over adversity. He ice with the United States Lifesaving Associa- not enough, since virtually all other housing demonstrates an uncommon commitment to tion, where he has served as both Vice Presi- programs designed to help the needy, such as help others and exemplifies this commitment dent and Secretary, and on the board of the HOPE VI, Community Development Block with The John Douglas French Alzheimer’s California State Lifesaving Association. Grants, and of particular concern to me are Foundation. Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure that I the funding cuts for Brownfields clean up and Dorothy French and Richard Eamer co- ask my colleagues to join with me in honoring development, and lead based paint abate- founded The John Douglass French Alzheimer Buddy G. Belshe. It is fitting that all of us join ment, especially since there is a new super- Foundation to honor Dorothy’s husband Dr. with the family, friends, and the community of fund site in my district! John Douglas, co-founder of UCLA’s Brain Newport Beach, California in recognizing his Research Institute, and who sadly became a Overall, the cuts represent an estimated lifelong service and dedication to public safety. 156,000 fewer housing units for low-income victim of Alzheimer’s disease himself in 1989. f Since 1983, the John French Alzheimer’s families; 16,000 homeless families and per- Foundation has been dedicated to finding the DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AF- sons with AIDS who will not receive vital hous- cause and cure of Alzheimer’s disease and FAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN ing and related services; and 97,000 jobs that other forms of dementia. The foundation has DEVELOPMENT, AND INDE- will not be generated in communities that need raised more than $18 million through its fund- PENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIA- them. raising efforts, and has helped to fund the TION ACT, 2000 For these reasons, I urge my colleagues to work of such noted scientists as Dr. Stanley B. vote against H.R. 2684. Pruisner, a 1997 Nobel Laureate. SPEECH OF f Alzheimer’s is one of the most costly and HON. CORRINE BROWN CONGRATULATING PHILIP J. debilitating of illnesses, afflicting more than MCLEWIN ON HIS RETIREMENT four million Americans every year, slowly rob- OF FLORIDA bing them of their memory and ability to care IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. MARGE ROUKEMA for themselves. As our nation ages, and more Thursday, September 9, 1999 OF NEW JERSEY and more families face this terrible disease, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the need for organizations such as the John The House in Committee of the Whole Douglas French Alzheimer Foundation will be House on the State of the Union had under Monday, September 13, 1999 consideration the bill (H.R. 2684) making ap- increasingly important. I am pleased Congress propriations for the Department of Veterans Mrs. ROUKEMA. Mr. Speaker, I rise to con- has in recent years substantially increased the Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, gratulate Philip J. McLewin on the occasion of nation’s investment in medical research. For and for sundry independent agencies, boards, his retirement as president of the Bergen the current budget year, fiscal 1999, Congress commissions, corporations, and offices for County Central Trades and Labor Council of has approved a budget of $15.6 billion, a 14 the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and the AFL–CIO. Mr. McLewin has been a dedi- percent increase, for the National Institute of for other purposes: cated and respected labor leader in northern Health, which leads the nation’s biomedical re- Ms. BROWN of Florida. Mr. Chairman, once New Jersey, fighting for the rights of working search effort. This increase will fund important again, the Republican leadership is attempting men and women as they seek to achieve the research into understanding and treating Alz- to cut housing programs that assist our na- American dream. Mr. McLewin exhibited pro- heimer’s and other diseases. tion’s most vulnerable citizens. 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VerDate May 04 2004 10:35 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0689 Sfmt 9920 E:\BR99\E13SE9.000 E13SE9 21318 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 13, 1999 consensus among labor groups and working TRIBUTE TO IRA FREEMAN EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE with business management to achieve the CONGRESS THAT THE PRESI- goals of employers and employees alike. His DENT SHOULD NOT HAVE success was symbolic of a time when the in- HON. HOWARD L. BERMAN GRANTED CLEMENCY TO TER- RORISTS dustrial revolution had blossomed into a spirit OF CALIFORNIA of cooperation between labor and management that helped give the United States the HON. BRAD SHERMAN SPEECH OF leading economy of the world. OF CALIFORNIA HON. CAROLYN C. KILPATRICK Mr. McLewin actively participated in the OF MICHIGAN Council’s activities for 25 years. He began in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1974 as a labor educator, teaching worker Monday, September 13, 1999 Thursday, September 9, 1999 education courses at Ramapo College, where Ms. KILPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today he is still employed as a professor of econom- Mr. BERMAN. Mr. Speaker, my colleague, in opposition to H. Con. Res. 180, a concur- ics. He was elected president of the council in Mr. SHERMAN, and I, rise to pay tribute to our rent resolution expressing the sense of Con- 1983 and served 16 years before his retire- good friend, Ira Freeman, who is this year’s gress that the President should not have ment this year. recipient of the Annual Achievement Award from Action Democrats of the San Fernando granted clemency. This resolution is largely By bringing together affiliated local unions, Valley. Ira Freeman has built his life on the another attempt to smear the policy of an Ad- Mr. McLewin was able to form a unified and proposition that we are put on earth to help ministration that has been under scrutiny for highly effective voice for labor in Bergen others. The list of organizations, associations quite some time now. I will not support trans- County. Under his leadership, the council and causes that have benefitted from Ira’s tire- ferring a battle regarding our Administration’s played a key role in endorsing and electing less activism is almost as enormous as his scruples into attempts to reflect a similar sus- political candidates, lobbying for worker-friend- heart. We have no idea how he has man- picious light on our Administration’s policy. ly legislation and fighting against opponents of aged—for nearly 40 years—to balance his This resolution was not reviewed by the Ju- labor. He rekindled the grass roots activism of busy and distinguished career with his myriad diciary Committee, which is the Committee of trade unionists in Bergen County in support of civic and political activities. referral. In fact, the resolution was not even workers on strike, those whose jobs were submitted until one day before the vote. Most In 1964, Ira opened Key Pharmacy—a com- of the Puerto Rican nationalists who were threatened by plant closings or privatization, munity resource pharmacy—in North Holly- and supporting efforts to organize new unions granted clemency have already served at least wood. While building a very successful busi- 19 years of their sentences. Our Constitution or expand union membership. Under his ten- ness, he also played a leadership role within ure, the number of local unions affiliated with clearly states that the President has the sole his profession. From 1972 to the present, Ira and unitary power to grant clemency. It does the Council more than doubled and participa- has served as a board member of the Phar- tion of local unions in the Council’s activities so because the President is uniquely posi- macists Professional Society of the San Fer- tioned to consider the law and facts that apply increased tenfold. nando Valley. He is a member, a past-Treas- in each request for clemency. We, as indi- One of Mr. McLewin’s proudest accomplish- urer and a past-President of the statewide vidual Members of Congress, have neither the ments was the establishment of the United Pharmacists Political Action Committee and time nor the staff to individually review the Ad- Labor Agency of Bergen County, which assists from 1996 to 1998 was Chief Financial Officer ministration’s belief that the sentences were union members with individual and family so- of the United Pharmacists Network. out of proportion with the offenses. For this cial service needs. A tireless booster of his community, Ira precise reason, bills are referred to the com- AFL–CIO President John Sweeney recog- served as President of the Sun Valley Cham- mittees that can provide such expertise. It is a nized Mr. McLewin’s leadership when he ap- ber of Commerce in 1985 and again in 1988. shame that we would not take the time to pointed him to the 24-member National Cen- He has been a member of the Sun Valley allow expert evaluation of the level of merit tral Labor Council Advisory Committee in 1995 Chamber Board for 14 years, and was ap- behind this resolution and refer this resolution to help develop the regeneration of labor pointed by Assemblyman Bob Hertzberg to his to the Judiciary Committee. This is neither the time nor the topic for po- councils across the country. Small Business Advisory Commission. Ira loves politics. He is a voter, contributor, litical pandering. Terrorism and clemency are In addition to heading the Bergen County fund raiser, volunteer and unofficial advisor. matters to be taken very seriously. They are Central Trades and Labor Council, Mr. Virtually every campaign in the San Fernando not to be used for political games. I will not McLewin was vice president of the New Jer- Valley has benefitted from Ira’s hard work and support turning the fight against terrorism into sey Industrial Council and a former president generosity. He has served on the Leadership a political game, and that is why I am voting of American Federation of Teachers Local Council of the Democratic Party of the San against this bill on final passage. 2274. He was a member of the AFT bar- Fernando Valley, and is a member of Action f gaining team and state council. Democrats, Democrats for Change and the DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AF- Mr. McLewin has been an active leader in Sherman Oaks Democratic Club. FAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN the local community, serving on the board of Ira gives his talents and resources to chari- DEVELOPMENT, AND INDE- directors for New Jersey Citizen Action, on the table causes ranging from AIDS to Diabetes. PENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIA- leadership team of the Bergen County Work- He is a contributing member to The Execu- TIONS ACT, 2000 force Investment Board and working exten- tives, a support group for the Jewish Home for sively with the United Way. the Aging and works with the Fair Housing SPEECH OF Born in Portland, Maine, he moved to San Council of the San Fernando Valley. HON. CORRINE BROWN Diego at the age of six. He is a graduate of Ira has been awarded the Circle of Friends OF FLORIDA San Diego State University and holds a mas- Award by the Juvenile Justice Connection IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ter’s degree in economics from the University Project (1987), the Dareen McDonald Award of California at Riverside and his doctorate in from the Independent Living Centers of South- Thursday, September 9, 1999 economics from Cornell University. He moved ern California (1994) and the Helen and Sam The House in Committee of the Whole to Bergen County in 1974. He and his wife, Greenberg Award, as well as recognition from House on the State of the Union had under Lynne, have been married 37 years and have the California Pharmacists and the Sun Valley consideration the bill (H.R. 2684) making ap- two sons. Chamber of Commerce. propriations for the Departments of Vet- erans Affairs and Housing and Urban Devel- I ask my colleagues in the House of Rep- We ask our colleagues to join us in saluting opment, and for sundry independent agen- resentatives to join me in congratulating Mr. Ira Freeman, whose selfless acts and dedica- cies, boards, commissions, corporations, and McLewin on his successful career and in wish- tion to this community inspire us all. We are offices for the fiscal year ending September ing him the best in his retirement. proud to be his friend. 30, 2000, and for other purposes:

VerDate May 04 2004 10:35 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0689 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\E13SE9.000 E13SE9 September 13, 1999 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 21319 Ms. BROWN of Florida. Mr. Chairman, the tion’s universities and grant based research. authorized 100,000 new Section 8 vouchers. Veterans Equitable Resources Allocation Many of these programs are funded under The Majority’s appropriation provides zero (VERA) is an excellent system for directing NASA’s Science, Aeronautics and Technology funding for these vouchers—essentially turning veterans health care dollars to the states Account. In this bill, that account is funded at our work of last year into an empty promise. where our veterans receive their care. Since $628 million, more than half a billion dollars In my district in New York City alone, the its inception in 1997 the VERA program has below last year’s budget. Majority’s appropriation would support housing helped to more properly and equally distribute Competitively awarded space science grants for 375 fewer lower-income families than in FY the scarce dollars we provide for our veterans in every state in the nation will be drastically 1999. healthcare. cut, with the biggest cuts coming in California, HUD recently reported that the wait for pub- My state of Florida has the second largest Maryland, Arizona, Colorado, Texas, Alabama lic housing has increased by 50 percent over and oldest veterans population in the nation, and Pennsylvania. the past 21⁄2 years. Before we race ahead with and continues to suffer from lack of funding for In addition to cuts to space science pro- budget-busting tax cuts, we must assist fami- its veterans programs. We recently had a vet- grams, the subcommittee’s decision to cut lies living in substandard housing. erans nursing home that was built and ready $150 million from the Earth Observing System Join me in supporting the Nadler amend- to care for our elderly veterans but could not (EOS) program and an additional $50 million ment and build on our work of last year. open because there were no operating costs. from the EOS Data Information System f We have a great state and we welcome all our (EOSDIS) significantly impairs our ability to new residents with open arms, but we must understand our environment. TRIBUTE TO RAMON SANCHEZ have the funds to provide for these new resi- These cuts will make it difficult, if not impos- dents. sible, to process data we are collecting from HON. PETER J. VISCLOSKY The VERA program was developed to more Landsat 7 and that we will collect on the EOS OF INDIANA equally distribute needed funds to our vet- series of satellites. It makes little sense to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES erans. The program is working and should be have spent billions of dollars building these Monday, September 13, 1999 allowed to continue to work for our veterans. satellites over the last decade and fail to pro- We’ve already shortchanged our veterans in vide the funds to analyze the data they collect. Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, it is my dis- this VA–HUD Appropriations. Let’s not do it And the impact from this lack of data anal- tinct honor to commend one of Northwest Indi- again. I ask my colleagues to vote no on this ysis will hurt important sectors of our econ- ana’s most distinguished citizens, Ramon amendment. omy; Farmers won’t gain advance warning of Sanchez, of Merrillville, Indiana. Mr. Sanchez f oncoming severe weather like droughts or will be honored by the Lake County Council flooding; coastal areas like the southeastern for his exemplary and dedicated service to our DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AF- U.S. won’t be able to anticipate the severity of community on September 14, 1999. FAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN hurricanes. Born in Villalba, Puerto Rico, Mr. Sanchez is DEVELOPMENT, AND INDE- In summary, these cuts in NASA’s science the eldest of four children born to the late PENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIA- programs will set back our nation. They are Francisco and Candida Sanchez. Ramon, TIONS ACT, 2000 not balanced. They pose a great threat to our fondly referred to as ‘‘Ray’’ by his many friends, has been an active and visible leader SPEECH OF future competitiveness in research and technology. in the Hispanic community since his arrival to HON. JIM KOLBE Mr. Chairman, I am supporting some of the the United States in 1951. OF ARIZONA amendments to this bill which will help restore Mr. Sanchez began his career in the United IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES some of the funding cut by this bill. However, States as a steelworker at Inland Steel, a job Thursday, September 9, 1999 I am still concerned about the level of funding from which he retired in 1989 after 38 years and ask the chairman of the VA–HUD Sub- of service. From 1972–1995, he served as The House in Committee of the Whole committee to continue to work to find funds to Chief Bailiff with the Gary City Court. Most re- House on the State of the Union had under fully support basic, core research. cently, Ramon Sanchez retired from the consideration the bill (H.R. 2684) making ap- Merrillville Town Court after two years of serv- propriations for the Departments of Vet- f erans Affairs and Housing and Urban Devel- ice as Bailiff. opment, and for sundry independent agen- DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AF- Outside of his professional career, Ramon cies, boards, commissions, corporations, and FAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN Sanchez has devoted a large portion of his life offices for the fiscal year ending September DEVELOPMENT, AND INDE- to the betterment of Northwest Indiana. Mr. 30, 2000, and for other purposes: PENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIA- Sanchez is committed to improving the stand- Mr. KOLBE. Mr. Chairman, I rise to give TIONS ACT, 2000 ard of living in Northwest Indiana, particularly voice to the concerns of scientists and other in the Hispanic community. He has played an citizens of southern Arizona who have grave SPEECH OF instrumental role in representing the needs of misgivings about the funding decisions in this HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY the community and has been an advocate of bill. As an appropriator and a subcommittee minority rights. Mr. Sanchez is a well recog- OF NEW YORK Chair myself, I understand and sympathize nized and respected figure in Northwest Indi- with the gentleman from New York on the dif- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ana’s political arena, having served the City of ficulty of writing a bill under the caps by which Wednesday, September 8, 1999 Gary in various capacities including a 20 year we are currently governed. term as precinct committeeman. He has However, as the elected representative of The House in Committee of the Whole spearheaded various political campaigns and House on the State of the Union had under some of this country’s pre-eminent scientists, consideration the bill (H.R. 2684) making ap- is affiliated with numerous civic organizations I must speak on their behalf and relate to you propriations for the Departments of Vet- throughout Northwest Indiana. the impact these funding cuts for basic re- erans Affairs and Housing and Urban Devel- While serving the community has always search could have. opment, and for sundry independent agen- been an extremely important part of Mr. Many of you followed the success a year cies, boards, commissions, corporations, and Sanchez’s life, there can be no comparison to ago when the Mars Pathfinder mission landed offices for the fiscal year ending September the dedication he has for his family. Ramon on the Martian surface on the 4th of July. The 30, 2000, and for other purposes: and his loving wife, Nancy, have raised four camera that provided the stunning images of Mrs. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Chair- wonderful children, Amy, Ingrid, Mishelle, and that new world was built at the University of man, I rise in support of the Nadler amend- Zayda. He is also a proud grandfather of nine Arizona and the world was watching. in that ment providing $305 million for 50,000 Section grandchildren which provide an eternal source project we proved we could do significant 8 housing vouchers for low- and moderate-in- of joy and love for both he and his wife. science for a fraction of the cost and it was come families. Mr. Speaker, I ask you and my other distin- the front-page story around the world. Just last year Congress recognized the crit- guished colleagues to join me in commending This project was a dramatic example of the ical need for housing by passing the Quality Ramon Sanchez for his dedication, service, core, basic research accomplished by our na- Housing and Work Responsibility Act, which and leadership to the people of Indiana’s First

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TRIBUTE TO HAROLD ROUSE Michiganders suffer from asthma. SPEECH OF The legislation we are introducing today will HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY HON. DAN MILLER help us marshal and coordinate our resources OF NEW YORK OF FLORIDA to much more effectively wage war against IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES this significant threat to our nation’s health. Wednesday, September 8, 1999 Monday, September 13, 1999 First, the bill creates a $50 million program within the Maternal and Child Health Block Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I would The House in Committee of the Whole Grant program to assist communities in areas House on the State of the Union had under like to thank you for this opportunity to honor consideration the bill (H.R. 2684) making ap- a gentleman who dedicated over a quarter of with a high prevalence of childhood asthma and a lack of access to medical care to estab- propriations for the Departments of Vet- a century in service to Veterans in Manatee erans Affairs and Housing and Urban Devel- County, Florida. I am sad to report that on lish treatment centers. In addition to providing opment, and for sundry independent agen- May 11 of this year, my district lost one of its medical care on site and in various areas of cies, boards, commissions, corporations, and most respected and valued citizens, Harold the community through ‘‘breathmobiles,’’ the offices for the fiscal year ending September Rouse. centers will also provide education to parents, 30, 2000, and for other purposes: Harold Rouse was a Vietnam Veteran and children, health providers and others on recog- Mrs. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Chair- dedicated public servant. He served the vet- nizing the signs and symptons of asthma, pro- man, I rise in strong support of the Nadley/ erans and their families through his position as vide medications, and provide training in the Crowley/Shays amendment to restore HOPWA the Manatee County Veterans Service Officer. use of these medications. The centers will funding to its FY99 level—so that AIDS pa- He was a champion of disabled veterans and tients are not forced to choose between hav- also provide other services, such as smoking a leader in the veterans community. I doubt ing a home and having their medication. anyone can remember an occasion honoring cessation programs and home modifications to In my district alone, 130 fewer homeless veterans at which Harold wasn’t present. His reduce exposure to allergens. and people with AIDS will be served without enthusiasm, vigor, and heartfelt love for vet- In order to be eligible to receive grants the amendment. erans was evident in everything he did. Harold under this program, applicants will be required HOPWA allows communities to design local- was instrumental in establishing the ‘‘Walkway to demonstrate that they will coordinate the based, cost-effective housing programs for of Memories’’ at the Manatee Veterans Monu- services they are offering with other federal, people living with AIDS. ment Park—the location of Manatee County’s state and local programs that may be serving It supports patients with rent and mortgage veterans’ events. assistance and provides information on low-in- these children and their families. Further, It is especially fitting that today’s remarks come housing opportunities. coincide with the opening of the Manatee grantees are required to demonstrate that they While basic housing is a necessity for ev- County Veterans’ Clinic. While Harold cannot are getting results and making progress in im- eryone, it is even more critical for people living be on hand for the grand opening of the clinic, proving the health status of children in the pro- with AIDS. Many AIDS patients rely on com- his legacy will be evident in the service program. plex medical regimens and have special die- vided to the deserving veterans of the area. The bill encourages coordination of services tary needs. Lack of a stable housing situation Harold Rouse was a gentleman, a friend, a in several other ways. First, it establishes a $5 can greatly complicate their treatment. family man and a truly dedicated patriot. He is million matching grant program to encourage We must not forget that while medical sorely missed and I consider it a personal science has made important advances in states to incorporate asthma prevention and honor to have known him. treating AIDS, a cure remains elusive. Projec- treatment services in their state Child Health f tions of the number of new cases during FY00 Insurance Programs. Second, it makes reduc- indicate that seven additional jurisdictions may CHILDREN’S ASTHMA RELIEF ACT ing the prevalence of asthma and asthma-re- become eligible for HOPWA funding next year. OF 1999 lated illnesses among urban populations an Without the funds in the Nadler/Crowley/Shays explicitly allowable activity under the Preven- amendment, jurisdictions already participating HON. FRED UPTON tive Health and Health Services Block Grant in the program will face even greater cuts in OF MICHIGAN program. Third, it requires the director of the order to accommodate the newly eligible par- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, act- ticipants. I urge you to vote for this bipartisan amend- Monday, September 13, 1999 ing through the National Asthma Education Prevention Program Coordinating Committee, ment in support of the 75,000 people across Mr. UPTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to in- the country, in 100 communities, who currently to identify all federal programs that carry out troduce H.R. 2840, Children’s Asthma Relief benefit from HOPWA. asthma-related activities and develop, in con- Act of 1999, legislation providing a com- f prehensive, community-based response to the sultation with these agencies and voluntary increasingly serious incidence of childhood health organizations, a federal plan for re- TRIBUTE TO VERA LILLARD- asthma. I am pleased that my colleague, sponding to asthma. Finally, it requires the YOUNG HENRY WAXMAN, is the original cosponsor of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to this bill. conduct surveillance activities that will help us HON. PETER J. VISCLOSKY Chronic asthma is a serious and growing get a better handle on the prevalence and se- OF INDIANA health problem confronting our nation, and verity of asthma and the quality of asthma IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES particularly our nation’s children. The Centers management. for Disease Control and Prevention reports Monday, September 13, 1999 that 6.4 percent of our population report hav- With these provisions in place, I am con- Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, it is with ing asthma—a dramatic 75-percent increase vinced that we can significantly advance our great pleasure that I pay tribute to an out- over the last two decades. Childhood asthma efforts to reduce the prevalence and severity standing citizen of Indiana’s First Congres- has increased even more dramatically—over of asthma in communities across the nation. I sional District, Mrs. Vera Lillard-Young, of 160 percent since 1980—and is the most encourage you to sign on as a cosponsor and Gary, Indiana. After forty years of dedicated common childhood chronic disease. It is par- work with Representative WAXMAN and me for public service, Mrs. Vera Lillard-Young an- ticularly prevalent among the urban poor, in all the passage of this law. nounced her retirement from the Child Welfare likelihood because of lack of access to health Unit of the Lake County Office of the Division

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Mr. Speaker, I rise Father Davidian has dedicated his life to substantial portion of her life to the betterment today to honor a beloved and fondly remem- helping others discover goodness and the of the people and families of Northwest Indi- bered man. Bill Medeiros, a native of San Be- spirit of generosity. He is a man of vision and ana. Her distinguished career with the Lake nito County, was a longtime rancher and a man of compassion. The impact of his work County Division of Family and Children has cattleman who embraced the rural lifestyle of has traveled well beyond Watertown and is felt had a positive impact on our community. For the county and helped to shape its image dur- by countless people around the world. His more than forty years, she has served as an ing his life-long residence. Mr. Medeiros work was truly a labor of love. important figure within the Division of Family passed away in August at the age of 76. Mr. Speaker, it is with tremendous gratitude and Children. She has held several positions Bill Medeiros was noted for his active inter- that I stand before Congress today to honor throughout her tenure, but none as important est in the history and traditions of our commu- such a man, and I want to sincerely thank Fa- as Division Manager with the Child Welfare nity. Born and raised in the rural community of ther Davidian for all his service to the commu- Unit, the position from which she retired in Au- San Benito County, he served as the director nity and wish him the best of luck in his future gust of this year. of the San Benito Saddle Horse Show for 46 endeavors. A 1945 graduate of Wendell Phillips High years, always embracing and upholding the f School in Chicago, Mrs. Vera Lillard-Young county’s historical traditions. His devotion to maintaining the rural roots of the county was THE POCKET PARKS PROGRAM IN enrolled as a student at Woodrow Wilson Jun- PARAMOUNT, CALIFORNIA ior College, which she attended for two years. a life-long pursuit of Bill’s that was only inter- In 1950, she earned a Bachelor of Science in rupted by his service in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II as a pilot in the HON. STEPHEN HORN Biology from De Paul University. Mrs. Vera 389th Bomber Group. OF CALIFORNIA Lillard-Young continued her education by tak- After his heroic tour of duty, including many ing graduate courses at Indiana University IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES hazardous missions over Europe, Bill Monday, September 13, 1999 Northwest with an emphasis in social work. Medeiros returned to his cherished county and Additionally, she has attended several social his rural lifestyle as a cattleman and rancher. Mr. HORN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute work seminars in Chicago as well as at the Bill was a member of the San Benito County to the City of Paramount, California, and its University of Georgia. Cattleman’s Association for which he was also Pocket Parks Program for winning the U.S. In 1958, Mrs. Vera Lillard-Young began her elected president. Conference of Mayors’ City Livability Awards career in social work as a caseworker at what In the San Benito County, an original cow- competition. The program led 17 semifinalists was formerly called the Lake County Depart- boy and local hero is lost. My thoughts remain nationwide to win this very prestigious honor, ment of Public Welfare, which is today known with his family. which was presented by Andrew Cuomo, Sec- as the Lake County Division of Family and f retary of Housing and Urban Development. The Pocket Parks Program is yet another Children. She has held several positions while HONORING FATHER DAJAD innovative approach that Paramount has taken employed with the Lake County Division of DAVIDIAN to improve the quality of life for its residents. Family and Children, including: Caseworker In 1996, the City began the program as a way with the Aid to Dependent Children Unit in HON. MICHAEL E. CAPUANO to make unsightly vacant lots into safe, attrac- Hammond, Indiana; Supervisor with the Child tive public spaces for residents. These lots are Welfare Unit in Hammond, Indiana; Assistant OF MASSACHUSETTS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES privately owned and located on major boule- Division Head with the Child Welfare Unit in vards. Not only were the vacant lots eyesores, Hammond, Indiana; Assistant Division Head Monday, September 13, 1999 they posed potential public safety problems. with the Aid to Families with Dependent Chil- Mr. CAPUANO. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to The City entered into a partnership with the dren Unit in Gary, Indiana; Assistant Division pay tribute to one of the most honorable and private owners of the lots and assumed re- Director with the Child Welfare Unit in Gary, well-respected individuals in the 8th Congres- sponsibility for landscaping the lots. As a re- Indiana; and Division Manager with the Child sional District of Massachusetts, Father Dajad sult of the Pocket Parks Program, Paramount Welfare Unit in Gary, Indiana. Davidian. This past Sunday, September 12, has increased its park space by two acres at After forty years of dedicated service, Mrs. marks the thirty-first anniversary of Father a fraction of what it would have cost to acquire Vera Lillard-Young is retiring as Division Man- Davidian’s arrival to the St. James Armenian the land for open space. Today, more children ager with the Child Welfare Unit of the Lake Apostolic Church in Watertown, Massachu- in Paramount have safe, well-kept places to County Division of Family and Children. Dur- setts. Sadly, however, it also marked his re- play. Residents have more park spaces within ing her tenure with the Lake County Division tirement, and the end of a remarkable career walking distance. And Paramount’s appear- of Family and Children, she instituted and or- of a man who unselfishly dedicated his life to ance more closely matches the reality that it is ganized a foster parent recognition dinner, serving his parishioners and his community. a great place in which to work and live. served on the Corrective Action Committee The son of Rose Davidian, an Armenian The award won by the Pocket Parks Pro- which initiated new policies and procedures Genocide survivor, Father Davidian has been gram is simply the latest example of within the Lake County Division of Family and a courageous voice in the Armenian-American Paramount’s innovative, successful efforts to Children, and chaired the foster parent training community for many decades. For the last thir- revitalize itself. By forging a partnership with committee. Additionally, she is an active mem- ty years, he has provided his parishioners with the private sector in the Pocket Parks Pro- strong leadership that has resulted in the gram, Paramount showed its willingness to ber of St. Timothy’s Community Church. church playing an active role in various find innovative solutions that do not rely en- On this special day, I offer my heartfelt con- projects to aid the people of Armenia. During tirely on government. Because of the optimism gratulations to Mrs. Vera Lillard-Young. Her his tenure, the people of St. James have regu- and hard work of its residents, Paramount has large circle of family and friends can be proud larly held food drives and other activities that turned itself around in the past two decades. of the contributions this prominent individual have raised money for the Armenian Relief The City Livability Award is well-deserved rec- has made. Her exceptional work with the Lake Fund. ognition of Paramount’s latest success. I County Division of Family and Children will be Father Davidian is a man of great tolerance, praise the people of Paramount and their pro- greatly missed. I sincerely wish Mrs. Vera respect and integrity. His strong conviction to gressive City Council and city management. Lillard-Young a long, happy, and productive love his fellow man is a model that all should Trees and parks help make a city. Keep retirement. follow. It is a principle that Father Davidian going, Paramount.

VerDate May 04 2004 10:35 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0689 Sfmt 9920 E:\BR99\E13SE9.000 E13SE9 21322 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 13, 1999 CITY OF BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA and my son not with his mother like God in- he was actively involved in the United Jewish SHELTER PLUS CARE CURRENT tended him to be. Without the services that Federation’s Renaissance Project, which built RENEWAL CRISIS Shelter Plus Care requires, I would never be or renovated a number of Jewish community where I am today. In September I start school. facilities. And Mr. O’Connor provided substan- HON. BARBARA LEE I need Shelter Plus Care to continue to tial assistance to Pittsburgh’s Beth Shalom OF CALIFORNIA progress in my life and future.’’ Congregation after a 1997 synagogue fire. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The positive impact that Shelter Plus Care On behalf of my constituents and myself, I housing has had on people could be repeated want to thank Mr. Markel and City Council Monday, September 13, 1999 in any other city in the U.S., because it is such President O’Connor for their many contribu- Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, I want to call to your a vital and successful program. Mr. Speaker, tions to the City of Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh’s attention a grave housing situation in my con- I hope we can work together in conference to Jewish community, and I want to congratulate gressional district the 9th of California and all make the expiring Shelter Plus Care projects them on their selection as honorees at the across the Nation. Funding for renewals of the eligible for renewals from the Section 8 pro- 54th Annual American Zionist Fund Banquet. Shelter Plus Care Programs is in a state of gram rather than the current year McKinney f crisis, and unfortunately, the fiscal year 2000 appropriation. I also ask that Section 8 be pro- ´ Veterans, Housing and Independent Agencies vided with adequate funding to incorporate this TRIBUTE TO ISOLINA FERRE bill does not address this critical funding situa- request. tion. f HON. JOSE´ E. SERRANO By the way of background, the City of OF NEW YORK AMERICAN ZIONIST FUND Berkeley, which I represent, administers a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HUD-supported Shelter Plus Care Program BANQUET Monday, September 13, 1999 which currently provides permanent, supportive housing to 145 households, involving HON. WILLIAM J. COYNE Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to 105 formerly homeless individuals and 40 for- OF PENNSYLVANIA pay tribute to Isolina Ferre´, an outstanding in- merly homeless families. All of the individuals IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dividual who has devoted her life to serving and families served by this program are dis- the poor. Sister Isolina, a Missionary Servant Monday, September 13, 1999 abled, either by severe mental illness (34 per- of the Most Blessed Trinity, received the na- cent), chronic substance abuse (23 percent), Mr. COYNE. Mr. Speaker, on Sunday, Octo- tion’s highest civilian honor during a White dually diagnosed (both severe mental illness ber 10, the Pittsburgh District of the Zionist House ceremony on Wednesday, August 11, and chronic substance abuse) and/or by AIDS/ Organization of America will hold its 54th An- 1999. She was awarded the Presidential HIV-related diseases (5 percent). nual American Zionist Fund Banquet. The Medal of Freedom. The Shelter Plus Care Program has been banquet, which is dedicated to the memory of Sister Isolina, known as the ‘‘Angel of key in moving these individuals and families Doctor Norman Cohen, a longstanding sup- Ponce Beach,’’ was born on September 5, from chronic homelessness to self-sufficiency. porter of Israel and the Pittsburgh Jewish 1914 to one of the most affluent families in All of the City of Berkeley’s Shelter Plus Care community, will honor community business- Puerto Rico. Raised in a wealthy family, she participants are now living in private market man Jeffrey Markel and Pittsburgh City Coun- decided early in life that she wanted to dedi- housing with a range of needed support serv- cil President Bob O’Connor. cate her life to the less fortunate. She joined ices (mental health, primary health care and Mr. Markel will be honored with the Israel the Missionary Servants of the Most Blessed social services). Service Award for his many efforts in support Trinity at age 21 in Philadelphia. After she The current lack of available McKinney Act of Zionism. Mr. Markel is currently the chair- completed her training, she was assigned to funding to renew the City of Berkeley’s exist- man of the United Jewish Federation’s Part- the Appalachian coal mining region of West ing Shelter Plus Care Program threatens nership 2000 Initiative, which links Jewish Virginia and then worked among Portuguese these households that have made such signifi- communities in the United States with commu- immigrants on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. cant strides with displacement to homeless- nities in Israel. The Partnership 2000 Initiative In 1957 Sister Isolina went to work at the ness. This result is both unnecessary and po- works to foster person-to-person contacts and Doctor White Community Center in Brooklyn, tentially a major impact to the more costly economic development between American and where she offered to be a mediator between emergency and safety net systems of care in Israeli Jews. Mr. Markel has served the UJF in African-American and Puerto Rican gangs. For the Berkeley and Oakland community. many other capacities as well. In addition, Mr. her efforts she received the key to the city of Let me tell you abut two individuals who are Markel serves or has served on the Board of New York from Mayor John Lindsay and the currently participants in the City of Berkeley Directors of the Jewish Family and Children’s John D. Rockefeller Award for Public Service Shelter Plus Care Program. Service, the Board of Directors of the Jewish and Community Revitalization. Killian is a 54-year-old male veteran who Telegraphic Agency, the Board of Directors of Mr. Speaker, Sister Isolina Ferre´ founded served in the United States Air Force from the American Jewish Information Network, and community service centers, clinics and pro- 1963–67. In the fall of 1989 he was hospital- as a member of the Technical Advisory Board grams to empower the poor in Puerto Rico, ized in the VA Hospital with severe symptoms of the Jerusalem One Network, the first com- New York and Appalachia. She does this of mental illness; he has been seriously dis- puter network to link the major universities in through the Centros Sor Isolina Ferre´, a group abled and homeless since then. Three years Israel with the Knesset. of five community-service centers she has run ago, the Shelter Plus Care Program provided Pittsburgh City Council President Bob for 30 years. One U.S. author who wrote him with housing and needed mental health O’Connor will receive the Natalie E. Novick about turning around poor, crime-ridden com- services in the Berkeley community. Killian Community Leadership Award for his many munities called her ‘‘Mother Teresa of Puerto has achieved a level of stability in terms of contributions to the Pittsburgh Jewish commu- Rico.’’ both his housing and mental health issues nity and to community life in Pittsburgh. Coun- The Centros Sor Isolina Ferre´ has 350 em- since entering the Program. In his words, cil President O’Connor is in his second term ployees, five offices throughout Puerto Rico, a ‘‘without the Shelter Plus Care Program, I on Pittsburgh City Council. His service on City postgraduate business and technical school would have been unable to survive.’’ Council has been marked by action on trans- and 40 programs aimed at stemming juvenile Glenda is a single mother in recovery who portation issues, public safety, and programs delinquency and strengthening families. With until recently was homeless in Berkeley with that benefit children. Mr. O’Connor also serves government and private funding, it serves her young son. She has been diagnosed with on the Board of Directors of a number of civic more than 10,000 people a year. clinical depression, ADD and bulimia. Since and charitable organizations, including St. The operation is built on Ferre´’s main prin- entering the Shelter Plus Care Program, she Francis Central Hospital, the Carnegie Insti- ciple: Poor communities have many resources participates in regular case management tute, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, the South- they can use to improve their condition, and counseling as well as receiving needed med- west Regional Planning Commission, and the they can be taught to seek their own solutions ical follow-up for her health conditions. In her Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Alliance. Mr. and take control of their lives. Staff members words, ‘‘I know that without Shelter Plus Care O’Connor was a founding member of the Pitts- teach leadership and strategic planning to I would still be on drugs, homeless or dead burg Center for Grieving Children. In addition, people in public-housing projects, in Ponce—

VerDate May 04 2004 10:35 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0689 Sfmt 9920 E:\BR99\E13SE9.000 E13SE9 September 13, 1999 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 21323 skills used to start businesses and organize eradicating poverty by providing women, espe- less sacrifice and a story that all Americans community improvements. Through counseling cially rural women, with access to credit, would do well to remember. and other services for youth and families, health care, job training, and market edu- f Ferre’s group has dramatically reduced the cation. In addition, EOTF provides a forum for school dropout rate within a public housing women to exchange ideas, express their con- TRIBUTE TO MR. AND MRS. project in the San Juan area. cerns, and communicate with a larger network FELTON KILPATRICK OF Mr. Speaker, Sister Isolina is the fourth of national and international organizations. CULLMAN, ALABAMA Puerto Rican to receive the award. The others EOTF has also initiated a multidisciplinary pro- are former Puerto Rico Gov. Luis Mun˜oz gram, Women in Poverty Eradication (WIPE.) HON. ROBERT E. (BUD) CRAMER JR. Marin, a founder of the Popular Democratic This week, Mrs. Mkaba is visiting Massa- OF ALABAMA Party; Anotnia Pantojas, founder of Aspira, an chusetts to meet with the Cambridge-based IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES agency known for helping Hispanic youth; and Sabre Foundation, Inc, in an effort to establish Monday, September 13, 1999 Sister Isolina’s brother, former Puerto Rico a partnership with the Foundation to promote Gov. Luis A. Ferre´, founder of the pro-state- a book donation and distribution project in Mr. CRAMER. Mr. Speaker, on October 6th hood New Progressive Party. Tanzania. This project is a testament to Mama of this year, a wonderful couple, Mr. and Mrs. Sister Isolina attended Fordham University Anna Mkaba’s relentless desire to further edu- Felton Kilpatrick will celebrate their 70th wed- in New York where she earned a bachelor of cate and empower the people of Tanzania. ding anniversary. In 1929, Mrs. Clara McClel- arts and master’s degree in psychology. With a population of over 30 million, and an lan Kilpatrick and Mr. Felton Kilpatrick ex- Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me increasing number of public and private changed wedding vows to spend a lifetime to- in commending Sister Isolina Ferre´ for her out- schools, colleges, and universities, Tanzania gether. standing achievements and in wishing her is richly endowed with human and natural re- Now 70 years later, they shine as pillars of continued success. sources. The initiative between EOTF and the matrimony. The Kilpatricks are a loving man f Sabre Foundation will contribute to Tanzania’s and woman who have come together to share remarkable intellectual development and will their lives, raise a family and prove that family TRIBUTE TO CANDY COONERTY help her nation as it prepares for the 21st cen- values and selfless commitment still have a tury. place in a world whose fleeting values can be HON. SAM FARR Mr. Speaker, I am proud to celebrate Mama confusing and fastpaced. OF CALIFORNIA Anna Mkaba’s achievements and the coopera- Many generations of the Kilpatrick family IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion of our constituents in her many good look up to the remarkable couple as role mod- works, and I wish Mrs. Mkaba well in all of her els on how to live and love successfully. Monday, September 13, 1999 future endeavors on behalf of the people of This tribute is a fitting honor for the Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise Tanzania. Kilpatricks who have shown us that commit- today to honor a beloved local entrepreneur. f ments can be honored through seven decades Candy Coonerty, co-owner of Bookshop Santa of the trials and tribulations of life. Cruz, died this last July of a stroke at the age TRIBUTE TO JOSEPH GOLD I commend Mr. and Mrs. Felton Kilpatrick on of 49. their happy and strong marriage and I wish Candy was more than just a local business- HON. STEVEN R. ROTHMAN them a joyous and special celebration on Oc- woman; she provided the community with an OF NEW JERSEY tober 6th with their friends and family. eclectic and unique selection of books as well IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f as an environment where local community members could meet and interact. Bookshop Monday, September 13, 1999 BROTHER MCGINNIS INDUCTED AS Santa Cruz serves as a hub and mainstay of Mr. ROTHMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to PRESIDENT OF LA SALLE UNI- the historic downtown. Candy was also ac- honor the memory of Joseph Gold. Thought to VERSITY tively involved in the community serving on the have been the oldest living Marine in the board of directors of Friends of the UC Santa country, Joseph Gold passed away at the age HON. ROBERT A. BORSKI Cruz Library and advisory council of the Santa of 107 on Wednesday, August 25, 1999, in OF PENNSYLVANIA Cruz Hillel Foundation. Tenafly, New Jersey. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Candy Coonerty will be sorely missed and In so many respects, Joseph Gold was a Monday, September 13, 1999 remembered for her presence in the Santa genuine American hero. A native of Cleveland, Cruz community as a local hostess and her Ohio, he enlisted in the Marines at the onset Mr. BORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to compassion for literature. My thoughts are of World War I and served as a distinguished announce that Brother Michael J. McGinniss, with her family. member of the American Expeditionary Force. FSC, Ph.D., will be inducted as La Salle Uni- f As part of one of the first Marine contingents versity’s 28th President on September 24 at a to fight in Europe, Mr. Gold fought in the his- 3 p.m. ceremony at the University’s Hayman HONORING MAMA ANNA MKABA, toric battle of Belleau Woods. It was at this Center. FIRST LADY OF TANZANIA battle in 1918 that he and his American com- Brother McGinniss was a member of the rades fought through a dense forest and ulti- school’s religion department and for the past HON. MICHAEL E. CAPUANO mately captured terrain from well entrenched five years was president of Christian Brothers OF MASSACHUSETTS German forces. University in Memphis, TN. He maintained a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Only about 2 months ago, on July 8, 1999, close connection with La Salle—his alma the French Government, in commemoration of mater—while serving on the school’s Board of Monday, September 13, 1999 the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Trustees. Mr. CAPUANO. Mr. Speaker, it is with great I, awarded Mr. Gold the French Legion of McGinniss, 51, grew up in a Philadelphia pleasure and profound admiration that I rise Honor. This prestigious award, granted to Mr. neighborhood near the university. As a boy, today to welcome the First Lady of Tanzania, Gold, was a well deserved tribute to a true he and his aunt would often ride the Number Mama Anna Mkaba, to the United States. American patriot. 26 trolley past College Hall. ‘‘She’d tell me Mrs. Mkaba has gained international rec- I want to express my condolences to the that some day I would go to school in that ognition for her extensive humanitarian work Gold family on the passing of their father, building. I can’t help but wonder what she and efforts on behalf of charitable organiza- grandfather and great-grandfather. I also want would say about my being president if she tions. She has founded the Equal Opportuni- to express my admiration to the Gooney Bird were alive today,’’ he said. ties for All Trust Fund (EOTF), a registered, detachment of the U.S. Marine Corps League He joined the Christian Brothers in 1965 non-profit, non-governmental charitable organi- who arranged to have an honor guard cere- and graduated Maxima Cum Laude from La zation whose mission is to empower women mony at Mr. Gold’s funeral. Salle in 1970 with a degree in English. He ob- through increased economic and educational Joseph Gold was an extraordinary person, tained his Master’s and Ph.D. in theology from opportunity. EOTF is dedicated to fighting and whose legacy to our Nation is a story of self- the University of Notre Dame.

VerDate May 04 2004 10:35 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 0689 Sfmt 9920 E:\BR99\E13SE9.000 E13SE9 21324 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 13, 1999 His first teaching assignment was at the psychologist after which she was selected to Jones became the first colored pastor in 1864. South Hills Catholic High School in Pittsburgh, be the Special Education Local Plan Area Ad- A private school for colored children was held PA, where he was a member of the English ministrator for Santa Cruz and San Benito there, and Reverend H. Henson served as the and Religion departments. He returned to La counties. Ms. Bourgaize devoted herself to en- teacher. Salle as a visiting instructor in the Graduate suring students in these communities had In the District of Columbia, as in other Religion program in the summer of 1978. equal access to the best possible special edu- southern areas, education was considered the McGinniss has also taught at Washington cation services. Linda went beyond the scope concern of the individual and not the commu- Theological Union and Loyola University’s of her profession with her compassion. nity. As long as Negroes were a comparatively Summer Institute of Pastoral Studies. Throughout her career she also helped to minor factor in the community, concern over In 1984 he joined the faculty at La Salle on write numerous legislative proposals to meet their welfare was not a major consideration of a full-time basis, reaching the rank of full pro- the needs and improve the lives of people suf- the white population. After the start of the Civil fessor in 1993. Recognized by the De La Salle fering from disabilities and lobbied for these War, the situation changed. Slaves in the Dis- Christian Brothers for his qualities as a leader, rights at both state and federal levels. trict of Columbia were freed in 1962. Between he attended La session internationale des Ms. Linda Bourgaize will always be fondly 1860 and 1863, the local Negro population in- e´tudes lasalliennes (a program of study of remembered and sorely missed for her ardent creased about 68 percent. Such an increase Lasallian spirituality) in Rome. He eventually and passionate contributions to our community could not be ignored by the whole community. became Chair of La Salle’s Religion Depart- and to the Nation in her advocacy for the For the mutual benefit, private charitable ment and in 1992 he received the Lindback rights of special education students and dis- agencies, associations, and individuals, north- Award for Distinguished Teaching. abled individuals. My thoughts remain with her ern and local, white and colored, began to rec- During his tenure as President of Christian family. ognize the need of assistance in this situation. Brothers University, undergraduate enrollment f In the Spring of 1864, the first public gov- and retention rates increased; a Master’s of ernment sponsored school for colored children Education program was established; the Ath- EBENEZER UNITED METHODIST in Washington, D.C. was established and letic Department joined the NCAA Division II CHURCH CELEBRATES ONE HUN- housed there. The teachers of the school were Gulf South Conference; new residence halls DRED AND SIXTY-ONE YEARS Miss Frances W. Perkins, sent by the New were constructed; science labs and facilities England Freedmen’s Aid Society of Boston, were enhanced; engineering departments HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON who taught without pay, and Mrs. Emma V. were reaccredited; information technology sys- OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Brown, a prominent colored worker who was tems throughout the campus were upgraded; IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES employed by the District Columbia for $400.00 per year. Thirteen months later, because of and the Center for Global Enterprise was Monday, September 13, 1999 founded. He also played a key role in the the increasing student population, the school school’s 125th anniversary celebration. Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I ask my col- had to relocate to a new location at Second Brother McGinniss also took an active part leagues to join me in celebrating the historic and C Street, SE and was named the Abra- in the Memphis area community, serving on Ebenezer United Methodist Church, a beacon ham Lincoln School. the boards of the Economic Club of Memphis; of hope and ‘‘The Stone of Help.’’ For 161 The significant increase in the congregation National Conference of Christians and Jews, years, Ebenezer has been a leading church in of Little Ebenezer necessitated the building of Memphis Chapter; Memphis Brooks Museum the Nation’s capital. To know something of a larger church. The second church was of Art; the Memphis Catholic Diocesan Devel- Ebenezer’s history is to understand why the planned by the Reverend Tillman Jackson in opment Committee; and Christian Brothers city and the Congress have abundant reasons 1867, and built in 1870 under the pastorship High School, Memphis, TN. to celebrate the church’s history and its con- of the pastorship of the Reverend C.G. Keys. He has published articles in scholarly jour- tinuing contributions. Many dedicated pastors followed in this period nals on many topics, written chapters in reli- The history of Ebenezer United Methodist including the Reverend George T. Pinckney, gious books and edited six volumes of the Church dates back to the beginning of Wash- under whose pastorate the first Annual Con- Christian Brothers’ Spirituality Seminar Series. ington, D.C. In 1805, the meeting place of the ference was held in Ebenezer in 1885. During He has lectured to academic and professional Methodist Episcopal Church is known to have this period, the term ‘‘Little’’ was dropped from groups on issues related to spirituality, pas- been a dwelling located on Greenleaf Point the name of the church. The Ebenezer Col- toral care, and theology. His processional (South Capitol and N Street). The membership ored Station of the Washington Conference memberships include Catholic Theological So- consisted of ‘‘61 whites and 25 coloreds’’. In Methodist Episcopal Church was incorporated ciety of America, American Academy of Reli- 1807, the congregation moved to Dudley on September 28, 1891 at 2:00 PM. gion, and College Theology Society. Carroll’s barn on New Jersey Avenue, SE. In In 1896, the second church was damaged It is with great pleasure that I recognize 1811, services were held in a newly con- beyond repair during a severe storm. Rev- Brother McGinniss today. He is a man who structed edifice at Fourth Street, SE between erend Matthew A. Clair, who later became has contributed greatly to many educational South Carolina Avenue and G Street. Bishop, developed plans to construct a third institutions and to the communities in which This first church built by Methodists in church. Reverend John H. Griffin, who suc- they are located. I would like to extend Brother Washington was named the Fourth Street Sta- ceeded him, undertook the implementation McGinniss my warmest wishes and congratu- tion. In 1819, the church was renamed Ebe- and completion of the new church. lations on his induction as President of La nezer, and was later changed to the Fourth In 1939, when the three branches of Meth- Salle University. Street Methodist Church. At a later date, this odism met and formed the Methodist Church, f Parent Church of Ebenezer Church was relo- Ebenezer became Ebenezer Methodist cated to Fifth and Seward Square, SE, where Church. In 1968, the Methodist Church and TRIBUTE TO LINDA BOURGAIZE the name was changed to Trinity Methodist the Evangelical United Brethren Church Church. On April 30, 1961 Trinity United Meth- merged and formed the United Methodist HON. SAM FARR odist Church merged with three other church- Church. Ebenezer’s namer changed to Ebe- OF CALIFORNIA es to form the Capitol Hill United Methodist nezer U.M.W. Church. In 1975, the Ebenezer IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Church. U.M.W. Church was designated a Historical In 1827 the ‘‘colored’’ membership had out- Landmark. Monday, September 13, 1999 grown the galleries which were reserved for Ebenezer continues to be known for her Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise them in the Mother Church. A lot, located at support of education for Black children and today to honor a woman who tirelessly worked the corner of Fourth and D Streets, SE, was continues to strive to obtain quality education. to advocate for the rights of special education purchased from Rachel and William Prout on From October through May, the Work Areas in students and disabled individuals. Ms. Linda April 27, 1838. A small frame church building Education of the church sponsors a tutoring Bourgaize passed away on June 15, 1999 in was erected under the supervision of the pas- program to help students who are having dif- Santa Cruz. tor of the Mother Church with the assistance ficulty with reading and writing. Church school Linda began her career after graduating of three local preachers. The church was classes for children of all ages and Bible from San Jose State University as a school named Little Ebenezer, and Reverend Noah classes for adults are held every Sunday. The

VerDate May 04 2004 10:35 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 0689 Sfmt 9920 E:\BR99\E13SE9.000 E13SE9 September 13, 1999 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 21325 Saturday Concerns Program involves the commissions, corporations, and offices for TRIBUTE TO SARAH HOLMES youth of the church and the community. The the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and BOUTELLE church also conducts a Summer Enrichment for other purposes: Program and a Vacation Bible School. Mr. CROWLEY. Mr. Chairman, I rise in sup- HON. SAM FARR Mr. Speaker, we in the District of Columbia port of the Weygand-Crowley amendment. I OF CALIFORNIA are happy to have the Congress join in recog- want to especially thank my friend from Rhode IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES nizing Ebenezer for its many contributions to the Nation’s capital. Island for his tireless work in support of every Monday, September 13, 1999 American who has dedicated his or her life to f Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise our Armed Forces. This language should today to honor a woman who with boundless HONORING TRW serve as an unequivocal statement of support energy and enthusiasm researched and au- by this Chamber for the brave men and thored an award-winning book and became HON. STEVEN T. KUYKENDALL women who wore their nation’s uniform into the world’s foremost authority on the re- OF CALIFORNIA battle. nowned architect Julia Morgan. Sarah Holmes IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Chairman, every member of this body Boutelle passed away in Santa Cruz last May respects and deeply appreciates the contribu- at the age of 90. Monday, September 13, 1999 Born on January 29, 1909 in South Dakota, tions of our veterans. This institution is the Mr. KUYKENDALL. Mr. Speaker, I rise Sarah was a history teacher and school ad- home of many proud war veterans—liberal today to recognize exceptional performance by ministrator when she came to Santa Cruz Thompson-Ramo-Wooldridge (TRW). TRW, a and conservative; Democrat and Republican. county in 1972 and visited Hearst Castle with leader in the aerospace industry, is also a This issue is not one of partisanship but her son, Christopher. Upon learning that Julia leader in the minority business community of rather one of dignity. Morgan was the architect who built San Southern California. Veterans may appear like regular people— Simeon, Mrs. Boutelle’s interest, as a teacher, TRW has been actively involved in the de- but they are not. They are an uncommon in female role models led her to seek more in- velopment of minority businesses. They have formation about the renowned architect. brand of hero. These people made the con- worked to provide minority businesses broader Sarah’s research on Julia Morgan cumulated access to markets and help business owners scious decision to put their own life, their in a book that won a California Book Award enhance their marketing, technical, and oper- hopes, and their future on hold to stand up for and Mrs. Boutelle’s naming as an honorary ational skills for long-term growth and develop- the basic principles of their homeland: free- member of the American Institute of Archi- ment. TRW has provided guidance and sup- dom, liberty, and a proud tradition of justice. tects. Throughout the remainder of her life, port in an effort to help minority businesses They are the men and women of courage and Sarah continued to travel extensively, inves- firmly establish themselves in the community. integrity. tigating new Julia Morgan material and lec- The Minority Business Enterprise Input I would like to share with my colleagues a turing. Committee (MBEIC) of the Southern California story of one of these men of integrity—Mr. Eu- Sarah Holmes Boutelle was truly a remark- Regional Purchasing Councils, Inc. (SCRPC) gene Mozer of Jackson Heights, in my district. able woman who will be fondly remembered recognized TRW’s contributions and they have for her energy and enthusiasm as well as her awarded TRW its 1999 Local Corporation of He was a World War II veterans decorated extraordinary effort and contribution to the ap- the Year Award. The MBEIC strives to em- with a Purple Heart after being wounded in preciation of architecture. She will be missed power minority businesses through corporate battle. He was a patriot. Mr. Mozer personifies by the many people she touched both person- driven mentoring alliances to compete suc- the thousands of veterans that live in each of ally and through her writing and lectures dur- cessfully in a changing economy. our home communities. ing her lifetime. TRW is a founding member of the SCRPC. This past February, Mr. Mozer passed f Recognizing the importance of minority busi- away. His wife, Faustina Gobrili, and their son nesses, they had the vision to help create an FEDERAL EMPLOYEES HEALTH organization specifically for expanding busi- attempted to acquire a Military Honor Guard BENEFITS CHILDREN’S EQUITY ness opportunities for minority suppliers and for his burial service. They believed that an ACT OF 1999 encourage mutually beneficial economic links Honor Guard would be a fitting tribute to this between minority enterprises and corporate man’s life—a life he was prepared to sacrifice HON. ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS members. for this nation. OF MARYLAND I commend TRW for being a major sup- After contacting the military and explaining IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES porter of programs that encourage the devel- the situation, Ms. Gobrili was informed by the Monday, September 13, 1999 opment of minority owned businesses. I con- military that they, incredulously, could not fulfill Mr. CUMMINGS. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased gratulate the men and women of TRW on re- her family’s request for a military Honor ceiving this prestigious award and I wish them to introduce, along with Representatives ELEA- Guard. continued success. NOR HOLMES NORTON and CONNIE MORELLA, f Or, Mr. Chairman, I call your attention to the the ‘‘Federal Employees Health Benefits Chil- countless other stories of families of deceased dren’s Equity Act of 1999.’’ DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AF- veterans contacting the military to request an The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of FAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN Honor Guard only to receive a cassette tape 1993 required States to enact legislation re- DEVELOPMENT, AND INDE- of TAPS in the mail. quiring employers to enroll a child in an em- PENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIA- ployee’s group health plan when a court or- TIONS ACT, 2000 These are gross indignities to the people ders the employee to provide health insurance who were willing to die for our freedom—for for the child but the employee fails to do so. SPEECH OF people they would never know, let alone meet. The Federal Employee Health Benefits HON. JOSEPH CROWLEY Mr. Mozer and his family and the thousands (FEHB) law provided that a Federal employee of other distinguished veterans and their fami- ‘‘may enroll’’ in a FEHB plan ‘‘either as an in- OF NEW YORK dividual or for self and family’’ coverage. The IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES lies deserve a more apt tribute—a tribute that appropriately reflects the gratitude and indebt- law does not allow an employing agency to Thursday, September 9, 1999 edness of this nation. elect coverage on the employee’s behalf. Fur- ther, FEHB law generally preempts State law The House in Committee of the Whole A military Honor Guard at the funeral of a with regard to coverage and benefits. There- House on the State of the Union had under veterans serves as the final salute of a grate- consideration the bill (H.R. 2684) making ap- fore, a federal agency is unable to ensure that propriations for the Department of Veterans ful nation. Let us not deny them this final call a child is covered in accordance with a court Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, of respect. I urge you to support this amend- order, even when the same order would en- and for sundry independent agencies, boards, ment. sure coverage for the child if the child’s parent

VerDate May 04 2004 10:35 May 17, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 0689 Sfmt 9920 E:\BR99\E13SE9.000 E13SE9 21326 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 13, 1999 were employed by an employer other than the degree in Business Administration with a 1969–1982. As a player for the Dodgers, federal government. minor in Economics. Throughout her rich life, Manny established the all-time major league To correct this inequity, my proposal would Gloria S. Williams made certain to place the record for pinch-hits with 150. Manny batted enable the federal government to enroll an needs of others before those of herself. This .304 over his entire 20-year major league ca- employee and his or her family in the FEHB selfless behavior was evident in her decision reer with Montreal, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Program when a State court orders the em- to share her knowledge and experiences as a and Los Angeles. Manny Mota was selected ployee to provide health insurance coverage teacher in the Paterson School District after to the 1973 National League All-Star team and for a child of the employee. If the affected em- her college graduation. Her experiences at led the league with a .351 batting average at ployee is already enrolled for self-only cov- William Paterson University was not simply the All-Star Break. When you add his tenure erage, the employing agency would be author- limited to an undergraduate education. As an as a coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers, ized to change the enrollment to self and fam- undergraduate, Gloria was an employee of the Manny has served the Dodgers for 30 years. ily. If the affected employee is not enrolled in University and immediately following gradua- Just as important as Manny Mota’s contribu- the FEHB Program, the employing agency tion she remained with the University as a tions on the field are his contributions off the would be required to enroll him or her under dorm assistant and summer camp coordinator. field. Over a quarter of a century ago, Manny the standard option of the Service Benefit After that, her career at William Paterson flour- Mota established the Manny Mota Inter- Plan, Blue Cross Blue Shield. ished. Gloria held many important positions in- national Foundation with the intention of giving Finally, the employee would be barred from cluding Residence Hall Director, Assistant youth opportunities to reach their full potential discontinuing the self and family enrollment as Registrar, and ultimately she was named As- and pursue a quality education. Manny has long as the court order remains in effect, the sociate Director of the Advisement Center used baseball as his medium to instruct and child meets the statutory definition of family where she was well known for always having motivate Los Angeles youth. The Manny Mota member, and the employee cannot show that on open door. Because of Gloria’s rich in- International Foundation awards five $1,000 the child has other insurance. volvement with others and with William scholarships to Los Angeles area students I am very pleased about the broad constitu- Paterson University, it is a fitting tribute that each year. ency that supports my proposal. Among the the University chose to name a building in her Manny Mota’s generosity extends beyond groups that have offered support for the honor. Gloria S. Williams was also very active the borders of the United States. Manny has change are the American Payroll Association, in the church. As a youngster she was a worked hard to raise money to build a medical which represents employers, the Center for member of St. Luke’s A.M.E. Church where clinic, baseball field, and school in the Domini- Law and Social Policy, which represents the her parents, Daisy and O’Donnel Williams, can Republic. Manny Mota was at the fore- rights of indigent parents and several state were lifelong members. While living in Wayne, front of relief efforts when natural disasters child support program officials. New Jersey, Gloria joined New A.M.E. Zion devastated the Dominican Republic, Central I am also pleased to introduce this important Church, where she served diligently on the America, and other regions of Latin America. legislation during National Payroll Week—Sep- Scholarship Committee. After returning to Repeatedly, Manny demonstrates that he does tember 13–17—and to have the support of Newark and joining St. James A.M.E. Church, not forget his roots, as he swiftly extends aid those who are key to the wage and medical Gloria realized her ambition to become a reli- to those who are disadvantaged. support withholding process. gious counselor. Manny has also served as a loving care- Please join me and Representatives ELEA- Mr. Speaker, I know my colleagues join me taker of a successfully family. He resides with NOR HOLMES NORTON and CONNIE MORELLA in in congratulating William Paterson University his wife Margarita in Glendale and is the cosponsoring this worthwhile measure. It will as they honor Gloria S. Williams in this way. proud father of eight children: Cecilia, Jose, help our efforts to ensure that our children Her life story embodies all the aspects that Andres, Domingo, Manuel, Maria, Rafael, and have access to needed health insurance cov- educational institutions strive for—determina- Antonio. His wife and children remain active in erage. tion, diligence and dedication. By naming a foundation activities and embrace the same f building in her honor, William Paterson Univer- commitment to public service that has inspired sity will preserve for future generations the ad- Manny to share his gifts with others. CONGRATULATIONS ON THE NAM- mirable legacy of a great woman, Gloria S. Just as Manny so often delivered ‘‘in the ING OF THE GLORIA S. WIL- Williams. pinch’’ at the plate, so has he delivered ‘‘in the LIAMS BUILDING AT WILLIAM f pinch’’ in life. Mr. Speaker, family and friends PATERSON UNIVERSITY of Manny Mota gathered at the California IN HONOR OF MR. MANUEL MOTA Plaza Watercourt in Downtown Los Angeles, HON. DONALD M. PAYNE California on Saturday, August 28, 1999 to OF NEW JERSEY HON. XAVIER BECERRA celebrate the 30th anniversary of his associa- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF CALIFORNIA tion with the Los Angeles Dodgers, it is with great pride that I ask my colleagues to join me Monday, September 13, 1999 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES today in saluting this exceptional man. Monday, September 13, 1999 Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, I would like to call f to the attention of my colleagues here in the Mr. BECERRA. Mr. Speaker, it is with ut- House of Representatives a very special event most pleasure and privilege that I rise today to DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AF- which will take place on Tuesday, September recognize a wonderful American, Mr. Manuel FAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN 14, 1999. On that date, the campus of New ‘‘Manny’’ Rafael Geronimo Mota, for his spir- DEVELOPMENT, AND INDE- Jersey’s William Paterson University will united work with youth, his humanitarian service, PENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIA- dergo a transformation which, in itself, exem- and his outstanding accomplishments as a TIONS ACT, 2000 plifies their commitment to their mission of major league baseball player and coach. SPEECH OF providing quality instruction in an environment Through his compassion for others and his in- of leadership and diversity. This transformation fectious enthusiasm for life, Manny has served HON. JAMES H. MALONEY is the renaming of one of the University build- as a model citizen for all Americans. OF CONNECTICUT ings in honor of a remarkable person, the late Born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Repub- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Gloria S. Williams. This ceremony marks a lic on February 13, 1938, Manny Mota grew Thursday, September 9, 1999 truly historic event, the first time that a struc- up loving the game of baseball. Soon, Manny ture has been named for an African-American realized that he had a gift for the grand old The House in Committee of the Whole on the campus of William Paterson University. game. At the tender age of 19, Manny dem- House on the State of the Union had under Gloria S. Williams, a native of Newark, ex- onstrated a keen eye at the plate when he consideration the bill (H.R. 2684) making ap- celled throughout her educational career here propriations for the Department of Veterans joined the minor leagues. Within a few years, Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, in New Jersey. She began her quest for Manny ascended to the major leagues and and for sundry independent agencies, boards, knowledge in Newark’s public school system soon established himself as a premier hitter. commissions, corporations, and offices for and it eventually led her to William Paterson Manny joined the Los Angeles Dodgers in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and University where she received her Bachelor’s 1969 and contributed to Dodger success from for other purposes:

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Mr. Chair- This title requires all such committees SEPTEMBER 16 man, I rise to express my concern about the to notify the Office of the Senate Daily 9:30 a.m. deep cuts in the Veterans Administration- Digest—designated by the Rules com- Governmental Affairs Housing and Urban Development annual (VA/ mittee—of the time, place, and purpose Investigations Subcommittee HUD) appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2000. of the meetings, when scheduled, and To hold hearings on the practices and op- This legislation not only substantially slashes any cancellations or changes in the erations of the securities day trading funds for programs that have enhanced eco- meetings as they occur. industry. nomic development and improved housing in As an additional procedure along SD–628 Connecticut and the 5th Congressional Dis- with the computerization of this infor- 10 a.m. Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions trict, but also guts many of our important mation, the Office of the Senate Daily Public Health Subcommittee NASA science programs. My support for the Digest will prepare this information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks To hold hearings to examine issues relat- VA/HUD Appropriations bill is conditioned on a ing to children’s health. conference agreement which restores funding section of the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD on Monday and Wednesday of each SD–430 for HUD, the Veterans Administration and Judiciary NASA. week. Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, Sep- Business meeting to markup S.J. Res. 3, If allowed to stand, the cuts to HUD pro- tember 14, 1999 may be found in the proposing an amendment to the Con- grams will have a significant impact on the stitution of the United States to pro- Daily Digest of today’s RECORD. State of Connecticut and on my own congres- tect the rights of crime victims. sional district, affecting both economic devel- MEETINGS SCHEDULED SD–226 opment initiatives and a variety of housing 2 p.m. services. The Republican budget cutters have SEPTEMBER 15 Intelligence dug deep into initiatives that have proven track 9:30 a.m. To hold closed hearings on pending intel- records of success. There is simply no reason Rules and Administration ligence matters. SH–219 to reduce our efforts to provide economic de- Business meeting to markup proposed Governmental Affairs velopment for our towns and cities in the form legislation authorizing expenditures for the period October 1, 1999 through International Security, Proliferation and of Brownfields monies and Community Devel- February 28, 2001 by standing, select, Federal Services Subcommittee opment Block Grants (CDBG) funds. By doing and special committees of the Senate. To hold hearings on the annual report of so, we will set our communities and our SR–301 the Postmaster General. economies backwards, rather than spur them Indian Affairs SD–628 forward. To hold oversight hearings on the issue Judiciary The VA/HUD Appropriations legislation also of the Indian Self-Determination and Youth Violence Subcommittee slashes funding for key NASA science pro- Education Assistance Act and tribal To hold oversight hearings on activities contract support cost. of the Office of Justice Program and to grams. This shortsighted action jeopardizes SR–485 examine a proposed reorganization our country’s leadership in space. Unless 10 a.m. plan. NASA funding is restored, this legislation Energy and Natural Resources should not pass Congress. To hold hearings on the nomination of SD–226 My colleagues, I support the VA/HUD Fiscal David J. Hayes, of Virginia, to be Dep- 2:30 p.m. Energy and Natural Resources Year 2000 Appropriations in the House be- uty Secretary of the Interior; the nom- Forests and Public Land Management Sub- cause it restores badly needed funds for the ination of Sylvia V. Baca, of New Mex- ico, to be an Assistant Secretary of the committee Veterans Administration. I urge all of you to Interior; and the nomination of Ivan To hold hearings on the Administration’s join me in working to reverse the housing, Itkin, of Pennsylvania, to be Director Northwest Forest Plan. CDBG, economic development and NASA of the Office of Civilian Radioactive SD–366 cuts in this bill. If this important funding is not Waste Management, Department of En- Foreign Relations restored, I will oppose the House-Senate con- ergy. To hold hearings on foreign missile de- ference agreement on the final version of the SD–366 velopments and the ballistic missile bill. I urge you to do the same. Governmental Affairs threat to the United States through To hold hearings on the nomination of f 2015. Sally Katzen, of the District of Colum- SD–419 PERSONAL EXPLANATION bia, to be Deputy Director for Manage- ment, Office of Management and Budg- SEPTEMBER 21 et. HON. JACK KINGSTON SD–628 9 a.m. OF GEORGIA Judiciary United States Senate Caucus on Inter- To hold hearings to examine certain national Narcotics Control IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES clemency issues for members of the To hold hearings on counterinsurgency Monday, September 13, 1999 Armed Forces of National Liberation. vs. counter-narcotics issues in regards SD–226 to Colombia. Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, due to notifi- Finance cations from the Federal Emergency Manage- SH–216 To hold hearings on the nomination of 9:30 a.m. ment Agency that hurricane ‘‘Floyd’’ is likely to James G. Huse, Jr., of Maryland, to be Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hit my district within 48 hours, I will not be Inspector General, Social Security Ad- To hold hearings on issues relating to ministration; and the nomination of able to be present and voting this evening and hybrid pension plans. Neal S. Wolin, of Illinois, to be General tomorrow. Hurricane ‘‘Floyd’’ is currently a cat- SD–430 egory 4 storm and gaining strength as it ap- Counsel for the Department of the Treasury. proaches the Southeast coast. I will remain in SD–215 SEPTEMBER 22 my district to assist constituents and my family 2 p.m. 9:30 a.m. with pending evacuation and mitigation plans. Intelligence Indian Affairs f To hold closed hearings on pending intel- To hold hearings on Indian trust fund re- ligence matters. form. SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS SH–219 SR–485 Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, 2:30 p.m. Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions agreed to by the Senate on February 4, Commerce, Science, and Transportation Business meeting to consider pending 1977, calls for establishment of a sys- Science, Technology, and Space Sub- calendar business. committee SD–430 tem for a computerized schedule of all To hold hearings on how telemedicine meetings and hearings of Senate com- technologies are impacting rural mittees, subcommittees, joint commit- health care. tees, and committees of conference. SR–253

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